Location options for shooting  

Option one: Wooded/ tree area on Eaton road.       

Advantages:  

Close enough for actors to reach.

Trees are dense enough to provide the nature feel even though its next to houses.

Disadvantages:
Noise could be a distraction for the actors however as i am doing still pictures it shouldn't be much of a problem.

As it is in suburb area people may also cause a distraction and act weirdly to the picture taking as it would involve acting out violent scenes.                                                        

Option two: Crotexth park 

Advantages: Close enough for actors to reach

Trees are dense enough to provide more of a perfect setting as there is no houses or urban culture near the location.

Provides an aura of the English countryside without even being near it.

Disadvantages

Weather is uncontrollable so i will have to trust in the weather reports to pick a specific day to use.           

Planning of 5 minute clip

Planning 

I have chosen to do 20 still frames. Which is the equivalent to the 5 minute clip.  

I will draw a layout of 20 stills to show how  i want the pictures to take place. The drawing will include the angle of the shot, the location and the actors involved in it.  

The pictures will be taking using an iphone 4s camera which is a 8 megapixel camera and produces good quality photos so it will deliver the quality i want out of the pictures and the messages i am putting across to the audience.

Summary of the 5 minute scene 

I have decide for my film to be based around the start of the film.  So the audience doesn't know what to make of the characters and hasn't developed a relationship with them at this point. Also the audience is still asking more questions before any of them have been answered.  

Location 

The location i have in mind to use is derelict area. which looks like a fallout of nuclear holocaust. This will include things like. 

•   Broken objects, Burnout cars 
•  Trees 
•  Debris 

This is to give the audience a feel of the destruction of the world that they have entered into in the film.

The films i will look at to give me ideas for  my stills/pictures would be: 

I am Legend (Lawrence 2007) 

28 days later ( Boyle 2002) 

I have chosen these films as i believe they show the same ideas i want to use in my location of my film. 

  

Synopsis:After life FULL SCALE WAR (Draft 2)

Plot synopsis: After life

‘We thought it was over. We were wrong. It was only just the beginning.’

Their world of which they knew had gone. Earth now merely a graveyard of rubble of ash after the bombs fell. They thought they were the only ones until the news spread that everyone had been hit and life as they knew wouldn’t be the same again.  

There is an organisation known as the 'New Empire' that prepared for this and they are ready to take control. With many of the survivors spread out and without any resource to fight against the rule, many fall under their iron Fist. With many looking for a banner to  follow,  the Arrows were born. With many people joining the Arrows to try and take back what it rightful theres it soon escalates in to a FULL SCALE WAR. 

John Dawson the leader of the Blue Arrow Squad is tasked with infiltrating Empire Capital and rescuing a HVT(High Value Target) from  which once was  London he tries to help establish the base of operations in an old warehouse so they can start planning how they are even going to get close to the heavily defend Capital.  We soon learn that he has a past that no one knows about and the past is catching up fast.

Ali Dawson the daughter of John is eighteen year old and has only just come to grips with the loss of her mother. This has made her battle hardened and strong minded as she believes she has to make the mum she lost proud.  She comes across a young survivor on a scavenger mission and she is the only weary one out of the group that questions his motives about letting him join the group. She may eventually  be right. 

Liam Jenkinson has been a part of the arrows from the start him and his brother James only have each other this has made strong brotherhood strengthen even more. They are the arrows best assets with their military training which has saved the squad on a number of occasions.  

Introduction

Coursework: How War based films from World war 2 to modern day has changed from the focuses on overall war to focusing on a certain group or person.  

Why i chose this question? 

My coursework is based on the question above on how the focus of the film in war based films have changed over time from World war 2 to present day conflicts such as the Afghan war.

I have chosen to do this as from last year as i enjoyed analysing the film text and making meanings from the sub context of films. I am also interested in action based films  which makes war and conflict the perfect basis for to keep my mind on task and not get bored re-watching the films.