Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Production Log


Production log

0-5- Opening shot is of Dave who is the artist and protagonist making a statement on his ideology of graffiti. He will be framed infront of a graffiti wall in the garden of the Railway Tavern pub. The camera will be at a low angle only getting his mouth in the shot.

5-10- Stock footage of graffiti on the news (mixture of good and bad etc Banksy)
Music to be edited with the footage with correct connotations.

10-15- hand held footage of the protagonist and my self walking to the location he has decided to paint which should be at Stoney Road. Music starts (Hip Hop).

15-20- Multiple panning shots of the wall protagonist will paint on at Stoney Road.

20-25- more footage from interview asking how he started, framed the same but containing cut aways of his hands or cutaway to a side shot.

25-30-Interview with some one affected by graffiti, shop owners etc. Framed behind the counter/bar if a business.

30-35-Close up shot of spray can when artist is starting to paint. Diegetic sound of spray can rattling and spraying.

35-40- Long shot of protagonist painting. Framed in the centre of the shot. Music starts (hip hop)

40-45- Interview footage asking if it’s an obsession whilst cutting away to show his hands again.

45-50-interview footage from some one affected Framed in front of location or in front of some graffiti if still there.

55-60-Stock footage from news of a graffiti artist that died on the train tracks. Non diegetic sound of music over the top but so you can still hear what the news reader is saying.

60-65-back to long shot of protagonist painting. Framed to the left of the shot so the other graffiti on the wall gets in the shot. Non diegetic music starts.

65-70-staged or real chase scene located at Stoney Road. Diegetic sound of running.

70-80-interview with him answering a couple of questions about does he get scared when he goes out in the middle of the night. Camera cuts away to side shot.

80-85-close up of protagonists hands with paint on them and different panning shots and hand help camera movements of graffiti walls located around Digbeth in Birmingham. Non diegetic sound from music.

85-90-footage of trains going past in a field that’s located at the bottom of my street (a lot of trains with graffiti on go past). Diegtic sound of trains going past.

90-95-hand held shot of walking through the field at the bottom of my street. Non diegetic sound of music.

95-105-interview with victim on if its affected their business. Framed behind counter/bar.

105-110-stock footage of what’s classed as vandalism (tagging). Diegetic sound of news reader.

110-115-interview asking why he does it. Cutting away to over the shoulder shot just getting his mouth in the shout.

115-120-shot of him showing me different pieces he’s done in various locations. Diegetic sound of him explaining where hes painted.

120-125- ill ask the protagonist if he has ever been caught or if he’s had any close calls.


125-130-panning shot of the wall as he’s painting it. Non diegetic music.

130-145- montage of lots of different shots with people painting graffiti edited at a quick pace with non diegetic sound of the song souls of mischief -93 til infinity over the top.

145-150-back to interview and asking if theres any political reason behind what hes doing or if he just enjoys vandalising stuff.

150-160- more close up shots of him spraying the wall at Stoney Road. All diegetic sound of the can.

160-165-Interview with victim asking them if they find any part of graffiti as art or whether they see it all as vandalism.

165-180- Another montage but of different pieces of stock footage that contain victims of graffiti. This is to show two sides of a story through two montages. Non diegetic music will be used over the top.

180-200- Interview with Katrina, a trainee police officer to get her opinion on the effects of graffiti and how it could be prevented.

200-205- interview with protagonist asking him if he ever feels bad for the damage hes caused whilst cutting away to a side shot or close up of the mouth.

205-210- Non diegetic music starts again with him painting  the wall located at Stoney Road. Filmed at a low angle.

210-220- Interview with land lady of the railway Tavern pub getting her opinion of graffiti and the people that do it as a lot of graffiti artists drink in there. Framed in front of the big graffiti wall.

220-225-panning shot of the graffiti at the Railway Tavern pub to show how good the artwork looks and how its not just vandalism. Non diegetic music.

225-235- A time lapse of the protagonist painting from a long shot whilst on screen graphics show stats taken from Nuneaton council on how graffiti has risen or fallen in the last so many years. Non diegetic music.

235-240- Final statement from one of the victims of graffiti to conclude their side of the story. All diegetic sound.

240-245- Final quote from protagonist to get his final say on the effects of graffiti. All diegetic sound until music starts to get louder at the end of the film.

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Influence

                             

This is the trailer for a documentary that follows a street artist called "Roadsworth". From watching this I have had an idea to actually interview people who's lives graffiti may have damaged to get their side of the story. I intend to adopt a similar exploration approach to my film. I would hope to explore why artists are compelled to perform such activities.

Monday, 3 December 2012

Influence

                           

This documentary called 'Infamy' is another one of the main influences for my work. This documentary focuses a lot deeper into why graffiti artists pursue their art. It does this by interviewing not only the artists but their mothers, girlfriends and best friends. The documentary reveals that some of the artists began it because of a gang background and others do it because they ran away from their dysfunctional homes. This clearly confirms my initial idea that the characters that are the focus of documentaries do have something missing, a 'lack'. Also regular conventions of the documentary format are interviews with family and friends - an approach I could adopt. it also focusses on another character called Joe Connolly who is a self described Anti Graffiti Guerrilla to show the effects that graffiti causes to other people.

This documentary has gave me the idea to not only explore the graffiti artists mind but to also explore the people effected by graffiti. I will do this so that i have two sides of the story, the cause and the result. I will also take influence from this documentary to help accomplish the brief as the miss en scene has been chosen carefully to pretty much always capture the artists on the streets or in some form of "rough" area. I will also film my characters in "rough" areas and on the streets as it helps reflect the physiological impact roaming the streets most nights has had.