Shot List

20th December 2015

I have been doing a lot of work towards the storyboard and have been hcnaging my mind about a lot of things and having to re-draw most of it. We have a rough idea of the beginning, middle and end of our opening it's just filling in the gaps in between however, we are close to sorting them out and I am currently working on the shot list however, i am finding coming up with ideas is difficult. To help me I am watching fight scenes from other action films, chase scenes, dialogue scene etc. This is helping slightly as it has inspired some ideas it's just the struggle of turning that scene into a low budget scene but still making it look good.

The Final Survey

Our Final Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6GYWZ6D

The first question we asked was "Do you think it's better for the Antagonist's identity to be:
Completely Hidden
Shown Slightly
Completely On Show
Other
The option that was the most popular was 'shown slightly.' This hasn't surprised me as this is what we intend to do within our production and looking at some other action films you can see that they do the same.
These responses have definitely encouraged us the stick to what we have planned to do for our production .

In this next question we asked "Do you think it will be more effective to hear the gunshot rather then see the death?" We asked this question as we ourselves were unsure but we know that we wanted a death in our production to add tension. The most popular response was 'maybe' and some comments that went with that response are: "Deaths can be hard to fake, so it would be easier to just use a gunshot but it is also important that the audience can infer that the character has die." and "In a film everyone likes to see the aftermath of the fight scene... However if you are going for suspense and mystery, then hearing it will work just as well" The second most voted was "yes." Through the responses and the most voted options we decided that we would only the death scene so that you can only hear the gunshot and not that actual death as this would help the opening it self but more realistic because it can be hard to to portray on a low budget but also, by hearing the gunshot it causes a lot more mystery and suspense.  

We asked them what they thought of the costume we were thinking of using for our Antagonist. Some repsonses we got were: " Yes- stereotypical for a villain to be dressed in black so works well", " No, although the costume has a black dark element to it, it does not fit the normal codes and conventions of an antagonists costume! There costume should be easily identified and not relatable to the audience", " No. It looks like somthing an everyday teenager would wear... But then again i don't really know the plot so maybe thats what you're going for? Its a good colour choice" and " Yes because it is dark colours which connotes that they will be the antagonist, it also means they can be hidden in dark lighting which adds effect." There was a mixture of yes and no responses. Looking at the responses me and my group decided that we would keep the colour of black being the main colour in the costumes but instead having it as hoodie and jeans we have a more formal coat/jacket to make thr Antagonist seem more professional and in some ways intimidating.

Risk Assessment

Now that we finally have all of our locations we decided it was time that we did the Risk Asessment. For all the locations the risk assesment was the same:

Signed:

(Madison Flaherty)
Name of person responsible at the shoot: Madison Flaherty

Props

For our production we decided that we would use a fake gun as it is very typical for a gun to be in an action film and definitely in fight scenes. While in the process of our storyboards we decided that a gun would help protray the action genre by also help make the scenes more like a professional action scene.

A big thing that influenced us to use a gun within out production was analysing aome action films themselves. Going through them I noticed that most of them all had a weapon of some kind within the opening, so we took that idea and put it into our production. 

Location Pictures

Location One:

Location Two:

Today I went out to our filming locations to take some pictures. I tried to take some of the camera angles we already knew we would be using to see how they would look. Going down to the locations also let me see what time of the day we should film, these pictures were taken around 10am and there was natural lighting, not too many people walking around that would get in the way of filming and it was slightly foggy which would help add to our suspense and mystery side of our production.

Roles

We have finally decided the roles in the production within our group:

We have sorted out the roles of cameras and editing:

Action Adventure in the Box office

I used http://www.imdb.com/ to get some information of Action Adventure films in box office. It was no surprise when seeing the Top 5. Looking at their budgets i found that they all had massively large budgets and comparing them to the others it was common that the larger the budget the film had the bigger Gross it had in the end. This is mainly because those films have high tech special effects in their films which just all round makes the film better and want people to go and spend the money to watch it even more and can afford to have the most popular actors in their films, bringing in all their fans.

Antagonist Costume

The first costume I came up with for our Antagonist is a simple black hoodie, black jeans, black shoes. I thought the black hoodie would be good as the Antagonist can have the hood up hiding their identity. Also, having the Antagonist dressed in full black would help to connote their "Darkness." This outfit could also be seen as the typical thing for someone like a burglar to wear connoting that this Antagonist probably shares some traits with a burglar. I also thought that the outfit doesn't give away anything anyway as the audience wouldn't be able to tell the gender, race, age, class.

