Tuesday 21 March 2017

Filming Day 8


Filming Day 8


Today Jack and Kaan went to the same dance changing rooms that Tolani, Jack and I went to yesterday and they were able to film the footage that we were unable to film which was Jack taking out the kit he received when he signed his contract. They used the exact same equipment that we used before which was a light, a tripod, a dolly and a camera. they also re-filmed what we shot yesterday because there is a skylight and when we went it was closed and when Jack and Kaan went it was open which let more light in, which actually made it look a lot better and lighter.

Wednesday 15 March 2017

Filming Day 7

Filming Day 7


Tolani, Jack and I went to the dance changing rooms to film Jack walking into the changing room and sitting down. We also wanted to film Jack unpacking his kit he received when signing his contract but we ran out of time.



We filmed the same type of tracking shot that we did in the football changing rooms, however instead of scruffy football boots Jack was wearing smart loafers as it isn't long after he's just signed his football contract.



We brought additional lighting to the changing rooms with one set of lights to make filming brighter as when we shot in the football changing rooms it was quite dark however we thought we'd keep that dark footage to represent the darkness and grit and roughness of his life then.


Unfortunately due to time we were unable to film everything we wanted to film.



Filming Day 6


Filming Day 6


Today we filmed a kid in a younger year just to sign a contract that looked like he made so it shows that the young jack always dreamed of signing a football contract for Tottenham and it it shows that from a very young aged he was always hard working and committed to fulfilling his dreams. We made sure our drawings and handwriting was messy and immature so it seems like a young boy did it. We are also thinking about maybe incorporating some credits onto it.

Filming Day 5

Filming Day 5


We found a new location to film Jack sign his contract for Tottenham. Kaan, Jack and Tolani went into a computer room and cleared a desk in the centre of the room, because there were still computers around the room, to avoid making the setting not look like a convincing office/meeting setting, we did an over the shoulder shot of jack signing the contract and also a birds eye view shot of the contract which we captured by Kaan standing over jack on a chair.

Filming Day 4

Filming Day 4



Unfortunately I was unable to attend school when Kaan went to the school changing room and filmed the changing room and the environment of them. The floors were muddy and dirty which is perfect for what we are trying to achieve with Jack starting of poor and disadvantaged to a rich young professional. I also think that it is good that the changing room looks quite crowded and compact.

 it make it like convincing that he is just a poor boy and nothing special.


Filming Day 3



Filming Day 3    


                      

This is the contract that we used for Jack to sign for Tottenham. we got it from searching 'Football contract template'. This is the contract that we saw Jack sign in the scene.

Filming Day 3

Filming Day 3

Today Jack and Tolani went to the school library to film Jack signing his contract for Tottenham, they printed of a fake football contract and took a number of different shots such as close ups and behind the shoulder.
Unfortunately we cannot use this footage as in contains mis-en-scene that does not look like a place that a player would sign his contract. Also the footage is really dark and it is meant to be a happy moment in the title sequence so it should be bright and lit up.
We are looking for another location that we can film this scene in so it looks realistic and we will us lights to make sure that is is bright and looks like a happy event in the title sequence.

Filming Day 2

Filming Day 2

Today me, Tolani and Kaan shot medium wide shots in order to establish setting. We filmed our school football pitch which looks quite rough and deserted to show where he first started playing football before becoming rich and playing on expensive professional looking astro turf football pitches. This shows that our protagonists start in life was in a poor neighbourhood and he didn't have much. It shows the financial and social struggle he faces along with him being alone and feeling lonesome.

Filming Day 1

Filming Day 1


On the first day of filming Kaan and I knew of a perfect location that will show that Jack started from nothing with very low quality pitch and not so good goals. So went to goals in Bexleyheath to film
my brother portraying a young jack.

We went to Goals on Thursday 21st of February we arrived at 5 pm when we arrived we started experimenting with the pitch and angles of where we wanted to get shots from. it took us around 30 minutes to setup in a way we believed we would get the best and most interesting shots. Then we began to film at around 5:30 pm we started just be filming simple shot of my brother dribbling and taking shots against the keeper.


