Thursday, 7 March 2013

Day 1


Due to weather conditions we had to reschedule our outdoor shoot today. As previously planned, we had to postpone our plan to shoot at Anarkali. Instead we carried our indoor shoot which was actually scheduled for the next day.
Though we didn’t have any preparations but thankfully we were able to arrange for an auditorium at such a short notice. The next issue was to get the perfect lights that we wanted. Was a tough job but we still managed. We covered the white lights with yellow tinted paper. Rest we adjusted the aperture and iso accordingly to get the desired effect.

We then made up a set i.e. a solitary confinement using Styrofoam sheets. Luckily it did create the effect that we wanted.


The result was good and we were successful in shooting what we wanted.




Wednesday, 20 February 2013

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






Friday, 8 February 2013

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


Wednesday, 6 February 2013

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.





Tuesday, 5 February 2013

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:-









Sunday, 3 February 2013

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/-