I made a second option for the Antagonist's outfit as I was unsure which would fit. This out is more smart which would show that the Antagonist is a professional. Also, as our production would be based partly in a forest area, seeming as he is dressed smartly it would be as if they knew they wouldn't get dirty or anything because they knew he would win the fight, as if mocking their victim. Even though this doesn't hide their identity as well as the hoodie we could keep their face in the shadows, adding tension within the audience as the face of the Antagonist is right in front of them but they can't fully see them.

9th December 2015

Sadly, my other group members were not here today and I found it hard as I wasn't able to consult them in some ideas for the costume/props and storyboard.
I have completed 2/4 things on my to do list, I have almost finished the storyboard and once that is done we will begin on the bilinary task so that we are able to get ready to film. Filming itself will be done over Christmas as I have my own camera and are able to film at any time, hoping that the weather is on our side.

Locations for filming:
 We decided that we will film partly in the local park which isn't fall of playground equipment but trees and fields and has a woodland area. We will also be filming in an old abandoned area to keep the shots exciting because I thought that if it was all just trees the audience would eventually get bored of it.

Social Media #2 [Twitter Poll]

Due to our recent development of our production in wanting to give the antagonist the power of telekinesis I decided to conduct a twitter poll to see what our audience thought about that idea.
Looking at the other polls and surveys we'd done, where most people would vote yes to the 'protagonist' having powers. We instead asked what they thought about the antagonist having powers. The results came back as 50/50 I was slightly surprised. We have decided to keep the idea in our production but may have a back up plan if the footage doesn't come out looking good. I think that the results came our 50/50 as people were tore between giving the antagonist the advantage on the protagonist of having powers but at the same time they wanted almost a supernatural feel to it.

Lighting Research On A Chase Scene - Inception

The scene starts off with two of the main protagonist having a conversation about what seems to be the antagonist. They are inside and the lighting is very dark, there is small amounts coming from open windows which also indicates that it's daytime outside.  

As the protagonist jumps out a windows from a giant height, which is also a typical convention of an action film, dare devil stunts. As the protagonist jumps out, they jump out into the daylight making the lighting in the scene brighter. Which if the audience didn't already notice indicates that's they are now outside but also, can connote that the chase is about to begin as they typically take place outside in open spaces.

 

 As the protagonist goes into a crowd the lighting around them darkens and it almost emphasises how crowded it is. You can see a bright light further on in the shot, giving it the 'light at the end of the tunnel' look. As he finds his way through the crowd the shot instantly gets brighter and he gets faster, connoting the crowds are gone and everything is bright for now.

 

I noticed that s the protagonist went down a narrow corridor surrounded by tall buildings there were a lot of shadows. As you can see behind them, you have a shadow of one building on another. The left side of the frame is a lot darker compared to the right, connoting that either the buildings to his right are either very big or the light is coming from the left of him.

I chose a chase scene to analyse for lighting because we wanted to do one in our production and it would be outside and i thought that this would be the perfect fit to see what goes into making one look good.

7th December 2015

Having some trouble getting some work up as i have exams but i am doing my best. I went through some of my work to add some screen grabs and some GIFs to make it look better. I've finished the first page of the storyboard and I am currently starting some light research for preparation of the filming of the production.
I also just created a new twitter poll asking whether they think the antagonist should have the power of telekinesis, will hopefully have the results this time tomorrow.

To do List: 4th December 2015

• Do some Lighting research in prep for production.
• Some more sound research in prep for production.
• Get storyboards finished.
• Upload the location photos

Idea Development #4

Due to my social media research/polls we have decided to give the antagonist some small powers that aren't hard to work into filming as the power itself (telekinesis) can easily be betrayed. We did they due to one of the polls I did where I asked whether they would prefer the protagonist to have powers or not and they said they would want them to have powers. However, instead we have given the antagonist powers to try and mix it up. I am going to create another poll asking our target audience how they feel about this.

Social Media

As well as doing surveys I did some polls on twitter to see what people on social media thought, here are my results.

I was surprised at these results because when we did our survey and we asked a similar question to our survey, asking what people thought were important/good in an action film and in our SurveyMonkey humour got the most votes whereas, on my twitter poll it didn't even get one vote. This time it was "intense soundtrack" that people voted as what they think is important/good in an action film. The difference between the doing a Twitter poll and a survey is that they could only pick one option on Twitter whereas, they could pick three on our survey.

