Plans for filming

We now have our main actors lined up, so we shall begin
to film this holiday as the majority of actors are available
to shoot over Christmas.

We have booked a lighting kit for the holidays as we think it
will greatly benefit our film.

Prop list

We will add more too this as we finish off the script

Prop Guns x4
Fake Blood
Suits + Gangster Clothes + Hats
Plans
Balaclavas
Rope
Cigars

Shot list

Shot 1 - (5s) [Very Long Shot] {Establishing shot of location}

Shot 2 - (6s)[Long/Medium Shot] {Camera zooms in on low lit table with 3 people around it}

Shot 3 - (3s)[Medium Shot] {Camera stops zooming, men are talking}

Shot 4 - (6s)[Medium Shot] {Camera pans around the table as the boss talks}

Shot 5 - (6s)[Medium Shot] {The focus switches to Vinny}

Shot 6 - (6s)[Medium Shot] {The focus switches to Jimmy}

Shot 7 - (4s)[Close Up Shot] {Close up of Vinny, he suggests Rosebud for the job}

Shot 8 - (3s)[Close Up Shot] {Switch to Rosebud, establishing his charecter}

Shot 9 - (6s)[Medium Shot] {Freeze frame, with effect overlay and title of Rosebud}

Shot 10 - (12s)[Long Shot] {Action sequence/Montage of Rosebud}

Shot 11 - (4s)[Medium Shot] {Back to table}

Shot 12 - (3s)[Medium Close Up Shot] {Jimmy suggests Franky}

Shot 13 - (3s)[Medium Close Up Shot] {Cut to Franky}

Shot 14 - (12s)[Medium Shot] {Franky's action sequence/Montage}

Shot 15 - (2s)[Long Shot] {Freeze frame on Franky with effects and title}

Shot 16 - (3s)[Medium Shot] {Back to table}

Shot 17 - (4s)[Medium Shot] {Boss gets out blueprints/map}

Shot 18 - (6s)[Close Up Shot] {Viewing blueprints/map on table}

Shot 19 - (5s)[Medium Shot] {Cuts to boss}

Shot 20 - (3s)[Medium Close Up Shot] {Cut to Dino}

Shot 21 - (12s)[Medium Shot] {Dino's action sequence/montage}

Shot 22 - (2s)[Long Shot] {Freeze frame with effect and title of Dino}

Shot 23 - (4s)[Medium Close Up Shot] {Cut back to table, all 3 in the shot, agreeing on plan}

Shot 24 - (5s)[Close Up Shot] {Cut to boss, she is pleased}

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Basic Synopsis

This is the initial idea for our movie, please comment and give feedback as to what needs to be changed or amended.

"A group of 3-4 criminals are sitting around a make shift table, making plans for the large back robbery that is to be executed in the future. They have to discuss things such as target bank, weapons, and people. They mainly focus on which people to hire for the job, the leader knows a lot of crooks in the business but they need to pick the ones who will best help carry out this heist.  As they go round the table, everyone suggests different people that they know  or have worked with in the past, they discuss their good and bad points and focus on their individual skills. Whilst they do this, the film will cut away to said criminals in a flashback style, reviewing their past work, getting a real feel for what they can bring to the table, this will be narrated by the individuals around the table. These are a bunch of crooks not to be reckoned with."

Genre Research Summary

1. What do the titles tend to look like? Fonts, transitions, pace, contents?


The titles in crime films are often quite bold using a font such as impact. The transitions
are usually quite fast paced and clever, they give the film a different angle and help
it too flow better.

2. What kind of music and/or other non-diegetic sounds are used?

There are two main types of soundtrack used in crime films. When the criminals are
planning or preparing for a crime, the music will be a lot quieter and will be used to
build the tension, whereas once the action is taking place, we get much more fast paced,
louder music, this increases the excitement of the scene. There are also quite a lot of non
diegetic sounds used in most crime films, such as car tyre screeches and gun shot sounds.




3. What types of character do we see in the opening sequences? How are their characters established through technical features (e.g. costume, make-up, setting, cinematography, sound, editing ...)


We often see the main characters who are key to the plot, introduced early on to show their
significance to the scene, often the shot is freeze framed and there name is shown in the form
of a title, this character building style can be taken a step further by having different fonts or
music to go with each individual. Quite often, especially for the leaders / bosses, the camera
will be positioned at a low angle to them, so portray their power.

4. What kinds of mise en scene dominate? What are typical features of setting, lighting, props?

There are a few props that are almost always used in crime films, examples of these are:

guns, balaclavas, get away cars/vans, blue prints/maps and possibly a hostage. The films are

usually done in low light as this helps create a dark atmosphere. The settings vary, but often the

planning is done in an inconspicuous room, such as a cellar or warehouse, and the action often takes

place in a bank or on the road in chase. 

5. What narrative codes are employed and how?

Crime films often follow Barthe's enigma theory, in which the film stars in a situation that the

viewer can not understand, they need to continue to watch so that they can understand. Some 

examples are when the criminals are executing the plan, the viewer does not know how it will

be executed so they must continue to watch to find out, or perhaps once the crime is over and

the film starts in the aftermath or consequence of the crime.

6.Is there a particular form of cinematography or editing that is specific to the genre your working in?

Crime films often use low angle shots to show power and control and high angles to show weaker more

insignificant characters. The editing is often fast paced and quite clever, with use of in depth transitions and

special overlay effects.

Audience Research Focus Group Meeting Analysis

After meeting with our focus group, we have decided to remove, modify or add certain elements to our film

Originally we were going to involve some sort of car chase scene for when our charecters were talking about the plan, however Joe and Megan agreed that that would not be practicle in the time we have to draft, shoot and edit our film, we would also have to find someone to drive for us, they may charge for fuel money which would add to cost production. We were keen on using weapons in the film, as it is an essential entity in most crime films, Zac was able to suggest a few places where we could borrow / rent a few of these said weapons, Jay added that they should be de-activated as to reduce cost and danger on set, not to mention the fact that it is illegal to use working weapons, making our risk assesment smaller. Originally we had planned for our cast to be a mixture of male and female actors, as we assumed this would be more appealing to the audience with a majority of males, however, Joe explained that from past viewing of movies, he prefered an all male cast as it helped him relate to the characters, which increased his enjoyment of the film, he also pointed out that crime films seldom include many women at all, so if ours were too, then the authenticity of it would be lowered alot.

Audience Research Focus Group

Jay is 17, he likes action and horror films, and listens to drum and bass and dubstep.

Meg is 16, She likes Comedy, Horror and Romance Films, she listens to screamo and metal.

Joe is 16 and likes Action and Stoner Comedy films, he listens to electronica and mashups.

 

Zac is 18 he likes Comedy, Horror and Crime films, he listens to prog rock and heavy metal

Target Audience

We have decided out target audience will be males of the age 15 - 20, we feel that these are the most common demographic who watch crime / thriller movies, so it makes sense to appeal to the largest market. Generally, this audience would enjoy violent films with lots of action and adventure, as well as suspense to keep them gripped, they may have watched other films such as Pulp Fiction or Snatch. Our target audience would most likely congregate in large groups, and have a wide knowledge of the genre. If we were to plot out target audience on the JICNARs scale, they would most likely fall under the ABC1 category, with perhaps some from C2, the family of the viewer would have to be well off to support the viewers love for the genre. The audience would mainly appear as Rebels in terms of Psychographic segmentation, as crime movies are not as common and mainstream as other films such as Shrek or Harry Potter, however they could also be considered Individualists in the way that they don't want to follow everyone else.