Opening Idea First Draft - Final Project

This is the opening scenario of my final project. It is a basic draft so it doesnt have a title or character names.

The film opens with a shot of a TV playing a news cast, showing reports of violent attacks. The channel is then flicked over multiple times, to other news channels, showing reports of violent attacks, outbreaks, world wide chaos and that the dead is walking the earth. The TV then goes all static, before the screen turns to black. The films title then splats across the screen like blood and then drips off the screen. The same effect is repeated for the rest of the opening credits. After the opening credits, it cuts to the main protagonist (insert name), running down a rural cycle track, reaching the bottom of a hill. He stops and looks up to the top of the hill, where he sees his friend (insert name) get over run by zombies, as some have started to maul him to death, while the rest run past still in pursuit of (insert name). (Insert name) starts to run, still following the cycle track, with the zombies still in hot pursuit of him, as he is running, the film freezes on him, this is where his opening monologue begins. While he is in freeze frame the background goes all red and outline features of (insert name) are all turned to black, with the out line of zombies in the background going black, and (insert name) name appears next to his outline. The frame then unfreezes and (insert name) then carries on running, with his monologue still playing, two more zombies then jump out of a bush taking him by surprise and follow in the chase of (insert name). After running a bit more, he appears in front of 5 strangers, who tell him to get down, as the stranger then open fire on the zombies, taking them all down. One zombie is still alive on the floor as one of the strangers walks over and savagely beats the zombie to death. The stranger then walks back to the rest of his crew and the film freeze frames again on these five people, with the same red and black filter affect happening, and it introducing them as the Outlaws. The leader of the Outlaws, (insert name), then introduces his gang and all its members, (insert names), and then telling (insert name), that they can take him to safety.

Continuity Task - Updates

Filming for this project is almost complete, but a few problems have occured, and we are stook filming with filming the final few scenes. Weather and problems with the actors (pfft actors, am I right people?) have ment we havn't been able to film the final scenes. However the footage we have got does work well with out them, so if we don't film them, I will rewrite the script and just leave it how it is. As regards to the script, I will have to rewrite it anyway, as we have made numerous changes, while filming, that have enabled to make filming easier and made the film alot more entertaining in our opinion. James has already edited the footage we already have, so if we don't get the final footage in, then we have basically finished, because we already have all the different continuity tasks in the footage we have :) More updates soon, sport fans :) x

Continuity Task - Filming - Day 1

Me and James (Sgt Pepper Productions) have been out shooting the outside shoots and the opening to our movie, we have had several brain storms while filming, so there are loads of newly created shots. Filming went very smoothly, only one or two problems involving passin people but nothing major. Filming should continue later on today with the filming of a few inside shots. I have managed to get some fine actors to star in our film, Oliver Clarkson, William Cawley and Johnathon Moore. Will report back with how it goes :) x

Continuity Task - Here is the Finished Script!

Continunity Project - Story Board and Incredibly Long Title!!

The story board has been finished for Sgt Peppers latest project and me and Mr Burton have come up with a title, mostly which was the brain child of James...

The return of the inquisitive incisive curious sharp penetrating sly devious deceitful duo that is Dillinger und das Vulture

Stay tuned sports fans x

Continuity Task

Over the week I have been off I have been writing the script for the continuity task, and I have successfully writen up and now I'm currently working on the story board and as soon as that is done, should beable to start filming :) x

"The Prisoner"

Here is the finished project, " The Prisoner", brought to you by James and Greg of Sgt Pepper Productions. We would also like to thank Ellen and Rabab for stepping into help as back up tripods :p x

Sgt Peppers Prdouctions Logo!!!!!

What does everyone think of the new logo?

