Thank You

Question 7- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Question 7

Throughout the course we worked well as a team and everything went smoothly and to plan. To show how our skills have developed from our prelim to our two minute opening of a film I decided to record a voice over the footage and explain where it's improved.

The outcome of our film was a success and our storyboard was followed well by only adding a few different shots to create a wider variety of shots and look more interesting. I have learnt a lot during the editing and filming process from using the software and hardware, to getting the continuity smooth and controlled.

Question 6- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Question 6

Throughout the course I have used a variety of equipment and technology in order to make my final product. My knowledge on certain software and equipment has improved massively. Using hardware technology to software technology my film was made, edited and presented to what I feel as a high standard.

 We used a Sony Cyber-Shot camcorder to film our film, we used the same camera throughout the whole of the film to keep the pixels the same and prevent any noise. The camera was really good and easy to used and captured a nice clear and crisp image. The camera was held by Ellie throughout film as I directed the majority, her hand was steady therefore the shots were clear, however we did experiment with a tri-pod however we it wasn't giving us the exact angle we wanted therefore we decided just to use our own hands.



We used IMovie to edit our video, this software was very difficult to use at the start of the course because I had not used this software before. however after experimenting with the software, our video was edited to a high standard. We were able to use Apple Macs which allowed us to have access to this software. For our music we downloaded non-copy righted music and created our own sounds, these were imported onto the mac and then added to the film.


I used photoshop to create the title page for our film. I also take Photography which has allowed me to learn these skills. I used a photograph of the female actor and within photoshop I made her eyes white, added longer eye lashes, added eye liner to make her eyes darker and made her eyebrows look as if they are frowning. I then used photoshop as a base to add the blood and writing into as well to get the final outcome. I believe this title is effective and that wouldn't have been the case if I didn't know how to use photoshop before.


When in the Bunker we used torches to create the lighting. The audience would aware that the bunker would be dark anyway therefore to make the lighting look naturalistic we gave the actors the torches. Giving the actors the torches allowed the inside of the bunker to light up as well as looking natural. Despite todays technology being more advance we still had to use torches and not our phones due to the storyline/ year set of our film.

Question 5- How did you attract/ address your audience?

Question 5

Question 4- Who would be the audience for your media product?

Question 4

I have previously discussed my target audience here.
We have stuck to our original target audience because we believe this will give us the best way to advertise our film to make it a success. We have used our target audience research to  work out the amount of cast we should use as well as location and story line.

Question 3- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Question 3

Question 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Question 2

Below I have made a prezi in which answer's question 2. Click on the link it to read it.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Question 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products

Question 1

I have selected 9 particular frames from my  thriller film opening which incorporate or challenge stereotypical conventions of thriller films. 

Frame One: Story and how the opening sets up

At the start of the film we wanted to show the basis of  the narrative therefore we used a panning shot of the setting. This showed the Bunker itself  and the empty landscape of its surroundings, the colour of the mise-en-scene tells the audience the scene was set within an older year. The old image suggests the plot of story has a hidden old ghostly story behind it therefore conveying a convention of thriller films. The titles also assist the shot to explain the location. Despite the opening scene looking like a stereotypical location it doesn't set a clear narrative from the start. This opening follows the introduction of 'X-Men' as they too show the location alongside titles to set the mood. Where 'X-Men' use rain 'pathetic fatalist' to set the mood of the opening shoot, our movie uses a filter to make all the colours gloomy and dark. Without the vibrant colours of green of the grass and blue of the sky the mood portrayed is very depressing and sad.

Frame Two: Camera work and editing

To create suspense and allow the audience to become familiar with the characters from the beginning of the film a niche variety of shots were used in the bunker scene. Using long and medium shots the audience can see the clothing of the person as well as the setting within each shot. Closer shots were used within the second scene to allow the narrative to flow and create suspense. Using a variety of shots as well as the pace between shots worked well to build the suspense for example when the lights go out within the bunker the camera swings from different camera angles, from first the writing on the wall to the close up of the ghost face to then a high angle of the characters running up the stairs to get away. The pace allows the audience to keep engaged into the film as they wouldn't want to miss anything key.

