Production Companies

Production Companies :

Paramount - The Godfather 

Paramount - Four Brothers 

Imagine Entertainment - J Edgar 

Universal - The Good Shepherd 

Weinstien Company -  Lucky Number Slevin 

Anonymous Content - Rendition 

Goskino - Battleship Potemkin 

What my research has shown is that the production companies that make the films that I researched are all relatively big and well known production companies and if they aren’t then they are not as well know companies which  is kind of ironic it is almost as if the production companies range from two different sides f a spectrum. The film that I am basing my film on is called Invisible Children which is not one that I have put up an analysis of but will hopefully be able to get done it I can find the film and it does not have a listed production company so if my film where produced it would probably be through an independent film production company rather than through the typical large scale production companies.

Title

I posted on my blog a few days ago that I could really do with some input into what I wanted my film to be named now my research suggested that I should go with a one word title but then Mr Earl suggested that I name my film Road To Damascus and even though it’s three words long I think that it is a brilliant title so that’s what I am calling my film Thank You Mr Earl  

Blog Evaluation

Blog Evaluation 

I as went and looked over my blog again I have realized that I have got the basics down I have my storyboard and a rough layout of the scenario which is what I needed to have on. Now I don’t have on my blog a script and this is because I am making a fake documentary so it needs to have a kind of natural feel about it so later on I am going to a layout of what will be covered in each of the different scenes and I am going to lay it out as the storyboards are covered so the numbers will correspond to the storyboard. 

Another thing that I think I need to clarify is what production companies make these kind of  films that I have been researching and so I am going to add a blog post about that later too. 

Again I am also going to try and add some more pictures and possibly videos to my blog so that it is a more multi media set up rather then as text heavy as it is now. 

I am also going to try and start filming soon so there will hopefully be some footage for people to see.

As it stands I think that there is some improvements to be made on my blog but I think that I am generally on the right line .....  

Title

My research has helped me realise that the best and most effective title would be a one or two word title so if you have any suggestions i would love to hear them ....

Story Boards

Production Schedule

Props : 

Most scene won’t need any but there might be the use of hous hold items and also some files showing the work that the journalist is doing....

Filming Locations :

House, Shildon, and possibly the airport and maybe even some road scenes 

Actor :

Andrew Wade 

Possible Filming dates : ( updated schedule to follow)

7-12 January 

14-19 January 

21-23 January 

Scenario and link to research

So in my last blog I kind of just roughly outlined what I am planning to do for my final project but here I hope to give you a more detailed description... 

In my film there is going to be a focus on one actor which will be a journalist who is preparing to go to syria to report on the situation there and this will be the main focus of the opening sequence there will be a lot of the man talking into the camera and discussing how he feels and what is going on in his mind and what he has to do to get ready to go off on his mission. 

The rest of the film if I had the resources to make it would consist of going to Syria and meeting the people there and just basically giving a really in depth view of what is going on in the country and how the people are surviving in the war zone. The film would probably also have moments of conflict between the main character wanting to stay and document and the characters boss telling him to come home and that the project was a waste of time which would inspire a rebellious nature in the main character and make him want to stay and help the people of the country. To make the film really thought provoking and emotional the film would probably end with the main characters death. 

I have decided to make my film this way because my researched showed that a main character who is kind of obscure and different from the norm is a really great plot line because people want to try and understand great people and they often can’t so it is best to make a character who is hard to relate to and goes through some kind of change.

I also learnt that patriotism to a certain country is a powerful plot line because it adds to this idea of not being able to understand people because no one can really understand this idea of true patriotism because people are selfish and can’t imagine the sacrifices for one country. 

I will hopefully have the story boards up soon ......