Directions to Bethel Community Centre

This is the location for the cafe scene. It is about 5 miles away from Barnsley College, in Royston, and regular buses pass it so it is easy to get to.










Below are the directions:

1) Head east on Eastgate toward Falcon St

2) Take the 1st right to stay on Eastgate

3) Take the 1st left onto Regent St

4) Take the 1st left onto County Way

5) Turn right onto Old Mill Lane

6) Follow the road as it merges onto Wakefield Road

7) Turn right onto Carlton Rd

8) At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit continuing onto Carlton Rd

9) Turn Left onto Royston Lane

10) Turn right into Bethel Community Centre car park

Duplicate Confidential - Day 2

This is the 'behind-the-scenes' of our second day of filming. This day was a great day because we got into a great routine of filming what needed to be filmed and we began adding shots in to create greater imagery, action and effect.

Editing the Clone Confrontation Scene Practice

First a 4 point garbage matte was added on one clip to act as a crop over the other full clip.
This created a noticeable line down the middle of the screen.

A mask feather was then added to soften the edge of the clip; removing the split screen line down the middle.






















A colour corrector was finally added to adjust the white balance to remove any sign of split screen.




















This is the final draft of the confrontation!

Music Research

When searching for music for the film it occurred to the group that to give us inspiration we should look at music from similar films.


Near the very end of the film ,when Preston is dragged away, the music will need to be triumphalist ,yet still have an air of doubt as to whether it is Preston, or the clone that is being taken away.
The score below conveys these emotions. The music was originally used in the Film Clear and Present Danger (1994)  during a scene when Jack Ryan's(Harrison Ford)convoy is ambushed in Colombia by drug gangs.
The music is used before and during the scene, and gives a sense of anticipation ,and suspense, before the ambush,indicating that something is going to happen. Then during the attack a sense of shock, and then defeat as the attack takes place, and people are killed. Finally victory and triumph as Ryan survives the attack and escapes.          

A similar score is the soundtrack from The Fugitive(1993).This plays at the end of the film, and gives a sense of relief that the hero has been proven innocent. But also an sense of grief that he now has come to terms with his wife's death. The music is fast paced   
 
Another scene that will contain important non diegetic music is the chase scene. This is when we see Alpha Running to confront Charles Preston. The music here is from the movie Heat(1995)and is used during the bank robbery scene,the escape and the subsequent shootout. The music is fast paced, and intense, keeping you on edge during the whole scene.A shootout takes place in a street in LA .We hope to musically recreate something similar to this for our chase sequence.  
 
Finally another similar track used in both the Bourne identity and the film collateral. In the film the Bourne identity it is used during a chase sequence involving a the mini vehicle in the streets of Paris. In the film collateral it is used as the music during a nightclub shootout  Again we hope to find something similar to this for our short film.        
 

Music Research

After doing research on other films, it is important that the music fits the 'mood' of the film, for example if it is a fast paced action film the music will also need to be fast paced and it will need to have a large amount of bass for that brute action style sound. It is important to have a good idea of what Music fits what scenes, it helps to make the cinematic experience exciting and realistic.



At the beginning of 'duplicate' we see Alpha 7 running to confront Charles Preston, It is the build up to the climax of the film because the film is non linear. After doing some research into other 'running scenes' on other films i have come up with an idea of what would be good music for the score of our film. A good example of what type of music we are looking for is the music from a Borne identity Scene called 'escape from the embassy'

This is an excellent example of non diagetic sound that is fast paced and up beat, it would fit well with a high paced action scene or a running scene, we will try to find something with similar properties for our film.

 A Good example of Music for the title scene would be a scene made for the Bourne ultimatum film by a university however it was never used in the actual film, As Our title screen is full of documents we want it to have an inquisitive feel to it.

