Filming!

We have started filming!!! we have filmed quite a bit meaning that we are able to start editing when we get back to school! However whilst we were filming we made some changes to our original plan. After difficulties in which forse our chosen 'actress' to pull out left us with having charlotte as the new actress in which worked really well and she was perfect for the part. We also changed out location and some of the shots as we have now decided it would be too hard to film at night as we do not have the correct equipment in which would allow us to do this so we have therefore used a woods instead of a street and the sunlight instead of a street light. 

Video Shoot Shot list

Shot No.	Shot/Framing etc	Action	Extra information
1	Establishing shot	Girl Swinging	-Swings, Young Girl (Becky’s sister) in which she wears normal clothes.
2	Wide shot	Empty Swing	(ways in which we can get the swing to smoothly swing)
3	Low angle	Street light
4	Wide shot	Girl walking down the street	-pale clothes to show vulnerability
5	Mid shot	Walking down the street
6	Close up	Of her feet walking
7	Mid shot	Through the trees of her walking	Woods/trees
8	Close up	Hand covering her mouth	-gloves for the kidnapper. (man)
9	Close up	Of hair being whipped across her face
10	Wide shot	Of her being kidnapped
11	Mid shot	Oh her being hit	Something in which the kidnapper would hit her with.
12	Mid shot	Her being dragged away
13	Close up	Of her feet kicking
14	Close up	Of her leg crossing the screen
15	Mid shot	Of a door slamming on a car	Car
16	Mid shot	Of a car racing away
17	Point of view shot	Of a graveyard
18	Point of view shot	Of a gravestone	Flowers, gravestone
19	Over the shoulder shot	Of women knelt at the grave from behind her	Women
20	Wide shot	Of dark trees

Story Boards!

We are finally able to put our story boards up.

 These story boards allow us to look step by step at how our film opening will run. Our story boards allow us to know what we are wanting to film and allows us to see how the shots will run. 




p.s We have made a slideshow of each shot of the story board but are experienceing problems loading it.

Charlotte's initial thriller opening idea.

The thriller opening will consist of three different characters, including a girl named Breagh Davies and the shadows of a middle aged lady and a boy around the age of seven. Breagh would wear pale colours to show her vulnerability and use the codes and conventions of a thriller film to sort out the type of clothing that she should wear. The little boy will be wearing black to show that he may potentially be danger towards Breagh. Also, the mother will be wearing pale colours to represent vulnerability and to link with her past.

The story line consists of a young girl, in her teenage years who's mother and unborn brother died a year before. The anniversary of their death is closely coming up and Breagh has been feeling weird things around her and feeling as if she is being watched. The opening will include flashbacks from Breagh's past of her memories of her mother. This will build tension and also there will be dramatic music used to build up the tension to see what happens in the end of the opening. On the actual day, Breagh goes to visit the field where her family died and she has flashbacks of her childhood, and feels people behind her, watching over her.

The shots will be quick so that it is dramatic and the ending will consist of dark lighting to suggest that something dangerous and bad will happen. The ending will leave on a cliffhanger which is a part of the codes and conventions of a thriller. Here are a few pictures of what some of the locations or costumes might be:

   

Dealt

I enjoyed looking at this previous student work as it gave me an insight on the do's and dont's.
By looking at this opening I was able to see the good points and the bad points within this opening, allowing me and my group to learn from this and help us in making our opening.

The Point of view shot was good at the start but I felt it dragged on for a bit too long and left the audience uninterested and unknown on what's going on. The location for me felt too cosy and at home and didn't coinside with the context of the opening.

The suspense at the start left the audience wondering and made them remain firmly in their seat. The unkown at the start also kept the audience watching which is good if they understand just a little after. I felt the mirror scene was very good because it brought in a different character and was very tense and dramatic which is good.

Overall, i felt this was a very good opening and will help me and my group woth our own project due to highlighting the codes and conventions of a thriller opening.

Allocation of roles!

Storyboard Artists: Gemma Keane
Camera Operator: All
Director: Sophie Dallas and Charlotte Curtis
Editor: All
Actors: Harriet Melvin-Bland, Alan Dallas.
Sound Design: Olly Seldis
Set Design: All
Props,Hair and make-up: Charlotte Curtis and Sophie Dallas
Costume Design: Dan Palfrey
Lighting: All
Special Effects: All
Continuity: All
Title Design: All

Lots of love - Sophie Dallas, Charlotte Curtis, Dan Palfrey and Olly Seldis :)

As we are blogging in lessons, instead of just reading who has posted the posts, we have decided to put who posted the posts at the bottom of what we have written. So, look out for these!  :)

Character profiles!

Katy Walker.

A teenager with short blonde hair who has experienced a traumatic past and has moved around a lot. She is vulnerable to the world and in our film, will be wearing pale colours, for example, white.

Young girl - (Katy as a child).

A young girl, around the age of six, who has blonde hair and likes to play on the swings. She is a happy child but lonely in the world that she is in. She will be also wearing pale colours.

Mrs Walker - (Katy's mother).

A middle-aged women who takes the hard times in life into her hands. She also cares for her daughter a lot.

The snatcher.

He is a well built man who is obviously disturbed. He will be wearing dark clothes, for example, black.

p.s.. Sophie and Charlotte :)

Questionnaire.

Our group produced a questionnaire to ask people what they think should be in our film. Me and Charlotte have looked at the results and here they are. The answers that were most popular are in stated in bold.

Question 1 : Who are your favourite characters in a thriller?
a) The Criminal e.g. stalker, psycho etc.
b) Innocent victims.
c) Characters involved in a twisted relationship.
d) Other - please state.

Question 2 : What is your favourite thriller method?
a) Crime.
b) Mystery.
c) Psychological.
d) Other - please state.

Question 3 : What would your ideal thriller setting be?
a) Forest/wood.
b) Dark alley way/streets.
c) Within a building (house).
d) Other - please state.

Question 4 : What is your favourite thriller film of all time?
Inception.

Question 5 : Where do you want to see most of the action?
a) Beginning.
b) Middle.
c) End.

Question 6 : What colours do you think the characters should be wearing?
a) Light colours e.g. white.
b) Neutral colours e.g. green and beige.
c) Dark colours e.g. black.
d) Other - please state.

Question 7 : Do you think it should be set in the night or day?
a) Night.
b) Day.

Question 8 : Do you think dramatic music adds to the effect or is it not needed?
a) Yes.
b) No.

Question 9 : Is there anything you wouldn't want to see in a thriller film?
a) Please state your thinking.
People did not know what to write.

Question 10 : Do you think the main character should be male or female?
a) Male.
b) Female.

We have taken these answers into consideration and have thought about putting some of these in our thriller opening. A few of the ones we have decided to use are the main character being female, dramatic music, using some of the shots at night and the use of a criminal.

p.s.. Sophie and Charlotte :)