PLAN FOR FILMING DAY 2

FILMING: 14TH DECEMBER 2014       TIME: 6:30PM - 7:30PM  

DIRECTOR: MEGAN BYFORD

SCENES:

From my storyboard it would be scenes 1-4

CHARACTERS NEEDED:

• Killer (either gender as nothing will be revealed)

CAST:

• Killer - Alan Byford (my dad)
• Filming - Megan (me)
• Lighting " - "
• Microphone " - " (although at points held by helpers)
• Directing " - "
• Other help - He helped set up the scene (I couldn't move the table by myself).

COSTUMES NEEDED:

• Killer - dark hoodie, dark trouser, black gloves. The black shows darkness and evil as well as mystery.

LOCATION: 

• My garage - set up in a way that makes it look a lot smaller than it actually is. 

PROPS NEEDED:

• Knives covered in fake blood 
• Lighting 
• Costumes
• Toolboxes
• Paint brushes
• Hammer and other tools
• Scrapbook of dolled up women (pictures from internet)

EQUIPMENT NEEDED:

• Camera
• Microphone
• Boom Pole
• Lighting
• Tripod for the camera

DIRECTIONS TO LOCATION: My house. 

ON THE DAY

It started a little later than planned at around 8pm, it was pitch boac outside, which made the lighting we used inside a lot better in terms of how the scene looked. It took me and my dad about 20 minutes to set everything up and get the right lighting and then we were able to begin filming. In the end, I did get the shots I needed and we finished liming at around 9:30pm, just so I was sure that I had the right shots.

MAKING MY TITLE

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STORYBOARD 

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PLAN FOR FILMING DAY 2

FILMING: 11TH JANUARY 2015       TIME: 12:30PM - 2:30PM  
DIRECTOR: MEGAN BYFORD

SCENES:

From my storyboard it would be scenes 4-12

CHARACTERS NEEDED:

• Killer (either gender as nothing will be revealed)
• Victim (girl)

CAST:

• Killer - Alan Byford
• Victim - Sunner Edlin 
• Filming - Megan (me)
• Lighting " - "
• Microphone " - " (although at points held by helpers)
• Directing " - "
• Other help - Janvi Bhalla, brought in fake blood for me to use

COSTUMES NEEDED:

• Victim - Doll outfit or something that could be similar (borrowing a friends Halloween outfit), make-up needs to be doll like (as shown in previous posts). 
• Killer - black hoodie, black trousers (jogging bottoms), black gloves. The black shows darkness and evil as well as mystery.

LOCATION: 

• Weston Woods - this is because I need the person running through the woodland away from the killer and it is a creepy location.

PROPS NEEDED:

• Knife - was real and I painted some fake blood on it. 
• Costumes

EQUIPMENT NEEDED:

• Camera
• Microphone
• Boom Pole
• Phone for extra lighting if necessary (filming during the day shouldn't need that much extra light)
• Tripod for the camera

DIRECTIONS TO LOCATION: 

Weston woods is at the edge of Baldock, it is very easy to find from various locations, we will have to walk through the actual woods on foot, so if it's too cold I will provide coats (if they don't already have one), hand warmers, etc. At first we can make a base at my house to do the make-up and costumes, then we can get a lift from my family (mother/father, they have agreed to help). 

ON THE DAY

Sunner came round my house around 1pm, which was later than planned but other arrangements had come up suddenly, but when she arrived we started straight on the make-up aspects as that was the hardest to get right. we started fresh with foundations and powders, and then with eyes. The eyes had to have make-up that not only showed the doll-like features but also made her look tired and almost dead-looking, another reason why we used pale foundation. We also put some of this dark makeup around her nose and edges of her face to make it look a little bit dirty - as the victim would have been kept in a shed for a while so that would make sense. Then we did the lips, they had to be the feature that stood out the most as they are commonly related to the doll appearance. Finally the blusher was a big feature too, so we put on a lot of pink to make the cheeks look full. After that was done, Sunner changed into the costume and some fake blood was applied to the arms and wrists. 


My dad dressed in dark tracksuit bottoms and jumper/coat, as well as bringing gloves and a balaclava, this made absolutely sure the face couldn't be seen. We also bought a real knife that I had painted in some of the fake blood. 

Packing the equipment, we left my house around 3:40pm and got to the woods about 10 minutes later in the car as it is relatively near to my house. We walked around to find somewhere to set up for the first sequence and filmed that, with a few different angles, before moving to a new spot to film more running. the spots included a range of different angles and the spaces ranged from something in a tight frame to a much wider frame. Through the time period we were out there the evening got darker and near the last few shots, it was almost pitch black. This added to the effect as at the beginning she is free and nearer the end she gets captured and that's a metaphorically a darker situation, so having a darker atmosphere is better. After all the shots I had taken, we left around 5:30pm. 

