Film Techniques, ideas

Through researching on the internet I have come up with the idea that our theme should have something a bit different about it and so I have been researching the French New Wave (La Nouvelle Vague) which was around in the late 1950s and 1960s. It was influenced by Italian Neorealism and classical Hollywood cinema.

The films were on low budget  helped filmmakers get at the essential art form and find what was, to them, a much more comfortable and honest form of production.

Film Techniques consisted of long tracking shots improvised dialogue, rapid changes of scene, and shots that go beyond the common 180º axis and principles of strong narrative. I took a look at Jean-Luc Godard New Wave film Breathless  (1960)

I thought we could use some of the camera techniques as shown on this film. Also I had the idea that when we edit we can change it into black and white. It will give it some "quirky" edge as reflected the female character will be.

location, location, location!

well with our film, Ticket we have had a few difficulties in where we will be filming because of permissions etc. It would have been very difficult if we had filmed on a train/tram or bus since we have to ask for permission beforehand and could take a few weeks to get back to us. And so we have decided to film in a public park. We shall be filming on Wednesday fingers crossed!!

Narrative assignment...800inc.

For our assignment I have chosen to write about my dads company 8000inc.....


The Brand was started form scratch so it was all ideas then put into fact. The Brand is not just the clothes, the clothes are part of the Brand and are used to market the company as well as be products. So the company is in itself a project.

The Brand is not only clothes, but investment, sports projects - Athletics, AAAB (Amateur Athletics Association of Barbados) – Golf (Barbados Golf Association) – Football (AC Milan).

These projects keep the company in the public eye, provide media coverage and news, embedding the name 8000inc in the market and the public.

   














All different types of clothing is made however using the same logo, same brand.

Preparation Timetable....

Things that need to be done	Who’s going to do it	By..(date)	Done?
Film Production Roles	The group	Week 1
Treatment	Alex	Week 2
Images of Location	Alex	Week 2
Description of characters	Stephanie	Week 2
Images of costumes and props	Lauren	Week 2
Sound treatment	Alyssa	Week 2
Examples of Visual type	Sam	Week 2
Timetable	Charis	Week 2
Storyboard	Charis	Week 2
Presentation	The group	Week 2
Risk assessment	Charis	Week 3
Check permissions	Charis	Week 3
Risk assessment check by tutor	Sam	Week 3
Summary of presentation	The group	Week 2
Plan filming	The group	Week

Group Roles

Charis is the producer since she finds it easy to organise post production and get everything ready.

I'm the director, Alyssa is doing sound and production design, Sam is going to be doing the editing, Steph is on the camera and our new edition Lauren will be doing lighting and camera assistant.

Todays and yesterdays session have gone quite well, last night each one of us wrote down ideas and discussed them today. We have a lot of strong ideas and are quite certain as a group on what we want.

Treatment for Ticket......

Treatment for Short Film
Title of Short Film: Ticket


Outline of Ideas: A short film with two characters exploring relationships/interaction/communication. Aim to make the camera work/editing of a high skill exploring a variety of techniques. So the group can reflect skills with camera work. To carry out the same high skill with sound editing and creative ideas. Idea to incorporate the public into the film to give it a sense of VERISIMILITUDE. We will be filming outside Victoria bus station maybe on a bench. Also may change script slightly. Because the film will be around three minutes we are aiming to carry out a professional outcome.


Resource list: Camera woman 1 and 2, lighting woman, director, producer, sound engineer, two characters, video camera. A set time without being in a rush. No real props needed apart from bus ticket.

Justification of ideas in relation to chosen genre and existing texts
To reflect how time passes away in the film, we will fast-forward some of the footage whilst people are walking past in the mise-en-scene whilst keeping the main character perfectly still. The character Sam wil be quite a cool, loud good looking guy. Lisa is more fragile and shy. She acts as though she has a secret. Sam likes this and seems very interested. We will be using detail on how people interact with one another without using so much dialogue, paying special attention to eye contact and pace of movement in the film.

Strengths: Knowing the characters, location is local having the correct amount of time. Not needing so many props using natural settings. We can visit there before and make notes on more ideas.

Weaknesses: Not knowing if the people in our group have been provided the correct roles and so we all have to work together on this one. The weather could also be an issue since we will be filming outside so will be more of an inconvenience if it rains/snows or is very cold.

Conclusion: I think our film will work well making sure we are organized and have researched adequately in preparation to film.

Ideas into filming Ticket.