Tripod
Paglight
Apple imac
Props:
bible,doll,school uniform,make-up,cross,Glasses,Hand Bag
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Equipment List
Recording Equipment
The camera we used to film our production was called a Dv Cam this was a light weight camera that was easy to use in our location, It was also recommended by our college tutors.
Tripod
The tripod was a useful piece of equipment that we used because it allowed the camera shots to be stable so that the image was clear and not shaking.
Paglight
The Paglight was used when the location we was in was too dark to see through the camera by using natural light, the light also added to the effect of the production because it was highlighted certain parts of the room that we wanted for the mise en scene.
Apple imac
The imac was used to edit and put together the shots that we had filmed, it was also used to create effects, change the lightining and add writing.
Props:
bible,doll,school uniform,make-up,cross,Glasses,Hand Bag
Tripod
Paglight
Apple imac
Props:
bible,doll,school uniform,make-up,cross,Glasses,Hand Bag
Monday, 27 February 2012
Preliminary Task
in the preliminary task i kept the role as director to practice and amna did the cinematography from this task i learnt about continuity editing, the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot.
Monday, 20 February 2012
Title Credits
Title credit: with Mariah Raja (the credits will come in and out of the shot by using fog for pathetic fallacy)
Title credit: and Patricia Brown
Title credit: casting by Amanda Phillips
Title credit: costumes designed by Frank Pierre
Title credit: co-producer Richard Branning
Title credit: music by Cathy Berk
Title credit: story by Courteney Randall
Title credit: screenplay by Courteney Randall and Sarra Webb
Title credit: directed by Courteney Randall
Title credit: and Patricia Brown
Title credit: casting by Amanda Phillips
Title credit: costumes designed by Frank Pierre
Title credit: co-producer Richard Branning
Title credit: music by Cathy Berk
Title credit: edited by Sarra Webb
Title credit: production designer Micheal rider
Title credit: director of photography Amna Mahmood
Title credit: executive producers Alana Stephenson, Daniel Walsh
Title credit: produced by Courteney ,Amna and SarraTitle credit: story by Courteney Randall
Title credit: screenplay by Courteney Randall and Sarra Webb
Title credit: directed by Courteney Randall
Location Recce
The location we need to set our opening sequence in is in a derelict house these are infamous for putting fear into the audience because they don’t know what has happened to the house or who and why it was left abandoned. Also in our research we saw that all the paranormal horrors where based in a house so this would be sticking to the typical conventions.The walls are burnt due to the fire that had been in there which adds to the mise en scene because it looks like scary markings, also on the floor there is debry sorrounding the house and the rubble this adds to the mise en scene because it looks like it has been abandoned for a very long time and dangerous because it would make it hard for the character to escape.
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Research Story Ideas
In our group we decided to do a supernatural horror this is because we thought it would be easier to make the shots more realistic because in a slasher horror the make up would be hard to re create along with the costumes and props. The films I researched are amitivile horror and paranormal activity the key feature they use to scare the target audience is by making the scenes jumpy. There is always death but we see that they are not actually gone because there are signs such as objects move, loud noises, sightings of ghosts/ shadows and electricity problems. The most repetitive feature I saw in all of the supernatural horrors that stood out to me was that most of the action happened at 3.15am at night. The end of all supernatural horrors is that somebody is always possessed by the evil spirit and depending on the narrative they either overcome the evil spirit due to Christianity (priests are always seen) or they end up harming others due to the fact that there body has been taken over and they are unaware of there actions.
12/02/12
As a group we decided to film over the half term to allow us to have more time when we get back to edit, the location will be in a house which follows the typical conventions of a supernatural horror. The storyboard and script will help us to follow the sequence step by step
Shot List
1. (External) Establishing Shot/ Low Angle of abandoned house in the middle of two other houses, Steady Cam/ Tripod Based.
2. (External) Title Credits start saying With Mairah Raja - Bottom left hand corner - Actors Name.
3. (External) Medium Close Up/ Low angle of abandoned house only, Steady Cam.
4. (External) Titles Credits appear and read Patricia Brown - Bottom Right Hand Corner - Actors Name.
5. (External) Close Up of window unlocked on abandoned house, Hand Held Cam, Slight Zoom.
