Filming pictures

shot list

This is our shot list these are the same as seen on our storyboards.




Title Sequence

1. DiGiTal Media Logo
2. Car approaches at speed.
3. Group of teenagers walk towards screen.
4. Group of teenagers walk past camera.
5. Car drives past panning camera.
6. Teenagers walk past stationary camera.
7. Inside car with shadow of driver.
8. Close up of puddle.
9. Alternative view of puddle as car drives through.
10. Jon walks off from the group of teenagers in different direction.
11. Jon walks past camera into the distance.
12. Car drives around corner past camera.
13. Car increases speed and goes past camera.
14. Jon walks towards and past camera while starting to cross road.
15. Car approaches Jon at full speed.
16. Driver picks up phone while driving.
17. Car breaks heavily.
18. Title of film appears.

Opening Scene

1. Driver looks shocked and starts to open door.
2. Driver starts to get out the car.
3. Driver rushes around the side of the car to looks at blood.
4. POV of driver has he looks at the blood.
5. Driver panics and rushes back into car.
6. Driver gets into car and closes door. Reflection of Jon appears on car.
7. Close up of car wheel spinning.
8. Car drives off quickly.
9. Inside of car with Jon in the rear view mirror.
10. Close up of the rear view mirror with Jon in it.
11. Jon standing in the middle of the road covered in blood.
12. Jon disappears and screen fades to black.

Storyboards

These are the storyboards for the title sequence and opening scene.  The first 4 pages are of the title sequence this is showing how the camera follows a group of teenagers as the walk home and split up, all of these shots are split up by shots of a car travelling at high speeds along narrow country lanes.

All of the rest of the shots are now of the opening scene, this consists of the driver of the car finding that he has hit something but cannot find a body or corpse, he then gets back in the car and drives off into the night.

Props

We discussed what props wouild need to be used these are:

• Tomato ketchup (used for blood)
• A Car
• An Ipod with Headphones

Thes were the only props used during the footage we used.

Music

We looked at choosing our music to use with the footage today we came across a few tracks and sites but settled on two these were:

'The Hyperborean Menace' Was the first rtrack we looked at using, we found it on 'machinimasound.com'. This site is used to provide copyright free tracks for producers to use. This had a lot of what we were looking for as it had a mesterious feel at the start and then a climax at the end this worked well with the idea of the car hitting the child.

'Aftermath' was the second track we found to use, this was from 'incompetech.com'. This track had a mesterious feel but with a quiet beat with it.

We decided to use both of the tracks the first for the title sequence and the second for during the opening sequence.

filming schedule

 

This was our filming schedule.

We managed to keep to this schedule until we ran out of light in the evenings so the days ran over onto the next but it was all filmed withing these three days.

location pics

location 1

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Location 2

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Location 3 (#)

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Location 4(#)

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When choosing our filming location we went to look at 4 different main locations.  Above you can see the 4 different locations, due to the nature of our film we decided to chose location 3 and 4 as the potholes and large trees matched the look we wanted to create a spooky but somehow calming setting to put the characters into.   we did not choose location 1 as the access was not great and it was near a very busy main road so didn't want to risk getting background noise from it.  Location 2 was not chosen as it was too straighter road and we would not of been able to get the right shots that we wanted.  Location 3 and 4 were perfect as we had everything we needed without have to change anything to give it the most natural feel possible.

Actors

Today we chose who we wanted to act each part in our film. We needed a mature adult male who was able to drive the car we also wanted him to wear a suit. We chose my dad (Derrick) as he was willing to help us out, this also convenient as it was easy to arrange filming dates with him. At one point we were going to ask a teach form our school to play this role but we came to the conclusion that it would be very hard to arrange filming dates.

The matter of the teenage group was the next priority, all we did for this is approach a group of 8's and ask them if they would be willing to help out. We managed to get Jon, Sean, Connor and Hayden to play these roles for us. The next problem was getting parental consent from all their parents luckily Tom know Jon already and his parents were very helpful, this then allowed us to film them.

Horror film Planning - Plot and title

The first thing we did as a group was to come up with a plot for our film, we came up with about 3 different plots but when we sat down and thought about them it became apparent that none of them would work. we then spent the rest of that lesson thinking of ideas to use, at the end of the lesson we still didn't have a plot.  During the weekend one of the members in our group had the idea of a sequence that leads up to a child getting run over, we discussed this and all agreed that it was a good idea so then started to expand on the idea. 

• The final plot ended up as a teacher driving home from the school that he works at and the lead up to a teenager getting run over because the teacher looses concentration because his phone rings, as the title sequence. 
• The opening sequence is the next shot from when the car hits the teenager, this includes the teacher getting out of the car, seeing the blood on the bonnet of the car and on the road, panicking, stumbling back into his car and speeding off, whilst he drives off you can see the teenager in the rear view mirror covered in blood.
• the plot would the go on to reveal that the teacher works at the same school as the teenager was from, the teacher then panics about it and becomes mentally disturbed and starts to kill other teens from the school until the police find out about his actions and come to the school the event ends in a hostage situation and the teacher gets shot the camera then pans around to see the ghosts of all the teens that he killed and him in front of them all.

Film rating

Most horror films are rated either 15 or 18 as they allow the horror content.

According to the 'BBFC' the classification of the age 15 rating is :

"Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised. Imitable behaviour Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘f**k’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘c**t’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity
Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex
Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification."

We decide to chose this age range as the horror relevance in our film corresponds best to this rating.  It also allows us to broaden the age range that our film is being shown to instead of being 18 to 24 it would be 16 to 24 involving hundreds of thousands more people in our film.