Monday 20 April 2009
Sunday 22 February 2009
Synopsis
It starts off with a kid sleeping in a bed and he has a dream that he is on a beach swimming. He then wakes up and sees a leaflet in his room advertising travelling to Hawaii. He packs his bag and travels to the airport in a taxi, he then pays a man to let him on the plane. He arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii and goes to a beach, he starts swimming around and it plays the same sequence of events in his dream. It then has a dramatic ending when he gets eaten by a shark.
Thursday 15 January 2009
Friday 9 January 2009
Statement of intentions
Statement of Written Intentions draft
• Goals for the production (200-300 words)
• Choice of genre/formal category linked to:
• Your initial purpose in relation to the proposed film/animation (400-600 words)
• Connections with the work of other film-makers/animators (200-300 words)
I am planning to make a animation/film a.k.a a hybrid, films like Run Lola Run, kill bill, looney tunes back in action and who framed roger rabbit are examples of this. The story is a boy(played by me) has a dream in which he is swimming in the sea on an island far away. The scene on the island will be the animation scene. He then wakes up and decides to go to this island. As soon as he slams his door shut it turns back to animation. He gets on the bus and goes to the airport, at the airport he pays a man to put him into a bag and smuggle him to hawaii. When he gets there he goes to a beach and it is the same scene as his dream sequence, the end.
My inspiration to this film was a short animation by a cambridge school animation that I watched which showed an office man breaking out of his life by jumping out of his office onto a plane of which he has a model of in his desk and flying to a far off place in this yellow plane. The idea of a man escaping his life and completely abandoning himself from everything is what inspired me for my story. The idea of having it on an island is based on a poem I read called island man which uses metaphors to show the difference from this mans lifestyle in the city in London to his roots on an island. They use metaphors like the pillow waves which I am going to incorporate into my film, when he lifts up his covers to go to sleep it returns as the sea.
I have decided to try and make my work similiar to that of Marc Jousset the artistic director of the 2007 film "Perseopolis". Perseopolis is a film about a young girl who lives through the war in Iran. It deals with lots of isses like religion, war and politics andIt is done by animation, the animation is in black and white in this film aswell, which is not something I want to follow but it works very well in this film as it is her memory.
I might try black and white in the dream sequence but then when it is repeated later in the film it will be in colour. This would show that it is not real it is only a dream at first but then later on it is real and he has found his dream, and I think this will work very well the use of black and white certainly worked very well in Persepolis. Persepolis also reassured me that i would like to make an animation, there are not alot of adult animations, this film shows that animation has the ability to captivate all ages from children with disney and pixar films like toy story, 101 dalmations to adult films like perseopolis. I think we can expect to see alot more from animation and i would love to have the ability to create animations.
In my pre production exercise i tried out flash to see how complex my images could be and if i would be able to do some of the shots I was hoping to do. I decided to simplify some of my shots because some of them would be too hard to do on flash. It would take up to much time and my level of knowledge in flash isn't very good.
• Goals for the production (200-300 words)
• Choice of genre/formal category linked to:
• Your initial purpose in relation to the proposed film/animation (400-600 words)
• Connections with the work of other film-makers/animators (200-300 words)
I am planning to make a animation/film a.k.a a hybrid, films like Run Lola Run, kill bill, looney tunes back in action and who framed roger rabbit are examples of this. The story is a boy(played by me) has a dream in which he is swimming in the sea on an island far away. The scene on the island will be the animation scene. He then wakes up and decides to go to this island. As soon as he slams his door shut it turns back to animation. He gets on the bus and goes to the airport, at the airport he pays a man to put him into a bag and smuggle him to hawaii. When he gets there he goes to a beach and it is the same scene as his dream sequence, the end.