6. (External) Titles Credits come up saying Casting By Amanda Phillips over the close up of the unlocked window.
7. (Internal), Night Time, Medium Close Up of digital clock stating 03:15 am. Handheld Camera.
8. (External), Day Time, Long Shot of young schoolgirl Amy Walking home from school. Steady Camera.
9. (External) Repeat of shot 9 but Title credit Costumes by Frank Pierre appear. Fade in Fade out.
10. (Internal), Medium close up of News Paper article appears and zooms into a close up of the girls face. Handheld Camera.
11. (Internal) Repeat of shot 10 but Title credit Co Producer Richard Branning appears. Fade in Fade out.
12. (External), Establishing shot of Amy Walking onto the street where the abandoned house is. She is at one end of the screen and the house is at the opposite end. Steady Cam.
13. (External), Repeat of shot 12, Title credit reads Music by Kathy Burke. Fade in Fade out.
14. (External), Amy continues to walk down street however in this shot she slowly walks past it with no acknowledgement. Long shot proceeds to a medium shot and back out into a long shot. Eye level view, Steady cam/ Tracking.
15. (External), Continuing from shot 14, Title credit Edited by Sarra Webb appears. Cross Dissolve Fade in Fade out.
16. (Internal), The camera places the audience in the position of someone looking out the abandoned houses window and follows Amy walking off. Hand Held Cam.
17. (External), Back to the long shot of Amy walking off but an old woman’s face faintly shines through the abandoned house window. Steady Cam.
18. (External), Medium Shot of Faded Old woman’s face at the same window, Shallow focus. Steady Cam.
19. (External), A Loud Scream comes from the house and Amy looks Back, Long Shot/ Two Shot, Eye level. Steady Cam.
20. (External), Repeat of shot 19, Title credit Director of cinematography appears saying Amna Mahmood. Cross Dissolve Fade in Fade out.
21. (Internal), Back to digital clock, it reads 16:00, Medium close up. Steady Cam.
22. (Internal), Low Angle shot of looking up the staircase, slight tracking/ Hand held camera.
23. (Internal), repeat of shot 22, slight panning up the staircase, Title credits appear saying Executive Producers Alana Stephenson and Daniel Walsh.
24. (Internal), Medium Close up of mirror slight 2-second pause then a shadow reflects in the mirror. Steady Cam.
25. (Internal), Medium/ Establishing shot, slow zooming in and out of furniture all disorganized. Hand held camera.
26. (Internal) Over shot 25 appears Title credit Produced By Courteney, Amna and Sarra. Fade in Fade out.
27. (Internal) Medium shot from outside bedroom door we see a balanced cross fall on the floor and then the bedroom door slams shut in our/ the Cameras view. Steady Cam.
28. (Internal) On the view of the closed door, Title credit Produced by Courtney, Amna and Sarra appears. Fade in Fade Out.
29. (Internal), Camera pans from right to left and in the corner of the room is the old woman crouched in a ball rocking on the floor, shallow focus, dark lighting. Slow Zoom, Handheld camera.
30. (Internal), Edited CGI writing appears saying SHE WAS POSSESSED. Wipe From Right to Left.
31. Title Credit Edited CGI writes Screenplay by Courteney and Sarra.
32. (Internal), Medium shot Edited CGI Writing appears in 3 sentences/ stages, What happened over the next 50 years has NEVER been explained. Fade in Fade out, Smokey Font.
33. (Internal), Abandoned House appears from shots 1 and 3 and Title credit Reads Directed by Courteney Randall. Dissolve in Cross Fade out.
34. (Internal), CGI writing or News article – She Was Possessed. Medium Close up.
35. (Internal) Extreme close up of Amy’s eyes, Steady Cam.
36. (Internal) Cross fade from shot 35 into 36, Extreme Close up of Amy’s eyes transforming into the old woman ghosts eyes. Steady Cam.
37. (External) Birds eye view shot of abandoned house and street, Quick zoom into house alone, quick panning in circular motion. Zoom into Nothing. Steady Cam, Handheld a variety of shots and angles to create a finale.
38. Fade In Cross Dissolve with shot 37, Large edited CGI Font Title Credit which will introduce the films title which is, THE ABANDONED. Fade out particularly slow.
