1. 1. Ideas generation – Arif Uddin
For this idea, I wanted to follow the theme of classic slasher horror films. This
is becauseof my personalexperience with the genre slasher horror is very
positive as I enjoy watching them. I havewatched many slasher horror films in
my time, and I feel that they are the best type of genreof horror films, as
slasher horror films are the most prevalent types of horror movies around, and
with good reason: it taps into the mostbasic fear of being hunted by someone
trying to kill you who often wears a mask as uses a sharp bladed tool, such as
Freddie Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street who uses his bladed glove to
haunt his victims, or Jason from ‘Friday the 13th
’ who uses his razor sharp
machete to hunt his victims. Another reason in why I choseslasher horror film
as an idea, is that I feel that this genre would be easier for us as a group to get
inspired off as there are many other top quality slasher movies we can get
ideas fromfilms such as Chainsaw Massacre, Scream, Halloween, Behind The
Mask etc.
1)
2. My next idea is a paranormalgenre inspired opening sequence. In this idea we
have a group of friends who are attending a dinner party where after time
unusualparanormalactivity will begin to occur. We plan to use my friend’s
houseto film our opening sequence as he has a very big Victorian house. We
also haveasked our friends who have a good background in drama to take part
as characters in our film, as we want the audience to understand and connect
with the characters.
To do this, wehave watched many videos online on YouTube to see how actual
movie companies do these effects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPRppNlfaX8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH6TEWyWqAo
Fromthese videos we have concluded that to shoota paranormalfilm a lot of
props need to be used, as the main intention for this genre is to make it as real
as possible. This would very hard for us, as we are very limited on how much
we can spend on top quality camera, props and editing software. Also for
paranormalfilms, a high degree of skill of editing is needed to be able to really
a professionalopening sequence.
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3. We have been influenced by many films such as the franchiseof Paranormal
Activity, The Attic, Your Next and Saw.
This idea was inspired from the films ‘stranger’ and ‘in the woods’. After
watching these films I was amazed in how they actually use the effects
and the soundtracks to create the element of mystery.
My idea is about a man who will wakeup in the middle of a forest. The
camera will be blurred and edgy to show his confusion. Wewill look to
use a POV cam shota lot in this idea, as this opening sequence is all
about the man’s story and how he is seeing things. The next shot would
be him looking at his hands and his clothes, in which both are stained
with blood and cut to a serious degree. We feel the cuts on his face and
body, will signify that he was involved in some action before all this,
creating a mystery aboutthe man. We also want to use flashbacks in this
idea. When he is walking looking for help, he will have shortflashbacks
3)
4. of whathappened previously. Weplan to end this opening sequence
with him finding a small cabin, in which he enters to find a bed, a mirror
and many freaky items (skulls, etc). The last scenewould be the man
looking into the mirror (firsttime the audience sees him), ending the
scene with a cliff hanger. For this Idea we will need many props that we
will personally invest in. We also plan to use our old schooluniform to
create the man’s outfit. We will usescissors and fakeblood to create the
‘attacked’ look.
We also plan to spend a lot of time looking for the right soundtracks as
the rightone will add another scary atmosphereand mystery.
https://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/369542/
We choosethe forestas it is very easy for us to get via bikes, and weare
very familiar with the woods, so weknow whereto go to get the best
possibleshots. We are also going to get our friend to act for us, due to
his experience in drama. We feel that the acting is also very important to
convey mystery mood to our audience.
We have decided to do the Horror Genre due to our findings on primary and
our secondary research. Wehave individually found out that, the horror genre
franchiseis very popular compared to other genres, such as Thriller, Comedy,
Sci fi and more. We researched many sites such as,
- http://www.the-numbers.com/market/genres
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with-the-best-roi.aspx
This is also backed up by our secondary research. Weused the website survey
monkey to create questionnairein order to get the public’s view on someof
our questions. We asked a range of questions, so that we can use their
answers and reflect on them when creating our opening sequence. One
example of a question we asked on the questionnaireis
‘What genre do you prefer from these options’? The options provided match
the ones I spokeabout above. From my results we can clearly see that the
‘Horror Genre’ is most popular. Outof all the 15 people who answered my
questionnairethe horror genrecategory got 66% of the votes.
