Production Schedule

Saturday 10th

Sunday 11th

11:00 AM-15:00 PM—We will go to Longhay field to film the scene where the Victim is in the car boot and is hit by the villain when he is grabbed out the car and hit by him. For this scene we will need the victim and the villain as they will be in the car and the boot. In this scene the victim will need to bring light coloured clothes and the villain will need smart but dark clothes.

11:00 AM-15:00PM—We will go to the house and film the scene where the hero is preparing his breakfast and also where gets the call from his old boss. The hero will be needed for this scene and will need to bring a mix of both light and dark clothes. There will also be a watch which we will edit into a smart watch. 16:00 PM-19:00PM—We will shoot our 2nd idea for where the victim and the villain meet where they are in the room and the villain has the victim chained up.  The hero will need light clothes but ragged to show he is been damaged by the villain who will need dark clothes. We will also use a knife and other dangerous objects spotted around the room to denote danger.

Conflicting Idea

We have found our selves arguing over the main part pf the opening sequence, this has led us to designate two shoots for filming both the ideas meaning we will be able to try them both and see which one flows the best.

One idea is told in the updated idea. The other idea involves the victim in a room and he looks tortured which shows the audience that the antagonist is not very humane and he wants more than a ransom,  the camera zooms out and you see a silhouette of the antagonist.

The updated idea

As a group we discussed our idea and how realistic it is for us to film. we have made some changes to our idea.

The first scene is in the kitchen the main character is cooking his breakfast, he sits down and turns the  radio on, the radio is playing music as he goes to the sink to wash up. Then it cuts to the villain in a parked car and there is a screaming sound coming from the boot, he gets out and hits the victim and puts him back, there is another cut the main character as he gets a call from 'ex-boss' who tells him about the kidnapping of the prime ministers son, as this happens the radio changes to the news which says the same as the ex-boss.

Preliminary task

The video above is our preliminary task and it shows a range of filming and editing techniques, for example when the dialogue is on screen we followed the 180 degree rule. At the start we also used a tracking shot to show that there is movement.

This will help in the final task because it gives us some practice before we film the main task this means we take less time learning the camera and more time using it, the same with final cut pro.

Examples of Fonts.

Me and the rest of my group are discussing the six fonts that are shown above, they all suit our genre and target audience as they are smart clear and look like they would be shown in a spy genre movie.

We are going to use size 10 for the names and companies but the size for the title will be around 30.

We are going to show them on screen and edit it into the actions that the character does.

But it would be ideal to check the fonts of the actual software that we will use.

Typography in London has fallen.

This clip is the only one I could find and I think it has been edited to be a quicker speed than normal.

The typography of London Has Fallen is really good for the genre as it suits really well, the text is a decent size and is a good font for the spy genre as it is a very professional smart font.

The editing used for the opening credits is also a good idea for us to use, as it fades in and out meaning it doesn't, look to childish and creates a professional and clean look.  The credits are also off in the corner which means they don't take the audiences attention off of the action.

The scene cuts through a montage of different shots, which are all edited to look like a news report or an old tape, this gives the audience a hint towards, what is on the screen is important to take in.



The main title appears in segments through fades, it creates anticipation from the audience as it stalls them, the credits are also displayed whilst there isn't much going on in the scene which means the audience doesn't get distracted further on in the movie by the credits.


The credits momentarily stop as this appears on the screen as if it is a camera, the editing shows a box around his head telling the audience he is a character of importance and the audience should remember him.





The typography in London has fallen is really good for our main task as it really applies to our thoughts of the credits, we will definitely try to add similar font size, font type, and a location on screen in our main task.

Mise-en-scene analysis on Kingsman

This shot in the scene shows the interrogation of the man in the brown suit which shows the contrast between the antagonists and the victim, the antagonists are all similar if not identical in costume as they all wear the same black outfit and have the same bald heads almost as if they are members of a gang, the audience knows they are the antagonists from the moment they see these people.

