Character Sheet

 

Costumes + Props list

 70's style 

Our film opening sequence will be shot in a 70's style format which we had decided on due to the look of our filming location which has the overall colour scheme and feel of a closed off 70's location. The elements we are looking for to make it feel like the 70's are the colours of and types of props we are going to use along with the music and location. We have also themed our killer with the look you would typically see on men in the 70's he will have blue jeans and a button up shirt.

Mop and bucket 

The mop and bucket will also be old and worn with the bucket being metal and hopefully we will be able to stain the bucket to give it more worn and used look along with the mop head being split and the handle being used with the wood slightly splintered etc. The mop will also be used to represent the killer as when you first see him with the mop you will believe he is just a janitor or a cleaner then as the camera slowly pans down to what he is cleaning you see it is the blood revealing he is the killer cleaning his crime scene. Normally audiences would find it strange to see a killer cleaning his own crime scene in a calm manner seemingly enjoying it so this should be a shock to the audience. 

Plain black shoes 

The plain black shoes will be the items used to let the audience know who the killers victims were previously. Before we were going to have around three different bodies to show the killers victims but due to COVID this was not possible so we found this alternative solution which adds to the killers mystery. The black shoes could also be representative of the 70's as black flat shoes were often worn and dance shoes as fashion at the time the killer could also be using them as trophies to add more 'victory' to his murders. 

Headphones- Cassette player 

The cassette player is used to show that he is enjoying himself while hiding the body and cleaning the crime scene this is used to make the audience feel unsettled in his presence and question why he is enjoying committing such a horrible act. We are also using a cassette player to again keep it in the feel of the 70's as this is a time were cassette player became more accessible and widely used in quite a few areas.

Dolls house 

The dolls house will be used and only features in the credits of our opening sequence as it will not be a key feature in the actual filming. The dolls house was from our groups original idea and we felt that if we could not incorporate in a way in the actual opening sequence we will have it as a backdrop for our credits an example of this in real film is Halloween where there was a jack o lantern as the backdrop for the majority of the credits at the beginning of the film but jack o lanterns were not a main theme or antagonistic force in the movie 

The BBFC and Film Certificates

What the BBFC do

• The BBFC is responsible for classifying films that have a cinema and DVD release. The BBFC uses published Classification Guidelines for certain age ranges, ensuring that the content of the film is age appropriate and that children or young people do not see films that are unsuitable for them.

• When a film is being considered on what the age rating should be two compliance officers will watch the film and use the BBFC guidelines once they have gone through the guidelines they will go to the head of Compliance and they make the final decision on whether they have accurately assessed the film and if it is deserving of the age certificate it was awarded.

• For a film that has a Universal age rating this means that the film is most likely animated and does not explore any mature themes at all. A PG rating is very similar to a Universal rating with the difference that younger children may require an adult to attend the film with them. If a film was awarded a 12A certificate this means that children under the age of 12 may watch the movie but they have to have an adult accompanying them throughout the whole of the movie. A film with the rating 15 means that only kids aged 15 and above are able to watch the film as the film may include mature themes such as drug use, sex references, and other mature themes. An 18 age rating means that only people aged 18 and up are able to view the film as the film may include extreme violence (gore), sex, drug use etc.
  

• Personally I believe that our film would be awarded a 15 age certificate as it contains themes such as kidnapping, murder and explores other mature themes. So a 15 rating would be appropriate for our film opening sequence.

Master Scene Method

4th February 2021

In today's recorded lesson we learnt about how to shoot a scene with the master scene method which is a method where you shoot every scene fully as if you were going to use that exact shot, and then after you have filmed all the scenes your comfortable with you then cut them together to make them match so it  looks like it was all shot in one take. First you take a wide shot of the you and the things that you want in the shot. Then you take other shots at varying sizes such as close ups etc. this is an example of what the master scene method looks like. 

Camera Workshop

Media Lesson: Camera Workshop 

In yesterday's lesson we had a recorded session with the practical media teacher Matt in this session he was giving us tips and advice on how to properly handle a camera and position certain focuses. Matt then proceeded to tell us about how vital the angles and shot sizes are when shooting for anything and especially when you are trying to use the rule of thirds and how changing the line of which you decide to position your object of focus. When you have got your object in focus and split evenly across 180 degrees you are then able to rotate the camera around any point of the 180 degrees and it should show the two characters always facing the same position with one character always having to face left  hand side and the other having to face the right. this rule should always be followed in film making. 

Group pre-production post

 27th January 2021

In today's lesson my production group was set aside to discuss any changes we wanted to make to our opening sequence after receiving feedback from both Matt and Becky. We were told that some of the bits we wanted to add to are opening sequence may be seen as cliche, as there are many horror/thriller movies that have many kidnap and crossing out picture elements. So when we met up together as a group and further discussed what to take out of our opening scene so that we could make it seem more like an opening sequence rather than giving away too much of the movie plot and we were careful in going over what areas we wanted to change and what areas we wanted to keep so that it wouldn't completely change our story. We have now changed the beginning of our story so that we will see A character who has already been kidnapped/tortured by the antagonist and then possibly being thrown out as she is now "Worn"/"used". Then we go back to main focus of the story which would be the doll house.

Film Technology

 Film technology

 CGI

• At the most basic level, Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) is the creation of still or animated visual content with computer software. CGI most commonly refers to the 3D computer graphics used to create characters, scenes and special effects in films, television and games. The technology is also used in everything from advertising, architecture, engineering, virtual reality and even art.

• CGI is used extensively these days because it is often cheaper than physical methods which rely on creating elaborate miniatures, hiring extras for crowd scenes, and most commonly for when it's simply not safe or humanly possible to create the visuals

• CGI is created using a range of different methods. The use of algorithms can produce complex fractal patterns. 2D pixel-based image editors can create vector shapes. 3D graphics software can create everything for simple primitive shapes to complex forms made from flat triangles and quadrangles. 3D software can even simulate the way light reacts to a surface and generate particle effects.

70mm

• An anamorphic squeeze combined with 65 mm film allowed for extremely wide aspect ratios to be used while still preserving quality. This was used in incredible success in the 1959 film Ben-Hur and the 2015 film The Hateful Eight, both of which were filmed with the Ultra Panavision 70/MGM Camera 65 process at an aspect ratio of 2.76:1. It required the use of a 1.25x anamorphic lens to horizontally compress the image, and a corresponding lens on the projector to uncompressed it.

• Limited use of 65 mm film was revived in the late 1970s for some of the visual effect’s sequences in films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, mainly because the larger negative did a better job than 35 mm negative of minimizing visible film grain during optical compositing.

  IMAX

• The screen is 4500 times bigger than an average TV screen.

• The film is strong enough to pull a truck.

• A 2D IMAX camera weighs approximately 80 pounds. That means if wildlife shows up, you can’t grab a camera and follow it as you can with video or 16mm. The 3D IMAX camera is the size of a hotel mini-bar refrigerator and weighs 265 pounds.

• Light from the 15,000-watt lamp in an IMAX projector is so bright that if it were on the moon we could see it from earth with the naked eye.

• If a large log were held in front of the light beam from the projector, it would spontaneously combust.

• The l5/70 film frame used by the IMAX projection system is 10 times the size of a conventional 35mm frame.

• Sonics Proportional Point Source (PPS) loudspeaker system was specifically designed for IMAX theatres. The system typically uses 44 laser focused speaker drivers located throughout the theater to fully envelope the audience.