Poster and Magazine Poster Shoot 2

Two weeks ago the three of us had the idea of filming Dirty Derrick in an London underground style scene whilst confronting the viewer in an aggressive manor. For this particular scene we decided it would be best if Lee spoke without a script as he often comes up with great ideas on the spot.
When trying to find a good location we realized we could use the cupboard in our Media room as this was dark with a white and grim brick wall to suit the mood and also we wouldn't have to travel far.
Rudi had the idea to use the smoke machine from the Drama Department to surround lee with smoke all three of us decided this was a good idea.
We filmed many shots of lee being aggressive to the camera and also took photos that we could use for the magazine and poster we are producing.
We also decided it would be good if Lee was shirtless to show that he is fighter. Here are some behind the scenes photos I took with my phone.

Behind the scenes: Poster Photo shoot

These photos were take last week on my phone in the photography department of the school. We wanted to take photos of Dirty Derrick (Lee Arnold) dressed up for a photo shoot which we would use for the front cover of the film, the magazine we are creating and the poster we will produce. We wanted Dirty Derrick to look powerful and intimidating so we had him in a grey suit and in some shots holding a metal pole as a weapon.

In the photography department we had the use of professional lighting equipment (shown in the photo) these lights could also change colour, the three of us decide it would be a could idea to use the lighing as police lights. To do this me and Rudi set up two lights one to the left and one to the right of lee with the left one blue and the right one red to look like the police were arriving at the scene. However after looking at the photos we realised it looked more like a disco rather than a police car.

New addition to props

Here are some photos from the footage both me and Rudi filmed on the weekend. As you can see the diamonds were scattered everywhere when I had dropped them, this effect worked great on camera when we watched it back. The diamonds look very realistic considering Rudi only payed around £4 for them, we hope the footage fits the trailer as these are the main focus of the film.

"Dirty Diamonds" update

This weekend the three of us met at Rudi's home to edit and create new footage for the trailer based on the feedback from our classmates. Me and Rudi filmed footage of diamonds falling as we believed this would look great in the trailer especially with a slow motion effect and a short piece of text overlapping the footage. I would pour the bag of diamonds onto the table from just above the camera so that they would land in perfect view, we found that the diamonds would bounce in every direction so it was a challenge clearing it all up as we had to shoot the shot several times in order to get the best result. One problem we faced was that the table was very reflective and we could see the reflection of a nearby lamp and fire place so we had to try different angles to find the best one with little reflection.

When Lee arrived the three of us started to edit the trailer- the first thing we did was add the extra gun shot at the end (suggested by a classmate) so there would be a gunshot sound for the words 'Dirty' and 'Diamonds' this has worked very well and I am pleased we added the sound.
We looked at the start of the trailer to make changes with Lee creating the idea of having the sound of a life support machine at the beginning (instead of heart beat) which will faintly beep across the entire trailer until the gunshots at the end to prove to you that someone will be put in hospital from gun wounds (the viewer will not know who unless viewing the feature film) after trying this the three of us agreed it worked brilliantly.
Me and Rudi then wanted to add our diamond footage so by deleting the original image of the speech we managed to fit the best shot of the diamonds in, we slowed the shot down by 50% so you can clearly see the diamonds falling to the table as if Dirty Dez was doing it, we then added a shorter version of the speech onto the footage which we believe looks great. When watching the trailer back again the speech still seemed a little dull so I came up with the idea of having the speech read out whilst it was playing so we recorded Lees 'Dirty Dez' voice and Rudi then added it to the speech, we all agreed it made the speech much more interesting.

The three of us decided it would be good to improve the ending of the trailer so we looked through the sound library on 'Final Cut Pro' and found the sound effects of gun shells falling, guns being loaded and the sound of cars skidding. We realised the use of more sounds would make the ending more dramatic and hectic so we added the sounds of more gun shots followed by the sound of the police cars skidding (showing a gun battle with police). We then had the idea to have a loud gun shot at the end followed by the sound of the gun shells falling to the floor, this proves that either someone important had fired the gun or someone important had been shot by the gun as the sound is silent compared to the previous police shooting. I hope this is a good ending to the trailer and would make viewers eager to see a feature film, always leave people wanting more.

'Taken' Film Analysis

"Snatch" Trailer analysis

"Dirty Diamonds Draft 1" feedback

In class we showed our fellow students our short teaser trailer and we have gained many improvements to add and put into our film which include:
-Shorten the voice over to only the first two lines
-show a weapon getting prepared in the trailer.
-two guns shot on dirty diamonds
-Poring the diamonds onto the table
We have also played around with the editing and added a few new things into our trailer to build the suspense and suspicion in our short teaser trailer, we will keep the blog updated to as what we are doing with our teaser trailer and what improvements we add to it.

Dirty Diamonds Spending Budget

This is a rough estimate on what we spent over the process of the Dirty Diamond's production.

"Empire" Magazine analysis

"Total Film" Magazine analysis

"Rock N Rolla" Poster analysis

"Public Enemies" Poster analysis

"Empire" magazine analysis

"Big Fat Gypsy Gangster" Poster analysis



Location Shots Caravan Park/House

Here are the location shots for the 'Caravan Park/House'. When choosing the following questions we looked carefully where the most suitable place to shoot the film. Lee Arnold recommended this location as it was owned by his Granddad, we had a look at the location and at first the gates give it a representation of richness and the CCTV camera gave the place a new feel about it, as if the place was a tightly secure place. We agreed on the location as the place had prepared equipment there, so we didn't have to cut into our budget that much.

We hope to give out a clear understanding of the caravan park represents the kind of gangasta and Brittish view and atmosphere. Here the Location shots of the Caravan Park and the House:

This first location shot is of the hall way, we have Lee's Character in this shot as we wanted to give more of an understanding of how big it is compared to Lee, giving it an immediate representation of how wealthy Lee's Character is.  

In this second Location shot it is of the Pub that will show the first scene in film. This shot allowed us to use, not only the resorces in the pub, but the Brittish feel of the pub which would create the Brittish iconic pub sense to the audience.

In this Third Location shot it shows the extierer side view of the pub showing a realistic shot of the size of the buliding itself. We found that the 

Dirty Diamonds Trailer Draft 1

Here is the 'Dirty Diamond' trailer, thsi trailer is only the draft of what we have to offer. The audience feeback that we will get, will let us see what we need to improve on thus giving us a new and improved version of 'Dirty Diamonds', we hope to acomplish this by Saturday 10th November 2012, then we'll update it with the feedback attached to it.