Friday 26 February 2010

OUR IDENT MOCK VIDEO =D

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Sfx - Squib

SQUIBS
A squib is a small explosive device widely used in the motion picture special effects industry to simulate bullet impacts. For hits on persons, the squib is coupled with a condom or balloon of fake blood, and sometimes chunks of sponge to simulate shattered bone and tissue (this combination is sometimes referred to as a "blood squib"). For ricochets off other objects, items such as dust and small rocks or wood splinters are attached to the squib.

The use of squibs will look very effective when sammie the lynches kid might get shot.

We have been searching up ways of creating our own squibs, via youtube, this is very helpful as they do give simple ways of making them; however, a lot of these techniques do look quite painful. Seeing as we wont be able to send a shock through to make a squib, nor can we cause harm due to the painful ways of exposing the squibs (ethical reasons), we have decided to use the classic way of plain old ketchup, we will make it work.
here are some videos to show why we didnt use squibs:


Sfx - CGI

CGI Computer generated Imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics (or more specifically, 3D computer graphics) to special effects in films, TV, commercials, simulators and simulation generally. CGi is used for visual effects because effects are more controllable than other more physically based processes, such as constructing miniatures for effects shots or hiring extras for crowd scenes, and because it allows the creation of images that would not be feasible using any other technology. It can also allow a single artist to produce content without the use of actors, expensive set pieces or props.
In 1995, the first fully computer-generated feature film, Pixar's (The Walt Disney Company) Toy Story, was a resounding commercial success. 3D computer animation combines 3D modeling with programmedThis can look very effective but it wouldnt be much use in a thriller.

Thriller Title Icons

Our title icon has been derived from other such logos like from the movie 300 and The Spirit. The Titles have been shown in the style of the blood splatter, which imminently show that they are thrillers.

Here Is our Thriller Title Icon
Here is the 300 Icon

We may need to refine our icon so that it becomes a good/better standard

Sfx - Blue/green screen

BLUE/GREEN SCREEN Bluescreen (known in television as chroma key) is a term for the filmmaking technique of using an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of replacing it with a different image or scene. The term also refers to the visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the coloured screen itself (although it is often not blue: for example, with greenscreen).

This picture shows how blue screen can change the background, to a dark kind of scary atmosphere.

We can use this in our thriller by adding it into the bridge scene where Sammie the lynches kid is getting interrogated, this can make a good effective background, and also make it gloomy, and dark. like the story.

Sfx - Animatronics

ANIMATRONICS Animatronics is a type of special effects which involves building mechanized creatures like dinosaurs, imaginary animals, and others. Initially, the concept was developed for Disney Studios, which used a giant squid in the 1954 film version “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”.The name “animatronics” is used to refer to generic animatronic creations made by other film studios, while Disney has copyrighted “audio-animatronics” to refer to their creature creations. In combination with other special effects, animatronics can lend a level of reality and texture to a film that computer animation does not provide.



This Picture is from Jurassic park which is a sci-fi thriller.

This looks very good in films as it can give the impression that something is actually there when it is not. we could use this by adding objects into the scene. such as another person who isnt meant to be there.

Monday 22 February 2010

Another slight change

I was looking over the costumes and i actually don't have a cowboy hat, so unless we can get one perhaps we should change Cids name to "The Wayfarer" as i do have a wayfarer hat. Just a little thing i was contemplaiting.

Rough idea and footage making

we made a very rough idea of how the caravan/lodge scene was going to work out. To do this we borrowed a classroom and play the scene out to give us a rough idea how it was going to go and how long it would be. We are currently debating the lenght and indeed the content due to the footage being more than a minute and half long.

Friday 12 February 2010

our mock video =D

the main title

Brendan and Pete made the main title of , "Those Who Kill". It is simple but very effective, due to the red against black.

Thursday 4 February 2010

Another slight change...

Because we can't shoot inside the caravan, (still not clear why but we just can't), we decided it was best to use my lodge in the garden, this could work just the same, only we would need to light it a bit better. However, we would have to compensate for the fact that it does not look like the inside of one of the caravans, but that is just cosmetic and easily corrected if done correctly.

Wednesday 3 February 2010

Original Indent

This was our "3 + emo" original indent that we were going to use in the thriller opening. We kept forgetting to upload it and today i finally got round to doing it. However now we have decided to go for a indent that will blend in with our actual opening and have decided it is a better idea.
Here it is:

Props/setting

Caravan area...
Gravel floor, Agricultural setting, Dark.

Inside caravan..
kind of messy. Shows Cids lifestyle
Could have fag buts everywhere.

