We saw a sequence in the film Brick, where the vertigo effect is used in a fight when a boy punches another boy. we thought that this would be an effective thing to use in our film, as it creates a sort of confusion and uneasiness.
Monday, 8 February 2010
Test shots
We did some test shots to experiment and see how our shots would look.
we have gained some concrete ideas from doing these and we now have a certain idea of how our film will look.
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Filming location, props and costumes
For our film we wanted to shoot in an old library as we believed this would give the film an authentic feel. We have managed to gain permission to film in Queens college library which is a perfect location.
As this is an old library it will help the story to become stronger and it will emphasise the boys obsession with eating books.
The boy himself will be wearing plain clothes to which will show how bored he is in the library and why he decides to start eating paper.
We also have a few shots of other people in the library who begin to notice him eating the books, as this will help keep the suspense up during the film.
As this is an old library it will help the story to become stronger and it will emphasise the boys obsession with eating books.
The boy himself will be wearing plain clothes to which will show how bored he is in the library and why he decides to start eating paper.
We also have a few shots of other people in the library who begin to notice him eating the books, as this will help keep the suspense up during the film.
Friday, 29 January 2010
Genre
Even though the concept of our film is quite light-hearted and witty, the technical genres we will be showing are mystery and suspense. The reason for engaging the audience is the question of 'what is he going to eat next'. We will show this in our film by changing the shot durations of him eating paper and books and getting more agitated, and changing the shots of him doing different things and of other people watching him. This also shows that's going on in his mind as he is slowly becoming obsessed with eating paper. At the beginning of the film the shots will be slow, and as his obsession grows in the middle of the film the shot transitions will be quick and fast paced. Towards the end they will get slower again, as it is revealed what he finally eats.
In this opening sequence of brick there are close up shots of the girls body parts. We will be replicating this by doing close ups of various books, pages and his face, showing his facial expressions as he gets taken over by his obsession. This will create suspense as not only are the audience waiting to see the outcome of his obsession, they will start to wonder why these close ups are important to the outcome. This also creates a mystery element as the boy seems quite mysterious as his obsession with eating paper is weird and not normal.
In this opening sequence of brick there are close up shots of the girls body parts. We will be replicating this by doing close ups of various books, pages and his face, showing his facial expressions as he gets taken over by his obsession. This will create suspense as not only are the audience waiting to see the outcome of his obsession, they will start to wonder why these close ups are important to the outcome. This also creates a mystery element as the boy seems quite mysterious as his obsession with eating paper is weird and not normal.
Friday, 22 January 2010
inspiration
BOOK CRAVING
English boy studying for his school exams got into the habit of nibbling bits of paper while revising. He became so engrossed in this habit that he began to consume whole pages and before long whole books. His habit turned to obsession and, as an English Literature student, he started choosing which books to eat. He found that the pages of Shakespearean plays were much tastier than Thomas Hardy novels and ate his way through all his works from "Hamlet" to "Cymbeline". However, when he discovered that the older the edition the better the taste, he soon landed himself in trouble. One day, the police were called into a rare books shop when the owner discovered the hapless boy nibbling on a first edition copy of "Macbeth". The boy is now in a psychiatric institution where they are trying to wean him off Shakespeare and on to modern poetry, such as Philip Larkin, in a vain hope that he will soon tire of the habit.
English boy studying for his school exams got into the habit of nibbling bits of paper while revising. He became so engrossed in this habit that he began to consume whole pages and before long whole books. His habit turned to obsession and, as an English Literature student, he started choosing which books to eat. He found that the pages of Shakespearean plays were much tastier than Thomas Hardy novels and ate his way through all his works from "Hamlet" to "Cymbeline". However, when he discovered that the older the edition the better the taste, he soon landed himself in trouble. One day, the police were called into a rare books shop when the owner discovered the hapless boy nibbling on a first edition copy of "Macbeth". The boy is now in a psychiatric institution where they are trying to wean him off Shakespeare and on to modern poetry, such as Philip Larkin, in a vain hope that he will soon tire of the habit.
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Film ideas
Our idea was partly inspired by an urban myth that we heard about, and agreed it would be an interesting plot for a short film, that we are slightly adapting. The plot is a young man that has habit of chewing and eating bits of paper or corners of paper while he works, His habit escalates to him eating and digesting entire pages of books and soon whole books.
It becomes an obsession, and we find that during the film his obsession escalates, and becomes uncontrollable to him. We intend on showing his obsession escalating out of control by making the shot durations shorter, quicker and showing more close ups of specific body parts, such as his mouth and hands.
It becomes an obsession, and we find that during the film his obsession escalates, and becomes uncontrollable to him. We intend on showing his obsession escalating out of control by making the shot durations shorter, quicker and showing more close ups of specific body parts, such as his mouth and hands.
Monday, 18 January 2010
Examples of real short films
We liked this short film as it is quite a simple idea, yet at the same time it is an original and inventive idea. The contrast between his mundane job and the bizarre idea behind 'the black hole' is very effective. We also liked the structure of this short film as it actually has a beginning a middle and an end, so even though it's a short film, a narrative has successfully been told. The sound within this short film is very effective as you are constantly hearing the noise of office machines in the background, which represents his boring job, and intensifies the contrast between this and the magical 'black hole'. As well as this, when the character puts his hand through the hole, there is another whirring noise which shows that it is sort of in another world. We also think that the shot where the camera is underneath the hole and looking up at the man is effective as it tells the viewer what the hole really does.
We believe that the narrative of this short film is very good as it twists and it grips the viewer. Once again, the sound in this short film is very effective as it tricks th viewer into thinking that the film is going to be a horror film. The creaking of the sign in the wind, the sound of the crow, and the eerie soundtrack on top of this are all conventions of horror films, which makes the viewer think that something bad is going to happen. The camerawork is also effective into fooling the viewer. At the beginning, the camera pans across the field, showing close ups of things such as a phone, a woman's bag and her feet covered in blood. The combination of these close-ups and of a woman screaming in the background automatically makes the viewer think that she has been attacked or something. This sequence of shots finally ends with a stake being stuck into the ground also covered in blood, which ultimately makes the viewer think that she has been attacked. When the viewer realises that the woman hasn't been attacked, the soundtrack switches from eerie to gentle calming piano music, which instantly changes the mood and feeling of the film.
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