SUMMARY - The Making & Commentary

Here is a video which summarises the Making of the film and runs a commentary over the original video. Some parts have been put in slow motion so more description could be fit in.

CAUTION: YOU MAY NEED TO TURN THE VOLUME UP TO HEAR THE COMMENTARY CLEARLY.

Final Product COMPLETED - THE RED-FIELD PROTOCOL

Here is the completed Edit and final Product of our Video Production Media Coursework for AS.

THE RED-FIELD PROTOCOL

Completed by:

Angus Bentham (my-self)

Jessica Lyon

Lauren Simpkin

Andrew McFadden

(Other Cast-names are made up to make it seem more Authentic)

FAKE: MATTHEW SMITH (Made-up name)

FAKE: JAMES CLARKE (Made-up name)

Title

We chose this title as it had a more Cryptic sound to it. The 'Red-Field' part of the title could be a hint to some kind of massacre, where much blood is spilled. The word 'Protocol', suggests some kind of Militaristic Initiative or Project which is to be executed without Mercy or Sympathy. We didn't think it was necessary to have the title entirely fit into context of the opening, because a lot of the time we don't even discover why a film is called what it is until much further on into the plot. The Film, 'Gladiator' Directed by Ridley Scott, does not even have a reference of Gladiators until much further into the film, before it becomes the focus or driving force of the plot.

We had the Title Bleach in from a dip to white that was edited in Adobe Premiere, to make it have a more interesting appearance and not look boring. This was also accompanied by a Metallic sound and the continuation of drumming on the soundtrack.

Technologies - Camera and Tripod

We used Advanced, Modern, Contemporary technology to produce this film opening, including an advanced HD Panasonic Video Camera and a High Quality Tripod.

TRIPOD

 Here is a close up of the Tripod we used. It's height could be adjusted to anywhere between 2ft and over 6ft. It's panning capabilities were really efficient, so we could get very subtle,gradual and barely noticeable pans, as well as Fast-Action Dramatic Whip-Pans, if we wanted.

This Photograph shows the full tripod, with adjustable pieces along the legs for the height. Here it is standing at about 5ft.

This Tripod was used for all the Radio Mast Shots, and for the Interrogation Scene. The Shaky-Cam moment at the end of the opening was filmed without using this tripod, but rather it was a hand-held shot.











CAMERA

This photograph shows the side of the camera. It had been attached to the Tripod.

This photograph shows Lauren Simpkin (Producer and Camera Operator) preparing the Camera for a test shoot.

Here is another side-shot of the Camera, showing it's other side. It had an adjustable Focus Pull dial at the front, attached to the lens. The Camera was DIGITAL and used a 7GB SD Card to store the Video Footage we collected.

Here is another Photograph of the Panasonic HD Camera.

Technologies - Microphone & Sound Mixing

Here are some Photographs of the SOUND RECORDING equipment we used to record the Radio Broadcast at the Beginning.

Attract & Address Audience

Here is a screenshot of comments we received on the film opening, after it was uploaded to YouTube.

Target Audience

Our target Audience would probably be 16-24 year old's, the most common target audience for modern Hollywood Films. At this age, people are willing to go and see films at the cinema; they may be students or have an active teenage social life, therefore entertainment is an important part of every day life. We do however expect our audience to be the more mature teenagers and adults as there is little or no comedy within it and much of it's cinematographic style is meant to be artistic, but not to the extent of this being an art-house film.

Overall I would expect this film to receive a 12/15 age-certificate from a company like the BBFC (British Board for Film Classification). If the film were to continue there would be many scenes of devastation and war as seen in the Concept Art I created in the post about Genre.