'Definitely, Maybe' opening analysis

- 'Definitely, Maybe'
Camera work:

- Black screen titles in the beginning
- Titles cut in between the shots
- Shot reverse shot used when characters are talking
- Master shot used to show room
- Interior to exterior shot
- Long take used when the main character goes offscreen
- Shot reverse shot from character to MP3
- Sound match-on-action with MP3 to music
- Split screen is used to show various images
- Slow motion used
- Diverse shot distances
- Moving frames across the screen
- Use of continuity editing
- Short takes
- Close up on character
- Reaction shots of the main character
- Tilt up- package and reaction caused by envelope
- Medium close up on woman to show reaction and her excitement
- Wide angle to show the whole office
- Camera pans to the left when the main character leaves the office
- Over the shoulder shot with ARC

Titles:
0:00:00 - Universe appears on screen - 0:00:28
0:00:24 - Working title appears on screen 0:00:33
0:00:35 - 'Universal pictures' title appears on screen - 0:00:38
0:00:39 - Images appear on screen - 0:00:45
0:00:46 - Production company listed 'Stido Canal' title appears on screen - 0:00:48
0:00:49 - Images appear on screen - 0:00:58
0:00:59 - 'Working title' title appears on screen - 0:01:01
0:01:41 - 'an Adam Brooks film' appears on screen with various images - 0:01:48
0:01:49 - Titles appear on screen with transtions, three stage title - 0:01:52
0:01:53 - Actor 1 appears on screen - 0:01:57
0:01:58 - Actor 2 appears on screen - 0:02:02
0:02:03 - Actor 3 appears on screen - 0:02: 07
0:02:08 - Actor 4 appears on screen - 00:02:10
0:02:16 - "and..." actor appears on screen - 0:02:18
REST OF ACTORS ARE IN TWOS until 0:02:54
0:02:54 - "casting by" - 0:02:57
0:02:58 - "supervisor" - 0:03:02
0:03:03 - "music by" - 0:03:06
0:03:07 - "costume designer" - 0:03:11
0:03:13 - "edited by" - 0:03:17
0:03:18 - "prodcution designer" - 0:03:22
0:03:23 - cinematographer - 0:03:29
0:03:30 - co-executive producer - 0:03:33
0:03:34 - producer - 0:03:39
0:03:40 - written and directed by - 0:03:48

Sound:
0:00:18 - Universal soundtrack
0:00:29 - Asynchronous - Image and sound not synced - sound bridge - 0:00:37
0:00:38 - Ambient sound of the office - heels of a woman's shoes are heard - foley sound - 0:00:39
0:00:40 - Woman's voice in background giving details about the main character, his name etc. - 0:00:42
0:00:43 - Sound of the envelope on desk is exaggerated to show its importance - 0:00:44
0:00:45 - Pen thrown on desk
0:00:46 - Voice over from main character, his thought being said - 0:00:57
0:00:58 - Ambient sound again futher introduces us to the character - 0:01:00
0:01:15 - Dialogue between two actors begin
0:01:16 - Voice over from main character begins, revealing information about his daughter - 0:01:25
0:01:26 - Ambient sound of busy street - 0:01:28
0:01:29 - Voice over introduces music - 0:01:32
0:01:33 - Wrong song to suit his mood is played, creating humour - 0:01:35
0:01:36 - Wrong music stops, ambient streetlights return, voice over introduces a new song - 0:01:39
0:01:40 - Music plays, joyful sound shows his positivity and his up-beat nature - 0:02:00 onwards

Mise-en-scene:

