Representation in "Gone"

Who is being represented in "Gone"

The only character that is mainly being represented is the missing boy. He is portrayed as maybe a lonely figure that is gone missing. Not much is actually established with the boys personality as there is no dialogue. But the first impression that you gain from watching the opening sequence is that the boy is a very mysterious character who has maybe encountered very mystery events in the due course of becoming missing.

What is also being represented is how people actually view someone going missing. When a young person goes missing everyone usually jumps to a assumption that possibly that they have been kidnapped when it is not always the case. People forget that young children will have many strange thoughts and will not take into consideration what is going on in the child's life and will just jump to a assumption.

Titles list for 'Gone'

The following list are all of the titles in order that feature in our opening sequence:

• A Production by Silver Lining - 2 seconds

• A Production by White Box Studios - 3 seconds

• A White Box Film - 3 seconds

• James Brookes - 4 seconds

• Connor Snell - 2 seconds

• Tom Wise - 3 seconds

• Casting by Jack Beeson - 4 seconds

• Co producer Connor Snell - 2 seconds

• Music by Marco Beltrami - 5 seconds

• Gone - 3 seconds

• Edited by Tom Wise - 4 seconds

• Production designer Jack Beeson - 3 seconds

• Director of Photography Jack Beeson - 2 seconds

• Executive Producers White Box - 2 seconds

• Produced by Big Talk Pictures - 2 seconds

• Screenplay by Jack Beeson - 2 seconds

Changes Made

After are first day of shooting at the playing field after we had put the shots together on the computer it came to our attention that we did not have enough shots of the missing boy in the dark in the outside area. So we then rescheduled more shots to be filmed which only took only up to 10-15 seconds but made a big different with the variety of shots. This also helped us to establish the missing boy which is very important to establish the base of a story within the opening sequence of a film so the audience is not too confused. Here below is 2 of the new shots which were not in the original plan.

Music for "Gone"

Music is a big deal for any film but I believe it is most important for the Horror and Thriller Genre's. The music can determine the suspense of the film and how much it can make the film genre even more relevant by just with the music making the film scary. We gained our music inspiration from the first Woman in Black film. This is a very good example of just how the music can create a huge suspense for a film.

We wanted to use music for our film along these lines as the music in a film can create a good or a bad film in certain cases even though it is not very realised.

BFI Trip

Before we entered the BFI Centre:

On the BFI trip we heard from many different special guests from production companies giving their intake on Media. We gained knowledge with how the real media world works and what has to be done with the production of a movie. We learnt many different interesting facts such as the amount of time that actually goes into a final release of a movie which can be years. Throughout the day the main focus was to do with the 6 main intuitions which are known as "The Big 6" these include:

1. 20th Century Fox
2. Universal
3. MGM
4. Disney
5. Warner Bros
6. Paramount

Characters and Roles

Connor - Connor took the role of being the young boys friend who he was playing football in the park with. He was the character who kicked the ball in one of the first shots and was looking around for the young boy in the park. 

James - James was the role of the young boy who went missing and mysteriously and in a sinister style walked around the place randomly. We did this to create a scary and creepy feel.

Jack - Jack mainly had the role of filming and directing. Jack had to make some really good shots which we pulled off which put him in uncomfortable positions and conditions. He was mainly in charge of making sure everyone was doing the shots correctly and also helped tom with editing.

Tom - Tom mainly had the role of editing. We changed a lot of shots and music which we wanted in our opening so Tom had a lot to edit i not a lot of time.

Location of Shots

This is where most of the filming will take place. This will feature in the outside shots through the wooded are where the boy goes missing.

More of the filming will also take place here. This will feature in only 2 or 3 shots but gives us more variety with lighting and location.