- https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DLWMLYC
Due to our marketresearch results I and my group have decided to come up
with a horror film. We wereexploring the ideas of which type of horror film we
going to film. To get answers, wespenttime researching primary research and
we also asked question ‘What horror genredo you prefer from these options’?
This consisted of slasher horror, scifihorror, paranormalhorror and comedy
horror. Fromour results, weclearly see that the slasher genre was the most
popular to thosewho answered our questionnaire. This is another reason in
why we opted for ‘idea 1’.
2. Proposal – Arif Uddin
Idea Summary
After carefully discussing as a group and constantly reviewing our feedback, we
felt that our firstidea (1) had a very positive feedback, unlike the other two
ideas. This is the main reason in why we chooseidea 1 over the other two.
This idea is going to start off with 3 mates heading to the forestriding their
new bikes. We would show this by the newness of the bike (would clean them
thoroughly to show this). This will begin from where they live to their local
forest. We plan to use high key lighting and jolly music at the beginning to trick
6. the audience. However as the sun goes down, and the deeper we get into the
forestand the opening sequence, the mood will change.
We will then startto uselow key lighting and use other horror movie
conventions to do this, such as eerier music. We will begin to usehorror
conventions at this point, such as recording a swing moving on its own.
We are taking these shots as inspiration.
We going to have high key lighting, along
with a fast beat jolly music, to show that
there is an upbeat mood. We are looking
to get the same output as those pictures
above.
7. While they are riding into the forest, we will want the camera to secretly
record them behind a tree, to show that they are being watched and stalked.
This shotwill be edited with a layer of red to show that this is point of view of
the protagonist.
We will haveshortclips of a man wearing all black with a weapon on him. This
is to show the audience clearly that the characters in the film arein real
danger. We also wantto show that this is a horror film. We plan to end this
scene with one of the boys getting a call on their phonesaying ‘no caller ID’, in
which the camera then pans up to show the protagoniststanding rightbehind
them.
We can also acquirethe props that are needed very easily from the local
corner shop in Pangbourne. We are going to buy a plastic prop knife and a
boiler suit with a blacked-out mask.
They arrivejoking and setting up camp. We will have the camera recording the
boys froma distance to make it seem like they are being watched. The boys
will then begin to hear unusual, un-human like sounds, which spooks them.
No callerIDshot
8. We have also come up with the idea of possibly ending the scene with it
showing the man behind the no caller ID call. We wantto use silhouetted man,
as we feel that this will further add fear to our opening sequence.
He will say the words ‘You don’tknow me, but I know you’, or something along
those lines. Anything that is creepy and disturbing. This will leave audience
confused and curious to know why this mysterious antagonist is doing what he
is doing to these innocent characters.
Location
For our film idea will require a forest. We have a local forestnearby in
which we can use, as it is very easy to get to via bikes. We have visited
the woods to assess whether it will be suitable for our film. We also
wouldn’twant to run into any problems on the day of filming if on that
day Sulham Woods was not in its best conditions. After evaluating
whether this forest is a suitable option, weconcluded that it is perfect
for our film. There are a lot of locations we are provided in where we
can shootunique shots, and if you travel deep into the forest, there are
To get a high-quality shot like this
image professional equipment is
needed. However, we are
limited, but have researched and
found out that if we make the
background significantly brighter
than the subject, we should be
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9. a lot of trees that cover the sunlight, giving us a great area for us to
portray horror to our audience. We can usethe natural elements to
make our opening sequence look very real. This will please viewers, as I
found out from my secondary research (questionnaire). Also, thatthe
surroundings is very quiet, meaning that we can film withoutany public
distractions. There are also many opportunities to film creative shots,
such as climbing a tree to get a great establishing shotfor our opening
sequence.
10. Group roles
(Kieran) playing as Max – We wanted Max to be a very masculine character.
We wanted to follow the stereotype of every slasher horror film, having a
masculine character.
