Tuesday 21 March 2017

MONARCH OF THE GLEN ANALOGY

Monarch Of The Glen 

ANALOGY 

The scene opens with traditional, country style music played over the scenes of an older generation of characters. When the scene changes to show the younger characters, the music changes too, to a more upbeat, youthful style of music. There is a variation of shot types in the opening scenes, such as over the shoulder, this can be used to show authority and the age gap between the older and younger characters. There is also many zoom ins and close up shots, to show the contrast between the older characters and the younger characters, such as Amy.

Age can also be seen through the clothing and makeup of the characters. Amy is wearing more youthful, casual clothing, a simple t-shirt and jeans where as the older characters, such as the headmaster seem to be wearing a lot more formal clothing and there is a definite difference in the styles from one generation to the other. This is portrayed through the mise en scene. The scenes are all quite dimly lit and the colour scheme is very much full of dull, dreary colours. This contrasts to the colour of Amy's clothing, were she is wearing bright colours such a green, this represents her youth.

There is a sense of authority with the older characters, and we learn that they are responsible for Amy, and are looking after her for her father. This is portrayed through low angle shots, and we get a sense of authority through the height difference between the characters, which is extensuiated through the shot types and camera angles. Here, we get a sense of age as we see the the older generation looking after the younger generation, which is very typical and expected.  When Amy initially gets in the car, we see her muttering to her self, and her inexperience becomes apparent, reinforcing her youth. When the car crashes, no music is overlaid, this makes the crash more dramatic and comes as more of a shock to the viewer. There is a mid-shot when we are being shown the three characters loading up the truck. When the crash happens, the three adults run to ensure that the teenager is OK, as they are responsible for Amy as adults. The shot types used here are from above, close ups to show the fear and worry when the noise is first heard and a slight panorama shot to capture the damage of the car. Age is shown here through the reactions to the crash. The headmaster is more concerned about the damage to the car where as everyone else is more concerned about the health and well being of Amy, as they are responsible for her and this again portrays the age gap between the two generations. The headmaster says that he has been "worried sick" and that when a "sixteen year old girl runs away you can't help but fear the worst". Here, we see the headmaster feels as though he has a lot of responsibility over Amy, and must take care of her and look out for her as she is so young and he is the adult. This is reinforced when he requests a replacement car to be given to him so he can drive himself and Amy back to school, where she can do her exams.

The sense of age is carried through to the next scene when they are inside what appears to be a very grand building. Here, the mise en scene and setting have been used to portray age. The three generations respond differently to Amy not being in school, and deal with their anger in different ways. The headmaster turns to alcohol, Amy has a very stereotypical teenage 'tantrum', screaming "I hate you," and storming out, while Paul; the father figure remains relatively calm. The shot types here all reinforce these attitudes, and the shot of Amy's granny looking rather anxious and fidgiting gives the impression that she is feeling almost guilty, and shows signs of sympathy for Amy. She clearly cares a lot for Amy and this again portrays the theme of age.

 The mise en scene also portrays a sense of age when we see into Amy's bedroom. The furnishings of the room contrast to the that of the previous house we have seen. There is a slow pan of Amy's bed, to show the decor and to get across the age gap through the inside furnishings. There are multiple fashion and makeup magazines sprawled across Amy's bed, showing the hobbies of a stereotypical teenage girl. Age is also portrayed through the presents and cards that Amy leaves on her bed, the teddy bear symbolising youth and the blue pyjamas for someone older. This is created through the mise en scene. There is also a zoom in shot of some photographs on Amy's mirror, and we can see through her facial expressions that she longs for this time period and that perhaps a lot of time has passed since they were taken, and with that a lot of change. There is no music over these clips, and this allows the viewer to really focus on what is being said in the scene. However, when the scene cuts to the traditional, rural setting, the traditional, country music comes back.

In these scenes we can see the older generation working hard, which contrasts to Amy's work ethic, as she has left school and has not completed any of her exams. This portrays a sense of age as here Amy is being presented as a care-free, irresponsible teenager while the older generation are all at work, as they are responsible. This is re-inforced when Amy decides to drive the car when she is only sixteen and has not yet passed her test, this is an act of stupidity and one  that you would expect from a sixteen year old, and not someone older. Here we get the message that wisdom comes with age.


ISSUES WITH LOCATION





When we were filming we ran into several difficulties. The first being the weather, as it began to rain quite heavily towards the start of our filming. It was also extremely cold and the wind really picked up at certain points, however this would of been more of an issue if we had dialogue in our film. We planned our day out well and came prepared with umbrellas, so the rain was not a major issue. 

