Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Shooting Schedule

Here's our shooting schedule.

1st Shoot (Date) - Scenes 1, 4, 9, 12 and 18.

Location - Hallways
Equipment - Camera, Tripod
Personnel - Ryan, Hannah, Daniel, Nicolas, Teacher
Other Factors - Bag + Gloves

2nd Shoot (Date) - Scenes 19, 20 and 21.

Location - Outside
Equipment - Camera, Tripod
Personnel - Ryan, Hannah, Daniel, Nicolas
Other Factors - Bag

3rd Shoot (Date) - Scenes 3, 5 ,7 and 8.

Location - Bathroom
Equipment - Camera, Tripod
Personnel - Ryan, Hannah, Daniel, Nicolas

4th Shoot (Date) - Scenes 13 and 14.

Location - Bathroom, Bathroom Door
Equipment - Camera, Tripod
Personnel - Ryan, Hannah, Daniel, Nicolas
Other Factors - Mop, Bucket

5th Shoot (Date) - Scenes 10, 11, 15 and 16.

Location: Teacher's Hallway
Equipment - Camera, Tripod
Personnel - Ryan, Hannah, Daniel, Nicolas, Teachers

6th Shoot (Date) - Scenes 7 and 17.

Location - Bathroom
Equipment - Camera, Tripod
Personnel - Ryan, Hannah, Daniel, Nicolas
Other Factors - Blood, Cling film, Sticky Tape

7th Shoot (Date) - Scenes 2, 6 and 22

Location - Room
Equipment - Camera, Tripod
Personnel - Ryan, Hannah, Daniel, Nicolas
Other Factors - TV

Friday, 20 November 2009

Thriller Risk Assessment




This is the risk assessment we had to fill in for filming. We checked each filming area thoroughly before we filled in the risk assessment, to make sure that we had filled it in correctly, as this risk assessment was used for all of the filming instead of one for each scene.


Thriller Storyboard





This is the storyboard that we intended to use for the final film. Unfortunately, it was changed quite a bit for the final film, but most of the script is basically the same. Changes in the scripture of the final film were done during editing, mostly to make the film make more sense, and also to get the film down into two minutes.

our continuity film

Friday, 6 November 2009

Thriller Opening Treatment - Nicolas

The opening sequence of the thriller starts with an extreme close up of the eyes of a man. The eyes looks really scared. You see these eyes for round about 10 seconds, they are moving from side to side. After this the picture of these eyes is going smaller (25% of the display). At the other 75% of the display you see a second pair of scared looking eyes. You also see them for round about 10 seconds. These shot is going smaller (25%) too. The same thing happens with two more pairs of eyes until you have 4 different extreme close ups of different eyes.
At the end the camera zoomed in to the first pairs of eyes (100% of the display) the camera zooms back that you see the whole person, its a hostage.

Thriller Opening Treatment - Hannah

The scene opens with the establishing shot of the school bathrooms. There is music playing quietly and softly in the background. There are opening credits and the title. There is a body covered in blood lying on the floor. There are close-ups of the persons' battered face and body. Suddenly one of the bathroom doors flies open with a crash and someone runs out with a backpack on. All that you can see of the mysterious person is a black shaddow against the wall which soon escapes out of the bathrooms. The camera chases the person and follows them down the corridors of the school. After a couple of minutes the person is chased into a dead-end, they bang the door and shake it in anger trying to get out. There is a long-shot of the corridor and the person, there back is facing the camera. There is then a mid-shot of the person slowly turning around, until you can se their full face clearly facing the camera. They press themself up against the door. There is then a close-up of their eyes and they say, "Im sorry, i didn't mean to". The title is then shown again.

Thriller Opening Treatment - Dan

The base story for the 'film' revolves around a detective trying to solve a chain of murders committed by killer. Unknown to said Detective, he is stalked by the killer various times and, had it not been for a friend requesting his assistance, he may have died.

OPENING SCENE ::

A man is in his house, reading a newspaper with reading glasses. He hears the crack of a branch in his garden, getting up and opening the door to investigate. He finds nothing. He turns back, closing the door behind him, and as something is swung at his head from behind, the scene ends.

Cue titles.

SETTING: A House.

CAST
Man. (Wears a shirt and tie and also makes use of reading glasses. Middle-aged?)


SHOT LIST:

- Establishing shot of the room the man is in.
- Panning shot of the man reading the newspaper while adjusting his glasses.
- Zoom shot on the man's face as he hears the branch crack.
- Mid-shot as he turns to go to the door.
- Match-En-Action of him opening the door.
- Over-The-Shoulder shot of him looking at the garden, seeing nothing.
- Long shot from outside of him turning and closing the door.
- Close Up of his face as he heads back to his chair and is attacked.