Frame Three: Film Title

The title page is a separate shot to the scene. The title was placed in between the two scenes to break them up, we did experiment with putting the title page on the end of the 2 minutes however this made the opening look more like a trailer. The blood dripping and close up of the scary eye conveys the conventions of a thriller because it looks scary as well as give elements of the narrative. With the title being 'The Bunker' I decided it would be a bit cliché if the title was over the long shot image of the bunker therefore it was placed against a back drop. Also makes a stronger narrative due to the female going missing in the last scene and then appearing being blood within the title, suggesting she has died or something big has happened to her. 

We of course used film titles of production companies which has been explained before hand.

Frame Four: How the characters are introduced

The characters were introduced as a friendship group from the beginning of the film. This was to show the connection and relationship between the characters. The characters are shown walking down a lane before approaching the bunker. The filter which is used through this scene doesn't show any colours therefore the characters identity isn't strong, names aren't used either within this scene however the distinctive looks each character has makes them unique and obvious to the audience such as, the female is the only girl within the group, there are different ethnicities which make the characters distinctive as well as height different between the male characters. Within the second scene a title states the location of the house 'Simon's house' then a male character is shown, suggesting that his name is Simon, this is the protagonist. The clothing used was quite basic; as before mentioned we got the female to wear a skirt to make her look more faltering where as we got the males to wear basic jeans and a jumper or/and coat. We then got the character 'Simon' to wear a polo shirt for the second scene because polos are a bit more fashionable and older people, within their 20's, would stereotypically wear these types of tops. In 'The November Man' the male protagonist character wears a top, this was an influence for our costume idea for the second scene.

Frame Five: Lighting

The bunker was a dark location therefore we had to use torches to lighten the surroundings. The torches illuminated the walls of the bunker which allowed us to film enough footage. To our advantage the darkness and torches created shadows  when walking down the bunker corridor therefore we used this to create and add suspense to the outcome. The torches were also used to highlight individual part of the bunker such as the graffiti, 'The Devil is Here' is written within the bunker walls (we didn't do this). The torches highlighted this writing so when filming it became clear what was written. In terms of the outside and house scenes we used natural day lighting to give it a natural look, however we did film towards sunset with the bunker scene to allow the light look as if it is falling behind the bunker hill.

Frame Six: Setting and Location

We used the 2 locations in which we had decided on from the beginning of the planning. The bunker was set in Hartlip where as the house was set in Parkwood, Rainham. However due to publishing the film in mainstream cinemas we decided to say the house is set in a more mainstream location 'London' to allow the audience to attach and connect with the narrative easier. The locations were accessible which lead us to film quite easily, despite the weather issues we had on our first original filming date.  Using the filter within the first scene allowed the two scenes to juxtapose massively which helped emphases on the time change. With additional help with the music the locations where completely identified separately.  The setting of the house was already a plain layout therefore additional props weren't needed which helped us to be more organised. 

Frame Seven: Genre and how the opening suggests it

We followed top thriller conventions in order for our audience to understand the genre of the film is thriller. A convention we used strongly was the pitch and tempo of the soundtrack. We had several different sounds which were used throughout however, there are sudden changes within the music and scary screams which creates suspense and the heart jumping changes are quite scary therefore informing the audience it is a thriller. Another convention we used was our choices of camera angles. We used a side camera to make it look like someone is watching them come into the bunker, this idea of a stalker or someone watching the characters gives the feel of suspicion therefore telling the audience someone is watching them which is scary, again telling the audience that it is a thriller. Also the added elements of writing and the scribbles used on the female in the photo frame shows that bad things are happening and creating a scary atmosphere therefore allowing the audience to see that it is a thriller. We did subvert one of the 

stereotypical conventions of a thriller because we had added the sound of a birds song which is relaxing however this juxtaposes the scene therefore still allowing the audience to be on edge as they could tell from the first scene that it was a thriller therefore it creates the mind thought of 'What's next?'. When the stereotypical conventions of a thriller film are challenge it makes the film more interesting and makes the audience think about the differences. These convention combined allows the audience to see the film has a thriller genre.

Frame Eight: Special effects

We used face paint to create a special effect, this was to create suspense as well as make the bunker come across as more scary. We used this  special effect to create a fuller story line as well as make the footage look more interesting. We didn't really add many special effects as the footage originally looked quite good and created a clear story line.