EVIDENCE OF PLANNING:

iMessage to Sunner (9th Jan)

CALL SHEET

Shooting day no. 1                 Date – 22^nd October 2014

SCENE(S):

• Door of a dark, creepy shed slamming with trees in the background of the shot to show location of the killer's main 'den' or 'lair'. 
• Establishing panning shot of the shed and the rest of the woodland area. 

LOCATION:

• Nan's old shed, Hitchin.

CAST:

• N/A

DIRECTED & SHOT BY: Megan Byford

STORYBOARD NUMBER(S)

• Slamming door - Shot 4
• Establishing shot not shown on storyboard, but will be included in actual film.

EQUIPMENT:

• Camera
• Camera's Microphone

This day went well, I got the shots I wanted for the shed's creepy look, the noise the shed made was dramatic and that will sound good on the final film. I wanted a loud noise because that might make the audience jump or be frightened as this is accurate for a horror movie.

9 FRAME STORYBOARD

Forrest Gump - 1994

Closer - 2004

Hot Fuzz - 2007

Saving Private Ryan - 1998

THE
DOLLMAKER

Megan Byford

Institution logo appears, FADE TO BLACK

TITLES BEGIN

(WIND NOISES)

(CAST NAME) (CAST NAME)

(CAST NAME)

FADE OUT:

INT – WOODLAND – KILLER’S SHED - MIDDAY/EVENING

FADE IN:

Panning shot of the shed and woodland area.

(WIND NOISES)

CUT TO INT – INSIDE KILLER’S SHED

Pan around the shed to see a girl desperate trying to get out of her rope restriction.

                           CUT TO BOTTOM OF AN OLD TABLE:

Panning upwards shot of killer at an old table, on the table there are hammers and a knife covered in blood. There is also a book – a photo album.

               OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT / POINT OF VIEW:

Watching his gloved hands flick through the photo album that has previous girls he has killed in it – pictures of dolled up women.

                                 CUT TO DOOR SLAMMING:

                                    CUT TO THE FIGURE:

Figure turns around, looks at the door, but never shows any features that would make it visible who it is.

 

           INT – WOODLAND           JUMP CUT:  

Pan up of girl in the woods, showing full dolls outfit and make-up. She is standing looking around, out of breath. Girl hears noise behind her and starts running.                     MID SHOT OF GIRL

GIRL - dressed in dolls outfit, looks innocent and young, also looks scared.

                                CUT TO FEET RUNNING:

See her stepping on leaves (CRUNCHING LEAVES SOUND EFFECT) and hear her breathing deeply (SHORT BREATHS SOUND EFFECT). Another sound effect may be the sound of her heartbeat, this gives suspense.

SPEAKING BEGINS

GIRL: (hears footsteps behind her, whips head round, looking scared)
      PLEASE! LEAVE ME ALONE! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!

 *no reply*

Girl turns and starts to run again, starting to cry. She runs (past camera) and in the background of the trees, we see the hooded figure.

CUT:

Pan upwards of the figure, holding knife, before we get to the face, he moves in chase of the girl.
                 
                     POINT OF VIEW SHOT:

As if in the girl's point of view, running through the woods, also another point of view shot from the killer chasing the girl (seeing the girl from behind running in the same direction)

CUT BACK TO THE GIRL:

Girl has stopped and is looking around frantically, zoom into her face, the fear present in her eyes.

Suddenly a black gloved hand grabs the round the mouth of the girl, (SOFT SCREAMING)

CUT TO BLACK:

TITLES BEGIN AGAIN

THE DOLLMAKER

(MUSIC BOX STYLE MUSIC, REPRESENTS CHILDHOOD AND DOLLS)

DIRECTED, WRITTEN & FILMED BY: MEGAN BYFORD

LOGO IDEAS

I like these designs because they're all a design that can be applied to any film and looks professional. The red, however, does match the colours of blood, which is the same for the most of these designs. I chose this colour as is more appropriate to the theme of the film opening. My favourite is the last one so it is more probable I will use a design like that in my opening.

                            

THE NUMBER 23 OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

0:00 - 0:10

The title sequence immediately begins, with the title at the beginning. It is surrounded by the numbers 2 and 3, and the main title is in red, which slowly fades into something that resembles a blood splatter or a red ink blot. 

