More plans....

In my opening scene, the main character is Stella. She is described as being 15, tall, ginger, pretty and thin. Charles is described as being tall, dark, extremly good-looking and confident. I have yet to decide what actors and actresses i will use for this film. The opening scene is based on a book, Fallen star, and so the opening scene is difficult, but the book does include a proluge, which is the character reflecting and, so i have decided to combine this with the ending. To do a collection of memories from the book as the character talks over the top of her future plans which are mentioned at the end of the book. The scene should go as such; Stella is in her bedroom and all is quiet. There are boxes packed everywhere, but her furniture is still there, bare. She looks around, sadly and then goes in the top drawer of her cabinet and pulls out the bracelet that Charles gives her, and the camera flashes back to when he gave it to her and then back to the bedroom again. Her dad then calls her to get in the car. A little toddler runs in and Stella picks her up and takes her to the car, says goodbye to her mother and brother and the car pulls away with Stella in the front seat and her father in the driver seat and holly in the back. As they're driving, Stella's voice is over the top talking about where she is going and why. There will also be music in the background. A few important memories are shown in the scene and then she pulls up to the new house, pauses and then gets out. There maybe more to the scene after, i am not sure yet. Next up is planning the script and storyboard over christmas!

Film Synopsis

Beatrice Norman
Project name; Fallen Star
Genre; Period Drama
Audience; Teen audience

Logline:1950s, 15yr old Stella falls pregnant and is shipped off to a convent in Dublin to have her baby in secret, but the baby is taken away from her, she must struggle to get her back. Main character; Stella - Teen pregnancy in early 1950 Ireland.


Act 1; Stella meets Charles at the cafe in which she works and gets invited to his birthday party. Stella begins dating him, and soon becomes sexually active with him. Not long after Charles tosses her to once side for another girl, she becomes suspicious that she is pregnant, confirmed by the doctor she now has to tell her mother and Charles. Charles takes it badly and flees to England with not a trace and her mum takes it even worse arranging for her to leave to go to a convent in Dublin. 


Major characters;
STELLA WOOD
CIARAN WOOD
MOTHER
FATHER
MAEVE
CHARLES

Act 2; Stella gets a nasty shock when she arrives at the convent and the harsh reality of her new life. Stella makes enemies and friends within the convent and becomes increasingly close with a girl names Marie who takes her to the pharmarcy to get something for the sores devloping on her head. Her old freind Leo comes to visit her and tells her that Charles has come back home, but is too scared and confused to contact her. The girls decide to set up a christmas play to hype up everyone's spirits not long after, she gives birth to a little girl and calls her Holly after Buddy Holly. Her aunite Nora comes to visit her and the baby, but a few days later the baby is taken away from her, and ready to be sent to another family. Marie and Stella, however, plotting and scheming make a plan to take holly back in the early morning and stella will run away with her, to her auntie Nora. The plan succeeds and stella begins her life of waitressing locally and being a new mum.  


Act 3;
The police tracks Stella down, so while staying in Leo's flat for a while she decides she has to flee to London. Her father is there to meet her at the station and takes cares of her. They both come back home to Ireland and her father tells the police Stella is keeping the baby and they'll adopt her themselves if they have to. The policeman lets the case go, but Stella still does not feel at home. She moves back to live with her auntie Nora with Holly and starts the local school. 
This film is an adaption of the novel Fallen Star by Joan O'Neill.

Film Ideas.

For our coursework we have to make an opening to a film from any genre lasting 2 mins.

Today we spent most of the lesson, the other day, talking and brainstorming about the film openings we are going to make. I, however hadn't given it much thought up until now. I had a very pecific idea of how i wanted my film opening to 'look' and how i wanted to make the audience 'feel' but so far i was struggling to get that into a film plot with story and characters. I needed some real imagination brain wave! I started to think of what audience i wanted to aim this at and i kept thinking teens, i think i can work best with that auidence as i am one! and i know what i like to go and watch in the cinema. As i continued to think of the genre etc i thought of a book i loved and when Miss said we could base our opening scene on a book or play i was thrilled! It didn't quite fit the 'picture' i had in mind, but it's a great story and i think i can do a great job with it! So my film was chosen. I was going to base it on the book 'Fallen Star' by Joan O'Neill and now i can't wait to get started!!

