Final Costume Ideas

Harry

While sleeping, Harry is wearing a white t-shirt, connoting that the audience's first reaction to him is that he is innocent. He is wearing blue pyjama bottoms connoting that he is peaceful when asleep. We decided to portray him as innocent in the opening inorder to surprise the audience and add twists to the film. Also, through him being portrayed as innocent, the audience will sympathise with him, causing later events to be more shocking and forcing the audience to see previous events differently which is a convention of a psychological thriller.

The first day he wears a red shirt connoting the danger that he holds and the possibility that his daughter is dead. He is wearing smart jenes making him look smart casual. We wanted him to look like this because it shows he is looking after himself, and connotes that he is a respected person. This then makes the aspect of him losing control over himself later on shocking and proposes the idea that people are different to what they appear. This is a regular occurring theme throughout the entire film so we wanted to include it in our opening as what is in an opening should be reflected throughout the film.  

The second day he will wear a dark blue checked shirt and jenes. The dark colours hold negative connotations and aids the creation of a dark atmosphere. He also appears to be scruffier than befor which helps to show that he is taking less care of himself and foreshaddows his life going down hill.

On the final day, Harry will wear a brown hoddie and and navy blue tracksuit bottoms. These are comfy cloths generally associated with sitting around the house, connoting that he has no reason to leave his home and is in need of some comfort. Through him not leaving the house shows that he has given up on going about his daily routine, connoting that he depends on his daughter. Also, on this day he will run out of pills showing how dependant he is on thoes too. Through the pills running out when his daughter is not present connotes that he was keeping his life on track for her. The dark colours of this costume furthur aids the dark atmosphere and as the audience begin to see the true side to Harry, connotes that he is a dark character.

Penny

Originally, we decided to have Penny in clothing with relevant connotations to later on in the film, however have decided that it would be more beneficial to portray her as an innocent character so that the audience sympathise with her which will help make later events more shocking. The white T-shirt she is wearing connotes her innocence, and the blue jacket furthur connotes that she is a clam character. These therfore connote that she is not the person who will looes her temper or intend on causing trouble-the opposite to her character. The dark orange skirt also connotes that she is a dishonest and decitful character who is capeable of causing trouble. Through the use of a school bag and bright pink shoes, we hoped to portray her as a typical teenager who attends school. This would make her appear more innocent as she is just seen as going around her everyday life.

Becky Rose

Final Locations

Chosen Bedroom Location

3 Barnfield Mews





This is the room we chose for our final locations. It is the perfect setting as we can film easily film here. The setting is perfect as it is dark and this reflects the characters personality. the footage we will collect will be good as the lighting is perfect.

 Chosen Bathroom location

3 Barnfield Mews

This is the bathroom we have chosen,filming will be simple as it is in the same location as the bedroom. We have chosen this bathroom because it is easy to film in and the layout is perfect. We wanted a singular shower and this bathroom fits the description. The only problem is that the medicine cabinet is not great.

Chosen Kitchen Location

1 Hillcrest Chignal Smealy



This is our chosen location for the kitchen. It will work well in our film as we can achieve multiple different angles and shots as it is so big. The kitchen is plain and simple so it means the audience aren't easily distracted and only pay close attention to the props and main character.

Script Second Draft

Script Second Draft

We have not changed much of our scripts, however decided that we needed to make some the stage directions less specific, making them easier for our actors to follow. It then offers room for their interpretation of the character.

Becky Rose

Photographic Story Boards

Rob, Becky, Olivia and Jordan.

This is our Story Board- it helped us have a better insight from the animated story board as to how everything was going to plan out. This meant that if we were unhappy with the look of anything we could change it or if we felt as though there were not enough scenes we could add more and discuss easier where and when we could add or even take away.

Jordan kenneally

Audition invitation

When we decided who we wanted to audition for our film we realsied we have to write a formal invitation for them to come and auadition. The purpose of this is to show some professionalism to the actors we want to use, if the actors see that we are taking the audition seriously they are more likely to turn up, try to get the part, take us more seriously thus taking direction better and do as well as possibly if we chose them. We decided to write two invitations, one for the male part and one for the female part this is because the two auditions would be very different. The male one would have to tell them that there would be a script to read from and that they would need to take direction as to how they say the extract and to get permission from them to be filmed. The female invitation will only need to ask permission for a picture to be taken in various ways.

