Final Ident

We believe that this is a good ident for our film because it has the style9 written on it and it fits in with the theme of a business based film, because of the city in the background. We used a city because they are mostly business based.

Recce

The shots we will use in our media are:

Long shot

Mid Shot

Close up
Extreme Close up

Over the Shoulder Shot

Point of View

Pan

Establishing Shot

High-Angle Shot

Low-Angle Shot

The Final Actors

Josh is a good actor because he fits the part we need, this is because he looks like a chav, and has a good solid build about him this also makes him look older than he actually is this is better because we wanted older looking actors to make our film more believable.

We used billy because he is a good actor and he shows good emotion and that is what we need for out film especially towards the end in the fight scene. Billy looks young but we have done it so he looks older by putting older clothes on him and making him act in a different way to which he normally would.

Simon is a great actor because he fits everything that we imagined Mr. Hilton to be. He has the rusty look about him, he is also an older actor which we are looking for to add realism to our film. He was also very understanding and helpful while we were filming

Our draft

Our draft had some good points and some bad points, our draft had a good build up to it and we also had a good office scene we will use more the shots in the office scene in our final film. In the walking down to the fight scene we had a number of good shots when running for example we had a number of good shots including a point of view, we made the running scenes fasted paced which adds a needed tempo. We have also considered removing the walking scenes and replace then with a car pulling up instead.

The bad points of our draft are that we had a poor fight scene this is because we did have enough cuts we just kept the one camera shot throughout the fight, this didn't give the audience a sense of pace and it just doesn't seem realistic.

Again like in our preliminary we have learn't about how to make shots more realistic, more dynamic and we have more experience with the mac computers and the camera, these experiences will help us a lot with the final film.

My Interests!

My name is jack, im 16 I live in a town called lutterworth which is near Leicester

My true passion is sport and mainly football!

My other interests are football, spending time with my mates, and music.

Final Film Location

We have used this as our final location because it is a long road that we can drive down for our car scenes and it also has a lot of alley ways coming on to the road so we can take advantage of this to use different shots. The road also leads to a grave yard which will be good to have the fight scene because it has lots of space and good high shot opportunities, especially for a CCTV shot of the fight scene. We have got permission to use this location for our film so we are good to go!

My iPod

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

Film Logo

Feedback

My teacher said our draft needed a few improvements, these are such things as lighting, titles, music, and our actors.

The lighting was poor in our draft because we filmed late on in the day where it was starting to get dark, this cause our film to look really dark. Therefore the background of our film was to dark and towards the end of the film it was hard to see the characters.
From this point we have learnt that we need to film earlier on in the day, and the cameras make the scene look darker anyway.

Our titles in our draft had a few problems with them, for example we were told that they were plain and boring, we were told that we needed to make them stand out to play with some fonts to see what one had made the film look better and a font that would suit the genre.
With this feed back we looked a different fonts we had avalible to us and we picked a more unique and appealing font for our titles.

In our draft we didnt include any music so in our film you could hear the background noise of cars, people walking by, etc. So we were told that we would need something to cover it, but also to make sure the peice of music was perfect for our film.
We used the information we were given and we desided to look at some copyright free websites where we could get music pre-made for our film that didnt have a copyright on them. We also used the 'Garage Band' program on the mac computers so we made our own music for the film.

The actors we used in our draft film were the same age as us, this was easier to arrange and to get everyone together but in our film it didnt look right because sixteen year old lads wouldnt be handling valuable packages for someone. So our teacher advised us to try and get older actors to add realism to our film.
Using this advice we asked Will's dad if he would feature in our film along with some other adults.

Film Ident

This ident is good because it is bright and it attracts attention, theerefore advertising the film company. It is mordern and will attract a younger audience which is our target audience. This logo has its bad points also, it doesnt fit in to the genre our film is in. Our ident needs to be bright but it maybe to bright, and may seem like a childs genre.

This ident is good because it is clear to read, and is bold so it will be good to see on the screen while the film is being played it also fits well in to our genre it has a sort of action feel about it. The bad points are that it is boring and dull, this may discourage audiences to look at our films.


The ident above is good because it is stylish which also fits in with the name 'Style9' it also grab attention because it is different and unique. It will also stand out in the film when it is being watched. The bad things about the logo is that it may be hard to read because the 'Y' isnt very clear, also the colour of the writing isnt very attractive for the target audience.

Synopsis

The film is based on a traditional action film where to rival companies, both desire the same thing in our case they want 'the package'. The package contains some confidential information about Simon Hilton that will get him sent to prison for life, he wants the package so that he can destroy the information and get away with his crime. But the MI6 are on the chase and have had a tip of Simon Hiltons plan, so they arrange a transportation on the information to a safe location while the package is being transported in is intercepted by a hitman sent by Simon Hiton in an attempt to keep his freedom and to keep his illegal business running.

Character Profies

Character Name: Mr Simon Hilton
Character Age: 53
Character Occupation: Business men, and Owner Of Hilton Industry's
Character Interests: Golf, Motor Bikes
Character Personality: Expensive Tastes, Aggressive, Intelligent, Cowardly

Character Name: Unknown
Character Age: Unknown
Character Occupation: Hitman
Character Interests: Unknown
Character Personality: Unknown

Character Name: Vince Gamble
Character Age: 27
Character Occupation: Undercover Agent
Character Interests: Extreme Sports, Girls
Character Personality: Calm, polite, Funny, Intelligent, professional

Character Name: Sue Barker
Character Age: 34
Character Occupation: Nurse
Character Interests: Pets, Reading, Children
Character Personality: Kind, Joyful, calm, Spiritual, helping

Questionaire

1.Interception. Does that title grab you?

