Individual blog - Explanation of the project.

For our project, we decided to base our opening childrens film on "Batman and Robin". Unlike the traditional books, cartoons and films; we're portraying Batman as a criminal who steals jewels and casuses trouble. We felt that a film that challeneges the typical "superhero", would be more beneficial as it's something that is rarely seen in todays society. Even though we're trying to challenege the typical superhero, most of the conventions will stay the same while trying to keep contrasts to a minimum. The music itself doesn't challenge the genre conventions as it fits in with what we're producing.

Our group consists of only three people, so it's going to be difficult to create the atmosphere and impression we want to give with only two actors. (the third is filming with the camera). We are, however, going to involve all three of our group members in the acting, rotating the camera person so we all get a slice of the action. In addition to this, one member may be playing the role of a selection of characters, not just sticking to one - this is to enhance our film by including a lot more detail and adding to our storyline to amplify its sucssess. As a group, we're using a number of props and costumes to give the film a sense of realisim and to make our audience more engaged in the story we're trying to announce.

Two of our group members, will be playing the role of Batman and Robin, and both of these characters will come fully equipped with the exact costumes you'd expect to see in a Batman film. If we chose not to involved costumes, it won't give our film a a sense of realisim and our audience may get bored and find the film dull. Incidentally, we're using a number of props such as a crystal ball, headscarfs and two swords. These props are vital in our film as they help reinforce the story we're trying to put forward.

As we're only allowed to film in the premises of the college grounds, we'll be filming our opening sequence around college in a number of places ranging from the corridors inside, to the trees on the field. We've given specific targets to all our members to bring the costumes and props we each need. We feel we've constructed our film well and prepeared for it as well as we could have. Each member has vital roles and must give as much effort and attention as needed.

By Luka Sindle.