Male invitation
We would like to invite you to come and take part in an audition for our media film. It is a psychological thriller film and if you are sucessful in your audition we will need you to commit to an attached filming schedual. The part you are auditioning for is the character of Harry, he is the main character of the film and you will have to be able to play a character with mental illness and who has some mental issues. When you come for the audition we will give you a small extract from our script to read on camera, we will need to see you on camera so we can see how you look on camera and how you will fit within our framing. We will ask you to say the extract in a number of different ways so we can see how you take direction and also to help us decide how we want the lines to be delivered. If you are happy to take part in our audition then come up to the media suite at lunchtime on thursday.

Female invitation
We would like to invite you to come and take part in an audition for our media film. We are making a psychological thriller film and if you are sucessful in your audition you will be playing the part of Penny who is the subject of Harry's obsession. We will only need to take a picture of you because for the opening you will only be seen for a few seconds in the opening. Our main aim for your audition is to find an actoress with the right look. If you are happy to take part in our audition please come up to the media suite at lunch time on thursday.

Olivia Saltmarsh

Auditions for the role of Penny

Amy Bowman was a highly considered auditionee. She is studying Performing Arts and Drama, which shows she can follow direction. However, she does not fit the image of the way we invisioned Penny to look and is also studying media and therefore we did not have enough frees together to film. 

Caitlin looked liked we wanted Penny to, and was able to give the evil look we wanted to achieve. For these reasons, we considered casting her. 

We also considered casting Imogene, as she too  had the characteristics we envisioned Penny having. She is also studying Performing Arts, and therefore can follow direction. However, we were limited as to when we could film her due to a lack of frees together.

We decided to cast Louise because she also looks how we imagined Penny, studies Performing Arts and is in  the school performance and can therefore follow direction. Initially, we thought filming may be a problem because she is unable to film after school due to other commitments. However, because she is in the year above has more frees and we could then work out a filming schedule from there.

Audition Script

We are going to hold auditions for the cast of our film. The script will be the same for each person playing the same character. This will mean that we can compare the same skills of each actor so we can assess who would be the best person for the role.
The person auditioning for the role of the main protagonist will deliver the following section of the script. We have taken all of the stage directions out, allowing us to ask the person to deliver the lines in certain ways, allowing us to see their ability to act and follow directions. It will also allow us to see their interpretation of the character.

Ok it’s been a month now, where are you? I need you here. I need you to look after me. I bet your friends put you up to this didn’t they! I’ve never approved of them; they were always a bad influence. When I find them-. I’m sorry I didn’t mean that. Just come hope ok?

The character of Penny will not have to deliver many lines as she is only a minor character who does not feature a lot in our opening. We will have her walking with her friend who will just need to be able to act casually but confused when the man calls out her friends name. Penny will turn when her name is called and we will ask her to look worried. This is all we need this actor to be able to do.

Auditions for the role of Harry

As a group, we felt Jake's audition lack emotion and was monotonous. Also, after several attempts he laughed during his audition. We had to take this into careful consideration as we could not afford this to happen during filming as it would be more time consuming and would make our film look less professional. For these reasons we decided not to cast him. 

We decided to cast Jack partly because he is a Drama student and can therefore follow directions, is able to fully take on the role of the character and can put a lot of emotion into acting. We also felt his performance contained more emotion than Jake's and he was able to maintain focus. 

Auditions held by Robert, Olivia and Becky

Becky Rose

Explaination for auditions

To cast our film we need to hold autions. The auditions will give us a chance to look at many different people for the role of a character and then decide who is best and who we want in our film. Auditions will also give us the chance to decide what we want our characters to look like. We have an idea that we want Harry to be tall, of slim build and have dark hair but if we auditioned one or two people who had blonde hair or who were of larger build we may decide that on camera these characteristics will have more of an effect.

