Shooting Schedule

List of props and costumes

Props

• A full glass of water
  
• A distinctive ring
• A pen
• A notepad
• 2 chairs
• A table
• Sticks

  Costume

• Long sleeve white top
• Skirt
• Leggins
• Trainers
• Dirty jean dungarees 

• Dark clothing to mask identity

•   Hoodie

• Blue shirt with matching dark blue tie 

  White shirt , Black tie

Evidence of required permission of the setting

Shooting Schedule

Anamatic

Location

For the outdoor scenes which is in woods, we have chosen to use Beddington Park, this is because it is a very open place meaning that anything could happen. There are a small range of possible woods that we can use. At night the park will be quite dusk and misty enabling us to make the filming effective to assist our genre of horror.

For the indoor scenes, we will be doing them inside Glenthorne school in one of the drama rooms whereby we can use a table and specific spotlights to allow Mary to be presented in high key lighting and Freddie to be presented in low key lighting.

Casting

Casting

Who will be involved in the casting and be in role of the characters involved?

Kevin will be playing the role of the police officer.

James will be playing the role of the Freddie this person, is the antagonist that is focussed on within the opening sequence and stereotyped to be the ‘bad guy’.

Chanel will be the female character who is the innocent character and being chased by ‘Freddie’.

Kevin: Kevin will be performing the role of a police officer. He is a very mysterious and hidden character as he is presented throughout the opening sequence in the dark. This is very useful as is adds a lot of tension within the audience as they wonder and continue to wonder who this man is in the dark and when will he be revealed and why is he hidden. He wears normal formal clothes presenting him as a normal person just with a just to him as he is in the darkness. The police officer will be middle ages, so 30-40 to show that he is powerful and not old and vulnerable. Making the police a male enables him to be clearly more powerful than the girl being interviewed as men are stereotypically presented as the stronger gender. The only part of the his body that is revealed from the darkness is his hands which brings major relevance to the opening sequence.

James: Another unseen character which is mysteriously chasing Chanel leaving the audience in wonder as to why he is chasing her. he is quite an icon as it brings many questions to the audiences head as to why he is chasing her, what is he doing in the area at that time, who is he etc. 

Chanel: Chanel is the main character who is extremely vulnerable throughout the opening sequence. We chose to make the victim a female as females are stereotypically presented as the weaker gender and that males have more power over them and are more dominant as they are physically stronger, this is why the other two characters are males.

The script

Using a scrips enables us to keep everything in order and to know when everything is said and also by who. Scripts are essential as whilst filming the actor needs to know what they are going to say otherwise everything will go wrong and prolong everything as they would have to make up their speech on the spot. Scripts are very important as it bring dialogue into the acting and the filming.

The ritual opening

Mary Shaw is running through a forest. Wearing dirty black clothing.Mary is on the verge of fainting , it seems as if she's been running for years. It's unknown to the audience what she's running from.A voice is heard over this scene

Police officer

Mary Shaw , 19 years old , Blonde , Caucasian, female. 5ft7. Now then Miss Shaw, tell me exactly what happened.

Mary Shaw

I was just walking...This..man , he came after me.

Mary is visibly upset , she puts her hand towards her mouth and she is mumbling

He wouldn't stop...he was..

POLICE OFFICER

Take your time.Do you remember what he was doing? What did he look like?

MARY SHAW

I couldn't see him , he was hidden in the dark. He was tall..dark clothes.. pure evil

POLICE OFFICER

Did you see his face at all?

MARY SHAW

NO! Please I know he's still out there , he won't stop , everywhere I went he was there!

*Mary starts sobbing uncontrollably *

POLICE OFFICER

You're safe here , please don't be upset.No one is out to get you , you're perfectly safe

*Drinks water*

MARY SHAW

He grabbed me , I ran so far...He wouldn't stop, he was strong , a big man , nearly ripped my arm off!

POLICE OFFICER

So you were  close to him ...yes?

MARY SHAW

Yeah

POLICE OFFICER

When he grabbed you , did you get any sighting of his face , any distinguishable features?Anything at all

MARY SHAW

Mary ponders for a moment


I...
*cries*



POLICE OFFICER

Please..madame. There's nothing to be afraid of understand?

MARY SHAW

*Nods*

POLICE OFFICER

Good. Now then... can you recall anything
 else?

*At this point the police officer , brings his clasped hands towards MARY and reveals he has the same ring as the attacker*attacker

MARY SHAW

Mary looks terrified , she looks at the ring and lets out a scream

Anamatics

Anamatics are used in order to establish the the order everything is going to be layer out in. The way the shots are presented and the duration of them will have an impact when your filming as they have to be precise and be what you want to be filming as it is something that needs to be followed as it is the final idea of how everything should look like. It also helps to establish the sound that is going to be used and also the timing of it as this also needs to be organised as ours is a horror and we need to know when the tension in the music needs to stop and when the change is necessary. Anamaticics allows everything to stay according to plan meaning that once it is complete there is no point in changing it when actually filming as it will confuse everything.

The characters

All the items of clothing used in the costume of the girl are specifically related to the fact that she is innocent. The white top is used as white has several connotations such as innocence and honesty. The laces would show that she is in a rush as she is trying to get away from something or someone, therefore she would not have time to tie her laces as in this instance she is trying to get away from an unknown man that she does not know why she is being pursued.

 

Story board

Story boards are used because it enables the director to chronologically order the story line of the opening sequence. It also allows the director to have everything planned out so that nothing is confusing when setting it out and actually doing the filming.

I particularly like the second to last shot as it is a shot of the mans hands coming out the dark, presenting the same ring that the man chasing her in the forest had at the time. But this isn't perfectly viewable until the next shot, but it leave the audience weary and wondering whether or not the man interviewing her has a link or something to do with the incident she had in the woods. So i like this shot due to the tension it brings towards the end of the opening sequence and the thoughts it brings into the viewers head.
Another shot that i particularly like is the last shot as it show that the man interviewing her is the man who chased her. I specifically like this one though because it leaves the ending of the opening sequence on major tension as the viewer realises it is the man who chased her therefore the viewer would be left wanting to know what happens to her as after he presents his hand and she sees the ring a gasp is heard from her.

Initial ideas