Media Work Diary

16 December 09

Today Amy drew the storyboard pictures and then we made an Animation of them put together.

Storyboard of shots

This is our storyboard of the images. Its an animation of them

Storyboard- shot 1-12

Shot 1

Shot 2

Shot 3

Shot 4

Shot 5

Shot 6

Shot 7

Shot 8

Shot 9

Shot 10

Shot 11

Shot 12

Questionnaire

This is our questionnaire, we are going to give it to people to see if we can get some information on our target market and find out more information of what they want.

Final script choice

In the end we came to the decision of using script 3. We think this would be the best script to use for our group because it gives a little bit more information into our film, but not too much so it encourages the audience to watch more.

The other 2 scripts also are a bit too vague for our film and may make our opening not make much sense.

Possible Script 3

(Conversation during chase scene)
Lewis: Hello! I'm after him.
Voiceover: Ok i'll be there in 5, remember we need him alive.
Lewis: I'll try.

Gun shot and conversation on black screen
(Conversation at the end)
Sound effect: Phone ringing.
Lewis: Hello?
Voiceover: Got him?
Lewis: He was a dead end.
Voiceover: We still need him, he has information.
Lewis: Not anymore.

Possible Script 2

We may choose this idea to be in our film, or possible script 1.



What we would like to have is instead of me and Simon having a converstaion, is me and the people i work for having a conversation.

It could be like this:

Voice:Have you got him?

Lewis:Yeah i got him

Voice:Good, bring him in

Lewis:Dead or Alive.

Media Work Diary

14th December 09

I went to the location we are filming and with amy took photos and videos of the location. These will help us with our work.

More Video's of Location

This is where we would like Lewis to look one way and Simon is running the other way.

Videos of Location

This is a video of the location we are filming.

More Lake Images

These are more images of the lake

Location Images-Lake

Image of Location

Images of the paths we will run through. Top image maybe where we will throw Simon's bag and see my feet run past

Images of Location-OTS

This is what our OTS shot will look like.

Images of Location

These are more images of our location

We would like to have this as our chase scene. (Top image)

Simon will throw his bag (Bottom Image)

Images of our Location of filming

These are images of our location of where we are filming, this is our very first shot. We would like to have the tree covering half of the screen and see Simon and Me running past.

Interesting Opening Credits

Images of opening credits for inspiration

Opening Credits Idea 2

We would like the credits to appear on a black screen after all the filming has come up. After the title appears we would like the director and actors to appear then and finish it on that. While this is happening we would also like to have a voice over.

Opening Credits Idea 1

We would like the credits (Names of Actors/Actresses, Directors and Producers) to appear while some of the video is happening, we would also like them to come up when the character runs on the screen. We think this will look quite effective.

Opening Credits

We will need to think of ideas on what we should do for our opening credits, we will have to look at films and look at what colour, font and how they make the titles appear on screen.

This can be very effective and we will use Adobe to help us make them, we practiced making one (Rodeo Productions).

Final Idea- What we will need to do

For our final idea we are going to edit our storyboar, we are still using our idea but we will need to add more shots. We will experiment with the camera and see what other ideas we can come up with.

Media Work Diary

9th December

Today we wrote out our storyboard of the shots we are going to use. We also wrote roughly how long each shot will be and we also wrote the sound used

Mind Map of Ideas

Terminator 2- Opening 2 minutes

This is my analysis of Terminator 2

• Long shot of busy roads, lots of cars driving by.
• Titles appear white writing (Shows producers and directors).
• The next shot is a mid shot of people walking around the cars infront of the camera, makes it feel more realistic.
• Non-Digetic tense music, very slow.
• Slow editing so you are meant to concentrate on what you are watching.
• Cuts to a shot of a girl on swing.
• Busy Playground.
• Medium shot of her on the swing.
• Camera follows her movement on the swing backwards and forwards.
• Producers and Directors appear- same font.
• The titles are in the center of the screen- main focus-important.
• We see girl swinging backwards and forwards starts to go in slow motion as nuclear bomb is reaching her.
• The sound builds up.
• Sound effects-Girls happy laughing turns to echoed scary laughing.
• Music builds up like a cruscendo.
• The image is saturated.
• Fades into white background.
• Girl Dissapears behind white screen.
• The sound stops-silence.

Music Ideas

We will need to research music used in chase scenes, the music is very important to adding a mood to what you are seeing, for our chase scene to feel more tense we will need to use fast paced music, with a beat to match the characters running. It can be modern and sound edgy.

Image of a chase scene

These are some images from chase scenes, we will need to get our ideas of making our chase scene look more realistic when watching other action films.

This is an image from a Bourne Film

My Favourite Action Films

These are afew of my favourite action films

• James Bond- I like this film becuse it is very modern and there a nice cars in it. It also has plenty of chase scenes which is a relevant film to write about on my blog as we are doing a chase scene.
• Die Hard- These have plenty of action and keep you entertained through.
• Bourne Films- I like the Bourne films becuase they are very clever on how they are made. There is plenty of action.

Target Audience

We will need to have a target audience, as our Genre is Action it will be mostly targeted over 12's but mostly adults.

To make sure that it will be aimed at adults and over 12's we will have to do is do a questionnaire.