Pre-liminary Task

For media we had to plan and film and short clip of someone walking into a room having a conversation and leaving. I was in a group with Hugh and Jordie, me and hugh were directing and filming and Jordie was acting along with Hayden. It was the first real chance I'd had to use the camera, so the task was actually really helpful even though it provided no marks. When we had finished we proceeded to edit the video in the next lesson. I again took a main part in this and really learnt how to edit myself, which made me much confident about doing our big task later on.

Animate Teletubbies.

James came in for another one of our lessons and showed us how to animate a word around an object on the screen. We used the template of the teletubbies where we animated 'The Teletubbies' around the babys head, so we had to learn how to curve it around an object not just across the screen. This was quite hard to get the hang of, but I got it in the end. It looked something like this...

Studio Canal

STUDIOCANAL is the pan European film, production and sales distribution arm of French media group, Canal+. The UK arm, formerly known as Optimum Releasing, has established a reputation for an innovative approach to distribution and has enjoyed success with a varied mix of film titles across all genres. They say a passion for film and commitment to creativity is central to all of STUDIOCANAL's activity.

Established in 2004, STUDIOCANAL Home Entertainment has quickly become one of the leading distributors in the UK Home Entertainment sector, boasting an active catalogue of more than 1500 titles. With sales handled by its joint venture Elevation, consistently ranked amongst the top ten UK distributors, STUDIOCANAL Home Entertainment has aggressively grown its market share year on year by combining classic library titles with critically and commercially successful new releases.

These are the films they've distributed in the last 2 years:

1. Cloclo (2012) ... Distributor (2012) (France) (theatrical)
2. The Dinosaur Project (2012) ... Distributor (2012) (worldwide) (theatrical)
3. Vous n'avez encore rien vu (2012) ... Distributor (2012) (France) (theatrical)
4. When Pigs Have Wings (2011) ... Distributor (2011) (France) (theatrical)
5. Johnny English Reborn (2011) ... Distributor (2011) (France) (theatrical)
6. R.I.F. (2011) ... Distributor (2011) (France) (all media)
7. The Prey (2011) ... Distributor (2011) (worldwide) (all media)
8. Une vie de chien (2011) ... Distributor (2011) (France) (all media)
9. Ma part du gâteau (2011) ... Distributor (2011) (France) (theatrical)
10. Unknown (2011) ... Distributor (2011) (France) (theatrical)
11. Bel Ami (2011) ... Distributor (2011) (France) (theatrical)
12. Ernest & Celestine (2011) ... Distributor (2011) (France) (all media)
13. The Tourist (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
14. Romantics Anonymous (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
15. A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
16. Insoupçonnable (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
17. Mahler on the Couch (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
18. Outside the Law (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
19. My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
20. Babies (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
21. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
22. Bus Palladium (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
23. Green Zone (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
24. Ensemble, c'est trop (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (DVD), Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
25. An Ordinary Execution (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (all media)
26. L'amour, c'est mieux à deux (2010) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray), Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
27. Au coeur de (la série) Pigalle (2010) (V) ... Distributor (2010) (worldwide) (DVD)
28. R.T.T. (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical)
29. Divorces! (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical)
30. The Villain (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical)
31. Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
32. Ninja Assassin (2009) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
33. Dans le labyrinthe de Marienbad (2009) (V) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (DVD)
34. Chloe (2009) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
35. A Serious Man (2009) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
36. Cracks (2009/I) ... Distributor (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical), Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical)
37. Whiteout (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical)
38. La vie sauvage des animaux domestiques (2009) ... Distributor (2010) (France) (theatrical)
39. Quelque chose à te dire (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical)
40. Wild Grass (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical)
41. Goodbye Gary (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (worldwide) (theatrical)
42. The Army of Crime (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical), Distributor (2010) (France) (DVD) (also Blu-ray)
43. The Soloist (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical)
44. State of Play (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (all media)
45. The Boat That Rocked (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (DVD), Distributor (2009) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray), Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical)
46. Joueuse (2009) ... Distributor (2008) (France) (theatrical)
47. Coco (2009) ... Distributor (2009) (France) (DVD) (also Blu-ray), Distributor (2009) (France) (theatrical)

And the films produced in the last two years:

1. Anna Karenina (2012) ... Production Company
2. Contraband (2012) ... Production Company
3. Special Forces (2011) ... Production Company (co-production)
4. When Pigs Have Wings (2011) ... Production Company (co-production)
5. Johnny English Reborn (2011) ... Production Company
6. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) ... Production Company
7. The Prey (2011) ... Production Company (co-production)
8. Attack the Block (2011) ... Production Company (as Studio Canal Features) (presents)
9. Ma part du gâteau (2011) ... Production Company (co-production)
10. Unknown (2011) ... Production Company (financed in association with)
11. The Tourist (2010) ... Production Company (as StudioCanal) (in association with)
12. Romantics Anonymous (2010) ... Production Company (co-production)
13. Senna (2010) ... Production Company (as StudioCanal) (in association with)
14. The Storytelling Show (2010) ... Production Company (co-production)
15. Insoupçonnable (2010) ... Production Company (co-production)
16. Outside the Law (2010) ... Production Company (co-production)
17. My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) ... Production Company (co-production)
18. Babies (2010) ... Production Company
19. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) ... Production Company (in association with)
20. Bus Palladium (2010) ... Production Company (co-production)
21. And Soon the Darkness (2010) ... Production Company
22. Green Zone (2010) ... Production Company (in association with)
23. Ensemble, c'est trop (2010) ... Production Company (co-production)
24. An Ordinary Execution (2010) ... Production Company (co-production)
25. Le baltringue (2010) ... Production Company (co-production)
26. L'amour, c'est mieux à deux (2010) ... Production Company (co-production)
27. Hippie Hippie Shake (2010) ... Production Company (in association with)

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Momentum Pictures

Momentum Pictures (also known as Alliance Films UK), an Alliance Films company, is one of the leading independent motion picture distributors in the UK and Ireland and releases approximately 20 theatrical films a year, with several stv releases.
In February 2011, Momentum Pictures won 8 BAFTA awards, more than any other UK distributor. 7 awards went to The King's Speech, including Best Film and Best Actor and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo won Best Film Not in the English Language.

2011 theatrical releases;Season of the Witch
The King's Speech
The Fighter
Chalet Girl
Limitless
Red Hill
Insidious
Hobo With a Shotgun
Troll Hunter
Weekender
Justice

2010 theatrical releases;44 Inch Chest
Youth in Revolt
The Crazies
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Spy Next Door
Dear John
Brooklyn's Finest
Another Year
The Rebound
Frozen
The Horde
Catfish
Skyline
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Tamara Drewe
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

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Warp Films

Warp is one of the foremost and most respected creative independent companies, now composed of Warp Records, Warp Films and Warp Music Videos & Commercials. It is based in London, England and Sheffield, with a further office now in Melbourne, Australia. Since its inception as a shop and record label in 1989, it has been a platform for innovative and boundary-breaking talent. Launched in 2001, Warp Films leads the way in exciting and original British Filmmaking. The company has been behind an array of critically acclaimed and award winning films, including several BAFTAs.
Warp Films' first film My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 by Chris Morris won the Best Short Film award at the BAFTA Awards.Warp is closely associated with Chris Cunningham, who was responsible for Aphex Twin's videos Come to Daddy and Windowlicker. He is responsible for an abstract short film called Rubber Johnny, which features the music of Aphex Twin and was released on May 23, 2005..    My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117- 2003 - Chris Morris, short film

·  Dead Man's Shoes - 2004 - Shane Meadows 

·  Rubber Johnny - 2005 - Chris Cunningham, short film

·  Scummy Man - 2006 - Paul Fraser, short film/music video

·  This Is England - 2006 - Shane Meadows 

·  Grow Your Own - 2007 - Richard Laxton 

·  Dog Altogether - 2007 - Paddy Considine short film

·  Fur TV - 2008 - Chris Waitt 

·  A Complete History of My Sexual Failures - 2008 - Chris Waitt 

·  Arctic Monkeys At the Apollo - 2008 - Richard Ayoade 

·  Donkey Punch - 2008  - Oliver Blackburn 

·  The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour 2000 - Paul King 

·  Curtains 2009 - Julian Barratt short film

·  Hush - 2009 - Mark Tonderai 

·  Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee - 2009 - Shane Meadows 

·  Bunny and the Bull - 2009 - Paul King 

·  All Tomorrow's Parties - 2009 - All Tomorrow's People & Jonathan Caouette 

·  Four Lions - 2010 - Chris Morris 

·  This Is England 86 - 2010 - Shane Meadows & Tom Harper 

·  Submarine - 2010 - Richard Ayoade 

·  Tyrannosaur – 2011 – Paddy Considine

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Vertigo Films

In 2002, Vertigo Films was created by producers Allan Niblo (producer of Human Traffic and South West 9), James Richardson (producer of Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)), director Nick Love (screenwriter and, prior to company formation, director of Goodbye Charlie Bright and The Football Factory), distributor Rupert Preston (distributor of Chopper, Chasing Amy and Bride of Chucky, among others), and entrepreneur Rob Morgan. The company was formed for the express purpose of distributing and producing two films, The Football Factory and It's All Gone Pete Tong; its current stated goal is to produce and distribute four films per year