Our auditions for Harry will take place in front of a camera so we can have an ide of what each person will look like on camera as it is very different to how they look to the naked eye, it also means we have the film there to look back on, review and compare with other auditions. For the audition potential actors will be given an extract of the script to read and will be directed in different ways to read it. this will give us an idea of how the person would play the character and how well they can take direction. This is important because if the actor can't take direction it will make the whole filming process much longer and could end up changing the whole film into something we as directors don't want.

Our audition for Penny will be slightly different as she doesn't say anything in the opening she is only seen walking past Harry so at this point the main thing we are looking for is that her apperance is right. We are looking for someone with an innocent feminine look about her as we want the audience to empathise with her and see her as the victim throughout the film. As her look is the most important thing we are only going to photograph potential actors. This means we can compare them and see who we think fits the role for our opening best. We are going to do the same thing for her friend. The look of her friend isn't as important because she is only a very minor character but we need to make sure the two girls look right together and fit comfortably in a frame together.

Olivia Saltmarsh

Film Titles

As a group, we have made the decision to integrate our film titles into our opening by presenting them as everyday objects, for example, a to-do list. On the first two days of filming, we considered how we integrated our titles but did not make them until we reached the location. This lost us a lot of time, and meant we were less organised which resulted in confusion and us not making the most of our filming time. As a result, I have made the rest of our titles, considering what scenes they will be in, what order they should go in and how we will show them.The titles I have made will go in the breakfast scene which we did not originally plan to have but decided it would enhance that Harry lives a standard life. This is a typical convention of a psychological thriller-the victim falls into a chain of events through chance. I have put them onto a loaf of bread and box of tea bags, typical items you would find in  a kitchen. There is also a to-do list which gets shorter as Harry becomes more mentally unstable with the main task being finding his daughter. The title will look like another task he needs to complete. By the list getting shorter, it shows that he is able to do less and less and that life is getting harder for him now that his daughter has gone. The final way our title will be shown was on a newspaper that Harry will read over breakfast. The newspaper will show that he is looking for his daughter, and is a tabloid to show that he may struggle mentally. The red writing connotes the danger of the information he may find in the paper.

Another way we have shown our titles is through a scrabble board. This shows that he had a good relationship with his daughter and used to play with her. The game appear untouched, and loos like they are only half way through the game connoting Harry thinks his daughter will come home soon. We also steamed up the shower, and drew a title on there as it showed Harry going about his daily activities. As we panned across the desk, we panned over over a book with a book mark showing the title, showing that he used to read to his daughter and with the book sill open shows that he intends to read to her again soon. We then panned across baby photos and a picture she drew for him displaying Harry's love for her. The picture is of her 'mummy' and 'daddy' showing that he did have a wife put is now a single parent as the mother does not feature in the film, although the audience to not know this from the opening, creating an element of mystery around Harry's character.

Becky Rose

Napoleon Dynamite titles

When we first decided to put integrated titles into our fil we tried to think of similar films that also had integrated titles. We couldn't really think of any thriller films that had integrated titles, most have animated but subtle titles such as the film Se7en which has small white titles in the opening. These titles fit well with the music and feeling of the opening due to the scratchy font they are in. The white colour of them make them stand out but they do not distract from the content of the opening.


We had made the decision to use integrated titles to add to the sinister nature of the film, we looked at some other films that had integrated titles that weren't in the thriller genre, the one that we found that interested us the most was Napoleon Dynamite. This film opening uses integrated titles as its whole opening so they aren't really in the action of the opening but we thought we would look at it to try and decide how we wanted to do our titles and to take some ideas.
http://www.artofthetitle.com/?s=napoleon+dynamite
The titles in this film were inspiration for the titles of ours. They are integrated into the action of the scene in natural settings. They are integrated within meals a lot of the time. These plates of food give an idea of the context, setting and themes of the film. The titles in the film aren't fully integrated as there is nothing else going on in the frame. We decided to do fully integrated titles that would be within the framing and action of our film.

