Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

This is the shooting schedule that we made so that we knew exactly when we were going to film. Furthermore it will help us get our filming done efficiently so we don't waste time doing nothing. It highlights what date we will shot the particular shots on as well as where we will film them and the actors/actresses we will use. Props and costume are also listed on there so that we can just look and know exactly what we need to bring and all the equipment we must make sure we have. This schedule is extremely important so that each person knows exactly where they need to be and when. Without this schedule we would get behind and won't know when to film as well as lose out on potential time for editing and making our sequence the best it can be. Therefore we will stay organized and get our opening sequence filmed accurately. 

Location Permission

Location Permission

 

These are the letters which our group has sent to get permission to use the specific grounds. We explained in this letter what the reason was for us to use the particular area. Therefore we explained how we were students from Glenthorne who are studying Media and hoping to use the area to film our opening sequence. It was important for us to get this permission and by highlighting to the Sutton Council and the School how they would be thoroughly helping us, we hope they will provide us with the permission. This will mean we can stick to our plans and film in all the places we need.

Props and Costume

Casting

Casting

In order for our sequence to work we need to get the right casting so they help to tell the story and link to our main story line. Our target audience is 16 to 20 year olds so we wanted our characters to be of a similar age so that the audience would be able to relate to them.

This is Zoe who will play one of the three girls that carry out the incident. Zoe is the appropriate age for the character and is a female which is what we wanted. Then below is Ellie and Sophie who will also be playing the girls. They are all of a similar height which is important because it means throughout the sequence the audience won't know exactly who the character is. When we actually film they will all be wearing the same so that it displays how they all go to school and together and are friends with each other. Additionally throughout the sequence their identity will be hidden so that the audience are unsure of who they are and are more interested in watching.

Finally this is Daniel who will be acting as Tom in the sequence. Tom is the main character so we needed someone that would be the appropriate age and build and gender and Daniel is. He will wear the same costume as this apart from he will be wearing a white shirt. This is very plain clothing so doesn't really reveal much about his personality but expresses that he is quite an insecure person that doesn't want to be centre of attention.

Animatic

Animatic

This is our Animatic which is put together to discover what you are producing is going to look like. In order to make this we had to take pictures of all the shots we had drawn in our storyboards and then use these to create our animatic. This allowed us to add in the specific timings we wanted for each shot as well as try to add in the music we wanted. We were not too sure on the music but we decided we actually quite like it and it went quite well we our genre of a thriller because it gradually builds up as the sequence continues. We also got to add in the titles so we could place them over the top of certain shots and adjust the timings of them. We have realised we may want to make some titles longer because they don't appear on screen for long enough.

The font we decided to use was CharparralPro-Regular. The reason we chose this was because it is quite a simple font but very bold and captures your attention. It links well with our thriller genre because it helps build the intensity and is very formal and serious display how this film is going to be serious and not something silly. The boldness of the name of the film at the end of the opening sequence also signifies how something is about to happen.

We also added in our chose of distribution and production company. For our distribution company we chose Lionsgate because they have a history of some thriller films so is therefore relating to our genre. We then began to create a logo for our production company which we named Final Cut Productions.  We realise we need to make it fade and blend in better so we will have to do some editing on it.

In class we watched everyone's Animatic and provided them with feedback. This was good because it allowed us to get an opinion from someone else and see whether they liked it and what they think should be improved. The feedback we received was that we had a good range of titles however they went off screen too quickly therefore we need to make sure we extend the amount of time the titles are seen. Furthermore they liked the section which displayed fast paced editing of the shots of all the peoples faces because it created intensity. Additionally they said we should crop the images so that they were full scale, we took on board this feedback and cropped the images and it now looks more professional.

Chosen Sounds

Chosen Sounds

Chosen sound 1. We decided this is a good sound to use in the background of our opening sequence. This is because it starts off quite slow but has that spooky feeling to it which will draw in the audience and make them want to keep watching. Then later on it starts to get louder and the pace increase which would be effective for when the clues starts to be revealed. We could then use others sounds on top that relate to the specific shots but this is the background the intensity is constantly being increased.
Chosen sound 2. This is another sound we have chosen which we will use in the shot of the person washing their hands. This is a sound of the water coming out of the tap and it is quite a loud sound which will capture the audiences attention and make them want to discover who is washing their hands and why. This is a realistic sound so the audience will feel intrigued by it.


Chosen sound 4 and 5. We chose these sound because it will help to build up the tense and create that spooky atmosphere. The footsteps sound highlights how they are walking away from what they have done and because the audience can't see the peoples face they begin to ask lots of questions such as who are the people, what have they done, where have they gone etc. This helps to increase the intensity and keep the audience wanting to know more.

Storyboards

Storyboards

Below are all the storyboards that we have created. In order for us to plan our opening sequence we needed to create a storyboard so that we could decide on what shot types we wanted to use as well as how long these would last on screen. Even though we had lots of ideas we needed to get them on paper, firstly so we didn't forget them but also so we can see if it is long enough and whether it would actually work. To be able to produce these quickly but effectively we assigned specific tasks within creating it to each member of the group. So we had one person making a list of titles we needed to use, one person drawing, one person colouring and one person working out the timing. This meant every one in the group was pro active and the task was completely correctly.

This is a spider diagram we created to decide on the titles we needed for our opening sequence. Our storyboards needed to include the titles so one person wrote a list of the titles that needed to be included and then with our help we decide on who would be what. Even though we are only producing the first two minutes, we needed to remember that other people would feature later on in the film therefore we would need to include them in our titles so we made up some names for actors/actresses. We continued to check back in our notes to check we were using all the correct titles that followed a conventional opening sequence of a thriller.

This is one sheet from our storyboards. It conveys a mixture of shots we are going to use. We decided that we would draw out the shots and then decide on the order of which they appear. This meant more than one person could draw and then the shots would be done quicker and then we could cut them up and rearrange them. We had to make sure our timings were sensible and not too quick or too long. Even though this may not be exactly how it will happen when filming and editing it gives us a outline to follow so we know what we are doing.

This is one of our main storyboards which reveal parts of the character. These were probably the easiest shots to draw because we knew exactly how we wanted them to be. We wanted shots of the body and then a shot of the whole body because it would help us withhold the information and begin to reveal clues of who the person is. 

This was also a very important storyboard because it included shots of the setting so the audience can have an understanding of where they are. We wanted to cut between lots of shots to create intensity and worry the audience as to what's to follow. Some of these shots involved lots of sound so we made sure we made notes of what sounds would be heard.

 These shots display what happens near the end of the scene. It highlights the last shot of the phone where the time rewinds and goes back to the beginning. When drawing all of these we tried to make sure we had the same colours etc throughout to demonstrate how it is the same person and the consistency throughout.

Character Description

Main Character

This is a drawing of the main character who were have named Tom. Tom is male who is 15 years old and still at school. He is a very caring and kind boy but unfortunately very quiet so people do not get to see his full personality. He has brown hair and wears a school uniform which is a white skirt and black trousers. Even though it is a school uniform which is compulsory he comes across as a very smart boy in the way that he likes to keep his uniform tidy and doesn't want to look messy. Perhaps his impression to others worry him and he wants to try and fit in with everybody else.

The white shirt could suggest innocence and how he is a vulnerable boy who is afraid of the world because of what people say to him. The black trousers and long sleeved shirt are both covering up his body suggesting that he is trying to hide behind the clothing and trying to make himself not noticeable to others. This is because he is scared of what they will say to him and doesn't want to be centre of attention. He is quite insecure in his body and in the world around him.