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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

Due to the size of the file, I had to put the film analysis of 'Psycho' onto Youtube.

PLEASE WATCH HERE

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 

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