2010 was a sensational year for Vertigo with Europe's first 3D live action movie, STREETDANCE 3D, entering the UK Box Office charts at No.1 beating Disney's Prince of Persia and becoming one of the most successful UK independent films of all time as it opened around the world. In addition, Vertigo's co-production AJAMI was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film and its genre busting MONSTERS received exceptional buzz, acclaim and a host of awards including three British Independent Film Awards.

In 2011 Vertigo produced and released a 3D feature film of the children's franchise HORRID HENRY which became a box office hit taking £6.5M and teamed up with HAMMER Films to produce WAKEWOOD which became one of the best reviewed horror films in years.

Films in production in 2011 include a big screen adaptation of the much anticipated THE SWEENEY, written and directed by Nick Love and starring Ray Winstone and Plan B as the infamous Regan and Carter. STREETDANCE 2 from the same team that brought you the original with glitzy European locations and the best dancers in the world. And an English language re-make of Nicolas Winding Refn's seminal PUSHER film.

In addition to its production and distribution activity, Vertigo also owns The Post Republic, a state of the art post production company based in Berlin and is a partner in Protagonist Pictures, the international sales company joint venture with Film Four and Ingenious Media. Earlier this year, with LA based 3D experts Paradise FX, Vertigo set up PFXE, Europe's most experienced 3D facilities company.

1. The Football Factory (2004) Distributor [3]

2. Its All Gone Pete Tong (2004) Production Company

3. A Good Woman (2004) Distributor

4. Pusher II (2004) Distributor

5. The Business (2005) Production Company

6. Clean (2005) Distributor [4]

7. Pusher 3 (2005) Distributor

8. Stoned (2005) Distributor

9. Dirty Sanchez: The Movie (2006) Production Company

10. Shrooms (2006) Distributor

11. London to Brighton (2006) Distributor

12. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) Distributor

13. WΔZ (2007) Production Company; Distributor—worldwide theatrical

14. Shotgun Stories (2007) Distributor

15. Outlaw (2007) Production Company; Distributor

16. The Escapist (2007) Distributor—UK all media

17. Sparkle (2007) Distributor

18. Dogging: A Love Story (2007) Production Company

19. Faintheart (2008)

20. The Sweeney (2008) Production Company

21. 1 Day (2009)

22. Bronson (2009)

23. Untitled Cage Rage Project (2009) Production Company; Distributor—UK all media

24. Monsters (2010)

25.StreetDance (2010)

26. Jackboots on Whitehall (2010) (October 8, 2010) (co-production with Dimension Films)

27. Wake Wood (2011)

28. Guinea Pigs (2011)

29. Horrid Henry the Movie (2011)

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Learning how to Animate!

The other lesson, we learnt all about animation, with the help of James the expert on the software we would be using to do this. We all had a computer each and slowly learnt how to create a title and an object and how to get it to move, the way we wanted, across the screen. He showed us an example from a film called "Antonomy of a Murder" and it had comic-like body parts moving across the screen, so our task was to do a similar title with the using the same theme. It took a while, but I finally got the hang of it! It was fun learning more about the software that we will be using so much when editing our own projects later in the year. James was fantastic and knew the answer to everything. I will attach the video I done in that lesson later when we have imported them. I told my mum later that day what we had been learning and she knew all about animation and had done it in a real editing studio as my Nana used to be a film editor!
 

The Hangover... remake.

We have been set a project to remake the first scene of the Hangover. We have a few weeks to complete the task as close to the original as possible. I joined a new group after a few weeks of this project being set due to problems in the previous group.. The girls in the group i joined were all lovely and welcoming and i was very glad I switched groups. They told me that they had already shot the scene with Phil on the phone, but were doing their main shoot on the coming Sunday at Park farm, which Alice had fantastically arranged for us. On the first lesson i joined their group we got to work editing the clips of film they had of Alex (our actor for Phil) and making use of James, the guy that was their to show us how best to use the editing software. Me, Georgie, Alice and Catlin were shown how to blur out the background while keeping a certain person or object in focus. It was hard and tiring work, but hopefully it would pay off. It was definately a learning experience. (Thankyou James!)

