S A R A H W H I T E

FILM PROJECT PROPOSAL

THROUGH THIS COURSE…

I have learnt how to: •  Use extensive editing software such as Adobe Premiere,

After Effects and Audition to create and enhance my films.

•  Use professional lighting equipment, learning the different types of light that should be used to create mood and atmosphere within film shots.

•  How to create storyboards, giving my filming a sense of direction and organisation.

•  Use the dark room, going back to pre-digital film developing.

Before this course I had a basic understanding of some of these points, therefore I have leant new skills that will help me in the stages of making my final major project.

INITIAL FINAL MAJOR PROJECT IDEAS

1. Performance/Entertainment  Film - Montage 2. Horror/ Suspense  - Story/Scene 3. A Dog’s Day – what an animal thinks 4. Abstract/ Distorted Film 5. Dream VS Reality 6. Fantasy World + Characters 7. Video Journal/ Yearbook 8. Nature Documentary 9. Video Tourist Guide to London 10. Paranormal Documentary

IDEA: FILMING PERFORMANCES (ENTERTAINMENT)

•  After brainstorming and looking at many different types of performance and entertainment that I could film, I decided to go with this as my FMP theme.

•  Examples of performance/entertainment:

Music Dance Magic Shows

Circus Acts

•  I then researched into how these types of performances have been shown in films:

By looking into these films and directors, I was able to see how they captured these performances, giving me ideas of camera shots and how they transition together to create a performance.

•  I then experimented by filming a couple dance performances, only videoing from one camera angle so that I could film the entire performance.

<< Ballet performance

Hip Hop, Street Style performance >>

DEVELOPMENT: STREET PERFORMANCE/ENTERTAINMENT

•  I then started thinking about the idea of street performance and how I would be able to film live acts and show the ‘in the moment’ reactions of the audiences.

•  Definition: Street performance or busking is the practice of performing in public places, for money etc.

•  I then took a look at many YouTube videos of street performance to get an idea of what performances have been filmed and how,

•  My further ideas were then to film the street performers in Covent Garden in London and hopefully create a montage of all the acts, and possibly creating a documentary film style to it.

DEVELOPMENT: FLASH MOB •  From street performance, I then researched into filming

flash mobs. •  Definition: A flash mob is a group of people who assemble

suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression.

•  I then found some that are happening within the next few weeks in London that I will film.

•  My idea for this came from the film Friends With Benefits, where the directors show two performances of flash mobs at famous places in New York City, Times Square and Grand Central Station:

AIM/CONCEPT

•  The aim of my film is to show how people come together to either participate and or appreciate the art of street performance, and showing how this has become a sort of culture around the world.