2. (External) Title Credits start saying With Mairah Raja - Bottom left hand corner - Actors Name.
3. (External) Medium Close Up/ Low angle of abandoned house only, Steady Cam.
4. (External) Titles Credits appear and read Patricia Brown - Bottom Right Hand Corner - Actors Name.
5. (External) Close Up of window unlocked on abandoned house, Hand Held Cam, Slight Zoom.
6. (External) Titles Credits come up saying Casting By Amanda Phillips over the close up of the unlocked window.
7. (Internal), Night Time, Medium Close Up of digital clock stating 03:15 am. Handheld Camera.
8. (External), Day Time, Long Shot of young schoolgirl Amy Walking home from school. Steady Camera.
9. (External) Repeat of shot 9 but Title credit Costumes by Frank Pierre appear. Fade in Fade out.
10. (Internal), Medium close up of News Paper article appears and zooms into a close up of the girls face. Handheld Camera.
11. (Internal) Repeat of shot 10 but Title credit Co Producer Richard Branning appears. Fade in Fade out.
12. (External), Establishing shot of Amy Walking onto the street where the abandoned house is. She is at one end of the screen and the house is at the opposite end. Steady Cam.
13. (External), Repeat of shot 12, Title credit reads Music by Kathy Burke. Fade in Fade out.
14. (External), Amy continues to walk down street however in this shot she slowly walks past it with no acknowledgement. Long shot proceeds to a medium shot and back out into a long shot. Eye level view, Steady cam/ Tracking.
15. (External), Continuing from shot 14, Title credit Edited by Sarra Webb appears. Cross Dissolve Fade in Fade out.
16. (Internal), The camera places the audience in the position of someone looking out the abandoned houses window and follows Amy walking off. Hand Held Cam.
17. (External), Back to the long shot of Amy walking off but an old woman’s face faintly shines through the abandoned house window. Steady Cam.
18. (External), Medium Shot of Faded Old woman’s face at the same window, Shallow focus. Steady Cam.
19. (External), A Loud Scream comes from the house and Amy looks Back, Long Shot/ Two Shot, Eye level. Steady Cam.
20. (External), Repeat of shot 19, Title credit Director of cinematography appears saying Amna Mahmood. Cross Dissolve Fade in Fade out.
21. (Internal), Back to digital clock, it reads 16:00, Medium close up. Steady Cam.
22. (Internal), Low Angle shot of looking up the staircase, slight tracking/ Hand held camera.
23. (Internal), repeat of shot 22, slight panning up the staircase, Title credits appear saying Executive Producers Alana Stephenson and Daniel Walsh.
24. (Internal), Medium Close up of mirror slight 2-second pause then a shadow reflects in the mirror. Steady Cam.
25. (Internal), Medium/ Establishing shot, slow zooming in and out of furniture all disorganized. Hand held camera.
26. (Internal) Over shot 25 appears Title credit Produced By Courteney, Amna and Sarra. Fade in Fade out.
27. (Internal) Medium shot from outside bedroom door we see a balanced cross fall on the floor and then the bedroom door slams shut in our/ the Cameras view. Steady Cam.
28. (Internal) On the view of the closed door, Title credit Produced by Courtney, Amna and Sarra appears. Fade in Fade Out.
29. (Internal), Camera pans from right to left and in the corner of the room is the old woman crouched in a ball rocking on the floor, shallow focus, dark lighting. Slow Zoom, Handheld camera.
30. (Internal), Edited CGI writing appears saying SHE WAS POSSESSED. Wipe From Right to Left.
31. Title Credit Edited CGI writes Screenplay by Courteney and Sarra.
32. (Internal), Medium shot Edited CGI Writing appears in 3 sentences/ stages, What happened over the next 50 years has NEVER been explained. Fade in Fade out, Smokey Font.
33. (Internal), Abandoned House appears from shots 1 and 3 and Title credit Reads Directed by Courteney Randall. Dissolve in Cross Fade out.
34. (Internal), CGI writing or News article – She Was Possessed. Medium Close up.
35. (Internal) Extreme close up of Amy’s eyes, Steady Cam.