Thisscene showsushispersonality
and positionwithhisfriends.Max is
at the backof the crew,showingus
that he doesn’thave a lotof
prominence inthisopening
sequence.However,the shotof him
doinga wheelieshowsusthathe’s
edgy,anda bitof a show off too.His
choice of clothingalsoshowsthis
too,as the he iswearinggloves,
witha hoodie.Followingthe
stereotype of a‘badboy’teenager.
11. (Tyler) playing as Tyler – Tyler is the leader of the group, and all the action
revolves around him. He also has mostof the lines and scenes, as we wanthim
to be the main character. We wanthim to be quite nerdy and smart.
From thiswe can see that,Tyleris
the leaderof the group.He is at the
pointof the crew,showingthathe’s
the character whocomesup withall
the idea.
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12. (Freddie) playing as Freddie –Freddie’s character is very laid back. He won’t
seem to be bothered after unusualthings occur. He will be the first character
to disappear.
13. Arif – I am going to film as I feel that I havea good knowledgeof how to use a
camera. I also came us with the story and script, therefore I know whattypes
of shots need to be taken, to get a good opening sequence.
Editing – Arif and Leon.
Costumes/Props
To let the audience, know whatgeneration our film is set in, we are going to
use modern objects during our opening sequence. This will include our,
phones, go-pros, camera, bikes, camping gear and the actual clothes we will
wear when filming. We are also going to think carefully about whateach
character wears, as we wantto show their personality through their clothes.
If it is possible,we are goingtotry and geta hold
of a go-proto use inour film.We can use it,to
filmextravagantshots,withrelativeease.
However, itisveryexpensiveandhardto find.
Bikesare essential forourfilm, as mostof the film,is
recordingthemtravelingtothe woods.Thisisalso
effectiveaswe all have ourown personal bikes,and
we will nothave to purchase any for the film.
We are not sure on sure on whetherwe
needcampinggear,as the we mightgo f
otherapproach onthe dayof the filmin
We are to have shots of the boyscausallyon theirphone.
isas ourfilmissetin today’sgeneration,andwe wanttos
that throughthe overexcessusesof smartphoneswe
experience now inoureveryday lives. We alsowanttouse
these propsas a way forus to expressourcharacters
personality toouraudience.‘ModernTeens’.
14. We are also going use creepy objects wherewe will either by online, or in our
local town. Fromour research one objects on average costs around £10, in
which we as a group will all pay towards.
Fromour villain’s outfit, we are going to purchaseblack boiler outfits from our
local costume store. We also know that they sell prop knifes and masks. We
should have a wide range of selection, but wewill follow the theme of ‘blacked
out’.
Soundtrack
We will useun-copyrighted music in our film. We will get these from frog,
wherethey providesites with a variety of un-copyrighted music or will we use
the site http://freemusicarchive.org/genre/Soundtrack/. Wewilllook for music
that will build suspenseand tension for the audience. We have taken time to
go through all the provided sound tracks and wehad simplified it down to a
few. In order to get the right track we asked our classmates for their opinion in
which we later can useas help for when we come up with our decision.
We are goingto need creepy items
to clearlyrepresentourgenre toour
audience. Skulls,tribal items,fake
bloodetc.
15. 3. Cinematography Planning – Arif Uddin
One idea that I wanted to do would be the silhouetted shot of the antagonist
talking to boys via a no caller ID telephone. This would be accompanied with
the antagonistvoice blurred out, to make him/her even scarier. As viewers will
have no indication of who this person is. Almost as if the person has no
identity. This will create fear and will intrigue people to watch more. We plan
to use this shotat the end of our film, when one of our characters receives a
call froma blocked number’. The camera would then switch to a silhouetted
shotto further scarethe viewers. Thesewould also be great way for us to end
our opening sequence.
We have researched on how to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R37Fb3Kvcng and it requires us to make
surethat the antagonist is significantly darker, than the background. The
background wecan either artificially make brighter or through the power of
editing. What film
We got inspired to use this type of shot from the film ‘Nightmare on Elm
Street’. There is one shotof the antagonist‘Freddie Kruger’ walking down the
hallway, scarping his blade’s againstthe pipelines on the wall.
