Tuesday, 25 September 2018

Sci-Fi film Shot List

Medium Shot- It starts with Kaz's back being turned to give in the streets and it is used to give an eerie and dark feeling about his character.
Long shot- Gives the audience a look at both the main characters and also Kaz talks about the experiment that got loose from the laboratory.
Close up- Shows the fear of the protagonist when he hears about the incident.
Extreme close up- It zooms in onto Jame's phone as he gets a text message from an anonymous person
High angled Shot- This is used too make the audience feel inferior to the Kaz and also intimidate them as he is the antagonist in the film.
Trailing shot- This is used to show James travelling to his garden and also to create a bit of mystery about what could be happen as he leaves.
Point Of View Shot-  This shows the perspective of the monster that is following James as he goes through the garden gate.
Close Up- This gives us a subtle hint that something has happened to the main protagonist as he drops his phone in the garden.
Medium Close Up- This shows Kaz leaving the garden smiling and the phone in the background still on the floor.

Monday, 24 September 2018

Sci-Fi TV Show Script

Script: 


Park
James walks into the park with his friend Kaz who is holding a basket ball.
Kaz: do you even know what you what to be when your older James
James: When i'm older I wanna become a reporter. Science has never been my strong suit.
Kaz: So basically you don't wanna look like some kinda Harrison Wells or something.
James: I gotta go now anyway so see ya.  
Kaz: Goodbye. than he smirks while looking at the camera

Streets
James: While he walks he also puts his headphones in and listens to music
Kaz: Slowly trails behind him
James: Checks his phone and his mother texts him to go to the garden

Garden
James: Than he walks into his garden and suddenly his garden door creaks open a little leaving a cool breeze I'm not scared of jump scares like FNAF so good luck trying to scare me Kaz. He than looks at the garden door and it suddenly opens and the screen turns black.
Kaz: walks out of the garden smiling, and than as he walks behind a tree but as he goes past the tree he becomes James.

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Sci-Fi TV Show Statement of intent

The title of my TV show is Shifter, its about a person called James who wants to become a reporter, he is warned by his friend Kaz that there is rumors of some kind of experiment that has went wrong with the experiment his father was working on and now it is creating trouble in their neighbourhood. Eventually James comes face to face with the mysterious monster and it tells him that it will ruin his life in any way possible to get revenge for what his father did.
It will start with the two boys talking in the park referencing other Sci-Fi shows like stranger things and the flash. In the middle of the episode James will be walking down the street being followed by a shadowy figure.
At the end James will be in a garden about to call someone but than the door opens slowly, this raises the tension for James and the viewer as they do not know whether or not it is wind or the creature Kaz was talking about.

In the TV show while James is walking down the road he will put head phones on and will listen to some diegetic sound while the experiment is following him, also their will be non-diegetic sound near the end to increase tension between the two characters. I will use a variety of camera shots like a long shot, medium shot, close up, medium close up, low angled shots and a wide shot.Their will be 3 locations in the 2 minutes of the TV show.
The narrative enigma of the show is who can James trust in his life as anyone could be the shape shifter and he needs a way to find out how to trap it as well. This TV show will reinforce the stereotypes of a Sci-Fi Tv show as the father of James will be a scientist that was working on a experiment.

To show that the TV show has a family audience there will be jokes that children might know but it will have a mysterious and dark vibe with it. The audience of the Shifter would most likely like Stranger Things and the flash.

The costume James will wear is a white shirt with a coat, to indicate he also knows a lot about science, Kaz will be wearing a red jacket and a baseball hat. Also the show will be shot in the day time. The only prop that will be in the show will be a basket ball which is only in Kaz hands.

The Equilibrium will be in the beginning when they are talking to each other but it will quickly switch to the disequilibrium when Kaz talks about the experiment escaping the laboratory and following James all the way to his garden.

James is the protagonist of the story and his friend is the donor as he gives him the information about his father and the experiment is the antagonist as he is in the protagonists way.
In total there 2 actors in the show these are myself and my brother.

Summer Research Project

Dr Who 
Narrative:The story starts off with a girl that jumps out of some objects, the atmosphere is mysterious and the audience don't know a lot about whats happening. This would be the equilibrium of the story. Than as the little girl opens the cube and saves her future self, one of the antagonists appears and confronts them but the doctor appears and helps them to escape. This would be the disequilibrium.

Character: At the start we are introduced to a younger version of Amy pond who walks through the museum, their is a cloud of mystery on to why she is in this exact location,.the older Amy pond is trapped in a cube, both of these characters would be considered helpers/sidekicks.
The Doctor is the protagonist of the story and he makes the audience feel relief when he appears out know where to save both of the Amy ponds.
The dalek is the antagonist, its entrance surprises the audience as the museum was very quiet before.

Iconography: The costume the doctor uses is an iconic coat from the series, it also makes it easier to recognise who the doctor is in the show. The lighting in the clip was mainly a dark blue light emitting from the cube which is to show that it is a sci-fi show. The actors in the show are the most recognisable as they have been in the show for a long period of time.

Setting:The setting is in a dark museum that gives the audience a sense of mysteriousness as a gigantic cube is in the centre and the audience doesn't know why it is in this place specifically...

Humans
Narrative:The story is about people buying robots to help them with there daily life except the robots are malfunctioning, most of the robots aren't trusted by people as they have no emotion. The story splits between 4 different people, 1 person lives their family and the robot seems to always be watching them. Also the show goes over the problems with creating machines and allowing them to be with us in our daily lives, for an example the robots may take over as we are inferior to them.

Character:The first robot seems to be a care taker and it brings uncertainty to the mother of the family as the robot is shrouded in mystery. Another person seems to have a father and son relationship with a a robot and the robot seems to be malfunctioning.
The robots in this show reinforce stereotypes as the robots are emotionless and the way they run and walk is stiff.

Iconography:The robots have contact lenses,this makes the robots look a lot more recognizable and distinct from the other characters. The actors in the show also act emotionless to give the impression of being robots.

Setting:The show is set in the near future where robots have been made to help humanity. Since it is set in the near future it sought of fits into a stereotypical sci fi. However the robots are usually in house environments which goes against the stereotypical sci fi areas.