0:00:39 - Envelope falls onto the table which creates an enigma. Table hits at an office. Printed envelope is business like and indicates it's important.
0:00:42 - Shot of actor in office - smart appearance, up high, so typical office building, lamp, paper -very office like, shows he's important.
0:00:56 - Opened envelope shown - "Divorce", signature included
0:01:05 - Woman enters his office
0:01:07 - Actors performance shows his sarcastic reaction to the woman's comments
0:01:10 - Shows the office environment
0:01:14 - Season is summer - bright and colourful. Background shows cars and buildings - city. Glass and clean windows shows it's an admired place.
0:01:17 - Earphones are shown - he's relaxed
0:01:19 - MP3 is shown
0:01:43 - Yellow, iconic taxi reveals it to be New York
0:01:51 - Chrysler building shown, also reveals it to be New York
0:02:10 - Guy on a segway - unusual. Could show city is different from others.
0:02:12 - Police officer shows the law is enforced in this city.

Planning- Animatic

Group Roles

Produced By Stephen Norman

Photo's taken by Stephen Norman & Luke Payne

Planning- Call sheet

Group Roles

Produced By Luke Payne

Planning- Equipment list

Equipment list for 'Kick-Off' - Main task

- Hats, gloves, jumpers, basically warm clothing suited to current weather - This is mainly for saftey reasons to keep the actors warm and reduce the risk of them getting ill.
- Gillingham merchandise like Gillingham hats, scarves etc- This is to suit the occasion for our three character because they are going to a Gillingham game plus the amount of merchandise that each character has will indicate to the audience how big of a fan they are for Gillingham.
- Opposing team merchandise- This is also to suit the occasion and to give the audience a real football vibe.
- Watches, alarm clocks-This will be used at the beginning of the film when our three characters are getting up.
- Mirror-This is where our characters are going to look at themselves either to admire what they are wearing or to wash their face.
- Flannel, towel, something that we wash our face with
- HD camera-This is to record the film itself.
- Tripods to support the camera- This will be used to get certain camera shots, it can help get good steady shots aswell.
- Lights to balance out lighting of environment


Group Roles
Produced By Cameron Harbard

Planning- Shot schedule

Shot schedule - date, shot, scene, int/ext., location, character, props and a description.

Group Roles

Produced by Stephen Norman

Planning- Shot list

Shot list - shot-by-shot plan of our opening (date, shot, scene, int/ext, location, characters, props etc.)

Group Roles

Produced By Stephen Norman

Influential films - Green Street Hooligans

Title: Green Street

Genre: Crime/ Drama

Director:  Lexi Alexander

Actors:  Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Foralni 

Release Date:  9^th September 2005

Country: US/ UK

Studio(s): OddLot Entertainment, Baker Street

Distributor(s): Universal Pictures (UK)

Extra Information on Universal Pictures (UK):
Universal is one of the most profitable as well as respected distributors in the film industry. Universal creates and distributes theatrical and non theatrical filmed entertainment, with their company as well as producing, and directing direct-to- DVD titles. Therefore this company is very well suited for my film as they explore a wide variety of film genre's from Science fiction ( E.T. The Extra Terrestrial) to  comedy (The 40 Year Old Virgin), with many of their titles proving highly successful.
Over the years, Universal has achieved both popular success and critical acclaim with Academy Award-winning films such as Atonement, The Bourne Ultimatum, King Kong, A Beautiful Mind, The Pianist and Lost In Translation, proving that Universal has the experience as well as the financial power to distribute a successful film to its audience.

Why is this film influential to our studies?

This film is influential to my studies as it is a sports drama, which our group is looking to produce ourselves. Therefore this film is highly influential as it shows the brutality and violence created from football matches within the UK, and how this affects people’s lives. This film is influential because the main characters within the film are of a similar age to those that will be starring in our film opening, therefore our group will be able to take inspiration from how the actors in Green Street portray the emotions and feelings of their characters. Furthermore, Green Street also includes numerous amount of footage from both outside and inside football stadiums within the UK, in London, which will help our group to be able to analyse how to create the best atmosphere from the shots taken of Gillingham’s Priestfield stadium in our own production. Finally, this film was not only filmed largely in the UK, but also co-produced in the UK- showing there is a market for the type of film we are looking to create, as well as having large distributors behind it to offer financial support, like that of Green Street, who had Universal Pictures, their UK distributor.

