BFI

On the 12th of January we went to the National Film Theatre on South bank right next to the Thames and it was amazing ....

I thought that it would be good to include a map of where it is just in case some one looking at my blog might want to go there.....;)

I took loads of notes but i am still in the process of writing them up on the computer but once i have written them up they are going on my blog straight away!!!

Once we had the lecture we had lunch.. i chose a Mcdees as you do.....

When we came back from our lunch they treated us to a film which was Sherlock Holmes.....With Robert Downy Junior and Jude Law....Yes Jude Law whom i dislike however i must say that i thought the music was exceptional and the way that they did the little bits were Holmes explains in slow motion what he is about to inflict onto his target before doing it...superb!!!

Here is a little preview of inside the Theatre and tell me you wouldn't want to go there!!!

I will most likely go there some time soon in fact i am not most likely!!!

I recommend it people it is worth the money i promise!!

Images of the place we filmed

Charlton

We went to Charlton to do our filming, it was a suppliers....food and that stuff. We filmed then working and in there office, it was really funny as they kept looking at us and we got a little freaked....as you do. We used all the shots that we said we would use on our storyboards and we added a couple and we found a broken down racing car with all the engine/windows out and thought that it looked really cool and that we had to use it in our sequence or it was a crime. As you see the little alley way we also filmed down there and that was were the broken down car was. The second image is of the office that we used, it was really small but we made the most of it and we made sure that we used the shots that we intended to use. We wanted to involve drugs (not real ones :o) so i put some salt in a couple of bags that my nose rings were in and Si Hin bought massive bags of potato starch and let me tell you it looked real all right!! Even the guys that worked there were a bit miffed as to why there were 'drugs' with us ...they gave us weird looks for it.

The second from the bottom is of the entrance to the packers and we used this bit to show Si Hin walking to and fro the office and also when we were filming the workers working. The top image is of the broken down car that would have been a crime not to use in our film.

14/01/11

Today we have been in the library on the Macs try and figure some things out including sound and used clips to put in our sequence.

We have also come up with a date to film some more of our sequence which will be on Sunday the 16th of January in Charlton, in a suppliers warehouse thing. 

We will be meeting in Welling and getting the bus up there and most likely meeting in the mid afternoon, once we do this we will edit it when we come back to school.

 (this post includes schedule/meeting times)

11/01/11

Music for the film

We have finally found the right piece of music for our film, it is called Nunchaku by someone called Jay Chou. 

We decided to use this piece of music it isn't too up tempo but it is just the right speed, however when looking it over we thought that maybe an instrumental version of the song could work better. We cannot find an instrumental version of the song so Si Hin is on Final cut pro as i speak trying to take the vocals out of the song and loop it so that it is purely instrumental throughout the sequence. 
We have also got some clips of Hong Kong landscape from when Si Hin went to China, they are all home videos so no need to look for copyrighting. 
This will really make our sequence authentic and give it the triad feel that we are desperately hoping for.

Research

We decided to do a little bit of research to find out what the Chinese laws are when it comes to copyrighting things. this is what we found,

Copyright law of the people's Republic of China

Article 2 Works of Chinese citizens, legal entities  or other organizations, whether published or not,  shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law. Any work of a foreigner or stateless person which is  eligible to enjoy copyright under an agreement concluded  between the country to which the foreigner belongs or in  which he has habitual residence and China, or under an  international treaty to which both countries are party, shall  be protected in accordance with this Law. Works of foreigners or stateless persons first published  in the territory of the People's Republic of China shall  enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law. Any work of a foreigner who belongs to a country which  has not concluded an agreement with China, or which is not  a party to an international treaty with China or a stateless  person first published in an country which is a party to an  international treaty with China, or in such a member state  or nonmember state, shall be protected in accordance with this  Law. Article 3 For the purposes of this Law, the term "works"  includes works of literature, art, natural science,  social science, engineering technology and the like which are  expressed in the following forms: (1) written works; (2) oral works; (3) musical, dramatic, quyi', choreographic and acrobatic works; (4) works of fine art and architecture; (5) photograPh1c works; (6) cinematographic works and works created by virtue of an  analogous method of film production; (7) drawings of engineering designs, and product designs;  maps, sketches and other graphic works and model works; (8) computer software; (9) other works as provided for in laws and administrative  regulations. This is all from this website:  http://www.chinaiprlaw.com/english/laws/laws10.htm This is all useful information in knowing where we stand when we use their music,  this basically says that we can use Chinese music under the condition that it is used  in work and if it is displayed on say YouTube that we clearly display that it is not our  music and that we have not copyrighted.

Meat Suppliers

This is a photo of the place that we will be filming in Charlton. It looks really grubby and very secluded so that is why it works so well. Here we will be filming the men working and we will be using there office in the back, i think that is a very good place to film as it gives the right effect to the film. This is the main entrance to the suppliers and around it, it is very secluded and not many people walk around the area apparently. It all works in our favor.  

Types of Audience

Audience

When creating anything visual you need to think about who your target audience is going to be as without them you wouldn't have a piece of work. You need to think about many things such as, 
What age do you want them to be and if just one particular age group, why that age?


First off we do not want to put and age group on our film as we feel that all ages from 15 could come and enjoy it. This is an action packed film that we feel even the older generation could benefit from.


Is there a certain type of person that you are aiming this film towards? If so why?


We aren't purposely aiming our film at a certain genre of people as this is a film we would like to be watched by everyone, but we feel that it is mainly aimed at the older generation and the more gritty loving people out there. As our film is in the crime genre we understand not everyone will like it or be interested in it at first.


Would you want your film to hit the big blockbusters?


When it comes to hitting the big time we would love that to happen but in a personal context i much prefer independent films as i find that they are more diverse and have more meaning and you get much better viewers then in the big blockbusters, so i would like to try making our film more independent then big time.


Finally would you go and watch your film?


When we thought up the idea for the film i was really excited because i sounded to amazing and i love films like that, the whole crime genre is fascinating to me. If we got the right actors and the right atmosphere i think also that the triad theme makes it really unique. Over all i would defiantly go and see this film if i had an opportunity!!