Music Research Ideas

Music Research

Song Option 1
One song that instantly caught our attention once we had agreed on the idea to create a crime drama is "Blinded by the Light" by The Streets. We feel as this is a very appropriate song to feature as a backing track because the song itself is based on drugs which is already relevant to the narrative in our film opening, and for this reason it would be a suitable pairing.


A scene from the music video from "blinded by the Light"


Song Option 2
Our second song option is "Playing With Fire" by Plan B. This song is very similar to the first option in terms of the message that both songs send out to the audience. In this song especially, the message focuses on the dangers of embarking on life of crime and gang culture. In our film opening it shows the main protagonist ready to trap himself into a world of drug-use and crime because he has nothing else to offer to the world.

Final Decision

Our final decision was purely based on the preference of the songs and this meant that we will use "Blinded by the Light". This song has a good variation between the chorus, sung by a young girl and the separate verses sung by a male rapper. The chorus has a sense of vulnerability because of the soft voice combining with the ambiguous lyrics. This is exactly the effect we desire because we want to show the naivety of the protagonist who is far too inexperienced to perform the smuggling process.

Props Research and List

Props

List of Props

Cigarette - This is used to show in the first scene that the drug dealer is

The Bike - This is used for the character to travel to get the drugs from the dealer and to travel to the station. It shows he is travelling via a bike showing he is moving around many places for this to happen.

'The drugs' used - This is the main key prop which the film evolves around in the opening showing he is smuggling drugs so therefore had to use ' fake drugs' to represent this.

Alcoholic drinks - This prop is used when he is around the table to show he is rough and this is all he has in his life as this is what is taking him through what is happening.

The Candle - This prop is used to create light around where he is sorting out the drugs with the background light off to provide a small amount of light to show the intensity of what he is doing.

credit card - This is used to line up the drugs which he is packaging ready for him to smuggle.

Story Board Evaluation

Storyboard Evaluation

What went well? 

The story board went well as we included a detailed set of images of the scene and also added a voice over to it. By doing this it meant that we gave more information as to what is going to happen in the film opening and how each scene will plan out. We attempted to include some of the shot types to make sure they are varied although in many we were unsure as are planing to decide at a later date. it also gave us a good indication towards how long each scene will be to make sure we can make it with in the guidelines of two minutes. 

What could be improved/ work you change next time?

The images of the story board were draw in pencil. This was to make sure if we made any mistakes we were able to quickly change them and stay on task. Although when we videoed these images they were not viably seen, to improve this we should have drawn them in a darker colour so the audience do not struggle to see them. Plus as mentioned earlier, not every scene is given a shot description. This makes the plan seem a little unorganized with is not the idea we want to give off. To improve this a title could be added on just to give the audience more information of whether it will be a match on action, long shot, close up or pan etc. 

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Storyboard

Storyboard

Shot List and Schedule

Shot List

Monday 28/11/16:

-          Packing of the drugs scenes

-          Antonio riding along on his bike

-          The ally scene (may not have time)

Tuesday 29/11/16:

-          The bathroom shot

-          Train time laps

-          Shots of the high street

Wednesday 30/11/16:

-          The airport shots( train station)

·        Him checking in

·        The police officers looking cautious

·        Antonio getting caught

Script

Script

Script for opening sequence

*Shots of scenery/setting*
*Character 1 walks into the dark alleyway and meets Character 2*
Character 2: "Are you ready?"
Character 1: "Do I have a choice?"
Character 2: "Here's everything you need" *Hands over the goods*
"What time is the flight?"
Character 1: "Half One"
*Character 1 walks away*
Character 2: "And just remember, if you get caught... you don't know who I am"

*Character 1 is at the station about to depart*
*Calls Character 2 on his phone*
Character 1: "Hello? ... I don't think I can do this..."
*Phone Call is ended*
*A security officer enters (character 3)*
Character 3: "Oi! Get back here!"
*Character 1 runs out of the scene and the camera slowly dissolves*

Final Titles for Traffic Lights

Final Titles

In association with

Film Four, Focus Features

Actor

Alesandro Campoccio

Actor

Antonio Ferelli

Title of film

Traffic Light

Screen played by

John Burridge

Produced by

Brian Earp

Director of photography

Bart German

Production designer

Will Davis

Editor

Aimee Chaser

Visual effects producer

Rachel Walters

Associate producer

Sian Field

Casting by

Kathrine Brookes



In our first draft we had some feedback about there being too many titles and that they were all bunched up in the middle area of our film opening. To improve this for our final opening we spread out the titles and made sure that were more subtle by being smaller and fading in and out gently.