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16. We are also going to shootthrough things to indicate that the boy has been
targeted and are being stalked by the antagonist. But seeing as the location is
in a forest, we are going to have to come up with other way of portraying this
shot. Maybe filming frombehind a tree, to signify stalking.
For the scene whereit films the boys behind a tree, we are going to add a
reddish shadeto the background and the snakeeyes effect. This is going to
show the stalker/monster view from their perspective. The red is an indicator
of evil, so the viewers should interoperate that this is an antagonist point of
view. This will also be mashed with fasttense music to add fear to the scene.
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17. This will make viewers fear for the boys as they are certain that a
monster/stalker is watching their every move. We may even add a distorted
eerie soundtrack on top of this, to add to the fear. This is also to give the
audience an idea of who the antagonist is.
4. Mise-En-Scene –Arif Uddin
Setting
We are going to shootour film in Sulham Woods. We decided to use this
location as we feel that it already has a spooky element to it, due to the
old nature of the trees. We think that this location is ideal, and exactly
what weneed to shootour opening sequence in. Italso very easy for us
as a group to get too. We could either travel by bikes, or a shorttrip by a
car. It’s a public forestwith many opportunity available for us to shoot
creative shots. (Tall trees, darkened location etc.). Sulham woods is also
normally in a suitable condition for us to work, even on a rainy day. A
forestis also a very traditional place for Horror Movies to be filmed in,
so filming in a forestwill fit many horror movieconventions.
Costume
We are going to use our own modern day clothes, to clearly show what
time set this film is being set in. Not only is this a clear representation of
what teenagers in our generation would wear seeing as we are using our
own wardrobebut it will saveus money as we will not need invest in
new clothes. We want the character’s costumes to be a way for us to
express their personality’s.
18. Kierancostume idea -
Tyler’s costume Idea-
‘Bad-boy’adultsare stereotyped to
wearto leatherjacketswithawhite
shirtunderneath.We have seenthis
inmany filmsoverthe lastfew years.
However, seeingasKieranisplayinga
‘teenager’we thoughtwe couldplay
on it,and make himweara black
bomberinstead.We feel thatthisstill
shows Kieran’spersonalitytobe ‘too
cool for school’.
Classicbad-boylookin
manysuccessful films.
The photo onthe rightisa
stereotypical view of anerd,
howeverinthisgeneration‘nerds’
do have an alrightwardrobe.We
wouldwantTylerto wearmaybe
somethinglikeanoversizedchecked
shirt,or an outfitwitha badcolour
screamed,tofullyexpress his
personality.We are alsogoing to
purchase fake glassesforTylerto
wear.
19. Freddie’s costume idea -
Hair and Make-up
The plan is to usemy sisters to do our make-up and hair on the day of
the shoot. This is to make surethat we all look sharp on the day and to
make our film look more professional.
Kieran Hair-Style idea–
The imageson the left,are examples
of whattype of hairstyle we want
Kierantohave on the stay of
shooting.Eitheraslickback ‘tocool
for school look’ora ‘messytop’. We
feel thatthese twolookswouldbe
the bestway forus to bringour
‘Max’ personality.
We wantFreddie toweara hoodie,
as lazyteenagersare stereotyped
them. We feel thatthisisthe best
wayfor us to expressFreddie’s
personalitytothe audience.
20. Tyler Hair-Style idea–
Freddie’s Hair-Styleidea -
Tylerischaracter who isnerdy.In
thiscurrentgeneration, nerdyteens
are stereotypedtowearglasses,
have a side-parthairstyle anda
spottyface.The imageson the left,
are example of hairstyleswe want
Tylerto have on the day of shooting.
To create the spottylook,we planto
use make-uptocreate it.We want
hisappearance to fithischaracter
profile.
SeeingasFreddie’scharacterisvery
laidback,we feel thatthishairstyle
on the left,wouldbe the perfect
hairstyle toexpresshischaracter’s
personality.Thisisbecause we
oftensee movieswithlaidback
characters all havingthe same sort
of haircut.(Longand messy).
21. Lighting
We plan to usea lighting system to shootour film. To give our opening
sequences a more professionalaspect.
