Shot Listing

                 Shot listing

Scene #	Shot distance	Camera angle	Camera movement	Description	Location
#1	Establishing Long shot	Normal angle	Panning towards the left	The camera pans as we shoot the minar-e-pakistan and the surrounding area	minar-e-Pakistan
#2	mid shot	normal angle	Static camera. Zooms in to record special movements	Intro of the protagonist- camera is static and at a normal angle. Zooms in where important activity needs to be recorded.	House
#3	long shot	Subjective angle	Camera is static at the start and then pans and then zooms where necessary.	Starts with the minar-e-pakistan shoot, then badshahi mosque and other scenes form the flashback	Anarkali, Badshahi mosque, gawalmandi
#4	closeup and then long shot	Normal angle	zoom in and zoom out	the man being shown tortured.	solitary confinment

Schedule

DAY/DATE	SCENE #	LOCATION	TIME
3rd March, Sunday	Scene #3(flashback scenes 2,3)	Anarkali	Around 3
4th March, Monday	Scene# 8 (solitary confinement)	Auditorium	Around 1
5th March, Tuesday	Scene # 1 (establishing and flashback 1)	Minar-e-Pakisatn and Badshahi mosque	After noon
6th March, Wednesday	Scene # 2	My house	After 4
7th March, Thursday	Scene #4 (flashback scene 4,5,6,7)	Food street, metro bus, and gawalmandi	Around 7:30 pm/8

Cast

Since day 1 we knew who we had to take in our short film. Our choice is Hamza Khan who is an event manager at our school. He has done various plays during his school days and we are quite confident that we won’t have any regrets on our decision.

Poster Analysis

•The first poster that I am analysing is of the film ‘Les Miserable’ released in December 2012

•The poster is a theatrical poster but it does not have all the details. Basic information such as the cast , title of the film, tag line, time of release and the production and distribution house are mentioned.

• The film is a musical film. This means that music/songs is a major part of the narrative. We can evaluate this as it is stated on the poster ‘the musical phenomenon’

•Apart from this the colour palette, the main image and the title of the film suggest that the film is  based on social drama.

•The girl in the image looks disturbed and it seems as if she has suffered a lot.

•The four words on the poster i.e. Fight, Dream, Hope and love further draws our attention to the narrative of the film which suggest that the movie must be about betrayal .

•Shades of black, blues and greys have been prominently used in the poster. This denotes gloominess and sadness.

•Also the title/masthead of the poster looks distorted which further suggests the narrative of the movie.

•The image is very appealing and easily draws one’s attention which I believe is its biggest USP.

The poster is of a Bollywood film ‘Yeh Faasley’. The poster is a teaser poster with very minimal details such as the title of the film, the cast and the tag line. No data is present about the production/distribution house, the date of release etc.  The color palette suggests that the film is based on a psychotic theme.  The main image is a long shot of the main protagonist who is sitting in a jail. Whereas the other image which is the close up of the same man shows the emotions of the man which shows that he is in a state of fear or regret.

This poster is a theatrical poster of the film "Shutter Island". The release date and the selling line are given in a different colour so as to differentiate it from the rest of the poster.  From the very first look at this poster we can judge that the film is based on a psychotic theme. The color palette used further enhances this fact. Shades of blues, greys and black give it a very gloomy effect.
Unlike many other posters, no information is given in the top section of the magazine. Instead it just has the image of the main protagonist 'Leonardo D'Caprio' showing the level of importance he has in the film.

this is a theatrical poster and is again based on a psychotic theme. This is evident through the colour palette used. The main image is a close-up of the main character. Information is given about the cast and crew as well as the production house and the distribution house.
The font used is simple and goes with the overall theme of the poster.

This is a teaser poster this means that basic information such as the star line, title of the film, image of the main character and the director is given. 
The poster is simple yet different from many. 

Research on movie review page

Our second ancillary task involves making a movie review page. After research we found out that a movie review page could either be a double fold spread page or it could also be featured in a newspaper.My partner and i decided that we would work on making a double fold spread page movie review.

