Deadlines for Filming, Editing etc.

11th Jan to 15th Jan: Thriller introduction.

18th Jan to 22nd Jan: Analysis of real and student examples/ Production logos.

25th Jan to 29th Jan: Planning and delivery of pitches.

1st Feb to 5th Feb: Storyboarding, shot lists and other planning.

Cameras are available from Friday 5th Feb at 4.10pm until shooting deadline of 9am Monday 8th March. Students can have 2 overnights or one weekend to film. There are three weekend slots available ( 6th & 7th Feb, 27th & 28th Feb and 6th & 7th March).

8th Feb to 12th Feb: Filming.

15th Feb to 19th Feb: HALF TERM. NO CAMERAS OUT.

22nd Feb to 26th Feb: Filming and editing.

1st March to 5th March: Filming and editing.

8th March to 12th March: 8th March Shooting deadline. 2nd lesson of this week is Rough Cut Deadline. Third lesson of week, rough cut feedback.

15th March to 19th March: End of second lesson of the week is Final Cut Deadline. Last lesson of the week, feedback on final cuts and re-introduction to Evaluation questions.

22nd March to 26th March: 9am 22nd March is Interim writing deadline. Lessons this week are for feedback on interim drafts and revisions/writing.

9am 29th March: Final writing deadline.

Filming our Thriller - Day 2

For our second day of filming we began to shoot more of the car driving around and also began to shoot the graveyard scene with the person in boot (me!) with the boot opening shot, spade crashing down on face on shot and other shots to make the film more realistic and professional for the viewer.

Filming our Thriller - Day 1

We were all anxious about filming and had prepared well for our filming expedition. We had all our props ready and shot list. We went into Jake's car and began shooting our required shots to make our thriller opening. We managed to shoot the McDonald's scene as well as other shots at the graveyard such as him entering the graveyard.

The Sound

For our soundtrack we will be using diegetic sound. This soundtrack will represent the radio, we have chosen the song by Owl City, Fireflies. We will be mixing this with a sound effect at the beginning with a tuning radio noise. This will be played until the car stops in the graveyard, then there will be no more diegetic sound throughout the rest of the opening.

Here is the soundtrack we will be using.:




Here is a similar car radio that will be used in the scene.

Times and Dates

We will be using the cameras in class time, we will start filming on Monday 1st March. We will hopefully finish filming by the end of the week beginning 1st of March. After this, we will start editing as soon as possible to make our film more professional and realistic.

Target Audience

Our thriller opening, due to some explicit scenes and mild violence involving a spade aimed at the victim will have a certificate rating of 15. We have chosen to rate the film 15 due to the film not being excessively gory and there is no extensive swearing and strong language.

Our main target audience would be teenagers and young adults who have inquisitive minds and will try to guess the story. Also, this would not be a family film due to the explicit nature of the overall film.

The audience would be people in their college years with ages 16,17 an 18. This means they would watch films such as Kidulthood, Adulthood, Shank, Hush because some of these films are classic British thrillers and in some places similar to our film by the language, camera shots and locations. Here are some trailers of the films mentioned above.

Kidulthood Trailer



Shank Trailer

Istop Motion walkthrough of our thriller film

Filming Tips

Before we started filming we had a class brainstorm of ideas, here is the final tips we came up with:

1) Think About different Shot types

2)Organization - time - decent shot list

tick off as you go

3)Think Ahead eg credits-Where will they go?

4)Stick to your storyboard as much as possible

5)Shout out each shot number before each shot/take

6) "lights, Camera, ACTION"

7)Sort out roles Swap if necessary

8)Think distance ie. camera distance/angle

9)Lighting test

10)Perform

Health and Safety when Filming

- Be aware or our surroundings
- Get consent if going off-site
- Do not do anything that a member of public may be offended by
- Be respectful to all public
- Do not film in a dangerous place
- No children in the film
- Do not go on the roof of the college

Car

This is the car we will be using for our thriller opening.

Storyboard

Sound

We will be using diegetic music for our piece with the radio on, this is to help create a more normal atmosphere, the radio-station will be recorded separately and put on-top of the clip to help create a consistency. This is a good idea because part of the mystery with our clip is to keep the surroundings and atmosphere as normal and natural as possible. We will also be using sound effects to signify things such as the boot opening and the spade coming down. There will also be a bit of dialogue during the clip.

Shot List

We will have an array of shot types in our opening thriller scene. Because we will be using a car, we will have to use close ups of the person driving the car (Jake), this will show his emotions and the main character in the scene. There will also be panning shots of the car on different roads this will show he is going somewhere and will be driving at a normal speed showing he is not anxious and running away from anything. He will also go to a McDonald's drive through where there will be a 180 degree conversation with the driver and McDonald's employee. After this he will drive to the graveyard this is where there will be long and mid shots of the graveyard. There will also be a 360 degree shot of the graveyard showing the size of the location. Other shots will include close ups of the person in the boot, close up of murder weapon and more.

Production Roles/Location/List of Equipment

Production roles

Michal Kolesnik will be operating the camera and directing it. Michal will be good at this because he enjoys working with the camera and finds it easy to use.

Jake Burroughs-Catton will be producer/editor and also acting in the thriller as the driver. Jake is good for this role because he firstly can drive, also he has good skills at editing on final cut and photo shop meaning he can make the film look professional.
Alex Johnston will be sound producer and acting in the thriller as the victim. Alex will be good at this role because

Location
We will be filming in 3 different locations, MC Donald's drive through, a graveyard and on roads.
Safety will be important in our filming due to most of it being on the road and in a car.

We have permission from McDonald's to film on their drive through as long as we do not film inside. We are in the process of asking to film on the graveyard which should be O.K. to do. Lastly, due to the roads being a public place we are allowed to film on these premises.

List of Equipment
Video Camera
Normal Camera
Tripod
Dolly

We will also be using our own equipment such as a car and an axe/spade to use as the murder weapon.