Frame Nine: How suspense is created

Suspense was created throughout the film, one way in which we done this was by adding slow motion to one of the actors opening the door on the side, this slow motion suggested that they were scared and could possibly leave even though they didn't, this slow motion also made the noise from the door deeper and louder. This created suspense because the noise is sudden and the audience are unaware on what is on the other side of the door. Suspense is also created when the 3 boys are running away, the female isn't present therefore allowing the audience to ask 'where is she?' and 'what happened?'. This is then followed by a loud scream which create even more suspense as it questions the audience more 'who's scream is that?'. In the second scene a sound of creaking is heard and the camera flies round to where the sound is coming from however nothing is there. This creates suspense because there is no one around to make that noise therefore asks the audience again 'where did that sound come from?'. All this continuous questioning within the audiences head creates suspense because they are confused and questions without answers are accruing, not knowing the unknown creates suspense because of the curious thoughts.

The Bunker

The Bunker

Below is our final outcome of our product, enjoy.

Behind the Scenes- Sound

Sound

The sound we used to create suspense and tension within our video was a combination of Youtube Non-Copyrighted music and sounds made by ourselves.
We looked for a range of sounds to create the right atmosphere. We had already looked into Hammer's production realises, these being mainly thrillers therefore we chose this one, from our research we found out at he beginning of a film there are an average of 2-4 indents, therefore we used both Hammer and their production company Warner Brothers as our indents. The Warner Brothers ident has a set piece of music therefore we had to use that despite it not being non-copy righted however using sound effects in IMovie we found a approbate sound in which was used for the ident music for Hammer Productions. We chose this music piece below to be the sound of Hammer productions because the mysterious sound creates tension, also the music builds which quickly building excitement and suspense on what to expect.
Hammer Productions -Youtube Link

When filming the sound of the characters talking weren't as projected as we were hoping therefore we recorded the voices to put over the top to make them more clear as well as using a different technique. After adding and cutting the voices, the voices didn't blend as they sounded like they had been added therefore by clicking onto the audio effect tool the speech had the muffle filter added to them to make they sound more natural, by adjusting the volume of the voices they blended in with the footage well.

The background music which we used throughout the first scene was found on Youtube. We decided to use this music as it was quite deep and slow making building the suspense. The background music which is used within the second scene is gentle however still builds suspense as the music is quite fast despite it being soft. The contrast within music from the first scene to second scene isn't massive however still creates a clears contrast. In the first scene the music is made with the use of a solo piano, using the same beats over and over were as the second scene the music is also played by a piano but within a higher key and using the same 2/3 beats with an occasional higher note. The piano instrument keeps the continuous and relaxed atmosphere however with sudden changing within the music builds the suspense as the audience knows something is about to happen.
Scene 1- In the Bunker -Youtube Link
Scene 2- Simons House -Youtube Link


Additional sounds where added which where created by ourselves and using Youtube videos. When watching the footage back the first time we noticed a when the doors were touched or moved then it created a loud echo creaky noise, this was used to our advantage as we didn't need to add additional sound just make these elements louder. The sound of heavy breathing was found off youtube which was lapped by the sound of whispers which was also found on Youtube, both off which were non-copy righted. These whispers and heavy breathing created suspense and the sudden change in sound would make the audience jump. Between the two sounds is a sound of a scream as the girls face appears, this is unexpected therefore will startle the audience, the volume here was also increased to make the change even bigger. The loud scream is also used when the Bunker is shown this is to show that is it the same person screaming and they are still trapped within the Bunker. When the 3 characters where running away the sound of footsteps where added, this was made by recording ourselves running on the spot, this then was added and because the sound was made on carnet it was loud and echoed slightly.
Heavy Breathing -Youtube Link
Heart Beat -Youtube Link

Then the title is shown, this was made by myself using photoshop.  The original image was of Charlotte (on of the characters within the scene) on photoshop I was able to make her eyes white, increase her make-up to show she's a female and add a title and dripping blood. We used a scream again as the audience stereotypically probably thought all the sudden loud noises were gone and the title was showing, however when the girls face appears and the scream is put in place in a loud volume the audience will become frightened again as they wouldn't have inspected it.

