Filming

Today we agreed that we would film for a consecutive night. We filmed the car scenes with the help of Mrs Brooks, who kindly agreed to assist us.

We filmed at a road opposite the school. Here, we shot the scene of Zach exiting the car approaching the party. James filmed and I directed whilst Issak played Zach.

Conveniantly, the house opposite had a driveway with very good lighting which I spoted. We decided to shoot a scene there, making a full use of the opportunity. We felt as though this shot would also help with our film Poster.

Below is a recce shot of the location spotted:

Shot List

Today in lesson James made a list of shots of which is in our opening film sequence.

Shooting Schedule

Today I created our shooting schedule of each day that we were filming and what we shots we are doing. 

Tenacious D Inspiration

As a group we watched this scene from Tenacious D after Issak suggested it. The idea of having a clip of the visions Jack Black has and then putting he clip of reality right after was both funny and made the genre obvious. We can incorporate an idea like this into our film the eZ life. Also the start of it is one of many ways to show drug taking. We will be showing it differently but it is good to see there are other ways we can do it.

Institution



Film4 is a British digital television channel available in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, that screens films. We choose film 4 to distribute our film as it is a well known brand with a good Reputation.  Film 4 channels many independent and mainstream films. Film 4 was first launched on 1st November 1998. It has made huge blockbuster movies such as 12 years a Slave but it has also made small movies such as The Double. It distributes a wide variety of films.

Props Research and list

Aspirin Pill: This is needed to represent the pill eZ which our film is based on

 

Black Hoodie: This will be used in the scene where the drug deal takes place, it will be worn by the dealer

 

iPhone: Needed to show texts between durg dealer and Zack

 

Mirror (in bathroom): for scene where Zack looks into mirror after taking eZ pill

 

Lampost (outside): Needed for drug deal scene for light

 

Green screen: To edit party scene on Adobe Premiere

Music Research

Issak has been looking for various tracks which could suit our film opening for The eZ Life.

Firstly, the song 'Hell of a Night' by Schoolboy Q caught my notice due to the out of body feel which the synth gives at the beginning of the song. The lyrics are also very relevant to the film.

'Hell of a Night' can be heard below :


Next, the song 'Dancin (KRONO Remix) caught my attention due to its upbeat and lively tempo which would suit a party scene.

Dancin Can be heard below:


The music video and song 'PMW' by ASAP Rocky ft. Schoolboy Q caught my notice due to the lyrics relating to things which happens at parties.



The song '2Pac vs. Banks Thugz Drowning (Carlos Serrano Mix) caught my attention due to the high tempo and lyrics.