My inspiration to this film was a short animation by a cambridge school animation that I watched which showed an office man breaking out of his life by jumping out of his office onto a plane of which he has a model of in his desk and flying to a far off place in this yellow plane. The idea of a man escaping his life and completely abandoning himself from everything is what inspired me for my story. The idea of having it on an island is based on a poem I read called island man which uses metaphors to show the difference from this mans lifestyle in the city in London to his roots on an island. They use metaphors like the pillow waves which I am going to incorporate into my film, when he lifts up his covers to go to sleep it returns as the sea.
I have decided to try and make my work similiar to that of Marc Jousset the artistic director of the 2007 film "Perseopolis". Perseopolis is a film about a young girl who lives through the war in Iran. It deals with lots of isses like religion, war and politics andIt is done by animation, the animation is in black and white in this film aswell, which is not something I want to follow but it works very well in this film as it is her memory.
I might try black and white in the dream sequence but then when it is repeated later in the film it will be in colour. This would show that it is not real it is only a dream at first but then later on it is real and he has found his dream, and I think this will work very well the use of black and white certainly worked very well in Persepolis. Persepolis also reassured me that i would like to make an animation, there are not alot of adult animations, this film shows that animation has the ability to captivate all ages from children with disney and pixar films like toy story, 101 dalmations to adult films like perseopolis. I think we can expect to see alot more from animation and i would love to have the ability to create animations.
In my pre production exercise i tried out flash to see how complex my images could be and if i would be able to do some of the shots I was hoping to do. I decided to simplify some of my shots because some of them would be too hard to do on flash. It would take up to much time and my level of knowledge in flash isn't very good.
Friday 7 November 2008
statement of intentions draft 1
Statement of Written Intentions draft
• Goals for the production (200-300 words)
• Choice of genre/formal category linked to:
• Your initial purpose in relation to the proposed film/animation (400-600 words)
• Connections with the work of other film-makers/animators (200-300 words)
I am planning to make a animation/film a.k.a a hybrid, films like Run Lola Run, kill bill, looney tunes back in action and who framed roger rabbit are examples of this. The story is a boy(played by me) has a dream in which he is swimming in the sea on an island far away. The scene on the island will be the animation scene. He then wakes up and decides to go to this island. As soon as he slams his door shut it turns back to animation. He gets on the bus and goes to the airport, at the airport he pays a man to put him into a bag and smuggle him to hawaii. When he gets there he goes to a beach and it is the same scene as his dream sequence, the end. The music will be the classical music used in the end of oceans eleven because I think it fits the story and it made the ending for oceans eleven very good. My inspiration to this film was a short animation by a ------- animation that I watched which showed an office man breaking out of his life by jumping out of his office onto a plane of which he has a model of in his desk and flying to a far off place in this yellow plane. The idea of a man escaping his life and completely abandoning himself from everything is what inspired me for my story. The idea of having it on an island is based on a poem I read called island man which uses metaphors to show the difference from this mans lifestyle in the city in London to his roots on an island. They use metaphors like the pillow waves which I am going to incorporate into my film, when he lifts up his covers to go to sleep it returns as the sea.
• Goals for the production (200-300 words)
• Choice of genre/formal category linked to:
• Your initial purpose in relation to the proposed film/animation (400-600 words)
• Connections with the work of other film-makers/animators (200-300 words)
I am planning to make a animation/film a.k.a a hybrid, films like Run Lola Run, kill bill, looney tunes back in action and who framed roger rabbit are examples of this. The story is a boy(played by me) has a dream in which he is swimming in the sea on an island far away. The scene on the island will be the animation scene. He then wakes up and decides to go to this island. As soon as he slams his door shut it turns back to animation. He gets on the bus and goes to the airport, at the airport he pays a man to put him into a bag and smuggle him to hawaii. When he gets there he goes to a beach and it is the same scene as his dream sequence, the end. The music will be the classical music used in the end of oceans eleven because I think it fits the story and it made the ending for oceans eleven very good. My inspiration to this film was a short animation by a ------- animation that I watched which showed an office man breaking out of his life by jumping out of his office onto a plane of which he has a model of in his desk and flying to a far off place in this yellow plane. The idea of a man escaping his life and completely abandoning himself from everything is what inspired me for my story. The idea of having it on an island is based on a poem I read called island man which uses metaphors to show the difference from this mans lifestyle in the city in London to his roots on an island. They use metaphors like the pillow waves which I am going to incorporate into my film, when he lifts up his covers to go to sleep it returns as the sea.
