I have thought more about the movie I am going to make soon (hopefully), and as I have said before, I plan to put in sounds and OSTs that are ironic to what’s happening in the movie, which will hopefully make the movie more entertaining. To name a few, I plan to put Kim Chu Ja’s ‘Gujitmaliya’ (it’s an old song, and the title means ‘They are lies’) when Sandy is interrogating with the detective, which is ironic and unexpected. Secondly, I plan to put Wondergirls’ ‘Tell me’ when Tom expresses his profound hatred to Sandy, and she doesn’t realize it. The quick, cheerful dance music would make the scene less serious. I am planning to put in Big Bang’s ‘Gujitmal’ (which means ‘Lies’) when Sandy runs away from Tom’s body because of the specific lyric ‘I’m so sorry but I love you da gujitmal’, and I think it will go well with the scene, in a sarcastic way. When Sandy goes to the librarian, I plan to put in Dong Bang Shin Gi’s ‘Pungsun’ (which means balloons) to express Sandy’s innocence. Then when she kills the librarian, I will put the climax part of the song ‘What I’ve Done’ by Linkinpark, to give an insight to Sandy’s thoughts. Apart from songs, I will put some random sounds that do not relate to what’s happening at the scene, for example, a dog barking when Tom has a knife plunged into him. Even though I’ve planned them out, I am still not sure if this will make the movie too graphical and unrealistic. Thank you for reading this post and I will be happy to read anyone’s comments or opinions on how they think about my ideas. It would be very helpful if anyone who reads this post comments on this, because I am desperate for anyone’s opinions. Thank you.
Cheerful Soundtracks for Crime Movie
March 13, 2008 at 12:16 am (Crime Movie)
I have thought more about the movie I am going to make soon (hopefully), and as I have said before, I plan to put in sounds and OSTs that are ironic to what’s happening in the movie, which will hopefully make the movie more entertaining. To name a few, I plan to put Kim Chu Ja’s ‘Gujitmaliya’ (it’s an old song, and the title means ‘They are lies’) when Sandy is interrogating with the detective, which is ironic and unexpected. Secondly, I plan to put Wondergirls’ ‘Tell me’ when Tom expresses his profound hatred to Sandy, and she doesn’t realize it. The quick, cheerful dance music would make the scene less serious. I am planning to put in Big Bang’s ‘Gujitmal’ (which means ‘Lies’) when Sandy runs away from Tom’s body because of the specific lyric ‘I’m so sorry but I love you da gujitmal’, and I think it will go well with the scene, in a sarcastic way. When Sandy goes to the librarian, I plan to put in Dong Bang Shin Gi’s ‘Pungsun’ (which means balloons) to express Sandy’s innocence. Then when she kills the librarian, I will put the climax part of the song ‘What I’ve Done’ by Linkinpark, to give an insight to Sandy’s thoughts. Apart from songs, I will put some random sounds that do not relate to what’s happening at the scene, for example, a dog barking when Tom has a knife plunged into him. Even though I’ve planned them out, I am still not sure if this will make the movie too graphical and unrealistic. Thank you for reading this post and I will be happy to read anyone’s comments or opinions on how they think about my ideas. It would be very helpful if anyone who reads this post comments on this, because I am desperate for anyone’s opinions. Thank you.
Dreams for being a Movie Director
March 12, 2008 at 5:39 am (Crime Movie)
My first dream ever was to become an archeologist, when I was five years old, but a long time has passed since then. Then my dreams were to become an actor, when I was seven, but soon gave up after I looked at my reflection in the mirror, and then I wanted to become a professional judo player. When I was eleven, and I remember that my stimuli for wanting to become a judo player was because I wanted fight with my uncle, who is still about twice as big as I am, so he’s really big. Then, I kind of realized that I should become less like a man, so I chose to be a detective when I was thirteen. That dream lasted for about two years, but then, I had to give in to my hopeless sports skills, because I was, am, am going to be bad at sports, forever. This seemed soo unfair!
Then after watching eight movies in a row (when I was living in Moscow and my parents were out for two days) I really wanted to be a movie director. I admire how the directors hold the black and white cardboard thing and say ‘action!’ and ‘cut!’, and they also look really cool and TV when they explain how they directed their pieces. But most of all, I want to meet some celebrities such as Ha Jung Woo, Gang Ji Hwan, Jang Geun Seok and lots more.
Being in English Seminar class, I have a chance to at least try making a movie, because it is what I always wanted to do, and upload it on Youtube (hopefully). I have part of the storyboard ready, but not the whole thing. My short film is not exactly funny, and I’m not a very funny person, so I tried to make it funny by adding some very ironic pieces of music, and picture, such as Wondergirls ‘Tell me’, Big Bang ‘Gujitmal’, Kim Chu Ja ‘Gujitmaliya’, and for picture, I plan to put a picture of a pig before and after every flashback moments, because, my favorite animal is a pig and I’d like to put it as a mascot. I am hoping these pieces of music make the movie a little more enjoyable.Thank you for bearing with my post about myself and my film.
