Hand in

I have now finished and handed in both my rationale and my final video.

I will link to the video here once my 'executive producer' has given me permission.

Exploring rough cut notes.

After showing the roughcut, and reading through the notes I took, I went back and revised my film.

I played around with the speed of the catnapper running away - I found the original speed worked better. On its own the catnapper running away sequence felt better sped up, but in context it was better at its original speed. It had a sort of Mr. Bean running style and feel to it which I wanted to keep.

I corrected the colour in many of my shots to make the uniform as well as adding a warm hazy/ blurry colour edge to the cat scenes.

I also shorted the video from more then 5 minutes with credits to 4.08 with credits. I made every scene with music marginally shorter which helped with the pacing of the video too I think.

Notes from rough cut

Here are some notes I took after showing Max the rough cut of my video:

- Turn the volume of the chess scene down.

- Make the music sections shorter (I don't need to aim for 5 minutes, 3 or 4 is fine).

- Colour correction - change the colours and make it more uniform.

- Test out speeding up the cat stealing sequence.

Make the movie shorter.

Finally got it filmed!

So today I actually managed to get it all filmed.  YAY! I quickly put all the footage together and I like what has come out of it. Now begins the editing process. Finally things are rolling forward!

Chosen Story #2

Due to weather and the actor for the antagonist being busy I had to change my story idea. So i went with the one I called: Stolen.

Here is the script for the one: (copied from word)

Title: stolen

Fade in on the house - low shot - fade in title: Stolen

Cut to front door

Good Guy goes outside the front door - see cat - play evening melodrama - happy playing with cat

Bad guy comes and swipes cat away

Crying sequence - play "for the fallen"

0:43 of song - Good Guy says: "I will not let this be!"

Continue playing "for the fallen"- ‘Agent’ preparing sequence - ends with good guy putting sunglasses on.

1:30 of song - Good Guy says: "I will find you" (rubs picture of cat)

Goes to check mailbox - Reads on note: ‘You know where to find me’

Walks off camera

Fade to black

Good Guy appears from the blackness by opening a door - light comes in.

We see the Bad Guy mysteriously lit.

                Bad Guy: "I've been expecting you"

Good Guy: "Bet you weren't expecting me!"

                *Pause*

                Bad Guy: "I just said I was expecting you"

*Pause*

Good Guy: "Right, give my cat back!"

                Bad Guy: "Never!"

Good Guy: "Fine then, so that’s how you want to play it?"

                Bad Guy: "Uh, Yes"

Good Guy: "Alright - let’s fight!

A light shines on a chess board with an echoey bang sound of the light turning on.

Chess fight - play "Mechanolith"- Good Guy defeats Bad Guy.

Slow motion knocking the King over.

Good Guy: "There Now give to me what is rightfully mine"

                Bad Guy: "Follow me"

(Go another room - cat is on a chair and looks up as we enter)

Reclaim the Cat - play song "evening melodrama"

Voiceover: Kids! Tea Time! (drop cat (on bed?) and run out of the room)

END: fade in title: Stolen

credits

And here is the storyboard for it:

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Chosen Story

I decided to go with the story idea that used time travel (had no title).

Here is the script (including some brainstorm) for that one: (Copied from Word)

What does antagonist do? Ambushes him with water balloons

What does protagonist do? Time travels to stop antagonist from throwing water balloons

Complications:

His actions cause something bad to happen to the antagonist (Suicide? Run over?)

The programs trial usage expires so he is stuck and has to pay

Roles:

Protagonist: James

Antagonist (needs to water balloon - reward is water balloon me): Peter

Friend at home (needs irony): Anthony

Open on front door - hand opens

Inside - character walks in (angry)

Slams door

"Oh hello I didn't hear you come in" (ironic)

“That stupid kid did it again!”

“What?”

“He threw water balloons at me!”

(says like so what?) “It’s raining”

“Yeh… well…it’s the thought that counts!”

Storms off to the computer

Sits down logs in

Sees a web ad for time travel computer program

It reads: Having a bad day? Try Apples Time Machine - Now on windows!

Shrugs: "Why not?"

Installs free trial - uses it - sets the time to 30 minutes beforehand.

Looks around - looks outside - “Huh, well that was useless.”

Walk out to the room again, he is now in the kitchen

"Oh hey, I didn’t hear you come in" (not sarcastic)

(main guy is puzzled)

"Was it an early finish today?"

Sees clock

“Uh…Yea”

Realises the program does work - rushes outside - sees himself getting water bombed

Runs back inside - sets the time travel time again

Fills up his own water balloons and then hides in wait. He ambushes the antagonist with water balloons and knocks him onto the road to get run over.

Woops

Goes back to reset time but finds the one-use trial has expired.

Does he pay money to reset time or let the guy be dead? ‘Tense’ (comedy) camera shots of ‘thinking’

Decides to pay the fee

Sets time again - it asks are you sure - if you are going back to fix a mistake we now have a reset feature. - uses this warning you may be disorientated

Fix it using handy reset in program (with warning on program "you will retain memories")

Wakes up from sleep like woa! What a dream - pans to reveal cliffhanger - IT WASN’T A DREAM!

END

New Story ideas #2

It was the year 2013.

I was getting closer to revealing the mystery that was plaguing this household. The undergarment disperser.

While others sat around doing this and that, unaware of events currently unravelling around them, I continued to delve deeper and deeper into the mystery that was.

A fresh load had been completed, it had been processed, dried, and brought in for delivery.

It was at this time I planned to catch him.

All clues lead to this day as being the ultimate heist.



Fade in on a shot by the couch

Character crawls in with magnifying glass to the beat

0:03 "It was the year 2013"

0:10 "I was getting closer to revealing the mystery that was plaguing this household."

0:17 (Title appears: Undergarment Disperser)

"Search for clues"

1:10"While others sat around doing this and that, unaware of events currently unravelling around them,

1:20 "I continued to delve deeper and deeper into the mystery that was."

1:39 (reveal some underwear by a corner in the hallway) - 'chase' ensues

from 2:17 to 2:45 build up to going in the wrong door - toilet maybe? - apologizes


3:35 build up to reveal its the cat

Things to do:
crawl
sidle round corners
open doors
emerge from bushes
look in bushes
swing magnifying glass past camera do like sherlock holmes - taste things
sniff things


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Title: stolen
Goog Guy
Bad Guy: has below eyes covered with mask till tea time when she rips it off and runs inside.

songs:
1.35
0.40
0.55

Fade in on the house - low shot - fade in title: Stolen

cut to front door

protagonist goes outside the front door - see tiger - play evening melodrama - happy playing with tiger

Bad guy comes and swipes tiger away

Crying sequence - play "for the fallen"

0:43 "I will not let this be!"

continue playing "for the fallen"- agent sequence - ends with put glasses on

1:30 "I will find you" (rubs picture of tiger)

goes to check mailbox - "you know where to find me"

walks off camera

black - protagonist opens door light comes in

we see bad guy mysteriously lit

"I've been expecting you"
"Bet you weren't expecting me!"
*Pause*
"I just said I was expecting you"
*Pause*
"Right, give my cat back!"
"Never!"
"Fine then, so thats how you want to play it?"
"Uh, Yes"
"Alrighty - lets fight!

Light shines on a chess board with a echoey band sound

chess fight - play "Mechanolith"- defeat villian

slow-mo knock king over

"There Now give to me what is rightfully mine"
"Follow me"

(go another room - tiger is on a chair and looks up as we enter)

reclaim tiger - play "evening melodrama"

Voiceover: Kids! Tea Time! (drop tiger (on bed?) and run out of the room)

END: fade in title: Stolen
credits