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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Audiences fedback
audience feedback from our last showing of Pandora. each of these show what a person like and dislikes about our film. this also tell us how to improve and gives us a better idea f how we can be successful in the future.
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010
newspaper prop idea
Forest Service spokesman, his wife killed in apparent murder-suicide
March 06, 2010
written by Eric Bailey, Times Staff Writer
March 06, 2010
written by Eric Bailey, Times Staff Writer
by lottie
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
OUR PRODUCTION LOG
15TH FED- 10TH APRIL
15th February 2010- WE started to plan our opening sequence on how we want it to be and how we would apply the convention with in it
25th - 27th febuary 2010- i was out on a residential trip so during this period Mica and Charlotte had time to practice making music and editing text.
1st march 2010- we went to my house to do filming, finished around 6.30/7.30 pretty hard day but got alot done.
2nd march 2010- back to my house to continue recording. bad timing . got home too late was getting dark which effected the mise en scene.
3rd march 2010- left period 4 to do some more filming at my house but due to perants being out we couldnt do the filming and was not prepared to recod any other parts for out work. not a great day :(
7th march 2010- went out to record at cafe nero,was rejected as the new manager said know and the man that we had orginal permission from has left. because of this we went on a hunt to find a new location, however it was unsucessful and thought we would come back to it at some later time.
8th march 2010-today was an ok day we all went out to the woods and i showed the group were we will go for the woood scene and they were both please with it. we didnt record on this day due to lack of planning. we forgot costume.
9th march 2010- today we went the woods and recorded most the wood scene. slight problem as Mica did not want to get her clothes dirty we had to alter what she had to do in the scene abit. the recording went well but we will deffinately record this part again as it wasnt good enough.
10th march 2010- i started to edit some of the clips together. I deleted the scenes did not need and cropped out few scenes we did not need for the film
12th march 2010- more editing and making the soundtrack for our film
15th march 2010-today we sat down made a rough edit and went through what we have to do to improve
16th- 22nd march 2010- continued on cutting clips and putting them together. charlotte and mica were working on the music.
23rd march 2010- we went on a recce today too find our new cafe scene - was not successful as all the major companies said no
24th march 2010- we decided to ask the independent companies and found good results.
26th march 2010- today we went to go film at the cafe. on the set it was me mica, charlotte and one other actor Justanra
29th march 2010- we went back to filming on this day it was closed so we came back to school and continued to make the music and edit the film so far.
30th march 2010- went back to the cafe and recorded the drinking scene, the lighting was not good so we had to lay around with it for a while which the manager let us do.
1st - 10th april 2010 - completed all editing and soudtrack making and put it all together
15th February 2010- WE started to plan our opening sequence on how we want it to be and how we would apply the convention with in it
25th - 27th febuary 2010- i was out on a residential trip so during this period Mica and Charlotte had time to practice making music and editing text.
1st march 2010- we went to my house to do filming, finished around 6.30/7.30 pretty hard day but got alot done.
2nd march 2010- back to my house to continue recording. bad timing . got home too late was getting dark which effected the mise en scene.
3rd march 2010- left period 4 to do some more filming at my house but due to perants being out we couldnt do the filming and was not prepared to recod any other parts for out work. not a great day :(
7th march 2010- went out to record at cafe nero,was rejected as the new manager said know and the man that we had orginal permission from has left. because of this we went on a hunt to find a new location, however it was unsucessful and thought we would come back to it at some later time.
8th march 2010-today was an ok day we all went out to the woods and i showed the group were we will go for the woood scene and they were both please with it. we didnt record on this day due to lack of planning. we forgot costume.
9th march 2010- today we went the woods and recorded most the wood scene. slight problem as Mica did not want to get her clothes dirty we had to alter what she had to do in the scene abit. the recording went well but we will deffinately record this part again as it wasnt good enough.
10th march 2010- i started to edit some of the clips together. I deleted the scenes did not need and cropped out few scenes we did not need for the film
12th march 2010- more editing and making the soundtrack for our film
15th march 2010-today we sat down made a rough edit and went through what we have to do to improve
16th- 22nd march 2010- continued on cutting clips and putting them together. charlotte and mica were working on the music.
23rd march 2010- we went on a recce today too find our new cafe scene - was not successful as all the major companies said no
24th march 2010- we decided to ask the independent companies and found good results.
26th march 2010- today we went to go film at the cafe. on the set it was me mica, charlotte and one other actor Justanra
29th march 2010- we went back to filming on this day it was closed so we came back to school and continued to make the music and edit the film so far.
30th march 2010- went back to the cafe and recorded the drinking scene, the lighting was not good so we had to lay around with it for a while which the manager let us do.
31th march 2010- wetback to the cafe and decided to start again as the background consisted of irrelevant props such as photographs of unknown people.
