Ninth Blog- Filming

On Thursday 28Th we filmed our main task, we only had until 5 o'clock to do it, which meant that we had to get Ricky and Marcus' shots done first. We just need to put the film on the computer and we will edit it. It may be difficult to shorten it to 2 minutes but i think it will work. We changed some of the plot and character, meaning we have to do another storyboard and also, the characters improvised when filming so we will have to do another script. When editing we will have to put our credits in whilst the film is playing but i think we should get the majority of this done by the end of this week.

Media post- New location pictures

This is where Chad is running away from the murderer in the opening scene.

This is the log he falls over and is stabbed by the murderer.

This is the lake Barry falls into after being stabbed by the murderer.

Again this is the lake, but closer up.

This is where Barry finds Chads scarf hanging on a branch whilst looking for him.

This is the 'cliff' where Jennifer pushes the murderer to get away from him.

This is the tree Whitney and Jennifer hid behind to escape from the murderer.

This is where Whitney runs through to try and get away from the murderer.

This is where the murderer steps out and kills Whitney.

Eighth Blog

We have decided and organised all of our filming, we will film on Thursday the 28Th, we have all of our characters; Me (Katie), Grayce Collis, Becca Cronin, Ricky Roy, Tom Suchoruckza and Marcus Papworth, we will get the filming done on that one day so we can have more time to edit it and finish our main task.

Media post - Props

This is the knife the murderer will use to kill Whitney, it is made from cardboard and tinfoil, it doesn't look that realistic so we can use it for far away shots instead.

This is red food colouring with water, we used it to make blood. We thought that it needed to be thicker and more realistic so when we make it, we'll put flour in it and hopefully it will look believable.

This is our arm, it is made by scrunching up newapaper and putting it in tights, we had to use a couple pairs of tights so they wouldnt rip, the glove on the end also has newspaper in it to make it fuller, we will get a sleeve on it and make blood and guts so it will loo like it has been cut off.

Seventh Blog

We have started to make our props for filming, we needed weapons and costumes and body parts. Grayce has made the arm we need and had a fake axe, I have got some red food colouring for some blood and we will plan to add flour to it to make it lumpy and more realistic. I still have to try and get a fake knife, police jacket and bullet proof vest. I will buy the knife and make the bullet proof vest, i have asked at home if i can get police jackets which are just high vis jackets/vests. So far we are making good progress but we will try to get all filming done by next week and then start to edit.

Sixth Blog

We had a big problem with our actors and the dates on which to film. We had planned to film on Thursday but Tom Courcey who is playing Barry has work, we changed it to Wednesday but Tom Suchoruckza was busy, also Tuesday and Monday were no options either. We have decide to get another actor for Tom Courcey's part of Barry, we think we can get Marcus Papworth to do it but are still in discussion about this problem. He said he cant be any later that 5 o'clock on Thursday so now we will have to rush it, as we want to get it all done in one day.

Media post - Scene photos

This shows Grayce as a victim crawling away from a the murderer. She is playing her character Whitney.

This shows Grayce again as Whitney but dead, as she has been killed by the murderer

This shows Grayce backing away from the murderer who comes out of the darkness and attacks her. This is the view point of the murderer

This shows me, Katie, in the position of the murdered, the picture is from the view point of of the victim Whitney.

This shows me again, but as the role of Jennifer hiding behind a tree waiting for Cindy to hurry up but she has fallen.

Media post- New location

We have chosen a new location because this will give us more places to hide, this will have it a more woods effect and a more spooky atmosphere. It is only a few minutes away from our previous location so its not a problem to get to. Althought we may have a problem with the 'police car' and showing it for the opening. But we will work this our.

Fifth Blog

Whilst doing the filming for our opening, we will need props and costumes for the character, we will need:

Fake Blood- Red food colouring, flour and glucose syrup
Foam axe- from a joke shop
Foam knife- from a joke shop
Foam shovel- from a joke shop
Police bullet proof vest- Try to find one or borrow from someone

Jennifer- Plain top, jeans and shoes
Whitney- Same as above
Cindy- Same as above
Barry- Same as above
Chad- Same as above
Murderer- Dark clothes, hoodie, dark jeans and shoes

Media post- questionnaire results (graphs)

As the graph shows, the 6Th formers favorite genre is comedy, as we did this for our preliminary task, we chose to do the second favorite which was horror. In an opening the 6Th formers would like to See more blood rather than action.

There was a tie between special effects in the film opening, people chose between yes and sometimes, so we will try to put some in but this could prove difficulty.

