Final Film

Final Draft

Ident

For our ident we had originally tryed to have footage of a TV in a a dark and mysterious room. we tryed this by putting one of Mikeys TV's in his celler. This looked when we came to edit but then realised that it wouldn't be possible to edit our brand on the TV, "HELM Productions". so unfortunatly we couldn't do this idea. So what we did is got a picture of a TV then edited the Fuzz on to the screen to creat a TV picture with no signal. For a back ground we used a blank black colour to add contrast. In the insprational Ident the music was almost perfect for what we wanted our Ident to sound like when the TV is turnedon. So we emailed the Person who had done the Ident then and asked for permision to use the sound. Which they gave us. This saved uslotsof timethat could of been wasted finding a copy right free sound.

Our Film Rating

We feel that our film deserves a film rating of "12". 12 Rating means material that is suitable, in general, only for those aged 12 and over. Certain scenes in the film may upset children under 12 which manyparents will find unsuitable
for them.

Feedback

Improvments: too blurry,pixilated camera shots,not enough narrative. take the volume down on the camera noise. needs more angles.seems more like a trailer than an opening.
Success:well edited,the music matches the acton on the screen.nice effect between shots.well placed titles,that fit in with the clip transactions.
comments: i wanted to watch more,music and transactions work well to make me want to watch on.
The general level we recieved from everyone was around level three.

Positive comments:
.Good idea for the credits
.Original idea
.Well thought out- blending in credits with camera angles and picture.
.They like the idea of a psycho stalker
.Seems well planned
.They like the idea of using a polariod
.Good research-films related to pyschological thrillers
.Good creation of suspence not revealing the stalkers identity.

Potential problems:
.Could be like the film, one hour photo, try to make it different.
.Could struggle to find an adult to play the teachers.
.Needs more of an enigma.
.Relate music and camera shots to theme
.Hiding of identity of the psycho
.Realism
.Tough storyline, may be hard to put across
.Need to maintain interest, seem scary?

Advice:
.Get older people to starr in our film.
.Show a scene of paranoia fro the girl.
.More planning for the storyline.
.Get hold of a polarioid
.Useful and relevant sound affects.
.Experiment with editing
.Produce test shots and put them onto the blog.
dont fall into the usual filming conventions, be experimental with the shots and music.

Detailed Plan

The Plot/Action
Our film is based around a male teacher who is taking pictures of the female students at his school. She is un-aware that he is doing so and continues to carry on her life as normal. We see clips of the teacher cutting out photos and sticking them onto his wall as if to create a shrine for the girl and begin to become a little creped out by the character. Later on the teacher goes to the school and we see the girl through the teacher’s eyes. Then he blacks out and we see someone waking up next to the girl and someone staring at her through her bedroom window.

The Genre/Theme(s)
Our film raises the issues to do with stalking/stalkers, obsession and strangers, the reason for this is because of main character is a teacher in his everyday life and could be seen as 'normal' but then when we see him on his own he is a completely different character he is now strange, mysterious and a little creepy. We chose to portray our character like this to show how even the nicest most normal looking people could easily turn out to be the most nasty and strange. Based on these issues and themes we decided that our film best fitted a psychological thriller/drama.

The Narrative
Our film will have none or very little dialogue so we have decided to add in some non-digetic music to break the silence and add tension and create the right theme for the film. The change of music/tone will show a change in story line for example the music will get louder and faster when the situations becomes more interesting and perhaps more dangerous or scary for the characters within the film. The reason for not using any/much dialogue in the opening of the film is so that it doesn’t look unprofessional (and in order to create a professionally looking movie you need professional actors and they tend to be hard to get a hold of).

The Character(s)
The Stalker/teacher is an attractive, tall, young man who has quite a few admirers within his everyday job making his stalker side/personality seem very strange and out of place. He will act completely normal when in the position of the school teacher and will seem like and everyday person and then when he is on his own and is 'the stalker' he will be creepy and strange acting.

The Girl/Student who is being stalked by the teacher is a pretty, blonde haired blue eye girl (classic horror/thriller stereotype) who might also find the teacher attractive however in the film seems to have no knowledge that he exists. Being as the film will not really show her in the main spotlight we have not got many outstanding characteristics for her and she will simply come across andan average female, teenaged student.

The Location
Our film is located in a old house in a very quite village the house has a cellar were we will be filming the red room shots and two bedrooms one for the girl and one for the stalker. We will also be filming some shots in a school so we can show that the teacher and the student go to the same school.

Mise-en-Scene
The house in our film is set is very dark and old fashioned perfect for the stalker we will also be using older furniture in the set and a room will very dull coloured walls so that the audience will be forced to focus on the stalkers shrine of pictures. Also there is a very feminine looking bedroom with posters and things typically seen in a girl’s bedroom we will be adding in things like pink bed sheets e.t.c to help create the image of a teenage girl’s bedroom. The will be very little lighting in the teacher's/stalker's room only glimpses of natural light from what we imagine to be the moon. The clips in the school will have added lighting (if needed for filming purposes) and the girls bedroom will be quite bright to show how the stalker focus on her and to connate that she is the light in his life.