After the title we change scene to years down the line. Birds tweets where used which was a sound found you Youtube, to suggest it is the morning and relax the audience as the sound of birds calls are quite calming. The background music was then played throughout as discussed before hand.

When Simon picks up the photo, a floor board creak heard this makes Simon turn round and look where the sound is coming from, then when he returns the photo of Charlotte was starched out. The sound of whispers where added again to show the connection from the Bunker to the house and represent some sort of spirt. The music then changes slightly to create some deeper slower sounds to emphasis the horrible event. At first we used orchestra music however it didn't fit the genre as it sound more like an action sound rather than a thriller, therefore we changed it to a slower but still a deep piece of music to give a strong unpack on the image.
Ending Music -Youtube Linker

Behind the Senses- Make-up

Make-Up

As before mentioned we decide to add a scary face. We used face paint to to make females eyes darker and the rest of her face pale, we done this to make her look ghostly however the dark eyes make her look scary and almost bruised as if something or someone has hit her. Below is a tutorial as how the make-up was constructed.

We used a brown eye brow pen, bronzer as well as brown eye shadow to create a bread on our actor Kyan. This was to make him look older and show the time has passed by. This was effective because the facial hair showed/ suggested that time had passed therefore his has gone through adulthood, allowing him to grow a bread. This adheres the stereotype of a male as males have breads to make them look manly and grownup.

Behind the Scenes- Editing

Editing

We used a software called IMovie in order to edit our film. I had never used this software before therefore it took a while to edit our video due to the lack of knowledge on this software.  The outcome was successful and certain edits were made, the video below decisive these decisions and why they were chosen.

Behind the scenes- Filming

Filming

The Bunker

Due to weather conditions we had to change the date of the original scheduled, luckily we sent a contingency date we reschedule the filming day of the bunker scene from the 8th February to the 11th of February liked we planned, this then lead to the house date being filmed to the 28th February.


In order to film the second half we needed to take the photo in order for it to go into the photo frame. We took the photo before filming of the 4 characters standing outside the Bunker, despite the filming footage not showing the photo being taken, the audience can clearly see that the photo is connected to the Bunker and reminds them of the before scene. I then used photoshop to remove the Nike tick logo on the black jumper and on the trainers this is because we don't have copyright to the brand. Removing it covers our back however if this was to be released within the cinema then the production company could get Nike to sponsor the film to advertise their brand.

Filming commenced on the 11th February. We met the cast at the meeting time of 16:00 in the afternoon and we walked to the Bunker. We decided as the season is Winter the natural light in which we had access to would be lost quite quickly therefore the outside shots were filmed first to allow use to take full advantage of the natural sun light. We followed the storyboard very well however we decide to change a small element of it. Instead having the light go off twice, we had the light go off once and an added scary face would be shown to increase the tension and give the character more of a purpose to be running away. The actors followed the directions well and were enthusiastic, this made the filming process calm and structured.

When approaching the Bunker torches where added to lighten the Bunker. We didn't have access to a Nokia phone torch therefore we used normal torches, despite the change the torches highlighted the bunker and created shadows which created a spooky and scary
atmosphere.

As this part was unplanned it was filmed after all the other footage. We film this within a walk-in wardrobe as there were now windows therefore it would be as dark at the bunker. When using a phone torch light the light was flashed in her face whilst she looked at the camera and looked angry/ scared. After adding this to the rest of the footage we decided this was a successful change and makes the story clearer.


Simon's House
As before mentioned we filmed the second scene on the 28th February.
The Bunker scene was filmed in '2003', and the scene in Simons house was then filmed in 2016. We wanted to use the same characters to allow the audience to understand who they are and the connection between the sence however we had to show that time had changed therefore that required making him look older.

We used Ellie's house for the location because her living room landscape is quite plain therefore gave us a good canvas  to work with. We removed additional photos which were already on the side and replaced one of the images within these photos with the image which was taken at the Bunker. When filming we came across the challenge of the reflection of the camera being seen in the photo frame glass, therefore we decided to take the image out and cut it down to size to fit in over the glass to prevent the reflections.
This film shoot went quite smoothly and additional footage was filmed to fill and gaps of continuity.

Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

Here's a short video of use taking photo's whilst filming. This was to show that we didn't used copy righted videos and we took turns in filming.