Monday 20 October 2008
Casablanca
Mise en Scene
Camerawork
Editing
Sound
Lighting
The Mise en scene in Casablanca wasn't very formalist it is different from that which you see nowadays but it was normal at the time that it came out in 1942. The set is quite unformalist it is a traditional 1940's club, and a glamorous street setting. The clothing and props that they use were correct mise en scene at the time but it is now considered quite a cheesy look but that is because of the fame of casablanca. Humphrey Bogart is a famous actor before casablanca he had success with The Maltese Falcon. And after Casablanca with The African Queen. Ingrid Bergman had success after Casablanca with Hitchcock films like Spellbound and Notorious. Other actors in Casablanca were Peter Lorre, Paul Heinreid, Claude Reins and Sidney Greenstreet.
The camerawork was very close in the moments between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman to show their love. For the other scenes the Camerawork was very simple as if it was from other peoples point of view in the club.
The editing uses a style called continuity editing which is editing that tries to smooth over the transitions between shot and make it look invisible.
The sound is very instrumental they play songs like "as time goes by" and the french national anthem. Although at some moments they play old fashioned romantic songs for the scenes with Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart.
Camerawork
Editing
Sound
Lighting
The Mise en scene in Casablanca wasn't very formalist it is different from that which you see nowadays but it was normal at the time that it came out in 1942. The set is quite unformalist it is a traditional 1940's club, and a glamorous street setting. The clothing and props that they use were correct mise en scene at the time but it is now considered quite a cheesy look but that is because of the fame of casablanca. Humphrey Bogart is a famous actor before casablanca he had success with The Maltese Falcon. And after Casablanca with The African Queen. Ingrid Bergman had success after Casablanca with Hitchcock films like Spellbound and Notorious. Other actors in Casablanca were Peter Lorre, Paul Heinreid, Claude Reins and Sidney Greenstreet.
The camerawork was very close in the moments between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman to show their love. For the other scenes the Camerawork was very simple as if it was from other peoples point of view in the club.
The editing uses a style called continuity editing which is editing that tries to smooth over the transitions between shot and make it look invisible.
The sound is very instrumental they play songs like "as time goes by" and the french national anthem. Although at some moments they play old fashioned romantic songs for the scenes with Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart.
Monday 13 October 2008
Classical Hollywood Film
The "Golden age of cinema" lasted from the end of the silent era in the 1920's to the 1950's. This age has brought great directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra and Orson Welles, and has brought great actors like James Stewart, Cary Grant, Clark Gable and Judy Garland.
Some Great FIlms from the Golden age are:
It's a Wonderful life
Rear Window
King Kong
Citizen Kane
North by North West
Strangers on a Train
Mr Smith goes to Washington
Casablanca
Some Like it Hot
The Birds
My favourite films from these are Its a Wonderful Life, Rear Window and KIng Kong.
Classical Hollywood cinema can be described as formalist due to the melodramatic acting and the carefully considered shots. Which are both features of formalist film. For example in Rear Window when James Stewart is falling out the window the shot makes it look high up.
Some Great FIlms from the Golden age are:
It's a Wonderful life
Rear Window
King Kong
Citizen Kane
North by North West
Strangers on a Train
Mr Smith goes to Washington
Casablanca
Some Like it Hot
The Birds
My favourite films from these are Its a Wonderful Life, Rear Window and KIng Kong.
Classical Hollywood cinema can be described as formalist due to the melodramatic acting and the carefully considered shots. Which are both features of formalist film. For example in Rear Window when James Stewart is falling out the window the shot makes it look high up.
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