Thursday, 28 January 2016

Planning Mise-en-Scene - costume and props

Mise-en-scene:

Planning the mise-en-scene for our film opening, helps us to organise the costume and the props that we need to buy and that are needed, to get the cast members ready before the filming. Planning this is important, as it provides evidence of us thinking about individual ideas that are needed for the film opening. This also makes it more professional and interesting, as the clothes suggest he characters' personalities.

Costume:


David played by Natharn Wamala:

 He will wear an old dark jumper, with black trackies, black trainers and a white top underneath. When he is in town he will wear black jeans with the same black trainers and on top a black jacket. He will also be wearing a cap.

The reason why he is going to wear dark clothes is because he is the most mysterious character, as he is the killer. He also has to appear to be obsessed with his victims. To show that, we'll  locate a table in his mystery room, where he will be writing all the clues, creating the map and also crossing out out victims that he has already killed. On the table, there's going to be a lot of tools. For example, photos of his victims, pens, black tape, duck tape, scissors, blood, craft knife and metallic things...




Gabriella played by Emma Jeeves:

She will wear baggy jeans and a baggy black t-shirt, with trainers and red coat.

Emma will wear that because Gabriella is more like a tomboy and she prefers to hang out with boys. She also feels more comfortable and confident to be with them as she can be herself. That's why she does not wear any make-up and her hair is down and curly.




Michael played by Ashley Paddick:

He will wear colourful clothes, like a garnet jumper with light jeans and a pink t-shirt underneath.

Ashley will wear colourful clothes because he is a positive character and the one who makes their friendship more happier and energetic.




Introduction:

The garage will be untidy, with a lot of papers everywhere and equipments on the table. This is because the murderer collected newspapers articles of all the people he has killed in the past which is kept as a memory.


Props:



We need to use a small lamp because that will make the background darker and it will only focus on Natharn's hands.
The reason for this is because we want it to look mysterious and because the face will be anonymous. It will also create curiosity for the viewers.
We will also use the lamp as we want some parts to be darker because Natharn was meant to work in the dark,  so it can have more effect and it will also look  more scarier. We will use the lamp for some light, so the viewers can be able to watch what's happening as well.






We will use a round wooden table, where David will be creating the clues. For example, the map, the newspaper, duck tape, black marker etcetera.
 We will also stick some newspapers of the victims, as he is a psychopath.






There will also be newspaper reports created by us. Where we will research murdered teenagers in the woods and after that we will put a picture our friends. On the right side, there is already one article that we have started.  We made the title bold so it readable for the viewers.
The reason why we did this is, so the audience can find out more about him, and so they can know he murdered people before.






We will use red food colouring as it would look more real than fake blood. We will use this on Natharn's hands, which will suggests that he already murdered someone and that he is a murderer, which makes it more scarier for the audience, as it suggests that something bad is going to happen.














Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Planning - Casting



Gabriella 




Gabriella is a teenager who is self-confident, she enjoys playing piano. Gabriella is not stereotypical teenage girl, she is quite opposite and she would rather spend her free time hanging out with friends. Gabriella's role will be played by Emma Jeeves. We think Emma is suitable for the role of Gabriella because she is confident in front of the camera and she has done drama in her GCSE's, which is a big benifit because she already knows how acting and filming works. She will be able to fit in Gabriella's role as she is not shy and has got some experience of acting.

You can see Emma in the video below. We thought that, it might be good to take a short video of our actors, before the actual filming, to make sure that they are right for the role.










David


David is a teenage boy who is shy and does not talk much. He does not like to socialise with other people. He spends most of his time at home, or with his younger sister. David's role will be played by Natharn Wamala. Natharn is 16 years old and we think he is suitable for the role of David because he is also quite shy.
















Michael



Michael is also a teenager who is very positive and outgoing. He is really confident and he spends most of his spare time  hanging out with his friends. Michael's role will be played by Ashley Paddick. Ashley is 16 years old. We think he is suitable for the role of Michael because he is a really  positive person, fun to be with, self-confident and he is not shy to act in front of the camera. He also did drama for his GCSE's which also makes him suitable for acting.

You can see Ashley in the video below, where we have taken the first footage of him before the real filming. By doing the short video, we are confident now that Ashley is perfect for the role of Michael. 









Monday, 25 January 2016

Planning - Location Planning

Location planning is very important before filming because once we have an idea of the locations that we want to film in, we can go to the locations to see whether those locations are suitable for filming the opening of our film. This post consists of the location of our film opening. We are filming in 2 locations. The picture below shows a part of the town. This is our first location. This is where the 3 friends are going to walk. They are going to find the map near one of the buildings. We chose this location because it is going to be dark at night and there is barely anyone. This would create a sense of danger and fear.