The confrontation scene at the end of the film where Preston is mistaken for Alpha wants to have a sound track with a variety of different moods in it or alternatively a few sound tracks that fit together:
we need a high paced sound track for the running scene and for the 'infered' fight as well as the guards following shortly after, however the sound track where Preston (who the audience would believe to be alpha) is dragged away, that sound track need to be more eeary, it should be a sorrowful moment where the empathy built up around Alpha can be let loose, finally it needs to move into a triumphant drum beat (or something of the same effect) when the audience realise the Alpha is actually ok and it is Preston who is the one who is taken away.
After doing much research i CANNOT find any films that fit this exact same sequences however there are many films which have one or more of each individual part.

A film with similar sequence of scenes in it would be from the ending of the man in the iron mask.

Duplicate Confidential - Day 1

This is the 'behind-the-scenes' of the first filming day. This was an exciting day because it was the debut of our film and was the day the production began. We started to find our feet with the filming again and created some very successful action and fast-pace shots. A lot of conferring occurred.

Risk Assessment

Consent form for Callum Mitchell

This form was given to Callum's dad (Callum is 14) to ask if he could take part in the filming, as a background extra. As presented, he gave full permission for Callum to take an active role in the film.

Equipment

Here is a list of the equipment we used to during filming to record the video and sound:

A Boom Mic

Boom Pole

Beyerdynamic DT 131 Headphones 

Steady shock reducing Boom holder

Tripod

XLR cable     

Sony HDV 1000 Camera.

Panasonic HDC-HS80

Packard Bell Net book

Editing

We filmed the extreme long shot of Alpha 7 sunning from the 5th floor of the college building however because we filmed through glass we had a shadowy reflection on the window, we managed to edit this out however and make the colours look brighter instead of blurry.

We have also looked at other documentaries on the special features of other films and TV programs, we noticed that the 'behind the camera' filming look very similar to what you would associate with any hand held camera, however when you watch the film or TV program it doesn't look like you average camera, we realised that they edit the colours to make it look more 'film like', we have decided to make our film have a slight blue tinge to it, the blue gives it a SCI-FI effect when we watched it back it made it look more like something you would expect to find on a DVD rather than a brightly coloured unedited clip.

Character Profiles

Actor: Joseph Jones

Character: Alpha seven

Age: 3 weeks (however he has been created as a fully grown adult)

Physical description: 5’8 brown hair, plain black shoes, plain black trousers and a plain white top.

Background: Alpha seven is the first clone to successfully be created without a defect, in the test trials run by Charles Preston. The clones before Alpha seven (alphas 1 to 6) for whatever reason did not survive after their creation.

Occupation: Unemployed, he is a fugitive.

Personality: Alpha seven is innocent, as he had nothing to do with his creation but feels the implications of it. He is good and doesn’t want ‘trouble’ he simply wants to live and is confused as to why he has to be ‘disposed of’. Towards the end of the film we see this innocence change into slyness, as he trades the man who is trying to kill him for himself in effect allowing Preston to ‘reap what he has sown’.

Relationship to other characters:

·         Charles Preston: Charles is Alpha seven’s creator and Double. Charles is also Alpha seven’s Archenemy as Charles orders the ‘disposal of’ Alpha seven.

·         Mr Cooper: Mr Cooper is the head henchman to Charles, Alpha seven is constantly on the run from him, as Mr Cooper is the one sent by Charles after Alpha Seven to dispose of him.

Function within the film:Alpha 7 highlights the evil side of Preston; the mere fact that he is secretly doing controversial cloning experiments makes Charles a ‘shady character’.

Actor: Joseph Jones

Character: Charles Preston

Age: 42

Physical description: 5’8 brown hair, plain black shoes, plain black trousers, a plain white top, a suite jacket and a blue tie.

Background: It has taken him years to build his company up to the way it is now with a lot of hard work on his part, many new medicines and scientific breakthroughs have come from or have partly come from the research his company does. Recently however he has decided to push the scientific frontier bordering into areas of science the would be considered controversial, the idea of cloning, rather than the current method of cloning, involving a fertilised egg being taken and implanted with someone else’s DNA then re inserted into a surrogate, Preston has developed a machine or ‘tank’ that will artificially recreated the atmosphere in the womb and effectively cloning a human. The process has been so accurately and precisely recreated it even surpasses normal a normal mothers ability to grow an embryo leaving the clones to be very intelligent and adaptable, slightly more so than the average human.

