Chosen distributor for my film

My chosen distributor for my film is Film Four. I have chosen this as a lot of British Films are distributed by them.

Film4 is a digital television channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland, owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, that screens films. It offers films in standard definition free of charge.

Film Four has had an impact on British Film Culture since 1982.

I have chosen this as it is relevant to my particular choice of genre as alot of films (especially low budget) that focus on life in Britain and regional identity with a cult edge. And this I what I planned for my video. Not the typical Hollywood glamorous shine, that is on films distributed by Universal or 20th century fox etc. Film4  looks for material with a distinctive voice that aims to push the boundaries within a given film genre which i thought my film did.

It also tends to use contemporary stories, rather than period pieces and will usually be made with British led talent or with British content which I also thought my film met the criteria of.

It also links to the films that I have researched into as they are low budget british indie films. And have the same kind of style and story lines as my own film.

Setting Photos

I have chosen these particular locations for my film as I wanted some where quiet and in the middle of nowhere. The scenery is very bleak and dull which sets the mood for the audience on how the film will be. The scenery represents the character alot in the sense that he is very miserable and dull and his fellings are also like that too. The colours of the scenery and the reality of the scenery fit in with the genre as it is very typical British weather and scenery.

Second day of filming

On Saturday morning I got up at 7 and got ready to leave the house and begin filming my 1st scene of my opening. We began filming at 8. The weather was absolutely perfect as it was just getting light outside and it was a cold, frosty, grey morning. It ahd been raining the night before so it was damp and made the atmosphere much more cold and grey.

Filming was much easier this time round compared to the hectic party scene. I was only filming with one person, which made my patience better and it was a much more relaxed and calm atmosphere. The fact we started so early meant there wasn't many people walking around and it was quiet. Also we weren't constantly interrupted by people passing by, just the odd dog walker.

The setting was great for the scenery still shots. And because we got up so really the actor looked really tired and and mess hair, which gave a rough look to tim, whic hwas perfect for the video.

Overall the morning went really well.

Change of Date

I had planned and was supposed to film the second part of the filming on Sunday 19th January but I had some problems with the actor, as he had other commitments he had agreed to before without realising. I have had to reschedule the times and date to more suitable ones.

Here are them rescheduled:

Changed from Sunday 19th January to Saturday 25th January.

I have also decided to film early moring time instead of afternoon, as it is much easier and the weather looks more promising.

I plan to start filming at 8 am.

First day of Filming

Last Thursday I began my filming. I decided to film the second half of my video first as it has taken more planning to organise and the concept of getting everyone together on a certain day was rather difficult. I have filmed all the footage for that particular scene. I found it quite hard on the actual night, as I was worrying people would not turn up at the correct time and people would be late. My production schedule had helped me clearly plan my time frames. On the night, a few people did turn up later than required which did cause some tightness of time and resulted in me falling behind schedule but it turned out ok in the end.

Storyboard

Detailed Outline of My Video

The opening shot of my video will be an establishing of the landscape and scenery surrounding the character. Here the slow music begins play. Then the camera will
shoot a close up of the main characters face, emphasising the sad emotion on his face.
Then the shot will switch to a close up of the character struggling to ligh his cigarette with his hands shaking from the cold. Here in this shot, the voiceover will begin. After, using a medium shot, I will shoot the character drinking his can of beer. Then the character will look down at the ground and I will film this in wide shot. The music and dialogue continues meanwhile. Using a wide shot of the character again, the camera follows him walking. Duialogue and music contines still. Another wide shot is taken of the character with a tilt zoom movement. Then an over the shoulder shot is used as he keeps walking, then a pont of view shot. Another wide shot is taken of him walking then a cut in shot of his feet. Then a cutaway of the scenery again and a wide shot of him walking. Then the camera changes to a close up of the characters face again, smoking his cigarette. The music and dialogue ends and then a black background appears with the words in print 'SOBER' with white/grey text.

Next, a full shot of the door of the house appears, the character walks up to the door and opens it. As he opens the door, the camera changes to wide shot. Then point of view shot. Camera pans slowly a little to see the entire room. Close up of different characters. Begins to walk through the hallway, a girl tries to pull his arm to kiss him, he pushes her away. Shot reverse shot here. Continues into the kitchen, the camera follows him from behind. Then as he reaches the kitchen doorway, the camera switches to see the front of him enter the room. People are jumping and messing around, fighting etc. He walks over to the bench and sniffs some drugs, then carries on across to the other side and opens a can. Sips the can, and a close up shot is put here and continues to party.