#1 - Questionnaire for our OTS Task

Created by Adam Anderson

Ident Soundtrack

Ident Soundtrack for ISHBANDAM Productions:

This is a link to the site where we found our musical score

This is the track I have selected for our Ident. The track is upbeat and fast at the start giving it a good effect on an ident. The track however will need to be cut down and slowed down so the first part of the track can be selected and used and placed over the ident. This will be done in the final cut and edited onto the ident.

This is the non-diegetic element of our soundtrack. This will combined with the diegetic recordings of dialogue, heat breathing and reactive gasps recorded during filming.





Created by Ishaaq Tolentino

Mise-En-Scene (OTS)

It is very important to use representation effectively so that the audience can understand our meaning: we are going to use symbolic visual codes, iconic imagery and combine this with familiar objects used in a threatening way.

The props used in our OTS Task

For the symbolic visual code to represent the realism of violence, we decided to use a gun which is a very common prop used in film noir films as this gives the effect of tension, power and authority.

Originally we decided to use cable ties as it made it seem a lot more realistic when representing the hostage situation but it was not accessible at the time. As an alternative, we used a piece of string as this gave it an appropriate effect for the hostages' state.

We used a sandwich bag as one of the props for our OTS task in order to imitate a DNA bag in which detectives use - this will give it more of a suspense to the audience and is used for an enigma etc. what happened? Why was it left at the crime scene? ...

In order to have a sensible and practical scene, black gloves would be worn by the criminal so that it resembles a generic criminal.

Created by Ishaaq Tolentino

Film Certificates (OTS)

As our film will include violent scenes int needs to have a reasonably high film certificate. When researching the different film certificates on the "British Board Of Film Certificates" if found that the 18 certificate may be the correct certificate for our film. I feel that as our film will include murderer and mild torture that it should only be appropriate for adults. The opening title sequence will include a hostage scene and may be unsuitable for people under 18, However during my research I also found that the 15 certificate may also work for the film but as the actual film may include more scenes that could be distressing to the viewer we decided 18 would be the best solution and people under 18 might not find the film interesting to watch.

18 works are for adults and can contain strong issues such as:

•   very strong violence
•   frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***') and / or very strong language (e.g. ‘c***’)
•   strong portrayals of sexual activity
•   scenes of sexual violence
•   strong horror
•   strong blood and gore
•   real sex (in some circumstances)
•   discriminatory language and behaviours

Though 18 films and videos may cover difficult and strong subjects and themes, harm is still a consideration. Very dangerous or criminal behaviour (for example, behaviours which if copied poses a credible harm risk) may be cut.

Created by Adam Anderson 

Sound Research (OTS)

Sound Research


As I have the role of head of sound I have been doing a lot of research into royalty free sound tracks and into different websites i could use to find the right sound track and piece of music/sound to go over the whole production. I was looking for a piece of sound which was around 2:30 minutes and was filled with suspense and tension.

These are some of the sound websites and sounds inside them which I have been looking at and saving for possible future use in my groups final cut for our OTS task.

this was researched by Ishaaq Tolentino

Final Planning (OTS)

We will all help each other out but these are our basic roles in which we will be the most involved in and responsible for. I decided that camera man was an appropriate role for me as I am the most experienced with different camera angles and techniques.

I have decided to work with these people as in our practise and the continuity task I thought that their production worked well and as we know each other well we would be able to work well together in a group.

We have thought about our film title and we decided that the name of the film should evolve and the word revenge. We used an online thesaurus and came up with a lot of different names like vengeance, retaliation and reprisal. The name we decided to go with was Retribution as we felt this sounded the best and fitted with our plot for our story. Evidence of us researching for this is in the picture

We decided to create our production name and ident which I was in charge of. The first idea was an outline of each of us which worked out quite well and the second was evidence of turning into a video by making the picture and name fade in and out. When thinking of a name for our group we came up with 'IshBanDam productions' this was crated by using three letters of each of our names for example 'Ish' came from the start of Ishaaq and 'Ban' came from Jack Banham and 'Dam' came from Adam.

For inspiration we looked at a few images of crime scenes and terrorist scenes in other films to give us an idea of what we want to create. For one of our props we decided to create a suspect board which will be used in our opening title sequence.

    


Created by Adam Anderson

Final Production Planning

Our main jobs role for our OTS task:

Adam Anderson - Lead Camera Man, Lead Mise-en-scene

Ishaaq Tolentino - Lead Editor, Lead Sound Editor

As a group we have decide to assign each other with specific roles.

Scene Drawing

This rough scene drawing I created shows the props which will be most likely to be shown in the shot when filming this scene; the scene includes the 3 hostages and 1 criminal, and a camera which is filming the hostages and killer; this probably be used to show a split screen which shows the live feed and the detective watching it and other scenes that may be included.

Created by Ishaaq Tolentino