Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Latest development

After thinking more about it I think I am going to go with a war time theme, to be more specific, World War II. My inspiration come form two big blockbusters, Valkyrie (2008) and Inglourious Basterds (2009).


Valkyrie is a 2008 historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II it was directed by Bryan. The film stars Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the key plotters. In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convinced he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe.











Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 revenge war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and released in August. It was filmed in several locations, among them Germany and France, beginning in October 2008. The title of the film was inspired by Italian director Enzo Castellari's 1978 film The Inglorious Bastards. However, it is not a remake. Instead, it is set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, and depicts a plan to assassinate the Nazi leadership.The film tracks the separate attempts to kill Hitler by two disparate forces, one being the

"Basterds", a motley crew of Jewish American soldiers out for revenge against the Nazis.


















I know that perhaps I being too adventurous but because it is the teaser we don’t need explosions.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Inital Ideas

Name: “They are coming”

Location: Springfield, golf course- they have a lot of slopes and hills and at this time of the year a lot of the areas (on camera) can be made to look like a forest.

Voice over:“6707 million of us, 6 billion of them, May 29th – They are coming”

Example of shots: At the start, I will start with wide shots then through the teaser we will get closer and closer till there is an extreme close up of someone’s eyes. This is done to emphasis the idea of danger is coming, I want to create a sense of urgency through the teaser.

  1. Product Research

I am going to us this clip as inspiration because it use a lot of landscape shots, which is something I want to try and use in my own trailer.