Olivia saltmarsh

Titles list

We have come up with a list of titles that we need to include in our film opening along with the time they will appear on screen. This was a very important exercise for us because we are intending on integrating our titles into our film opening. We decided to do this because we though it would make it visually more interesting and it would distract less from the introduction of our main character and the story as they will be in the story already. We need to have this titles list as it will be very useful for us to know exactly how many titles we will have so we can decide how we are going to incorporate them, it will also help us with timings.

0.03- Scorpio pictures logo
0.06- Scorpio pictures presents
0.09- In association with Post Mortom productions
0.12- male actors name (TBC)
0.16- females actors name (TBC)
0.19- film title
0.23- Dena Sica
0.26- Zachary Tesch, Polly Tye
0.29- Wesley Shire, Polly Belentine, Greg Tibbers
0.33- screen play by Caitlin Fike
0.36- unit manager Rick Mosca
0.39- director of photography Timothy Farfan
0.42- edited by Lewis Knupp
0.46- costume director Cassandra hight
0.49- make up by Herman Hafley
0.52- hair by Theresa Hafley
0.55- special effects Petra Skeens
0.58- sound by Samual Teeters
1.01- assisstant director Dean Coto
1.05- produced by Amy Dritz
1.08- co produced by Emily Cloud and Aaron Cloud
1.14- music by Jordan Powell
1.20- directed by Gloria Richardson

The times on this list are only rough because we are integrating our titles into the opening, we may have to change some of the title times to find an appropriate place to add the titles but this is the definite order they will go in.

Robert Thurgood Phillips and Olivia Saltmarsh

Institutional Logos

This is our Scorpio Productions institutional logo and Post Mortem productions logo. Both of these logos have a black background, holding connotations of death. The red writing connotes danger and blood. These connotations will create a sinister atmosphere, mirroring the mood of the film and informing the audience that this film contains dark acts. The white used in the Post Mortem connotes the innocence of some of the characters, and suggests to the audience that this film will include an innocent protagonist.

Both of these logos as simple as we are producing an independent film and therefor do not have a lot of money to spend on producing a logo. Both of them are animated as they are the first thing the audience will see and therefore need to grab their attention. The scorpion moves quickly across the screen as that is how people in vision scorpions and also connotes that the film will be fast paced. This is further enhanced by the quick flashing used in the logo bellow.

Originally, the Scorpio Productions logo was going to have the scorpion running across sand. We decided not to include this, in order to make our logo more simplistic and to keep the colors conventional to a psychological thriller.

The Post Mortem Pictures logo was originally going to have the words revolve around each other. However, research has shown me that this is not conventional of a psychological thriller, and therefore decided to keep the animation more simplistic to keep it conventional.

Designs and post by Becky Rose

Considered Animation Techniques For Production Logo

As we have been given our own production company name we will need to make a logo to show at the beginning of the film, there are many possibilities of different ways of creating a logo, whether we go for a logo that is animated or just a still picture we will have to take different factors into effect such as the fact that we are creating an independant film so it can not look too grand but we still need to keep a level of professionalism within our logo, we are named Scorpio Productions so it will need to be relavent and our ideas are mainly revolving around scorpions, we have created drafts of possible openings and we have confered how we would like to create our logo, we have each created a draft idea for our logo and we will continue to incorporate each idea into our final idea.

Animation is an unfamiliar task to us so i have been researching different ways of animating which would not be to complicated in order to be able to complete our design without difficulty.

I have begun by looking at different ways of creating .GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format) as it looks professional and possible with the technology we have, after searching the internet I found a selection of websites with the same way of creating .GIFs and was recommended the website http://gickr.com/ by a friend who had used it before.

Another way of creating an animation with the technology available would be to use Photoshop in order to create a .GIF, this is not as simple as using the website but I will be able to ask some of my friends who have this program and know how to use it to teach me, it would be good as the final product would be very professional and would probably be better quality than if i were to use gickr.com.
in this program pictures are edited then captured together along a timeline to create an easy and effective way of making your own animation.