Some of the conventions common for a movie review page:-

Budget

 The budget for our short film was as follows:-

Category                                                               Amount
Travelling Expenses – Petrol                                2000
Food & beverages                                                 1000
Camera:                                                        1000(per day 4) Lens                                                                             - Tripod                                                                      1000 Lighting: Led Lights                                                                500
Props: thermapol sheet                                                    150(x 3) Chart papers                                                         15(x 3) Other expenses: Butter Paper                                                           50 Internet                                                                     - Communication                                                       500 Editing                                                                       -
Total                                                                     9,545/-

Mise-en-Scene

Scene 1:
Location: House
Props:

1. · Paper
2. pencil
3. chair
4. table     

Costumes:the protagonist would be  wearing a black-greyish coloured  shalwar kameez.
Lighting: low key lighting creating shadows.

Scene 2:Location:old Lahore and minar-e-Pakistan

Lighting: Natural day light and street lights for the night scenes.

Scene 3:Location: A solitary confinement
Costume: dirty shalwar and kammez
Lighting: Low key lighting to achieve a dramatic effect.

script-mera lahore

Script

Title: Mera Lahore

Scene1:

INT. day time

Character: The writer

Costume: shalwar kameez

Light: natural sun light as well as secondary source of light- yellow sun light

Sound: Background music emerges slowly

The protagonist is seen bent and working on something. All of a sudden he stops and leans back on his chair and gazes out of the window.

Scene 2:

EXT-

The next few scenes show the flashback of the old city of Lahore. These individual shots include high angle shots of the city, few close-ups of the positive activities happening around the city, birds flying (which would symbolize freedom and purity) as well as few scenes of the historical monuments of Lahore.

Scene 3:

EXT- Night time

This scene would be at a traffic signal. The camera would be static and the first shot would be of the green signal which then changes to yellow and eventually to red. The screen starts fading out slowly and gradually. The screen is black and it says

“AND THEN CAME THE MILITARY REGIME”

Scene 4:

A clip downloaded from Youtube. The clip would show Zia ul Haq (Military Dictator of Pakistan) imposing marshal law (military regime) on Pakistan.

Scene 5:

INT- day time

Character: the writer

Light: secondary source of light {(yellow led lights) to create an effect of natural sunlight}

Location: Solitary confinement

A close up shot of the protagonist trying to look out of the solitary confinement. The protagonist feels helpless as he looks out of the window of the confinement as if he searches for help and answer to the question as to what has happened.

Scene 6:

Character: the writer

This scene would show the different phases the protagonist goes through each day. At one time he seems clueless where as in the nest minute he is happy and then all of a sudden he is sad, gets furious and eventually is frustrated that he tries getting it out and in the next he tries to calm down. As he is relaxing the screen also slowly fades out and so does the background music.

Scene 7:

The last scene is a montage. With a very patriotic poem along with pictures that show the good times of Lahore. Pictures that have those positive vibes. Pictures showing love and freedom. 

Synopsis- Mera Lahore

Our shot film ‘mera Lahore’ is based on Lahore and its culture portrayed by an old man. In his early age he used to be a painter and had always opposed dictatorial regime. Our film also aims on showing the effect dictatorial regime has on a country and its people and how such a thing that seem minor to some is major for others, to the extent that the helplessness leads to them having thoughts and feelings of taking their own life because they no longer see the country they were born in.

Genre: Social drama

Duration: 5-6 minutes.

The film starts with a man sitting by a window, bent and busy writing something. he stops all of a sudden, leans back on his chair and gazes out of the window.
the next few scenes show flashbacks of how lahore used to be.colourful nd bright,where people could move freely,when there was freedom of speech,freedom to practise their own religion. FREEDOM TO LIVE
it is then showed that military regimes is forcefully introduced, putting a full stop to the life of those who believed in freedom,just like our protagonist.
the man is shown in a solitary confinment where he is suppressed where he goes cluless,where he losses his sanity. all he remembers is that this is not his country,this is not his city which was full of life before the dicatorial regime was imposed on them.