On wednesday, we completed our storyboard. Therefore, we started thinking about our credit sequence and the props, ready for filming.
Faria and Raihan made the props, which is images of victims, which we put up in college, and will film them in college too. Raihan used newspapers to cut out images of people who happened to be the killer's victims.
Siyam and I began to look at existing crime dramas to come up with ideas for our credit sequence, as our crime drama was only 2 minutes long. Siyam decided to be the detective in our crime drama, therefore we decided to film him in different situations, one of them being, where he is chasing after a criminal. The wide range of camera angles will make this crime drama more encouraging for the target audience.
Filming will take place on Wednesday next week. However, we will only film inside the college, and some quick shots of the killer's work place. We cannot film much due to the timing.
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Change of plan
On friday, we began to finalise our storyline and finish off any planning. Our step outline did not make sense, so me and Faria made a new one, as there was too muchh going on in the old step outline which didnt go well together. After writing this out, Faria went through it and put down all the shot types for each stage in our step outline. Raihan took the step outline home to make a new storyboard for our Crime Drama, so we know exactly what will happen and when. I have also got people to play the part of the victim and the jogger in our crime drama.
Friday, 4 December 2009
Criminal Act
We put the final touches to our crime drama, and filled out an A3 sheet about the different areas of Criminal Act. We discussed different ideas to do with how the crime drama will be filmed and what will happen in it.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
New name for crime drama..
I came up with a few names for our crime drama with Faria, our ideas were:
-Living On the Edge
-Death Master
-Criminal Act
-One step closer
-Murder in Distress
-Trust VS Loyalty
-a Victim's Heartache
-The Innocence.
We thought about how each one sounds, and decided upon 'Criminal Act' as a name of our new and up coming crime drama series.
The characters are as follows:
-Victim (girl)
-Witness- jogger
-Detective
-Criminal- Serial Killer.
Props:
-Toolbox
-wrench
-bracelet
-Detective's ID badge
-Tape around crime scene
The bracelet will be shown twice in our crime drama; once as the victim's hand is shown, and the second time, as the bracelet is being given to the Victim, the audience can then understand that the two times this woman is shown, actually represents the same person.
At the end of our scene, we would like to show the criminal making a mark on his victim, this shows he is a serial killer and that he has had many victims.
The scene will begin on a track of the jogger, who then spots the dead body, and then the audience are shown flashbacks informing them of what actually took place.
-Living On the Edge
-Death Master
-Criminal Act
-One step closer
-Murder in Distress
-Trust VS Loyalty
-a Victim's Heartache
-The Innocence.
We thought about how each one sounds, and decided upon 'Criminal Act' as a name of our new and up coming crime drama series.
The characters are as follows:
-Victim (girl)
-Witness- jogger
-Detective
-Criminal- Serial Killer.
Props:
-Toolbox
-wrench
-bracelet
-Detective's ID badge
-Tape around crime scene
The bracelet will be shown twice in our crime drama; once as the victim's hand is shown, and the second time, as the bracelet is being given to the Victim, the audience can then understand that the two times this woman is shown, actually represents the same person.
At the end of our scene, we would like to show the criminal making a mark on his victim, this shows he is a serial killer and that he has had many victims.
The scene will begin on a track of the jogger, who then spots the dead body, and then the audience are shown flashbacks informing them of what actually took place.
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Crime drama: Love Kills
'Love Kills'
Task 1:
Columbo: This is a crime drama based around a detective named Columbo, who works out who the criminal is. It was made in the 1970s/80s. Columbo dresses in a long coat, which is conventional for police officers. However, the way he dresses is very scruffy. The criminal dresses in casual wear. We can tell that he is guilty by his expression, and the way he talks seems like he is full of himself. Columbo remains calm and expressionless through the scene. Props, such as cars and guns are used. It is set in a rural part of U.S.A, where it is quiet so no one would find out about the murder committed. Lighting is mostly natural, and makes the scene seem quite tense. The camera tracks, following Columbo around. The main convention is of a murder, which is what a crime drama should be based around. The episode begins by showing us the murderer, shooting his fellow co worker. After this, the camera is on Columbo through the episode as he digs up evidence against the criminal, and slowly, slowly realises who committed the murder.
