Here's Danica filming a close-up of the clock,
homage to the original film.
Suad is holding the camera slightly higher than eye level,
to create a slight high-angle of Danica, The Brain
Danica is filming Mimi's outfit which is a typical 'athlete' outfit.
Consisting of trainers and an athletic jacket.
In order to get a low angle shot, Danica is crouching down
and tilting the camera upwards
Mimi filmed a tilt of the lockers with graffiti saying 'I hate Mondays!!'
Mimi is importing all of our clips from our
hard drive on to Final Cut Pro
In order to make the our re-make look similar to the original, we had to put temporary graffiti on the lockers. We used white board pens, so that we could rub it out afterwards.We had to get an extra to be 'The Criminal' and Suad, from group 27 joined our group. The allowed us to have 5 distinctive characters, without any of us being two characters. We found locations that resemble the locations shown in The Breakfast Club, such as the cafeteria, the classroom, the locker hall and the detention room. When filming, we had to consider the surroundings, as we filmed during the school day.
Aim: we aim to reproduce and recreate the title sequence of The Breakfast Club. Props we'll use:
Basket-case: dark clothing
Athlete: sports coat, trainers
Princess: earrings, watch, gloves, bag
Criminal: black clothing, sunglasses
Brain: hat, puffer jacket, glasses(masking tape), books
Planning decisions: Filming: 9:00am-10:00am We aren't going to copy the original Breakfast Club, but we've decided to introduce the settings, by using a variety of shots showing the interior and exterior of the school. We've decided to cut out the scene with the teacher, as we want to focus on portraying the 5 different stereotypes; The Brain, The Princess, The Basket-Case, The Criminal and The Athlete. Editing: 10:00am-12:00pm We are going to use Final Cut Pro to edit our opening. We want to show the titles on a black screen with yellow/orange writing, paying homage to the original opening. Storyboard:
The 'basket-case' will be shot with long shots at high angle so that she can appear to be timid and isolated
The 'Criminal' will be shot close up and at a low angle as he is portrayed as intimidating
The 'Athlete' will be shot at a high angle. Although he is the head of the the football team, he is still seen as inferior by the criminal.
We are going to film the 'Princess' at low angles to show her sense of authority.
The 'brain' is going to be shot at a high angle to make him look small and inferior
Pictures and updates to show your group planning: Locations:
Cafeteria
Library
Hallway
Front of the school
Music: 'Don't You (forget about me)' by Simple Minds, as this is the iconic music linked to The Breakfast Club
1. What does Thomas Sutcliffe mean when he says "Films need to seduce their audience into long term commitment. While there are many types of seduction, the temptation to go for instant arousal is almost irresistible"
- Thomas Sutcliffe tried to express what he meant through the quote of "Sam Fuller", who is a writer and director. Sam Fuller states that "if your first page of the book doesn't give satisfy the audience, you should throw the damn book in the trash." Ultimately meaning that in order to gain the audience's attention you must grab the audiences attention at the very beginning of the film and that's what film makers are trying to achieve today.
2. According to Director Jean Jacques Beineix, what are the risks of "instant arousal"?
- The risks of instant arousal, according to Director Jean Jacques Beineix is that you must nurse your audience into their desires of the movie, accept to wait and let the sanctification grown. If you start strong, you'll have the problem of what's going to happen next, is it going to be strong as the beginning?
3. Explain why "a good beginning must make the audience feel that it doesn't know nearly enough yet, and at the same time make sure that it doesn't know too little"
- This ultimately emphasises that as a film maker you must draw the rules up for audiences engagement to the film, the crowd is full of anxiety and you must make the relationship of the audience and the film last but not give away everything but still make them wanting to carry on with the film to discover more.
4. What does critic Stanley Kauffmann describe as the classic opening? Why does this work?
- Critic Stanley Kauffmann describe a Classic opening as "an establishing shot - New York - filmed from East side of New York, cross into a shot of a building, camera looks up to buliding, goes through the window, pass the reception desk". You have been told by this simple classic opening process the location, occupation of the hero and everything is in place. Therefore making it work well.
5. Why is Kyle Cooper's title sequence to the film Seven so effective?
- Kyle Cooper's title sequence to the film Seven was effective because the sequence stimulated and hit the audience, the title sequence also foreshadows and told the story of the film making it effective.
6. What did Orson Welles want to achieve with his opening to the film A touch of evil? What did universal studios do to it ? Why?
- What Orson Welles wanted to achieve with his opening, A Touch of Evil is making the audience head straight into the film with no credits, title or production company logo. This upset the production studios and they took action.
