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Joe Usher- Opening scene

First three minutes:

The production company logo fades on and then wipes into the title of the film.Then it fades to an establishing shot of a house in the suburbs and is dusk.  It then cuts to a long shot of a mother and a son watching TV. It cuts to a mid-shot of the window with a little girl with rugged clothes and a pale and expressionless face. it then jump cuts to the boy first initially seeing her and has a scared expression on his face. It then goes to an eye line match of him looking at the little girl and then a mid-shot of his mother looking at him confused. The 180 degree line is then used to show the mother asking the son whats wrong and shot reverse shot is used to show the conversation between the two of them. Then it cuts back to the window and the little girl is gone and then it cuts to a POV shot from outside the window looking into the house at the son and the mother. It cuts back to the boy looking out the window and then begins to calm again and goes back to watching TV. It then fades to black and the next day begins. The next day begins with the son leaving the house and uses a mid shot to show him doing this. He leaves the House and walks down the street with a long shot of the street he is walking down. then there is an establishing shot of the shop and the boy entering it. Then the boy at the counter speaking to the shop keep with a nervous look on his face. The boy buys what he needs and leaves the shop and as he is walking down the street See's the little girl again and a long shot is used showing both of them. Then it cuts to the boy running back home and cuts to a close up of the little girls face. Then the middle part of the film beings by fading to black  and cutting to the title of the film and then the cast names and then it cuts to the next scene.

Keighleys detailed film idea

The first shot is a mid shot of a girl (Sarah) standing on the top of a building shaking her head at the thought of what she's about to do. This is to get the audiences minds thinking about what could have happened or what's about to happen. The next shot is a point of view shot of Sarah looking down at the ground, this is to show the audience how high up she is. She is heavily breathing in the background to represent fear and nerves. The next shot is a mid shot again showing Sarah climb onto the ledge of the building, see her legs shaking with fear as she looks up to the sky. The next shot is an extreme long shot from the ground showing Sarah stood there on the top of the building shaking in fear. This is to make the audience feel as though they are there in he moment witnessing someone trying to commit suicide. The next shot is a point of view long shot of what beautiful scenery Sarah can see before he jumps. The next shot is a close up of Sarah's feet pushing up of the ledge and leaving the ledge. Fades to black then fades back in to a mid shot of Sarah laying dead on the floor with blood all around her. Fades to black and title pops up on the black screen. Fades back in to a bright white screen saying 3 months earlier. The next shot if a long shot of Sarah walking along a street on a cold winters day, shows her shivering and sniffling from the cold weather, the actresses name swipes across the screen of this shot. The next shot is a point of view shot of what Sarah sees as she heads into the public toilets. The next shot is a mid shot of Sarah from behind looking at herself in the mirror sorting her hair and makeup out. The next shot is a mid shot of Sarah trying to get the tap to work, showing the struggle on her face. The next shot is a mid shot from behind Sarah showing her look up into the mirror and jump when she sees a creepy looking woman standing behind her.. The next shot is a close up of Sarah's face as she turns around to look at the creepy woman but by the time she turned around the woman had gone. The next shot is a close up of Sarah's facial expressions as she turns back around to face the mirror, as she is turning around to face the mirror again she gets an excrutiating pain in her head. The next shot is a mid shot of Sarah wiping the tears from her eyes once the pain has wore off, then moving to a different tap to wash her hands. The next shot is a close up of Sarah washing her hands, then blood dripped on them. The next shot is a mid shot of Sarah looking back up to the mirror to see her nose bleeding. Fades to black, every ones names pop up.

