Michael Barnes - AS Media: April 2012

Task 24 - Organisation of Footage

as there were so many bits of footage and and documents everything was organised either on my desktop or in a file in My Documents

Evaluation Question 7 - From Preliminary to Official Work

this is the preliminary video again:

The Preliminary Task brief was to create a minute long scene of a genre of our choice that involved everyone in our group. While filming we had to include a shot-reverse-shot, a match on action and we had to keep in mind the 180 degree rule (which we did).

During the process of producing a full two minute opening sequence we have adapted our use of shot revers shot, match on action and the 180 degree rule. In our shotlist we planned for a shot-reverse-shot between the protagonist and the therapist but decided it didn't work so changed it to a point-of-view shot which we felt expressed the mood a bit more.

In our original cut of the opening sequence we had a match on action of the protagonist walking towards the door then walking through it but we had to cut it due to length issues.

We were also constantly aware of the 360 degree rule but decided to break it with a dolly track around the protagonist so we could get a dizzying shot in the long hallway. We felt breaking the rule made the dream seem more surreal and dreamlike.

Task 16 - Target Audience Profile

Evaluation Question 4 - Target Audience

Task 26 - Rough Cut

Task 5 - Initial Ideas

First Screenplay ideas:

First Shotlist ideas:

Evaluation Question 3 - Who Will Distribute Our Film

Evaluation Question 1 - Challenging/Develop Conventions and Forms

Task 7 - Film Synopsis

- A woman (Stacey) goes to therapy to seek help for the recurring dreams they keep having. The dreams revolve around a door they swear they’ve never seen before.

- After their mother passes away the protagonist looks through some old pictures with their father. She finds a picture of her old class in primary school but she doesn’t remember it. The father says that when she was little the family moved to a little town in Kent but they moved out after a month because the school burnt down.

- After talking to their dad Stacey looks back at the pictures with their fiancé who mentions something about creepy door in the background. The woman now realises that the door is from the old school she decides to go to the town and find out what happened in the school.

- Whilst in the town Stacy investigates the school and ask people what happened but no one gives her a straight answer. She befriends Beth, a woman her age who vaguely remembers Stacey and she helps her look into things. Beth also doesn’t remember much and is curious about what happened.

- After a couple of days of asking people they decide to break into the now abandoned school and the characters experience weird flashbacks as if they’re happening now. But after searching through most of the night they decide to take a break and rest at Beth’s house.

- The next morning Stacey realises that Beth’s dad was one of the people in the flashback. After confronted him it turns out he worked there but Beth doesn’t remember for some reason.

- After talking to Beth’s dad, the duo head back to the school to see if they can find the cupboard but Stacey gets a call from her fiancé in tears saying her dad is in hospital with heart problems. She heads back and find out he may not be getting out of the hospital.