1st - 10th april 2010 - completed all editing and soudtrack making and put it all together
OUR SCHEDULE
this is print screen of a small part of our schedule to show what we had done
the black writing means we havent done it yet, the red mean couldnt do it to different resons and green means we did it.
i will upload more parts when we have done them and at the end i will upload th full schedule.
Monday, 1 March 2010
Friday, 26 February 2010
Friday, 12 February 2010
COSTUME LIST
i have done tiny little drawings of the props we might need and how Mica and Charlotte might look when playing there characters
mica has also looked into the costumes and props and will be uploading it up soon
CASTING
Pandora = Charlotte Price
Michelle = Mica L
background people - no need for permission as it will not be forcused on anyone else but these to characters
Waitress = a worker at Cafe Nero.
pictures will be up shortly
Michelle = Mica L
background people - no need for permission as it will not be forcused on anyone else but these to characters
Waitress = a worker at Cafe Nero.
pictures will be up shortly
AUDITIONS
due to technical problems i could not post the audition up and will do it sooon
by shapali, Mica and Charlotte
by shapali, Mica and Charlotte
TITLE IDEAS FOR OUR THRILLER OPENING
- PANDORA
- VIVID DREAMS
- PREMONITION OF LIFE/FEAR
- FEAR
- NO CONNECTIONS
- HOW WHO AND WHY?
- INEVITABLE DREAMS
- DREAM IT,SEE IT,SAVE IT
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
CAMERA SHOT IDEAS
- long shot
- mid shot
- POV shot
- high angle
- low angle
- over the shoulder
- close up
- extreme close up
- etreme long shot
by shapali
FILM CLASSIFICATION RESEARCH
for our thriller opening sequence we have to decide on a suitable certificate for the movie. There is a particular company that clacifies films and movies which is called the British board of film classification. thsi company deals with claacifying the movies that go in cinemas and are sold at shops which has been done since it was set up in 1912.
the films are classified due to age suitability, there has to be a certain amount of detail and graphic is certain aspects which enables them to decide is it a U,PG, 12, 15, 18 or 18U.
for our fi we would like the certifcate to be 15 as it can be classified as one and 18 would be too extreme and and 12 would mean we cant use flashing images that may scare or frighten the children.
below are the certain thing a certificate of 15 must have; i got this infomation from the following site.
Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory
language or behaviour.
Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not
promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily
accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example,
aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic
or sexualised.
Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and
self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be
copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.
Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (for example,
‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be
acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated
use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.
Nudity
Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without
strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a
non-sexual or educational context.
Sex
Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail.
There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour,
but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable
unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is
sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.
Theme
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is
appropriate for 15 year olds.
Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction
of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to
be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also
unlikely to be acceptable.
There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence
but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and
have a strong contextual justification
by shapali
the films are classified due to age suitability, there has to be a certain amount of detail and graphic is certain aspects which enables them to decide is it a U,PG, 12, 15, 18 or 18U.
for our fi we would like the certifcate to be 15 as it can be classified as one and 18 would be too extreme and and 12 would mean we cant use flashing images that may scare or frighten the children.
below are the certain thing a certificate of 15 must have; i got this infomation from the following site.
Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory
language or behaviour.
Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not
promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily
accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example,
aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic
or sexualised.
Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and
self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be
copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.
Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (for example,
‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be
acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated
use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.
Nudity
Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without
strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a
non-sexual or educational context.
Sex
Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail.
There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour,
but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable
unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is
sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.
Theme
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is
appropriate for 15 year olds.
Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction
of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to
be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also
unlikely to be acceptable.
There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence
but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and
have a strong contextual justification
by shapali
RESEARCH INTO AUDIENCE
this is a quick mood showing what my specific taget audience are intrested in like and to do. these are genralisations and am not excluding the otherby shapali
TREATMENT IDEA NO 2.
the opening sequence starts of with the not so ordinary dream of the protagonist, Pandora Blake. this film plays alot on dramatic irony as little did Pandora know, her dream was not a dream but a vision from the future, a perminition. This permonition leads her into the mission of saving Michealle Cunnigham, but the question is from what?
