Potential Name Ideas

Angela:

• I thought maybe we could use a well known idiom that has potential thriller connotations and/or is relevant to the rest of the hypothetical film.
  
  Examples of films that do this:
  -Murphy's Law (not technically a film, more of a series but it is a bit of a crime/thriller thing).
• Something biblical?
• A man's name, like Paul, for example.

Nick:

Maybe something using a one word title to create enigma and relating to the plot, eg. Taken, Snatch, Watcher, Seized or Abduction. Abduction suggests that the victim is being taken for a period of time and not actually killed, so it may be more appropriate than the other names.

Another type of title could involve a phrase or part of a phrase such as the film 'Without a Trace'. eg, 'Falling for Shadows', 'Darkness Saves', 'Running from Fate'

Could also be two seemingly random words that go together to give hints about the film, such as 'Blood Escape', 'Four Walls', 'Absolute Innocence', 'Shadows Beckon', 'Perfectly Flawed'

Steph:

Noir - in french it means black (connotations of darkness etc) but also connotations of film noir?, a male's name -such as those proposed by Angela - don't give too much away and set up interest in what the film would be about - it's more subtle than something connoting other things, Snare - to catch, Control - idea of dominance and force and compulsion

Zen:

Some enigmatic titles can be names with an adjective such as Creeping Daniel this helps with thoughts of suspense and does not give too much away. We could use names which are just a single image of something that is dangerous much like the title "Saw."

-Angela

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.

Script

In our lesson period 7&8 on Friday 30th November we discussed the script and came up with the following.
This the script for the main character's dialogue in our actual shoot.

Girl gets out of bed:
(groaning) Oh god, my head.

On phone call:
Hello. Heh, Nah she didn't come back last night. She'll be fine, you know what she's like! I did what? oh God. oh no. Haha. Alright then. I'll speak to you later. Bye.

-Steph

Weather Conditions for Shoot: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd November

Saturday 1st November:

Sunrise: 07:42 am
Sunset: 15:55 pm
Cloud cover: Sunny Intervals
Temperature: Highest - 11 degrees C
Lowest - 6 degrees C
Visibility: Good


Sunday 2nd November:

Sunrise: 07:43 am
Sunset: 15:55 pm
Cloud cover: Heavy rain
Temperature: Highest - 11 degrees C
Lowest - 4 degrees C
Visibility: Moderate

The weather on the first day is good, however the rain on the sunday is going to be a problem if we need to do any outdoors shooting.

-Steph

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

Actors Contract

The following is a contract for our actors to make sure that they turn up ready and on time for any shoots we have organised with them. It will also make sure that if they cannot attend the shoot that they give us enough warning to sort something else out with them or find a suitable replacement.


Actor Contract Group 3D:

I agree to attend the following shooting sessions, including any re-shoots should they be necessary over these dates:

Saturday 1^st & Sunday 2^nd December (Main Shooting session)

and

Saturday 8^th & Sunday 9^th December (the re-shoot session should it be necessary).

In the event that I cannot attend one of the above dates I will give the group enough time (at least 24hours) to organise a suitable replacement if possible (e.g. not for the re-shoot) and I will give them my full co-operation in trying to organise another date for the shooting to take place on if I need to be involved. I understand that I will be informed of the meeting places and times well in advance of the shoot and will need to be on time and ready for the shoot to begin.

PRINT NAME:________________________


SIGNED:__________________________

-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