Drink, a expirmental short film

For the next part of the course we had learned about Recurring character types and narrative formula (equilibrium, dis-equilibrium, new equilibrium) 

This is the short movie i put together for me to show my knowledge of what we had learned. 

I thought up a short about who needed a drink but the machine was out of order, it would be easy and quick to film, realistic and easy to film while i am at school.

The Villian = The Out of order machine

The Donor= is the friend who lends the main character the pound coin

The Helper= is the friend who gives the main character the water bottle

I created a princess who would just be the main characters girlfriend but i cut her from the film as it wouldnt make any sense in the story

The dispatcher= is the main character as well as the main character being the villian

The hero is the main character.

At the state of the equilibrium the hero wants a drink and borrows some money (the money is one of the props/ magical object). The disruption of the equilibruim is when the hero founds out the coffee machine is out of order. The recognition that there has been a disruption is when the hero speaks to the helper, the last point is also the attempt to repair the disruption and lastly the reinstatement of the equilibrium is when he eventually gets a drink (with the water bottle also being a prop/ magical object).

Dave's big moment

Dave was called to the stage followed by a very "lively" cheer from all the IGS lot.

His big day.

Media Trip

Act Now 16+

During the media trip one of the highlights was me doing a acting workshop with a successful

actor.

We had an hour long course and i went into it with a slightly scared face as i had never really though i could act well. turns out it was great fun and according to the teacher i was very good at acting which is a good thing.

It help boost my confidence and also was a good way for me have a slight insight into acting on tv and movie's as we were focusing on that.

Lastly we met a few friendly poeple for a other school who were also doing the course who we got to answer some questions for us.

Name: Ryan Lee

School: Culcheth College

Age: 16

Why you did the workshop: Because it sounded intresting and something different and because i had never really tryed acting before and it sounded fun.

Did you enjoy it and if yes What you enjoyed about it: Yeah, i really enjoyed all the warm up get to know each other games as they were fun.

The Scum

The Sun

1. The sun’s is currently following the political party “the conservatives” which is a “right wing party?”
2. The sun historically supporting the conservatives during the time when they were a powerful party and when they were in charge but they started to follow and support the labour party, recently as the labour party has started going downhill they have moved their support back onto the Tories.
3. The sun has a very negative input on the youths of Britain and the sun says more bad things then good things about them.
4. The sun also has a negative view on the royal family but i can’t find much proof to back this claim.
5. The sun supports the Iraq war as seen in article’s glorifying the war and showing how good the war is even though it isn’t

Cornered

After learning about different camera angles and shot, we went out and thought about a short we could make. We took pictures of different angles that we could link together through the use of transitions and writing.

My groups story is about a boy who is often bullied and one day he is cornered in some toilets and beaten up when he was least expecting it.

Skin's title sequence

The title sequence opens with a long shot of moving clouds, they are moving quickly which could symbolize time passing quickly as a teenager. throughout the title scene different shots change quickly so you barely get a glimpse of a shot before it moves onto the next one. All the different themes of skins are shown during the title sequence as well as all the different characters are shown.

A close up shot of a pint of beer with bubbles rising to the surface could signify childish behavour or just generally having fun. then thiers a extreme close up of someone rolling a spliff which may be because one of the main features shown in skins is drugs so it could be repesenting this theme. All the different relationships in skins and then shown throughout the title sequence from couples to best friends to broken up friendships. all this could of be used to give you a quick glimpse into the story.

The sound used in the opening starts off quiet while the shots are slow and while the sound progressely quickens so do the shots and transitions.

The end of the title sequence changes depending on which character the episode is going to focus on for instance for sid's episode at the end it zooms into him putting on his hat which is a signature item for him. 

Wussup

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