FILM AND TELEVISION

FMP

FMP production diary #1

A script wouldn't be needed for this piece as it's an abstract art piece, no dialogue will be used within this short. I would need to create a live storyboard and annotate it in order to know what i'll be shooting for the final piece.

As my actress isn't from the location for shooting, we need to organise dates and time where she is free in order to shoot for the first and second time.

We had to split into groups where we had to discus our own FMP ideas to each other, together we discussed a budget for each FMP, whereas mine came to £0 as everything that needs to be filmed is walking distance, there will also be no props used within production as everything being used would be nature. All the equiptment used will be mine which would be a Canon 700d, using the camera handheld on all shots.  

Schedule

Tuesday 5th April - Filmed rough cuts for FMP, crafting a live story board towards the final production.

Tuesday 12th April - Placing together rough cut and live storyboards

This was the schedule for the final shoot after the live storyboard/ rough cut.

We arranged to meet on the 17th April and shot all day from 12pm until 7pm because it was getting close to sunset. I wanted to film during daylight.

FMP production diary #2

I chose to film early was to create a live storyboard for my FMP, see what shots I like and what shots i didn't like.

Also as I filmed all day, from morning until sunset, i preferred sunrise light more than sunset as i want the contrast to be high, rather than everything being orange. As my piece is meaning to wake the audience up and how they perceive morning sunlight. This would be better to use rather than using sunset.

Production meeting with tutor

12th April - 10:16am

Discussed the strategy towards creating my FMP. I’m going to reshoot, what I like and don’t like from creating the live-storyboard.

Risk Assessment

Very limited risks would take place throughout the shoot, as It’s based down a country road and a park.

Risk one - Filming down a road, not necessarily busy but can be as there is the football pitch on the road, which would be dangerous from cars coming back and forth from the football pitch. To avoid getting hit by a car, we only shot one shot which was roughly five seconds long to avoid using that area for a long time.

Risk two - From filming within the park, another risk would be possible rain, this would result in equipment becoming broken or the crew (myself) and actor (Sophie) to slip and injure ourselves. To prevent this from happening I looked on the weather and to film on a dry sunny day.

Audience

As this is an abstract creative short to be shown in exhibitions, there is no specific audience. To encourage more people to visit the exhibition I created a horror trailer of my FMP to bring horror lovers to the exhibition.

Live Storyboard

Post-Production documentation

From editing my FMP I used different shots ranging from first to second person to engage the audience watching Sunshine Girl so they can relate to how she feels towards sunlight and optimism.

Each clip used isn’t long as I managed to cut each clip towards the beat of the song playing in the background. I also cut out clips and only used audio from the clips, so subtle breathing and birds is heard within Sunshine Girl to enthuse how the girl is feeling and her breathing in the fresh air of the fields.

During the beginning of Sunshine Girl it starts of soft and slow and calm down the audience while watching, then when the music starts to become more rapid, this engages the audience as they wouldn’t get bored while watching as the music is fast paced and the editing styles used within the short. As each clip is edited differently to compliment the music from towards the end when each clip becomes around one to two second long to match the beat and towards the very end when it cuts out and cuts back in, creating different editing styles and techniques to every minute of Sunshine Girl is different.

From using the title towards the end of Sunshine Girl, that was used within Aftereffect and exported as a .MOV file and imported under Premiere Pro with a transparent background.

*IDEA DEVELOPMENT NOTES*

Idea one

What it if was a choice? short film crosses over the documentary if being gay was a choice and see it would affect on the world?

monologue with the first few minutes about how they cope, with the imagery being toby living in his day to day life and seeing what happens to him

will he meet someone?

or little monologue at the beginning and his story of how it’s not a choice by how he proves to everyone he can’t change the way he is

monologue at the beginning:

It’s not a choice, it’s never been a choice. **** views, **** opinions, **** judgments.

If people finally accept that it’s the way people are, would there still be judgments? but there’s always got to be two sides of everything, to balance it out. Where there’s good, there’s always evil, whether there’s light, there’ll always be a shadow. If you love something, someone’s going to hate it, or them or whatever it is. To keep this world at peace, everything needs to be balanced. So then, if people don’t understand that it’s not a choice, why would there be riots, fights, abuse and so much evil, just from someone being attracted to the same gender. It doesn’t make sense.
My mum thinks it’s a choice. She’s one of those narrow minded people who can’t understand, why should I live my life the way she does? I don’t want to have sex the way she likes it. I want it the way like it, and that’s with a boy. Not a girl.
She goes, When are you going to grow out of the phase? found a girl yet? Anyone who you’ve got your eye on?

She just doesn’t understand, but yes mum, there is someone who i’ve got an eye on, but i have no clue if he’s the same as I. That’s the hard bit about being who I am. when I find someone attractive or someone I really love, I’ll have no idea. No idea at all. Nowadays, It’s all about Grindr, or Tinder, but i’m not into that. Why would I want to put myself out there, only to be offered money or sex or other stuff I’m not comfortable with. I don’t want to be pushed over, I don’t want to have sex with someone and then they leave me. I’m not into that. That’s what I think anyway, I don’t care if people don’t agree. I am who I am and no one can change that. Not even myself.

Blank screen, while Toby starts talking, lots of abstract shots of him walking along, using mirror filter and using cold filter, be mainly shooting his feet, playing on swings etc. While the end of the monologue it would cut to his face looking steadily into the camera.

Film would be 5 - 10 minutes long, no less or longer with at least five pages of script in celtx

Idea two

Use cinematography and photography elements to create deep meaning. Make them really think about what they are and who they are

Mainly focused on what I think about the world and what has happened in my life that I think is significant

Use high contrast as everything will be bright and add a noir filter. Similar but not actual.

IDEAS:

-Guardian Angels
-Feeling fresh air and how it makes you feel
-Being trapped indoors and wanting to outside
-How the world explores everything other than exploring ourselves
-People need to be treated equally and no one should make themselves higher than anyone else
-How time can change people, their personality and looks
-The fact people are connected through social media and technology but everybody is silent and no ones talks to anyone. Only through media
-Facing mental illnesses and how they improve
-Being in a big and loving family and how everyone cares for each other
-Going back to old times where people knock on peoples doors to actually get to meet someone
-How music can change peoples moods and their feelings - how they reflect on music.
-How people keep their emotions inside when they dream about telling someone how they feel - both hate and love.


Lots of abstract shots with a still frame but the camera being shaken with a lot of zooms and close ups on people, their skin, and textures.

Idea three - Sunshine Girl

From placing together film and photography, would bring out an abstract piece underlining happiness in all of it’s forms through following this young girl’s life.

No dialogue would be used within this text, only imagery so the audience make their own perception on what it means to them by how it makes them feel.

Light-hearted and happy is what I aim to make out of this new project.

This wouldn't be a short film to be shown on screens at home, I'll see my abstract short being shown in museums, art galleries and so on.
 

The main story behind this would be on how I feel about the world and how I perceive on it. Without using myself, I chose to use a young girl which would reflect on myself.

Synopsis:

Following in her footsteps, witnessing her events, and of course underlining her optimism. This young girl understands what it takes for her to be content in the wake of nature, physics, and what lies behind it.

Why I chose Sunshine Girl

I felt like this idea would've best represented me. I wanted to create something positive with an effect of inspiration while also capturing the creative abstract piece. I wanted to try something different that I haven't seen before, by combining two of my favourite hobbies which are film making and photography, this gave me the inspiration for this short.
Another big reason for choosing Sunshine girl, was because it would've been an affordable production, while also not worrying about distance of locations, actors and other issues that would've occurred from shooting a narrative piece.