Expired trailer

Evaluation question 2

Evaluation question 3

Questions:

• From what you have seen what genre do you think this is?
• Does that narrative make sense to you?
• Do you think the cinematography was effective?
• Do you think the editing and sound are effective in portraying the narrative of the story?
• Would you watch this film?
• Do you think anything could be improved?

Evaluation question 4

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Evaluation question 1b

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Evaluation question 1a

Film director case study

Martin Scorsese is an American film director from America. He was born in Queens, New York, however his parents were from Sicily in Italy. As a child he was often taken to the theatre by his parents, which sparked his love for film.

He attended New York university’s film school where he produced a umber of short films.  In 1967, Scorsese made his first feature-length film called I Call First, which was later renamed Who's That Knocking at My Door with two friends from university. In 1973, Scorsese directed Mean Streets, his first film to be widely acknowledged as a masterpiece. Revisiting characters from Who's That Knocking at My Door? The film showcased elements that have since become typical features of Scorsese's filmmaking, including dark themes, unsympathetic lead characters, religion, the Mafia, unusual camera techniques and contemporary music.

Over the course of the 1970s and 1980s, Scorsese directed hard-hitting films that helped define a generation of cinema, including Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and The departed. 

Poster production: Step by step

Investigation board

Organising through social media

Social media such as whatsapp really helped when organising filming for our trailer. It meant that we could communicate quickly and easily with a variety of people, including other members of our group and our actors. It also meant that we could make decisions with eachother easily regarding the different aspects of our film.

Music

In order to help reinforce what's happening on screen we needed to find music to match the action within the trailer. It was important that we found royalty free music and sound effects so that we didn't violate any copyright regulations. We found that youtube was best for this as it had a large variety of tracks we could use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5w5VX4tAD4&nohtml5=False


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Location shots

LOCATION: Deserted Street 

DESCRIPTION: One of Koncheski's men walks the deserted streets of London dealing drugs to vulnerable addicts

LOCATION: Deserted Street 2
DESCRIPTION: After trying to protect the drug addicts best interests, Lauren becomes victim to Koncheski's operation, and is left for dead

LOCATION: Kitchen
DESCRIPTION: Leon stands alone comtemplating all he has lost. Overcome with emotion he finds it hard to concentrate on his work, leading to problems with his case.

LOCATION: Police Chief's Office
DESCRIPTION: Leon's lack of work since the sudden loss of his girlfriend lands him in trouble with his boss. Despite worries regarding his work he assures his chief he'll crack the case and bring down Koncheski once and for all.

LOCATION: Leon's Office
DESCRIPTION: Leon's frustration build up and he becomes impatient trying to investigate Koncheski. He realises he has to look deeper to find out the truth behind the mysterious villain, but doesn't realise he could find out more than he bargained for.

LOCATION: Investigation Board
DESCRIPTION: Leon gradually collects more information about Koncheski and finds out that the death of his girlfiend could have been linked to the criminal he's been trying to take down all along. This only pushed him further to try and combat the kingpin's operation, in hope that he'll not only stop one of London's biggest drug operations, but also uncover the truth behind Lauren's sudden demise.

Magazine cover final draft

MES mood board

Scene outline

Scene 1) Leo and Lauren spending time together. An establishing shot shows them sitting together, enjoying each others company happily. 2 shot of them talking, close-ups of each character laughing.

Scene 2) Lauren gets strangled on a deserted street. A tracking shot follows her as she confronts a man dealing drugs to a woman on the street. Then a midshot captures the killers hands around her neck, and we see her fall to the floor.

Scene 3) An establishing shot of a cemetery shows a crowd gathers at Lauren’s funeral, a pan shot shows grieving  mourners. A close up of Leon shows his heartbroken face. 

Scene 4) Leon gets called into the police chief’s office, and they dispute over his case. Tracking shots or police chief and Leon, point of view shots from over their shoulders as they talk about the lack of evidence Leon has collected over Konceski.

Scene 5) Leon going through a computer looking at files regarding the Koncheski case. Point of view shot, midshot. he gets frustrated and acts out.

Scene 6) Shots of Koncheski to establish his dominant role. Tracking shots, long shots, and close-ups.

Scene 7) Leon meets Vladimir for the first time on the roof. They bond over their common traits and go into business with eachother. 2 shot, mid shot.

Scene 8) Leon finds out that Koncheski is responsible for Lauren’s death.

Scene 9) Leon has to choose whether to betray Koncheski or join him.