Planning- Script

Script

This below is a written script of the first 2 minutes of our thriller opening. This, when filming, allows us to follow the script and the storyboard.

The Bunker

BY

BETHANY HEAD, ELLIE SMITH & AYO OSIKOYA

FADE IN:

TITLE CARD: 2003

EXT. BUNKER – SUNSET

In the middle of a field stands a bunker, grass covering its entirety.   The sound of teenagers talking in the background can be heard as they walk down a lane leading towards the bunker.

AYO suddenly stops and spots the bunker.  The chatting stops as it becomes silent.

AYO

Come on guys who’s up for a laugh?

CHARLOTTE

But it’s so dark

SCOTT

It’s okay I have a torch

The mumbling of the teenagers starts.   They start to crawl through the barbed wire one at a time at the side of the bunker.

Walk towards the bunker; see the teenagers approaching it slowly.   Sound track begins of deep slow music.  

The camera looks down the stairs and as it views the darkness.  Charlotte approaches the stairs and starts walking down them with a torch

Each character continues to walk down the stairs as the surroundings are observed.  The torch is lit and the surroundings are highlighted.

The row of rooms is visible.  Sound track becomes louder.

Turn round to view a closer room. The sound track becomes even louder.  Return to the view of the room.

Light goes out, scene just plain darkness.  Sound track reaches climax, screaming of the teenagers overlap.

Light comes back on.  Screaming of the teenagers stop and the soundtrack continues on a lower volume.

Charlotte’s expression is discussed because the boys screamed.  The hallway is highlighted.

Light goes back out.  Sound track climax’s again and the teenagers scream.

Hand held camera as the teenagers run away. The soundtrack still at its climax as the characters run away.

Characters crawl back through the gate, struggling as the fear is making their bodies tense.  Sound track picks up the pace to exaggerate the speed and increase the suspense.

Sound track becomes high pitched.  Bunker is shown as a close up and slowly zoom out.  Suddenly cut to the Bunker stairs, high pitch soundtrack stops and a girl’s scream is heard.

CUT:

TITLE PAGE: THE BUNKER

INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – Sunrise

TITLE CARD: 2016

Ellie’s house in a row of terrace houses with a black.  The natural sound of morning bird calls can be heard to create a calm relaxed atmosphere.

TITLE CARD: KYAN TURNBULL

Hand reaching to a door handle.  Then pulls it down to realise the lock.

KYAN walks through the door wearing jeans and polo.  Looking tired he observes his surroundings. Bird calls stop, leaving silence present.

His eyes are drawn into the photo frame on the side table.  Photo frame placed between a lamp and other photo’s. Deep sound track starts.

Walk towards the photo. Sound track continues. Reaches towards the photo, sound track get louder.

Camera zooms into photo, then a loud sudden deep sound. Kyan looks round to observe the surroundings. However when he looks back round to the photo, the female character is scribbled out.

Deep sudden noise. Scene.

Institutional Research

Institutional Research

Big Talk Productions is a British film and television production company founded by Nira Park in 1995.
They have realised films such as 'Hot Fuzz' and 'Shaun of the Dead', these films are classed has a hybrid genre of comedy and thriller. Despite these films having comedy elements they still have the key genre of thriller therefore they could be a potential production company idea. Their website states that 'Comedy is, and always has been, the beating heart of Big Talk' therefore this production company may not be the best production company to sell our film too. http://www.bigtalkproductions.com/

Hammer is another more independent production company. http://www.hammerfilms.com/. Hammer is British film production company founded in 1934. They are known for their films which genres of science-fiction, thriller and comedies however their website shows clearly that the most popular genre is thriller due to their use of reds and scary images. Film's such as 'Dracula' and 'The Mummy' are two of the most popular films made with this production companies with elements of myths and history creating the current plot. The most recent film they have realised was the following the original  film of 'The Women in Black' called 'The Women in Black, Angle of Death' the film has made over $130m worldwide making it one of the biggest indie horror films ever therefore the success of pervious films allows our film to hopefully have a successful outcome due to the media success of the 'Hammer' name. They have worked with Warner Brothers to produce some of there films, Warner Brothers being on of the Big Three production companies based in America could suggest that our film could also be produced in America due to having links with Warner Brother. This production company will be more practical for our film because they realise thriller films therefore fans who know of the 'Hammer' production company will know of the companies genre and quality. It's collaboration with Warner Brother's will promote our film to venture across sea to America. We will use the following indent at the beginning of our film to allow the audience to understand the production companies and independent production companies which have come together to make our film. This will make a change to our story board as we now have decided to use indents which are more beneficial and link to our film genre and storyline. Hammer has quite a niche target audience therefore when we produce our film with this production company it'll be targeted at the right audience. With upcoming films in development such as 'Winchester Mystery House' and 'Shomer' it's clear the production company is still following the path of the thriller genre therefore this production company will still be suitable for our film genre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxjHcPnQUfQ

