Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Editing :
My coworker on this project is done with the editing
of our project. The soft wares that he used were Adobe Premier Pro and Windows
Movie Maker . And we also finalized the song which was also added in the same
editing phase.
Production Phase (Shoot Day):
Obviously it’s a hectic job, but actually working as a
director and writer on a particular project has been a great experience for me
. On the day of shoot the crew arrived the producer with the cast and
other related resources. I had the story board with me and by following its
cuts I shot the video accordingly.
There were no hurdles in my way to complete the
shooting .However it was obviously very depressing when we had to change the
locations and the dates of few shoots because of unpredictable weather
conditions or the security reason. As the weather wasn’t allowing us to shoot
because of fog but one day when weather was normal me and my team mate decided
to shoot. We went to the locations we decided and shot the scenes according to
the storyboard we made. As we are not professionals so we had one DSLR-the
digital single lens reflex. It was a single camera production so we had a
little problem in shooting because we had to shoot several scenes twice or
maybe trice to get the perfect shots. Story board help us to shoot a lot of
scenes in less time in order to make my efforts successful I had a good support
from my team make. The producer-Mr. Asad Ali made sure that every
thing on set was available which necessary .He was knows how to make the cast
comfortable and made sure that the cast works properly.
The story was very well written by me as I defined my
role as the director of photography and the writer. As I was the writer and the
director I explained the whole idea and the story to my colleague Asad. It took
less time to write the screen play and to draw the story board. Asad helped me
during the shooting by telling the techniques about cinematography. Now I have
the final footage of my video –my friend Mr. Asad Ali is working on it. He is
working very hard to edit the movie.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
TITLES:
The production company name
:SID PRODUCTIONS
ASAD ALI FILMS
Directed by: Roshaney Asif
Written by: Roshaney Asif
Film Editing: Asad Ali
Produced by: Asad Ali
Song
title/soundtrack:Parade De La Bastille by A.R.Rehman from the movie
"Tamasha"
Main title: The Journey
Monday, February 29, 2016
Locations:
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Screen Play:
DETAILS:
Tittles appear
(Production house)
Titles fade out
Fade in
External-the roads
of the city
There is only one
scene with a lot of cuts
SCREEN
PLAY:
(Interior of a room
out of focus and keys placed on the table in focus)
Cut1:
A person comes and
pick up the keys and goes out of the door.
Cut 2:
The camera captures
the mid-long shot of the actor while he is sitting in the car and closes the
door of the car.
Cut 3:
There is a close up
of the keys in hands while the main character is starting the car.
Cut 4:
The camera shows
the extreme long shot of the car while going on the road.
Cut 5:
Car move on the
road while the camera captures the Extreme long shot of the place.
Cut 6:
Mid close up of
hands on steering while driving
Cut 7:
The interior of the
car is shown in different shots and point of view of the driver while driving
is shown in this cut.
Cut 8:
The camera pans
towards left. And then tilts downwards to show the building and the again the
camera tilts upwards
Cut 9:
Different parts of
the city including markets, buildings, shops, people passing by in track shot
while the car is on the go. Including some long shots and the extreme long
shots.
Cut 10:
Point of view of
the main lead while the camera shoes the mid close up of people who are cycling
on canal road.
Cut 11:
The camera captures
the point of view of the lead actor while he is driving.
Cut 12:
The camera screened
the city cafe.
Cut 13:
The camera screens
the extreme long shot of the car while moving and then pans leftwards and then
tilts upwards.
Cut 14:
The camera takes
the close up of the interior of the car.
Cut 15:
The camera pans
leftwards while the car moves on.
Cut 16:
Point of view of
the driver while driving on the road.
Fade out
Name of the film
appears.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Final Idea :
So we finalized the initial idea together (me and my coworker) on
this project.I did a little bit changes in the final idea - I showed the
journey around the city; showing the whole city-the city life also represented
the life the guy on which our story is based ."The Journey" the
tittle of film has a symbolic meaning-the journey of life .The film opening
will show the journey of life of the guy who is in the video(the driving
person) The film opening will be about the journey and to cover this idea there
will be a proper story board and other stuff as per the requirements of the
project.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Initial Idea:
As I am the creative head, of the Project “Film
Opening”.I gave many unique and exceptional ideas. But some of them were
hard to shoot. while i was watching Fast and Furious i got an idea that a person is travelling around the
city in his car. While showing different part of the city in the opening and
life around the city the sequence will be formed by joining different cuts from
inside the car and from outside as well. The idea behind this film opening is
to show the theme of the city while the person is on a journey in which the
rest of the imaginary film will be shot and the Mis- en- scene showing his
lifestyle.
Preliminary Exercises:
Before starting our
project “Film Opening” I was bit nervous and stressed about the making and
completion of it within the given time. Soon I composed myself and my mentor of
Media Studies consoled me and helped me to learn about the camera techniques. She
guided me how to execute camera movements like Pans and tilts. Moreover she
used to give me the assignments for home to capture different shots and angle
so that I get familiar with the camera techniques and shouldn’t be troubled of
handling the camera. Gradually with this tactic of my instructor I became
confident enough to handle camera. She made me put into practice all the basic
shots like Extreme long shot/Master shot / Establishing shot, the Long shot and
the Ariel shot, the low angle. This gave me a lot of confidence and I practiced
all these shots on my family trip to Northern areas of Pakistan.