Occupation: Charles Preston is the proud owner and manager of a highly successful scientific research company known as “Preston’s”, Names after himself.

Personality: Charles started our quite innocent simply wanting to do his part with science that he grew to love as a boy, however over time he has become tainted by greed for more money and a bigger company, to such an extent he has even crossed the border into what is seen to be immoral. He has become without pity and is very self cantered.

Relationship to other characters:

·         Alpha 7: Alpha 7 is the first of 7 tests done by Charles that has worked successful however unbeknown to Charles is exactly how effective his test has been, Alpha 7’s everyday abilities are heightened to that of athletes and theologians.

·         Mr Cooper: Mr Cooper is the right hand man to Preston, He is loyal and rarely questions his orders, he is very successful which is why Charles puts such a value on his services.

Function within the film: Charles is the brains behind the creation of Alpha seven, however know Preston knows his machine works he has no need of Alpha 7 who is merely a test trial, Charles sends Mr Cooper after Alpha to ‘dispose of him’ making Alpha into a fugitive, on the run for his very life.

Actor: Owen Jenkins

Character: Mr Cooper

Age: 30

Physical description: 5’8, plain black shoes, plain black trousers, wears a suite jacket and often sunglasses.

Background: Mr Cooper started out in the police force where the quickly excelled to a high rank, someone capable of complex planning and able to wield a firearm. Highly successful on police hunts and tracking. He was removed from active duty after he struck a higher ranking officer who had decided for ‘no apparent reason’ to remove him from active duty. He later resigned from the police fore altogether, and stumbled across a security guard position at “Preston’s” whilst in his late twenties, He quickly befriended Charles Preston and impressed him with his hard work and capabilities, Charles promoted him officially to his assistant managing director.

Occupation: Officially assistant managing director and head of security at “Preston’s” however He often does other jobs for Charles, many which could be deemed unlawful.

Personality: Mr Cooper started life often seeing other who he knew and loved being mistreated by others, he developed a desire to join the police force and to help those he loved and knew. After being what he calls ‘unjustly disciplined’ by a superior officer who appears to have no reason for the way he acted except maybe out of jealousy, Mr Cooper holds a grudge against the police, the apparent kindness and promotion given to him by Preston fuels his loyalty to Preston, doing almost anything he asks.

Relationship to other characters:

·         Alpha 7: Alpha 7 is the first of 7 tests done by Charles that has worked successful, know Charles has no need to this ‘test trial’ He has asked Mr Cooper to “terminate it”

·         Charles Preston: Charles appears to be a friend to Mr Cooper and is somewhat like a father figure to him, Charles gives Mr Cooper a large level of responsibility and often tells Mr Cooper how proud and grateful he is for his services.

Function within the film: Mr Cooper is the one who keeps in pursuit of Alpha 7, trying to hunt him down along with a few other guards, He does every bidding of Charles Preston.

Short review of a film

This is a short film based on the story of a clone. The narrative is non-linear as it jumps back and forward in time telling the whole story. They have made a very effective use of editing using a camera 'crash and static' to identify and make clear to the audience between past and present.

We will need to use a similar effect or one that has the same clarity between past and present if our similar non-linear narrative is to be successful and understandable. This film also has the same twist of the clones/ genetically edited people ending up being in control.

They have made effective use of Mise-en-scene creating a believable office and meeting setting as well as a doctor’s theatre. 

At the start of the film the use of sound, if effective in creating an enjoyable media product, the screams bring intrigue and curiosity. The telephone in the office helps infer the scene, and is stereotypical of an office setting.
The ‘office costumes’ both men are wearing suits and the layout of the table helps further clarify that it is an office. 

The close up on the subject 13 document gives some insight into the narrative of the film, it starts to introduce the subject 13 character and it also give the audience some idea of what to expect from the film. 

