Final task shot list

Final Task Shot-List.

1. Establishing shot of James In a Café tapping a lighter.

2. Extreme-close up of James looking frustrated.

3. Extreme-close up of James tapping the lighter on the table.

4. James receives a phone-call.

5. James walks out of the café to talk on the phone.

6. James walk down the road angrily down the street.

7. James meets with Jeremy an underground gang-member.

8. They discuss the way they’ll get the secret files.

9. There is then a cut of James and Jeremy walking.

10. Ethan an important MI5 worker walks down a major road.

11. Cut to a side angle view of Ethan walking past.

12. James and Jeremy shallow depth of field in a panning shot.

13. Establishing shot of Ethan waiting on the train platform with bag containing the files.

14. Jeremy and James walk onto platform shot from behind.

15. James reaches out for the files and runs.

16. Long shot of James and Jeremy running out of the station.

17. Cut back to Ethan kicking an object in frustration.

18. Camera shot freeze on James and Jeremy running down stairs freeze on the hi five.

19. Cut back to Ethan ringing his MI5 HQ and says how he’ll sort it out himself, and leaves a cliffhanger on how he’ll achieve this.

20. Extreme close up on lips, to give maximum attention to the dialogue.

The Bourne Identity (2002)

This thriller is about Matt Damon's character Jason Bourne. Jason was part of a program created inside the goverments defence system. But after an assassination attempt goes wrong Jason is thrown overboard and shot. Found by another ship Jason remembers nothing of his life and so sets out to track down information and piece back his life together. With the help of flashbacks providing vital information and a Swiss bank account with the number implanted into his hip.
The twist in this film though is that Matt Damon who plays Jason in a very naturalistic role, is being hunted by the US government. With the skills he knows making him a threat of the highest calibre. Along his journey Jason reveals his past which is not all easy for him to accept but finding a companion in the form of Marie played by Franka Potente creates a friendship in the times where it seems to be him against the world.
The shots used in The Bourne Identity are varied but mainly medium shot, showing most of the characters, enough to give details and show action. But also close enough for the dialogue to be effective, also long shot are vital in this film because there is a lot of different settings and various types of locations which when shown help the viewer to keep up with the films fast paced action sequences and storyline.
The film uses a variety of shots, from the long establishing day for action scenes to the close up dialogue parts. There are plenty of shots that we believe we can use in our own story which will hopefully create the right intensity and tension. We will also use some ideas from this such as the idea of a government agency tracking someone or something down that was once theirs.

Taken

This story is about a 17 year old girl called Kim who goes away with her friend to Paris, as her and her friend come out of the airport they car share a taxi ride with a local who is going there way. They reach their destination and begin to unpack their stuff. As Kim rings her dad to let him know she is there and is safe she enters the bathroom and and witnesses her friend being abducted as she watches through the window. On the phone to her dad he tells her to hide under the bed and with the experiences he remember from his old job, he then tells her he will come get her, then she is taken by the abductors.

Liam Neeson plays her father Bryan. Bryan use to be part of Central Intelligence Agency, this background gives him the necessary skills and equipment needed to achieve the realism of this film. Bryan goes in search for his daughter and comes across many obstacles that create excitement and a high intensity throughout the film. The film uses a range of shot from the close ups of the head when on the phone and all the detail shown in Kim's face knowing she will be taken. Also many long shots of chase scenes on foot showing point of view shots as if you're running with them.

As the story progresses it turns out her abductors are part of the slave trade and he has 96 hours before she is put into the system and Bryan will never be able to track her. The sense of time slipping away i also enjoy in this film as it always keeps a sense of emergency and danger.

The director of Taken is Pierre Morel who also directed The Transporter and Before Sunset. Pierre uses the theme of having real life problems such as abduction and then creating a leading role that is capable of defeating the system and reaching the given objective. The shots and angles borderline the sense of standed continuity at the start but as the film progresses the editing brings intensity by switching to montage. The use of jump cuts in his chase scenes and parallel editing to show urgency in the the climax of the story. We hope to achieve the same style of film/editing to show realism but also create intensity to our own film beginning.

