Jeep Commercial

The Jeep comercial was an effective ad for the car. It used very quick shots that worked well with the music, enticing the viewer. We were shown 2 clips, one was a bit longer in duration that the other and I found that the first one we watch (the shorter one) was better as I was engaged for the entirety of the duration. According to The Bandrews we found this a lot better because over time our attention span has decreased meaning that we are not engaged for long period of time. It was also intriguing because of the use of different scenarios which relate to all ages and generations, all of the scenes link was that they were all having fun, going and doing exciting things with this car.

Props/Costumes

Props:

• Parliament pass
• Papers
• Mug
• Coffee
• Pen
• Papers to sign
• Flag

Costumes:

• Dress shirt
• Blazer
• High heels
• Dress pants

Assignment Reflection - more planning!

My teaser trailer is going to be similar to house of cards trailer which can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy6x4Y1wus4
I will be using fast shots, intense music and cold/ blue lighting to give the mysterious effect.
I have changed who will be playing my character, Lucia will be doing this and I will film this tonight and put a rough edit together which will then be shown tomorrow for peer drafting. I am also not sourcing news reporters, I will be filming Mrs Jobson and Mr Crowe on the green screen. I will also not be sourcing the video of parliament but instead using an image but panning it and then filming a close up shot of the flag at school to give the effect of Parliament House.

Assignment Reflection - Filming & Shots

I started filming today but didn't get as many shots as I would have liked to but hopefully I get them tomorrow. I won't be able to shoot everything I was planning to do for my rough edit but I will put in what I have and then on the weekend I will source my external shots, next week will be used to edit the final assignment and re-shoot anything if it needs to be shot. I don't know if my story is going be to clear enough as there isn't much I can do to express to the audience that she (Portia) is corrupt, so once I find the sourced footage and place it at the beginning of my film that will show that she is corrupt.

Character Profile

Sharon Anderson, age 42 an Australian politician who was later found to be corrupt. She was born in Wollongong and graduated from a private school in Sydney in 1991 where she went onto to university to study law. After a few years working with a range of law firms and not loving it as she predicted, this left her feeling empty, hopeless and unaware of what was her next chapter in life.

She decided that it just wasn’t for her and wanted to pursue a career in politics and hopefully be elected for a seat in her area. She ran for her local seat in 1998 but was not successful, as people didn’t want to trust a 25 year old because they were uncertain of how she would perform. In the next election (2001) at the age of 28 she was elected. During in late 2003 she met a man called Darren who worked as another politician’s chief of staff. By 2004 they were inseparable and were married by the end of that summer. All was going well for Sharon until late 2012, her marriage started to fall apart and she began committing serious money fraud, in mid 2013 she was exposed but there was not clear enough evidence to be arrested. Her husband left her and didn’t want to pick up the pieces of the mess she has caused herself. This media that surrounded the issue was intense, every newspaper and every channel were discussing the matter. She tried to go along with her normal life with the thought of resignation hanging over her head but decided she would try and tough it out. These serious claims caused her great distress with the upcoming election and resulted in her losing her seat in 2013, after 12 years she had no idea what was next in her life and rumours were still circling her name. By 2014 allegations of the money fraud were confirmed, the media started again and she was arrested for corruption of the Australian parliament. In the teaser trailer you see her carrying on with her normal life but see snippets of corruption in the media with the use of news snippet, a shot of the news papers and the media circling her and in the last shot it is revealed as being a lady and the whole time you believe it is a male due.  

Story boards

New Cameras

We had a look at the new cameras today and just tested them out. They are the new Canon DSLR's and lenses and we tried out the focus and different features. I can't wait to use them for our first project!!