The ‘subject 13’ title and the bass like thud behind it reinforce the significance of the subject 13 character. The director has effectively  showed a parallel to what is said on screen using the non linear narrative, as the ‘boss’ says ‘it will make us rich’ an image of the character ‘Pete’ flashes up with him sat in an ally way screaming. It creates curiosity as although the audience now knows that what the boss has said is not true it makes them wonder how ‘Pete’ will get to this point and it also begs the question will he recover from it.

The shot reverse shot here between the boss and Pete is an effective use of editing clarifying the convocation.

The next scene shows a camera movement revealing an audience we can tell be the setting, being a lecture theatre like room, with a white board with figures and statistics on it and by the costumes of the extras on screen being very businessman like as they are all wearing smart suits reveals that this is a business meeting, their posture, of leaning forward and looking like they are intensively listening reinforces this. This is further clarified by the lines used by ‘Pete’ e.g. ladies and gentle men.

The introduction of subject 13 is done very dramatically, the use of music, the shining light as the door opens and the way subject 13 enters the room very ‘robot like’ reinforces his importance, and also displays characteristics stereotypically associated with a robot or a clone, this is what the director is trying to achieve.


The loud thud helps signify the change in scene and it creates tension in the audience as they wonder what is happening. The deep humming noise reinforces the tension.

The posture and expression of the character ‘Pete’ has changed

This shows the difference in the tone of the film alongside the music used to built tension it helps clarify the change in circumstances.

The film then cuts to the old meeting where ‘Pete’ talks about how effective subject 13 is, the music builds up to create more tension.
It then cuts back to Pete with a speeded zoom in to his face, this shows he is walking with his head bows. The audio from the meeting in the past is played over the present showing how as he describes how effect subject 13 is, and how these implications have taken effect in the future. For example as he describes their ability in ‘accounting and arithmetic’ is it shows a clone or another subject 13 working in an office .

Another example is he describes how subject 13 can cover a lot of position in public workforce as he says this it shows his old ‘boss being sacked’ as he throws his tie into a box full of belongings. 
Throughout this entire time it has the camera angle looking up on Pete with his head bowed low. this  furthers his sorrow at this point.

It later cuts back to the meeting as ‘Pete’ is asked why the subject 13 is better than a human, the camera angle used when the woman asks the questions shows her hand up in the foreground and him in the background at his lecture stand, this effectively give the audience a full view of what is going on. there is also an effect use of pulling focus here.

‘Pete then further describes the improvements of subject 13 this continues to reinforce the present scene of him walking through the office ‘like a condemned man’. As he continues to describe how greatly improved the subject 13 is it shows one of his colleagues being thrown out.

As soon as this happens it cuts to a shot with a ‘dolly zoom’ famously used in the jaws films  this type of shot makes the background change as the character stays in focus and in the centre, it effectively creates a feeling of dizziness and distress.


It then goes on the scene builds are more dramatic music is played, it begins to bring together the film. As Pete continues to describe how effect and ‘better than human’ it cuts to many different shots showing the clone and the commotion and surprise of the people within the business meeting.

It also shows a shot of subject 13 on a medical table aided and stereotypically depicted by the bright overhead light, the nurses costume the heart beat and the bleeping of machines. 

A this point the tension builds as it repeats the screams of Pete’s colleague.

The tension reaches its climax as the narrative draws to an end. Pete is taken into the new bossed office Pete is shown in a low camera angel showing he is inferior and new boss’s hand are only revealed showing his superiority.

Pete’s begging posture continues to infer this.

The close up on Pete’s face shows his intention emotion, something Richard dyer includes in his theory of enjoyment of films, this reveals the intensity he talks about.
The camera tilts up to show the new boss is subject 13, this reveals how the role reversal has changed and helps make clear the little hints dropped throughout the film.

The next shot showing 3 subject 13’s all stood next to each other is an effect we will be looking to recreate in our own film. The way it has been edited helps reinforce the number of subject 13’s.
The final part of the film, cuts to Pete closing the deal with the business people, and also the newly created subject 13 on the hospital table. It then finally shows us the shot of Pete weeping in the alleyway we glimpsed earlier in the film.

The titles come up using the same camera static effect used as a theme throughout the film in-between the titles.