However, is quite expensive, so wecould use our parent’s cars headlights as a
sourceof light for our film. We are going to need lighting equipment as our
film requires shots in the dark. Therefore, to shoot these shots viewers need to
be able to see what’s going on, therefore lighting is needed. Italso gives our
production a more professionalfinish.
5. Editing Planning – Freddie Major
For our editing of the film there will be two types of editing that will be
used. One of these is called parallel editing; this is the technique of
alternating two or morescenes that often happen simultaneously but in
different locations. This helps maintain the suspensewithin the film.
Another type of editing that will be used is jump cuts, these are a type of
editing transition which helps create confusion within the audience, this
may be used to make the viewers seem lost and afraid.
6. Sound Planning – Freddie Major
Sound is very important within the horror genre; this is because it can be
widely used to create suspenseand tension. Because of this we have
decided to useclassical music in the film. This is becauseclassical music
can be calm and relax; this will therefor confusethe audience making it
We found a cheap set of studio lights
being sold on eBay. We have contacted
the owner, and are waiting for a
response. We feel that these lights are
perfect for shooting our opening
sequence.
22. easier to set up for a jump scareor a scene of realisation. Classicalmusic
can also sound very creepy if used in correctcontext which is why we
have decided to use it within our film opening. We will also use child's
music as children's music tends to be happy which would juxta-posethe
nature of our thriller/horror.
7. Script – Arif Uddin
Script
The Woods
Arif Uddin
EXT – At their local park – AFTERNOON
The three boys are traveling to Sulham woods on their new
bikes they got for Christmas
The camera will record the boys traveling to the woods. We
will use a range of shots and angles for this. This will be
accompanied with high key lighting and up beat jolly music.
They eventually arrive at the haunted woods.
EXT – SULHAM WOODS – AFTERNOON
Tyler
Alright lads where we camping?
MAX
Anywhere mate
Tyler
I think we should scout the area for wood before it gets dark.
(Intimidating)
Freddie
Go head boys, I’m going to set up cameras around the camp for
tonight if anything spooky happens.
MAX
Greats idea mate, imagine if the creature snatches Hamza while
he’s sleeping, think about the views on YouTube!
23. We will be famous.
(Joking)
Tyler
Oh stop it
(Laughing)
END OF SCENE
EXT – SULHAM WOODS – SUNSET
Hamza and Max begin to look for wood to build shelter.
This will be the point in which we use a range of shots while
they are collecting wood. The sun will go down to show that
they are getting deeper into the forest.
Tyler
I think we have enough wood, let’s head back and check on
Freddie
Max
Yeah, Its getting dark too. Imagine if we go back and he’s
nowhere to be seen.
(Laughing)
Tyler
Yeah imagine.
(Laughing)
The boys begin to head back to camp.
The three boys acknowledge the noise and turn the heads
towards the sound but ignore it and carry on walking back to
the camp.
At this point the tone of the opening sequence will change.
Eerie music will be played and low key lighting will be used.
The music will stop for an abrupt second and there will be
rustling of falling leaves nearby. Putting the boys on edge.
This is also where we will use horror conventions to show the
audience that this is a horror genre opening sequence.
They eventually arrive and notice that Pedro is shrivelled up
in a ball, frightened to death.
The noise will be very loud at this point causing Max and
Hamza to turn their heads to the direction.
24. The camera will record the boys behind a tree in the distance.
We will change the colour to red in order to signify that it
could be the creature is secretly watching them.
Tyler
Freddie are you alright mate.
(Worried)
MAX
Yeah mates what’s up, what’s happened.
(Worried)
Pedro will point behind boys.
Hamza and Max will be confused and will turn around to see
what Pedro is pointing at.
Turn around to see the creature jump out in front of them.
We will use a POV shot to do this. The camera will slowly pan
around and then the creature will jump out in front of the
camera. We will make it seem as if we are looking in HAMZA or
MAX pov.