Warner Brothers is one of the Big Three Production companies founded in California America in 1923. Being a large production company they also specialise in realising video games and  television programmes. They realise a range of genre's due to their mass target audience. Due to their length of recognition everyone is familiar of Warner Brothers production market and their indent. Their indent is recognisable therefore to put this at the beginning of our film opening will allow the audience to see the mass production company which contribution into making the film as well as showing the independent production company. Being an America production company they are known across the world therefore if they realise our film it'll promote our film in other countries. The indent below will be at the beginning of our film opening before the independent indent because from our film research this seems to be a continues structure of portraying the indents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuYlC4itHpU

Target Audience Research

Target Audience Research

We created a survey to find out some market research about thriller films. We are yet unsure who our target audience is therefore looking at the age range and the viewing of thriller films to those who our taking our survey will help us to narrow down our target audience.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HNBTQVM

We asked 10 people to answer out survey the outcome was successful and the results are to follow.

From the result's it's clear that both females and males aged between 15-25 watch thriller films. Watching thriller films range across the year however the mode is fortnightly, however when it come's  to buying thriller films the mode is between monthly and yearly, suggesting more people go to the cinema to watch a movie or watch it on DVD rather than go out to buy a DVD.


The range of favourite Thriller films were massive however one theme within them all is the amount of action and suspense which was commented on. We have taken this into consideration when filming out opening because we need to make sure we create the same suspense and action like the other favourite triller films do.

There are many thriller conventions which we would like to portray in our opening. The conventions in which our survey highlight are our main focus as we want the audience to know the genre of the film. The main conventions are the climax and mystery of the film as well as the action between two characters. Stereotypically in thriller films there is a character who has had a bad past therefore we wanted to portray that in our film despite this not being the most popular chose of conventions.

Soundtrack and the use of silence where seen as the most popular ways to create suspense within a film. When editing our opening we need to make sure the silence moments are strong so when the soundtrack is added it creates the tension effect that something is about to happen.


The villain within a thriller film is stereotypically similar in all thriller films. Within the questionnaire we found that our target audience feel the villain would be a female character or some character shown at the beginning. Due to this being a stereotype anyway we had thought about this before the planning process this has shown to be a link to what the audience think therefore we believe this storyline will allow the audience to understand the plot as well as understand where the characters path lie. The hero on the other hand had the outcome from our questionnaire that it'll be a male character. In the first 2 minutes of the film it'll be hard to show what each character is going to be doing for the rest of the film however, we have a scene where the boy is waking up and looking at the picture of the missing girl, due to him being the fist character the audiences see's after the titles it is suggesting he has some importance to the story therefore suggesting he could be the hero.

From our research we have found out that we have created a story line which follows the stereotypes of a thriller film which will gives us hopefully a great outcome if it was to be realised in a mainstream cinema. The structure of our film won't need changing however we have decided when realising the film we are going to aim our target audience for both genders ages between 16-30 as these where the most positive and enthusiastic outcomes from our questionnaire. We also need to make sure within the editing process that the sound is effective with sudden loud noises in some places from a comfortable length of  silence to create suspense.

