Location

These photo's show us all at work on the location performing our various roles.

Twisted script

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Job Titles in Film

Producer - Producers are highly motivated individuals who have the final responsibility of all aspects of the films production. Producers have the control over every aspect of the films production, bringing together all the ideas from screenwriters, directors, cast, finances and production team. They are also in control of the finances and costs of the film

Director - A director is the riving creative force behind the film's production. The director may write the script or commission the script to be written by another person. They then develop a vision for the finished film, putting all the ideas, scripts, storyboards and sounds together. They make critical decisions which can determine how successful the film could eventually be.

Camera Operator - Camera operators perform a vital role in the camera department. They help support the director of photography, and the director by accurately carrying out their instructions regarding shot composition and development.

Sound Operator - This is very similar to a camera operator, they take into account the directors views and produce them into the required sounds at specific moments in the film. They decide what sounds and noises are to be placed into the production which can make or break the film.

In our film, Stacey will be the director. This is because she is very good at keeping people organised and giving orders

Robert will be the producer as he is good at coming p with ideas and visualising them into a final conclusion to give to the director to give instructions to other members of the team.

Camera and Sound - I will be doing this as I enjoy this part most and have a degree of skill in this department.

Location

The location, will be set in Scotter, Lincolnshire. There is a large hill opposite a set of woods. Perfect for horror location. It creates automatic suspense with it being a lonely lane, close to a set of woods. Our film goes against the stereo type of the characters going into the woods, but she still gets murdered. This means our location is perfect.

PICTURES!!!!!

Blurb

When sixteen year old Isabella Park (Sophie Herring) is discovered dead in the woods, the whole village of Market Rasen are horror-struck. However everyone is at peace when the suspected killer John Tibble (name of actor) is locked up. The real shock comes when the murders continue, each one becoming more frequent and more brutal than the last. The question now on everyone’s mind is ‘will I be next?’

Synopsis

In the beginning, Isabella Park is attending a friend’s party before she decides to leave. On the way home she is brutally murdered, you don’t see the murder, just the scream and everything goes black, leaving many questions about the death. The next day John Tibble is arrested and put on trial for the murder of Isabella. John is then imprisoned for Isabella’s murder. However after John is sent to prison another person gets murdered. This killing spree continues, each one becoming more frequent and more brutal than the last.

The question now on everyone’s mind is who is committing the murders? Everyone in the village becomes more and more suspicious of each other, wondering who this murderer could be. The murderer then starts slipping up, leaving more and more evidence behind, which leading detective constable Wright finds, leading him closer to the real killer. Detective Wright keeps finding such things as murder weapons, finger prints, and blood stains. The killing spree continues, and the suspicion continues to rise, when finally the killer makes one too many mistakes and he finally slips up, revealing the true identity of the mass murderer. This reveals a very unique twist, of the real killer being Isabella’s step father, George Harvey. Detective Wright then discovers that Harvey has many mental illnesses, which lead him to commit these many atrocities. George was suffering from delusion and was lead to believe that Isabella was in love with him. George then got revenge by framing John Tibble, who had been flirting with Isabella. He then carried on committing more and more crimes.

Once outside, Tibble then starts to plan out murders to try and seek revenge on the people of the village for believing that he was the real murderer. He starts to commit murders and makes sure of leaving no mistakes. The film then ends leaving a huge enigma and the chance of a sequel.

Planning: 8 key questions

1. Is it practical?
I feel our idea is practical, nothing in is to far fetched or difficult.

2. Is it an idea that works to the strengths of the groups?
I personally feel that it is an idea that we can work to our strengths, and I feel that the other members of the group feel the same.

3. Will it show off the skills you have learnt so far in the course?
I think that the idea will help to show us excel at our skills that we have learnt on the course.

4. Is it something you can reasonably shoot and edit in the time available?
The idea is not a hugely complicated one, therefore i feel it will be respectable to film and edit it in the given time.

5. Can you get access/permission to shoot in the chosen location at the chosen times?
As far as we know, there is no reason why we wouldn't be able to shoot at the set locations or at any time.

6. Can you use lighting to use in that location?
Most probably not as it is all outdoors.

7. Have you included dialogue? If so, will it work to shoot conversation at that location?
As of yet we have not talked about any dialogue, but planning ahead i see no reason why it would be a problem.

8. Do you have guaranteed high quality, reliable actors to play the characters?
We have some actors lined up which are as reliable as is possible at this moment in time, they do have previous acting experience and should look well in the film.

Film council

After thoroughly analysing data on film audiences from the UK film council, it is evident that horror is a very popular choice of film. This makes it clear that there is a large target audience to target our film at.There is nearly a third of the population watch horrors and consider it some of their favourite films (page 105).
Also after extensive research, the most popular sex and age group is, females under the age of 35 (page 106).
Around 15% of people questioned, state that horror is there favourite genre, again giving us a large target audience.