As we had already got a rough idea for our production I thought I would ask about what they thought about a fight scene, the majority of people voted that a fight scene should be fast paced and secondly, only 1-2 minutes long. I wasn't surprised by these results as I myself think the same think but it is also found to be typical of an action scene to be fast and not very long, if it was too long the audience would get bored.

 

Another question I asked was whether they would prefer the protagonist to have some sort of powers or not. The majority voted that they would prefer the protagonist to have powers. I was slightly surprised by these results as when I first put out the poll it was the option "no powers" that had the most votes as I thought people would be able to relate more to a normal, power free protagonist and it would be more realistic then having a superhero like protagonist. This has made me think about adding powers in however, I feel that maybe in the opening scene it would be more effective for the antagonist to have some sort of power such as telekinesis as it's not as hard to add that in. It would also give the audience some insight as to the film will be about and it would keep them wondering and wanting to watch on. I might create another poll to see how my target audience feel about this.

 

The last question I did was asking whether they thought the protagonist or the antagonist should wear a mask. I asked this question because while I was doing some research on the protagonists and antagonists I saw that there is a variety who them both who wear masks therefore, I was unsure that if we did involve a mask in the costumes who we would put it on which is why I asked that question in my social media research/poll. When I looked at the results most people had voted that the antagonist should wear the mask. I wasn't really surprised by this as I feel not knowing the true identity of the antagonist adds to their trickster behaviour. This has effected our planning for our production as we are now going to mask the antagonists face but instead of with a mask with the shot itself. We'll let the audience see part of their face but not enough for them to know who they are.

Idea Development #3

So recently we added the idea of having the text message conversation next to the character to give the audience some insight and make them feel apart of it but we have decided that when the fight/chase scene is over and the antagonist has killed the protagonist, the camera will seem the pull away from the scene and as if it's pulling out of a computer screen to then be an over-shoulder shot of someone watching what has just happened, except this time it will have the effect as though the footage is through CCTV and we will show that this is the person the antagonist is talking to but you never see their face.

1st December 2015

Firstly, it's December already which means our deadline is closing in quick, today i hope to start and get close to finishing the StoryBoard for our production. We have decided that i will be the one to edit the footage we film.

Production Development #1

Idea Development

While I was watching some films I was very interested in the way that they showed a text message being sent or received or a text message conversation. I thought that maybe we could include this into our production as I feel it makes the audience feel more of a part of the film but also it keeps the audience informed about what's happening or gives them clues. I thought that we could use this at the beginning of our opening sequence. As there won't be much dialogue in our production anyway it will give the audience some insight as to what might be happening. My idea was to have a close-up of the antagonist holding a mobile phone (which would most likely be an Iphone) and receiving a message, the message will then be in the space next the phone for the audience to see, if would read something along the lines "the target is approaching", "take the target out", "they know too much." I would also have the contact ID on there to cause mystery of who this person messaging them actually is. It gives the audience names but not faces, so the audience would want to continue watching to find out who it is.

Software

  Software

Editing Software:

To edit we will be using Final Cut Pro X. We chose this software because I personally have already used it to edit other things so I know how it all works. I did debate between Imovie and FCP but I can to the conclucsion that FCP had more to offer and we would do more of what we wanted by using it. With FCP it's easier to edit the clips to the duration you want them to and the effects in FCP with audio and video are more advanced then in Imovie. We also chose this software as not only do the school have it but I also have it meaning i won't have to rely on the school computers working and this way i can back up our work as we go along incase someone decides they want to log on to the school computer and mess everything up.

27th November 2015

I created some more polls on Twitter for people to answer for some of my social media research. I'm finding the results I have so far very interesting.
I'm planning on going out over the weekend to take a collection of photos of the locations we are going to be filming at, hopfully the weather will be on my side and it won't rain.
I'm hoping to have my planning and research close to or completly completed by the end of this weekend so that we can concentrate on storyboards, sound and then on to filming.

Equipment

Equipment

Camera:

This is a Nikon D5100. It has a 3.0-inch, 921k-dot Vary-angle LCD screen, in-camera Effects mode for stills and D-Movies and 1080p. 

Tripod:

The Velbon DF-41 Tripod Kit is a standard-size, heavy-duty tripod that is ideal for regular SLR cameras and video camcorders.
It is distinguished by such features as a quick-release pan head for tilts and pans, a sure-grip handle that is positioned on the left side for easy access to the main camera controls, a dual-position quick-release platform, and a geared centre platform for quick height adjustments.
Maximum Height; 152cm
Closed Height; 58.6cm
Leg Sections; 3
Weight; 1.38k

This is the equipment we are going to be using to film, both the camera and tripod are owned by me so we don't need to take anything out of media.

