Here listed is the costumes the characters will be wearing in our short sequence.
Sheridan - Blue blouse with white shirt, black trousers, black shoes (with heels), hair in a bun. Phil - Suit jacket, Blue jeans, yellow t-shirt Steve - Black coat (with hood), blue jeans
In the short film sequence which we will be filming on the 27th January we are planning on using only 3 characters, this is because of the context of the film, that the woman is on her own in the office with another guy, who then gets killed by the stalker. The three characters are as followss with names of people in the group who will be acting them.
Phil - Womans friend who gets killed Sheridan - Woman being followed Steve - Stalker
As we had a delay in our actual filming of our coursework, we decided to do a test run of our piece. I think that this worked well as it gave us some new ideas of shots, and also helped us change the plot slightly. Below is the test footage which we shot on the 26th January.
Because we have filmed some test footage we have had a chance to practise and rehearse. Also we have got some new ideas on what we can do with the stairs in our actual location. We filmed this test footage in college on a stair case so that we had a rough idea o what the location would be like. This has given us some ideas about costume because we know what you can and can't see on the camera because we want to disguise the psychopaths face.
We planned to film on the 25th January but we couldn't make it due to organisation and communication problems. We have now had to rearrange a new time to film. We have now got to film in an evening because we are all busy at the weekend. This has caused some problems with the location as there will be people around at this time. We can over come this by filming quite late in the evening. We have decided to film on Tuesday and if there are any problems with that we will film on Wednesday.
We have made a draft version of a theme tune which is something we can build on to make better once we have the footage to relate the soundtrack to. We have chosen to do a spooky thriller type soundtrack as it relates to the genre of our film, the soundtrack would be fast paced towards the end to go with the large amount transitions between shots.
Because the rough cut deadline is on the 29Th of January we only have one weekend in which to do it. We need the office blocks empty so we have better access which means we are unable to do it on a week day. The only day we are able to do it is this Sunday so we will book the camera for then. The final deadline is on the 5Th of February and hopefully it Will done by then.
For our short film extract, we will be using an office block to film in. This will be used to create different locations within a location, using the entrance, office and part of the roof to create the setting. I think that these different locations within the building would add a good effect as it would add a variety of different shots and show our ability to have different locations.
We have got many ideas for location that our film could possibly made in, but the one that we have chosen is an office block on hills road that Phil has access to because his uncle is manager of it. This office block has a roof and boiler room that we can use so the shots are different and are not all of chairs and desks.
Wes Craven the director of scream 2 also directed films such as Dracula and Nightmare cafe.The 1992 film Nightmare Cafe is about two people who both die then work at The nightmare cafe in this clip it quite similar to scream 2 in the fact that it is at night and is a thriller which shows what kind of director he is.
I chose to look at this clip by Jeff Betancourt because he did the editing for when a stranger calls which was quite interesting. However, Ii think that this clip is a lot different and I do not think that it would work well in our short film extract. The clip has tension in the beginning because of the music which worked really well with the video. The clip had slow pace which I don't think would work well with our film extract.
In this clip of When a Stranger Calls the pace is quite fast, this creates a lot of tension. I think that it could be a good idea as the editor to make sure that our film extract has a lot of tension I could make sure it has a fast pace like this clip. Jeff Betancourt did the editing for this clip. He has done editing for lots of different thriller-type films such as The grudge, The Grudge 2 and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Betancourt mainly seems to edit films that create a lot of suspense and tension I am going to look at some of his other techniques in The grudge.
As my role is Director i was looking at the mise en scene in this clip. This specific clip of the film the scene starts off showing that its at night so straight away it gives you feel tense. The phone which is used as the main prop plays a very important part because that is how the killer gets into his victims minds. Also the camera shots are well used as they also build suspense which make it a good film.
Psychological thriller mood board This is the mood board, we have chosen to use Psychological Thriller film posters. this is because we have chosen the psychological thriller genre for our film extract. The music was created by Steve I think that Steve's music goes well with the video because it is eerie and creepy. I created the video, I used the Ripple dissolve as the transition between film posters which I think worked well with the theme of psychological thriller. We lost quite a lot of time with this task because Sheridan and i weren't clear on what we had to do so we did it wrong and to start again but i think the final outcome was very successful.
My role within the group is to produce a soundtrack that will go with the film. I need to work closely with the editor and camera-man to make sure the music is in time, increasing the authenticity of our film.
My role in the group is to provide guidance and motivation to the rest of the team so that they are dedicated towards this piece of coursework. One of my main jobs is to organise the group and make sure they know what they are doing.
I chose to look at 'There is something about Mary' for ideas because it is very similar to our original ideas. Watching this gives me a wider range of ideas for our film extract. Our film extract is very similar to this because but ours has a different twist creating a thriller theme. We have tried to add twists to our synopsis. We could get some character ideas from this film which could broaden our original ideas.
I have decided not to use somthing about Mary as reasearch because it does not work with the genre of our film.
My selected role is the editor, this is a very important role as it may make or break the outcome of the film. To be an editor it is important that you know how to use all of the software on the computers so that you can do it efficiently and effectively. It is very important for the editor to work closely with all of the group members, it is important to work as a team. Having every one work together means that we will be organised, we can help each other out but also must stick to the main task. It is especially important for me to work with the sound editor because the video must link with the audio. I am also going to help with the costume designs, make-up, planning and the story board. Which means I will have to work closely with the director and camera man.
In their teenage years boy (psycho killer) and girl (Hostage) are best friends. The boy loves the girl but she doesn't know. He proposes to her after getting the wrong impression she says no and he later turns into a psychopath. He goes round killing people in weird twisted ways. After 10 years of being apart (In different city's) he finds her living in Cambridge. He goes to the office where she works and confronts her after watching her and killing the person she is with. She doesn't know it is the boy from teenage years. He pretends that he has killed the guy that proposed to her (him) And she breaks down and cries how much she loved him. He tells her that its okay because the guy that proposed is actually him, he takes of the mask. She says how much she doesn't want him any more because of all the killing. He kills himself.
In the group is: - Phil - Sheridan - Steven - Jamie
Phil
My role in the group is as the cameraman. For my role I will need to be aware of the aspects like lighting, the different locations I will need to shoot at and plus I will need to include a variety of different shots like close-up, extreme close-up etc.
