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Directions unit: Red Riding script break down

Red riding script break down Cast - Eddie - Andrew Garfield - Bill Hadley - bill Nighy - Maurice Jobson - Colin Firth - Barry Gannon - Eddie Redmayne - Bill Molloy - Liam Neeson - Kathryn Tyler - Billie Piper - Police woman - Judi Dench - Mr Kemplay - John Cleese - Mrs Kemplay - Maggie Smith Director of cinematography - Roger Dealing, due to the fact that he has worked on several films that have suspense and action in them and have performed well at the box office. Production designer - Dick Lynn ( The Inbetweeners) Composer - John Williams Editor - Alex Lamb ( EastEnders ) Location Conference room in police station - countryside, so small but still sophisticated. Country road, but with fields on either side so view of road isn't obstructed. Tone I would film. This in a slightly darker tone as the issues that will be dealt with are very negative, so I would want to reflect that in the way the programme look

Contextual studies: short film reviews

Love unexpected - https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DjIA9nHmHdlk&ved=0ahUKEwiBwvKr9-bQAhVhIcAKHddtBDQQ3ywIGzAA&usg=AFQjCNEmEClSOlGMpiSApVdcLQ_h4lAA_w&sig2=Galsq7j4oT8IEjiX_ZI1tg This short film is only just under 4 and a half minutes, but there is enough story set up for it to be engaging for the audience. It follows a teenage boy who h just broken up with his girlfriend, and he is depressed because of it, but finds a secret note in his locker. I had watched this before and it helped me to think of ways that I could make sure enough information was in the story so that it would make sense for the audience, as I was planning on filming the opening two minutes. There is also a twist in this short film which I found very funny, and I wanted to try and add something like that into my short film. The camera work is also majority handheld, which adds to the casualness of the story being set in a high sch

Contextual studies: screenwriters research

Joss Whedon Joss Whedon is an American writer, director, producer and composer. He has worked on numerous projects, some of which have gone on to be very successful, such as the two Marvel Avengers Assemble films, which he both wrote and directed and together made almost $3 billion. He has also worked on numerous cult classics, being one of the writers and producers for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which ran for 144 episodes between 1997 and 2003. Joss Whedon has actually given his top 10 tips for writing a screenplay, which was initially published in Channel 4's talent magazine by Catherine Bray. Some examples of these are to cut what you love from the script, as it is sometimes necessary if you are stuck in order to give you some working room, and that scene may be able to be put in again later, and track the mood of your audience, as this will help you to write a better script and connect with the audience more.  (http://dannystack.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/joss-whedons-

Contextual studies: Critical analysis

An critical review of the ‘Sherlock’ series 2 episode 'A Scandal in Belgravia’ In this  episode of the popular television series, there are many techniques that I saw were used in order to convey the most emotion, both in the science and the actors. There were some that would be more difficult to shoot than others, but I could see how they could be done. The first technique that I noticed was one that I chose to incorporate into my film, and is when Sherlock is pointing a gun at a bomb at the beginning of the episode (picture) shown in the picture below. his shot as the camera work is carried out very well and helps to elevate the atmosphere of the scene. When the camera is next to Sherlock with his hand and the gun in the shot, the shot does not move, therefore creating an emotional relationship with Sherlock, and is also creating suspense, as we do not know if he is going to pull the trigger. In this episode, there can be seen an instance of Freud's Ego, Super

Decision evaluation

Decision evaluation During the writing phase, I drew inspiration from the surroundings at my dad’s house, as there is an orchard on one side and a field on the other. This inspired me because I could imagine something happening within the orchard, and no one knowing due to them being well hidden. This was the starting point for my script, so I needed to develop a story from this. The idea of a murder came from the effectiveness of the orchard hiding whoever was in it, so I thought that this was the perfect place for a murderer to commit his crime.   In wanted my story to have a twist, so I thought of a person stumbling across the murder scene, and the killer giving the innocent person a choice of either possible death, or helping with the body and walking away. I thought that this was a good idea as it is a scenario not often seen in films, so was a unique twist. Between the scripts that I wrote for my short film ‘Decision’, I had to change quite a lot in order to make it more engag