Test Pilot for Evangeline (Five Minute Shot)

Chapter Twenty-Six:

"Stars can't shine without darkness."

 

Evangeline - Test Pilot

 A Five Minute Shoot and Edit For Idea's In Evangeline. Shots, Angles and Edits are for the Research.

 

Evangeline Storyboard

Storyboard Part Two

Chapter Twenty-Five:

"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken."

Storyboarding - Part Two

This week I've been working on a storyboard for my new concept. I was unsure of how to do this because A) I'm not quite 'van Gogh' and B) I wasn't sure about what needed to be put on paper. I found a useful video on storyboarding and used a template to draw on.

Working Title: ________________                                 Production Company: ________________

Shot No:         Location: Action: Shot/Movement: Sound: Lighting: Edit Transition:                        Timing:

See my initial storyboard post from October for more.

October Storyboard Example 

Meeting With Matt + Paul (One)

Chapter Twenty- Four:

"The point of getting things done is to know what to leave undone."

Due to weather conditions and technical problems the protagonist will no longer drown in a lake but her mother will drown in a bath. The younger girl, Evangeline, will be filmed through a keyhole and later on herself in the bath. The road shots will still take place. The reason we will no longer film in a lake is because to film the actual underwater footage we planned to use a heated swimming pool, even with extensive research and editing it will not look dark enough and won't create the effect we want to achieve. The teenagers won't be camping either as it is shot in February and will be too cold.

This is the new Moodboard and some research.

Genre, Audience and Institutions

Chapter Twenty-Three:

 "Greenland is a wonderful country..."

Genre, Audience and Institutions 

An audience's attention relies heavily on the genre of a film. It allows them to predict and understand the film they're planning on watching. If people want to see a horror, they expect to be scared during parts of the movie and terrified to go to sleep that night once its finished. If someone wants to see a hardcore action movie they won't want to find themselves watching a movie about a couple's long distance relationship and the troubles they suffer in between.

Institutes and directors have different views on genres and how they should look and evolve but each genre will have similar set, plot and props. The institute will also make sure the right actor is cast to correctly portray the character. Certain actors are archetypes and are associated with different genres.

A movie trailer will be made specifically to show the genre of the film. The producers will assure this and the audience will look out for it.

For example: Jane Eyre will instantly;y come across as a romantic period drama. An audience will understand from the trailer that it isn't an action film or a thriller/horror as there are no action scenes and no serial killers.

Sub Genre

Chapter Twenty-Two:

"You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward."

Sub Genres

A Few Good Men

All these films have the same major catalytic event. 

Someone gets in trouble with the law, some are guilty some are innocent but they all consist of a court scene and crime is involved.

The Firm

The firm is slightly different. The main character is not in trouble with the law but with his law firm.

Again there is a mistake within the legal world.

There is a male and female main character again which leaves the romance element available.

Cape Fear

The protagonist is convicted and sent to jail. 

Someone is effected due to their crime and the thriller element is about whether he will be set free or not.

OS Moodboard

Chapter Twenty-One :

"A painting that is well composed is already half finished."

MoodBoard

This is the moodboard for my opening sequence. These photos all have a meaning in it. The lake and house are important as they are the main setting, I like the sunset element in the lower landscape photo. 

The idea of the stalker is for him to be a watcher. We will see his eyes and lips but never his whole face in a shot. I like the idea of a cross dissolve between eyes or mouth and a forest. The car will most likely not be convertible as we will film in January and it will be too cold but i like the angle and proxemics. The drowning scene is important and I want the material of clothing and her hair to be a major visual point.