By Stephen Norman

Influential films - Goal! The Dream Begins

Title: Goal! The Dream Begins

Genre: Drama/ Sport

Directed By: Danny Cannon

Actors: Kuno Becker, Alesandro Nivola, Stephen Dillane

Release Date: 30th September 2005

Countries: USA/UK

Studio(s): Touchstone Pictures

Distributed By: Buena Vista Pictures
Buena Vista Pictures is a division of Walt Disney Studios. It was established in 1978. It handles distribution for films produced by the Walt Disney Studios including Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone and since 2012 Marvel Studios. It has distributed 6 films that have exceeded the $1-billion-mark in worldwide ticket sales, those films are:

1. Marvel's The Avengers
2. Iron Man 3
3. Pirates Of The Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
4. Toy Story 3
5. Pirates Of The Carribean: On Stranger Tides
6. Alice In Wonderland

Why I picked this film?
I chose this film as I feel it would be similar to the one my group and I plan on making. I feel it would be similar for the main fact that it is a football film and I also plan on making a football opening. By watching this film I would gain an insight into what makes a good football film and by looking at the features used e.g. shots, transitions, audio, storyline etc. that I could include in my own film. Furthermore, I feel this film gives me an idea on how football crowds can influence hooliganism and create an authentic atmospehere which I will try and replicate in my own film.

By Luke Payne

Influential films - Goal 2

Information
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Sera
Year: 2007 | Duration 115 min
Genre: Drama/ Sport
Starring: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel
Countries: UK, Spain, Germany
Languages: English, Spanish


Titles

You can see from these few screen shots of the titles at the beginning of the film that they have used a text which looks quite grafitti-like giving it a scruffy feel which relates to the film because of the football and how it’s played. On the last three titles the colour is changed to yellow, this could be because of the video clips of football that are played in the background, this gives the viewer a taste of what they are going to watch. The bold title on the last picture show that they are grabbing the viewers attention to say what film it is.

Music

The music in the opening of the film is classical/opera music this could relate perhaps to how prestigious football is and how old it is.

Why is this influential?

This is influential to our film because it relates to the theme of football that we are basing our film around. This film showsd the true excitement that football matches bring and this is what we hope to replicate with our three characters in our main film. It also brings the sense of football to life and believes your there at the football matches, this also we wish to replicate as our characters prepare themselves for the Gillingham match and go to it.

Planning - Initial ideas

Genre's we were interested in:
Drama
Crime
Horror

First ideas:
The Operation - Opening that begins in a in a private surgery with a guy about to be injected with a liquid that in theory should cure his life threatening disease. The injection goes wrong, stimulating his cells, causing him to be stronger and enhancing his emotions- primarily anger. Opening ends with the surgeon killed and the man escaping.
Flaws: Location, actors (we needed people who were adults) and how to show this change in character

Shop Heist - Opening that involves three men leaving a supermarket/ local store with stolen goods. They then have a time limit to escape the police. Opening consists of the camera following each criminal as they take their own route back to the safe house.
Flaws: Location- where to film the chase scene from a local store. How to show the police chasing the criminals (we would need access to adult actors as well as police uniforms) Camera shots- a lot of shots would be when the actors are running, therefore we had concerns over the camera being to jumpy.

Kick Off - Opening showing three football supports who follow Gillingham FC, getting ready and taking their own routes to go and watch a Gillingham football match. Each character has a different personality- i.e. one is organised, the other lazy. Opening will show them getting ready in their homes and taking their own route to the game, i.e. bus or walking. Opening will end with the three entering Priestfield stadium, shortly before an actual game kicks off on match day.
Flaws: Filming a crowded Priestfield stadium on match day, showing enough information to the audience about each character so they understood the story line.