The Wire: The opening sequence of The Wire begins in a run down town with a montage sequence. Many different scenes are shown, which gives a small insight as to what those people are like. The music is slow and relaxing, the bell ringing, however brings everything back to reality and takes the scene to what is going on, where a group of people are shown. The people seem upset, as though something has gone wrong. This shows that this is a crime scene, where people may have been killed. The lighting is mainly quite dark, which is reflective of the type of crime drama it is- dark and gloomy.
I designed a questionnaire which contained 8 questions for people who would be interested in crime dramas. One of the questions I asked was 'What is your favourite crime drama?' and the 2 most popular answers were Columbo and The Wire. Columbo because it is old and therefore more original, and the idea of one main detective rather than a few detectives makes the drama more interesting. The Wire was a favourite due to its fast pace and the how the state of media effects those people's lives who live in the run down town in U.S.A. Another question was 'How many criminal do you wish to see in a crime drama?' For this, the answers had a wide range, however most people said between 2-3. Another question was, 'What conventions do you like most about crime dramas?' a few answers were given, such as 'blood, shooting, action, the investigation' the most common answer, however, was a murder.
Synopsis of Love Kills:
Love Kills is a serious crime drama about the happenings of internet dating. Serial killer, Jake, is out to get women. Samantha, however, falls in love with Jake and goes to meet him, little did she know that this would be the last time she ever saw someone. Having a happy life, with a family, why is Jake going to kill Samantha? And she is not his only victim.
Task 1:
Columbo: This is a crime drama based around a detective named Columbo, who works out who the criminal is. It was made in the 1970s/80s. Columbo dresses in a long coat, which is conventional for police officers. However, the way he dresses is very scruffy. The criminal dresses in casual wear. We can tell that he is guilty by his expression, and the way he talks seems like he is full of himself. Columbo remains calm and expressionless through the scene. Props, such as cars and guns are used. It is set in a rural part of U.S.A, where it is quiet so no one would find out about the murder committed. Lighting is mostly natural, and makes the scene seem quite tense. The camera tracks, following Columbo around. The main convention is of a murder, which is what a crime drama should be based around. The episode begins by showing us the murderer, shooting his fellow co worker. After this, the camera is on Columbo through the episode as he digs up evidence against the criminal, and slowly, slowly realises who committed the murder.
The Wire: The opening sequence of The Wire begins in a run down town with a montage sequence. Many different scenes are shown, which gives a small insight as to what those people are like. The music is slow and relaxing, the bell ringing, however brings everything back to reality and takes the scene to what is going on, where a group of people are shown. The people seem upset, as though something has gone wrong. This shows that this is a crime scene, where people may have been killed. The lighting is mainly quite dark, which is reflective of the type of crime drama it is- dark and gloomy.
I designed a questionnaire which contained 8 questions for people who would be interested in crime dramas. One of the questions I asked was 'What is your favourite crime drama?' and the 2 most popular answers were Columbo and The Wire. Columbo because it is old and therefore more original, and the idea of one main detective rather than a few detectives makes the drama more interesting. The Wire was a favourite due to its fast pace and the how the state of media effects those people's lives who live in the run down town in U.S.A. Another question was 'How many criminal do you wish to see in a crime drama?' For this, the answers had a wide range, however most people said between 2-3. Another question was, 'What conventions do you like most about crime dramas?' a few answers were given, such as 'blood, shooting, action, the investigation' the most common answer, however, was a murder.
Synopsis of Love Kills:
Love Kills is a serious crime drama about the happenings of internet dating. Serial killer, Jake, is out to get women. Samantha, however, falls in love with Jake and goes to meet him, little did she know that this would be the last time she ever saw someone. Having a happy life, with a family, why is Jake going to kill Samantha? And she is not his only victim.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Media lesson
We have put our ideas together and fed them back to the class on Friday last week. From this we have learnt exactly what we want our crime drama to be about and what should be contained in it. Our crime drama will be about a woman who has been killed by a man that she met over the internet.
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