26th November 2015

Look at our survey results and got them posted. I have started some polls on twitter for people to answer, the questions are based on similar and different questions to the ones on our recent survey. I did some similar to see if i would get any different responses on social media. I am also working on a creating a closed survey for a focus group

Survey Responses

We constructed a survey through https://www.surveymonkey.com/ .
We did this to see what certain aspects people enjoy in an action film but also to see if there is a difference in what age enjoys what.

In the survey we asked questions such as "what aspects of a action film do you enjoy most?" We also asked them for their favourite action films and then why, some answers for this question were, "Car chases Shooting Realism Graphics Relatable puts you in the role of the character", "Action-packed, engaging story line & stunts", "They make you think could this all be possible?" "They're intense, funny and in some ways relatable! But also well edited!" We had 30 responses in total and the rest pretty much as the same thing, with the except that some said it was because of certain actors that were in it.

Looking at the screenshots to the left. We asked if people would prefer the protagonist to be female, male, if they didn't mind or other, everyone who selected other said that they didn't mind anyways. The majority of responses said that they didn't mind if the protagonist was a female or male but the second majority was male showing that a big handful enjoy the stereotypical strong male hero in action films. This hasn't effect our production much as we don't mind either however, it has swayed us towards having a female protagonist to try and get people to see females as the protagonist more and not just the stereotypical damsels in distress.

As you can see by the second screenshot, we also asked what they think is the TOP 3 most important things needed/good in the opening to an action film? As we can see by the results, humorous dialogue, a fight scene and intense soundtrack were the three that were voted the most. I was surprised to see that humorous dialogue got the most votes, I thought it would get some but not the most, this has definitely made me think about added a small amount of humorous dialogue into our opening. Looking at individual responses I found that the people who had put that Avengers- Age Of Ultron was one of their favourite action films also voted humorous dialogue and from doing some research on Avengers i know that that is a very good example of an action film with perfectly used humorous dialogue. The other two most voted, a fight scene and the intense soundtrack wasn't a surpise as they are both conventions of an action film.

Textual Analysis - Maze Runner

Opening Scene

The Maze Runner film is a 2014 American  science fiction action thriller film directed by Wes Ball. The film is the first instalment in the Maze Runner franchise. The story is based around a sixteen year old boy named Thomas who in the opening scene awakens in a rusty elevator with no memory of who he is, only to learn he's been sent to the middle of a maze, along with a large number of other boys, who have been trying to find their way out of the ever-changing maze. This story goes through the adventures of Thomas and how he try's to escape the labyrinth. This film was released on September the 19th 2014 and has a running time of 113 minutes. This film earned over 348.3 million pounds in the box office and is distributed by 20th Century Fox. This film is based on the book series from James Dashner.

The film starts of showing the distributer of the film- 20th Century Fox. From this logo the audience can identify this film as being from Fox, the audience can then relate this to pervious films Fox has distributed and compare the films together. The sound track from this scene also gives a sense of familiarity to the audience.

After the opening credits the audience are then greeted with a pitch black screen. This black screen connotes mystery because the audience doesn't know what is happening in the scene. Another part from this scene is that there are various diegetic mechanical noises is the scene, these mechanical noises bring tension to the audience because they cannot identify the sound to a picture which then could make them confused and wary to what is going to happen next.

The audience are then shown this shot of the main protagonist in some sort of rusty lift. In this scene there is also not much light coming from anywhere except for some artificial light so it connotes that this scene could be set underground. In this scene it shows the main protagonist first waking up in this metal cage completely unaware where he is and he is shown to be throwing up. The only sounds to be heard are that of the confused protagonist waking up and the sounds of the lift gradually going up. From this the audience can see that the protagonist is in a sticky situation because he doesn't know where he is and he cannot get out. In this clip it also shows Thomas to be quite dirty, this connotes that he couldn't have washed himself for awhile because he has been trapped in this cage, also his face appears to be quite damp along with his clothes which connotes that it is very hot and cramped in that environment. Another thing about this scene is that it shows a mid shot of the character which shows his position within this shot, it shows how he just woke up and focuses on what state he is in.