Group Roles:
Produced by Stephen Norman

'Definitely, maybe' opening analysis



'Definitely, Maybe' opening analysis (shots, editing, mise-en-scene, audio etc.)

By Luke Payne

'Definitely, maybe' opening analysis

Camerawork and Visual editing:

• Dark screen titles in the beginning 
• Titles cut in between shots
• Shot reverse shot used when characters interacting
• Master shot used
• Interior to exterior shot
• Long take used when he leaves the office building
• Short reverse shot from character to MP3
• Sound Match on action with MP3 to music
• Split screen is used
• Slow motion
• Moving frames across the screen
• Varied shot distances
• Good continuity editing
• Many of the takes are short
• Close up
• Reaction shots of the character
• Tilt up- package and reaction envelope
• Medium close up on women to show emotions
• Reaction shot of Will to dialogue of the woman
• Wide angle to show the office
• Pan to the left when he leaves the office
• Over the shoulder shot, with ARC

Titles:

• 0 seconds- Universe appears on screen- 22 seconds
• 24 seconds- working title appears on screen- 33 seconds
• 35 seconds- "Universal pictures" title appears on screen - 38 seconds
• 39 seconds- Images appear on screen - 45 seconds
• 46 seconds- "Studiocanal" title appears on screen- 48 seconds
• 49 seconds- Images appear on screen- 58 seconds
• 59 seconds- "Workingtitle" title appears on screen- 1.01 seconds
• 1.42 seconds- "Adam Brooks" appears on screen with images- 1.48 seconds
• 1.49 seconds- Titles appear on screen with transitions, three stage title- 1.52 seconds
• 1.53 seconds- Actor 1 appears on screen- 1.57 seconds
• 1.58 seconds- Actor 2 appears on screen- 2.02 seconds
• 2.03 seconds- Actor 3 appears on screen- 2.04 seconds
• 2.05 seconds- Actor 4 appears on screen-2.06 seconds
• 2.16 seconds- "and..." actor appears on screen- 2.18 seconds
• REST OF ACTORS ARE IN TWOS'S until 2.54 seconds
• 2.54- "casting by"- 2.57 seconds
• 2.58- "supervisor" - 3.02 seconds
• 3.03- "Music by" - 3.06 seconds
• 3.07- "Costume designer"- 3.11 seconds
• 3.12- "Edited by"- 3.17 seconds
• 3.18- "Production designer"- 3.22 seconds
• 3.23- Cinematographer- 3.29 seconds
• 3.30- co-executive producer- 3.33
• 3.34- Producer- 3.39
• 3.40- Written and directed by- 3.48 seconds

Sound:

• 0.00- Universal Soundtrack- 0.18
• 0.29- Asynchronous- Image and sound not synced- sound bridge- 0.37
• 0.38- Ambient sound of the office- heels of a woman's shoes are hard- foley sound- 0.39
• 0.40- Woman's voice in background giving details about the main character, his name etc...-0.42
• 0.43- Sound of envelope on desk is exaggerated to show its importance- 0.44
• 0.45- Pen thrown on desk
• 0.46- Voice of main character, his thoughts being said- 0.57
• 0.58- Ambient sound again further introduces us to the character- 1.00
• 1.01- Dialogue between two actors begin- 1.15
• 1.16- voice over from main character begins, revealing information about his daughter- 1.25
• 1.26- Ambient sound of busy street-1.28
• 1.29- voice over introduces music- 1.32
•  1.33- Wrong song to suit his mood is played, creating humor- 1.35
• 1.36- Wrong music stops, Ambient streetlights return, voice over introduces new song- 1.39
• 1.40- Music plays, joyful sound shows his positivity and his up-beat nature- 2.00 +

Mise-en-scene:

