Now my FMP has been completed i can now Post this and see what my audience thinks about it. My next blog will be their feedback on what they think about my short film.
Category: Context
Starting my imagination Sequences
I am stating this because I have finished creating all my interview segment and I am now going to start by creating my imagination sequences and then fit them into the interview.
From my Blog ”Slitting my project in half” I talk about why i am filming my imagination sequences after i have filmed my interview.
Treatment
TITLE: The Re-Run Accounting Job
TARGET AUDIENCE: – As for the gender it will be Male and Female. This is because my short film will cater to them as it isn’t targeted at a certain man or woman. The age rang is young adults and above. This is because anyone that is younger will not get the jokes or the story behind the short film. My target audience will be the type of people that enjoy watching movies and the stories behind them.
I did some primary research on what people like about the Action and Comedy genre and i found out a lot of useful information about my target audience. They like gore but not over the top like the saw movies, the colours must also be cinematic. I am going to be using this in my imaginations as this will be related to the action genre. I also found out how many jokes there should be and how the joke is told. This is telling me that i mustn’t have joke being told all the way through the short film as this can get annoying to watch. They also want the jokes to be realistic so that people can relate to them more. I will do this when the imagination scenes cut back to the interview room. I can have awkward silence and drag it out because we can all relate to being in an awkward interview.
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH:
I have learn’t meany things. Firstly, that during this processes i needed to create my effects and find out what i can do in post production. The reason why i am doing this first is that i must know what effects i can do in Post before creating the question. If i come up with the questions first it is going to be a lot harder thinking of effects to add to that. So I am doing it affect first then question. Doing things this way round was tricky but crucial to my short film as it will make things easier in the long run.
Secondly, I have learnt that all short films have a unique purpose that they tell through there story. The purposes in my short film is that the interviewee is going back in time and re visiting the interview so he can answer the questions the correct way so he can get the job. Through the interview you’re going to be wonder what is going on but it will make sense right at the end.
YOUR PRODUCT:
(The interviewee is going to walk into the interview room laughing and grinning. This will put the thought in your head why is he laughing?. Fast forward to the end of the short film).
The interviewee answers the last question and the dream sequence is going to be really violent and realistic. the interviewer is obviously going to be shocked because he wasn’t expecting an answer like that. Then the short film will cut to the first few seconds of the short film where he is walking into the interviewer’s room laughing. As if he has been going back in time and trying to answer the questions to impress the interviewee so he can get the job. He could also use something that he physically used to go back in time like a watch. (The question and then the following imagination sequence will happen 4 times with different questions and imaginations each time. Once the interviewer clicks into what he is actually thinking about and saying the interviewee will go back in time. Thus creating a loop. This is why i was four shadowing right at the start of the interviewee laughing) I will have the same shot from the start and place it right at the end so that the viewer will definitely no that this is an infinite loop.
PROPS/RESOURCES/EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS/LOCATIONS/CAST
Office Prop – Computer/Laptop, desk props, background props ext…
DSLR and behind the scenes cam,
Costumes – Office outfits
Other Props: Pizza box, toy gun, documents
OUTLINED PROJECT SCHEDULE
All of the interview shots must be shot on the same day. (This is because i must have all of the individual shots slimier as this will make more sense when the ending drops).
For the imagination sequences, it will be the same thing. However, I can film the sequences on different days as long as I don’t spit one sequence on two different days.
BUDGET
Free
Splitting my project in half
Once i started planning my interview then released that if i film the short film in order (clip to clip) this would make the project extremely difficult; as the imagination sequences are in between each question. This is because i would need to book equipment actors and locations several times.
In order to make my life a little easier i am going to shoot the interview and the imagination sequences separately. So that hopefully I can book the equipment actors and locations only twice. Having my production and planning this way made me realize this is what big movie companies do like paramount, dream works and Marvel. Marvel directors said this to the BBC “One of the most important things we learned is that when you’re shooting two of the largest movies ever made, and you’re shooting them back to back… is don’t shoot ’em back to back,” Anthony told BBC News, confirming the duo’s departure. Marvel film the entire film with each actor so that they spend less money having multiple actors on set not doing anything.
With this in mind i am going to split my two areas into two section/shoots because having this work flow means that my actors don’t need to do that much work meaning they will perform at there peak without falling at all. Also it will be less stressful for me organizing multiple shoot days. Whilst in post it will also be easier because i will be able to organize all my clips into different folders and not get confused with multiple SD cards and not knowing where to put clips. They will all be organized and ready to be cut and edited with effect ext… I will also be able to have very few big editing sessions instead of having lots of small sessions, which works well for me as i like editing in big sessions.
I now need to create a treatment as i am at 100% with my idea and i know what i need to do in the planning stages i just need to execute them now.
