Luca Kerrison TV and Film blog

 Task 1 - Director of Photography - They work with the Director during pre-production to come to an agreement on the look and feel of a film and finalise any equipment requirements for shooting. They're usually the first on set each day to set up the camera and lighting placements and block any scenes that are being filmed step by step, and inform the crew of what they need to do through the day. In post, they view the raw footage with the director and decide what shots are usable or not. To become a Director of Photography someone would usually have to work there way up from a technical role or spending time in a role that works closely with the director and camera/lighting crews, such as an assistant director. Assistant director - They're the leading force in pre-production planning, helming responsibility for recces and work out the requirements for location, equipment, crew and casting, all while working closely with the department heads. They have full responsibility of sc...

 1. The film is about the life and death of newspaper tycoon and politician Charles Foster Kane and a reporters search for something called "Rosebud", which held significance as Kane's last words. 2. The first scene is Kane's death scene, where he drops a snow globe and says "rosebud". 3. The next scene is the news report on Kane's life, and more specifically Xanadu, Kane's monumental Florida home. 4. The structure is very non-linear as the scenes aren't chronological. 5. The film is mostly presented through a series of flashbacks and memoirs, with the chronology of the film jumping back and forth as the source of information changes when Thompson visits a different interviewee, or in one case reading Thatchers memoir. 6.   Charles Foster Kane - An old man and former newspaper tycoon and politician, around his late 70's at his time of death. Kane is the focal point of the narrative and his motivation through the film is to try and gain contro...

  This is my DepicT! project as part of my Level 3 TV and Film BTEC, and I think it displays a good overview of my story-writing, editing and acting abilities. This is a college football game highlight reel I edited for the football media team in my own time to help them out, including some scoreboards I co-designed. This  is an essay I wrote on the requirements for a production, covering topics like finance, location, personnel, distribution and more. I think it displays my understanding, thoroughness and research skills. This is my Ben and Jerrys rebranding pitch, and I think it shows off my presentation and research skills. This  is my essay on the commissioning process for screenwriting in the UK which I think displays my good understanding of that side of the industry. This  is my script proposal Prezi which I used to pitch my screenplay idea, and shows off my presentation skills and ideas. This is an extract of my screenplay which demonstrates my ability in w...

Primary research: Primary research  is research acquired by the person finding it so they can get specific and trustworthy new data. This can be found through a variety of different methods such as surveys, questionnaires, polls and interviews. "Research means you don't know, but are willing to find out" - Charles F Kettering . Some primary research I've done is a survey I made to find out what the interests and issues were with the public (especially teens and students) and teen movies, more specifically the portrayals of teens in those films, as well as seeing whether they would be interested in my own pitch for a teen movie. Embedded above is the results of the survey which I have analysed to help in the production of my screenplay. A large part of primary research in the media industry is test screenings for new TV shows and movies. These test screenings can provide great input from general viewers and fans of franchises alike in helping make small tweaks to a mov...

Primary Research:  Create your own user feedback survey This is a survey I created to try and gauge what the public opinion and interest is in the teen genre of movie as well as interest in my own idea for a teen screenplay. I think it's a good example of research as it helped me collect a good set of data that ultimately helps the understanding of how people view teen movies and mental health, especially from the viewpoint of teens themselves. These are the responses from my survey all bundled into one flip book. This is good research for mostly the same reasons as the previous summary, however in this case not only is it more specific with data correlation at play its also public information that can be used as secondary research. Secondary Research: Unilever rebranding pitch  - This presentation was my rebranding of Ben and Jerrys, and it has a few good examples of secondary research. the first one is a demographic chart that shows a lot of data on the types of peopl...

Does the episode follow a 3 act structure or classical Hollywood narrative? The episode does follow a 3 act structure as we start the episode in what is considered normality - at least by Sherlock's standards - where Watson is at Tesco's having self-checkout troubles and Sherlock is fighting a Sikh man in his apartment, move onto the murders and the mystery of the stolen artifact that disrupted that equilibrium and finally end on another case being finished, Watson collecting the paycheck and Sherlock finding the jade dragon pin, although the actual ending hints at a much greater adversary awaiting Sherlock along with an even bigger conflict. How does binary opposition apply to this episode? Binary opposition is most clearly present in the characters, with Sherlock, Watson and Sarah presenting a traditional protagonist role against the Black Lotus Tong, the antagonists of the story, casting a very clear good vs evil dynamic in the episode. These characters also represent light ...

 

1.   Submission of work: 1.A: UK Film Festival feature Script Competition -   To enter all a participant needs to have is a finished script, however they also allow up to 6 pages of extra information including a synopsis, character profiles and details about the world within the movie. They have a few rules/terms and conditions, and those are: All entries must be in English; All scripts must be original with the participant being the copyright holder, or alternatively they must have written permission or copyright clearance from the owner of any adapted story; Any online entries require the title of the file to be the title of the script. The prizes for the winner are "Immediate marketing to the industry, winner’s laurels and the associated publicity", and both the winners and runners up will receive the latest software for writing scripts and a script listing on InkTip completely free. Overview and prizes for the UK Film Festival feature script competition BAFTA Rocliffe Ne...

  The Crazies (2010): Two examples of events that predate the ones in the film but have a direct cause to them are the plane crash, which while never shown happening in the movie the aftermath is visible as the body of the pilot is found and soon after the plane wreck, and this causes the appearance of the crazies as the plane was carrying a toxin which leaked into the towns water supply. A second example is Judy being pregnant, as this causes her to have a high temperature so that the soldiers believe shes been infected despite her telling them shes pregnant, however the pregnancy's cause happens before the events of the film as we can assume shes a few weeks/months into it. An example of an event that happens within the films time frame but isn't seen on screen is Russell trying to escape the town before it got locked down. This is shown later in the movie when we see his car on the side of the road with spiked tires given insight into his failed attempt and capture. Another ...