Storyboard of our opening

Sam du Berry

Filming Schedule

Date	Time	Where	Who
23/03/16	3.10-6	Head teachers office	Nathan Copping
23/03/16	6-6.30	Library	Owen Thomas

Our filming will take place on one day and the majority of it will be spent in the head teachers office where we will film the main character as he does his scene. The filming will then move over to a library where the second character will be filmed as he does research and work.

Rhys Williams

Actors Consent Forms

Rhys Williams and Sam du Berry

Initial Script

Script for our opening

(Phone call between the criminal and main character)

Criminal – Do you know who this is?

Main character – How did you find this number?

Criminal – It wasn’t that hard to find

Criminal – You’re never going to catch me, you are always one step behind

Main character– I’m just trying to fill in the blanks

Criminal- Some blanks never get filled in

Main character – Sometimes people are too clever for their own good

Main character – see you soon john, and it just might be sooner than you think.

 

(Phone call from supervisor telling him the press is ready)

Main character – yes

Supervisor – the press are ready to see you now

Main character – I will be right over

Rhys Williams And Sam du Berry

Our Film Title

INTERFERENCE
This is the title we have chosen for our film as we feel it is relevant to our whole film storyline and it is quite memorable. It is quite a short title and doesn't give much away, this gives it a mysterious effect. Once people have seen the opening they will have an understanding of why we chose this as the title. The title adds a certain amount of tension to the film because people will know something must go wrong because a process or something will be interfered with. It is important that a film title makes our audience picture what could happen or have their suspicions about what could happen. It might help them to imagine what their perfect movie for that title would be. The movie title is the first feature of the film that the viewer will notice therefore, it will set up there expectations of the film meaning it needs to have appositive effect on them. The movie title is also a marketing tool used to promote the film, as a result of this we would need to have a relatable, intriguing title.

Sam du Berry and Rhys Williams

Shotlist (updated)

Shot	Time	Why
Establishing Shot	4 seconds	Paperwork on the desk, in office which is empty. Paperwork signifies his importance.
Medium shot/long shot	2-3 seconds	Shot from outside the room looking in through the window.
Close up	3-4 seconds	Shot of paperwork shows the files he is looking into.
Pan	2-3 seconds	Pan of the paperwork and desk shows what the character is doing.
Match on action	3 seconds	Shows a door being opened
Long shot	3 seconds	Shot through the door shows character in suit but no head.
Medium shot	2 seconds	Man sits down and pulls the chair out
Close up	2-3 seconds	Shot of his hands and he pulls the paperwork together in one bundle.
Close up	2 seconds	Character pulls a small bag of drugs out and lays it on the table.
Close up	2-3 seconds	Chopping up the drugs with a credit card or ruler.
High angle	3 seconds	Down on main character as he leans down to take some of the drugs.
Medium shot	3 seconds	Main character leans back slumped over his chair.
Close up	3 seconds	Close up on a hand knocking on the door
Over the shoulder shot	3 seconds	Man hears the knock and scrambles to get paperwork back out.
Close up	2 seconds	Outreached hand ready to shake someone’s hand coming in.
Fade	To	Black
Close up	3 seconds	Student with a law book in their hands
Over the shoulder	2 seconds	Student puts the book down on the pile.
Over the shoulder	4 seconds	Shot shows the student looking at a web page to do with politics
Close up	1 second	Shot of only the screen
Close up	2 seconds	Close up on screen as student comes across picture which has something wrong with it.
Extreme close up	2 seconds	Shock on students face as he has clearly seen something abnormal.
Tracking shot	5 seconds	Student piles the books up and then proceeds to walk out the room. Screen goes dark.

 