Pandora's dream/permonition
Pandoras dream is set in the slightly dark lit woods, with alot of trees around and people far from out of sight. with in the dream she see's a women in her early 20's running away. this is shown with a POV shot however it is unclear whos POV shot it is. this could be interpreted as michealle running away from Pandora or a KILLER chasing Michealle, this will create a red herring and keep the audience in suspence. this red herring is created when Michealle looks back at the camera several times and on the last one when she is on the floor pleading for a her life as the camera comes closer. with in these shot we see blood and scars around Michealles body which connotes she is in danger and had been abused. the dream/ permonition ends with this pov shot where she is on the flor and the killer about to
Getting ready to go out
hufffing and puffing Pandora wakes up from her 'nightmare' with a shock, she take a few seconds to calms her slef down then goes to the bathroom washes her face, brushes her teeth, goes back into the bedroom looks at the time gets dressed then leaves the house on her way to cafe nero to have breakfast.
on the way to cafe nero
(Pandora lives alone and is a very independent girl but doesent no how to cook, so she relies on takeaways and cafe for breakfast lunch and dinner.)
on her way there she sees the girl from her dream and to show this we will use eye line match but when this happens Pandora does not think much of it and continues with her day to day routine.
in cafe nero
The setting is set with an establishing shot here, as this is one of the places where the opening sequence will finish. a long shot of her showing Pandora walking in to the cafe with over the shoulder shots of her ordering her food. tracking shot of her walking downstairs ans sitting down. Pandora takes out a newspaper from her bad and starts reading. she then reaches for her coffe...
2nd permonition
which takes us straight into her second permonition of the day. this permontition isnt as serious as the first one but it helps Pandora realise the dream that she had before wasnt a dream but a permontion of the future. in this permonition she sees her coffee spilling which even though seems insignificant it makes Pandora aware and confused.
permonition coming to life realisation of permonition
Pandora comes out of her permontion huffing and puffing this is were she spots the same girl from her dream and at the same time the second permontion take motion and becomes real. which automtically makes Pandora realise she has this supernatural power to see the future. The opening sequence end by having little clips showing the 1st permonition, then a short clip on Pandora looking at the girl in cafe and then another shoty of the girl in the cafe.
by shapali
Pandora's dream/permonition
Pandoras dream is set in the slightly dark lit woods, with alot of trees around and people far from out of sight. with in the dream she see's a women in her early 20's running away. this is shown with a POV shot however it is unclear whos POV shot it is. this could be interpreted as michealle running away from Pandora or a KILLER chasing Michealle, this will create a red herring and keep the audience in suspence. this red herring is created when Michealle looks back at the camera several times and on the last one when she is on the floor pleading for a her life as the camera comes closer. with in these shot we see blood and scars around Michealles body which connotes she is in danger and had been abused. the dream/ permonition ends with this pov shot where she is on the flor and the killer about to
Getting ready to go out
hufffing and puffing Pandora wakes up from her 'nightmare' with a shock, she take a few seconds to calms her slef down then goes to the bathroom washes her face, brushes her teeth, goes back into the bedroom looks at the time gets dressed then leaves the house on her way to cafe nero to have breakfast.
on the way to cafe nero
(Pandora lives alone and is a very independent girl but doesent no how to cook, so she relies on takeaways and cafe for breakfast lunch and dinner.)
on her way there she sees the girl from her dream and to show this we will use eye line match but when this happens Pandora does not think much of it and continues with her day to day routine.
in cafe nero
The setting is set with an establishing shot here, as this is one of the places where the opening sequence will finish. a long shot of her showing Pandora walking in to the cafe with over the shoulder shots of her ordering her food. tracking shot of her walking downstairs ans sitting down. Pandora takes out a newspaper from her bad and starts reading. she then reaches for her coffe...
2nd permonition
which takes us straight into her second permonition of the day. this permontition isnt as serious as the first one but it helps Pandora realise the dream that she had before wasnt a dream but a permontion of the future. in this permonition she sees her coffee spilling which even though seems insignificant it makes Pandora aware and confused.
permonition coming to life realisation of permonition
Pandora comes out of her permontion huffing and puffing this is were she spots the same girl from her dream and at the same time the second permontion take motion and becomes real. which automtically makes Pandora realise she has this supernatural power to see the future. The opening sequence end by having little clips showing the 1st permonition, then a short clip on Pandora looking at the girl in cafe and then another shoty of the girl in the cafe.
by shapali
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Thriller logo 2
Though the gate is actually a door. Another idea for the production logo. An opened door with whatever is inside is hidden to create enigmas. It is also simple and easy to remember and creates mysteriousness as the door is open and glowing.by lottie
The logo complete. There have been a few changes such as the tree having a base, the crow looking slightly different and the word "ENTERTAINMENT" is underneath the tree. by lottie
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
PLOT/TREATMENT!!!!
MEDIA PLOT IDEA
30/1/10
Person A – Charlotte (restricted narration)
Person B - Mica
1) Identity (working title only)
(Still keep Shap opening)
(flashback?) A and B are acquaintances; they have previously met before (bus stop; mention mutual friend/boy?). A has now become infatuated with B; B seems to have everything that A wants. A wants to get to know B, in fact she wants to become B (take over her identity). B begins to understand what A is doing but B has a secret (killed abusive father?) of her own that no-one must know about. B will have to get rid of A (kill?) before A gets her.
