George Redstone (Blogger 2016/17/18)

In my pre-production, I had completed a Shot list, Concept Art, a Script, a Storyboard and a Recce. After review of doing this and also making all of my work double checked and thought over, I fell to the assumption that my film will have to be cut down. Originally, I hosted a survey of a lot of people and got just under 100 responses. They all wanted my Documentary to be 25-30 minutes but I feel as if my film will not be optimised at that amount of time as it could be considered as 'dragging on' and that would lose engagement from the audience to the film. They could be induced if the film was around 10-15 minutes since there still will be the same amount if not, more information said. For proof of the audience wanting it to be shorter, there was a crossroads in a decision so of course, I went with the larger. I won't be completely alone on this decision as the other half of the audience wanted it to be 8-10 minutes which was still the second biggest vote, and some eve...

In my film, I have access to a lot of useful equipment related to what I want to achieve with inspiration such as Top Gear and The Grand Tour. I will also use a drone in my shoot as the Grand Tour and Top Gear do that also. Yes, this will be heavily based on them but I will be doing my own thing in terms of making it a lot longer than what they do with that particular part of their show and also interviewing people. This will help express my point and pivot people view on the car by giving them the common opinion. In the 'showboating' part of my Documentary, I will make it the most cinematic part and the best aesthetically pleasing section in the film. This is because I want it to represent the car in a good light and make the car look good while also going fast, which is another inspiration. I'm not completely copying Top Gear and Grand Tour, however, as this will be different, I will be using different shots to the shows and filtering it in editing but also stabilizing t...

Doing my recce, I went on google maps to plan my shots and plan the angles that I will use in my film. I mapped it out on paper first, so that I could go in prepared and know what I'd be doing on location since it would be sunny and I will know what will happen on location. I think that it's always great to plan these kinds of things since I love to be organised. I always try to stay ahead and make my trip as easy as possible since I will have a lot to do on that day. It's key for me to know this since it isn't easy to know exactly what's going to happen because of obviously traffic and road obstructions so I took a picture of the car park to find a quiet spot. The sheet, however, is crucial because it tells me where I'll be shooting, not only that but where the camera angle is so I can go straight in on location and get it done with no hassle. I marked out 3 locations, one being Priddy forest, where I will use the drone and get a follow shot of the car an...

To plan my FMP shooting and to help me prepare for my script, I have done my storyboards. The first one is the plan and basically, index to all the ones I did. I have split my film up into 6 sections that are all equally detailed, I have made myself think ahead as well. This gives me a very nice ground to build on for my planning for my shoot because with this, I know what my film will be about. Since My film has to be 25-30 mins, 30 ÷ 6 = 5. This means that I can only spend 5 minutes on each section which is a nice crisp whole number for me to say everything in. This means that the voice overs are a huge part and to make my script for that, I will be referencing this to remind myself of my style and also give me ideas for what to say. I have given myself a valid amount of time since I think that getting my point across in 5 minutes is enough depending on the speed of which I pace my film at. In my introduction, I plan to set the pace and give people a taste of what ...

For concept art, I wanted to go retro and bring in something that would be suitable for my film in simplicity and style. I knew that colour was the main problem since I didn't know if I could make the car pop enough. I chose orange since it is the same secondary colour as the car and I know that orange and blue work well together. The other posters correlate to an opposite colour to the car but I chose differently and kept to just the one colour scheme (orange and blue) I didn't want to overcomplicate this and choose a bad colour for it but if I had to if chose green since that is classic lotus colours. It would be more of the Goldfinger green as that stays true to the origin. I love the simplicity as said before because it is so cool and it is definitely something I'd have on my bedroom wall which is what all movie posters are supposed to do and what they are for. There were a lot of bubbles to represent sun reflection on the original but I edited them out to keep true t...

I created a concept art poster to experiment with the idea I have. I wanted to implicate the Ca'7'erham so that the audience it had the original Lotus logo and the new Caterham one. I felt this was necessary as it is a hint to what the film is about and what will be said in it. A look at how it is both a Caterham and Lotus '7'. It shares it just as their history does. I also have the main car of all, the car that beat the likes of a Bugatti Veyron around the Top Gear test track and therefore is looked upon as a historic car. I will hopefully see this car in the flesh in my Documentary and so it will play a part in my film and poster The reason for 'More Than A Car' is because it is and in this poster that fact is quite literally elevated as I made it 3D. To the community of Caterham car owners, there are a lot of people that back the cars al the way through, from the karting to the academy and then to them owning one themselves. It is some peoples'...