Location Scouting

Pre-Production to our trailer, we have planned and scouted out local areas which were suitable for our production to be shot from. This will be carried out digitally and also through physical scouting of the specific locations. Firstly digitally we have used modern tools over the internet such as Google Earth to see exactly where about that location is, and through street view we could get a better view from the actual location instead of a bird’s eye view. This method I believe was successful in planning locations as it allowed our group to plot exact locations for which shooting the scenes could be possible from this location. The next method of scouting locations is physically visiting these locations. This was managed by driving to the locations and scouting possible camera actions to be used for that scene.

We know exactly where we would want to shoot certain clips which the majority of which are interior scenes, with just a smaller percentage of exterior shots .The first shots we shot outside were of the Maghull sign on the outskirts of South Maghull. We had already scouted this location alongside with other road signs with Maghull throughout Maghull, however this location was chosen as we all agreed it was the most open in terms of size of the space around. This was seen in other locations as they were cramped spaces which would not look professional on screen. The next location we scouted was a small hill top south west in Maghull. This shot would be ideal as like the prior shot it shows large farm fields on a large landscape. This shot is on a higher vantage point which can show further afield when shooting here. The last location we scouted was to be an interior location of a house, this is where the majority of all the shots would take place as the film is based around an intruder entering a house. Being indoors there was limitations which we realised with space as unlike a film set there is much more space through the use of a third wall which behind the camera you could not see. So this would be a slight problem meaning some shots would be tight. We decided to use Georgia’s house using most areas in the house for our trailer e.g. stairs, living room and kitchen.

Filming Interior Shots

Below are some of the print screens I have taken from our video shots we took on our last shooting day. We aimed to get interior shots on this shoot and started with a scene of Ryan opening the door, we took many shots of this to get the angling of the camera right to show Ryan’s whole hand opening the door. We took several takes at this on each angle going from the right side of Ryan’s hand to the left side of Ryan’s hand to get the best picture quality out of the take. We then moved onto other scenes such as the one where we used the camera in different positions to show Ryan knocking on the door and myself answering the door. This type of shot would be an over the should shot with myself having my back to the camera to start with and then after the door opens having Ryan’s back to the camera coming from the outside perspective of Ryan knocking on the door. This shot did not take many takes to get right as we had planned it out properly before beginning to shoot. Shooting these scenes on an interior basis was a great advantage as we had greater use of lighting available to us and was not at risk of filming being interrupted by the weather such as we had problems with before this shooting day with the rain.

                                           

Contributor release form

Below are the three contributor release forms that have been signed by the group members that were at risk being me (Shaun), Ryan and John. This had to be signed to be released for anyone that was involved in the production of this task which was the three stated above.

Storyboards

Below is the complete set of storyboards we have created to help us when shooting the desired clips for our trailer. As you can see from the four separate sheets they are broken down into different boxes with shot number, shot type and camera movement. The boxes next to this initial box were dialogue and also sound. All of this planning through the use of storyboards helped the production to run more efficiently as we knew exactly what needed to be shot and also when it was needed to be shot by.

Filming Shoot Second Day

This image above shows the area in which we shot second day for our media trailer.  We shot the scene with the farmer chasing the characters over the land. We played around with both the angling of cameras. As you can see from this it is an open land and ideal for our genre of a farmer killer with such a huge space of land. We gained access to this land by gaining the land owners permission on the previous day.

Filming Shoot First Day

On our first day of shooting in the half term, we started filming at our first scene of the Maghull sign post. As it was our first day we were still getting used to the set up with the tripod and the actions involved in moving the camera. As you can see from the images below we set the camera equipment up in ideal weather as it was not raining at this stage of the day. We took many takes to get this opening shot to the standard we needed.

After we had the first clip secured, we moved to a nearby park called Ballswood. For this clip we shot John rummaging through the woods for a piece of evidence which would be the victims T-Shirt. After a few takes of this scene we were happy with the footage. After watching back the footage at a later date we realised it would have to be improved to a higher standard of Police forensics work e.g. Latex Gloves, other police officers and police tape. From the images below show the woods shot. From these images I took on my camera, it gave me ideas for my movie poster that is required for me to create, as well as a magazine front cover.

Costume List

Costume dressing throughout our production would be a major point as if done wrong would give off the wrong idea about the production e.g. if the two male teenagers characters were to be dressed in Victorian era style outfits and it was a modern production this would confuse the viewers and make no sense. Being teenagers the dressing was simple with the use of a normal outfit consisting of jeans and hoodies. The intruder would wear different clothing being darker mostly black and also with a mask to hide his identity.

Teenagers List:

 

·         Trainers

·         Jeans

·         T-Shirts

·         Zip hoodies

Intruder List:

·         Black over dressing top

·         Black pants

·         Dark boots

·         White mask with black eye rim

Production Name

When developing ideas for the trailer we wanted to produce a production name instead of using an already existing production company, which making our own production company would make the trailer look more professional in the trailer as well as the other products I will create. When producing a name our group brain stormed different words and stringing them together to see how they would sound

Overall out of the names we produced we decided on Loftlight Productions. This being because of the two main words in the name ‘Loft Light’ with a horror genre a loft is often the scene of many horror films and being the focus point of a creepy film, the second half of the name being Light is to follow on with the loft light when using a light in the loft as a loft is often a dark place to be. For our introduction in the trailer to make the production company name stand out we will create an ident that involves a loft and its door closing down on the camera followed by a striking a match and it illuminating the text ‘Loftlight Productions’ which will be drawn on to the surface in a hand writing to give it an edgy effect.

Prop List

To manage our production properly a prop list is necessary to see what equipment would be needed for the production and to ensure it was a success when filming the clips. Some pieces of equipment would be necessary to carry the shots out effectively such as a Camera, camera tripod and also lighting equipment. Other props would help to make the scene in film such as weaponry which we used a wide selection from knives to mallets . Fake blood is another prop necessary to make the production look more realistic. This can be managed through many formulas involving red dye and tomato sauce.

Prop List:

·         Baseball bat

·         Knife

·         Mallet

·         Matches

Equipment List:

·         Video Camera

·         DSLR Camera

·         Tripod

·         Apple Mac for editing

·         Torches to provide light in dark shots