I turned up to Park Farm with my dad (and the white van) and everyone was there, so we could go straight up to the lovely room, we were allowed to shoot in, and get started! We all pitched in to the directing, acting and filming. It was a long day, but good fun and we  all learnt so much. It seems the more I do of Media the more i love it!

We first shot the wedding dress scene in the Hotel room. We had a manican and a wedding dress brought by Megan and Lizzie, who also bought along with me the bridesmaid dresses although mine wasn't used in the film as it didn't match the colour of the others! My dad bought the van and was waiting outside, so me Georgie, Lizzie and Megan went outside to the front of park farm and positioned the van as close to the real film as possible. Megan played the woman taking the flowers out of the van while, me and georgie directed and played around with the positioning and Lizzie filmed. We got some good footage and one with two old women walking past!

We then went up to the room and got the whole room to match the film as much as possible, me, Georgie and Catlin played bridesmaids, while Catlin's mum and dad played the mum and dad from the film and Vicki Cook (Megan's friend) played the bride and Lily played the hairdresser. The rest filmed and directed and tried to keep the continuity and lighting correct.




Me, Lily and Alice negotiating :)

 

Catlin & her Dad acting..

We shot all the acting scenes then, and then went downstairs to film the window scene which went abit wrong and will have to be re-filmed. We had a day of much sucess and have now filmed all our footage except from the chair scene. We finally all went home at 5.






The group :)



Genre; Our own short clip.

We were asked to do our own short clip with the title of 'Genre... this much we know.' I was in a group with Nicole and Evie. While i directed, Evie acted and Nicole filmed. Evie started with an introductory speech and then we went on to interview a few students about how genre affects the films they watch. We put it all together in lessons and used the new editing software to put it all together. It was a good start to learn how to do editing and filming. Next time i deniately want to do more work with the camera in practice for the big projectn of my own at the end.

Genre; Thriller.

Information on thriller;
Thrillers are a genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension, and excitement as the main elements. A common subgenre is psychological thrillers. After the assassination of President Kennedy, political thriller and paranoid thriller films became very popular. The brightest examples of thrillers are the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods such as; a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, suspense, excitement, tension, terror. Literary devices such as red herrings and cliffhangers are used extensively. The cover-up of important information from the viewer and fight/chase scenes are common methods in all of the thriller subgenres, although each subgenre has its own characteristics and methods.
Common methods in crime thrillers are mainly ransoms, captivities, heists, revenge, kidnappings. More common in mystery thrillers are investigations and the whodunit technique. Common elements in psychological thrillers are mind games, psychological themes, stalking, confinement/deathtraps, horror-of-personality, and obsession. Elements such as fringe theories, false accusations, paranoia, and sometimes action are common in paranoid thrillers.
A genuine, standalone thriller is a film that provide thrills and keeps the audience cliff-hanging at the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. The tension usually arises when the character(s) is placed in a menacing situation, a mystery, or a trap from which escaping seems impossible. Life is threatened, usually because the principal character is unsuspectingly or unknowingly involved in a dangerous or potentially deadly situation. Plots of thrillers involve characters which come into conflict with each other or with outside forces - the threat is sometimes abstract or unseen. Thrillers with a crime-related plot mostly keep the attention away from the criminal or the detective, where they focus more on the suspense and danger that is generated.
"Homer's Odyssey is one of the oldest stories in the Western world and is regarded as an early prototype of the thriller." A thriller is villain-driven plot, whereby he presents obstacles that the hero must overcome.

Alfred Hitchcoch the acknowledged master of the thriller genre he virtually invented, Alfred Hitchcock was also a brilliant technician who deftly blended sex, suspense and humor. He began his filmmaking career in 1919 illustrating title cards for silent films at Paramount's Famous Players-Lasky studio in London. There he learned scripting, editing and art direction, and rose to assistant director in 1922. That year he directed an unfinished film, No. 13 or Mrs. Peabody . His first completed film as director was The Pleasure Garden (1925), an Anglo-German production filmed in Munich. This experience, plus a stint at Germany's UFA studios as an assistant director, help account for the Expressionistic character of his films, both in their visual schemes and thematic concerns. The Lodger (1926), his breakthrough film, was a prototypical example of the classic Hitchcock plot: an innocent protagonist is falsely accused of a crime and becomes involved in a web of intrigue.

An early example of Hitchcock's technical virtuosity was his creation of "subjective sound" for Blackmail (1929), his first