Robert Thurgood Phillips

Institution Logo Ideas

This was my idea for our institutional logo:

The scorpion would dart across the sand and leave the words "Scorpio Productions" in the font seen bellows. The quickness of the scorpion reflects the fast paced editing within the film. I have chosen a scorpion as that is the symbol of the Scorpio star sign, making it relevant to our institutional name. There would be a black background connoting death and creating a dark atmosphere which would be reflected in the film. The scorpion would be white, the white on the black background connoting the innocence of the characters. The title is in red, connoting danger.

The postmortem pictures logo would be split into two. The "post" and the "mortem" would spin around each other. This is simple but would make the title more interesting to watch. This title would also be on a black background which holds negative connotations such as death. The two sections of the title would be red and white further connoting the danger and innocence seen in the film.

Both of these  logos are simple and we are creating a low budget film and these titles would not have cost a lot of money to make.

Becky Rose

Scripts First Draft

This is the first draft of the script for our opening sequence. I will now show this to the rest of my group and we will discuss the changes that should be made to it.



Becky Rose

The Initial Story Board.

Jordan, Robert, Olivia and Becky.

We did a story board to give us a better image of how we were going to execute certain scenes and titles. We used post it notes so if we made a mistake with a scene or a title then we could just change the post it notes. This saved us loads of time and enabled us to get onto other tasks quicker. It also gave us a better structure as to what order to film scenes in and helped us put things in chronological order.

Jordan kenneally

Considerations For Film Title

As a group we decided to come up with the name name of our film once we had come up with the complete design of our film, we have discussed the possibilities and how they keep to the typical conventions of a psychological thriller and our film in particular and have come up with three initial ideas for our film title which we need to compare and decide between:

"Who Knew?" 
"Who Knew?" is our first idea for our film, if we were to have it it would spur the audience into making their own ideas for the film and would decrease the likelihood of our film following the Hypodermic needle theory.
It is relevant to our film as it contains many twists and turns and it would be a question asked when the film progresses and the stalker is shown in a different light completely, and the mystery and the fact that it is a very short title follows the generic conventions associated with a psychological thriller.

"Desolate" 
Desolate is a word to signify that a place is Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness. 
It is a very negative adjective and having a one word title sticks to the generic conventions as nothing is given away, ideas are generated from the audience and they are prone to think about what this film entails, they will ask themselves 'What is desolate?' and this will attract them to the film even more as it is the only way they can truly get the question answered, it also fits in to the film as the man feels that as his daughter is not there his world is truly desolate ans he is secluded from everything else. 


"Alone"
Alone is a very similar idea to desolate as it is another lone adjective challenging the audience to wonder what the word is actually describe, it gives no details as to "Who is alone and why?" and draws in the audience to engage with the film, it also is a very negative and emotional description of someone and this fits with the generic conventions of a psychological thriller.
It is a simple and effective title for our film and connects to the story as he is seen to become more and more alone after he loses his daughter. 

"Penny"
This could be a possible film title. Its only one word so its quite snappy and its two syllables which gives the word a rhythmic feel, it is proven that words or phrases that have that rhythmic feel are more likely to be remembered so I think it's a good idea to have a title that fits this. Having a girls name will be intriguing because the audience will want to know what the significance of this girl will be. As the film progresses it will become apparent who Penny is but as its a psychological thriller not everything will be given away so the audience will be asking questions all the way through about her and as its the film title it will be at the fore front of the audiences mind.


Robert Thurgood Phillips and Olivia Saltmarsh

Why we need to consider mise-en-scene, location and casting

There are a number of reasons as to why we need to consider mise, locations and casting at this stage.

Locations
We need to consider a number of places to film in order to make sure that we have a location that meets our expectations and that will perfectly suit our film. It is also important that we can film at this locations during the day in order for there to be enough light for filming. This may limit some places. We also need to ensure that the location we are thinking about is realistic and can be achieved. If it cannot be achieved, then we may need to change elements of our film. Further more, distance also needs to be considered. We need to ensure that we are going to be able to transport both pour equipments and cast to our chosen location, which could also limit us. Looking at various locations may give us different inspirations for our film which could potentially help us improve it.