This then cuts to a high angle shot of the character which shows his surroundings within the lift. The audience can then clearly see lots of supplies in the background. These supplies could connote that the lift is taking these supplies to a destination where the main protagonist will then survive off them. This scene also shows the protagonist hunched over looking below his, this could suggest that he is confused about where he is and wants to know what is below him. It could also suggest that he wants to know where he came from because of his amnesia he cannot remember the previous events so he is trying to get an answer by looking down. After this Thomas then stands up and finds that the lift is going faster and faster, I know this because the mechanical sounds become more harsh and the lift is shaking more showing that the lift is going faster. As Thomas gets up he also notices more noises within his setting. The diegetic sound is coming from a pig that is trapped in a crate, Thomas then springs back to the other side of he cage after seeing this pig. He probably over reacts because he has amnesia and all he knows is that he is trapped with a foreign species that he is not familiar with.

Thomas then begins to scramble to the top of the crate to see of a way out. While this is happening it shows a close up of his face while he is screaming 'Help'. This shows his distress and confusion over this situation and his need for help. This could define Thomas as the princess character because the princess is in distress and in need which Thomas is replicating. While he is shouting for help it then cuts to the top of the lift which has been closed off, this causes Thomas to panic because he believes that he is going to crash into the wall. Thomas then falls down onto the floor which is then accompanied by a red light that goes over the shot. This connotes danger and that something bad it going to happen to this protagonist, this gets the audience to think about the consequences, This red light then progressively changes to green which shows that the issue could have been resolved. The scene then again goes completely black which also creates even more tension because the audience doesn't know what is going to happen to this character, the only sounds to be heard is Thomas's frantic breathing which shows his distress.

The metal doors are then immediately opened to show blinding light. This connotes that the lift has know gone up from underground and is know facing the bright sun. Now you can fully see the protagonist. He is shown to have his clothes drenched in sweat, this connoted that the anxiety of confusion has effected him and has caused him to panic within this container. Thomas also try's to cover his face from the blinding eyes because he cannot see through the light. As he lowers his hands many shadows appear within the shot, this then cuts to a group of people surrounding the container where Thomas is in. The people are also shown to wear similar clothes to Thomas which could connote that they come from the same place. The main person within this group then volunteers to open the cage and get Thomas out. He refers to Thomas as a 'Greeny' which could suggest his ranking within the group, it could suggest the lowest rank because he is new. Thomas is then thrown onto the grass where the group of people look down upon him while he is stuck in the foetal position confused and distressed. Finally Thomas tries to get up and run away from the group but ultimately fails when he falls onto the grass.

By my group member Honesty Bradshaw

25th November 2015

11:50 - I decided to get a few pieces of work done during my frees I had before Media last lesson, the deadline is closing in quickly and we are hoping to have planning and research done soon. I have some pieces of work in draft ready to do during Media.

The Antagonist

The antagonist is the villain of the film and it's the same for all genres. They have their own vision for what they world should look like or some kind of revenge plan. They're known to manipulative, evil, mischievous, tricky, they seem to be detached from their emotions, if they have any at all, heartless and so much more. Similar to a protagonist when you look into a antagonist's past you usually find that something happened that has instead produced the motive for their evil ways.
Take Sandman for example, he lost his daughter due to a tragic event and he is now hell bent on getting revenge on the people responsible and will harm anyone who gets in his way.
As we can see by the picture above the antagonist typically wears dark clothing with colours such as purple, black, navy, dark green, grey etc. This could connote that they themselves have a dark soul and dark intensions. Looking at the Joker, we can see he wears heavy make-up in the form of a big, disturbing grin, this is his mask, it hides his true face and gives him a new identity. As we can see by the others they aren't wearing any masks which is common as you find they are always hidden away from socialisation, almost like an outcast meaning they don't really have to hide their face anyways. Just like protagonists, antagonists don't always need powers. Take the Joker for example, he doesn't have any powers just smart intuition and some psychological issues. However, it is most common that is the protagonist has powers so will the antagonist but if we turn it around, just because the antagonist has powers it doesn't always mean the protagonist will , which just adds to their bravery and makes them look even more heroic. For example, Snow White and the Evil Queen. The Evil Queen herself has minimum powers however, she has a magical mirror by her side and with their powers together she plans to defeat Snow White, now Snow White has zero power yet still manages to defeat her curse and beat her.

Soundtrack Sources

https://freesound.org/

FreeSound is completly free, all you do 
is have to make an account with them.

http://www.audiomicro.com/

AudioMicro requires a subscription however, it does have some very good soundtracks on there that many big companies use.

https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music

You need a youtube account to access the Youtube audio library but it have thousands of non-copyrighted and free soundtracks.

