Shoot Preparation

Grand, well, you see I thought this would be a nice place to blog our lovely last minute preparations, do we not agree?

PROPS

Tights- I (angoo) got the sparkly tights from topshop as marks and sparks had a rubbish selection of hosiery. Cost £10 however. Also I will bring some old tights so we can practice the rippy thing to our delicious satisfactions.

T-Shirt- Zen said he was going to buy two i think, as he couldn't decide which to get. I can't remember prices however. (hint hint zen write here). Everyone should try and bring one from home though.

Dress- I believe Alix is dropping some dresses around to Beccas by the time of the shoot. Lovely. - I'm bringing some as well just incase (Steph)

Shoes - I'm bringing them (steph)
ACE and a half matey.

Meeting: Thursday 29th November 2007

Who attended: Nick, Stephanie, Zen

In our meeting today we discussed our test footage which we have edited into a rough version of our opening. From this opening (below) we have found a few shots which we are going to improve and decided on some editing techniques.



Editing techniques:

1. At the end of the opening the main character is grabbed from behind, we think we might either cut it before her head leaves the shot or else we will put it into slow motion.
2. We have decided that for our titles that having the titles over the action would look good. This is because there isn't much action throughout and therefore isn't a need to break it up.

Shot changes/problems:

1. The shot of the main character walking down the hallway is at the moment too broken up, so we decided to take the shot from a different angle in Rebecca's house to be able to see her coming out of the room and walking down the hall way.
2. The outside shots were too dark and so we have decided to start shooting earlier and also use a porch light to give more light to the door way to be able to see the action - also for this section of the sequence we really liked the variety of angles and positions of the camera so we are definately going to include that as it is quite disorientating.
3. In the close up shots of the glass, alkaseltzers and the cigarettes it looks like a still shot/photo so the actress needs to move more to show there is movement in the frame.
4. With the close up on the glass the shot itself is too long, but we need a longer time to see the fizzing alkaseltzer, also in our rough edit we had a continuity problem so we need to include a shot of the girl picking up the glass before she puts it down.
5. When the girl is grabbed from behind we thought that perhaps we should specifically have the girl putting her hand out on the wall (there is already some of this in the shot) and it gradually moves out of the frame in the slow motion.

As Angela wasn't at this meeting (she was off of school ill) we will make sure that she agrees with all of the things that we talked about and ask her if she has any ideas as well.

-Steph

Meeting: Thursday 22nd November 2007

Who attended: Angela, Nick, Stephanie and Zen

We had a meeting after school on Thursday 22nd November and discussed the following things.

We had a brief discussion about music to get a vague sort of idea as to what we wanted for our music so that as individuals we could seperate and have a look for music which we could possibly use. We will blog ideas for music and then at a later meeting we will go through them and decide which is good and which isn't suitable.

We also discussed themes for the opening as we thought it would better help us to identify the type of music and later on the titles/font we would use. We decided that themes such as isolation, [any more anyone can remember?] are key.

We also decided on the costume for the girl: she should be smart dressed, but we should try to keep her relatable otherwise you may lose audience appeal. As she is going out clubbing/to a party before we meet her then we decided she should have something sparkly such as tights [which is what we decided to use] to highlight this aspect and stop her from looking too serious. By having ripped tights when she is introduced to us, then it will help to emphasise how drunk she is. She is going to be wearing high heels to again emphasise the dressy factor that she has just been out to a party or club. If you look at the post titled costume then you will see a more detailed summary of our idea and also some pictures.

We also narrowed down who our actress will be to either myself or Ciara. We ruled out the other two either due to them looking unsuitable or not being available for the filming.

- Steph

Costume

At our meeting today we discussed what our main character should wear. We decided she should be wearing quite smart (but not formal), 20-year-old-ish clothing, with a bit of sparkle to make it look like she's been out clubbing or at a party. Her outfit shouldn't label her as being from a particular sub-culture also, as this will detract from how relatable she is.

In order to connote how drunk she is, and that she has in fact been out clubbing/at a party we decided to have tears in her tights, have her holding her [high heeled] shoes in her hands, and to have her hair looking like it had once been carefully styled but has now gone a bit messy.

The nice clothing should stop her looking too rough, and instead like a slightly classy person who has just gone a bit wild that night.

Tights

-Marks & Spencer, £6

Dress

-Urban Outfitters; Steph's

**UPDATE**

29th November- Steph tried on this dress and we don't think it will work in the shot, as it hang's strangely. We need to brainstorm new ideas.

-Angela x

Leather Glove

The look and impression of the leather glove is very important to the whole opening. We need to be careful what connotations it has. We're thinking of going down the borrowing/charity shop route as they're usually expensive and should also have a used look to them I think (like how the wrinkles that form in the leather look all sinister).

Some examples of the sort of thing we're looking for:




-Angela x

(also I saw some really perfect ones in the common room and no one was around, and we should try and find who they belong to)

Prop List for Shoot

Below is a list of the props that I believe we need for the shoot. If I've missed anything out please feel free to add it.

I will also add photos of the items such as clothing when we have decided on them.

• Leather gloves for the kidnapper (Got) - Angela will bring to shoot

• Purple Dress - Actress (Got) - Steph will bring to shoot
• Sparkly Tights - Marks and Spencer - Actress (Got) - Angela will bring to first day of shooting then Steph will bring to shoot
• Black high heeled Shoes - Actress (Got) - Steph will bring to shoot
• Big white t-shirt -Actress (Got) - Zen will bring to shoot
• Cigarette box (and cigarettes) & Lighter - Actress (Got) - Angela will bring to shoot
• Alka-seltzers - (Got) Angela will bring to shoot
• Glasses for water (Rebecca has got at location)

- Steph