Strucuture of Filming

Structure of Filming

This is a story board from our 2 minutes opening of a thriller film. We created this to give us a clear structure of what we are going to film and when. We created this using images we have found on the internet to give us a idea of angles and shots. Despite the characters not looking like the actors we are going to use the images gives us a rough outcome as we can see the angles and structure of the story.

http://www.slideshare.net/bethanyhead/opening-story-board-57558675

We have created a time table in order to make the filming process organised and controlled. By organising the cast, location, dates and props the filming should be relaxed and organised because a full structure will be planned. When have speeded out the filming over 2 days due to the 2 different locations. We wanted to film each location on the same day as we will be using the natural light therefore if we go on a different day the lighting and weather may be different, allowing the audience to see that is was filmed on a different day. We will film any outside footage first again being of lighting, we are going to film the Bunker scene about 4 therefore it'll be getting dark but will be light enough for the camera to pick up the characters. Also we need to film the Bunker scene first because we need a group photo of the 4 characters in order for the next scene to make sense.

Contingency Date

If someone falls ill or the weather isn't able to film in, we will reschedule the filming day of the bunker scene to the 11th February and the house date to the 28th March in order to get the filming down quickly so the editing process can be down well in the time limit given. 

Costumes, Cast and Props for Filming

Costumes, Cast and Props

The members of in which we are going to use are locational friends and relatives.
We decided to chose 3 males and 1 female. We decided this because the female will look more vulnerable and out numbered where as the boys will look stronger and up for a laugh. The stereotypes of the male characters will juxtapose after they go into the Bunker. When the boys are in the Bunker they are just as scared as the female character.
The characters names are:
-Ayo
-Scott
-Kyan
-Charlotte
The character's wont have massive lines however we still need them to look like friends therefore that's why we chose a cast in which they all know each other.
The costumes we have chosen for each character show the year. Their 2003 clothes are different to their 2016 clothes.
The males will wear blue jeans with trainers and a jumper which can be of any colour, a role neck jumper will be ideal however if this is unable a normal jumper will still fit. The female character will wear a denim skirt with a plain black top with tights, ballet pumps and a denim jacket. These are the stereotypical clothes for these genders therefore will allow the audience to understand the gender and status of each character. Their clothing is relaxed however not so relaxed to make them look poor or low maintenance. The male characters are wearing similar clothing because it shows the mainstream fashion of the year as well as showing the male characters are all connected in some way.



There are only a few props in which we need in order to make the film have its full effect:
- Nokia phone with light: when in the bunker it'll be pitch black therefore a Nokia phone light will give off some light to allow the camera to pick up the characters and setting within the bunker. If one light isn't light enough we will give the other characters these phones too or add additional lighting from a torch or other phones which will follow the camera round.

-Photo frame with a photo of the cast- for the future scene a photo of the group of friends will need to be used to show the day as a memory. To do this we will need to take a photo of the 4 cast members together having a good time and put it in a photo frame in order for the male character to pick it up to show the relationship between the two scenes.

-When in the bunker loud noises will need to be made, as a group we have decided to add the sound's on after the shooting to make them louder and have a bigger impacted, these could be added through adding sound effects however they could also be made by slamming doors or making loud noises through hitting pans.

Location for Filming

Location

We have decided to use the location of a Bunker for the main part of our film opening. This location is set in the country side of Hartlip, in Gillingham, Kent. The country side emphasises the abandonees of the Bunker therefore making it look more creepy and mysterious. The abandon location has myths of being haunted therefore the tension within the atmosphere will make the characters quite scatty and jumpy therefore the naturalist acting will make the film look more realistic. Despite the Bunker being pitch black we will use a Nokia phone torch to create some light. We want minimal lighting to make shadows from surrounding doors and objects to look bigger however
we want enough light to see the objects and the expression on the characters faces and also when the light goes out there needs to be a bigger contrast. If the lighting is to dark then additional phone lights may need to be added however need to look like they are from the Nokia phone to make the light look natural. The setting of the Bunker is very minimal therefore giving the impression that they are alone.





The second location is at Ellie's house (Gillingham, Kent). We are using her house as it is neat and clean therefore it'll show a friendly environment. As the time period has past we need to show the boys are a bit older therefore their costume will change. The photo frame will be on a side within the house and the photo inside will be of the 4 characters The house walls are white with minimal colours therefore it is bright so the lighting will juxtapose from the last scene. It's not a massive distance from the Bunker to the house therefore they are assessable location's meaning film could be done on the same day. Despite being quite close the audience will be unaware of the second location therefore they won't know the distance between the two locations. This scene will be set in the morning therefore there will be already a large amount of natural lighting, so additional lighting shouldn't be needed however if we do a lamp or main light could be turned on.