Evaluation

Q1. What were the aims (purpose) of the script & 9 key frames? 

Outline the purpose of the script which was to create a disruption or resolution scene for sequel or prequel for [which one of your films?] that explored [discuss your specific study proposal/thesis statement] of [your MACRO] . The purpose of the 9 Key Frames was to select key moments in the script that would be filmed to construct [your MACRO study] through [discuss your decisions regarding location, costume, props, character] & camera angle/shot types 

Q1 - The main purpose of my script was to try and show the different perspective of the character from first person to get across the MARCO style in my case study films, Shutter Island and Inception. I chose to do a reboot scene for Shutter Island to get the point across. I had to make sure that I shot each shot from a first person perspective to get it to make sense, but for a couple of the pictures I did not do this and had it from a different person perspective instead of the main character. The script was used for me to get more idea of changing the film up to get my 9 key frames, this worked well as I changed the ending of the film by showing how a schizophrenic man with problems from the war, has just been in a sleep and he’s been dreaming all that has happened. It finished where I had him waking up question himself and having the scene bright from the first person to make it look like he’s opened eyes from the hurt and hatred he was feeling when in the dream. This whole dreaming idea came about from my second film Inception, so I joined in the bits about dreaming and limbo from the film. With all of my 9 key frames I had to think about the composition of the actors, the lightening and props mainly. But with the lighting I also edited them to make them look better.

Q2. What codes and conventions (genre, character & narrative threads, how films use mise-en-scene, camera & sound to create meaning), identified in the textual analysis essay were used in the script & 9 key frames?Analyse & make connections, what aspects of genre & narrative/character threads did you continue in you prequel/sequel?  

Examine the links to your textual analysis MICRO points in your essay - reflect on how this influenced your decisions for your script scene & 9 key frames (Terminology: mise-en-scene, location, costume, props, actors, camera angles, composition, shot type] used meaning from your film analysis

Q2 - In my reboot of Shutter Island, my scene breaks the main convention of the hero being victorious at the end of the film. It most films a hero would go through the film fighting and winner and then at the end would be rewarded in some way, but not in my film. The main reason for this is that my film doesn’t necessarily have a defined hero or villain, the main character isn’t ever set up to look like one or the other, so he’s there just like a narrative.  So of course this would break the stereotypical conventions of a thriller film where the hero in it would go through the film winning and then at the end is rewarded, but because of the breaking of rules the character in Shutter Island does all the work but then is rewarded in death that he brought upon his self. The breaking of the rule can give evidence that this is a film that is needed be thought through and maybe even brought into real life situations that there are no specific labels of calling someone a hero or villain. But other than the number 1 rule being broken, this film does follow the key aspects of making a thriller, a thriller. Such as having low-key lighting scenes, which could make a character, look more mysterious. Also this can create suspenseful environments for characters that are in tense scene. With the costumes and location there were quite stereotypical of a thriller where they are out the way and small to try and build up the mystery of what is going on.

Q3. How was the location report used in the construction of the 9 key frames? 

Explain the connections, how scouting & reporting for locations was used to create the 9 key frames or revisions to the script, what influences did it have on your ideas for the script or vice versa?

Q3 - For my location I didn’t have enough time to focus on where I did my key frames because I did left my pictures quite late. However I made the best of what I had and I got my key frames done. It didn’t fit the full description of what I was looking for but they still manage to turn out ok. I still manage to make them look reasonably good due to editing effects and filters, to make them look more like a thriller and give them the unstable mind look by editing them to look darker. Because my thesis was about the first person being a schizophrenic character with an unstable mind set, I changed the filter of first person images to look like a shaky image and to look as if the character had an unstable mind set. If I had done my key frames in my ideal location in my location report, the images would of no doubt turned out better than they did. This was me not using my time wisely but also the room I wanted to use was not always a reliable one that I could keep walking in and out of. The room in my location report would have fitted my desired room because it looked like an interrogation room with the small space, the one table in the middle, and when the lighting is dropped in filters the space became more mysterious, which is what is needed to make a successful thriller.

 Q4. How successful was the script & 9 key frames in achieving the aims (its purpose)? 

Justify the strengths & weakness by being critical of your work, reflect on it's success as a sequel/prequel (look again at the as films we have seen) suggest improvements

Q4 - With all of what’s happen with my location and my key frames, I feel that they were still successful in presenting my MARCO. Although some of the key frames weren’t completely right and the angles were off, the effects and filters that I put on top of the key frames made the key frames more into what my MARCO was trying to represent in the fact that my character has that unstable, schizophrenic mind set. Having the key frames with all the filters of the screen looking shaky and out of focus is reinforcing that unstable feel that the character is meant to be going through. With my script that helped me with the completing and organising what my key frames had to be, and from that I can say that they were successful in the way of working out what to do with my key frames. Yes there were negatives to my key frames but although the actually image didn’t turn out like I wanted, I made the most and I can say that the filters and effects were a strong point in my keys. If I were to do this again I would mostly change the location on where I originally took my key frames, and move to the location that I posted on in my location report. Also I could have brought my second film (Inception) into the story of my reboot to try and change  up the story and incorporate some of the themes and messages that the film was trying to say. 

Location Report

My location for my 9 key frames was just a small plane room. This was used because it had to try and look like an interrogation room where the three characters I have were all talking. Being a small room I had to have low key lighting so for that I had to edit my pictures to bring down the contrast of images to give them more of a suspenseful look about them, and to make then look more like a thriller film. It had to look like the scene in Shutter Island when the three characters were talking together and then the main character questions him. The way the set would be dressed should of been plane walls with no things such like posters and pictures, and should look quite lifeless to give it the mysterious look. I could not get the pictures for my actual location due to not having access to the room at the time.

These images here were meant to be my ideal location for my 9 key frames, but due to a lack my lack of time usage, I didn't have enough time to change from my original images. This location would have been perfect for my key frames as it is a small, enclosed room and had the right look about it being an interrogation room. When the lighting is dropped as well it gives it the mysterious effect that brings the pictures to life more. This wasn't a very reliable room to use due to it being in a school, there was others that used it such as teachers for meetings. The room was very safe as well but the door lock didn't work 100% so it was again unreliable. This room links in with my MACRO only when effects and lighting have been used to give it more of an effect and the unstable mind set feel about it as that is what my character is.