Preliminary Task

1.5 Lessons Work....
Fun....
Dubstep....

This is the result!
P.S No Paul was in this Work. At All!

Character Comparison

Lyle - Seth Green
•Laptop •Shirt •Cap


James Reaf - Ben Faiers
•Hoodie •Glasses •Computer
•Gloves

Fred chose Basher from oceans 11 because he also specializes in explosives. The dress sense is similar. He wears dark clothing like his character.

Josh chose the character Kano from the musical scene of Rap. He is leader in his genre so in a sense he qualifies to be the base of my character. My character would dress similarly to Kano.

Top 10 Roughcut feedback

Today we showed the rough cut to the rest of the group and this is the feedback we got:

It had lots of good crime caper generic conventions.
Good music but it was too repetitive towards the end of the clip.
The freeze frames were effective.
The montage planning scene was too dark.
Lots of people said that the clip lost it towards the end, so we need to change the focus in some way.

Shot List

This is our Shot List from our Storyboard:

Past Experiences Scene
Shot 1: Over the shoulder shot of the leader, looking down on to newspaper clippings.
Shot 2: Overhead shot on to desk showing newspaper clippings. Leader cuts out the clippings.
Shot 3: Slides the first clipping in to place.
Shot 4: Cuts to an image of the "brains" Character failing at a job. He was caught finding out codes.
Shot 5: Leader slides the second clipping in place into the "brawn" section
Shot 6: Shows the "Brawns" character using too much explosives.
Shot 7: Leader slides clipping number 3.
Shot 8: Shows the "Tech" Character failing at hacking the wrong code.
Shot 9: Slides clipping number 4.
Shot 10: Shows the "cocky" character failing at the job.
Shot 11: Close up of all 4 people and the leader on the paper.

Montage Scene
Shot 12: Scene montage 1: leader working.
Shot 13: Scene montage 2: Tech guy working.
Shot 14:Scene montage 3: Brawns guy working.
Shot 15: Scene montage 4: Cocky guy working.
Shot 16: Scene montage 5: Brains guy working.
Shot 17: Final shot- Paper placed onto table saying "Top 10".

Shots 12 - 16 will not be in this order and as there are more then 1 shot each it will be in a rnadom order to show the montage scene.

Although for the Montage scene there will be more than 5 shots, there will be multiple shots being added and overlaid on the top. This will show the passing of time and the amount of work that all of the crew are putting into the plan to make sure that it is a success. It will also show each of the team members at work doing what they do best. This will allow us to freeze frame it and show any information about the charcter that we need to, Like actors name or the nickname.

Top 10 Mood Board

Top 10 Mood Board
• Dark Background - This goes with the darkness of the crew, their background and quite simply the darkness of the room that they are planning in.
• Pool Table - The montage scene will try and be based around the pool table in the center of the room, this will have various items including beer, blueprints and laptops placed onto it.
• Explosives - "The Brawn" uses these to help take out the vaults, with these around the table it shows that he has been working on making the perfect explosive.
• Laptops - Mainly to help "The Tech" and "The Brains" these would be used to hack into the security systems and get information about the buildings I.E Blueprints and Cameras.
• Brain - Used the symbolize "The Brain" showing how knowledgeable they really are. Also to show "The Leader" as he really is the 'Brains' behind the plan.
• Beer - Left around the Pool Table being drunk as they sort out the plan.
• Cocky - The Symbol of "The Cocky" just to show his part in the opening sequence.
• Smoke - Smoke around the roof of the dark room emphasizes the darkness of the room and the isolation that the room holds.
• Eyes - This will be used to show "The Tech" and "The Brains" the fact that they will be watching and know what is going on at the time.

Original Plan Ideas - Top 10

Mise en Scene
Montage Room
• Dark Room
• Possible Smoke
• Plans on Desks - Paper, Schematics, Building Plans, Blueprints
• Newspaper Clippings - Failed Jobs. Top 10 Rich List

• Electronics - Laptops, Phones

• Test Explosives

• Eaten Food to show the people with their Human Side

Characters
The Leader ~ The man who leads the group, he provides the basic information on the plan but doesn't know much about the skills involved around it. Past experience from previous robberies.
The Brains ~ The man who can get the security files. He gets access to where the cameras are, the building schematics and other classified information.
The Brawn ~ The man who is physically stronger than the rest and knows about explosives. Previous jobs been used to blow open vaults.
The Cocky ~ The inexperienced youngster who somehow succeeded in a previous job, probably a fluke involving walking out with the money.
The Tech ~ The man who hacks the files. The one who shuts down the power and prevents any communication with the security once the job has started.

Scene Montage
During the Scene montage it will show each character doing what skill they do best. An example could be “The Brawn” starting to make test explosives and training for the job. Another example could be “The Brains” drawing up Security files and Building Blueprints.
It will also show different parts of the body as they draw up the plans and start to put the beginning steps of the Heist into action. An example could be the typing of a hand onto a Laptop from "The Tech". This shows us what he is comfortable working with but also shows us what he would be good at. The Leader could also be shown pointing and advising the other members, focusing in on the hands and mouth of him.
The film will also have Freeze Frame shots in which the Character will be doing something "Stereotypical" and would be recognised by the audience. This would allow us to add in the Actors name and the Character name to get the titles into the opening sequence.

Slogan

10 Jobs, 5 Guys...10 minutes

This slogan is here to help catch the attension of the audience, it allows them to remember the film easily and gives an insight in what the film is about. The 10 minutes part gives the the film the challange and already gives us a glimps at what the plan is to be. The "10 Jobs" indicates that there will be 10 hiests for the group to complete in, the "5 Guys" shows us how many people will be working together and "10 minutes" is the total time that all the jobs will make, indicating they need to be in and out from each location in 1 minute.

Opening Sequence Analysis – Layer Cake - Fred

Layer Cake is a 2004 British gangster thriller, directed by Matthew Vaughn. It is based on a novel of the same name by J. J. Connolly. The title refers to the human social strata, especially in the British crime and drug underworld, as well as the numerous plot layers in the film.
You are immediately made aware of who the main character of the film is because Daniel Craig gives a long monologue in the opening sequence, and he is the only one who speaks. Establishing the main character is a generic convention of opening sequences. The opening sequence also reveals support characters as well as protagonists, which are also generic opening sequence conventions. The monologue he delivers confirms what type of film it is, a british gangster drug film. The characters in the opening sequence are all criminals and drug users. This is perhaps to show how drugs are everywhere and it doesn't matter who or where you are, you're only one person away from drugs and criminals. The narrative is quite rude and hard hitting, emphasising the seriousness of the business.
The Non diegetic soundtrack is quite solemn, which reflects the scene’s that are being shown being shown. They build suspense and tension immediately grabbing the viewers attention and exciting them. The mise-en-scene shows the drug magnates to be rich and flash, and shows some of them to be naiive, by being very loud and conspicuous (the yellow range rover). The camerawork is very basic. There are lots of slow panning shots, making it easy for us to see what is happening. A lot of the time, the camera follows Daniel Craig around as he gives his monologue. The editing of the transitions between decades is so smooth that it seems that nothing has changed in the drug world and that it keeps going round and round, which it does.