Shooting Schedule



Planning - Opening Sequence



Brainstorm - general ideas for Opening Sequence



Types of shots used - Opening shot

When designing the story board for our Opening Sequence, I decided to include a close up, low angled shot of the girls feet because it was interesting and different. Instead of opening with an establishing shot, I thought this would be more effective in the respect of meeting the requirements of the genre of what the film would be, because this shot conveys a sense of mystery as it doesn't show the characters face, only feet. I decided 'Abbie' (primary character) should be bare footed to further show her drunken state which would explain how she thoughtlessly invites what could potentially (and ironically is) a murderer. I also thought this would make her stand out against the two with their shoes still on. Following this the camera zooms out to allow more focus and understanding of the surroundings for the audience.

Brainstorm - Sound

I decided to do some researching into typically associated sound effects with Horror. I created a list with my interpretation of what we might be able to use in our Opening Sequence, where and why... (these would then be searched for as a pre-recorded clip in garage band) My aim of using these sounds would be to give the audience obvious signifiers of when something scary is going to occur but also to modernise it.

• Police sirens - end of sequence after scream, cannot see police cars can just hear then so would be a off-screen sound
• Instrumental clips, sci fi sounding, creepy, eerie - when shadow walks past bathroom door
• Panicking clip - when 'Abbie' runs down the drive in a hurry looking for keys (creates an uncomfortable effect)
• Increasing heart rate/beat - feel connected to the character, when speaks to 'George' for second time and realises he is not in the house
• Deep heavy reathing - creates a sense of feeling as though your being watched
• (as silly as it sounds) the silence of the night - wind being the only thing you can hear is a scary thought, completely isolated and alone
• Footsteps - when being followed, could be Abbie or the stranger

General Planning and Thoughts

Currently planning to meet at Maisie's house for 7pm (to ensure the setting in terms of weather and time of day matches the story that begins in a street at silly hours in the morning). It was decided to use Maisie's house as the location as it was suitable in regards to the surrounding streets as well as being convenient for us all (not spending a long time on travel) and easily acsessable.

We have shared the responsibility of the providing of different props, and equipment. For example I have booked out and will be supplying the HD Camera and organising costume whilst Maisie will be in charge of the tripod and crucial prop that is the house telephone. This way we save time by not relying on eachother for things they had no idea they were responsible for ect. I am currently in possesion of the Production Booklet also, therefore I will be bringing that to complete the shooting logs.

Shauna (our main actor) is going to meet me at my house before we make our way to Maisie's where our secondary actor will join. Actors have been carefully chosen to suit the requirements of the roles (personality, appearance, experience).

We hope to have all filming finished in no longer than 4-5 hours, as it could  be difficult to replicate the positioning of props, weather conditions, actors make up/hair and therefore there is a demand for us to film the same scene in a range of angles so we have a selection to choose from when it comes to editing.

Where it all begun - Story Boards

Above is a copy of the story board I created over the christmas holidays. I didn't include the type of shot because I think its obvious what time of shot it is from my sketches :) nor did I specify the time of each shot because this was really just a rough copy and I wasn't sure how long each would be. Plus I knew there would be lot's of changed made to it.

Children Of Men - Mindmap

This is the mind map I created whilst watching the opening of 'Children Of Men' to assist me with my essay.