Producion Journal.

On monday the 22 of august, we started filming and making some shots from the security´s cameras in the city, where we took some good ones for adding in the filming.
On twesday the 23d we were off day from school all day for filming. So first we woke up in the morning and started making some films on my valcony where we could see the traffic from the city and also we filmed everything that was happening in 30 minutes. We have made some good shots from the city, and also from the Police´s car passing near us in one ocation.
We had some problems with the battery, but was not a big deal, so the only thing that was perturbated was the streem cold. We had for our´s disposal one tripod and a very good camera from Ramiro´s brother (my brother) and also another camera.
We had almost 9 interviews from people that where in the streets walking, and also from one policeman who talked about his carreer. Also we have their names and surnames which is very important for the film to look more professional.
We had achieved all this in Ramiro´s computer (my computer) and we need to use anotherone, because of some difficulties we had with the discoordination from movement and sound, so we are sorting that problem out.
In the research we had being searching lots of videos from youtube, where people were insecure and also were robbed.
All we have done is the preparation for the raugh film edition which we are hoping to finish it yet.
Some of the interviews had been made in Ramiro´s house, and also in the garage from the building, also we habe one in the "plaza" and from mothers of young kids which had a talk about their security and of their childs.

Super size me

1) Voice over of narrator. Showing b-roll of a subject. Name, occupation, titles on screen when first interviewed.

2) No, interviewed can respond as long as it is a clear statement.

3) Level shots: Camera on left/right/middle-variety of positions. Medium close-ups.

4) There are no movements from the camera, stays still. Only moves from one shot to other shot, in some cases, you may notice the editing.

5) They are looking to the other side of the camera, but sometimes they do face the camera.

6) Shot, no silence, concise.

7) He had to do lots of researches, for knowing exactly what to ask, from internet I think, also from magazines, and also by going by his own to MC Donald’s, and ask there.

Production Journal.

Today, 15 august, we have done some researchs for videos of robberies videos in youtube, but we havent got up to now a clear one which we are looking for. We havent found anything B-roll footage that we thought that was good filmed, or that was clear.
Locations have been done by Honorio and me, which we have it all clear, for visiting those places in the future, for making interviews and some shots which where thought by Santos.
I will have my camera prepared for an ocation where I can film the sky (for making some good effects in the filming) which is going to be edited by Honorio. This is going to be representing how time passes and its getting darker, and the process of the sky, how the clouds move.

Tarantino´s script-

EXT. City Center- Morning

Alejo: You know, on a summer day a milkshake is the best thing there is to cool us down but I can´t find a good place which sells it don’t they know sellers could become millionaires if they added a milkshake to their menu??

Santiago: I don’t care having a normal icecream.

Alejo: You should care, they are two totally different things! You can have a milkshake at any time cause its faster to consume and the flavor is much better, you can also mix flavors at your preference and add cookies or toppings and drink it all mixed it up. Its like a subway sandwich but with icecreams.

Santiago: What about Mc Donald´s milkshake?

Alejo: I hate it, it tastes like plastic, I prefere a Dunkin Donuts Milkshake but they only have one flavor which is vanilla and they always mix it with coffee.

Santiago: Two tickets please?

Cashier: To where sir?

Santiago: The nearest stop.

Cashier: Next stop is Wallaby sir, the subway will be passing in 3 minutes so you better hurry.

Alejo: How much?

Cashier: 2.20 dollars.

(They pay with 5 dollars and go to the subway stop)

Cashier: Sir Don`t forget your change!

Alejo: It’s all yours.

Cashier: Thank you! Have a nice day!

Alejo and Santiago enter the subway and sit in the sits nearer the entrance.

Santiago: What time is it?

Alejo: 10.03

Santiago: Right in time

Alejo: We should get breakfast.

Santiago: I’m starving.

They live the suitcase in the subway and leave the station. The subway station explodes while they walk away to have breakfast, neither of them turns around.

Production Journal.

Confronting an inconvenience: Ramiro's cop's possible dissappearance.
        Further solutions: -Honorio's cop?
                                   -Immediate tries to contact the former cop

Furher Points to Cover: -More thorough research (still shots, newspaper articles, statistics, etc)
                                     -Decision (final one/s) over the locations of shooting
                                   

NARRATOR= (should there be a voice-over or talent pushing the documentary forwards? Or just visual artifacts?)
           Final Decision= At least a voice over, to give a more dynamic and interactive documentary flow.

Other Objective: START OF SHOOTING (During weekend or day of the week)  - Specially artistic scenes.

Following the transcript of dialogue.

D) Who are these people and how does the film let us know?

i) They look like normal people; they have a deal and need shut guns for something we don’t know yet.

-Criminals gangster, dressed, earing, drug conversation.

ii) What we haven’t expected in this case, is the last part, where they say that they need shotguns for this deal.  

-Topics of conversation, hamburgers, small talk, doesn’t fit with their costume, not planed related.

 iii) They are talking about legal and illegal things, such as taking hash in other country, also about MC Donald’s in Paris.

-Criminal activity, their task, Tarantino, genre of crime,

iv) This would be, when they start talking about how many people are in the place, and that they need for this, shot guns.

-The task, guns, illegal activity they will carry out.

v)- When they had the discussion about MC Donald’s, character development-mood if characters, balance the violence or action of what happens next, questions, their professionalism, twisting conventions. 

Quentin Tarantino

1) He mixes up features from the past and with the present. Also their dialogue are of extreme violence.

2) Tarantino learned from his craft days and video clerk days (he wasn´t a student).

3) It was critized, because the people said that it was kind of a copy from King Kong´s movie, City On Fire.

4) Crime and gangster films.

5)
"God's Eye POV"   

Is for showing in a dynamic way, what’s going on, and also it is for the viewer to have a look to the whole action.

“Close Ups on Lips”

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This shot is for showing how sensual this woman can be. Also is a perfectly zoomed shot, which shows her expression with her lips.

“The Mirror Shot”

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This shot is usually used when the characters are going crazy, or they are afraid, so this close-ups are very important in Tarantino`s movies.

6) For the mirror shot is very important to know that its purpose is to show how the character is feeling, and is some private moment from himself where he is the only one talking alone, and also in most cases, on this type of shots, we can see their facial expressions.

 

This shot is from Kill Bill: volume 2, and she is looking at her stomach, probably thinking if she is fat, or not.

7)

a) A Mexican Standoff is when there is one shot showing two individual situations at once, with guns.

b) This term, comes from “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” from Sergio Leone. This is one of the Quentin’s favorites from 1966.

c) Getting the Dosh

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This is another example of a Mexican Standoff.

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d) From the Tarantino`s:

"Reserviours Dogs"

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In True Romance : Police vs. Mafia

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8)

a) A MacGuffin is literary one device that it is used frequently in stories, plays and films. It is usually an object that motivates the actions of characters, while having little actual meaning to the plot. In other words, it helps the movie going forward with a special motivation.

b) In the Pulp Fiction, when Vincent and Jules, they return to Marsellus, in here, the motivation for this action to happen is what the MacGuffin is.