After about 20-30 minutes of filming that we tried to switch up the shot and started filming my brother taking shots from further away to get variation in the shots. We are still missing footage of my brother playing against another team in a real match.



Sunday 12 March 2017

Release Date

Release Date


We have chosen the release date for our film to be Friday 14th of April because it is during the Easter holidays and therefore this will mean kids are off school so we hope that this will increase the gross overall and the gross during the opening weekend as more of our target audience are able to go and view the film.

Budget

Budget

Due to our film being independent we have to consider that the average budget of a independent film is only around £1 Million, we believe that a suitable budget for our film would be £3.5 Million this will allow us to make a high quality film and due to us not relying heavily on C.G.I. we believe that we will need more money to make it seem realistic. Our target for the opening weekend is £1.5 Million and we hope the final total gross to be £4 Million-£4.5 Million. We believe that our multiple production companies will be able to market our film successfully and reach out to the widest audience possible.

Audience Profile


Cast / Roles

Cast / Roles

—Jack (Protagonist) – Tom Holland
—Young Jack – Jacob Trembley
—Iris (Love interest)– Candice Patron
—Mr Jackson (Jack’s PE Teacher) – Alan Shearer
—Jeremy (Bully 1) – Miles Teller
—Kaan (Bully 2) – Ahmet Calik
—Director/Producer – Frank Darabont (Tolani)
—Costumes/Make-Up – Lindsey Pugh and June Brickman (Jack)
—Cinematographer/Lighting – Maryse Alberti (Tolani and Kallum)
—Editor- James Haygood (Kaan)
—Music Advisor – Jason Alexander (Kallum)
—Graphics Editor – David Carson (Kaan)

Genre and Similar Films

Genre and Similar Films

Our film fits in the genre of a drama and it fits under the sub genre of sport. We believe that it is a drama because the film includes scenes that focus on issues such as single parenting, lack of financial support and bullying. it also includes a romantic sub plot in which the protagonist has to choose between his girlfriend and his footballing career. Examples of similar films to ours are;
  • Goal Trilogy 
  • Creed
  • Fight Club
  • Moneyball
  • Bend it like Beckham

Production Company

Production Company 

Our film is an independent, British film and this means that there will be multiple production companies in order to generate the funding for the film. We chose these production companies because we believe that these will both fund and market our film effectively and successfully and help us be successful at film festivals and at release. The production companies we have chosen to produce our films are;
  • Antenna Pictures
  • Baby Cow Animation
  • Creative England
  • Grass Roots Media
  • TVE

Wednesday 8 March 2017

Typography


Typography

Here are some of the fonts my group and I considered using for our title and also the font we have decided to use and why.








My group and I have decided to use the font Jersey M54. This is because we felt as if this font suited the title and that the other options we had looked at were more suitable in a cartoon picture or a magazine cover. In addition, we also asked some of our classmates what font they would feel would be the best to use and the vast majority agreed with us and chose Jersey M54 to be the most suitable. Moreover, on a deeper level we chose this font because of the rough edges the font has and we felt as if this linked to the film because it shows that nothing is smooth in life and there will always be challenges and obstacles in your way.

Pitch

Pitch

Narrative (Todorov)

Equilibrium - This is where Jack, the protagonist, is at school, his mum is a single mum, they are not well off and Jack has an interest in football but he is unable to fully pursue his dream of being a professional footballer due to the fact he doesn't have good football boots and has no encouragement. His PE teacher acts like a father figure to him and encourages him to keep on following his dreams. He has a contact who is a scout for Tottenham Hotspur and organises and trial for Jack. Jack then gets signed by Tottenham and has the financial support he has always lacked, allowing him to buy nice football boots and clothes.
—Disruption - Jack starts to let the fame get to his head and some of his friends start to lose patience with him.  
—Disequilibrium - Jack gets injured playing for Tottenham and the person who injured him was one of his bullies from Secondary School. Jack breaks his ankle and is out for a lengthy amount of time, whilst he is recovering a friend of his visits him a lot and they get closer.—Attempt to restore Equilibrium - Jack is recovering from his injury and is striving to hit the form he once hit. His aim is to return for the cup final. His girlfriend says to him that she doesn't want him to behave like he did before.—New Equilibrium - Jack returns for the cup final, against the team in which he broke his ankle against. Jack scores the winning goal.