36. (Internal) Cross fade from shot 35 into 36, Extreme Close up of Amy’s eyes transforming into the old woman ghosts eyes. Steady Cam.
37. (External) Birds eye view shot of abandoned house and street, Quick zoom into house alone, quick panning in circular motion. Zoom into Nothing. Steady Cam, Handheld a variety of shots and angles to create a finale.
38. Fade In Cross Dissolve with shot 37, Large edited CGI Font Title Credit which will introduce the films title which is, THE ABANDONED. Fade out particularly slow.
Script
“Gone”
FADE INPresent Time:
INT. Street- Day time
Starts off with a shot off a row of houses
The camera moves in closer to the house to isolate it from the other houses, dirty. overgrown bushes
INT. Night time
The next shot is of the window unlocked
Shot of clocks rewinding back (the clocks are shown to separate the time of now and then)
INT. Day time - Field
AMIE walking home from school
Newspaper article of girl gone missing in sepia to make it look older
AMIE walking past the row of houses
Amie walking past the front door
Old woman’s face in the dirty window
Screaming heard, AMIE looks back at the house
Clocks ticking back again to show the separation of time
INT. Night time – the corridor inside the house
Shot of the staircase inside the house. broken. cobwebs
INT. Bedroom- Night time
A shadow running past a mirror
A shot of the old furniture all disordered
A balanced cross falls on the floor; then a door slams on the camera
INT. Basement- Night time
Image of an old woman on the floor rocking and mumbling, title credit mixed in with the scratches on the walls
Computer generated imagery “what happened over the next 50 years has NEVER been explained”
Newspaper article heading “She Was Possessed”
A shot of AMIEs eyes when she was young
A shot of AMIEs eyes aged and possessed
The film title will fade in and fade out
it will last for approximatly 3 miniutes
Treatment
The summary of our film we are going to make is an old woman’s ghost is trapped in a house haunting people the way she can be released is by taking somebody else’s life to replace hers. The opening sequence of the film will consist of flashes of an old woman screaming for freedom, there will be shots of her looking through the glass and clocks that rewind back to represent the time passing. There will also be shots of a young vunerable girl because ghost can pick up on childrens energy easily girl. Amie is walking home from school past the haunted house. the twist in the story is that at the begining amie hears screaming from the house as she enters her souls is trapped on earth for life however the woman we hear screaming and see looking through the glass is actually the young girl and it is just flash backs of how she got trapped in the house. Our story is similar to The Woman in Black which has just been released.
roles and responsibility's
My role is the director i develop the film idea and decide how the film should look. I have to turn the script into a sequence of shots, I also work with the cinematograph (Amna) to decide the camera angles, lens effects and lighting. I hire the crew members and contribute to other stuff such as the editing, writing and the financial side of film making. I play a key part into the making of the film because it is my job to make our idea into a individual sequence.
Sarra is the editor her role is to make the raw camera footage into a finished product by combining shots into a continous sequence (invisible editing), she will add special effects, graphics, sound effects and dialogue to give our target audience a feeling of terror.
The cinematograph is Amna her job is to capture all of the footage and use her knowledge to know how to pick the right camera angle and shot to make the sequence more effective. Amna also has to chose the right lighting.
Sarra is the editor her role is to make the raw camera footage into a finished product by combining shots into a continous sequence (invisible editing), she will add special effects, graphics, sound effects and dialogue to give our target audience a feeling of terror.
The cinematograph is Amna her job is to capture all of the footage and use her knowledge to know how to pick the right camera angle and shot to make the sequence more effective. Amna also has to chose the right lighting.
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Monday, 6 February 2012
6/02/12
Today I thought of an idea for our opening sequence, we could open the film with the ending like in Amityville Horror this would be a good twist to keep the audience intrigued. We could do special effects to at the end of the clocks ticking back and the scene rewinding to show the audience that it was what happened and then the film would take them back to where and how it all started.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
update1 1/02/12
Today I sat down with my group and we decided the sub genre we are going to do is a supernatural horror, there is going to be one location in a bedroom with one actor and a child as the ghost. We are going to film in the day and the night but mostly at night because will scare the audience more. The films we are going to get our ideas from are Paranormal Activity and American Haunting because these have both been very successful ghost films.
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