The Filmmaking Journey of Tom Swales

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15th October 2019 I had to create a proposal to explain my idea and explain the production requirements, length of work, the target audience, crew/cast, contingency plan and soundtrack. I also explained how my idea will be a unique selling point and why my production will stand out.  My Idea for the 15 seconds Greggs advert is going to be a guy runs into a room and says ‘I have the briefcase from pulp fiction’ and the rest of the people in the room don’t really believe him. But when he opens the brief case the light shines on them and they pull out a Greggs sausage roll and takes a bite.  I then had to create a pitch to try and sell my proposal. I had to do an introduction about myself, explain research I have undertaken, my idea for the project, skills i will bring to the project, target audience, contingency plans and locations for filming. I had to speak with confidence and excitement to show that I believe in my idea and that I am excited for this project.  ...

Film Noir Our brief was to create a short film in the style of a film noir and it wasn't allowed to have any dialogue. Over a weekend we all went home and researched what a film Noir is, we found out that it is a black and white movie and it is often set around gangsta's. After this we brainstormed different ideas of what our story could be about. Our idea was a hit man who lost his wife now and his next target was a friend. Once we had a story we wrote a storyboard. The storyboards were crucial because we had no dialogue to tell the story. We had our story set out and we began filming. Kai was the main camera man and Sam directed the film, and me and James acted in the film. Me and Sam also edited the film. We all had a good input with the movie and we all expressed our different ideas. We had to get a realistic bullet wound so we asked makeup if they could help us. We first filmed all the shots we needed without makeup and over lunch James got the makeup done and we began f...