Mise
It is important that we have an image of how we want our film to look. This will allow us to find the correct props, acknowlege how we are going to acheive the lighting we require and to find the appropriate costumes. Also, if we have an image in our heads now we have time to find these things. When we have considered our mise, we may consider changing our camera shots to show more of the mise. Also, through out mise we can hint at the twists that will occur in our film. This can help to create an enigma and will make the audience want to continue watching. We will also need to make sure that we include everything in our frame that we would like the audience to see and ensure that we do not cut anything off in our shots. We will plan ahead and shoot our shots a number of times to ensure that we include what we want the audience to see within our frame.

Casting
To cast the correct person for our characters, we will consider what celeberities that we would ideally like to be in our film. This will enable us to have an image of what the character should look which we can then use while casting. We need to begin to consider this as we will need to hold auditions for potential characters, where we will test their acting skills and ability to follow directions. We will also need to create a a filming schedual to ensure that our actor can film when needed. When arranging auditions, we will look for people who look similar to the actor we have selected.

Becky Rose

Prop List

When we are filming we will need to ensure that we have the following props:

• Litter to make Harry's room appear messy and unkept

• Scrabble for one of our titles and to make it appear that he has been playing with his daughter. Scrabble is made up of dark colours, connoting the sinister atmosphere we intend to create in the opening.

• Baby photos showing Harry remembers his daughter.

• Picture his daughter drew, acting as a title and showing he had a good relationship with his daughter. The picture will be drawn in bright colours, connoting that the child was happy. The people in the  picture will also have smiles to connote that the family were once all happy. This will help to create a furthur sense of myster and encourage the audience member to continue watching because they want to find our how the family became broken.

• Alarm clock to wake him up and show him going about his daily routine

• Pills and pill pot as the lack of pills will show that he is mentally unstable. We will also show a title on the pot. The pot is going to be dark brown or dark orange. This connotes that the pills hodl negative connotations which are seen later in the opening.

• Loaf of bread show him going about his daily routine and another title will be shown.

• Carton of juice to show a title and him going about his daily routine. Light colours will be used on the carten, connoting that he is happy going about his daily life and that his mental illness does not effect him in this aspect of life.

• Newspapers to show he is looking for his daughter and to include a title. The text will be red, connoting that dangerous information he may find in the paper, such as the news that his daughter is dead.

• To do list to show the lack of activity in his day and how this activity decreases the more mentally unstable he becomes. We will also show a title on this list.

• Sticky labels and pens to help create the titles

It is important that we create a props list to ensure that we take all of the props to the location. We will buy them fro supermarkets, or bring them from our houses. This is because we are an independent film company and so need to keep costs low.


Becky Rose

Costume Ideas

When considering costume, it is important to consider the connotations of colors and what the cloths reveal about the character's personality.

Harry

This is the costume design for Harry. The dark colors connote that he is a miserable character, and help create a negative view of him. The greens connote his jealousy of the families who still have their children. There are three different shirts Harry will wear. He will begin with the smart shirt, then the checked shirts and finally his t-shirt. This gradual scruffiness will help reflect his loss of sanity and that he needs his daughter to help take care of him. These items of clothing are that of what people wear everyday, this helps Harry to appear 'normal' at first, but as the film develops, the audience will see this is not the case.


Penny

This is Penny's costume, like Harry's these are cloths that people would wear everyday, connoting that she is going about her everyday activities. The white t-shirt connotes her innocence, however, the red shoes and cardigan connote that she is a danger later on in the film. Red is also associated with death, connoting that she reminds Harry of his dead daughter.

Amy

Amy is penny's friend and dresses similar to her like most teenage girls do. Like in penny's costume, the white t-shirt connotes her innocence throughout the film, and in the situations in which she is faced with in the opening. The purple cardigan connotes the power she holds over Penny as she pulls her away from Harry in the opening and tries to warn her about him later on in the film.

Another reason why these costumes consist of everyday clothes is because they need to be cheap for us to purchase as we are producing a low budget film. We will ask friends and family if they have any of these items of clothing that we can borrow for the filming. If not we can look in charity shops or supermarkets such as Tesco who sell cheap clothing. This will help cut costs, and we needed our costumes to be simple in order to be able to find them in these places.