What you will expect to see in an Action film:

• Explosions
• Fast Movement
• Chase scenes
• Computer generated images (Not for us)
• Fight scenes
• A villian

A List of Action Films

About Action

Action is a popular Genre becuase it is faced paced and keeps people interested, it uses fast modern music which people like. It keeps the audience on the edge of there seat

List of Action Films

A list of different Action Films

• Transporter
• Rush Hour
• Bourne Films
• Die Hard
• James Bond
• Matrix
• Rambo
• Shooter

Character Profiles

We will need to create character profiles and write about the characters:

• My character is tall, he is the good guy and is chasing Simon, he is after Simon (terrorist) as this is his job.
• Simon is shorter than me, he is the bad guy who is being chased. He is trying to get away and has important information that I need.

Images from Action films

Costume Ideas

For our first idea we had afew characters and needed costumes for them such as casual/smart clothes for Lewis, Simon wears a suit and Amy wears smart clothes.

For our Idea 2 we only have 2 characters involved Lewis as he is the person trying to catch Simon (Who is bad) will need to wear casual clothes to blend in with everyday people, and Simon will need to wear clothes like he is trying to hide himself so eg. a hood.

Opening sequence of Bourne Supremacy

In the opening sequence of Bourne Supremacy flashbacks are used, this is very effective as it shows the audiecnce what happened in the previous film. Fast paced and quick shots of the past are shown and are blurry so that some parts are not revealed. He then wakes up and is all sweaty like he has had a bad dream and goes to the bathroom to put water on his face. His girlfriend then walks in and sees if he is ok and that is the opening 2 minutes.

Lots of different shots were used but not much happened in the opening sequence.

Problems that may occur

There are afew problems that we can have when filming, as we are filming outside the weather and it getting dark early could be a problem. We need to film it at a certain time or it wont look right.

Media Diary

I am going to keep a log of what i have done and what i need to do, this will help me with time management

7th December

I looked at some action title sequences to help us with our action title sequence, I also looked at Sound, and what i will need to put in my title sequence

Sound Effects

We will need sound effects to make our piece suit the action genre.
Key Sounds

• Heavy Breathing- This is very important to our action genre as we are including a chase scene, it adds to the tension aswell as making our piece sound good, to create the heavy breathing sound effects we will have to record someone breathing heavily afew times and see what ones sound good.
• The sound of someone running through the woods, this will be easy to do as it will be in the background of our filming
• We will also need to find a gunshot and a gun click as these are sounds we would like to have in our piece. We will have to research them and find one that fits our work well.

Sound is very important to the opening sequence as it helps enagage the audience into what they are watching, it is also good to help create a mood.

Action Checklist

• Chase Scenes
• Fast Music
• Props
• Guns
• Running
• A good location
• Phyiscal action
• A main character

Possible Script

(Speaking into bluetooth headset)
Lewis: Im after him, bring the van.
Voice Over: Ok

Simon and Lewis conversation
Lewis: Where is he?
Simon: I know nothing about him.
Lewis: You do.
Simon: Even if i did, do you expect me to talk?
Lewis: Yes, with a bit of force.
Simon: No amount of force will make me talk?
Lewis: Well if your not going to talk, then you'r no use to me.
(Gunshot over title)

Order Of Shots

The order of shots are as follows:

• Medium- low angle shot with tree in part of the screen, we see simon run past, who is shortly followed by Lewis.
• We then have an over the shoulder shot from Lewis running after Simon.
• We have a long/medium shot showing them both running.
• We have a longer distance shot of them both running.
• We see Simon chuck his bag into a bush and w see it go over the camera.
• We then have a close-up of the bag, until we see Lewis run past.
• We then have an establishing shot of the lake and can see Simon on the other side, on his own.
• Then we have a shot of where Simon turns clockwise looking for Lewis, while the camera circles him anti-clockwise.
• We then have a point of view shot of Lewis in the bush watching Simon.
• Then we see Simon turning around and sprints towards the lake and see him take out a few pieces of paper and throws it in the lake.
• We then have a close-up of Simon and then a gun makes a clicking noise.
• We then have a medium shot of the gun to Simons head.
• He then turns around and we have lots of two shots while they have their conversation.
• At the end Lewis lets go of Simon and pushes him slightly backwards and has a close-up of Lewis and the gun.

My evaluation of research and planning

I have given my work on research on planning so far a mark of about 12/20, which falls only just into a level 3. I have done quite a bit of research on other films in the same genre as mine. We have also got pictures of the location and have thought about our props and our costumes. Our opening scene includes a chase, so I have researched some chase scenes to see how they use different techniques of how they get the audience interested e.g. Music and how they use the camera.

Final Choice

We have decided to film our second idea, because we think it will be easier to film and is overall more effective than the old choice. Also this new idea has new ideas and views on our other team member (Amy) who wasn't in our group originally.

Film treatment Opening 2 minutes (idea 2)

The film location for our second idea is Oxshott, this is because there a plenty of woods to film in. It will suit our action film because we plan to have a chase scene through the woods.


The opening sequence starts with a black screen and the fast paced music starts. We then see Simon run past the camera as this is a chase scene and then Lewis then follows behind. We then see a couple of shots of us chasing each other. Simon then throws his bag into a bush and they both keep running. Simon then reaches a lake and looks around for Lewis to see where he is, we then have a point of view shot from Lewis looking at Simon and we can hear heavy breathing, after a few seconds Simon hears a twig snap and then Lewis jumps out and "rugby" tackles Simon to the floor, they have a fight on the floor then Simon chucks the important information (piece of paper) into a river. Lewis then gets annoyed with him so pulls out his gun and threatens him. We then cut to him tied up in the van, with tape around his mouth. Then Lewis will pass a bag to the other character and tell them they might need it. They then look in the bag, they look surprised and intrigued then shuts the door of the van together, which is when the name of the film will come up.