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Lesson 2 - character descriptions examples

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Lesson 2 - character descriptions examples

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Jack --> 19 year 19-year-old boy, is loved and appreciated by many for his kindness, however can be easily crushed by guilt which lets him down.

Stephanie --> 17-year-old girl schoolgirl, timid at first and keeps herself to what she knows and likes, but the life of the party with people she's comfortable with.

Dom --> 18-year-old cocky and arrogant rugby boy, but secretly very intelligent, outgoing and popular but has a sensitive side to him he rarely ever shows.

Suna --> 29-year-old teacher, Well known and loved, extremely charismatic and outgoing. She is kind to everyone but has a deep secret that no one knows which can make her lash out unexpectedly.

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1. The antagonist, Alex, is walking through the park on his way home from work. He encounters a very drunk man who hostilely stumbled towards him.

2. The men argue, whilst Alex is unbothered and too tired. In an attempt to get away from the man, Alex pushes him an he falls down a ledge, fatefully impacting his head.

3. Alex runs to the man to check he is alright. He finds out the man dies and runs home.

4. That night Alex gets nightmares reminding him of what happened to the man. He makes himself believe that it was a bad dream and was not real.

5. The next day, he walks to his friends house, and he hallucinates the drunken man everywhere.

6. He explains the his friend Emily the situation which he thought was a dream but is now paranoid. She reassures him that it is just the stress and exhaustion of work. They checks the news and theres nothing.

7. Later on as he is leaving Emily's, Alex gets a notification. BREAKING NEWS: man has been found dead in local park.

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Alex --> is a 22 year old apprentice accountant, who has anxiety. He's quite a shy man and he only trusts a few people. He keeps himself to himself, but it very outgoing once he gets to know you.

Emily --> is a 23 year old long time best friend of Alex's, who he's known since primary school. She is very caring but also brutally honest as she wants the best for the people she cares about. She always see's the good in people and she won't sugarcoat anything.

Drunken man (Stuart) --> He has just had a divorce with his wife, who cheated on him and she took everything from him so he resorted to drinking. He sees Alex and thinks he is the man he cheated on her with, so he decided to fight him.

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At the beginning of the module we immediately got put into groups and we quickly decided what roles we wanted to take on throughout this project:

Megan --> Director

Johnny --> producer

Katie --> camera

Eleanor --> sound

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Think and reflections on what skills you have and what skills you want to develop during this production:

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Think and reflections on what skills you have and what skills you want to develop during this production:

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As I did lighting in the previous module, I gained a good understanding of how it works and how easily things can go wrong with the slightest change of the environment. I have also gained knowledge on what I can do better this time, so hopefully I can create a more accurate and consistent look throughout on scenes that are similar in light/time of day. I've also learned how to make the lighting match the scenes to give off the vibe we want for certain parts to make a more accurate viewing. I want to be able to get the lighting to look the same throughout the film and create continuity within all my shots.

I have less experience with the camera, however as I did lighting previously, I worked closely alongside the camera man, therefore I know what looks good on camera and how to operate the camera properly. The more I practised with the camera, the more I understood it and how to use it. I want to expand my knowledge on using the camera and be able to use it independantly.

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For the outside in the park scene, I want the lighting to give off an eery/unsettling vibe to set the mood for the rest of the film.

I would also like to use black/shadows as this symbolises scared emotions and mystery.

Blue tones - throughout the filming process I would like the lighting to be more blue toned so represent the coldness of the park. However, I would like the lighting to be more warm toned when filming inside Emily's flat to show the safeness and warm feeling inside her home.

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I would like to get a range of shots throughout the film.

E.G. close ups, wide shots, handheld shots and multiple establishing shots to differentiate the look of the film.

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Meet with the director and go through the marked up script to establish camera/lighting requirements and make sure we are on the same page and have the same ideas and visuals for the film.

Create a shot list from the marked up script that details camera/lighting set-up/requirements for each scene.

Floor plans and story board: work out where the camera/lighting will be set up in each scene. Draw up a storyboard for each scene.

Meet with the rest of my group and share ideas and make any changes.

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Costumes:

Alex:

(Park scene) Suit/business casual

(Emily's house) Jeans and a hoodie

Backpack

Stuart:

roughed-up business casual (tie undone, etc)

Emily:

Casual - jeans and a hoodie (comfortable)

Locations:

Park

Streets/campus

Flat

Props:

Drinking bottle

Phone

Backpack/bag

Mugs/plates

Set design/decoration:

Not much needed. Our flat looks like a home, so we don't need to change it.

Sound effects:

Heartbeat

Police sirens

Phone notification

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Lesson 5 - Visual style used within my role

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Lesson 5 - Visual style used within my role

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Camera shots:

Extreme close-up

Close-ups

Medium close up

Medium shots

Wide shot

Lighting techniques:

Soft lighting:

Wraps around subject

Immersive

Diffused shadows, soft edges

Hard light:

Contrast between subject and setting

Stands out

Clear shadows with crisp edges

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On the 15th of February, we met up as a group and went to the library to discuss the filming of our film. We booked out all the equipment and sorted out the props and costumes we needed to bring on the days of filming. We went to Peel Park and walked around to find the best spots for when filming. As we did this, our idea changed slightly of the landscape of the film and we moved the falling of Stuart to happen on the stairs instead of on a hill.

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On the 6th of February, we decided to meet as a group and book out the camera to get some practice with it. We also discussed the shot list and the days we were filming.

As the camera operator, I didn't have as much experience with using it so we took it to a free room and tested it out and I got used to the settings of the camera. It took me some time to be confident with the settings and what looks the best however, by the end of the meet-up I felt more confident with using the camera and felt I could use it to produce our film.

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20th February --> Today was the first day of filming and we chose to go into the park and film the beginning scene. We struggled at first as my SD card was not working and the zoom recorder was not registering it.

We struggled with people walking past and tried not to get them in the shots and the audio so that set filming back quite a few times as we wanted to make the shots continuous and as if there was no one else in the park with us.

I wanted to make sure we got the main shots filmed today and work on the close up shots later on, so we had shots we were certain on to use and work with. We spent majority of this filming session getting the main wide angle shots of Alex and Stuart (Johnny and Matt) so we had a good baseline shot to work with.

We did a handheld shot which I found quite tricky as I didn't want the camera to look too shaky. After a couple attempts, I was happy with the final shot, however it did take a few tries.

Unfortunately, we didn't get as much filmed as we wanted to, however we all agreed that it was best to film the rest another day.

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After a lesson, we decided to add more shots to the ones we already had filmed. Megan, Johnny and I spent an hour filming outside to add more close up shots of Alex walking to Emily's house, to add a wider variety of shots.

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On 21st February, we carried on with filming, however we did the daytime scenes, inside and outside.

We started off by filming outside to get the shots that lead to the indoor scene. We wanted to do this so we could chronologically work through the script so it was easier for us to know what we have and haven't done.

We got t el's apartment where we were filming. As we had to get 3 different shots for one scene it did take us quite a while and took many takes to get the right one

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5th March

Today, we wanted to finish the filming process and complete everything today, so we could get a start on editing the film.

We re-filmed some shots that we did on our first filming day as some of the shots were too dark, and then moved onto the stairs scene.

We used fake blood to create a more realistic look.

I did more handheld shots which i've become more comfortable with doing and i feel as if I have grasped how to do them effectively and smoothly.

At the end of the day, we got everything done that we needed.

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Johnny - Alex

El - Emily

Matt (Extra) - Stuart