Shot List

Opening credits: Production Team, Distributor, Director
Voice over begins when director’s name appears on screen + slow drumming.

Voice over: When you’re in the business that I am in, you have to                                                                  keep a few skills that you must learn.

Long shot slowly pushing in. Target sitting down, writing on some paper at a desk, fades in through director’s name.

Voice over: First, is to be able to pick a lock.

Target sitting down cuts to a close up of a door handle, lock picking equipment goes into the key hole and wriggles around and the door opens.

Voice over: the second... is to remain undetectable.

Match on action shot- hit-man walking through the door he just opened | Point of view shot - hit man spot the shadow of the Wife of the target at the top of the stairs | medium shot - of hit man closing the door quietly behind him and hiding behind a wall| medium shot of Wife coming round down the stair and going somewhere different to the hit man | Point of view shot – hit man looking round the corner and seeing the wife going off camera.

Voice over: Also a key skill, know how to use you weapon. Know it inside and out, and stick to it.

Medium close up – hit man checking his gun is working | medium shot camera following the hit man running up the stairs.

Voice over: Lastly... pull the trigger.

Medium close-up of the target – head rapidly leaves the shot, revealing the barrel of a gun behind him,

Focus Group Task:

We showed our class two of our influential films, Assassins (1995) and Ninja Assassin (2009) we wanted to know what they felt made the opening to the films successful, e.g. Setting, if enigmas where created, ect.


Assassins (Q&A):

1)      Was the setting suitable and why was the setting suitable?

The setting seems suitable, because it is an empty area, they are both alone, and it is a lonely place to die.

2)      Do you get any clues to the rest of the film? And what clues do you actually get?

There are no clear clues to the rest of the film.

3)      Does this scene create enigmas? If so what enigmas does it create?

Yes the film does create enigmas, it creates enigmas such as

·         Why did the guy have to die?

·         What is the two men’s relationship in the film?

·         Why does the man let the other man shoot himself?

4)      What reactions do you get from the killer?

You get only a couple of emotions these are anger at the beginning as he doesn’t speak, but then you get pity for the other person from him as he lets the man shoot himself.

Ninja Assassin (Q&A):

1)      How is atmosphere created with these characters?

The atmosphere is a joking atmosphere, only the old man is serious, it’s not an edge of the seat atmosphere.

2)      How are the emotions from the gangster created/portrayed?

The gangster’s emotions are portrayed through his laughing and joking around facial expressions.

3)      Does the old mans story telling create mystery how/why?

The old mans story does create emotion, but there is still a joking atmosphere.

4)      Do you think the gore is over the top?

The gore is defiantly over the top.

Textual Analysis of ‘Ninja Assassin’

First scene a darkened Warner Brothers Logo, trying to portray a dark film.

Second scenes a fading in from some sort of wind a legendary pictures logo, still portraying a dark film.

Another dark logo, this time of dark castle entertainment.

A weird unknown logo with no title appears.

A rap song in the background starts to play and we are opened up into the film starting with someone getting a tattoo but in the old fashioned style.

Camera arcs around body and begins to show front of the unknown person.

We see unknown characters and face and we are seen with him being in a lot of pain light very dark on his face.

Light starts to show and we can see sweat on his face, still loads of pain showing.

Japanese writing shows on the side of the screen next to the man’s face.

Japanese writing translates o reveal the location of the scene.

We are now shown another character who is obviously the tattooist he is showing a lot of precision while doing his work, writing has disappeared.

We are then shown the tattoo once again which has been progressed and more has been done since we first saw it.

Now we have 3 characters in the shot two which we have already seen two but a new character has been introduced, which this time is girl who is drinking an alcoholic drink.

The character we first saw now speaks and swears.

We are then introduced too the entire room which shows more characters most of which are sitting down.

We are now shown a medium shot of the character and then we see another character a girl offer a glass tray of some sort of white powder, more than likely drugs.

