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Reasoning of chosen idea

The main reason for our choice of the first idea was the apparent difficulty that recording idea two and the lack of thrilling material in idea three. Idea one in short was the most realistic in terms of completion using set and actors. Although it was easier to adapt this script to the lack of set and props we were faced with I would have to say that it is the most plot driven of our ideas due to the good writing and use of powerful narration story and ideas.

Idea number one was also the most popular overall when presented to the class (teens and avid media boffins who fit our target market.)

250 word treatment

The original proposal for the opening has been changed a lot to make it what it is now. Most changes have mainly been made during editing. The first of the three proposals originally entitled looking for vengeance was mostly point of view shots from the main character. A single piece of audio was set to be present throughout the entire piece namely loud heartbeats coupled with heavy breathing. The point of view shots follow the character through his experiences after an encounter with a dangerous enemy. His experiences are mixed as his memories aren’t correctly ordered and he switches between what is happening and what has happened.

The second idea originally entitled police protection was planned to be a crime thriller starting with two guards in a maximum security prison watching over a high priority inmate who has turned himself in for protection. As they talk a man is seen entering the prison who is then spotted on a monitor the guards have on the cell of the prisoner. As the guards run to save him we see the inmate being threatened by the unknown man.

The third and final idea was also a crime thriller. The instrument revolved around a detective with special deductive abilities investigating a single crime scene profiling the criminal responsible and then realizing that something bigger is going on.

Record shoot details

There were two days of shooting the first of which I was unable to be there for. The advantage to having the camera on the Friday was that it gave us extra shooting time over the weekend. So I arrived on the second day of shooting. The shooting of the main sequence went very well the only major problem we had was the fact that our piece was meant for recording during hours of dusk which limited the amount of shooting time we had before things became unable to shoot. We managed to get all the footage we need in the bag before then though. A major problem we face right now in editing as I see it is that certain people in our group have opposing opinions. While John and I believe there are too many point of view shots to cap off the film successfully Zander believes that we can carry the film with the footage we have now. We solved this problem by developing two initial cuts of the film on two different computers which sometimes presented problems due to one computer being used during lessons when Zander wasn’t there so we couldn’t review the work he had done.

I apologise for the lack of work put up recently I am uploading this at a cafe with free wifi I was unable to Upload anything over the holiday and will be unable to upload anything once at home.

I would also like to place my finished studio ident here it was made from various of the old design and then was redesigned with the help of john hughes suggesting the colour as it would appeal more and set the mood of the thriller

i hope the animation still shows...

more soon if I am able to find it