• 0.39- Envelope arrives on a table, creates enigma. Table hints at an office. Printed envelope is business like
• 0.42- Shot of actor in office- smart appearance, up high so typical office building, lamp, paper-very office like
• 0.56- Opened envelope shown- "Divorce", signature- gives us useful knowledge
• 1.05- Woman enters HIS office which shows his character is important
• 1.07- Actors performance shows his ironic reaction to the woman's comments.
• 1.10- Shows the office environment
• 1.14- Season is summer- bright and cheerful. Background of cars and buildings- city. Glass and clean windows shows its a prestigious place. 
• 1.17- Earphones are shown- he's relaxed
• 1.19- MP3 shown
• 1.43- Yellow, iconic taxi's reveals it could be New York
• 1.51- Chrysler building shown to reveal New York
• 2.10-Guy on a segway- unusual. Could show city is different from others
• 2.12- Police officer, shows the law is strongly enforced in this city.

'Definitely, Maybe' opening analysis

- 'Definitely, Maybe'
Camera work:

Black screen titles in the beginning
Titles cut in between the shots
Shot reverse shot used when characters talking
Master shot used to show room
Interior to exterior shot
Long take used when he leaves
Shot reverse shot from character to MP3
Sound match on action with MP3 to music
Split screen is used to display various images
Slow motion used
Diverse shot distances
Moving frames across the screen
Continuity editing
Takes are short
Close up on character
Reaction shots of the main character
Tilt up- package and reaction from envelope
Medium close up on women to show reaction and her excitement
Reaction shot of main character to dialogue of the women
Wide angle to show the whole office
Camera pans to the left when the main character leaves the office
Over the shoulder shot with ARC

Titles:

0:00:00 - Universe appears on screen - 0:00:28
0:00:24 - Working title appears on screen - 0:00:33
0:00:35 - 'Universal pictures' title appears on screen - 0:00:38
0:00:39 - Images appear on screen - 0:00:45
0:00:46 - Production company listed 'Studio Canal' title appears on screen - 0:00:48
0:00:49 - Images appear on screen - 0:00:58
0:00:59 - 'Working title' title appears on screen 0:01:01
0:01:41 - 'an Adam Brooks film' appears on screen with various images - 0:01:48
0:01:49 - Titles appear on screen with transitions, three stage title - 0:01:52
0:01:53 - Actor 1 appears on screen - 0:01:57
0:01:58 - Actor 2 appears on screen - 0:02:02
0:02:03 - Actor 3 appears on screen - 0:02:07
0:02:08 - Actor 4 appears on screen - 0:02:10
0:02:16 - "and..." actor appears on screen - 0:02:18
REST OF ACTORS ARE IN TWOS until 0:02:54
0:02:54 - "casting by" - 0:02:57
0:02:58 - "supervisor" - 0:03:02
0:03:03 - "music by" - 0:03:06
0:03:07 - "costume designer" - 0:03:11
0:03:12 - "edited by" - 0:03:17
0:03:18 - "production designer" - 0:03:22
0:03:23 - cinematographer - 0:03:29
0:03:30 - co-executive producer - 0:03:33
0:03:34 - producer - 0:03:39
0:03:40 - written and directed by - 0:03:48

Sound:

0:00:18 - Universal soundtrack
0:00:29 - Asynchronous - Image and sound not synced - sound bridge - 0:00:37
0:00:38 - Ambient sound of the office - heels of a woman's shoes are heard - foley sound - 0:00:39
0:00:40 - Woman's voice in background giving details about the main character, his name etc. - 0:00:42
0:00:43 - Sound of envelope on desk is exaggerated to show its importance - 0:00:44
0:00:45 - Pen thrown on desk
0:00:46 - Voice of main character, his thought being said - 0:00:57
0:00:58 - Ambient sound again further introduces us to the character - 0:01:00
0:01:15 - Dialogue between two actors begin
0:01:16 - Voice over from main character begins, revealing information about his daughter - 0:01:25
0:01:26 - Ambient sound of busy street - 0:01:28
0:01:29 - Voice over introduces music - 0:01:32
0:01:33 - Wrong song to suit his mood is played, creating humour - 0:01:35
0:01:36 - Wrong music stops, ambient streetlights return, voice over introduces new song - 0:01:39
0:01:40 - Music plays, joyful sound shows his positivity and his up-beat nature - 0:02:00 onwards