Acoustic guitar.
Guns, as many it takes to put the point across.
Car, maybe a roughed up car to add to the effect.
Brief case to hold the $50mil, (obviously wouldn't have the money inside it, when its opened, the camera will be pointing towards Cid and the back of the briefcase)
Fish bowel, for the clip where Sammie the Lynch's Kid gets dunked, (if we use it).
Bag, for the clip where Sammie the Lynch's Kid shoots a guy in head, (if we use it).

Costumes

COSTUMES:

Cid:
Wears a cowboy hat, mabye a rough coat or a leather coat of some-sort, boots (Peter Storm hiking boots will do), tattered jeans (dark).
CHARACTERISTICS:
Unshaven, old, has an old timer 'Narm veterans kind of voice, a very weary yet unforfilled character. Head held low in the opening, with old cowboyhat over his face so you cannot see him.

Calais:
Dark suit, very clean, no hat, perhaps some gloves or a pair of shades, a pair of shiny black shoes. Similar to "reservoir dogs" but the suit will be with a black shirt, shows hes a very "dark" character.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Arrogant, ignorant, slimey, a business man, cool, little moral conscenceness and compass. Well spoken, knows his place.

Sammie the Lynch's Kid:
Should wear psychotic colours, purples, something zany, that contrasts with Cids relitively normal rugged look. Maybe something that shows his punk nature.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Is a phycho, young, arrogant, loves violence and chance, is a punk.

Credits

We have not actually accounted for credits at the moment though i expect we will place them in certain positions of the screen during the opening. If this is the case then the right amount of care and consideration should be taken place that it does not look tacky and just put on last minute. The credits might also distract people from cids speech, so we will have to position them carefully in order to prevent people from getting to distracted as it is an important part to the story.

sound within the scene

The idea is to keep it simple but atmospheric. This means that it will be mostly diagetic, with pehaps a little abiant non-diagetic hum of sorts; something that just sits there and is only noticed when you look for it. This something that that will compliment the scene, or make it unique.

In Tarrateno films there is always a sort of unique jingle or soundtrak that sets the film appart. We want to be able to do that with this film, give it a sort of "theme tune" of sorts, (though not as epic as something like the James bod themes, though it changes anually).

General postions

Johnny Clark:
Camerman and co-director.

Cleve Roberts:
Cinamatographer, writer and co-director.

Pete Castell:
Assisstant Cameraman, additional sound technitian and co-director.

Brendan Franklin:
Artwork and set engineer, additional sound technitian and co-director

Acting parts

Cid, "The Cowboy", Elmwood:
Cleve Roberts.

Calais Price:
Pete Castell

Sammie the Lynch's Kid:
Brendan Franklin

Monday 1 February 2010

Influences of "Those who kill...."

The basic idea of this opening was insired by various thrillers, for example, the black and white opening of Kill Bill, where the character of Bill is not scene, (though we all know that it is the late David Carradine, to which the audience only have to see his name in the end credits and then wikapiedia or google him. Rest in peace). This is simulair to the way Cid is portrayed in the opening scene as an enigmatic guinslinger, which is simulair to the old spagetti western characters.
Not only this but the opening scene is a flash back, (simulair to Kill Bill), but then transists into a scene later on, (or perhaps the end scene), which is simulair to the openning of The Butterfly Effect and Carlito's Way.
The characters themselves however are based upon the hyped up assassins off of films like Smoking Aces and the Deadly Viper assassination squad from Kill Bill, which were both based upon the old comic book villains, sci-fi heroes and the disterbing anime cartoons. The relationship between Cid and Sammie's Kid though resembles that of the two characters from the thriller "The Hunted" Starring Tommie Lee Jones and Benicial Del Toro, where the confrentaion is the bigger part, though unlike "The Hunted" there is a much bigger pitcher to the story and possable developement, (and i can honestley say that because i have seen The Hunted and it was awful, plotless and pretty forgettable. I mean, Del Toro's character has gone AWOL and for some reason is drawing attention to himself by killing people in Oregon. Confused? I was. Loverly knife fight at the end though).

the first script

THOSE WHO KILL...

Scene
(Night at the caravan, the establishing shot, which is cantered, is a fade in from the front of the caravan, then we see the first close up of Pete (aka Calais) in the same establishing shot. In this same shot he walks to the little opening between them, and then it cuts to a close up of his feet walking towards the door (from the front).the only sound should be the crunch of gravel and the gradual increase of acoustic guitar . The camera then shows his hand touch the door handle, he thinks he hears something, a quick close up of his face as it turns to the side to see the commotion. (Close up of hand on door frame), he goes in.