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Detailed Film Idea

There is a medium close up of a light bulb, the light keeps flickering on and off. Water can be heard dripping in the background.The shot then fades to black to reveal the production company name 'Limbo films' with the logo of the company.The logo will fade out and fade into the next shot, an extreme long shot, in this shot there is a pair of legs that can be seen.This shot then pans towards the mans (Ian) face, he is still.The shot fades out to black again to reveal one of the actors names.The name will fade out and back into a close up shot of a badge of the floor, the badge is a police badge.Water can still be heard dripping in the background. A drop of blood drips next to the police badge.The shot will fade out for the final time to reveal the final actors name, it will stay on the screen for a few seconds before fading out to the next shot of Ian. It is a close up shot. In this shot Ian can be seen waking up, he opens and closes his eyes a couple of times before widening his eyes to look at his surroundings.The close up shot shows the main characters facial expression, he looks uncomfortable, confused and lost.He looks up towards the flickering light bulb as the camera pans towards it.The light stops flickering and stays turned on as the shot fades to white and fades back into the middle sequence of the film.

As the previous shot fades back into the next scene, a bright questioning room can be seen. It is quiet.Three people are sat at a desk in the middle of the room.On the table there are lots of files and a voice recorder.There is a extreme close up shot of someone pressing the record button on the voice recorder and the timer begins.The shot cuts to another extreme close up shot of a man (the criminal) with his hands locked in handcuffs behind his back.It then cuts to a medium close up of Ian asking if they should get started with the questioning process.He brings his files into the shot slightly hits them on the table and places them back onto the table, his facial expressions show that he looks in pain and he is sweating, he wipes the sweat on his forehead before making eye contact with the people sat at the otherside of the table.The shot cuts back to a medium shot of the criminal and his representative, the criminal is smiling whilst his representative looks towards him and slightly smiles before turing forward towards Ian and nods his head.Continuing on from this there is a sequence of shot-reverse shot whilst the characters are talking to each other.Ian is interegating the criminal about a crime that has being commited in the local area, three people have recently gone missing and the man they are questioning has a connection with the crime. After the short interegation is over, the representative of the criminal goes to stop the voice recorder, there is another close up of him stopping it and the timer.It then cuts back to a medium shot of the representative collecting his files before nodding his head and leaving the room.The criminal looks to see if the representative has left the room before breaking out of his handcuffs and standing up.The shot pans up towards the criminal to make him see more powerful.

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Opening sequence of my film Ideas

A Man wakes up In bed laying next to someone, An alarm rings, its 7:30 AM.

The man wakes up and looks around the room with dazed eyes, He glances over at the bed and see's a woman, she has blonde hair and is almost fully covered by the blankets.

He picks up his pillow and throws it at her, he says "You still here woman?, Get outta 'ere".

(The Scene then fades to black.)

The next scene opens up, Casual music starts to play, it is almost like elevator music but more unusual with the man in front of a mirror in his pants, He puts on jeans and pulls them up (The actors name comes up on screen then fades away).

He then threads his belt through his trouser loops (another actors name comes up then fades away).

He then puts on a shirt (actors name comes up then fades).

He then tucks his shirt into his trousers (actors name comes up then fades).

He then plays and flattens out his 70's style moustache (actors name comes up then fades).

He then rubs his eyes (actors name comes up then fades).

The combs his hair (actors name comes up then fades).

The man then walks out a door and stubs his toe he says "Insert a chosen profanity here"  (actors name comes up then fades).
He is wearing a shirt with very small polka dots on the main colour of the shirt is a burgundy colour. It looks like something from a Burtons menswear shop.
His trousers are blue jeans and he grabs a

(Scene fades to black)

Joe Usher-Film Idea #1

Summary:


Beginning:

The start of the film begins with a boy aged at 16 watching Tv with his mum. He look's out of the window and sees a girl stood outside with rugged clothes and with a dead expressions on her face. The boy has startled expression and mum looks at him confused and asks him whats wrong. The boy then looks back outside and the girl is gone and then swaps to the TV with static and then goes back to the window with a the girls hand pressed agianst it. The mother now sees the hand and both her and the boy react to it. Then they carry on with the day.

