Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Superhero Project: 4 Film Prep

Each group member should post the following to Posterous before filming (copy and paste the numbered list below and fill it out...it is explained in the bullets below):
  • Who will be responsible for bringing the camera each time and who will bring the backup camera
  • What creative costumes/clothing and props you did or will bring for the film
  • Which three categories you will film for your Master Shots & the specific names of the Master Shot you signed up for
  • Describe in a phrase or two an example of how your film will be both funny and unpredictable
  • Super List (copied from the email sent by the group leader)
  1. Camera: Helen brings main camera; Shin brings backup camera
  2. Clothing & Props: for my part, I will bring a camera, and a giant pen (journalist effect), sunglasses, a bright-colored hoodie to stand out, and a notebook for jotting things in
  3. Master Shot Categories: discovery, dramatic shift, and conflict
  4. Name of the visual effect file you will use: atmosphere visual effect
  5. Humorous: when they look at tattoos and see that it's a very immature childish one
  6. Super List
Angles
  1. Eye Line (shin-anytime)
  2. Low Angle (shin-when Ninsi trips)
  3. High Angle (helen-for the falling pencil and shin catching it)
  4. Ariel Angle (helen-for the tattoo)
  5. Dutch (jessi-for the chase scene)

Subject Shots

  1. Long Shot (shin-beginning for establishing?)
  2. Medium Shot (jessi-anytime)
  3. Close Up Shot (jessi-anytime)
  4. Extremely Close Up Shot (helen-for the tattoo)

Action Shots
  1. Establishing Shot (shin-in the beginning)
  2. Tracking Shot (shin-for going down the hill)
  3. Head on Shot (shin)
  4. Reverse Shot (conversation) (helen -for the argument)
  5. Vertical Pan (jessi)
  6. Horizontal Pan (shin)
  7. Point of View (jessi)
  8. Swish Pan (helen)
  9. Arc Shot (helen-time freeze and like spin around)

Cuts

  1. Cutaway (helen)
  2. Reaction (shin)
  3. Jump Cut (jessi)
  4. Cross Cut (helen)
  5. Object Match Cut (jessi)
  6. Full Screen Match Cut (helen)
  7. Action Match Cut (jessi)
  8. Action Cut (shin)
  9. Progressive (shin)
  10. Cutting Rhythm (jessi)

Effects

  1. FLYING (jessi-for the chase scene-shin can fly)
  2. TIME FREEZE (helen)
  3. CLONE (jessi)
  4. JUMPER (shin) 

Master Shots

  • FIGHTING (jessi) don't make it very violent, make it "slap-stick" humor style of fighting (e.g. Tom & Jerry)
  • CHASING (jessi)
  • SUSPENSE (shin)
  • DISCOVERY (helen)
  • CONFLICT (helen)
  • DIALOG (shin)
  • ENTRANTS & EXITS (shin)
  • DRAMATIC SHIFT (helen)
  • DIRECTING ATTENTION (jessi)

Superhero Project: 3 Script

Superhero Project: 2 Collaborate

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Superhero Project: 1

Protagonist
Actor/ress: Helen
Name: Meme
Special Ability: Can make up to 5 different clones of herself, each with intense martial arts abilities
Weakness: is terrified of numbers, hates math
Appearance Description: wears a tracksuit all the time

Antagonist
Actor/ress: Shin
Name: Shmeel
Special Ability: his braces shoot out deadly laser beams if he smiles super widely
Weakness: without his glasses, is completely powerless and also  basically blind
Appearance Description: has super thick glasses and braces, wears a button-up with suspenders at all times, smells kind of bad

Supporting Character
Actor/ress: Jessi
Description: is Helen (Meme's) close best friend, kind of a tag-along, and is the only one who knows about Meme's superpowers/fighting powers

Meme was always the nice, friendly kid in school- she wasn't super popular, but she got along with everyone, unlike Shmeel.Shmeel is a loner and is constantly picked on for his "nerdy" appearance, and shmeely smell. One day, Meme learns that Shmeel, the super-smart nerd, is planning to destroy the school because of his anger at their mean-ness to him, and Meme tries to defeat him. Jessi helps Meme along with her plan to stop Shmeel.

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