Here you can see a picture of Anna holding the camera in a bush. This was when she was recording the final shot of the house when the camera rises and it ends on a still of the sky with branches in the way.
It was also hard when we were filming the pan shot of Meabh because of the fact the camera circled Meabh, and it was hard to get everything out of the background as every thing was seen. It was also hard for Anna and I to not be seen in the shot, and so we were hiding behind rocks to avoid being seen. We had to film this shot several times. 












Wednesday 15 March 2017

COSTUME IDEA AND PLAN

COSTUME 

We are going to be using an old white dress that I will try and make more authentic, and make it obvious that the character wearing the dress has been through torture. 

i plan on covering the dress in mud, and ripping the sleeves and neckline. 






Monday 13 March 2017

LOCATION

We decided that the perfect place to shoot our movie would be the rural location of 'Bloody Bridge' just outside of Newcastle, County Down. This is an area that i am quite familair with, and a place where Anna goes camping every summer. Anna was aware of the forest and ruins and this really helped us in the planning aspect of our film.

We have decided this would be the perfect location as it will be practically empty as while it is a popular tourist destination, most people visit in the summer as a pose to March, which is when we are filming. The location also has a lot of history, and this adds to the haunting aspect of our movie.

In his 1898 `Guide to County Down and the Mourne Mountains', Robert Lloyd Praegar writes, 'It derives its gruesome name from the massacre of a number of protestants of Newry, including their minister, in the troubled year of 1641 at the instigation of Sir Conn Magennis.'
Other accounts of this have been recorded by Harris, who wrote what he heard over the truth and for this reason he is not sure whether 24 people or 50 people die. Either way, the people were barbarically killed hence the name Bloody Bridge. 






To bring to filming ....

To bring with us...

Anna C - Go Pro, lights, change of clothes (trousers and socks and shoes)

Anna H - Camera, umbrella, change of clothes (trousers and socks and shoes)

Meabh - Tripod, bottled water, makeup, change of clothes, 

Erin - 3 Towels, Meabh's costume (white slip or dress), change of clothes (trousers and socks and shoes)



Food money - £10 
Taxi Money - £3
Bus Money - £6 or £7, 

Bring £20 or £25 to ensure we are prepared. 

FILMING SCHEDULE - NEWCASTLE



FILMING DAY - 16TH MARCH 2017.



On Thursday 16th March, we will go down to Newcastle to film our main task. A lot of planning is involved in this day as we only have one day to shoot. We started by looking at bus timetables taking us from Belfast to Newcastle. We want to get up as early as possible, so we plan on getting the 8:05am bus which means we should arrive in Newcastle at roughly 9:40am, ensuring we had lots of filming time.

Since our film includes Meabh jumping into the freezing cold water, we want to make sure we film this scene last to ensure meabh is not cold for too long. To do this, we plan on heading to the forest location first. We have decided it will be the easiest and most time efficient to get the  taxi to the forest location. This journey should take around 15-20 minutes and cost us around £3.00 each.









We have checked the weather for our filming day before hand. Although the conditions are not ideal, we have decided to go ahead with filming anyway.



We have a lot of possible bus times to get back to Belfast, incase filming took more/less time than expected. 















Tuesday 7 March 2017

Our preliminary task ...

OUR PRE-PLIMINARY - MY FRIEND CLARE






OUR PRELIMINARY - YOUNG FUN & 41


Thursday 2 March 2017

Class Presentation



Class Presentation


This is our pitch that we presented to our class about our film 'Origin'.

Wednesday 1 March 2017

RISK ASSESMENT


Risk - Meabh could become very cold and sick if she spends too much time in the water due to the time of year we will be filming. (March)

Fix - We need to plan out our day and shots extremely well and know exactly how long we want them to be, angles, shot types, monologue etc. This will hopefully cut down on the amount of time Meabh will be spending in the water, and prevent her from getting too cold.

Risk - Any of us could slip on the rocks surrounding the water and could injury ourselves badly.

Fix - To prevent this from happening, all of us will wear sensible shoes to stop us from slipping. 

Risk - We could damage our equipment such as cameras and tripods.

Fix - We will keep them in padded bags and rucksacks. We will also bring umbrellas to shield the equipment in rainy conditions. 

Risk - Long skirt as part of Meath's costume. This coupled with the fact it will be wet from the water will make it more difficult for her to run. 

Fix - Meabh will have to hold up the skirt when she is running to stop herself from tripping and falling.