Thursday, 31 March 2016

For our company logo, the colours used were not too bright or cute due to the fact that this could distract from the opening. The process began on photoshop with an already rendered gear symbol.
I started with a clear, hd image of a gear symbol.
I then duplicated the image, removed the background and filled it in white.
 I then edited  the logo on Motion, the process was difficult and required several trials and errors before the item could be successfully animated.  I then saved the motion file as a final cut pro generated image and added appropriate music to suit our logo. Overall I think our logo is well made and suits the genre as it introduces the opening with dramatic music and dark colours.

 By Chioma

Task 15: Company logo
05:29

Task 15: Company logo

Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Filming Schedule



We created this film schedule in order to be able to effectively manage our time and to let our cast know when we would be filming, it would also allow us give us enough time for editing.

By Isla
Task 14: Filming schedule
05:33

Task 14: Filming schedule

Thursday, 17 March 2016

Our story board design:

S1: Diegetic sound of rusting leaves. Non diegetic opening music plays. S2: Diegetic sound of Kali speaking.
S3: Diegetic sound of Lara's heavy breathing.
 Shot 1: Medium shot of Lara's legs     
when unconcious. The camera will  
pan across whilst title credits appear.      
                                                       
Shot 2: POV shot of Kali leaning
over Lara, the shot will be blurred to
mimic Lara's distorted vision.

Shot 3: Extreme close up of
Lara's eyes flashing open as she
frantically looks around.

S1: Diegetic sound of breathing and wind. S2: Diegetic sound of Lara screaming and phone ringing. S3: Diegetic sound of
speaking on the phone.
Shot 4: very long shot (VLS)
of open field highlighting
Lara's isolation.
Shot 5: Medium close up
of Lara as she yells out
for her friends.
Shot 6: Over the shoulder shot
as Lara answers a call that is
instead a video sent to her.
S1: Diegetic sound of Lara talking, non diegetic sound of suspenseful music. S2: Diegetic sound of music playing and subtle conversations. S3:Diegetic sound of Lilith speaking.












Shot 7: subtle zoom in to
 close up of Lara's face as
she watches the footage.

Shot 8: Zooms out into two person
shot from the eyes of Damien speaking
to Lilith. The background isn't in
focus but becomes the focus when
Lara enters the scene.

Shot 9: Over the shoulder shot of
Kali fiddling with her necklace, she
waves at Lara.
S1: Diegetic sound of music and Judas speaking. S2: Diegetic sound of characters speaking. S3: Diegetic sound of Kali greeting Lara.
Shot 10: Low angle shot of Judas
standing up to greet Lara. He walks
past the camera.

Shot 11: Over the shoulder shot
as Lilith talks to him.

Shot 12: Medium close up of Kali
speaking to Lilith who is off camera.
Shot 13: Medium close up shot of
Damien passing the bottle towards
Lara past the camera.
Shot 14: Close up of Kali smiling
nervously and taking the bottle.
Shot 15: Smooth transition into a
low angle shot from the hand of Lara
as she holds the phone.

Shot 16: medium long shot of Lara
in the background spotting the water.
Shot 17: Close up side shot of Lara
taking swigs from the bottle. Quick
flashback shows Lara drinking in the
same position at party.
Shot 18: Over the shoulder shot that
follows Lara as she reaches over for
the necklace worn by Kali.
Shot 19: Medium long shot of
Lara screaming for help.
Shot 20: Close up of lara crying
before looking at something off
screen.
Shot 21: Shot of the phone buzzing
whilst a muddy shoe worn by Lilith
is in the background.

Shot 22: Random flashes of character
at vary angles.
Shot 23: Full body shot of Lara
clutching her head.
Shot 24: Two person shot of
Damien and Lilith speaking.
Shot 25: POV shot as someone
films damien speaking into a phone.
Shot 26: close up shot of the pills
as Lara and Kali come into focus.
Shot 27: Two person shot of Damien
and Lilith speaking.
Diegetic sound of character dialogue.
Shot 28: Medium close up of Damien
speaking to someone off camera.
Shot 29: over the shoulder shot
as Damien offers pill.
Shot 30: Kali takes some from Damien
in medium closeup.
Diegetic sound, character dialogue, Non diegetic sound, music.
Shot 31: Two person shot as Lilith
speaks to Lara.
Shot 32: Medium close up of
Lara taking the bottle.
Shot 33: Mid shot of Judas taking
from the pill bottle.
Diegetic sound, Kali crying
Shot 34: A shaky medium close up
of Lara as she has a flashback.
Shot 35: POV shot of someone
staring at phone with kali crying.
Shot 36: Slow transition of phone 
showing text from unknown number.
Non diegetic sound, music plays.
Shot 37: Low angle shot of Lara
standing up as necklace dangles.
Shot 38: Tracking shot of Lara
running through the field.
Shot 39: Very long shot of Lara
disappearing into the background.