A meets with B in a car park, B is holding a hammer
Charlotte and Michelle happen to be acquaintances; they had previously met before at the bus stop through another friend who will not be mentioned. With more “accidental” meetings between Charlotte and Michelle, Charlotte has now becoming infatuated through Michelle more happy life. Michelle begins to understand Charlotte motives of taking over her identity. However Michelle has her own little secret of her own (she killed her abusive father) that no one must know about. This would lead her to get rid/kill before Charlotte finds out.
Set in modern time London where busy people make their way from home to work and back again only every so often breaking the system to stop and wonder about the world, we follow a story a “unique” situation between two people. Michelle a working class 17 year old girl who is enjoying her adolescent youth while Charlotte who seems to have the exact same life on the outside slowly unravels deep roots of mental issues. The two become acquaintances through a friend and this leads to frequent “accidental” meetings. Charlotte soon revels in Michelle’s life until she feels she’ll be better off being Michelle.
With a juxtaposition soundtrack to oppose the psychological film it is shot in mostly flashbacks; it unravels the course of their time together as we learn more about Charlotte’s mentality of becoming infatuated with Michelle and we soon find out why Michelle sees life for the better
It’s a race against time for Michelle as she uncovers Charlotte’s intention of taking over her identity and worse, finding out her secret before it comes out.
The film opens with Charlotte, slowly walking along a side street until she ends up at a children’s park. She decides to waste time on the swings continually looking at her watch before she has to meet up with Michelle who is currently making her way from the train station to a supermarket car park.
by Mica
30/1/10
Person A – Charlotte (restricted narration)
Person B - Mica
1) Identity (working title only)
(Still keep Shap opening)
(flashback?) A and B are acquaintances; they have previously met before (bus stop; mention mutual friend/boy?). A has now become infatuated with B; B seems to have everything that A wants. A wants to get to know B, in fact she wants to become B (take over her identity). B begins to understand what A is doing but B has a secret (killed abusive father?) of her own that no-one must know about. B will have to get rid of A (kill?) before A gets her.
A meets with B in a car park, B is holding a hammer
Charlotte and Michelle happen to be acquaintances; they had previously met before at the bus stop through another friend who will not be mentioned. With more “accidental” meetings between Charlotte and Michelle, Charlotte has now becoming infatuated through Michelle more happy life. Michelle begins to understand Charlotte motives of taking over her identity. However Michelle has her own little secret of her own (she killed her abusive father) that no one must know about. This would lead her to get rid/kill before Charlotte finds out.
Set in modern time London where busy people make their way from home to work and back again only every so often breaking the system to stop and wonder about the world, we follow a story a “unique” situation between two people. Michelle a working class 17 year old girl who is enjoying her adolescent youth while Charlotte who seems to have the exact same life on the outside slowly unravels deep roots of mental issues. The two become acquaintances through a friend and this leads to frequent “accidental” meetings. Charlotte soon revels in Michelle’s life until she feels she’ll be better off being Michelle.
With a juxtaposition soundtrack to oppose the psychological film it is shot in mostly flashbacks; it unravels the course of their time together as we learn more about Charlotte’s mentality of becoming infatuated with Michelle and we soon find out why Michelle sees life for the better
It’s a race against time for Michelle as she uncovers Charlotte’s intention of taking over her identity and worse, finding out her secret before it comes out.
The film opens with Charlotte, slowly walking along a side street until she ends up at a children’s park. She decides to waste time on the swings continually looking at her watch before she has to meet up with Michelle who is currently making her way from the train station to a supermarket car park.
by Mica
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Friday, 29 January 2010
Thriller company idea Logo 1 - by charlotte
This is a rough draft of our thriller logo.
The name of the company is 'Hollow Tree'. The name connotes mysteriousness as one of the most common conventions in thriller is enigma which creates mystery.
A silhouette of the tree and a crow is used to create enigma as there are no details within them. The flying crow represents freedom as the company has the freedom to do whatever they want to film.
Although the logo strongly gives the sense of mysteriousness for a thriller, it also falls into the horror genre as these images are usual props for horror films. Because of this, there may be slight changes to the design to steer it away from horror and more towards thriller
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Audience Profile
We have decided to target-15 year olds, both male and female who are into psychological thrillers and like a sense of investigation. the reason for why we have chosen to target this age is because they can relate to the situation to a certain extent. for example an obsessive bestfriend constantly wanting to wear the same clothes or the same thing.
futhermore we looked at thr british film clasification which guided us into deciding which age would be most suitable.
our film may have lanuage such as the word 'fuck',
it may have a sense of violence such as using a hammer for prop.
and it may use drugs to show a characters unique addiction. because of all these factors it is not suitable for anyone below the age of 15. below is a diagram of our audicne Mica and shapali's audicne research.
by Shapali and Mica x
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