Script
following on from………….
Step Layout:
Section 1: Wide shot of clock and office
Section 2: Interviewee whats into room and glances at clock
Section 3: Interviewee sits down and introduces himself
Section 4+5: Question and answer times 4
Section 6: Goes back in time and repeats the last 2 shots
Character Over View:
Name Characteristics
Interviewer: Enthusiastic and exited to be in the interview.
Interviewee: Bored and lazy, wants the interview to be over quickly.
Script draft 1
Scene 1 – Introduction:
(attempts to shake hand, then sits down) Interviewee: (Enthusiastically) Hello again
(Clearly reading off sheet of paper) Interviewer: (mumbling) Hello and welcome to Rerun Accounting, I am going to ask you a few question about you and your passed roles. Ok?…
Interviewee: Sure, ill make sure to answer all questions as holistically as…
Interviewer: Yeah yeah whatever, trust me i don’t want to be here just as much as you do.
Interviewee: (Confused) Ok…
Interviewee: (Sigh) Right lets get started
Scene 2 – Questions:
Question 1:
Interviewer: (Slouches) Do you have any hobbies or interests?
Interviewee: (looks up) Well I really do enjoy my basket ball. It keeps me active and gets me outside, Id say i am quite skilled at it but… (Pause) yeah I’m alright.
Question 2:
Interviewer: Right ok… (confused look) What’s your time management like?
Interviewee: (Thinks about it and chuckles)
Interviewer: Whats so funny?!
Interviewee: Nothing, Nothing is. Its alright I suppose, erm… (Pause) i wouldn’t say its the best but I can get the job done. (Starts Laughing)
Interviewer: Why do you keep laughing? (confused look)
Interviewee: (Impassively) Never mind lets move on
Question 3:
Interviewer: (entreating, still slouched) What was your previous job like? Was it the Pizza delivery place down town?
Interviewee: (Confidently) Yeah it is, is was good, I really enjoyed it but it was quite boring because i was on my own a lot of the time (pause) there where always ways of making it interesting.
Question 4:
Interviewer: (sits up, confused and intrigued) Why did you get fired from your last job? I’m confused…
Interviewee: (looks down and vulnerable) I was on a normal delivery, it must have been an off day for me, and he was short on money. I wasn’t having any of it, so i… (Effects shows that he gets shot)
Interviewer: (Shocked exprestion)…
Interviewee: (annoyed) Right lets try this again… (pulls out phone and pushes button with other hand)
Scene 3 – Repeat:
(attempts to shake hand, then sits down) Interviewee: (Enthusiastically) Hello again
(Clearly reading off sheet of paper) Interviewer: (mumbling) Hello and welcome to Rerun… (camera cuts to Interviewee, with a smug look on his face. Fades out)
Final Script
I can know to start my planning. However, I do not need to do any research on storyboards, shot lists, Call sheets, production schedules, location shots, location recces and risk assessments as i have already done research of these in the past. I can now get into my most interesting imagination sequence which is the last question the gunshot effect.
Imagination Sequence Ideas
Here are some effects that i know i can recreate. This is impotent because i need to no what effects i can do and then wrap a story around them (This is relating to my script research where i talk about ”write the scenes that are most interesting to you first”) This will make it easier than creating the story than adding the effects afterwards.
Here are some Effects I have in mind (I only need to use 4):
Useful green screen tip with the secondary colour tab.
I could have this shot after a question like ”What do you like doing in your spar time?” Or ”Do you have any hobbies?”
The VFX artist uses a camera tracker plugin that works so much better than the built in After Effects effect. This will be useful if i need to track the whole scene.
I could use this effect in my short film but have it
Now i must ask my audience what effects they like the most so that i can then pick the top four and use them in my short film. Theni can start creating questions that suits the effects chosen.
3: Developing my idea
From my ‘Face to Face‘ blog having my interviewer grumpy and lazy at the start of the interview then as the imagination sequences happen the interviewer starts to realise what he is saying and then by the end of the interview he will be shocked but confused at the same time. This leads to my next new point to my idea.
From my ‘Short Film inspiration‘ blog i am using my time travelling cliff hanger at the end as this makes my short film stand out from the amateur short films.
Time travel segment explained:
The interviewee is going to walk into the interview room laughing and grinning. This will put the thought in your head why is he laughing?. Then (fast forward to the end of the short film). The interviewee answers the last question and the dream sequence is going to be really violent and realistic. the interviewer is obviously going to be shocked because he wasn’t expecting an answer like that. Then the short film will cut to the first few seconds of the short film where he is walking into the interviewer’s room laughing. As if he has been going back in time and trying to answer the questions to impress the interviewee so he can get the job. He could also use something that he physically used to go back in time like a phone. (The question and then the following imagination sequence will happen 4 times with different questions and imaginations each time. Once the interviewer clicks into what he is actually thinking about and saying the interviewee will go back in time. Thus creating a loop. This is why i was four shadowings right at the start of the interviewee laughing) I might then have the same shot from the start and place it right at the end so that the viewer will definitely no that this is an infinite loop.