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Thriller Opening Treatment Ryan Moffitt

due to technical dificulteis my treatment had to be uploaded at a later date

Media film

Story:
Start: attack on woodland ramblers titles
Middle: reporter reports on the attacks meets a priest who has some information
End: reporter solves the crimes and defeats the beast with the priests help

Start: two characters are walking through the woods enjoying each others company and some refreshments then a unknown person attacks. Violently. Credits roll. Reporter at her/his desk reading a paper (title of paper reads “FOREST ATTACK”) paper gets slammed down credits roll background is of paper headlines



Shot 1 Extreme close up of bike wheels turning fast cut to chains of the bike then fast cut to close up of the wheel braking and skidding on dirt, long shot of person getting off bike and dropping it on the floor.

Shot 2 P.O.V shot of the stalker looking at the person (blurred around the edges and black and white) panning through the undergrowth.

Shot 3 music builds up with a tempo that is getting faster, person2 (person’s mate4) jumps from around the tree music ends and the person1 jumps back toppling on to the floor and yells abuse at his mate.

Shot 4 P.O.V shot of the stalker looking at the scene bellow (blurred edges and b&w) panning through the undergrowth.

Shot 5 OTS shot over (person2 looking down at person1) lends a hand to person1 both are laughing now cam cuts to a close up of there hands clasped together cam cuts to a high angle shot of them walking around person1 pushing his bike

Shot 6 P.O.V shot of the stalker watching them and stalking them (blurred edges and b&w) tracking through the undergrowth slowly music start to build up very dramatic and scary building tension.

Shot 7 low angle of the two people conversing and walking over the camera music building up

Shot 8 the two hear a sound and look around fast cut to-

Shot 9 P.O.V shot stalker running towards the two from behind person 2 turns and the stalker jupms onto him breaking his neck camera cuts to a mid shot and person 1 turns goes to run away and trips over his bike

Shot 10 P.O.V stalker seizes its opportunity and leaps onto person1 slashing his flesh stalker hears sound and runs away cut to long shot of the massacrer. Fade to black

Shot 11 mid shot of reporter reading headlines then slaming down paper onto camera credits roll

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Continuity Exercise - Info

Today we have been working on our Continuity Exercise, Editing and cutting it to the final, presentable version that will be uploaded by Ryan later.

In the making of the film, we were two members down, making us improvise with only 3 members and an extra. We filmed the whole film in the space of an hour, with about a minute of footage total being used in the final cut. While editing, we felt that some of the film did not make sense, and also discovered a large continuity error, but this was found too late and had to be included in the final cut.

If you can spot this, we'll be totally amazed. Not.

In our opinion, this came out very well, especially considering almost 50 minutes of the tape is what would be considered out-takes. We think that we managed to use Match-En-Action effectively in the film, adding to the experience.

Personally, I(and also Ryan) think we disregarded the 180 rule a few times, but it's all for the greater good of the film.

We have managed to stick very close to the final storyboard, though in watching you'll notice an extra part in the film that isn't in the storyboard. This was added mostly by chance - Normally people's laptop bags do not decide to kill themselves while you're filming. It couldn't be helped however, and as it looked good, it went into the final film.

Monday, 2 November 2009

inspiration for my film treatment

as inspiration for my film i watched films such as: silence of the lambs, se7en, psycho and many others. I wanted in my treatment for their to be a beast stalking two people but this was to far into the realms of horror. so i have changed it to a stalker/killer who will follow two people into the woods and eventually kill them, then i would have a fade into black then into the next scene of a reporter reading a rival paper and then slamming it down to start the credits.

Presentation-ryan moffitt


For my class presentation on thriller opening titles i chose to use Se7en. 
during my presentation i stopped and started the video: commenting on the editing techniques, sounds and the style of the sequence.

Presentation - Dan

I did Reservoir Dogs for my thriller opening presentation.

I referenced the lines in the opening, names of characters, the plot, and various other specifics.


Tuesday, 13 October 2009

continuity storyboard







This continuity exercise, which was shared with former members of the group(who are now part of Group 8) was based on the simple concept of a person arriving late to school on his bike, racing to the classroom, and getting scolded for being late.

The exercise was originally focused on the borrowing of a DVD but upon consultation in the group, it was decided that someone being late to school would be a better way to work with continuity.

Various techniques are used in the exercise, including Match-on Action, the 180 Degree Rule and shot-reverse-shot, both as continuity examples and also tests of the rules themselves to see how they work(incase we would later wish to use them in our thriller).

Ryan was cast as the main character, with Daniel as the secondary character, and Cheryl Matthews as the teacher.



Tuesday, 6 October 2009

welcome to group 5

hello this is group 5 we consist of Ryan, Dan, Josh, Joe & Sam
we are in the process of making our continuity movie
we have arrived at our final script


revise our group now consists of Ryan Moffitt, Daniel Ross, Hannah Mitford, Nicolas Inzelmann
as our group was deemed to large by our tutor this caused our continuity exercise to be shared