24th November 2015 #2

Now that we have our rough idea for our production so i have started to gather the information on locations, costumes, equipment and software and hopefully have it done and dusted soon. Also, to start and finish the storyboards so that we know what shots we want to do so that when we go out filming we can just get on with it.  I am excited to start filming and hope that the weather is on our side.

Textual Analysis - Students Opening Sequence

This is a textual analysis of another AS students Opening Sequence for an action film.

To the left is the students ident, it has some very clear font and it's eye catching and simple it also has a strong soundtrack over the top that fades out however, the ident itself doesn't move. The transition between the ident and the first scene flows which is very good. The first shot is a long shot of someone walking very slowly away connoting a very calm atmosphere and that nothing is going to happen. There is no sound almost unbearably silent. There is minimum light, the only light coming from a street lamp. Personally, I think the shot should of had some more light as I struggled to stay focused on where the person in the shot was as they blended into everything else in the frame. The camera was handheld as it was slightly shaky which seemed to fit into the dark and mysterious atmosphere as though the person was being followed.

Yet again the transition between scenes flowed keeping the atmosphere calm, the character also walks into the frame which i find is a very good in keeping the scene flowing. There is still no soundtrack but there is some digetic sound when the character unlocks their car and you hear the click of the locks which is followed by some narration saying "he was the only one." This starts to introduce the character to the audience, they now know he is a male and he's all alone but it also adds even more mystery as it adds more questions the audience wants answers to. As the scene goes on and he gets into the car the narration picks up and swearing is involved which would connote that their target audience could be 12PG or higher as it's only mild swearing. The lighting is the same again, it's clear that they have films during nighttime to add effects but it is a strain on the eyes to focus on the main character in the frame and they aren't well lighted.


In this shot the narration fades out as a soundtrack fades in, the soundtrack itself is calming, constructed by string instruments and drums. The shot itself is a tracking shot as it follows the car as it drives away, as it does you can hear the digetic sound of the car engine and it getting quieter and the car gets further away. The shot then pans upwards towards the sky where font is then edited in saying "Fifty Fifty" which is the title of their production. Looking at their description of their production I noticed that they had a copyright strike due to using that soundtrack which meant that they didn't use royalty free music which is there to avoid copyright or certain rights to your film can be owned by someone else which is something you don't want. Instead of using the track they did they could of made their own through a software like garage band or found a non-copyrighted version through royalty free music, the youtube library, freesound etc.

The left screenshot is an establishing shot which is the duration of 10 seconds and it gives an over view of the surroundings giving the audience a feel of the location. The location itself is an ordinary setting with cars passing by which links back to the beginning of when the narration says "he was the only one." it's clear that it was not meant literally as we can see that there are other people driving around which then keeps the audience gripped to see what was actually meant by it. The screenshot to the shot is an over-shoulder shot of them driving. Also, by the positioning of the car mirror, camera and the character you can see a part of the characters face in the car mirror without the camera being visible which shows that the student(s) have paid close attention to detail. 


This is the same shot except slightly closer up. The shot continuous for 16 seconds of credits, which include the production distributor that the student(s) created and who it was directed by, the credits are slow paced in fading in and out of the shot which keeps that calm atmosphere which can be typical of an action film as if to lead the audience into some false idea of calmness before the action and chaos
s breaks out. The soundtrack is the same and you can also hear the diegtic sounds of the car and passing cars.

The shot to the left is a first person view which makes the audience see what the character sees but also makes the audience feel like they're apart of whats going on. You can the digetic sounds of the seatbelt, the opening of the car door and the calm breathing of the character. The next shot is a long shot of the character locking the car followed by the digetic sound of the clicking and footsteps. During this shot a name fades in, in the same font as the credits connoting that it is part of the credits however, i found that it was confusing as to whether that was the characters name or if they also directed it. I found it interesting that as a lyric in the soundtrack said "you just, walk away" the character is walking out of the frame, not sure if they was planned but i found that it was very good and interesting.

In the shot to the left we have a long shot of two people standing very far apart and you can tell through body language that they aren't there to hang out but more of a business type meeting. Through this shot we can see a clear view of the clothes they're wearing and it's ordinary everyday clothes, hoodies, jeans no special suits or anything out of the ordinary. I think that the location that they have used for the exchanging of the bag should of been a place that would of been seen as more private. I think that the location used in the previous shots of him getitng out of the car would of been good as there was no one around and it was much darker which would of added to the secreacy of this exchange.

This production was does by an AS student called Grace White.

Textual Analysis by Maddy Flaherty