I now know about 60% of my short film and what will happen throughout the whole thing. So I am going to look into some locations on where i can film my interview segment then once that is out the way i can start on my imagination sequences.
Mythologies of Violence eBook – Codes and Conventions in the Action
Mythologies of Violence in Postmodern Media (eBook)
I wanted to get more ideas on what i should do in my imagination sequences. This book ‘Mythologies of Violence in Postmodern Media’ has lots of useful tips and tricks on the Action genre.
This is saying that male audiences prefer a more masculine film than a feminine film. This is interesting because I thought that men would prefer a woman in movies. This work the opposite if it was a woman audience, they prefer more feminine movies rather than masculine. If i was making a romantic comedy short film I would have most of my characters and the main character female as women prefer this. With this information, I am going to make my action scenes have a male in throughout, as the Action genre is more related to men.
This is saying that physical strength and dexterity is common in Action films. This is interesting to me because I didn’t no that most Action films had these things in them. This is related to the other paragraph above how Action films have a target audience as men because we look up to strong powerful male protagonists and we want to be like them, that’s why we watch these movies. I am going to follow this information by having a strong powerful male protagonist in m short film. However, because my short film is a comedy action i might flip the table and have the complete opposite. Have a small scrawny main character but make him do cool things like in the stereotypical Action films. This will also make the Comedy side of my short film shine with the Action genre.
This saying that you should view Action Films as serious and real. This is because if you do this you will enjoy the movie a lot more because Action Films tend to be visually pleasing to look at and be impossible to do in real life. This is enjoyable for a lot of people because they know that they will never be able to perform like the characters in the movies that’s why Action Films are really popular. I am now going to reflect back on my previous blogs so that i can go back to them and take all my research and link it to my planning stages once i get to them.
ref:
Sharrett, C. (2000). Mythologies of violence in postmodern media. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State Univ. Press.
Audiance feedback – Action and Comedy genres
I created a questionnaire asking people different questions about what the Action and Comedy genres. The data is from a wide range of people, this is so my data will not be biased. This data will help me get an idea on what people want to see in my short film/skit because when i follow the info i have collected i will then ab able to make a short film that everyone will like. This will help me decide on how my two main characters to respond to each other.
Question 1:
In this question, I wanted to find out how much gore people preferred in Action movies. The results were surprising to me as I thought people would have wanted a lot of gore. However, the majority of people liked gore but not too much as that might turn the Action genre into a Thriller or Horror. With this data, I will make the short film/skit have gore in it but not too graphic so that the viewers don’t feel scared.
Question 2:
I didn’t know what to expect when writing this question. I Would have chosen 3 if i was given this question as I like Comedy’s but would not like there to be a joke every 5 seconds. The majority of people agreed with me as they to prefer jokes in comedy’s every so often. However thinking about this because it is a short film/skit I might have to make the jokes quite frequency to keep the viewers interested, although I won’t go overboard with them. These jokes don’t have to be spoken it can be anything from facial expressions to anything physical. will be keeping this in mind when planning the project
Question 3:
These options had images to them however don’t show in the screenshot. Cinematic got the most votes and realistic came close. With this in mind, i am going to make the interview look realistic and have the flashbacks/memories look cinematic. This will also enhance the comedy and action genre.
Question 4:
The results from this question whereas I expected. Comedy movies are funnier if they are close to real life. This is because a lot more people can relate to the situation or joke that has been said or performed.
Question 5:
No one answered this question which was upsetting but it was optional.
i know now that my audience would like my imagination sequences to be gory. I also now that my audience would like my two main characters to be realistic and relatable. So I am going to look at a film or documentary about two personalities that bounce of each other as i must have this in my short film as this is what is going to make the comedy aspect shine.
Interviewee Imagination example
Interviewer (Unenthusiastically):
It says here that you use to be a pizza delivery guy for 2 months
Narrator:
The interviewee mind drifts of to a scene where the interviewee arrives at a door delivering a pizza, the costumer asks him if he can let him off 20p. He then gets shot by the interviewee
Interviewee (Gormless Face):
Well… Yeah I enjoyed it but it wasn’t really for me
(This is going to be how most of the scenes are going to go. The interviewer asks a normal question and then interviewee imagines a dramatic scenario.)
I like this example so much i am actually going to put it in my short film. I know need to do some research on muzzle flashes so that when it comes to the editing side of this scene i can refer back to this research.
Brandon Rutlidge's - FMP - Level 3 Creative Media 