We are then introduced back to the first 

Textual analyis of Assassins

The Warner brother’s logo appears

A Church bell starts ringing

Title fades to ‘Warner Bros. Presents’ from black and then fades back to black.

‘ASSASSINS’ fades on screen from black in red writing.

The title then turns into black and white

What sounds like a small child starts to sing with an echoing voice

The sun is the main focus of the next clip, with clouds moving over it.

This then fades through to a clock at 10 o’clock

Fades through to two security guards opening a gate and a door for a man in a white suit.

Which cuts to feet running up the stairs, the trousers are white therefore it is the man who just entered through the door

Again it fades through to another clock, this time saying 3:10

Which fades through to a silenced pistol being put down, the camera pans to see bullets being put down as well. The camera fades again to the sun.

This then fades though to doors being opened again by a security guard letting a man in wearing a grey suit carrying a large suitcase, he then walks underneath the camera giving us a birds eye view of him.

The camera then cuts to a sniper rifle being assembled.

Which quickly cuts back to a hand touching some money, the camera pans up to see the both men in suits? The man in the white suit then signs something, which the camera focuses on.

The camera cuts back to the bullets on that were put down, and a hand taking a bullet out, the hands then put the bullet into the sniper rifle, and the sound of the bullet being put in is echoed.

The camera cuts to the man in the white suit running down the stairs with the suitcase

Cuts to the sniper rifle being held up to a face.

And then cuts to doors being opened by guards again, and the suited men exit through the doors

Camera cuts to the sniper rifle

The camera shows us looking down the Sniper rifle’s sight, locked onto the man in the white suit

The camera zooms in and the man in the white suit looks straight back at the camera/sniper sight.

Then a loud gunshot noise and the camera quickly switches to a group of pigeons flying away

Pitch Feedback

Our pitch had good feedback:

·         It looks good and sounds like an action packed story

·         Hitman films generally tend to make a good film, and this sounds like another good film

But we had slightly had some more feed back such as:

·         Trying to create an older character may be hard

·         Using guns can cause risks with the public/police

·         Trying to get a place to film may be hard

·         Must be a lot of risk assessment

·         May be hard to explain story within 2 minutes

Films Like Ours.

Ninja Assassin:

http://uk.filmtrailer.com/cinema/2946/Ninja+Assassin+film+trailer.html

Our film ideas are along the same lines as ninja assassin as this film is about a boy who is taken into a camp and trained to become a deadly assassin. I like the general idea of this film.

Hitman:

Hitman is basically like our character as he is professional and wants the job done properly but he questions an assignment and saves the girl instead of kill her and he becomes a target.

The Pitch :)

Our pitch video

Our Pitch!

Genre:

Crime thriller

Form:

Feature Film

Influences:

Hitman (2007), Ninja Assassin (2009) Assassins (1995)

Audience:

15 – 21, any fans of action, any fans of crime films, any fans of thriller.

About:

Our film starts where it ends, it begins with a man sitting down, and then another man walking (our main character) along who is has obviously been through a lot. When he reaches the first man he pulls out a gun and puts into the back of the man’s head, the person sitting then says “I have been waiting for you” then the whole thing rewinds to a point of the main characters childhood.

Our film is an action based film with lots of mystery which will play on the audience’s mind. It is a film which will get the person involved, it is all about a young child who at birth is kidnapped and taken to a camp where he is forced trains to become a deadly assassin, now 20 years later he is the world’s most feared person, there is no getting out of this cruel work, and now when he is handed an assignment his conscience comes in to play and he starts to begin to question his work and now he has become an assignment for another assassin, now as he begins to hunt down his target but does he kill him? Our film is meant to start with a bit of mystery (it starts where it ends) throughout the film you will see the hitman/assassin go through his life and what is happening to his life.  The audience will feel a various amount of emotion for the hitman.