8. LocationRecce – Leon.I
The location of our group's horror/thriller is going to be in the woods
more specifically Sulham woods. I visited the woods on Sunday the 20th
November and I concluded that is it a great place to film or film as it has
a lot of the lighting conditions we desire for example there are a
plethora of openings and clearings in the forestthat allows for us to
express the change of mood through the use of lighting in our opening
sequence, as there are bright to dark tones of lighting tones in the forest
and scenes in our opening sequence, from a happy group of young
teenagers, to a group of teens running for their lives from an unknown
threat. I feel that the location would be perfect for filming in the
daytime in the week as it would be quiet because it’s a wood and as such
is very quiet and not many people go to certain parts of the wood which
25. are secluded so would make for good shots for our film. Conversely
though when it rains the woods can become very muddy and the terrain
can become sloppy and boggy in places which could make it difficult to
film or keep continuity of shots in the filming process. Butcould also
because injury's to occur if we don’t properly survey theterrain before
filming. So we may also need to keep an eye on the weather as this
could create different atmospheres and shots for us to film for example
if we shooton a foggy day this can create a sombretone, a
mysterious/creepy setting, creating a disturbing atmospherefor the
audience. And could useall weather conditions we face as an advantage
allowing us to express different tones and themes in our scenes. Another
advantageis that we could also use the changes of weather to show the
passageof time within our opening sequence. Sulham woods will
definitely be our filming location as it allows us to have a lot of versatility
with the shottypes we can use, whilst also providing us with all of the
previous benefits I described in my prior paragraphs.
LocationReece Notes
Location was fairly quiet with minimal noise from people or the roads. A
lack of people passing by would make it very easy to film without being
disturbed or disturb or agitate any of the surrounding public. Someloud
noises occasionally frombirds singing and justnatural sound of
ambience in a forest. Certain parts of the forestare also dead silent and
quiet at times Forestgets dark quickly though so filming would have to
be done efficiently to ensurethat we make useof the naturalsunlight
when it's available. When it becomes dark it becomes difficult to
navigate the forestso crew needs to be prepared for this if it does
happen. Diegetic noises of the forestcould create a good atmosphereto
contrastagainst.
9. Necessary permission –actors, location – Leon.I
Whatever location you are using, no matter how public it seems, it is
likely you'll need to notify or get permission from somebody. Theimpact
of failing to inform the relevant authorities could possibly resultin
unnecessary policeresources being involved. This can disruptyour
26. filming and the local community. Our group however does not need
permissions to film as Sulham Woods is a public area so would not
require us to have any permissions as wellas the fact that.. If you are a
small crew — five people or fewer — using a handheld camera and your
filming will not causean obstruction then there is no restriction to
filming. In someboroughs this also extends to small crews with a tripod.
No licence or any formof official permission is required. So this allows
our crew to be able to film all of our shots in Sulham Woods unrestricted
with no licence or filming permits needed.
10. Risk assessment–Leon.I
27. 11. Titles planning and timeline –Freddie Major
I and my partners were discussing which film title would be mosteffective to
use. We gathered our favouriteideas and decided to create a survey for them.
We thought this was a very effective way of getting our final title as we can get
the public’s view on our chosen ideas. From our questionnairefeedback, we
can see that the title ‘The LostSilence’ has got the majority of the votes with
40% however ‘TheTruth’ was second popular with 30% of the votes. Seeing as
they were on closemargins, we had another discussion and came to the
conclusion that weare going to use the ‘LostSilence’ for our film.
28. 12. Technical diagrams – camera position, lighting set up - Arif Uddin
13. Shot List – Leon.I
Shot
number
location Shottype Shot
angle
Camera
movement
Shotdescription
#1 Ext WD Low Slight tilt up Wide shotof boyscoming over
the hill on their bikes froma low
angle
#2 Ext CU Mid- left Pan right CU of the bike wheelto the left
slightly startsto pan to the right
#3 Ext CU Mid- mid
left
Pan right CU of the bikewheel to moreof
the middle now.butstill
panning slowly to the left
#4 Ext CU Mid- Pan right CU of the bikewheel to the right
Thiswill be the boysrunning
throughthe woodswhile being
chasedby the creature.
The camera will runon thistrack
(dollyshot).Thiswillbe atthe same
pace as the twoboysare running
We are goingto use the natural light
of the sun,to make thisscene feel
more realistic
Lighting– either
equipmentorcar
headlights.
Camerarecordingthe
boysfrom behindatree.