These pictures show Amanda's garage. In the film this is going to be shown as David's work space where he will create the map and the clues for the game. We are going to film his hands making the clues and the map in the garage. We think this location is suitable for David's work space because it is a big space and it already looks quite dark and mysterious when it's dark. We can make it look even scary by emptying the garage and pining some photos of the four friends and mark them with "X" marks to show the audience that they are the people on his list that he wants to kill. We could also  make it look untidy.












Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Planning - Producing A Storyboard

A storyboard is a sequence of drawings, with some dialogues. Showing the shots that it's planned for a film production.


Here is an example of the original Jurassic Park's storyboard, where David Lowery has designed it.


 This storyboard shows where the dinosaur came alive for the first time in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park.

David Lowery has also the assistant art director for The Lost World: Jurassic Park and an illustrator for Jurassic Park.





In the presentation below, you can see a  part of our storyboard, which consists of our filming process. This is going to help us to film the scenes, as the storyboard tells us the camera angle, camera shot, camera movement and also the actors needed, and the location. We only picked out a part of the storyboard because it would be time consuming  to draw out every single shot, so we only chosed the main ones for the storyboard.


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Planning: Changes To The Cast

We have made a change to the casting. We have decided to remove a character from our film opening. The character's name is Daniel. We thought it would better to do this because we couldn't find anyone that is suitable for his character. We don't think it is necessary to have four friends because we only need 2 boys and a girl as it is easier to work with less cast members. This also makes it easier for us to organise dates and times that are flexible for the cast members and the crew.

Monday, 7 December 2015

Planning: Writing A Treatment

The film starts with a low angle long shot of the four friends in town.

Then the production company's name comes up in the bottom of the first shot of the friends.

Then a close up of hands creating the map. In this scene, there is a non- diegetic sound in a low pitch.

A mid shot followed by close up shots of the friends, to make the audience more familiar with them.

Then there is a mid shot of each of the friends with the titles in the bottom of the scene. (The titles consist of the actors names.)

A close up of the hands making the map. Followed by a shot of the room showing the photos of dead people. (The room is dark and light only falls on the table where the killer is creating the map.)

Then a black screen comes up with the film's name. Non- diegetic sound can be heard that creates a feeling of danger.

A shot of the friends in town. Gabriella flicks David's hat off his head  as having fun.(Titles are shown here.)

Shot of David picking up the hat and finding something unusual.

A mid shot of David picking up something. (Titles are shown here.)

A close up of a scrolled up paper and David's hand picking it up.

You cannot see what is inside the paper as its scrolled up. Non- diegetic sound comes in, which creates tension in the scene.

A shot of the hands making the clues. An extreme close up of the photo of a tree
 marked by a symbol that was seen earlier in the killer's room. More shots showing the room.

The friends gather around and looks at the map. this is shown by a long shot going into an extreme close up. When the map is shown in an extreme close up a non-diegetic sound can be heard. The sound is high pitch.

Friday, 4 December 2015

Planning : Target Audience Feedback

To get feedback and to know how many people are interested in watching our movie 'Game Over' we created a survey using www.surveymonkey.com.
to see our survey CLIKING HERE.

What is your age group?

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13-1516-1819-21
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
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13-15
15.00%
3
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16-18
85.00%
17
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19-21
0.00%
0
Total20

In our first question, we have asked their age group as our target audience is teenagers and as you can see in the bar-chart there's 85% that were from the age 16-18. This is good because that was our mainly  target audience to be.


Do you enjoy watching horror films?

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YesNo50/50
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
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Yes
35.00%
7
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No
30.00%
6
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50/50
35.00%
7
Total20
We have also asked this because we needed to know if they enjoyed watching horror films, as they would know more about it and can give us more idea for our opening film. 
In this bar-chart i can see that only 35% likes watching horror films.


What types of horror films do you prefer?

  • Answered: 18 
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Found footage
and point of...
HauntedGhostsBackwoodsGamesPsychological 
Other (please
specify)
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
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Found footage and point of view
5.56%
1
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Haunted
16.67%
3
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Ghosts
16.67%
3
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Backwoods
0.00%
0
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Games
5.56%
1
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Psychological 
33.33%
6
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Other (please specify)
22.22%
4
Total18
In question 3, we have asked what types of horror films they like the most and as you can see in this bar-chart only 6% likes the  games but 33% prefers the psychological. This helped us a lot as by knowing this, we could add this in our opening as well, so many people can enjoy more watching this horror film.