Mise-en-scene:

0:00:39 - Envelope falls onto the table which creates an engima. Table hints at an office. Printed envelope is business like and indicates it's important.
0:00:42 - Shot of actor in office - smart appearance, up high, so typical office building, lamp, paper -very office like, shows he's important.
0:00:56 - Opened envelope shown - "Divorce", signature included
0:01:05 - Woman enters his office
0:01:07 - Actors performance shows his sarcastic reaction to the woman's comments.
0:01:10 - Shows the office environment
0:01:14 - Season is summer - bright and cheerful. Background of cars and buildings - city. Glass and clean windows shows it's an admired place.
0:01:17 - Earphones are shown - he's relaxed
0:01:19 - MP3 is shown
0:01:43 - Yellow, iconic taxi reveals it to be New York
0:01:51 - Chrysler building shown also reveals it to be New York
0:02:10 - Guy on a segway - unusual. Could show city is different from others.
0:02:12 - Police officer shows the law is enforced in this city.

Planning- Pitch + Pitch feedback

Feedback - Main Task 'Kick Off'

- Try and incorporate gang violence into your initial idea
- Ask permission to take shots of Priestfield stadium (location based)
- What shots will you use to film the sequence of events? (establishing shot, POV shot, match-on-action etc.)
- Work out the times of day that are appropriate for filming i.e. setting, when each person is available
- What props will you use in the production of your film?

Group Roles:

Presenting the pitch - Stephen Norman and Cameron Harbard

Research into similar films - Alex Nelson

Planning- Main Task Pitch

Title:
Kick-Off

Genre:
Drama

Form:
Opening to a feature film

Location:
Actors' houses and Priestfield Stadium + public footpaths

Time:
Early afternoon (2-3 PM Saturday)

Characters:
Luke Payne - 17 year old Gillingham supporter
Steven Norman - 16 year old Gillingham supporter
Cameron Harbard - 17 year old Gillingham supporter

Plot:
The film begins with three friends Luke, Stephen and Cameron who are preparing to go and see a Gillingham football club match. The film begins at 2pm in the afternoon with the idea of showing all the characters getting ready to go and see the game, for example showing each character dress up in Gillingham football merchandise such as scarves and hats clearly showing to the audience what the main theme behind the opening is. During this, the camera will go back and forth between the three characters as they prepare themselves and in some scenes, show all three characters in one shot with the use of editing - split screen. Following on, the opening will then show the characters leaving their houses and taking their own routes to Priestfield stadium, where they will meet up outside the stadium. The opening will then end with a shot of all three characters entering the stadium. During this opening, there will be continuous shots of the advancing time being shown on various electrical devices like phones, clocks and watches to emphasise the approaching the kick-off of the game. As the film progresses and the characters get to know each other better by going to more matches we see their contrasting personalities and at the pinnacle of the film they have to come together despite their differences when confronted by rival fans and one of them gets seriously injured in hospital. The other two seek revenge and get it and in the end they all survive and become very close friends.

Key Micro-Features:
Camera work:
Match-on-action
Low angle
Close up
Extreme close up
Mid shot
Two shot
Tilt shot
Establishing shot
POV shot (Point of view shot)

Sound:
- Background music throughout
- Dialogue
- Crowd sounds from Priestfield
- Background noise i.e. turnstiles

Mise-en-scene:
- Gillingham merchandise i.e hats, scarves, and t-shirts
- Watches
- Clocks
- Mobile phones
- Locations: Priestfield Stadium
- Shots of the general public

Group Roles:
Pitch created by Luke Payne and Stephen Norman.
Pitch posted by Alex Nelson.