0:10 - 1:09

Actors names start to appear in between the numbers 2 and 3, the red blood/ink splatters remain on the screen on a background of something that looks like old style paper. 

1:10 - 1:50

Other credits start to appear, such as the music by, casting by and directed by. Each change of credit is done by a disfigured page, as if to make the audience look at it and be dizzied by it. 

The music throughout the title sequence is in a low tone and has some irregular beats and instrument noises which can give the impression of a bad mood or an unnatural tone. It's quite fast paced and get's faster throughout, as if whatever is about to happen is getting closer and closer, which can make the audience feel uncomfortable. 

Throughout the whole sequence, facts that relate to the number 23 are put in the middle of the credits, they are not directly related to the plot but shows even more, the relevance of that number it the film. None of the facts are positive which shows the darkness of the film and the number. Also, because they are true facts, that can also make the audience more uncomfortable as it relates to something realistic, making things even more scary.  

HISTORY OF HORROR

PSYCHO ANALYSIS

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SOUND EFFECTS

In the shots of my film there are a variety of sounds that I will need to create and atmosphere and suspense. 

Wind noises; I can film these as they are usually in the background of the woods at this time of year (November). The wind noises make a very eerie and spooky kind of sound as if there is no one and the victim or killer are both completely alone, which can cause the viewers to be quite distressed as they know no one is going to help the victim. It is also a diegetic noise as the film will be set in a woodland location.

Walking on leaves; although this can be filmed, I want this to be quite a focused sound as when the victim will be running through the woods I want there footsteps to be the only thing that you can hear, as this makes the viewer feel as if that is the only thing that the killer may be able to hear too - this makes people uneasy as you don't want the victim to get caught by the killer. I will probably either get a sound effect from the internet that is not copyrighted, or film the running on leaves noise with the microphone especially for that reason, then edit it to fit the noise with my scene.

Shed door slamming; I have filmed this scene and the noise that comes from it is already loud and realistic, so I won't make any adjustments to that sound. It is quite intense and might make people just suddenly. 

Heartbeat noises; these match the expectations of running, it will be something the character hears but it won't be that loud so people outside of the character will hear. It will create suspense as the intensity of the scene as it reinforces the idea that the victim is in danger and has high stress levels. I will probably add this sound effect in as the actual heartbeat noise from my actor won't be loud enough. 

Heavy breathing; this noise I can film as when my actor is running, she may get out of breath, if not, it is a noise you can act out quite easily. I can use the microphone to pick up this noise. Heavy breathing puts the audience under pressure as well as they can imagine that the killer will be able to hear that as well and that is only another reason for the victim to be found and caught. 

Pages of a book turning; I need this noise at the beginning when the killer is looking through his album of photos of past victims. This can be recorded at the location as it will be dead silence in his 'lair', and this noise should be the only thing that is heard, apart from maybe small wind noises in the background. 

Institutions

Film institutions are companies that produce and manufacture films to put out to the public.

W A R N E R  B R O T H E R S ;

Founded in: 1923

Founded by: Albert, harry, Sam and Jack Warner.

Currently employs: 8000 people approximately

Operates under the Time Warner company, which also owns Castle Rock Entertainment as well as New Line Cinema and TV stations has HBO and Cartoon Network. 

Warner Brothers Pictures currently operate out of Burbank, California.

Produced films: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Oceans 11 (original, 1960), Dirty Harry (1971), A Clockwork Orange (1972), The Exorcist (1973), Blade Runner (1982), Space Jam (1996), Miss Congeniality (2000), 300 (2007), All the Harry Potter films (2001-2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and many more. 

U N I V E R S A L ; 

Founded in: 1912

Founded by: Carl Laemmle, Pat Powers, Mark Dintenfass ,William Swanson, David Horsley, Charles Baumann, Adam Kessel, Jules Brulatour

Currently employs: Around 400,000

Operates NBC Television, Universal Parks and Resorts, Legendary Pictures, Original Film.

Headquarters are in Universal City, California.

Produced films: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (original, 1923), Dracula (1931), The Mummy (1959 and remake in 1999), Psycho (1960 and sequels) Marnie (1964), Jaws (1975), An American Werewolf In London (1981), ET (1982), Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Schindler's List (1993), Bridget Jones' Diary (2001), All the Fast and Furious films, Pitch Perfect (2012), and many more. 

