Tricky Shot List

This is the list for the shots that we think will be tricky to shoot when we go off and film. We have chosen these shots are tricky shots because we believe that these are the most important shot which will get us the best grade. I have included the Filming at night shot in because we started to film the other day and found out that we could not film after around 6 o'clock as there was no light and the light on the camera was not good enough. We have decided now to film in the light as the quality of the film will look better than having it in the dark where the camera can hardly seen anything.

Risk Assesment Risks

Possible Location Risks The main risk to our location is people walking onto our set. This could be easily done as we are filming some of it in Newmillerdam Park. In Newmillerdam Park there will be lots of dog walkers, meaning that dogs and people could wonder into our set. We aim to prevent this by having signs up stopping people from wandering through to our set. One other risk is that the ground will be uneven, so trips are more likely to take place. I think that by being careful and by watching where we are going we should all be fine. Our other location is in Kieran’s shed it has one or two small risks. One of the risks being stuff falling from off the work top. This is unlikely because Kieran moved most of his stuff out of his shed and moved them into his garage so that they wouldn’t get in the way. One other risk in this location is the risk of getting splinters. This can be prevented by watching were we put our hands before we put them there. The final risk is the risk of us falling over this is very unlikely as the shed is very small, so there isn’t much risk at all from falling over. I think that this is very preventable by watching were we put our feet.

Prop List

Prop List

• Baseball Bat to hit Connor with- We have chosen a Baseball bat over anything else to show that it is a urban setting and to show that the mystery character is a Baseball fan.

• Rope to tie - We are using rope to show that the main character,Chris, is powerless at this moment of time. It also shows that he cannot escape the shed as he is unable to use his hands. 

• Stool to be used to sit on in the shed - Stool used for the main character to fall off when he's tied up.

• Tape to rap round Connors mouth - To also show that the main character is powerless. To show that the mystery character is wanting something with Chris as he does not want him to talk.

• Skateboard to help drag Connor with the camera - We will use this as if we drag him by his arms, the camera will be shaking a lot and will be hard to film. Using a skateboard to drag someone will be a lot easier to drag and film.

• Mask to hide mystery characters face - To show that the character is a very mystery character and does not want to be recognised. Using this prop also suggest that the mystery is trying to hide something about his personality or who he actually is.
• Mobile phone is used as Connor is walking down the path - We decided to add this in at the last minute as when Connor is attacked, we will have him drop his phone and have someone talking on the other end. Also the phone conversation as he is walking will explain who he is and what has happened to him. This is one of the most important props as it explains a lot of the story. 

Poster Analysis

I think that the film poster for Saw is very relevent to the film because it shows a hand on its own. I think that the hand on the poster is weird and spooky. I think that the poster makes people want to watch the film as it makes people want to know what has happend to the hand. The hand is quite relevant to our film because in our film an arm drops out of the cupboard onto Connor, who is lying on the floor helpless.     

The Amityville Horror (2005) Official Trailer

The newest film starts with blue skies and sunshine and it shows a family buying their dream house for a very cheap price. I think this nice happy part of the trailer will be very different to our first two minutes as there is no happiness in the first two minutes of our film. This is because our film is very dark and mysterious right from the very beginning. We went for this idea because it set the atmosphere of our film. This hopefully will make people people want to watch more of the film. I think that in the first two minutes of a film it is very important to introduce main characters, so that the audience know a little bit about them. The Amityville film introduces the main characters and the history of house in the first part of the film (and the trailer). I beleve that our first two minutes will be a bit like the Amityville film because the audience will be in a position of worrying about the characters. The shed in our film is a really big part in the horror of our film, just like in Amityville where the house is almost a character, as the windows like eyes and the house is haunted by an evil spirit.

Location Photographs - Garden

This is the location where the 'garden' scene will be filmed. There are several areas where we can film from. We will film inside the shed for most of our scenes in the garden, however we will film from outside the shed to get a perspective of where it is. We also film slowly backing away from the shed door getting further every time. This is to give the audience the idea that something or someone is inside. This allows the audience to know that the shed is relevant to our main story of the film.

Location Photographs - Shed (Exterior)

This is the exterior of the shed we are filming our main scene in. We have chosen this place to film because we needed a small dark room to film in and we could not get one for our film which meant that we had the idea to film in a small shed.

Risk Assessment - Burton Road

This is the first risk assessment for our first two minutes of our film. This is for the location: Burton Road. We go into detail about the risks in another post.

Location Photographs - Burton Road

These are photographs of the first location we may be filming at. This is where our protagonist might be attacked. Possible memory sequence. We have chosen this location over all the others because it is an urban location and its away from the public which means that we had a better chance of the public not walking onto our filming spot. We have decided to not film in this location as we tried to shoot a scene here and it did not look like a horror setting. The reason for this is because when we were filming, there would be people walking dogs in the background, the location was too bright and the main factor is that the place did not look like a horror setting.

Storyboard by C. Jackson

 A second hand drawn storyboard, this one was done with better understanding of the storyline. This might be changed as we have added more shots into the films.

The Second Treatment

The Story

This is the final draft of the storyline. We have changed a few parts of this when we were filming. We decided to have Connor talking on the phone when walking doen the path as we could then have a close up of the phone when he was being dragged. We hade the idea to look at the screen of the phone and have someones voice shouting his name. We liked this idea because it shows part of the story and we get another shot added into the film.

Storyboard by K. Charlesworth

This is a hand drawn version of the storyboard.

Film Title Research

The First Treatment