Production: Final Project

Production: Audience Research

After completely our rough draft, we showed our opening title sequence to two members of our focus group. Both Lauren and Holly really liked it, but were confused about the ending. However this is the exact effect we wanted, a twist at the end, to make the audience want to carry on watching it.

Production: Editing

We have know been editing for a week and a half, and we have got a basic outline of shots on our time line that last for a  minimum of 2 minutes. 

Organisation: Filming Updates

Yesterday we completed our second day of filming. We had everything we needed costume etc. At the last minute we decided we would take a step ladder to the woods with us so we could get higher angled shots. Also we thought it would be more comfortable for Sophie- Jo, our actress, if we brought bin liners to put on the floor as the woods was damp. We took some more post production shots of us filming. Everything went according to plan. Altogether we now have about 11 minutes of footage to sort through in the editing process.

Organisation: Filming Updates

Today we filmed all shots in the house with Sue and Jess, the day went really well, with both the actors, and myself and Kate enjoying ourselves all day. Once in the location we found there were many different places we could film to get a variety of shot angles, and we took more shots than necessary to ensure we would have enough for the title sequence. We both found the camera relatively easy to work once it was all set up, and as we had made sure the battery was fully charged the night before, there was no problems at all. 

Organisation: Shotlist for Sunday 9th

SHOT 1 : Extreme Close Up of Sophie's mouth, all you can hear is her breathing heavily.
SHOT 19 : Whip pan of her hair in the wind
SHOT 2 : Camera Tilt/ Pan downwards see what Sophie is wearing and her feet walking
SHOT 8 : Extreme Close Up of Sophie's shoes as she starts to walk a bit quicker.
SHOT 12 : Hand-held shot of attackers feet walking
SHOT 18 : Hand-held shot of Sophie's feet as she runs from her attacker
SHOT 25 : High Angle shot of someone's feet walking up to her on the floor
SHOT 13 : Whip Pan up to the back of Sophie in the distance
SHOT 3 : Pull away, long shot, see Sophie from her attackers point of view, hear a branch snap, and sophie turns around.
SHOT 4 : Match on Action shot, handheld we cut back to Sophie's POV of her looking around behind her.
SHOT 5 : High Angle shot We see Sophie start to walk quicker through the woods.
SHOT 14 : Tracking shot of Sophie suddenly starting to run behind her
SHOT 15 : Tracking shot of Sophie running from in front of her
SHOT 20 : Medium Whip Pan from the side, see all of her body running.
SHOT 21 : Match on action shot of her feet, she falls and trips over
SHOT 22 : High Angle single shot of her lying on the floor
SHOT 23 : Medium shot from the side of her lying on the floor
SHOT 24 : Low Angle single shot of her lying on the floor
SHOT 26 : Long Shot of Sophie leant against the wall
SHOT 27 : Medium Shot of the front of Sophie leant against the wall
SHOT 28 : Panning Shot of Sophie walking off to the right

Organisation: Shotlist for Saturday 8th

This is our Shotlist for Saturday 8th. All these shots are the ones that we will be filmed in the house. These are the types of shots we plan to film, however it is likely when filming that we will also take other shots that we find will work more effectively,

SHOT 6 : Cut away to Sue and Jess walking to the front door.

SHOT 7 : Match on action of Sean and Sue walking into the house from opposite angle.
SHOT 9 : Cut away back to house see Sean and Sue sit down on sofa .

SHOT 10 : Medium close up from behind Sean and Sue watching TV.

SHOT 11 : Panning shot to turn around and see Sean and Sue happy on the sofa.

SHOT 16 : Close up Sean and Sue's faces, all happy.

SHOT 17 : Pan up to the counter above them to see pictures of Sophie and them.

Organisation: Filming Updates

We have now booked the cameras, and are filming all scenes, with Sue and Jess, in the house on Saturday 9th December and all scenes in the woods, with Sophie, on Sunday 10th December. 
We will have a photographer with us whilst we film, who will take pictures of the production of our opening title sequence. 
We will then begin editing the following week.

Organisation: Cast Update

Unforchunatly one of our cast, Sean Taylor, is unable to make the dates we have booked the camera for; as there is no other times we can film, we have had to replace him. Instead of having a husband/wife, father/mother family set-up at home, whilst Sophie is running through the woods, we will now have a mother and a younger child/sibling relaxing at home. 

Jessica Cook is 12, and is part of a young actors group in Stourbridge. She will play the younger sister of Sophie and the daughter of Sue

Organisation: Risk Assessment

This is our Risk Assessment. We will be shooting on two consecutive days; on Saturday we will film all shots in the house. On Sunday we will film all the shots in the woods.

Audience Research: Updates

We showed our focus group our animatic so they could see what our final piece might look like. We wanted to give them the opportunity to make any last comments for improvement before we shoot.

Lauren Hornabrook:
"I can tell that there will be some kind of chase scene, I'm a bit unsure of what is chasing her but i guess that could make me want to see the rest of the film. I love the fact its set in a wood and it's dark and gloomy, you can definitely tell the film will have something dark about it"

Richard Emsley:
"The music fits in really well, especially the last few shots. The music is eerie and its really effective with those shots, it leaves a kind of cliffhanger in opening. It puts a twist on this 'innocent' girl we think we are seeing running away and it looks slightly creepy. I can see the idea of switching back to normality where you see the woman on the sofa, i think this is a good idea and will look a lot clearer when you actually shoot it"

Holly Adams:
" I think you've created a really interesting character, it seems like the film will be kind of twisted. Because not a lot is given away in the opening it makes it seem more exciting. There are places where i think there is a lot of silence and maybe sound could be put there, probably non diegetic. I do think the 'chase' music works really well and you can tell its a chase because the shots start to speed up slightly. However i do this it will look more realistic when its filmed. "

Emma Parker:
"I like the idea of two simultaneous scenes, you can tell by the setting and the lighting that one is dark and one is supposed to be 'normality' The sequence with the close ups of her face is really effective, also shots from a distance make it looks like somethings watching her. Its clear to me that shes running from something that's watching her. I really like the shot of the phone on the floor, its slightly blurry so it looks like shes running away really fast"