I don’t know what to do!!
March 7, 2008 at 5:37 am (Crime Movie)
I didn’t have enough time to go to the IT office today, because of my interview with Mr. Couros (I got some information!), so I’m not sure if I can storyboard but I really want to edit my script to make it better, because it needs lots of improvement, and there’s another thing I really wanted to do – I was thinking about putting in an NG parade to make it at least a little bit more entertaining, because I don’t think my script itself is very entertaining (? hm…I’m not quite sure about what I’m writing…) Also, whenever I watched ‘behind the scenes’ part of a movie, or review documentaries, I always admired the ‘NG parade’ and how the actors and directors explained what they had to go through to do a good staging and how to become the character (it’s really cool how they talk about it, I think that is one of the reasons for why I want to become a movie director ). By adding the ‘NG parade’ I think it will make the overall movie more interesting and more fun to watch.
Script Draft
March 5, 2008 at 5:39 am (Crime Movie)
School Crime
Sandy : 9th grade school nerd
Tom : 9th grade boy, hates Sandy
Student Detective : fellow 9th grader, very serious
Librarian
Detective – So…how did this all happen?
Sandy – It…it was an accident! I really didn’t mean to do Tom any harm!
Detective – You mean that you accidently stabbed a knife into his stomach, when the blade was open.
Flashback
(Sandy walks down the hallway, and sees Tom)
Sandy – Hi Tom! How is your day going? I got a 100 percent on the science test! I thought I was going to get an F or something worse!
Tom – I never asked your science grade, go away.
Sandy – (seems not to have heard Tom) Oh, yesterday I was at a flee market, and I bought this really cool knife for 5000 won. (Flicks the knife open as she shows it to him, and turns face to face with him) Isn’t it pretty?
Tom – I don’t care where you spend your money on, even for drugs, which you seem to take daily. I recommend a medicine that increases your IQ instead of drugs.
Sandy – Oh, and – (accidently trips over her shoelaces, as she steps to the left side, plunging the knife into Tom’s stomach)
(Tom freezes, blood comes out)
Sandy – Oh…. (blinks stupidly, not knowing the seriousness of the problem yet) are you ok?
(Tom falls to the ground, then Sandy realizes that she killed Tom, and runs away, her hands over her head)
End of flashback
Sandy – (hesitates) Yes…But I really didn’t mean any harm! Tom and I are best friends, you know.
Detective – (makes a face) I………uhh…..see.
Sandy – I ——
Detective – Then what happened to the school librarian? Was that ALSO an accident?
Sandy – Yes, I just wanted to ask her to recommend some books on crime…and…
Flashback
Sandy – (out of breath, starts talking to the librarian)Hello, can you recommend some books on crime?
Librarian – Sure follow me. (Looks at Sandy’s arm, with some blood, and gives it a strange look)
(It takes Sandy a while to realize what she is looking at)
Sandy – Oh, this isn’t anything! It’s just some paint from art class.
Librarian – (apparently scared of Sandy, hands her a huge, heavy book) I think this has everything you would want to find on crime.
Sandy – Thank you. (receives the book, but is too heavy, and accidently hits the librarian on the head, knocking her out) Ah!
(Librarian is on the floor, dead. Sandy runs out of the library)
End of flashback
Sandy – I ACCIDENTLY killed two people before lunchtime. It’s really…
Detective – Odd.
Sandy – Look, I’m really clumsy. I gave my baby sister a doll for her birthday, and the next day, I had muddy boots on…and something was in my way, so I…
Detective – (Sighs) Don’t tell me you stepped on the doll’s face.
Sandy – I didn’t.. I stepped on my sister’s. Years later she still has a squashed nose. But how did you know it was me?
Detectives – Your shoe was next to Tom’s body, and there was also a science test with a score of a 50%, which has your name on it.
Sandy – (Looks down in embarrassment)
Crime and Film
March 2, 2008 at 5:35 am (Crime Movie)
1. Is there anything different in how the movie directors direct or use tools to make a crime film?
2. Do you know how detectives’ lifestyles are; such as how much sleep they get, and how much they get paid?
3. What kind of tools do you get to film crime?
4. How do you make the wounds?
5. Is there a good chance of getting promoted when you work as an actor?
6. In general, how are the actors’ relationships with the director?
7. How do you set up the staging in climax moments?
8. Is it hard work?
9. Would you recommend your job to other people?
After I finish the interview I plan to start making a crime film in school. At first I thought about making a serious crime film, but on second thoughts I think that it may be better to make a semi-comic school crime film with nerdy detectives who can’t solve crimes properly. As well as my interview, I will continue researching in the internet blogs the lives of detectives and staging of films.