 By Chioma
Task 13: Storyboard
04:49

Task 13: Storyboard

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

STARTS IN DARKNESS. FADES TO BLURRY SKY. HEAVY BREATHING IS HEARD.

'KEEP IN THE DARK' by The Temples plays. LOGO AND DIRECTOR TITLE.
LARA'S NARRATION:
I'm okay with being different. I just don't want
to be scared. Not anymore.

CUTS TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF LARA’S EYES.THEY FLASH OPEN.

A body peers over Lara. Her face is blurred and draws ominously closer.

EXT.FIELD
THE GIRL
-It’s time to wake up, Lara.

LARA SHOOTS UPWARDS AND GASPS. HYPERVENTILATING.
(YELLING)

LARA
-Ka… Hello? Judas?


FIGURE DISAPPEARS. LARA FUMBLES FOR HER PHONE AS IT RINGS.


LARA
[RELIEVED]
- Oh my God, Kal. Where the hell are you? I don't know where I am I'm-

Lara pulls back from the phone.
Realising it's not a call but a shaky video playing.

INT.CELLAR/ROOM

Lara enters a room amongst several 
other teenagers who are laughing and drinking.
They turn and greet her except for two,
 Lilith and Damien, who sarcastically greet her, the footage 
is filmed by Damien.

JUDAS
(stands up to say greet Lara and loses his footing)
-Hey stranger

LILITH
(annoyed)
-Can you not elbow me in the process? Thanks.

KALI
(clutching her necklace and taking sips of a drink)
-Lil calm down, can you pass the...um

DAMIEN
(Stretches over and passes the vodka)
-This?

KALI nods quickly and flashes a nervous smile.

EXT. FIELD
Lara notices a discarded water bottle, although 
it is dirty, she desperately takes several swigs
before choking on the sight ahead of her.

LARA
(emotional and close to tears.)
-Oh God please no. KALI! HELP!SOMEBODY!

She holds the necklace close to her before
noticing the red shoes that her friend
Lilith had worn.

Lara reaches over frantically and tries
calling Lilith, followed by Kali.

LARA
-DAMN IT. (crying) No no no.

Suddenly, Lara clutches her head, taking deep haggard breaths.

INT.CELLAR/ROOM

The gathering has escalated, the friends
are daring each other when Damien retrieves something from
his pocket. The actions switch between phone screen and
memory has Lara struggles to cope.

DAMIEN
- Okay be quiet seriously.

LARA
-What are those? Are they like, serious or 
just paracetamol? (Laughs nervously)

LILITH
-Wow Lara that's deep, they're good.
(Turns to Damien and flirtatiously smiles
much to Kali's disgust.)
I had one at Reese's right?

DAMIEN
-No, these are new, apparently they're gonna
be BIG.

Lilith takes two confidently, Judas shakes his head
whilst Kali watches Lilith in a mixture of worry and
admiration.

JUDAS
(cautious)
-No guys let's not, my dad said if he finds
anything down here, that's it.

Kali suddenly reaches forward, grabbing the bottle and 
taking two. Lara is offered and shakes her head.

LILITH
-Why were you actually invited? Like you're not
drinking and you're-

Lara takes two pills, Judas finally gives in and takes
some. As the pills take hold, Lara's memory begins to falter, 
the music becomes overpowering, glass is smashed.

Kali reaches for the phone, staring deeply.
KALI
-Lara...what's happening?

EXT.FIELD

Lara's phone shows a text from an anonymous
contact.

(Reading aloud.)
-We know where you are, in 5 hour you'll
be just like your friends.

Lara stands up, clutching Kali's necklace. 'DOT TO DOT' 
by MELT YOURSELF DOWN begins to play as Lara runs
through the forest.


FADE TO BLACK AND TITLE.




Chioma




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Task 12: Our script
09:17

Task 12: Our script




The props task was displayed as a mood board as the images and text would be easily laid out so that it was easy to read. The relevant pictures of the props that are going to be used were made quite big so that they stood out, the ext was made bold so that it was easy to read. The pictures were placed next to the text that explained why we want to use it and why it was relevant to our opening sequence.

By Isla
Task 11: Props
04:18

Task 11: Props

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

What are the costume ideas for our character?

