5 Minuet Drama: Pre-Production

Mood Board:  

Research into relevant filmmakers and films:

My film would be categorized inn the genre of Independent Drama, I conducted some research and analysed other similar film and filmmakers to achieve a similar standard production.

Relevant Films:

Juno:

Release Date:  
2007 

Plot:
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Director:

 Jason Reitman

Writer:

 Diablo Cody

Stars:

 Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner 

Observations Of Single Camera Techniques 

Juno is also an independent drama film, one a little less dramatic and more comedic than what I would want my 5 minuet drama to be. However I did observe from this movie that the camera techniques are similar to the ones I want to use. due to the film having a realistic feel and theme, they use single camera techniques that are very simple and subtle  the shots are not fast paces moving like an action film and the camera work is not too complex or consists of movement (just simple movement like tracking shots). This is something I want for my film as it makes the story more real, thus increasing the dramatic effect it will have on the audience.  

Release Date:  
2004

Plot:
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.

Director:

 Paul Haggis

Writers:

 Paul Haggis (story), Paul Haggis (screenplay), 

Stars:

 Karina Arroyave, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, and many more

Observations Of Single Camera Techniques 

The movie crash is more at the serious level I want to achieve from my 5 minuet drama, there are many different narratives happening at once in this film and most of the story lines happening are dramatic and shocking, this movie achieves this emotion and reaction from its target audience, by matching the drama levels with the camera techniques. In the film whenever someone's story is building up the camera movements are fairly subtle and are at a realistic and personal point of view (like most drama films), this includes shots such as, mid-shots, close-up shots, and long-shots, and the camera movements include, panning across, tracking shots and tilt-movement, but when a characters narrative becomes more dramatic, the speed and amount of shots used in a sequence suddenly increase and more camera movement are used.    

Relevant Filmmaker Research: 

Jason Reitman 

(born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian/American film director, screenwriter, and producer, best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), and Young Adult (2011). As of February 2, 2010, he has received four Academy Award nominations, two of which are for Best Director. Reitman is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States.

(information found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Reitman)