Action is a key element for a film as 6Th formers want as much as this in a film opening.

The actors in films are important to the students because they know what they will get in the film, so we are planning on using the previous actors that we used in our preliminary task to show consistency.

The credits apparently don't ruin the reality of the film said the 6Th formers. So we will try and put some credits in

Media post- Scene settings

The first two pictures are of the area of grass we will use to film. It has a big bush and trees. When we film, hopefully we wont have the snow there and it wont be as cold.

The street lamp we will use for light, when we film, there won't be bins there and again the snow won't be either.

The behind image of the grass and bush area is quite big so we can walk around in it and we are near a road so we can get our 'police car' near the grass.

The rest of the trees and grassy area, this is perfect for our eerie wood like area for the filming.

Media post- Script

Script – Film Opening

Cast
Jennifer - Caitlin Douglas
Whitney – Grayce Collis
Chad – Ricky Roy
Cindy – Becca Cronin
Barry – Tom Courcey
Murderer – Tom Suchoruckza

SCENE 1
Chad is running away from something through a forest.
Chad: (heavy breathing)
Chad trips over branch, turns round to see a dark figure.
Dark Figure lunges at Chad with a spade, piercing Chad’s arm, slicing it off and then stabs through chest. Screen goes black.

SCENE 2
Barry: Chad! Where the hell are you?
Walks between trees.
Murderer: (heavy breathing)
Barry: Chad? That you?
Barry peers into bush, deformed face looks back at him, Barry see’s Chad’s body parts on the ground.
Murderer holds up Chad’s arm and waves it.
Barry: (screams)
With one swing of the axe, murderer slices axe at Barry’s chest, falls to floor.

SCENE 3
Cindy: What’re we doing out here?
Whitney: I’m friggin’ freezing!
Jennifer: We’ll go as soon as we find Barry and Chad.
Cindy: Bastards better hurry up.
Whitney finds a spade on the floor.
Whitney: Maybe they buried each other?
Cindy: Gross...
Jennifer turns to see a dark figure
Jennifer: Wait, Is that Chad?
Cindy: I think so...
Whitney: Why is he staring at us?
Dark figure walks towards them.
Cindy: Chad, where’s Barry?
Figures deformed face becomes clear.
Jennifer: Shit.
Figure holds up Barry’s head
Whitney: (Screams)
Cindy: Oh my God!
Jennifer: RUN!
All three run.
Show murderer point of view

SCENE 4
Whitney & Jennifer are hiding behind tree
Jennifer: CINDY! HURRY UP!!!! (Whispered shout)
Whitney: COME ON!!
Cindy falls.
Jennifer turns to go help. Murderer emerges from darkness.
Stabs Cindy in a quick motion, Jennifer looks on in horror.
Jennifer: (Screams)
Murderer looks in direction of J&W
Whitney pulls Jennifer back.
Whitney: We gotta go.

SCENE 5
Police sirens wail.
Shows policemen getting out of car.
Jennifer: Whitney, over there.
Whitney: Let’s go
Whitney walks towards police car. Murderer steps out in front, grabs her she falls.
Backs away, lunges at her.
Whitney: (screams & grunts as stabbed)
Jennifer: WHITNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!
Shout echoes, sound distorts, lights flash, murderer is grabbed by policemen.

SCENE 6
Close-up of Jennifer, panicking in sweat at the memory of her dead friends

Media post - Storyboard

In this storyboard it shows the first six scenes of our film opening. There are six characters overall, one is the murderer and the rest are a group of friends. All of the friends are killed except the main character Jennifer. The first scene shows Chad about to be killed, Barry in the second, this third is on Jennifer, Cindy and Whitney being chased by the killer, in the fourth, Cindy falls and is stabbed by the killer. The fifth is Whitney going to get help at the police car and the murderer jumps out and stabs her, the last picture is of Jennifer in a panicked state remembering the past event.

Fourth Blog

After having a break over the holidays, we have completed the script, sorted out the location and how to use the area around us. We are having some trouble with the scripting to make sure it is 2 minutes long but we feel that it may be longer, we will shorten it whilst filming and editing. We have done one deconstruction but are finding it hard to do the other one because film openings like Prom Night aren't popular and so they are difficult to find. We will inform our actors when we are going to film and what locations we are using. The props we have decided to use will be difficult to get because we will have to make some of them for special effects so we can have deformed bodies and limbs. There is a problem with the current weather as there is snow on the ground and it is cold, this could cause problems for the actors as they need to be able to fall on the floor if they get killed. We will find a way to sort this out or an alternative place to film.