Becky Rose

Mise-En-Scene

As a group we decided we are going to have a dark setting because we want to give connotations of there being death and danger.

Props used will be:

1)drugs
2)alarm clock
3)photos

The reason we’re using the drugs is to give connotations that he isn’t in his right frame of mind. He’s not in full control.
The reason we are using the alarm clock is to give connotations that he does have a structured life. He does stick to it.

The reasons we are using the photos is to give connotations that he is blaming his current state using drugs on his past.

With regards to setting we have agreed to make it low key lighting in his house with natural light just getting through the blinds to give connotations that he wants and feels comfortable when he is isolated. Also with our film being a psychological thriller low key lighting works well with making the viewer feel uncomfortable and not knowing exactly what is going to happen next.

The costume the man will be wearing will be black give connotations of him being dangerous and capable of death whereas the girls you see in the opening will be wearing bright colours such as white to give connotations of innocence.

 With these three being seen the viewer will have it in their mind that the man might harm the two girls and that’s where the psychological bit comes in.

The man being used will look really boring, dull and mental to give connotations that he isn’t sociable or socially accepted. This gives connotations of him being isolated from everyone else and different. The girls you see will be together giving connotations of them both having friends and are socially accepted.

‘Everything in the frame’

There will be a complete contradiction of lighting and setting in the second part of the opening from the first.
the first half will be low key lighting very boring whereas the second will be high key lighting and him outside.

We want the viewer to think, why is he going outside if he lives a structured life indoors? Why does he see the girls? Also, why the sudden change? We want to meet our chosen genre as well as making a good story line.

Jordan Kenneally

Exterior Possible Locations

I thought this could be a possible location as its secluded, dark and it doesn’t look like a nice place to be. This corresponded of Harry’s personality thought which is why I thought this would be a good location to have in our film opening

This was a possible location because we wanted to give people the idea he did get out of his house but to what extent? This location has connotations of isolation, run down, dirty and somewhere that’s been given up on.

This part of the garden I thought would give away connotations of his not caring about how tidy his garden is, there it a broken light with connotations of him feeling uncomfortable in the light because the opening of our film had low key lighting. So it matches our film ideas.

This road suited our oxymoron approach to the opening with him look most comfortable in the dark but then goes out when he is under the influence of the drugs because he feels he can. We felt as though he is probably most likely going to see a girl walking down a road on this road so it kept our opening realistic.

Picture 1,2 and 3 we didn’t use at all because we didn’t feel as though it would work with our film opening ideas we had come up with together. Picture 4 did suit our film ideas so originally did put it in our rough cut opening. But due to time we got rid of that scene because it didn’t enhance our opening much, if anything it would just confuse the viewer so we stuck with harry being in the house where the Mise-En-Scene corresponded of what we thought would be be best.

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Considered Locations: Interior

We have considered a variety of locations for where we are going to film our piece, the locations are extremely important to set the scene and to follow the generic conventions for our psychological thriller.
We have photographed different possible locations which we have considered and written why we have chosen them and whether they have any negative points against them and finally whether we have decided to film our footage  in this location or not.

Considered Bedroom

(3 Barnfield Mews) 

I chose this location as it can be easily accessible and changed to suit our conventions for our psychological thriller film, I thought that it looks like a small but simple room for an adult with dormant psychological problems and could be furnished and decorated to fit the role very well, the colours within this room are blacks, creams and browns which can be associated with someone serious and independent, this fitted well with our chosen male antagonist character so we believed that this room would be a very good bedroom for our main introductory character.
The props within this location that would perhaps be included in the mise-en-scene as background props would include the blinds, the desk and associated stool, the wardrobe and mirror, the sofa and also the bed in general. (Other smaller props will be brought to location if used.)
The lighting in this location can easily be changed to suit the needs of the of the filming and if we film at an appropriate time in the day a source of natural light is available in the form of a window, this will give us a chance to refilm until optimum quality footage is depicted.