C O L U M B I A ; 


Founded in: 1924 

Founded by: Harry Cohn, Jack Cohn and Joe Brandt 

Currently employs: over 100,000

Operates HBO and CBS Television stations

Produced films: Lawrence of Arabia (1962, original), Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (1964), Tootsie (1982), Ghostbusters (1984), The Karate Kid (1984), St Elmos Fire (1985), When Harry Met Sally (1989), Groundhog Day (1993), Erin Brokovich (2000), The Grudge (2004), Casino Royale (2006, as well as the other recent James Bond/Daniel Craig films), The Social Network (2011) American Hustle (2013) and more. 


O T H E R S ; 

• Walt Disney 
• Marvel Cinematic Universe
• 20th Century Fox
• MGM 

CONSTANTINE OPENING TIMELINE

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PREZI - BASICS ON MY HORROR MOVIE OPENING

         

PRELIMINARY TASK

This is our preliminary task video. 

THE HAPPENING TIME LINE

0:00 - BEGINS
0:16 - 20th Century Fox Logo with iconic theme tune in the background, fades out



0:26 - UTV Company Logo fades in and the wind noise in the background begins

0:31 - Wind/Breeze noises until 0:44, this gets louder throughout sequence

0:43 - Spyglass Entertainment Logo as well as the continuation of the wind noise in the background

0:51 - 20th Century Fox screen credit, as well as the other sponsor and production company credits, fade in and out the background of blue sky and clouds, wind dies down and music begins

1:03 - Harp strings and the wind sounds continue, violin noises irregular patterning (FADE CUT INTO BACKGROUND)

1:11 - Mark Wahlberg acting credit is the first name to appear out of the whole cast

1:18 - 'The Happening' title credits in larger writing (TITLES FADE IN AND OUT)

1:19 - The music becomes louder and more instruments are added in such as a low drum beat, violins and piano, they are set in a repetitive melody, however some notes are irregular to show unnatural happenings and bad emotions in the film

1:24 - Zoeey Deschanel acting credit

1:30 - John Leguizamo acting credit

1:35 - Betty Buckley acting credit 

1:40 - Frank Collinson and Ashlyn Sanchez acting credit

1:45 - Spencer Breslin and Robert Bailey Jr

1:50 - Casting Director Credit

1:57 - Costume Designer Credit
2:00 - Music by

2:05 - Co-producers

2:15 - Edited by

2:21 - Production designer

2:28 - Director of Photography

2:35 - Executive Producers

2:42 - More Executive Producers

2:50 - Deeper sounds introduced in the melody, louder and quicker paced and there is a sudden climax to the music as the director's name appears on the screen 

2:54 - Written, produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan 
3:07 - Establishing shot of people doing various activities in Central Park, and POV shot of a random man walking his dog, then pans to the rest of landscape of Central Park


3:13 - Caption, 'Central Park 8:33am', noises are just wind and breeze noises, this makes it sound sinister and haunting (SOUND BRIDGE) 

3:15 - Low angle shot of trees/skyline

3:17 - Wide shot, actors in the centre on a 
park bench, bustling background noises, dog noises, dialogue

3:33 - Slow zoom in, towards characters, some dialogue

3:39 - POV shot, rapid pan to par area, long shot, focus on people in distance (STRAIGHT CUTS) 

3:40 - close up of one of the girls talking about what she 'sees'
3:50 - switch to a shot of park again, people in the park start walking backwards

4:05 - 3 shots, shot, reaction shot (or reverse shot), repeated scream noises, these angles how emotion in the persons face, it also emphasizes the traits of other characters, in this opening we can see that the world around her has come to a halt and she is confused. This is useful for the audience as it puts them in suspense about what might be happening around her. (JUMP CUT)



4:12 - panning shot follows dog to 'frozen' owners


4:48 - Two shot, girl stabs self in neck, sound effect noises of stabbing, other actor is in background looking shocked. 

DETAILED RESPONSE FROM MY SURVEY

Why do you like/not like horror movies?:

I allowed this question to have longer answers because it would help e see what I should put in, e.g. the thrills and the sudden jumps, suspense and maybe what not to put in, such as excessive gore.

Who do you usually see as the villains/victims?:

This question would help me decide on characters, most people saw the females as the victims as they are shown in the media as being stereotypically weaker and helpless, although some say they would prefer a female villain for once because it would make a change for once and sometimes women can have a scarier look about them. Male victims have also been shown as rare, but male villains aren' really rare at all, this is because they have a stereotype of being stronger and in control. 

Types of light settings?

This question is useful because it would help me decide when to set the film, whether it should be in night time or put a black and white filter on it. From this, I've decided to set it in an 'unsettling light', since the woodland area, a daytime winter haze can give that location a creepy and silent feel.