Planning:Documenting Influences on Production

I picked up a video camera and really fell in love with making videos let alone films, which was the first real step into the film business. Prior to that I was absolutely in love with movies from a young age, I never thought about it as a career but when I picked up a camera I thought "is it possible" and I just started experimenting from there. Here are some things that have influenced me to make the film I have made:

Director - Steven Spielberg
Undoubtedly one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. Spielberg has countless big-grossing, critically acclaimed credits to his name, as producer, director and writer.
He sets himself to be a good role model, as we aim to make our film as good as his.

Location – Therfield School

Using this location was convenient for us to use as my associate and me came up with the script, we would struggle to film it anywhere else. The school is a big location, we can get many types of shots in, and we used it to say that one of our main actors is back to education so it’s the college he attends.

Films

Skyfall, involves a lot of action, me, as the director of ‘Swan Song' believed that the newest James Bond film (Skyfall) is marvellous and we should follow the steps of it, if not, surpass it. There are a few other films such as The Bourne Ultimatum, and Casino Royale (another James Bond film) which include tremendous fight scenes, chases and more, these films inspired us and influenced us to direct an action film, the almighty ‘Swan Song'.

We have a broad range of films we're working on. We like to do a film, if you take for example ‘Swan Song' that is a film with a very specific demographic. We really wanted to make a film that pleased that younger adult mass and I am sure I will score incredibly high with that audience.