Middle:
The middle of the film starts with the boy leaving the house and going to the shop. He goes into the shop  and buys what he needs from there. The shop keeper looks at him and asks whats wrong as he has a very nervous expression and the boy leaves the shop. It then goes back to the mother holding an adoption form with a little girl pictures which looks similar to it and then goes back to the boy when he is walking down the street back home he sees the girl again on the corner, he runs home and goes back into the house.

Ending:
When the boy walks back into the house the girl is stood there with the boys mother with her arms around her. The boy looks shocked and asks why she is there and the mother responds that they are adopting her. The girl looks at the boy emotionless and the boys begisn to break down and runs out of the house back up the street the mother follows and it changes to the girl stood there in the house and then fades to black.

Keighley Gagg film idea #1

Summary:

beginning:
a woman is standing on the top of a building
preparing to jump off
see her jump off the building
flash back 
sees her walking down a street 
walks into a public toilet
looks into the mirror
sees someone behind her
looks back and the person has gone
as she is turning back around to the mirror shes gets an excruciating pain in her head
headache fades away
goes to wash her hands and her nose starts to bleed

middle:
she thinks that she is getting stalked
shes goes to the police
she describes the person that she keeps seeing everywhere
The police then say "Kids like you these days hoaxing us around. This cioyuld have been a seriouse incident, You're basically describing yourself, this is taking time that could be usedm for real investigations."
Girl tries to say her words but keeps getting shut down by the detective. 
she takes the police drawing home
she stares at it for a while
then she realises its her
she becomes a recluse and stays at home
no one sees her for 1 month
bailiffs knock at her door to kick her out
ignores the door after several notices and shouting 

ending:
while the knocking and shouting continues she realsies what she has to do to get rid of the fear and pain
she heads towards the window
starts to climb out of the window and heads up the scaffolding up to the roof
goes back to her standing on the roof
looking down to the floor in tears
climbs on to the wall
as shes looking down one tear falls off her cheek and lands on the floor
in the distance she hears those baylifs shouting wake up
she thinks that those voices are just her head playing tricks on her
thats when she decides to jump
as she is falling she hears more voices shouting her to wake up
as she is falling she tells her mum he loves her
once she hit the floor she wakes up in a mental asylum 
her nose bleeding and tears on her cheek
it turns out it was all a dream    
          
  
 

Amber - Film Idea #1

Summary

Begining
Begins with a close up shot of a light bulb. 
Water can be heard dripping.
Pans to a mans feet and legs,the man is still.
Close up shot onto a police badge that is on the floor.
Then pans to a medium close up of the mans face.
He can be seen waking up, the man looks lost and scared.
Fades to black.

Middle
The same man can be seen in a questioning room, questioning a criminal.
 A close up shot of his face, he looks disturbed and like he is in pain.
The man is interigating the man about a crime that has recently happened in the local area.
One of the other police officers in the room stops the voice recorder,collects his files and leaves the room.
The criminal and the police officer remain in the room.
The criminal breaks out of his handcuffs and stands up.
Fades to black.

End 
The criminal bends down and looks at the man,he picks him up and drags him towards a door in the corner of the room.
The next room is full of posters and maps on the walls.
The criminal turns around to look at the man and smiles before hitting him over the head.

 

Tom Slater Film Idea #1 ( Genre: Comedic crime)

Tom Slater Film Idea #1 ( Genre: Comedic crime)

A Man wakes up In bed laying next to someone, An alarm rings, its 7:30 AM.

The man wakes up and looks around the room with dazed eyes, He glances over at the bed and see's a woman.

He picks up his pillow and throws it at her, he says "You still here woman?, Get outta 'ere".

(The Scene then fades to black.)

The next scene opens up with the man in front of a mirror in his pants, He puts on jeans and pulls them up (The actors name comes up on screen then fades away).

He then threads his belt through his trouser loops (another actors name comes up then fades away).

He then puts on a shirt (actors name comes up then fades).

