Production week 1!!

Contextual report!
First days of production!!


The first few shooting wasn't that bad. we faced a lot of problems like the lighting and the sound.
Our first shooting was last Saturday. We shoot the part where Tyler is meeting Umbra and Ardillia at the underground basement/ vent area. Using the light from the upper vent room to light up the one we were in. Playing with sounds and the angle of the camera to make tricks.
The second day of filming...
AS PROOF 
Yesterday we were filming the new reports part.
So here is all we got so far, combine into one.

most of the places we film were outdoor and at night so there wasn't any power points to use. So we used the light from the background or the lights from our car or the flask from the camera.


On the second day we were doing the part where Tyler, Umbra and Ardillia were driving to where they think Ignis is. Taking from the underground parking, I recorded them driving out of the underground parking and from the inside as well. After that we went to the open car park to film the chasing part. Where Tyler chased Ignis. We filmed from many different angle. From a far, from Tyler's point of view, from Ignis's point of view and from the front view. Unfortunately i felt down half way through and had to rush back to get medical help. 



We did it in a class room but use the white background to make it more professional. Here we didnt have a lot of problem but the echo sound in the background so we are planning to edit the sound and rerecord the sound again. Here is the last video. 

My experience working with my group members. So far there wasn't a lot of drama yet, but we take a long time to get work done. Some get distracted a lot and as for me i cant stay out very late. So there are a number of obstacles in our way but so far everything is going not too bad.

1) Select 2 scenes, explain and describe the visual concept based on your understanding of design principles.

Making 2D objects look 3D!

 

The angle from where the camera shoots from is the key in making a piece of board look 3D. The shading of the drawing on the board is also important in making the drawing 3D.

Playing with shadows to make illusions.

This part we are using objects and shadows to make the head for the audience at the back. The back will be very dark and blur, only the silhouette will be seen. Hence looking like a huge audience is present.

2) Select 1 or 2 scenes and explain how film noir contributes to design in the context of visual communication, multimedia or interior design; whichever applies to taste or preference.

This part has a huge noir role in the film. The scene is very dark and only parts of the interior is exposed to light. In this scene Tyler is meeting up with Umbra and Ardillia to talk about their plan on how to kill Ignis. They thought the shadows and secret room would allow them to talk openly and secretly but what they didn't know is they are also at a disadvantage because Ignis is a master of shadows and is hiding in the shadow while listening to their plan.


3) State your opinion critically about the current composition value and discuss the metaphors and analogies used in the narrative and what they represent 


you live by the sword, you die by the sword by Matthew

 verse 26:52

This verse is when Simon Peter pulls out his sword to defend Jesus but Jesus told him to sheath the sword because "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

In our film how Ignis dies in the end cause of his most trusted disciple who killed him.You live by illusions you die by illusions... How he uses it for evil and kidnapping, it was all used back on him. How Umbra and Ardillia attacked Ignis with illusions and finally Tyler kill him once and for all.

Testing the effects for our starting.

Places we going to film at...

Story board! and naratives!

INTRO : 
~ The scene opens at present time. 
- a plain black scene appears 
- a match stick is being lit by an adventurous traveller in an ancient pyramid
- He starts reading the ancient hieroglyphs on the walls
- Suddenly the markings of a man appears and a brick opens, leading to an open compartment.
- It contains a scroll.... our story begins.

SCENE 1 (as the narrator reads, the scene goes back to past times) :
- The picture of a happy family of 3 appears
- Ignis Whittle - main character Nicholas Lim is introduced
- Suddenly, the picture starts to have drips of blood all over it
- The scene fades to black and we are standing over a graveyard, with Ignis's kneeling by the tombstones of his parents. There is anger in his eyes.
- Ignis starts to isolate himself from his friends and society, practicing on his magic tricks and illusions.

SCENE 2
- Ignis comes out of the shadows, suited up, and started performing to attract peoples attention.
- He gained more and more followers over time
- Focus is shifted to Tyler, who is amongst the crowd, bewildered by Ignis's magic tricks.
-Tyler joins Ignis's disciples and becomes his most trusted follower to a point where Ignis teaches Tyler his tricks.

SCENE 3
- Ignis has a big trick in mind, he tells Tyler his master plan out of trust
- His master plan is to hypnotise everyone into emotionless human beings because he believes true happiness doesn't exist (based on past experience) and eventually kidnapping them to be his followers
- He prepares his trick, and hypnotises his audience
- At a snap of his finger, the scene turns pitch black

SCENE 4
- The news report is turned on, and the reporter states that there are mass amount of disappearance happening lately.
- As the reports keep going on, Tyler switches off the tv.
- He cups his face with his hands in dismay as he hears reports of families being in pain that their loved ones have disappeared.
- His soft side kicks in and he decided to act on it by planning with Umbra and Ardillia (fellow followers of Ignis) to overthrow Ignis and set things right.
- The 3 of them (ardillia, umbra and tyler) meet up and plot their attack
- Ignis over heard their plot to kill him and prepares for their attack.

