Friday, December 18, 2020

Evaluation for Preliminary Task

 Honestly, I had lots of fun making the opening of Detective Angelo. There were times when I would think “Am I really capable?”, but with the help of my friends and my lovely little brother...let’s just say they really pushed me into believing that yes, it is possible. 

I had a great time deciding the props and the costumes, to try to set the scene. I had a bit of help with the editing, and all in all I think it turned out pretty good for my first time filming anything. 

Nonetheless, there’s still some things I have to work on. Especially to make “What’s Eating The Runaways?” absolutely spectacular. 

I really need to work on my editing. There’s a certain editing style I would like to use for “What’s Eating The Runaways?”, I just really need to research and practice. I plan to make little fun videos with my friends, and then edit them for practice. 

As for the microphones...listen it was my first time editing. I wasn’t sure how to put the dialogue I got from the microphones in the opening, so I’m going to need to figure that out for “What’s The Eating the Runaways?”. Although, for Detective Angelo, I made sure my actors were speaking pretty clearly and made sure to project. I think that the audience can fairly hear the actors’ dialogue. But I want the sound and dialogue for my final opening of “What’s Eating the Runaways?” to be perfect, so I plan to figure out how to put the dialogue I obtain from the microphones into the opening. 

I really think I was on point with incorporating the different aspects of mise on scene, especially with the costuming, music and colors. I wanted sort of a contrast between light and dark to set the mood. Mostly dark colors, to really empathize the mysterious aura. 

I also used no copyright film noir background music from youtube, to set the mysterious mood.Here is the link, if you want to listen to more. The only thing I wish I added to really have that film noir mood is a black and white filter. It would've been perfect. 

Monday, December 14, 2020

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Mise en Scene for Detective Angelo

 Detective Angelo would be under the crime genre, so obviously it would have some dark undertones. 

Costumes: 

Suits (dark colors) 

Props: 

A LOT of paper 

Desk 

Map ( different pinpoints of where murder occurred) 

Murder weapon 

Coffee mug

Photo frame 

Pencils 

Folders 

Pens 

Colors:

Dark colors (black, grey, brown, etc) 

Lighting: 

Fairly dark lighting to create a mysterious mood/tone 


Monday, December 7, 2020

Script for the Detective Angelo

 Hey! Finished writing the script for Detective Angelo! Writing really allowed me to get ideas flowing and look at everything in my head, especially on how I want to film. I did a little storyboarding in the script, here and there, but it's not for sure that I'll be using those techniques, when filming. Here it is: 

Angelo Opening Script 

 

A detective named Angelo is sitting on his desk. He’s stressed. He’s trying to figure out who this notorious serial killer could be. 


A master shot of detective Angelo, sitting at his desk. The camera is behind him. The camera pushes in on him, slowly.  


Camera focuses on his desk, which move horizontally to show stacks of paper.  


Angelo: There’s no way....if he was there before 8:51 pm...how did he have time to go the gas station and get the equipment?  


Various insert shots take place of the papers on desk, which are clues and evidence. 

 

Angelo: No, no...that can’t be it.... (pulls his hair) (Medium close-up, from the side) 

A close-up of detective Angelo’s eyes.  


Insert shots of his wall are also shown, he has maps on his wall showing the location of where the serial killer murdered his victims.  


Angelo: No, no, no....that can’t be it either. Ugh. I’m never going to find this guy(throws papers off his desk, aggressively.) 


A photo frame drops. Angelo picks it up from the floor, carefully. Dusts it off. He places it back on his desk. He stares at it, sentimentally.  


His partner walks through the doorabruptly 


Julia: Boss, we got’em, the goon, we got em! 


Angelo(stands up from his desk) What?! (pause) What do you mean?  


Julia: Busted taillight, off 169th the fuzz recognized him as soon as he rolled the window down. 

 

Angelo: Impossible...he’s not stupid enough to get caught...especially because of a busted taillight. (pauses to think) It must be a mistake. It can’t be him.  


Julia(shrugs) I don’t know, boss. They have him in questioning now. They sent me here to let you know. They know how important this case is to you. You’ve been trying to catch this guy for the past 5 years. Especially since... you know...  


Angelo: Yes, I know... (he turns back and looks at the photo frame, picks it up)  


Julia(hesitantly) You miss her, boss?  


Angelo(looks up, smiles melancholically, while looking at the picture frame) Yes...I do. Every day, actually(looks up at JuliaWell, enough of that. Let’s get going. Time to interview a killer. (smiles) 

Angelo picks up and puts on his fedora hat. He follows Julia out the door.  

Farewell...

  My CCR