Conventions of our genre

C

•  weak young girl, who is vulnerable and feeling alone.
•  guy who is drunk and quite sleazy,trying to chat up girl
•  often a warped strange character, who is usually the murderer
•  person who stands up or confronts the murder about his or her actions

M

• C - fairly everyday clothing
• L - low key or normal lighting
• A - normal looking. nothing unsual
• M - sweat, to make it look intense
• P - anything from guns and knives to a lamp
• S - dark,deserted place

I 

• blood
• forest
• Scary faces -cuts/scars/stitches

N 

• Tells the story
•  helps set the scene

T 

• Killings
• People getting attacked
• Blood and gore
• Twisted story

S

• Intense music
• Silence - to create suspense
• Loud noises - jumpy
• High pitch music

Pitch

This is our pitch of the 2 ideas for the 2 minute film opening, Rob is not included in this because he is still ill, but will be posted to him.
The first idea is of a horror. The idea is to start at a party and a girl has to leave due to having work in the morning. A boy at the party offers to walk her home but she refuses, and on the way home she feels very alone and scared. She glances at the woods and decides not to go through them because they are the obvious danger point. She keeps turning round hearing noises then she turns round to hear this strange noise and everything goes black, obviously implying she has been killed.
The second idea is that there are 2 brothers, one of which later dies. The film starts by an old tape flickering through memories of a childhood between the 2. Then cuts to a scene of one of the brothers in a hospital bed and then dissolves into the main section of the film.
After the voting in the class the 2 ideas came out equal, 7 for each, but we think that the first idea is the stronger of the 2, and this is the one we will go with. We got some very good feedback for this film and some very good constructive criticism

american werewolf in london

This is the opening scene of American Werewolf In London. There is a small piece missing from the start but this is the only opening scene that at is possible to find. Again I will be using MELCS to analyse the opening, and it will be the first two minutes.

M - misen-en-scene

• C - costume - Hiking gear and rucksacks, this is so that it fits with the scene of them being in the back of beyond where such clothing would be worn
• L - lighting -There is only natural lighting, there isn't any need for anything different. There is a sort of halo effect when the wolf begins to circle them, showing their restricted view and panic
• A - actors -Farley average looking, this adds the effect of making everyone feel vulnerable, so the plain actors actually help with setting the scene
• M - make up - There is a few types of make up used in the scene, not like female everyday make up but, blood and sweat are used in the scene. This is under the make up heading
• P - props - There are no real obvious props in the first 2 minutes, there is after but not in the chosen time frame, but the rucksacks could come under the heading of props
• S - setting -Set in the moors, a very spooky place, dark, and lonely place, it fits perfect with the genre and this specific scene. It helps with the way the characters are portrayed as vulnerable, alone and 
• scared. It is also the sort of  place where myths such as werewolf's are always associated with, so it is a perfect setting. 

E - editting

• In this scene there are a few types of editing. You have your normal/invisible cuts, and there is also the special effects of the actual werewolf.

L - lighting

• I have already touched on lighting, but it is mainly natural lighting, and the ring of light to represent their view of what is happening

C - camera

• There is a variety of camera shots used in this scene, ranging from mid shots, to long shots. One particularly interesting shot is when the camera arc's around the actors when the wolf is circling them, this gives a sense of what the animal is doing.

S - sound

• There is diagetic and non-diagetic sound in this scene, an example of diagetic the sound of them walking and talking, non-diagetic examples include the wolf growling and howling

Goodfellas

This is the opening scene of the 1990's film goodfellas, again only take notice of the first 2 minutes. For analysing this I will be using MELCS again.


M - mise-en-scene

• C - costume-There is no real set costumes, but they are all dressed in smart clothing to show their welth and importance
• L - lighting -There is only natural lighting but because of it being night time, it appears low key, showing the characters being quite suspicious. 
• A - actors - The actors physical appearance is set perfectly with the film, the suits, expensive cars, well groomed, these are all connotations of a gangster. 
• M - make up -There is not any make up to make the actors appear better looking but there is the make up of the hostage in the boot of the car, with the blood to make it appear more realistic.
• P - props - Props in this scene would include, the gun, the knife, and the car.
• S -setting -The setting is at night on a very lonely road giving the sense that these people are purposely not near people, and them being in the car at this time of night gives the sense of them being quite suspicious characters.

E - editing

• There are no real editing effects in this scene, purely because it is not needed, there are only invisible cuts to show the transitions between different parts of the scene smoothly.

L - lighting

• I already touched on lighting earlier but there is only natural lighting in this scene but because of the time (night) it appears very low key.

C - camera

• There are a variety of camera shots in this scene, ranging from close ups, the long shots. The close ups are when they hostage is in the boot and the long shots are when you see the 3 gangsters standing outside the car.

S -sound

• There is no non-diagetic sounds really, but the diagetic sounds of the car and the knocking in the boot are the only real sounds heard apart from the actors talking.

Saving Private Ryan

This is the analysing of "Saving Private Ryan" ignore the film after the first 2 minutes, because i'm analysing up to 2 minutes. For the analysing I'm going to use the technique of MELCS.


M - Mise-en-scene

• C: The characters are all in casual clothing, nothing to make you try and think of anything else, and to get you to focus on what is actually going on.
• L:The lighting is very natural so that it fit's in with the realistic scene, no other effects are needed at this point.
• A: The actors are all average looking people, no need for them to be anything extraordinary, it is all relevant to the scene. 
• M: There is no blatant make up used, except the females do where casual make up as thye would in real life.
• P: The only prop is the camera one of the actors uses, and i suppose the grave stones could me argued they are also props.
• S: The setting is not particularly known until the end where they start to walk into the grave site, and becomes clear that it is some type of war memorial.

E - Editing

• The editing involves no special effects of any sort, just plain invisible cuts. This is used because having any special cuts or effects would be inappropriate for this scene, and would make it look all wrong.

L - Lighting

• I touched on lighting in mise-en-scene, there is no lighting effects, for the same reason as the no special cuts or effects, it's not needed in this particular scene.

C - Camera

• Camera techniques used in the scene include: Tracking, Pivot, Close up's, Medium shot, Long shot, and a slight pan where he is walking behind the line of tree's and comes around to the side of one.

S - Sound

• There is the non-diagetic sound of the war fanfare, and then the diagetic sound which is very quite and subtle, of the wind, walking, and the camera's shutter when one of the actors takes a photo.

My group for the 2 minute film opening, is Me, Rob Weatherall, and Stacey King.