Planning
It is essential that together with the producer a production is needed
to be drawn out in order to plan the times spent on scenes for the production.
Detailed budget will also indicate the estimate of every cost.
Figure
6: Production management: preproduction:
Courtesy Robin Small and Mike Healey
Courtesy Robin Small and Mike Healey
Looking at the
first diagram figure 6 (Holland, P.:2000: P44) my group and I gather our ideas
by looking at various examples especially from Pulp Fiction. This developed
through building an idea around comedy drama elements which are portrayed in
today’s society. After working on the idea and the first draft of the script
the next step was to book the crew and necessary equipments. ‘It is the production manager’s job to ensure
that these tasks are done efficiently and according to the correct procedures’
(Holland, P.:2000: P45).
Meetings
Potential Discussions through social networking:
Potential Discussions through social networking:
These meeting agendas were discussed briefly
because everyone was aware of their roles and what work needed to be done. The pre-production meetings are the most
important stages throughout the production. Therefore, as a group we was able
to move ahead with the task. This is because it
outlines the process, resources, and expectations involved. It usually takes
place in the presence of the director, director’s producer, production designer
or other technical staff, writer, art director and perhaps others. As the
editor, it is vital that you take notes, listen carefully, and bring a
stopwatch to use for timing out storyboards if necessary. It is your job to
articulate the repercussions of certain decisions if they affect any aspect of
the editing or finishing process, and to gather answers for how the production
process will be done.
Moreover, figure 6 has
played a huge role in the development of our production because it gave my
group and me an insight of what stages we are at and how to work our way
towards the post production.
Quentin
Tarantino
One significant
development is changing events in film out of chronological order. This
technique is called nonlinear narrative. This technique has been used in films,
television, and even books. The technique has been thought to be used to mimic
the human memory. However, recently it has been used to make a movie more
exciting. This technique is not used often because it requires patience from
the audience. However, Quentin Tarantino is a director
that has used this technique has received great praise for it.
Through research
I have come to know that in a film non linear structure is used in various
forms either through flash backs or flash forwards. ‘In the modern age, nonlinear structure is often times hard to
notice because of the sophistication in film making and storylines. This
technique has been used since the silent era of films to present day films. It
was used in Intolerance by D.W. Griffith in 1916. Like movies
today, Intolerance used a
nonlinear storyline by telling four different stories then connecting them at
the end’ (Enamorado,
R., 2010, Yahoo Voices). Therefore, in our drama we tried to use a non linear
sequence by starting the drama with an unexpected scene. We did this to get the
audience to connect the scenes they see throughout the film.
Pulp Fiction was released in 1994. This was Quentin
Tarantino's second film. This film uses nonlinear storyline by presented characters one at
a time throughout the film. Some of the events are repeated but in the
perspective of different characters. For example the movie begins with a couple
at a diner that plan to rob everyone in it. Another story includes John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson working as hit men. At the
end of the film Travolta and Jackson end up at the same dinner as the couple in
the beginning. The use of Tarantino’s techniques has inspired my group and me as
we have tried to develop the method on our drama.
Bibliography
Books
1. Holland, P. (2000)
The Television Handbook, London: Routledge
Articles/Websites
1. Enamorado, R.
(2003) The
Use of Nonlinear Narrative in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Yahoo
Contributor Networks.
[Accessed on 10/10/2013]
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