Do you think the title suits the movie? If not what would you recommend?

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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes 
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yes it suits it
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Women in black 
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Yes
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yes
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yes! 
12/4/2015 2:38 PM View respondent's answers
It makes sense with the synopsis. 
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Yes
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Very generic title for a horror film.
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Yes
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Yes
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yes i think it suits the movie
12/2/2015 9:26 PM View respondent's answers
I think it would be better if it had some reference to maps/ clues... Seeking the truth/ X marks the spot
12/2/2015 3:16 PM View respondent's answers
Yes.
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In question 4, we have asked for their opening for the title of our film. Most of them said that it did suit the film. however we have thought about changing it to X marks the spot, as we are not sure if we want to change it or not yet.

What do you think about our initial idea? Is there any changes that we could do to make it better?

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It is good. You could have the dead friend(s) try and help the killer.
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No
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Include some sort of context behind the map, where it derived from, what it was used for and what the purpose is. The mysterious black figure could be a ghost, one the friend or a creature. 
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I think the initial idea is good as it builds up suspense but I would suggest killing off more than one friend 
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no it sounds good
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not really 
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I personally don't like horror films, but I think it sounds good for people who do like them. 
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Maybe add a bit of background into the story at the beginning? 
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It's good but is it realistic that they randomly come across an old map?
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Make it more mysterious and creepy and ambigious
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I like it, it seems interesting.
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It sounds interesting and exciting. Maybe have the friend who died turn out to be the black figure and they faked their own death in order to carry on torturing their friends.
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no its good
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No it sounds good ??
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I think that it has potential to be a pretty interesting film, however the overall description/synopsis that you've included above is slightly confusing. I'm unaware of the significance of the map and how that leads to a game... does the map lead you to different locations in the woods, which is where you find the clues? hen you say 'clues' do you mean like rules as to what they have to do to move on to the next location? If so, it's kind of like the plot for 'Saw'. Overall, I think it sounds like a good idea, just try to be more clear on your summary as it will entice more people to read it and watch the film.
In question 5, we asked what they thought about our initial idea which was:
'Game Over is a teenage horror film about 4 friends who, whilst on a night out, came across an old map, which was created by an unknown entity. They decided to follow the map, which then led them into woods. When they arrived at the woods they found a set of clues that led them to specific locations. As they reached their destinations, they soon discovered that they  were about to be faced with really dangerous tasks that could potentially end in their death. One of the 4 friends thought it was a ridiculous idea so he decided to stop following the clues, which resulted in him getting murdered by a mysterious black figure. If they fail to complete the tasks, they will be tortured. After their friend's death,  the rest of the friends had to make the right decisions in order to stay alive.'

The majority said that it was good but others gave us some more ideas, like adding a a background into the story at the beginning or that the friend that died could be the bad guy, the one that creates the map.
All of this gave us lots of ideas for our initial idea.

How do you imagine the opening of the film would be?

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The 4 friends in the woods The friends finding the map
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4 firiends meet in college or school
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A flashback of what happened before when the map was created and the reason behind it's creation. Then it leads onto the 4 teenagers finding the map after their night out. 
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Showing the woods and the skyline behind it. Make sure that it looks scary and dark. You could show the creature that kills one of the friends running through the woods to make the audience wonder what it is. Then go to the friends in town and finding the map.
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the teenagers getting ready for the night out, everything being cheery and happy
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it would be in dark house
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Showing the 4 friends on the night out and finding the map
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I really have no idea, sorry. 
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An introduction into the 4 people's lives and how they manage to end up getting into the challenges, if there's some history about the maps or the figure that kills the first boy, you could add a story line about that?
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With camera shots of the friends scared and hunting?
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blood
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A mysterious and scary person creating a map. 
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Starts off with the friends on their night out, they find the map and follow it. The friend dies and then it could go to a news report or something talking about the death of the friend.
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the 4 friends getting ready for a night out 
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Spooky, foreshadowing the future 
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You could show a different group of people who previously found the map and then show their journey to the final location on the map. Maybe they could all die, which is why this new group of friends discover the map. 
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In question 6, we have asked how would they imagine the opening film would be. On this question we had so many interesting answers and gave us new ideas for our opening film.

In conclusion i think that doing this survey was really useful, as we were a bit stuck because we didn't know what to do for our initial ideas and if we needed to change the title or adding more things to make it more interesting and the viewers likes it.