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For my mood-board design I created a map background to portray the genre and main plot of the film, a crazy Action/Thriller where something has to be found, a destination? a person? It leaves questions. The two roses on the side represent the characters emotions, how before all of this happened to him all was bright and he had the perfect life, a family, a lovely house etc (the coloured rose) and the black and white rose represents a wilted rose, that all that matters in his life has now gone and his happiness has died. The main picture in the middle shows the main character (along with the other 5 pictures down below) the three shadows behind represent each family member of his (wife and two kids). There are a collection of guns in the top right hand corner and one is pointing towards one of the shadows, representing the death of one of the family members. The left right hand corner consists of the words "Happiness, Warmth, Family, Joy and Love" a description for the coloured rose. The words which are starred "Determination, Courage and Desperation" represent what the character is feeling now. |
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
My Mood-Board
Moodboard Ideas
This is a mindmap I created of everything I find relevant to the genre of an action/thriller to help me come up with ideas for my moodboard.
GOLDEN EYE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvuHSqqGSw
Unfortunately I wasn't able to find a clip of the opening scene of either Taken or Taken 2. However this clip (another action/thriller) includes many of the camera angles we used in our preliminary task and what we wish to use for our final piece and for the same reasons.
This clip used a POV angle at the very beginning, allowing the audience to be placed where the character is to get a sense of the atmosphere, the same as when we used POV in the preliminary task when our main character entered the room.
This clip also included the technique of the 80 degree rule. We used this technique to show communication and a relationship between the two characters, in this case it is used to show the relationship between the character and the destination.
At the very start of our preliminary task we used close ups of different parts of the main characters body and relevant "accessories" for example, feet, shoes, hat, eyes. This clip did the same before the character jumped.
The clip also used a tilt, as did we. We used the tilt to create tension when our character is first introduced, slowly introducing him to the audience. The clip also uses the tilt to introduce a character, the wall.
Overall I think this is a great opening to a film, as it leaves the audience with a tonne of questions and creating tension at the same time.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to find a clip of the opening scene of either Taken or Taken 2. However this clip (another action/thriller) includes many of the camera angles we used in our preliminary task and what we wish to use for our final piece and for the same reasons.
This clip used a POV angle at the very beginning, allowing the audience to be placed where the character is to get a sense of the atmosphere, the same as when we used POV in the preliminary task when our main character entered the room.
This clip also included the technique of the 80 degree rule. We used this technique to show communication and a relationship between the two characters, in this case it is used to show the relationship between the character and the destination.
At the very start of our preliminary task we used close ups of different parts of the main characters body and relevant "accessories" for example, feet, shoes, hat, eyes. This clip did the same before the character jumped.
The clip also used a tilt, as did we. We used the tilt to create tension when our character is first introduced, slowly introducing him to the audience. The clip also uses the tilt to introduce a character, the wall.
Overall I think this is a great opening to a film, as it leaves the audience with a tonne of questions and creating tension at the same time.
ABDUCTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwMz7K0kr-M
The link above shows the opening of the film "Abduction". This uses many conventions and ideas which we wish to include in our film opening.
The link above shows the opening of the film "Abduction". This uses many conventions and ideas which we wish to include in our film opening.
- A vulnerable character - In this short scene of the film, the main character is shown as vulnerable being completely beaten up in a play fight with her father, which is very similar to the main character in "Loan Shark".
- Character Transformation - This short scene of the film also includes a character transformation, showing pushing a characters button can change their personality and capability of causing harm. In the end the main character proves to his father that he is not the under dog, similar to the Jason Stathams character in Loan Shark.
- Family Involvement - A strong family relationship is portrayed in the opening scene.
- Music- Music in the opening scene of Abduction is used to create an atmosphere.
Our Final 25 Word Pitch
"A man facing challenges to get his family back from Loan-Sharks, based around Taken and Abduction, a typical Jason Statham Film. Genre - Action/Thriller. Male Audience".
Pitch Ideas
First of all we had to decide on our audience, we were thinking of a specific age for the male genre but in the end decided to make it for just males in general. As our target audience is males we made sure it's clear that the genre of our film is an action/thriller.
International Funding -
We decided on using international funding, using both British and American. We wanted it to be a British film with British actors, however we wanted some American funding behind it.
Our Plot Idea -
We then discussed our title for our film, we went through a range of ideas; Captive, Hostage, The Ransom, Loan Shark and The Fisherman.
We then decided that "Loan Shark" would be our final name. Captive, Hostage and The Ransom gave away the main plot of the story and we wanted to leave the audience with un-answered questions therefore we had to choose between Loan Shark and The Fisherman. Personally I liked the name "The Fisherman" as it was simple and didn't get away the story, however the rest of my group liked "Loan Shark" as the name was more interesting and catchy, which then I agreed I also liked the name.
International Funding -
We decided on using international funding, using both British and American. We wanted it to be a British film with British actors, however we wanted some American funding behind it.
Our Plot Idea -
- Male character in financial trouble.
- Gets involved with loan sharks.
- Doesn't pay off, so his wife and kids are taken.
- To get them back he goes through a series of challenges and tasks.
- When he gets them he finds his wife dead then kills the loan shark.
- Has to bring up his family alone.
- Ends on a cliffhanger (allowing a follow up film).
We then discussed our title for our film, we went through a range of ideas; Captive, Hostage, The Ransom, Loan Shark and The Fisherman.
We then decided that "Loan Shark" would be our final name. Captive, Hostage and The Ransom gave away the main plot of the story and we wanted to leave the audience with un-answered questions therefore we had to choose between Loan Shark and The Fisherman. Personally I liked the name "The Fisherman" as it was simple and didn't get away the story, however the rest of my group liked "Loan Shark" as the name was more interesting and catchy, which then I agreed I also liked the name.
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