By Daniel and Will

A Tough Decision

Today me and Will had to make a tough decision, on weather to keep Danny in our group, we decided it was best to drop him from the group because he was not making any contribution to our group, so we decided to set up a new blog and contnue our work without him.
By Daniel and Will

These are the DO'S of how to make a good film:

Ø Make sure the plot is clear

Ø Make sure the characters voices are clear

Ø Make sure the editing is done correctly

Ø Make sure the script is understandable and well written

Ø Good acting

Ø Copyright free music

Ø Have dedication and motivation

Ø Try to avoid wind and background noise while filming

Ø Make the story-line as interesting as possible

Ø Use the right costumes and props

Ø Believable characters

Ø Assign roles to the group

By Daniel and Will

William Taylors Answers to preliminary task questions

•         Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?

Yes it does, the clips are edited together correctly in chronological order so the plot line can be followed.

•         Have you followed the directions in the brief?  (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character.  An exchange of dialogue occurs.)

We have a character opening a door crosses the room to the other character, but they do not sit down, even though they are opposite each other. Dialogue is exchanged between the characters, and then they both leave.

•         Have you used match-on-action? 

We have used match-on-action when one of the characters hands over the envelope the other character opens it in a close up of the hands.

•         Can you explain what a match-on action involves?

Match-on-action involves one thing happening in one shot and then something happening because of that shot happening, e.g. someone opening a door, and the next shot would be someone walking through the door and the door might close behind the character.

•         Have you used shot/reverse shot?

Unfortunately, we forgot to use shot/ reverse shot because when we finished all the dialogue we thought we were done.

•         Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?

Shot/ reverse shot is where the camera catches a line of dialogue and then swaps angle to focus on the other person reading a line of dialogue, and then back to the original shot.

•         Did you observe the 180-degree rule?

We did use the 180-degree rule in our piece.

•         Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

The 180-degree rule is where the camera does not cross a certain line when filming, they use this rule so that people are not confused as to which character is which.

•         What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task?  (e.g.  filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)

During the making of the film I was the man behind the camera, and after the filming, I helped editing the clips together.

•         How would you assess your contribution to the group?

I would say that I contributed well in my areas, e.g.  I set the camera up where I wanted to get as many shots as possible, even though I forgot about shot/ reverse shot.

•         What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?

I have learned what shots that you should use when filming a piece, also I learnt how to use Adobe Premier Pro when editing clips together.

William Taylor

Our Preliminary Task

Shot List

Establishing shot of surroundings, man two standing on his own
Close up of door handle turning and door opening
Low angle shot when man one meets man two
Two shot when Man two hands over the envelope

Man one: so what do we have here?

Medium shot when Man one opens the envelope
Over the shoulder shot when man one asks questions about the target

Man two: That’s your target.

Shot reverse shot during dialogue

Man 1: I can see that!*pauses* so who has he pissed off?

Man two:  That doesn’t matter, all you need to know is he is wanted dead, and it’s your job to make sure that happens.

Man one: Alright, no need to get so defensive. I’m going to go and plan what to do. *walks off*

Man one leaves tilted frame plus low angle shot, which tracks him, walking away.
by Daniel and Will

Our Pictures of Shots

These are the different camera shots and our examples of each:

Extreme Close-up

Big Close-up

Close-up

Medium Close-up

Medium Shot

Medim Long Shot

Long Shot

Two Shot

Over the shoulder Shot

Interviwee shot



moving shot



high angle shot



low angle shot


By Daniel and Will



Preliminary Task

In our preliminary task our group had to come up with an idea that wouldn't be too long on film and had to include, someone opening a door and few short sentences of dialogue. This is our idea:
The hitman receives a call to go pick up information on a target. He leaves and gets his info from a guy (meeting place: In 2nd man’s house / office). Hitman tries to find out why the target must die, but the 2^nd man is insistent on not telling him why. Hitman looks suspicious and leaves.

by Daniel and Will