Isla
Isla


We chose to layout our information like this because it allows us to simply evaluate whether these costumes will be appropriate for our genre and characters.

Chioma


Our costume ideas are simplistic but will include many symbolic and deeper meanings of what each item will mean for their respective character.
Chioma
Chioma

Task 10: Costume ideas
05:11

Task 10: Costume ideas




For our casting shots, we chose to create 2 or 3 shots that reflected the thriller genre. In order to make them appear professional we took several shots and angles to give us a better idea of our characters. For example, the character Kali played by Annabel was instructed to channel her soft and shy side for the images whereas for Damien and Lilith's characters, we wanted to be able to reference their more aggressive personalities in their images,  so we had them reflect that by crossing their arms or placing their hands in their pockets.

Damien Walker played by Elliott Jackson

For Damien we chose Chioma's friend, Elliott this was because we felt that he could pull off how we wanted Damien to look and behave. We felt that his height contributed to his character as we can manipulate camera angles to make him seem stronger and more powerful than the other characters. Damien is very popular so he dresses with the typical cool look, ripped jeans and black t-shirt. As he is popular he acts very arrogantly which is reflected in his posture and the way he walks. 

Lara Hunt played by Samantha Jolliffe
Samantha was chosen due to the fact that she has an acting background and suited the personality that lara has such as confident and friendly, however, in the opening sequence, we will focus on the contrasting side to Lara, which is desperate and nervous when she wakes up in the field. A variety of different camera angles are used to portray her shy and nervous character.

Kali Winslow played by Annabel Stiling

Judas Martin played by Ben Roberts

Lilith Jones played by Elise Dunn


Task 9: Casting Shots
04:08

Task 9: Casting Shots

Thursday, 10 March 2016


What are ideal locations for our opening?


The reasons we chose locations such as heavily nature filled parks, dilapidated statues and open fields is because it allows for versatile camera shots and also supports the thriller genre. The pictures in the park were taken around the morning so that the shots mimicked the misty and isolated landscape that the character Lara would wake up in.

The image of a bus stop was taken at night in order to appear more intense and ominous. The dim light whilst the background is dark presents an effective contrast that we could use for our opening. It helps bring across connotations such as fear and mystery as the audience would be unaware of why no one else is in the street.


Other locations we may consider.

This location is close by and provides a wide landscape.


Lara could walk through this location.


A bedroom or garage may be used, I chose to change the lighting in this room to red to present the ominous feeling that
it could present.

The characters could be shown entering the room or going down these stairs to get there.

Task 8: Locations for our film
06:22

Task 8: Locations for our film

Tuesday, 8 March 2016


Overall we found that our target audience were close to the age range of 16-25 year olds. This has influenced our approach to our opening sequence as now we are sure that our opening will focus heavily on the thriller aspects. If our film were to be professionally made, it would most likely be a lower budgeted film similar to the style of Warp X, this is because the style would be more suited for a certain type if audience and would not necessarily be considered as a mainstream film due to the incorporation of the indie genre as well as the thriller. We then compared our film idea to other similar productions and looked on Google and imdb to see whether they were big budget films or smaller independent( but just as successful) productions.

We also found however that the most popular thriller films contained more violence, celebrities and special effects, thus bringing us to the conclusion that our thriller would be less likely to be a large scale and high budget production. The age range for those films, such as the hateful eight and Revenant, appealed more to 25-30 year olds.
Chioma
Task 7b: Further thoughts on Target audience
04:18

Task 7b: Further thoughts on Target audience

Monday, 7 March 2016



Below is the survey created in order to help us see what kind of age, gender and audience we had to aim for in our opening sequence.

Initially we thought that our genre and film would no appeal to anyone under the age of 16 as the opening deals with adult themes such as murder, unlike films like Hot fuzz that also contain an element of comic relief. I also looked at IMDB for inspiration from thriller and indie films that were rated quite popular.

Task 7: Target audience and research
01:59

Task 7: Target audience and research

Saturday, 5 March 2016

How did we create our 25 word pitch?

We created this 25 words poster on photoshop whilst gaining inspiration from thriller posters such as the movie 'Red' and an alternate poster for 'Leon'. The reason different text types were used was to mimic the characters scattered memory. An image of Isla was used, it was originally a black and white photo that suited the style enough, I then edited and turned the image upside down to create a more indie and creative version of the thriller genre.



Isla's self photography and Chioma's edit.

Are we happy with the outcome?

Overall we were both extremely happy with the outcome as it was an interesting way to display our 25 word pitch.
Task 6: 25 word pitch
03:24

Task 6: 25 word pitch