Development

Script

Saman: When i was younger all i wanted to do

was get older, now that i am i can do what adults do, and well, i do, i can drink drive vote and have sex, but i don't vote that's not for me. I've realised a couple of things along the way, im good at what i do, but it's how i do it that gets me into trouble, you may think im a bad man, but the thing is, i'm really not.

Storyboard

This is the storyboard for our opening titles for Crook it shows Saman walking down the street, walking into a shop, browsing the shop a little bit, then attempts to steal some items, however he is chased out by the shop owner and round the corner.

Pre-Production

Location

Above are pictures that I and my group took when we went to go and have a look at our location. We have chosen the area of St Johns wood because it is an upmarket area with many expensive clothes shops, the kind of shops that are more desirable for shoplifting.

Our idea is to have a character, name unknown, to walk down a side ally, come on to the main road, walk into a shop and steal a few items. Once the clothes have been stolen he will be chased by the security guard, eventually the character will loose the guard and stop somewhere to catch his breath. there will also be a voice over explaining the character's life, his background, name, Why he steals and the audience will, hopefully, get to know who this character is what he is about. That's is why we believe that St Johns wood is an appropriate location.

To help me understand the conventions of a British gangster film and what the openings tend to look like, I looked at to help me. I will upload appropriate openings soon

Props List:
Gloves
Clothes to be stolen

Equipment list:
Camera
Tripod
Memory cards
Battery charger

Roles:
Saman - criminal

Cast List:
Saman playing Saman
Saman is a 'hard' lad, with a tough background, he steals because he feels the need to.

Costume:
Grey tracksuit bottoms
dark coloured coat with a hood
white shoes
gloves

Location:
St. John's wood high street and slip roads surrounding
Square 1,St. John's wood high street

Sound:
Music - Chasing Status, Snow Patrol
Voice over - To be created by Saman

26/11/09 - 06/12/09 - Pre-Production

Filming dates:
06/12/09

07/12/09 - 1 1/2 hours

10/12/09 - 1 1/2 hours

12/12/09

12/12/09 - 03/01/10 - Editing

17/03/10 - Film burned to DVD

17/03/10 - 02/04/10 - prepare and present, power point presentation

Research - Saw VI analysis-thriller horror

This is the opening for the feature film 'Saw' the lighting is very dark to create a feeling of a dingy and scary room, this already tell the audience of the type of film they are about to see. The use of jumpy handheld camera helps to create a sence of urgency and panic, this can shock the audience and scare them from the very beggining, the desired affect of the film. All the charcters seem to be hurt and in a state of shock. this shows the audience what the charicters are feeling.

Last week I found out that we must plan what our scene will look like in the form of a story board, to help me do this I looked at www.artofthetitle.com this is a website that has the openings of many films so that you can see what they do or don't have in common, i hope to do a horror film therefore I am looking at similar films to see what they have in common.

When I have created my storyboard I will upload it to blogger.