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.