The window in the background contrasts with the mood of the scene as there is a picture perfect view out the window. The lighting also contrasts with the mood as it is ordinarily bright for an interrogation it doesn't follow the codes and conventions. Even though the antagonists are out to harm the victim he still kneels down to the victim in this wide angled shot which shows he isn't the boss or he isn't the most powerful, it tells the audience there is a more powerful person coming, they instantly know its going to be a classic spy movie where the hero comes along to save the victim.

This shot shows the four antagonists they all look out of place, on the left the guy looks huge and muscly in a tiny chair, he appears to be waiting for something, he looks calm but uncomfortable at the same time. In the back the guy in the middle doesn't look like he even notices the interrogation he is sitting there reading a newspaper it confuses the audience as the don't know why the antagonists aren't being harsh and forceful.

The peaceful environment is then interrupted by the knock on the door, the interrogating guys facial expressions show the audience that something isn't right even though all the signs pointed towards someone else arriving. This tells the audience that something isn't right and they know there will be a conflict soon.

The previously calm antagonists now seem to be on edge and are looking uncomfortable and less nice, even though there is the peaceful background to contrast the mood.

The door is opened and the characters spring into action when the obvious protagonist shoots the guy who opened the door, the other three antagonists begin to show the violence that we have been waiting for but still something doesn't seem right as the conflict is over within 10 seconds that doesn't seem like the sort of action the audience has been waiting for.

The camera pans to the door again and this time the protagonist has to answer it he doesn't expect this, we know because he is standing with a drink and his disturbed facial expressions tell us he is caught off guard.

The protagonist is brought to a halt as he is walking towards the door and we don't know why, the camera tracks to the side of the protagonist, as a female hand comes from off screen and grabs the drink from the antagonist. This is shows binary opposition as the previous male power holder of the scene is now unable to do anything or dead but the woman is now the most powerful.

 This is further enforced through the male character splitting in half to reveal the female character in smart black work attire, standing the exact same way that the male was previously stood. The clothes that she is wearing tells the audience she is professional and this her job.

The camera pans down to focus on the females prosthetic legs to show the complete opposite to the conventions, as the leading powerful character so far in the movie is a female with prosthetic legs it almost tries to degrade the male protagonist.

We don't really know who is the antagonist or protagonist in this scene as the power has changed multiple times within 2 minutes, the woman begins to cover the dead bodies with white sheets almost to show respect which we know from the sheets being whit, she even covers both halves of the man she killed, this enforces her professionalism, but also shows the audience she still has a female side to her.

We are going to try to use this in our final product through the use of colours in costumes and props. This will help us to get the audiences mind working and have less predictability of the final outcome.

Analysis of an opening sequence

Survey Analysis

From question 1 we see that the demographic of the genre is 12-21 as 80% of the answers were 12-21, this allows us to base our task off of this and meet their needs.

This also adds to our knowledge of the demographic as we know the gender of the audience is split 50/50 so we will be able to us this and utilize it to allow us to fit both  of the genders needs.

we expected this to be the answer as it ties in with the regular codes and conventions of the genre which means the protagonist will be male as the audience is asking for this directly.

This also shows us that the audience's psycho-graphic is for an action sub-genre which then allows us to make our opening sequence for the main task similar, in concept, to other spy/action movies.

This question allows us to get an incite on the amount of mystery our target audience will like to see in our task from the answer we will use mid shots from behind the back to allow us to show the villain without giving his identity away.

This answer was a shock for us because we had already discussed the hero to be a favourite but the question also tells us that we would have been doing it wrong and we discussed this problem we are going to change it around and have a retired veteran instead of a currently employed MI5 agent.

The audience wants the hero to be an underdog so we are going to have the favourite die at the start as it then allows an underdog to steal the spotlight.

The last question was not really relevant to the main task it was more for our aid as it gave us an understanding on the types of movies to watch for the research.