The Box Proposal

Synopsis: 

The idea for my FMP involves a man named John who finds a mysterious box. Originally he wishes to have nothing to do with it, he just wants to go about his day and live his life uninterrupted. That is until two men claiming to be agents are interested in taking the box from him. John then abandons his accustomed life in exchange for an exciting adventure to discover what is inside; The Box.

Aesthetic and Technical strategies to achieve this: 


I plan to use interesting, unique and original choreography; similar to that of BBC Sherlock.
Said choreography will be interesting and have a fair amount of transitions.

My Target Audience: 

I aim for an audience of Male 16-25. However I plan to include female audiences due to
having the entire cast be male. A strong male lead and an action-feel will hopefully draw in
both demographics.

Timescales and how I intend to achieve the project: 

As of today (2nd May 2014) I plan to film at some point next week. The idea is to only film one day
as if we knuckle down and get it done then hopefully we won't have to come back and continue it the next day.

Additional things I will produce: 

I will also make a trailer for 'The Box' which will conveniently tie-in with the viral advert assignment.

John Mcswaggins - The character tree

What does this person look like?

Average ginger, dresses normally; jeans, t-shirt.

Where does he live?

His house is never seen in the film however, he lives in Southend.

Where did they go to school?

Went to the Larry Grammar school in Brighton

Do they have tattoos? why?

No. He does not want them because he thinks they are stupid. 

Who is his best friend?

Charles Pipping the 4th, the current king of Fenchurch Street

What is his occupation?

unemployed, used to have a job at a veggie place but got fired for sneaking bacon when no-one was looking.

What does this person want? 

To find out what is inside the box and to escape the clutches of the agents after him. 

How does their sexuality manifest itself? 

To John, it really isn't a big deal. 

How does he feel about the classic "sins"? 

He acts upon most of them; he is an all round terrible member of society. 

What about him is very basic and puerile? 

He finds other peoples misfortune funny. 

What does this person need?

To go about his daily life and get rid of the box (it keeps appearing when he gets rid of it) 

What will make them a more functional person? 

If the box was out of his life. Every time it shows up,  the agents show up. John just really wants to get on with his day. He is fairly self confident and believes in himself quite a lot.

how does this person sound? 

Well-spoken and attempts to come off as an understanding person when in fact he couldn't care less.

What is their intelligence? 

He is fairly intelligent and is able to overcome nearly every task he is given

How does it manifest itself? 

In the way he uses words and his ability to think quickly.

How practical are they?

Very. He is able to work with what's around him and is able to get good results with almost everything that he does.

What is their artistic capacity?

He has no interest in being creative. Although this does not mean that he cannot be creative, he often accidentally creates things without meaning to.

What elements of them are NOT practical? 

He has hardly any motivation to do things. The only time he does things is when he wants to or when the moment calls for it.

What is their spirituality? 

He is an atheist, he has no religion. He believes it distracts him from his daily life.


Review your answers. Do they represent a coherent character? 


What are their defining memories?

Working at the veggie place, it was a fun time and he had a good laugh with his friends there.

How, in a nutshell, do they behave?

Well behaved, polite member of society. He is very single-minded; he only wishes to go about his day, if anything derails his schedule, he gets frustrated, confused and panicy.

Colour Finesse

Here is the shot before colouring, as you can see  and after colour correcting.

To do this, I was required to change the gammar (the red, the green and the blue) 

the pedestal and the gain to cause the brightness change.

Although I needed to play about with it in order to get it right. 

As with the above, I need to adjust the Gammar RGB (red, green and blue)

Formats Case Study

Formats:

MPG is a standard for lossy compression of video and audio. It is designed to compress VHS-quality digital video and audio down to 1.5 Mbit/s without excessive quality loss, making video CDs, digital cable/satellite TV and digital audio broadcasting possible. It is the most common format when it comes to internet video (YouTube or any other video sharing site) 

MP4 is a digital multimedia format most commonly used to store video and audio, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images. Like most modern container formats, it allows streaming over the Internet. The only official filename extension for MPEG-4 Part 14 files is mp4 but many have other extensions, most commonly m4a and m4p. M4A (audio only) is often compressed using AAC encoding (lossy), but can also be in Apple Lossless format.

MOV (also known as a 'Quicktime file format') is the video format most suited for editing, it was developed by Apple and enables you to import and edit in place without data copying. 

AVI is a video format made by Microsoft and is therefore commonly used in PC's.

WMV (windows media video) was developed by Microsoft and used in all Windows systems to add the file to the internet.

FLV is similar to WMV in the sense that is can be used to send videos over the internet, the only difference is that unlike WMV, FLV uses adobe flash player.

Shockwave flash (SWF) is used for uploading small videos to a video sharing site. It has a similar function to WMV and FLV.

3GP  is a multimedia container format used to stream audio and video files; Available on 3G mobile phones but can also be played on some 2G and 4G phones.

ASF files (Advanced Systems Format) were devolved by Microsoft and are specificlly meant for streaming audio files used in video games. 

Resolution - The video quality. This is dictated by the X and Y.

Data rate - How quickly the image data is transferred between different sources.

Frame rate- The number of frames per-second in a composition/rendered file.

Keyframe rate - The rate that dictates the beginning and end point on any animation. 

4:3 - Standard size for any traditional television or computer monitor


16:9 - HD (high definition) video in the UK or any digital broadcast TV in the US

Flash Player - Used to play almost any animation video found on the internet. 

QuickTime is a multiplayer for sound or video that can be used by both an Apple Mac and a Microsoft PC; it can be made in an editing software such as something similar to final cut pro (found on a Mac)

Windows Media Player was developed by Microsoft and is used to play audio/video files (very similar to Quicktime on Macs, Media Player is like a Quicktime for PC)

RealMedia is used to stream audio and video over the internet, like a virtual Media Player or Quicktime available for the internet itself.

The above short film trailer is by YouTuber, Bertie Gilbert.

YouTube supports the formats:

• .MOV
• .MPEG4
• .AVI
• .WMV
• .MPEGPS
• .FLV
• 3GPP
• WebM

Genre

"Genre is an endlessly flexible tool for artists and audiences to understand and define films. It allows filmmakers to connect with the audience most likely to enjoy your work"

I am on the side of this quote. In a world where genre doesn't exist I feel that this quote would describe it in the best way possible. In this hypothetical world, films have to be assessed from scratch with no previous knowledge of what genres are.
The use of the phrase 'endlessly flexible tool' is very much the truth,

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