"The Prisoner" Task - Shooting

Me and James have been out shooting, which we covered in about 2 days (6th-7th October). It has been going pretty well, we manged to get the shoot of Number 2 (now played by James, I'm playing Number 6), just using the door near the gym changing rooms, that leads onto the stage in the hall. We just used that and a socket switch and to switch to open the door and just got James to stand behind the door and open it. We are quite happy with how it's turned out :) We then started to film the dialogue scenes on the stage, in the wings of the stage, where it had a really good light which we could work with to get the scene down. However we had trouble filming it, with various noices, first from a P.E. teachers given a lecture about Orientearing (or however you spell it, you may notice in past and future blogs, that my spelling and sometimes grammer is terrible) and from Mr Lambs music room, which was right next to the spot we were filming, so we eventually had to stop and pack up for the day.

The next day went more smoothly. Unfortunatly, the only down side was that, I was put in charge of the camera tripod after filming the other day and I left it at home :p But through the help of Rabab and Ellen, and steady camera holding and work from all 4 of us we got the shot down. We built our own set onf the stage this time, using these large boards with legs to construct a small room, with a table and coffee mug placed in it for I suppose sceneary, and a broom propt up against the set for some reason. More sceneary I suppose :) We got the filiming of the scenes done pretty quickly, with only minor interuptions. The Sgt Pepper Production team are rather happy with what we have, despite the fact there might be afew contunity errors you may notice :p But we are happy none the less and even the greatest films ever made have these errors, so hay-ho. We are are busy editing our footage and hope to have it up soon, so stay tuned :) x

"The Prisoner" Task - Progress

So far progress has been going well for "The Prisoner". Me and James have been spit balling and coming up with ideas for what we want to do with this. So far we have basic sketches on a story board for what we want it too look like, and a couple of ideas on locations. So far the plan is too film on the stage in the main hall, because it's dark and it's got multiple different stage lights and various props we could use. We are so far undecided on where too film some shots, like character Number 2 pressing a button which makes a door open and a shoot of a village, but I'm sure we will get it :) Stay tuned for another update x

"The Prisoner" Task

Me and James have temed up once again to bring another Sgt Peppers Production, this time we have been given a script except from "The Prisoner". We have been given the task of filming it anyway we want. We have from the 5th October to the 16th. We are allowed to decide what the setting looks like (while sticking to certain elements of it, that have already been mentioned in the script), what the characters wear and look like, the camera angles, the effects, basicaly the whole production sha-bang. Stay tuned for updates x

Camera Movement Practical Video

Camera Shots Practical - Video

Media Practical 2- Camera Shots

Another media practical, this timefilming the different types of camera shots, with James and Hannah (Sgt Pepper Productions).

Media Practical 1- Camera Movements

Doing a media practical filming the different types of camera movements, with James and Hannah (Sgt Pepper Productions).

Movie Pitch!!!!

Brief Description

The movie is a costume drama set in the Victorian era, it is based around two people called Charles Phenton and Edward Sullivan. They are both secret agents for a kings own royal secret service called Royal King's Service. On a mission to attain a priceless artifact, Edward betrays Charles and the RKS taking the artifact for himself seeking riches beyond what he could ever imagine. Charles is then hired to track and Edward and take back the stolen artifact, but when he finds Edward he claims he was set up and that he was blackmailed into taking it and persuades Charles in helping him relocate the artifact. When they finally find the artifact it is revealed that Edward was actually double crossing Charles and tricking him into helping him find the artifact. When they finally find the artifact this is revealed to Charles, he chases Edward to the train station and across one of the newly developed steam trains which is where the movie began.

Introductory Scene

Starts at the end of the movie with the movie being a flashback of what has happened to get them to this point. It starts with the two men being in different compartments. Charles finds Edward and they talk discussing what has happened, this suddenly breaks into a fight between the two men forcing their way throughout the whole of the train's compartments. The scene changes when Charles is knocked to the floor and Edwards attempts to make his escape by climbing onto the roof of the train, unknown to the both of them the train is steadily approaching a low tunnel spelling both of their imminent doom. As the two men struggle on top of the train they notice they low tunnel at the last minute, as Edward exclaims "TRAIN" the scene cuts to the flash back.

By Greg Wilson, Peter Chivers and Craig Mullen