Inside should have discarded bottles, maybe some guns and magazines on the table. Dimly lit.
Inside the camera angle is cantered, you can see Cleve (aka Cid) in the corner as Pete walks towards him. The camera then cuts to Cleve’s feet on the table as Pete places the briefcase. Then the camera switches to behind Cleve’s feet).

Pt) “$50million for a job”. (Camera tracks upwards from behind Cleve’s feet to Pete’s face).
Cv) (Continues to play guitar softly, sound uninterested, face should be covered in shadow) “Must be one hell of a job. I heard you guys are a little tied up. And I’ll save you some time and say I’m not interested”.
Pt) “You’ll be interested when you hear the details”.
Cv) (Camera shot from behind Pete’s right side) “Try me”.
Pt) (Camera at the same shot) “Its Sammie and his kid”. (Guitar stops dead).

(At this point either a clip of Sammie’s Kid’s head in the fish bowel in which case it will be taken from underneath so it creates the illusion that he is underwater. This is a quick snip it.
Or, the camera does a quick zoom in (see Lock Stock, Snatch, Rock n Roller) sees Sammie the Lynch’s Kid cock a pistol behind someone with a black plastic bag over their head. Again this is done as a very quick snip-it)

Cv) (Cleve shifts as if uncomfortable, still has his face covered) “Then I’ll do it for free”.
Pt) (Medium-close up of face) “C’mon Cid, their must be something a guy, (camera switches to behind Pete’s right side, with Cleve still visible) like you could do with all this money”.
Cv) (Close up of Cleve’s face, which is still covered) "People like us? We don't think or act like regular people. I've done some bad stuff over the years even the Devil's starting to blush, and don't think you haven't either, coz you've indirectly pulled that trigger along with me. We've had nothing from day one, everything, including life, is borrowed and we just happen to be the bailiffs. Sometimes when I fall asleep I think of the things I’ve done, and you know what Guy, I sleep soundly but not proudly. There ain't nothing on this Earth that’s more corrupt then you and your god damn society, and there is nothing more blood thirsty than me and yet I’m always starving and empty. You see this place here, this is the only thing I’ll leave behind and the only thing waiting for people like us is a jagged pit in the ground where not even the crows will have the decency to pick us clean and the only company will be the people we put down there". (This speech should be spoken over the scene between Cid and Sammie’s Kid)

SCENE BETWEEN SAMMIE’S KID
(Throughout the scene in the part with the speech in the caravan, this will play in the background. This should be outside perhaps, (there is a nice bridge at the Isle ham Mariner which would work wonderfully). It should be done with a normal filter and colourings as it is what is happening in the present. At this point Cid is at one side of the bridge and the Kid is at the other looking beaten, perhaps he is on his knees holding a bullet wound, or maybe he is clutching a wound whilst he is staggering. The speech in the caravan finishes and the camera switches back to a close up of Calais in the caravan (Black and white filter), who asks:
Pt) “What kind of people are we then?”

(At this point the camera switches back to the bridge scene. The camera shows a side ways close up of Cid’s face from the left). Cv) (Takes off balaclava) “So a Punk and his daddy went to town then?”
(Medium close up of The Kids from the right on the opposite side. (180 degree rule of course).He talks with gasps and anger)Bdn) (Staggers clutching chest) “Fuck you!”.
Cv) “Now, Kid, that’s no way to talk” (Camera switches to behind The Kids Right shoulder, looking at Cid. Cid Moves closer saying): “Let’s just make this easy…” (Cuts off as The Kid quickly draws a gun)
Bdn) (Same shot), “Stop!!!!” (Points gun, camera shoots from a cantered lower angle from the right) “I’m not just some ‘kid’, you think because the shaman gave you name you can look down on me!? Too dangerous for name he told me…” (Cid cuts him off).
Cv) (Same shot from the left) “And he was right on the money, wasn’t he”.
Bdn) (Quick extreme close up of his angry eyes and then a medium shot of his body. He still has the gun pointed at Cid). “You think I’m joking!? You’re a has-been, obsolete, and I am now superior”.
Cv) (Close up of face from the left. Reaches like a cowboy in a shoot-out for the gun in the back of his trousers, (or holster if we get on). “Which comic book villain did you lift that quote from, Kid?”
Bdn) “If you don’t believe me I will show you!!!” (Sammie’s Kid does the same).

(They shout, “DRAW!!!!!!!!!” And then the big title of “Those who kill…” Appears).

The End
(Subject is in development, and as such, prone to any criticism that will affect content, length and development)