Treatment

Title/Genre:
Too many blues for more bad news - Action/Thriller. We chose the title because it seemed catchy and easy to remember so when viewers would hear about this film and then later on try and think of a movie to watch this could come to mind easily. The genre was chosen because this is the type that is popular right now and we are supplying on demand.

Duration:

20 shots - 2 minutes. We had to cut a lot of shots out and cut some shorter as originally altogether it came up to about 3 and a half minutes but the editors did well to cut the overall time down and get it to the set time of the clip. Because it is only the opening of a movie we couldn't get carried away with long scenes that gave away too much.

Audience:

The intended audience is males between 15 and 45 as it is an action packed thriller so can not appeal to everyone as most females would not be in to this sort of thing. As this is supposed to be a movie that keeps the viewers on the edge of there seat its best that the intended audience is of a high enough age to keep there concentration and of a low enough age not to be comparing the movie to violence from the war and becoming frightened. This movie wouldn't really be ideal for a family to go and watch either, this is a manly movie that gets testosterone pumping.

Resume:
A handsome young man (James) is sat in a cafe with a worried look on his face, he seems on edge like he's waiting for something. He gets a phone call and takes the call outside, this call seems important and fills the handsome young man (James) now full with energy makes his way down the road. The young man meets his partner in crime (Jeremy) and both of them make there way down the road. Later on the second character (Jeremy) to be seen on screen spots the target (Ethan) and alerts the first character seen on screen (James) of his presence. Jeremy then chases Ethan down the train tracks which is a trap that Ethan falls for as James is waiting for him to capture him, when he does he pins Ethan against a wall and takes the files that they were after from the start. Ethan calls his boss and informs them of that the files in his possession have been stolen, after being shouted at Ethan promises his boss that they will be returned. James and Jeremy can then be seen running away with the files celebrating.

Costumes:
The actors involved in the clip were told to wear clothes matching there given persona. The two thieves of the file (James and Jeremy) were told to wear black to symbolize the villainous elements of stealing a file, while the target (Ethan) was told to wear smart clothes as he was playing the role of an agent and even undercover they have to look good.

Props:

The props used were the bag of the target (Ethan) which contained the files which were pieces of paper in a plastic folder that looked like important files. Another prop was the hat of one of the thieves (James) as his hat often covered most of his eyes but still allowed him to see and this would do well to conceal his identity, because one of the thieves tried to conceal there identity and the other didn't this raises questions as to why this is and makes the viewer want to watch more of the movie.

Recording Locations:

Most of our footage was filmed in the town centre as it is a busy location and we wanted the atmosphere to look like a large busy city, we filmed close to where public transport is busiest to give off this impression. We also filmed outside of a train station because we wanted to show the marks (Ethan) full journey from when he arrived in the city to where he was robbed of the files. Whilst filming the mark in the town centre we wanted to film him close to others to further give off the impression that he was in a large busy city.

Recording Days:

We intend to spend about 3 days recording, we need to record when the suns in the sky as a dark atmosphere would not fit the film that well as it is supposed to look like an ordinary day so the mark (Ethan) thinks it is just any other day of the week and wont expect an attack of some sort. We also need it to be a sunny atmosphere because public transport will run regularly and we wanted the atmosphere to look like a busy city location as much as possible so the thought of spies could be as realistic as possible.

Evaluation For Prelim Task

For our task we used many different editing techniques such as the 180 over the shoulder shot, establishing shot's and cuts. This was all ideal to achieve our main objective which was to perform the failed transportation of Jeremy Woodward who was being hunted to Ethan Wade who was playing the Mafia Boss, the transportation was being done by James Bailey who was playing the Transporter.

The best parts of this task was the editing as we managed to put everything together without external forces making the film unproffesional E.g (People walking in the background) - Basically in two shots there are not different extras in the back ground. Also the use of music brings in alot of tension as this type of film is a surpost to show the viewer showing bad is going to happen.

Overall we found a few difficulties but we used our knowledge to make the film's transitions smooth which flows nicely between each scene and by adding the music and credits made the film more complicated but more unique and official. This task has also given our group alot of thought about the final task and how it make it how we want it to look like.

Prelim task