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SafeGuard prop list and Intro narrative

Brief plan for teenage movie intro

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Main plot: Traumatised teenage boxer negatively effected due to his closest friends death after being shot. Teenager seeking for revenge, to be something his friend always wanted…a pro boxer. Friend starts his career for his friends will.  Aggression caused leads to his first victory.  

Location: 

• MMA clinic (Angel, Islington) / Boxing ring (London) 
• Streets of London 

Props: 

• Flour
• Water
• Fake gel blood
• Boxing gloves/wraps
• Boxing shorts
• Training vest
• Mouthguard
• Towel
• Water bottles
• Trainers
• Boxing bag/ring 
• Skateboard for filming! 

Genre: Teen Drama - violence - sports 

Quote that may be suitable for the end of the credits: 

The pain won’t last forever, but the memories will. 

Brain storm for final project

We have less than three days until we start planning... Cue the brain hurricane!

So the first thing is what are we limited to? 

Locations

(london slideshow)

We can basically only film in London as we do not have the time or money to film outside but, London is quite good anyway and has a lot of locations that go from high life to council estate. But obviously our teen drama opening has to be urban.

Time

We have agreed with the teacher to film over one weekend which is basically 10 hrs of filming and that is it! after this point we may be allowed a few pick up shots but it is still around 10hrs. This means that we will have to be quick about the filming itself and choose only a few areas in London so we do not waste time.

Actors

We are a group of four boys and any additional actors/actresses will just be more people we have to rely so essentially this means that we are a group of four actors who have to put something together without any one else.


So it looks like an urban-based teen drama. This is low budget film making so we will not be able to use big locations like London eye or close off whole streets. So it definitely looks like a urban and gritty teen drama. So maybe a few similar films?????

1: Adulthood

The really effective thing in this opening is the silence, it flashes back to the ending of it's prequel, Kidulthood and it is completely silent, the use of diegetic sounds only, this has a big impact on the intro as it makes it seem surreal even though it is a modern teen urban drama.

2: 4,3,2,1

This opening sequence is almost the exact opposite of  Kidulthood where thy use music, immediately after the first scene. The biggest thing that draws my attention to this movie is the first 10 second scene where the woman jumps into the Thames because it is very dramatic and already gives the movie a story almost. Again the film makers are taking advantage of diegetic sounds and there is no music at this point, then the film flashbacks.

3: Fish Tank

This opening is effective because it sets the scene really quickly You get the impression that the main girl is violent, aggressive and has problems fitting in with other people. The scene is also very quickly set by the really good establishing shots.

4: The Warriors

The opening for The Warriors is simple yet effective. It shows us the different gangs who are making their way to the big gang gathering with slow music in the background. At the same time we see cutaways of the city and things like the overground and underground train which sets the mood. The credits appear over these scenes which is a great opening to the movie. This is why I have decided to take this idea and place it into my own movie. 

Sound experimentation

We are trying out this website called Creative Common and using non-copyright sounds to experiment before the movie, so that we do not have to make all the sound ourselves

As a note-to selves, here are the basic points for finding and using music on the website in final cut pro.

 

1. Go to http://www.creativecommons.org.uk/
2. check both boxes under the search menu
3. Sound Cloud is best to search with
4. Download music/sounds
5. move to appropriate folders and convert to AIFF
6. drag and drop int Final cut and voila!

Here is the result!

 Well a few more notes to self

• Always look for on-screen excuses to change the sound (especially music)

•  Experiment like a crazy scientist
• try and match th sound with what is going on on-screen
• carefully cut the music, based on  point in rhythm