He then tucks his short into his trousers (actors name comes up then fades).

He then plays and flattens out his 70's style moustache (actors name comes up then fades).

He then rubs his eyes (actors name comes up then fades).

The combs his hair (actors name comes up then fades).

The man then walks out a door and stubs his toe he says "Insert a chosen profanity here"  (actors name comes up then fades).

(Scene fades to black)

man and his friends then go on a trip to Vegas.

The guys do gambling and get into major debt

This leads them into selling drugs to try and get by whilst evading the cops and the gang that they are in debt to.

Things happen, that get them almost in trouble with the law, the gang and police are now after them.
They now enter a chase scene away from the gang and land a pier

(Fades to Black)

The next scene opens up with the police department in front of a cork board with many peoples faces on and evidence everywhere, strewn on desks and all over the cork board. Red string is linking photos against the board in typical detective crime fashion.

two detectives are arguing over models in a book and then their superior officer walks in and they comedically throw the magazine away and it hits a fellow officer.

Superior officer asks them, what on gods earth are you doin'.

this then develops out to them finding out that the main characters are going to try and escape the police, they then get news that they have been spotted out heading towards a pier in a high speed race.

Superior officer the says: Get 'cho mother fuckin' asses out there go go go!!!

This then cut back to the guys at the edge of the pier and many helicopter lights flashing in the background and then focus' onto them they then realise the main cast are surrounded by a mob gang

Mob gang and police have a comedic war with guns and other weaponry and many people dying and then eventually the gang gets arrested.
The main cast then find motor bikes and before being arrested hop on bikes and leg it. this then fades to a detective reading a article about wanted criminals went missing (our main cast) and has a picture of the main actors face.

this image then transitions onto the actors face but he's driving a motorbike on an empty highway with his friends.

The scene continues to be shown in many shots whilst Vietnam feeling By Credence Clearwater plays in the background.

(NOTES: I do not know if I can play the chosen song due to copyright but I will try to find a song that fits. Something very American style. something that Screams FREEDOM!!)

Group 16 - preliminary exercise

Film continuity

Film continuity

Film continuity is when scenes or shots from films are able to follow on from each other well. Continuity is a set of rules to make a shot go together naturally including framing, camera position, shot size and editing. This also include physical continuity which takes into consideration items such as watches, or different coloured hair whilst filming. If these are not the same during shots, shots can look poorer in quality and more obviously a film giving less emersion in the film.

For example do not shoot from an extreme longshot to a close up, or have a watch in one shot and not in the other unless the actor is shown taking it off.

Shot Reverse Shot
Shot reverse shot is where two shots are clearly edited together so that alternate characters ca be viewed typically during a conversation. In one shot characters will look left and the other look right as if they are facing each other. They may not be filmed directly after each other but are edited to look so.

180° line

Part of continuity is a thing called the 180° rule. This is a type of technical continuity in which the camera cannot pass what is called a line of action. This is typically used when filming a conversation with two people sat across from each other, this line of action allows for shots and reverse shots to allow the audience to see the perspectives and facial expressions of the actors. The camera cannot film the other side  of this 180° line because they look as if the actors have flipped sides thus leading to the audience missing important content or not having the full emersion or escapism of the film.

Match On action
Match on action is when a cut between shots places two frames directly next to each other, This is normally during a motion so the viewer focus's on the movement to make it less likely for the viewer to notice the scene has changed. This creates the sense of immersion through continutiy creating a visual que drawing viewers away form this edit.
Other types of technical continuity includes: Jump cuts, quick movements saving time by missing out and graphical edits in which images stay where they are and do not move unless needed to.

Continuity in Film

 

Continuity in film are rules set in place to make sure shots run smoother and go together but also to look natural.

The same scene and lines must be repeated in order to get the perfect shot .Continuity stops films from having mistakes from shooting the same scenes at different times. A film with a higher budget often has better continuity than a lower budget film.