The second
exercise:
The
film(project):
The link of the blog
film(project):
Before attempting the film opening project I decided
to take part in the film making competition, organized by Beacon house National
University (BNU) under the title of Beacon house Film Festival 2015. The film
festival required to make one short film of five to seven minutes maximum .The
film festival offered five topics on which I had to make the film and presented
five genres-I had to make a film keeping in mind the topic and the genre. The
topic I chose was schools and society and the genre was drama. I decided to
make this film with my batch companions. My team comprised of Rida Shafqat-the
producer, Muhammad Ahmad who was the Director of photography. I offered my
services as creative head, as I crafted the plot of the film and tried to
present the story in an effective manner. I also worked as a Director of
Photography. We tried our level best to complete our film within a limited
budget and available resources. The title of the film is “A Story of Two Girls”. A story
two girls is created by the help of simple digital single lens
reflex and the tripod stand. This film is a comment on the prevailing economic
disparity in the society. The story is reflecting the different lifestyle of
two girls of same age belonging to two different classes. In this film the
difference is shown for example in their routine life, study pattern, games ,
their shopping preferences and above their educational institutions. It is
shown that both girls studied in different school. They could not even shop at
the same place. The rich went to mall to have a cup of coffee and the poor one
went to ordinary shop to eat inexpensive ice cream. The whole film is shot in
the Point of View shot-as the Point of View gave the more emotive message as
compared to any other shot. We tried our level best that each scene is just
right and conveys the message. The story line was notable. The most
important objective to do this project was to familiarize myself with the
camera techniques, blogs and other requirements like story boards. I made a
blog which had all the information that how we created our film. This
experience gave me confidence and assurance to attempt the project of Film
Opening, for the International Examination.
Research:
As
per the requirement of the course work of the Media Studies, I am assigned to
make a project on film opening task; for this I need to enhance my perceptive
regarding the technicalities of the film. I decided to shoot my
film .So to get an idea that how to shoot film I
watched many movies for the last few days and came across a lot of
movies but the movies I wrote about the movies which I think are aesthetically remarkable. I wrote about
"Trance" 2013 by "Danny Boyle", "The Hunger
Games"2012 by"Gary Ross" and "English Vinglish"2012 by
"Gauri Shinde":
TRANCE 2013:
Trance”
is a movie which contains suspense, drama and thrill. The film opens with
variety of extreme close ups reflecting expectation and twists with a scene of
London auction house. Francisco Goya's 1798 masterpiece "Witches in
the Air" was on auction, which was being robbed at gunpoint. Assistant
auctioneer Simon is assigned to guard the auction's most valuable
painting “Witches in the Air"- to safety area. But he was encountered by
the head robber Mr. Frank on his way to the auction house's basement vault.
Franck smacked Simon unconscious and grabs the painting but later on he
discovers that the canvas has been cut from its frame. Trance has notable Mis-en-scene -The
Mis-en-scene includes props, locations, the cast ……every thing was unflawed the
Mis-en-scene is very attention-grabbing .Sounds added up the suspense .In this movie the shots are very smoothly joined
together .The film had a lot of zoom ins, pans and tilts. And this movie just
strike the heart of the spectator and the observer gets addicted to it.
The Hunger Games (2012):
The evil
Capitol of the nation of Panem organized an evil game called “HUNGER GAMES”
every year. The Panem, forces each of its twelve districts to send a
teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. It is a competition in which
two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random
to fight to the death. An older sister, Katniss Everdeen, willingly takes her
younger sister's place in the Hunger Games. Katniss ready to fight under the
guidance of her drunken mentor, former
victor Haymitch Abernathy. She has to rely on her sharp instincts to fight
against the highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their
entire lives. This movie is spotlessly scripted. Analyzing the techniques of
the film: Mis-en-scene is just noteworthy -everything was flawless. As far as
the sounds were concerned the sound effects were used to enhance the effect of
the scene in hunger games.. In this movie there are different shots and angles
along with a lot of good panning and tilting camera movements and display of
faultless camera shots. The element in the frame looks miraculous; it’s a
“thumbs up” movie.
English Vinglish 2012:
The plot of the film revolves around a loving and
sweet tempered housewife, who sacrifices her whole life for her family. She is
often mocked by well educated husband and her daughter for her inability of
speaking English. Her other attributes like her, devotion resourcefulness and
open mindedness were marred only because of her inability of speaking English.
On her trip to Manhattan she decides to enroll in an English Learners class and
meets a host of new people who teaches her to value herself beyond the narrow
perspective of her family. The story ends with a positive note that one should
rely on ones traits and use it accordingly and maintain self respect. The
script of this film is very emotive. Camera is intelligently used as the film opens with
the series of shots reflecting the activity of the leading actress .The
Mis-en-scene is just ideal; including their wardrobe, cast, lights, sounds the
producer has done exceptional job.
Friday, January 22, 2016
Film Opening Task-Introduction:
Hi, this is Roshaney Asif. I am student of A levels
Media Studies. I made this blog for my project “Foundation Portfolio”-the film
opening task .The Film opening task is the very first challenge I have to face
.In Foundation Portfolio task I am playing the role of Director of Photography
and the writer and Asad Ali –one my class fellows is a part of my team.
He is the producer and the editor of the film.
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