  

Considered Bathroom
(9 Bounderby Grove)

 This is a possible bathroom we will use in our piece. We have looked at this bathroom as it has high light levels meaning the character will be seen easily. The house this bathroom is in is easily accessible and could be easily filmed in at it is a rather big space. The bathroom is good as it has a central medical cabinet and this is needed in our piece as its conventional. however there are also bad points about this bathroom, as the colours are quiet girlie it seems contradictory to the main character. However it could be seen as a bathroom that is themed by Penny, the main subject. The main downfall of this bathroom is that the shower isn't separate to the bath and this hinders our plan greatly. Ideally we would have a bathroom with a separate shower and therefore will probably not use this location.

Considered Bedroom
(9 Bounderby Grove)

 This bedroom is similar to the above bathroom as it is also quite girlie. The colours are bright and this would enhance the lighting in the room but make the character seem almost jolly. This is not the effect we are looking for and we think it would detract attention away from the main character. However a good thing about this bedroom is the size. It would be perfect for filming as we have plenty of space to experiment with shots and different angles. The bed is also bigger than the single bed in the first bedroom shown. This could show that maybe the main character isn't alone. the overall feel of this bedroom is to happy and I think it would be best not to use it.

Considered Bathroom

(3 Barnfield Mews)

This bathroom was chosen as it is a general family bathroom, it is complete with a shower which is necessary for a vital scene we have chosen for our film opening, it shows a unconventional bathroom for our main antagonist though as the white tiles and light colour connote a purity or innocence, we have decided that this would be a useful connotation that he is our when he is alone and possibly a misunderstood character, there is a mirror as well although there is no medicine cabinet which we were thinking could be used as an important prop for our final film when filming the bathroom scenes with our male antagonist's prescription medicine.
In general this possible location is full of space in order for filming to take place, and the variety of possible camera angles helps tick all the boxes within this possible location for our filming days.  

Considered Bedroom

(96 Sunrise Avenue)

This is our second proposed bedroom for the main antagonist, after removing a lot of the items located within this room before filming it would leave a very good room for our main male antagonist, although it could be seen as a bit too big or too cluttered with stuff, this would be good for a few of the scenes as he deteriorates and would look very natural in this room, although the clutter may cause problems in the stage of preparation this could be easily combatted, it contains a single bed which fits the expectations we were looking to uphold with our story, also the lighting will be easy to gauge due to three different possible sources of artificial light and also a window for a natural light source.

The colours withing this room would be quite light, yellows and blues mostly which does not fit the generic conventions for the male antagonist as these colours connote innocence which would not be suited for our character and can confuse the audience.  

Considered Kitchen

( 1 Hillcrest Chignal Smealy)

The kitchen location is extremely important for when we film our footage for our opening scene as it has a huge amount of time allocated to the scenes within, including the majority of our antagonist's morning routine.

This kitchen is a very useful location for shooting it is just round the corner from our other proposed film locations, it is also very large so that each section can be used for a different scene without it becoming tedious to watch.

Although conventions are not entirely kept to in regard to the cleanliness of such a kitchen we believe that we could easily overcome this as it still connotes a sort of mystery to our character and the black table tops used fit generic conventions and reflect our antagonist, as black connotes in itself mystery, plague and death which fits our conventions well as a psychological thriller. 

Verisimilitude is used within this setting as kitchens contain the same fundamental equipment it contain within, in which our audience can relate.

Considered Kitchen

(9 Bounderby Grove)

Another kitchen we looked at was in the same place as the pink bathroom. We found this kitchen would be a good place to set our film opening as it is stereotypical to most normal kitchens. This kitchen applies to the kitchen work triangle, by having a sink a cooker and a fridge based in a triangular formation, this gives the majority of the audience something to relate to and shows verisimilitude. A good thing about this kitchen is the bright red tiles. They could connote feelings of blood and death. However on the contrary the yellow tiles give a sense of happiness, showing that the character may be both. This is a subliminal message that could be used in our final film. The downside to this kitchen is the size, I feel if we were to film here we would struggle to get the right shots.