Continuity is also a system of editing, this ensures that in the final cut the scenes flow through and run continually even if shot out of sequence.

Continuity refers to the degree which it is cut to without error and a continuity error is called a blooper.

 

There are three rules for continuity which are 180 degree rule, match on action and shot reverse shot.

 

Shot reverse shot

Shot reverse is when two shots are edited together that alternate characters, typically in a conversation situation. Usually characters in one frame look left, and in the following frame look right. Shot reverse shot may also not be filmed in the correct order but will be edited together afterwards. You must also ensure that the right amount of shots are filmed to make the shot reverse shot sequence work.

 

180 degree line

 The angle between any two consecutive shots should not exceed180 degree in order to maintain spatial relationships between people and objects in any given sequence of shots. This rule is the principle which underpins all TV and film production and is important to not cross the line of vision between two characters as it breaks continuity.

 

Match on action

A cut between two shots that places two different framings of the same action next to each other, making it seem to continue uninterrupted. This creates the impression of a sense of continuity  the action carries through a visual bridge which draws the viewers attention away from the slight cutting or continuity issues.

 

 

 

 

 

 



What is continuity in film?

Continuity in film is a set of rules to assure all camera shots go together naturally. It includes framing, camera positions, shot size and editing. The script supervisor is usually in charge of continuity. It needs to be maintained during and between shots. For example, make-up, hair, costume and props. Careful notes of each of these need to be maintained to ensure the state of stability and the absence of disruption. There are three ways to assure continuity in film.

The 180 degree rule is a guideline between characters on-screen. It places the character in a certain position to show the audience where each character is. During dialogue there is an imaginary straight line running between two characters. When the camera remains on one side of the line, it keeps the characters positions consistent between each shot.

Shot-reverse shot is a technique that is used alongside the 180 degree rule. During dialogue one character is seen looking at the other character opposite them. The audience tend to see over one characters shoulder whilst the other character talks, when the other character begins talking the shot switches to face the other way whilst still following the 180 degree rule. It is also an example of eye line match.

Match on action (or a match cut) is when two shots filmed from different positions are joined together. Editing is not continuous unlike the brain which can hide it. The action that is being performed from an angle in one shot is then performed again in another shot with another angle, when this is edited together and matched, the action continues without the brain noticing the seamless cut.For example, if someone is going to walk towards a door and reach for the handle just as their hand touches the door handle the scene will cut to a shot of the door opening from the other side.

Continuity in Film

Continuity is a set of rules that are put in place to ensure that the shots fit together and look natural. The same scenes and lines must be filmed several times in order for the shot to fit perfectly together once you have edited it to what you need.

Continuity is used to stop films from having mistakes from shooting the same scenes at different times. for example the mistakes could be as simple as holding an object in the opposite hand or wearing different clothes.

A film that is produced with a higher budget has more continuity in it than a film produced at a low budget. For example there will be a big difference in continuity between The Big Six and an Independent film company such as Warp Films.

Continuity is a system of editing that allows the final scenes that have been cut flow continuously even if the shot is out of the sequence. It refers to the degree in which it is cut without error.

A continuity error is known as a blooper.

There are three rules in continuity 180 degree line, match on action and shot reverse shot.

180 degree line:

With this rule you can only film one way so that it keeps continuity flowing because is you film on the other side and you break the 180 degree rule then the objects and characters will look the opposite way around. Also if the rule isn't broken then it will intrigue the audience more because the film will flow.

Match on action:

Match on action is film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action. For example a man walks up to a door and reaching for the knob you would get a long shot of him walking up to the door and then a close up of him turning the door handle and opening the door.

Shot, reverse shot:

This is when you have two different shots of the same conversation between two actors, once you have cut and edited the shots and put them together it will look like you have filmed between both of the actors. This rule has the 180 degree line rule within it because you have to stay on the same side of the line in order for it to work and fit together.  

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