Shotlist for own opening

Shot	Time	Why
Establishing shot of the room	4 seconds	Using an establishing shot at the start lets the audience know what location you are at.
Match on action of main character coming through the door	4 seconds	Using a match on action creates a sense of continuity and draws the audience away from any cutting issues.
Tilt of main character	3 Seconds	Showing the characters full body introduces him for the main part and what he is wearing but we don’t see his face so it keeps his identity secret.
Tracking shot of man walking to his desk	3 seconds	A tracking shot is used commonly to explore a room and therefore this shot gives the viewers an idea of where the character has walked into.
Over the shoulder shot of man sitting at desk	2 seconds	This shot is used to see what the characters perspective is, of the files.
Shot of the files close up	2 seconds	This shot can be used to show what he is looking at. (criminals files)
Panning shot of around desk	3 seconds	Helps to establish the scene and location of him at the desk concentrating on the files.
Bird’s eye view shot of desk	3 seconds	Shows the main character flicking through the files
Point of view shot of desk, focuses on medicine.	3 seconds	Focuses on the medicine because it is an important part of the characters lifestyle.
Shot from desk looks at wall	2 seconds	This looks at the wall when it is blank, before he starts collecting information on the case
Shot of him pinning faces up	2 seconds	Start of his investigation
Time lapse of him walking up and down in front of the wall adding information to it.	5 seconds	Shows him getting stressed out and progressing with the case.
Shot of him sitting on floor taking his glasses off and throwing them. High angle	2 seconds	Backs up the idea he is getting stressed out.
Close up of a phone ringing	2 seconds	We see a close up of a phone ringing from an unknown caller, helps to create tension.
Close up of him answering the phone	3 seconds	Shows his facial expressions as he answers.
Medium shot of him up against the wall showing him talking to the man he is after with the background of all his work.	4 seconds	This shot shows all of his work he has been doing but it shows him talking to the man he needs. This is used for the majority of the conversation
Pan around the character	2-3 seconds	Shows the character as he puts the phone down and his body language.
Close up answering the phone	4 seconds	Gets a phone call and this time it is from an associate saying he needs to speak to the press. Shot shows his distress after just speaking to the criminal.
Close up shot of his feet walking up stairs	3 seconds	Shows him walking up the stairs to the podium where he does his speech to the press
Low angle shot of man talking	3-4 seconds	Shot goes up to the chin as we are still keeping his identity quite private.

 

Rhys Williams And Sam du Berry

Hypothetic Casting

William Fichtner would be used to play the main character. This is because he has had experience in playing roles like the one in our film but also because he suits the physical appearance of someone we would cast in our opening. He is capable of dressing smart and looking important which suits our role. He has played in many notable films and TV series which are for the main part action and adventure so his genre experience also makes him a worthwhile contender. In multiple films he is in, he is also seen to wear similar clothes to that in our piece which is why I believe he would be the reasonable celebrity actor to use.

Rhys Williams

Mise En Scene Consideration

The final piece will be set in the equivalent of a prime ministers office and therefore the mise en scene will have to be appropriate for the film opening. This reason means there can not be any out of place props because it will deter peoples attention from the important parts and it wouldn't set the scene properly. It is important that all props are related to the story line, there should be a couple of weapons and drugs, this way people are able to see that the person in the scene is either important or the villain character. The main character would wear a black suit as it connotes his physical presence and authority/power.

Props that we should not use in our film opening would be ones that don't relate to the genre or location. In terms of our location it should be suitable and the surroundings and landscape should all fit in. This means anything in shot that is not relevant should be removed because it would ruin the shot and storyline.

The lighting should be naturalistic or low key lighting for the main part to represent the fact action and shooting and drugs are a dark subject.

Rhys Williams

Final location Decision

We chose to film our opening title scene in an office as it is appropriate for our characters role. There is a grand, wooden conference table with eight seats around it on one side of the room and a small office desk in the far left of the room as you enter through the door. These two tables can be used within our film opening as they are both relevant to our storyline. The conference table will be where the main character will spend most of his time within the first two minutes of our film. This is where he will be sitting when he looks over the papers and takes the drugs.

We looked around another office that we could have potentially filmed in however we thought it was too small and there was a large window along one side of the wall meaning that the lighting was too high key for our liking. Furthermore, the room was too small and there wasn't a suitable desk/ table for us to use within the opening scene of our film. None of the other locations that we looked around were suitable for our film. A government agent would need a nice office where he can work therefore, this location is the most suitable for the role of our main character.

Sam du Berry

Post on Costumes

The main character in our film will be dressed smartly as a government agent should. He will be wearing a navy suit to show the characters importance and power within the opening scene of the film. The suit also connotes wealth which is backed up by some of the other generic conventions of an Action film on display in the characters office. A white shirt and light blue tie will also be worn by the main character to further enforce the smart dress code. To complete the outfit, the character will be wearing a pair of smart black shoes. The dark suit represents a mysterious side of the character even though he is seen as apart of the government and therefore, is assumed to be a good person.

 

 

Sam du Berry

 

Post On Props

There are not many props within the opening of our film but some props will be there purely for decoration as opposed to being used.

One of the props we will use will be flour. This will be used in the film in order to represent drugs. This sets the atmosphere that the main character who is a prime minister will be bad because there are drugs on his desk. There will only be a small amount as we do not want it to be over kill where it would look unrealistic. This prop will be placed on the desk with the bag open so it seems it has been used recently.

The second prop in our opening will be a gun/pistol that we put on the desk near the drugs. This helps to maintain the image of a bad character who might also be important in order to obtain a weapon like this.









 
 
Rhys Williams
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This conference table shows an important meeting could take place at this table therefore meaning someone important occupies the office. This is where the majority of the opening scene will take place.