Production Company 

Our film is an independent, British film and this means that there will be multiple production companies in order to generate the funding for the film. We chose these production companies because we believe that these will both fund and market our film effectively and successfully and help us be successful at film festivals and at release. The production companies we have chosen to produce our films are;
  • Antenna Pictures
  • Baby Cow Animation
  • Creative England
  • Grass Roots Media
  • TVE

Genre and Similar Films

Our film fits in the genre of a drama and it fits under the sub genre of sport. We believe that it is a drama because the film includes scenes that focus on issues such as single parenting, lack of financial support and bullying. it also includes a romantic sub plot in which the protagonist has to choose between his girlfriend and his footballing career. Examples of similar films to ours are;
  • Goal Trilogy 
  • Creed
  • Fight Club
  • Moneyball
  • Bend it like Beckham

Cast

—Jack (Protagonist) – Tom Holland
—Young Jack – Jacob Trembley
—Iris (Love interest)– Candice Patron
—Mr Jackson (Jack’s PE Teacher) – Alan Shearer
—Jeremy (Bully 1) – Miles Teller
—Kaan (Bully 2) – Ahmet Calik
—Director/Producer – Frank Darabont (Tolani)
—Costumes/Make-Up – Lindsey Pugh and June Brickman (Jack)
—Cinematographer/Lighting – Maryse Alberti (Tolani and Kallum)
—Editor- James Haygood (Kaan)
—Music Advisor – Jason Alexander (Kallum)
—Graphics Editor – David Carson (Kaan)

Audience Profile

—As a football film, the target audience of the movie will be young male teenagers. The main reason being that most teenagers play football and always dream of becoming a footballer. Teenagers will be the primary audience as well as football fans. I would argue that the secondary audience of our film will be young adults. This is because the films' sub genre is drama, so they will take the film a bit more seriously compared to young teenagers who would mainly be going to the film because of its sports genre. We also believe the secondary audience of this film would be young adults because some of the issues in the film could be similar to things those people are currently going through/have gone through and they can relate to the charter in he film.

Budget

—The budget for our film is £3,500,000. We believe that it is a suitable amount in order to make a successful film and our target in the opening weekend is £1,500,000 and we hope the final total gross to be £4,000,000-£4,500,000. We hope our multiple production companies will market our film successfully as well as organizing for our film to feature at at least two film festivals, which would hopefully lead to a positive critic reception and nominations for awards.

Director

—The director of our film is Frank Darabont. We chose this director because he has proven himself as a very successful director with directing films and series such as The Shawshank Redemption and The Walking Dead (2010-2011). His successes in drama was vital to us because that is the main genre of our film and some of his other works have been with films with small budgets. This proves that he can make a good film with a small budget. His success with films and series with different sub genres also attracted us to use him because it proves that he is not limited to one sub genre and is very flexible.

Release Date 

—We have chosen the release date for our film to be Friday 14th of April because it is during the easter holidays and therefore this will mean kids are off school so we hope that this will increase the gross overall and the gross during the opening weekend. We have also chosen this time of year because it is just before the summer, which means that film festivals will be looking to nominate films for awards. We hope that our film will be considered for nomination and even possibly have a chance at winning an award. This is because one of the main successes for an independent film is to feature at film festivals and receive awards. In addition, many film critics will be at the film festivals and independent films also look for positive critic reception.

Animatic




This animatic is a summary of what we want our title sequence consists of.