Continuity editing task - Planning

Shot list.. 

1. Person A walks up to a door.
2. A close up shot of the hand pushing the door
3. Shot of person A walking through the door
4. Shot of person B sitting down
5. Shot of person A asking if person B if they're okay
6.  Reverse shot of (CU) of person B replying
7. Shot of person B standing up
8. Shot of person B asking person A a question
9. Shot of person A reaction and answer
10. Person B sighs and walks out the fire exit
11. Person A follows after person B out the fire exit
12. Shot of person A and person B facing each other

Location - Spanish Department 

Actresses - Shawnean + myself. 

Story board. 

Analysing clips

Analysing clips

costumes typically seen in Espionage Films

In order for our group to get to know the espionage genre more, we begun to think about the things we will need in order for our opening to look like an a typical espionage film due to having to think about audiences familiarity and what they are used to seeing. So from this i begun to research typical costumes characters/actors tend to wear in an espionage film.

From my research i gathered together costumes for both Male and Female actors.

Female 
From my research on the typical clothing/costumes women in an espionage film tend to wear are as follows..

There were a few options for the clothing that women would wear in a spy film

Males

From my research on the typical clothing/costumes of men, the main results i got where this.
So familiarly we are used to seeing the super spy in formal and smart clothing, like the picture below a males typical clothing would be a black suit, a white shirt and a bow tie. We see this typical clothing in many films such as James Bond, Mission Impossible and so on. The props that the majority of the male characters carry on then is guns, and any form of weapon for protection. From this outfit we could connote that the males are more dominant by being in smart clothing and carrying weapons so when choosing our characters and costumes we could take into consideration which role they are representing.

Research Espionage

For our media video we have decided to go with the genre 'Espionage' or the commonly known as a 'Spy Film'. We came to this decision due to having many different ideas of where we could film, what it could be about and so on. Where as our other options didn't give us many places to go, with out going down the same route of similar films. Our other options were a psychological thriller, which when it came down to talking to Sir about it, we were then informed that we are no longer allowed to do a psychological film so any idea we did have is now out the window! Our second option was an action thriller, however we decided that doing an action film wasn't the route we wanted to go down, after researching things about action thriller and watching examples we came to a decision that we really didn't want to go down that road. When we came across Espionage, I personally wasn't familiar with this genre however as we were decusing our ideas, we all came to a decision that this was the genre that seemed most exciting! So in order to become even more familiar with the espionage genre, there was some research that had to be done... 

The spy film genre, which is mainly the sub-genre of thriller and action, deals with the subject of fictional espionage either in a realistic way or as a basis for fantasy. Spy films show the espionage activities of government agents and their risk of being discovered by their enemies. From the Nazi espionage thrillers of the 1940s to the James Bond films of the '60s and to the high-tech blockbusters of today, the spy film has always been popular with audiences worldwide. Offering a combination of exciting escapism, technological thrills, and exotic locales, the spy film combines the action and science genres, presenting clearly delineated heroes for audiences to root for and villain's for them to hiss.

Research on Espionage Locations..

For our thriller opening we have decided to do an Espionage film, so for my role I had the job to research locations in London where an espionage film may take place... 

1. White Hall Court.
MI6 had its headquarters here until 1919. Inside, the Service’s first and most famous chief, Sir Mansfield Cumming, built an office which could only be accessed by negotiating various puzzling corridors and steps. These were often difficult to tackle because of false walls and staircases which led to nowhere.

2. In and Out Club, Piccadilly.

A recruiting venue for MI5 and MI6, this address was also used in correspondence found on a dead British officer who was deliberately dropped into seas off Spain by MI6 during the Second World War.

3. 54 Broadway. 

MI6 moved its headquarters to this address in 1926, under the guise of the "Minimax Fire Extinguisher Company". However, many London taxi drivers soon became aware of its role as a spy location.

4.Whites, 37-38 St James's Street. 

Another popular meeting point and recruiting venue, Whites was used for decades by the MI5 and MI6.

5. Old Vic Theatre. 

**needs to be finished**