We filmed the 'fighting scene' sequence, where 'Vee' is beating up Morris' bodyguard - Ayo.
The filming will show that it is a flashback of an event that has happened previously and will be shown in between conversation of 'Vee' and 'Morris'.
1- Vee punches Ayo.
2- Vee tackles Ayo into the desk, papers fly off the table.
3- Vee drags Ayo across the desk and papers fly off the edge of the table.
4- Ayo falls off the table and lands in a heap.
5- You see Ayo on the floor with the sound of Vee cocking the gun in the background.
After we filmed we edited the scenes changing the colour of each cut to become black and white. With the black and white shots, it is clear for the audience that this is in fact a flashback.
UPDATE--
With the comments/feedback from other sources, we felt that we had to include more action within the flashback. This will be shown within the completed video at the top of the blog.
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Wednesday 9th December; StoryboardingWith our new idea for our movie, we created the basic storyboard.
- 24 shots.
UPDATE --
This only contained 24 cuts, as later we decided to add extra shots to form the majority of the sequence and to improve our film further.
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Tuesday 8th December; Initial Idea's as a Group
As a group, we sat down and discussed possibilities for our movie idea. We still felt we should keep in with the idea of the 'Morris I wan't him dead' by using myself as once again the hitman - Vee.
From earlier posts you can see that Guled - The Boss hired me to kill 'Morris'.
So we felt that our movie would be a collection of jobs given to Vee, and executed during the movie as if you were infact watching all the jobs he had been asked to do by the boss.
We felt that to grab the audiences attention there would have to be a reasonable amount of violence within the opening 2 minutes, to aswell as capture their attention but to also give a basic plot to the story that unfolds.
So with all this in mind, we decided to come up with the basic idea's for the plot.
- Vee would infiltrate Morris' office.
- Come across two guards, within the office.
- Deal with both guards, and then wait for the main target to arrive. -- For this idea to work we would have to show the past 'flashbacks' which I will comment on later withing this blog.
- There will be a short conversation between the hitman and the target, with the target then being assasinated/executed.
'The 5th Column' - Has a slight ring to it, after researching idea's for names, we came across this outstanding sounding name.
The actual meaning of 5th column is this;
"A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group, such as a nation, from within, to the aid of an external enemy."
We felt this was an effective name for an assasin based film, as to be an assasin you are to be unrecognized and unnoticed.
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Tuesday 1st December; Analysis of Popular Films within our genre.
Lucky Number Slevin
- Non-diagetic sound creates atmosphere.
- Slow cuts near the start of the sequence, faster cuts to show violence/element of action.
- Violence from the start shows how the film will follow on, an action/thriller with alot of fast paced scenes with violence.
- The use of the notebook for credits, as - if you've seen the film - it is an important element within the film itself.
Goldeneye
- The use of guns and women in the opening title scene is very often coupled to that of a James Bond film, which 'Goldeneye' is in fact on of them.
- With most action films, a gun is often the choice of weapon, so if you incorporate a firearm into the opening sequence the audience will then know the genre and basic elements of the plot, without actually seeing any of the film, if they hadn't before.
The Terminator
- The typography of this sequence is very much sharp/rigid to connote the general features of a robot/machine.
- With such a minimalistic approach to an audience grabbing sequence, the music is therefore used to set the mood, and to give the audience an idea of the genre and what is to come.
Of the 3 analysed, we feel as a group that 'Lucky Number Slevin' has the most comparative points to what we hope for from our sequence.
