Aman's Words of Wisdom

Outline of Production:

We're producing the opening scene to a British gangster film. The scene will serve to introduce both the origin of the storyline and the relevant characters to the audience. It will be set in a restaurant with a limited number of shots being used (we hope). This is because the scene will be filmed on the basis of a tracking shot, a technique we studied and admired most notably in the films 'Goodfellas' and 'A Touch of Evil'. The scene will be narrated using a voice over. Whether we will use diegetic or non-diegetic sound in the form of music will be decided when filming.

Current status:

I've completed the script and I'm pretty satisfied with it. =) A lot of the ideas for the script originated from films such as 'Goodfellas' and 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells'. While people may argue we're not being original, the storyline hasn't been copied and more importantly, if we're gonna' produce a film under the 'gangster' genre, we have to stick to conventions.

We're using Jas's HD Camera, so we're free to start filming whenever really. We're hoping to have filmed at least one of the flashbacks which will take place in the opening scene by the end of the week. Unfortunately, we're still looking for a restaurant to film in; every one seems to be asking for money! If worse comes to worst, we might have to find some sort of an alternative location to film the scene.

Peace,
Aman