Charles Meng Li

Moodboard This mood board shows our action film and the aspects the film will contain. The mood board shows the props of a chair, rope, and duct tape since we are doing a fight scene after a kidnapping scene. There is also a dark environment which is where our film starts off and there will also be a dark garage area where the action will take place. The characters will be me, Matthew, or Tyler with a robber mask to hide their faces.

 During winter break, my groupmates and I discussed the general plan for what we were going to do in the film. We talked about the sequence in which the events would occur and who was playing each role. The opening scene would start with me being a victim using my phone to text someone while out for a walk in the middle of the night. It would then suddenly show Matthew and Tyler pretending to be two kidnappers who sneak up on me and use a cloth to knock me out. I will then awaken to find myself tied up with a rope in a room where my captors begin questioning me about who I am associated with. With action-packed music playing in the background, I will gradually begin to slip out of the ropes and start a fight sequence against my captors. To help depict the action in the scene, we'll use editing inspired by action movies and camera methods to help emphasize the suspense meant to be felt. The camera will then pan to a message on one of the kidnappers' phones after I win the battl...

 To get inspiration for the elements needed for our action film, my group members Matthew, Tyler, and I all decided to watch the opening scene of the movie Captain America and the Winter Soldier. We specifically focused on how the action sequence used camera angles, camera movement, and editing to help make the scene more entertaining and meaningful. The scene shows Captain America landing onto a ship and starts fighting these people, and during the scene, we learn how the elements needed for an action film are used. For example, each time he punches one of the villains, the film uses cutting-on-action and continuous editing to keep the flow of the whole sequence moving and allow for the different perspectives to be shown. It made the scene more realistic and our group took note of these styles of editing and camera shots to incorporate into our own film later. Mise-en-scene from the sequence was also important as it was very visible to the audience who the "bad guys" were du...