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2. Does the title make you think of action?

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3. Do you enjoy chase scenes?

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4. What type of music do you will fit in an action film?

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5. What actors (below) do you think should be used?
Please write the number you think should be used.

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6. Do you feel the use of car/motorbikes will add realism to the film?

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7. Should the person taking the package have his face covered to maintain an enigma?

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Nike Advert

The advert only uses one camera shot, this is a hand-held/point of view shot, this helps to create realism. In the opening scene we see different football players and the Nike brand come into the shot. For example, when the player in the advert picks up the ball, it is a Nike football. This relates to the brand of the advert, also every item of clothing is a nike product this is so they can advertise more of their products in the advert.

This advert was edited so its in chronological order. So we see the player develop as a footballer from non league football to being a world class player. This continues the message that nike can make anyone into a star.
The advert uses a lot of jump cuts to switch between training sessions and the actually matches.
There is also an eyeline match between one of the player on the pitch to the girl in the car. This connotes that becoming a well known football also brings the fame and glory.

The titles at the end 'take it to the next level' shows that with nike products they can become a better player.

The Making Of The Soloist

Soloist

The Soloist

Talented and troubled: the true story of the homeless classical musician who was given a second chance

When Steve Lopez, a journalist for the Los Angeles Times, stumbled across a homeless man who claimed to have studied music at a New York conservatory he thought there might be a column in it. He did some research and, sure enough, Nathaniel Ayers had attended the Juilliard School. Lopez’s collection of columns about Ayers formed the basis of a book published last year that has now been adapted for the screen.

The Soloist arrives in British cinemas after a troubled history in America, where it was originally scheduled for release last November. Paramount Pictures, the studio with the US distribution rights, decided to put its end-of-year marketing muscle behind Revolutionary Road and Benjamin Button instead, clearly regarding them as more promising Oscar bait. The Soloist’s American release was pushed back to April of this year and it was pronounced dead on arrival at the box office, failing to hold its own against more commercial offerings.

This must have infuriated Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, who co-produced the film with DreamWorks, as well as Joe Wright, who was probably hoping for a Best Director nomination.

Wright’s ambition is on full display in The Soloist, at times threatening to upstage the performances of Robert Downey Jr as Lopez and Jamie Foxx as Ayers. There’s a cringeworthy sequence in which Wright attempts to convey just how noble and unbroken the homeless man’s spirit is by intercutting his violin playing with shots of pigeons flying over LA.

Wright’s self-advertising style is at odds with the downbeat message of the film, which urges us to show some humility in the face of intractable social problems such as homelessness. Lopez struggles to get Ayers back on his feet, finding him an apartment and landing him a gig at Disney Hall, the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

But Ayers is in two minds about whether he wants to be helped, not least because he’s schizophrenic. Lopez imagines that Ayers is just down on his luck and all he needs is a big break to achieve his dream. In fact, he has a history of mental illness and has already squandered several opportunities.

The Soloist was adapted for the cinema by Susannah Grant, who was Oscar- nominated for her screenplay of Erin Brockovitch, and she tries to make a virtue out of the story’s unconventional shape. “Life is more complicated than it appears to be in the movies,” she seems to be saying, and it’s difficult to escape the feeling that she and her collaborators regard themselves as superior to the purveyors of similar, more simple-minded fare, such as A Beautiful Mind. The problem is that audiences are so accustomed to a big emotional payoff at the end of stories such as this that the lack of one feels wrong, as though we’ve been cheated of our rightful reward after sitting through all the depressing stuff about homelessness and schizophrenia.

Ultimately, you don’t leave the cinema with a rueful but satisfying sense of just how disappointing life can be. You just feel disappointed.

To be fair to the makers of The Soloist, this is a true story and they evidently felt it would be improper to depart too far from the facts. Nevertheless, they have given themselves some creative latitude in their characterisation of Lopez, who is portrayed as a divorced dad, estranged from his only son. The strategy here is to try to give him the redemptive character arc that Ayers lacks, presenting him as being morally transformed by his relationship with the homeless man. But the film-makers lack the courage to see this through. By the end of the story Lopez doesn’t seem like a reformed character, more a do-gooder who recognises that there’s a limit to just how much good he can do.

Ultimately, the reason that The Soloist fails is because the writer and the director have been bamboozled by the seriousness of the subject matter. They don’t want to give the impression that homelessness can be wished away by the wave of a conductor’s baton and, consequently, they eschew all the usual Hollywood fairy dust. But you can’t expect audiences to endure all this grim social realism without tossing in a bit of magic at the end — not if you want your reach to extend beyond the arthouse. The Soloist reminded me of that old Woody Allen joke: Why are New Yorkers always so depressed? Because the light at the end of the tunnel is New Jersey.

Links

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article6847491.ece

http://www.thesoloistmovie.co.uk/

http://www.boxxet.com/AFI/On:The_Soloist