2)
1)
29. 14. Shooting schedule – Arif Uddin
Daylight
For our opening sequence, we need to be shooting in the afternoon. As we
want a time that is close to sun fall. This is because weneed’s scenes in our
film that are in daylight and without daylight. Therefore, wefeel the afternoon
is the right time to begin our shooting of the film. At this moment in time, we
plan to go at around 4o clock, as the sun falls after 6o clock.
Weather
We plan to go on a day wherethere is no scheduled rain, as working in the
woods may be tricky in the rain. The surfacemay become soggy and will not
look good on camera. We also wouldn’tbe able to do the shottypes that we
have planned, such as climbing the tree for a high angle shot, seeing as the rain
would have made it too dangerous to climb.
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30. Availability of actors/crew
We also make surethat all members of the group are available for the day as
we will plan ahead and cancel plans if they come up.
Availability of equipment
All equipment will be ready on the day of shooting. We will double check if it
functions properly the night before, and the morning of the shoot.
Use of locations
- Sulham woods
Transport
We plan to useour bikes to get to and around our location; however, wehave
a second choice of a lift froma friend’s parentif we need it.
Schedule
3.30 pm – Everyonemeet at Arif’s houseafter school. Go over script, plans,
schedule and get equipment ready for shooting for 20 min.
4.00 pm – Then leave Arif’s houseand head to Sulham woods
4.00 pm – 4.20 pm – shootscene of us traveling to the woods.
4.20 pm – 6.00 pm – Shootthe restof the remaining scenes
6.00 pm – preview our work, and retake scenes if needed so. (schedule
another day if so).
6.30 pm – get picked up by Leon’s dad.
Props and equipment will be bought many days before shooting, to
prevent us running into a problem shortageon the day of shooting.
We will also plan what shots weneed before the day of the filming as
group, in order for us to be effective on the day of filming.
31. 15. Audioclips withpermissions –Freddie Major
https://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/369542/
This audio clip is a lullaby from a music box. I decided to use this audio
clip as I feel that I will be very effective when we useit in our opening
sequence. This is because wefeel that creates a creepy and juxta-posed
look on the film as horror contrasts with lullaby’s and children. Also our
opening sequence is about a group of boys being chased by an unhuman
like character in the woods. Thereforethe lullaby music is perfect for our
opening sequence. I was given permission by the owner to use his track,
evidence below
https://www.freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/82299/
Another audio track we would like to use would be the link above. We feel that
we can usethis right at the beginning of the film. This is when the boys are
filmed traveling to Sulhamwoods on their bikes. The music almost
foreshadows thatthe boy are riding themselves into danger. Itwill makethe
boys look oblivious of what is going to happen giving it a greater impact on the
viewers as they will fear more for the group of boys. Wewere provided
information by the owner to use his track, evidence below.
32. 16. Call Sheets – Arif Uddin
The Lost Silence - Call Sheet – Arif Uddin
Day of Shooting: January 8th
Scene: Forest chase scene
Location: SulhamWood, Reading.
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, slimchance of rain.
Main Production Team Contacts - Name/Number/Email
Director:
Producer:
Camera:
Make – Up:
Arif Uddin
LeonIglesias
Freddie Major
TazminarBegum
Number:
Email:
01189845904 – 07763033449
arifuddin-2000@outlook.com
Schedule – Subjectto change
Time Action
3.30
4.00
4.10
5.15
5:15
6:30
KitCheck
Talk through/ rehearse
Roll Camera
Break/Lunch
Roll Camera
Wrap
Start times:
Meet at 3.30 after school. Then
travel to Sulham woods and
shoot the traveling scene. At the
forest check kit and go over lines.
All scenes will be shot on these
premises.
33. ProductionCompany – Freddie major, Arif Uddin
After getting inspiration fromother film
distribution logos on google we had come
with the final logo on the right. At firstI had
made many drafts frommy research. We
then asked our classmates to review and to
let us know their opinion on our logos. From
all the results the logo on the right got the
most votes, thereforeafter discussing with our other partner we came to a
conclusion to choose this logo ‘Geometric Production’. We feel this one
because it very simple but effective, appealing to the eye and look
professional.