SCENE 5
- Ignis goes to bed earlier, and Tyler slowly approaches Ignis and stabs him.
- It turns out that the "ignis" in bed was just an illusion
- The girls (Ardillia and Umbra) comes into the room
- As they close to door, the real Ignis appears behind them
- They approached Ignis, Ignis claps his hands and all 3 disappeared from the room and appeared at the lake nearly falling into it.
-It was in Tyler's intuition that Ignis would be at the main base, thus they rushed to him, via car.

SCENE 6
- They approached the meeting base and saw that Ignis was there
- Tyler and Ignis got into an argument and Tyler got mad and tried to stab Ignis
- Ignis disappeared and reappeared behind him near the two girl and kills them.
- After that he ran and threw razor sharp cards towards Tyler, and Tyler returned by throwing knives at Ignis
- Ignis got injured and tripped and fell.
- Tyler stabs Ignis, thus killing him.

ENDING
- Tyler stares at the dead Ignis startled at what he had done
- An idea sparks in Tyler's brain. Greed, power, domination filled his heart.
- He decides to take over the cult
- He becomes the new Ignis.

Character and Outfit 

Ignis Whittle is refereed to Snipe. 

• serious
• anal-retentive
• strict
• sensitive but does not show it
• has a soft spot

Tyler refereed to Lupin.

• humorous
• can be serious at times
• rebellious
• stubborn

Umbra refereed to Hermoine.

 

• illusionist
• serious
• organised
• smart
• not superstitious
• do not believe in destiny
• egoistic

Ardillia refereed to Sybill Trelawney.

• hypnotist
• kukoo 
• odd personalities - superstitious
• believes in destiny

Main Characters :
1. Ignis Whittle - Nicholas
2. Tyler - Fariz

Supporting roles :
1. Umbra - Sarah Jane
2. Ardillia - Maegan


Characteristics.

1. Ignis Whittle
- main illusionist of the story
- founder of the cult Ignis Faatus ( objective : to take away happiness from the world just as how his happiness was taken away)
- vengeful
- introvert
- lost his parents at a young age, murdered.
- successfully created a cult
- has trust issues
- villainous

2. Tyler
- Ignis's most devoted disciple and illusionist
- lusts for power and control
- deceptive
- has a soft side
- fast learner
- two-faced
- performer (knows how to mislead Ignis's trust)

3. Umbra
- illusionist recruited by Ignis
- loyalty lies with Tyler
- uncontrollable
- has a grungy,rebellious look
- killed by Ignis during 'The Foray'
- close friends with Ardillia

4. Ardillia
- hypnotist recruited by Ignis
- loyalty lies with Tyler
- spooky
- dark
- close friends with Umbra
- killed by Ignis alongside Umbra during 'The Foray'

References 

The first reference is a world famous magician named Criss Angel!

Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos 

Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos also know as Criss Angel in his shows Mindfreak is one of the magician we used to reflect on our main characters. His very unpredictable and does crazy stuff that is life threatening. Some of his tricks even his manger doesn't know what is gonna happen next. His trick are also very weird and to our eyes and mind just impossible...  

The second references is got is from the show Now You See Me.

This show has a lot of mind and eyes tricking parts. A lot of the basic of magic has been used here and yet it leaves a very big effect on the viewers. The summary of the show is about a group of 4 street magicians are brought together by an unknown benefactor and follow the instructions gave by the unknown benefactor to perform the trick of the century and see if they were good enough to join The Eye.   

The third reference is from the show The Illusionist. 

This show happened in a time where science wasn't that powerful. Tricks that uses modem technology like 3D hologram were used as tricks. The summary of the story was the illusionist found the women he felt in love with when he was younger but that women was soon to be the Prince future wife. He plot a huge trick to get both the women and his self away from the prince forever. Like a huge magic trick in making both of them disappear! 

    

The Fourth reference is from the book Harry Potter.

The character in our film will be based one people from Harry Potter.

1. Ignis- Snape 

2. Tyler- Lupin

3. Umbra- Hermionie  

4. Ardillia- Sybille

Calendar

DIRECTOR – Sarah Jane
Film Director + Tech control – Nicholas
Wardrobe + Make up + Script – Maegan
Lighting + Secondary Filming – Maegan
Editor – Fariz

Progress and pictures