Camera Work
In the opening scene we plan to use fast, quick paced camera shots of the teacher getting ready for work and putting up pictures of the girl. Every few shots we’ll have a camera flash and the camera noise to show the constant use of the Polaroid camera by the teacher and to keep with the theme of a stalker. Our camera angles will mostly consist of close ups and over the shoulder shots that only show parts of the teachers face, hands, clothes, feet to restrict how much the audience knows about the characters appearance and to maintain the mystery of him. We will also try to use a lot of stranger shots e.g. low angle shots to try and keep with the genre of psychological thriller.

The Editing
At the start of the film we are creating a montage almost of the teacher getting ready for work in his everyday schedule and fixed routine. We will crop down certain clips or maybe make them longer and slowed down to make sure that they fit in with the music and the film looks smooth and maintains continuity. We will be playing around with light and colour to help add certain things towards the Mise en scene of the film.

Ident inspiration

This short clip is an inspiration of what we want to do for our Ident in our film. I feel that this Ident is a really good way to start off our film. We are planning on only using the part of the film where the Ident appears on the Television. This Ident is a sky movies Ident that is at a really good. We are trying to match the quality of this Ident so that we can grab the audience attention at the very start of our film opening. If we do this then the audience will want to watch more. An example of this is the James bond opening when he shoots down the tunnel and blood drips down the screen. This has a good effect and is now used in everyone of there films. If we could have the same effect on our Ident then we would grab the audience from the start to keep them watching.

HELM Productions

HELM productions came when we found that by rearranging the first letter of our names in to a order that created a word. The letters came from the names Harry, Emily, Lauren and Mikey. We thought as a group that HELM was a really good name for our productions.

Film Draft feedback

Improvments: too blurry,pixilated camera shots,not enough narrative. take the volume down on the camera noise. needs more angles.seems more like a trailer than an opening.
Success:well edited,the music matches the acton on the screen.nice effect between shots.well placed titles,that fit in with the clip transactions.
comments: i wanted to watch more,music and transactions work well to make me want to watch on.

The general level we recieved from everyone was around level 3.

Film questions

1. The action: identify the event your idea is based around; what actually happens (discovery of a body, an illicit meeting, a witness seeing a crime being committed, a criminal act taking place, a telephone call, a chase, a short journey etc)?
A teacher that becomes obsessed with a student. The teacher has been taking pictures of her. Then shrine of them all in his cellar at home.
2. The theme(s): what should it make the audience think about or feel, what ‘issues’ will it raise (revenge, sexuality, voyeurism, stalking, obsession, greed etc)?
The film makes you think how easily how somebody can come across as a normal person with a normal job but could be a psychopath. This explains the psychological drama.
3. The narrative: how is it structured - classic narrative pattern or break with convention, real time or different time zones, flashbacks/forwards, dreams etc. Will there be dialogue? What about diegetic/ non-diegetic sound?
There will be diegetic music to help the story line and create an atmosphere. The change of music/tone will show a change in story line. There will be no dialog in the opening of the film. This is so that it doesn’t look unprofessional. This is because we don’t know any really good actors.
4. The character(s): who are they, identify their roles, what are their characteristics, including gender, appearance etc?
Our stalker will be an attractive,tall,’hairy’ man who receives many admirerers making his psychological issues very unsuspecting. Our student who is being stalked by the teacher is a pretty, blonde haired blue eye girl who the teacher finds attractive.
5. The setting and choice of location: where is it set?
The setting of our film is in a dark cellar type room belonging to the stalker. The house that he lives in is set in the secluded country side. The teacher’s bedroom is constantly dark and filled with photographs of the girl he’s obsessed with. The dark and ‘bricked’ cellar provides a great setting for creating an atmosphere of drama/thriller.

6. The mise-en-scene: identify colours, lighting, dress codes, the overall visual look
The house our film is set is very dark, old fashioned with antique furniture and plain colour walls. There will be very little lighting in the teachers room only glimpses of natural light from the sun rising.

7. The camera work: the style you are aiming for
In the opening scene we plan to use fast, quick paced camera shots of the teacher getting ready for work. every few shots we’ll have a camera flash and the camera noise to show the constant use of the Polaroid camera by the teacher. Our camera angles will mostly consist of of mid shots that only show parts of the teachers face, hands, clothes, feet to restrict how much the character know about the characters appearance.

8. The editing: edited as a continuous sequence, use of cross cutting, use of montage, or combination?

WE are in a way creating a montage of the character getting ready fro work with quick clips of him dressing.

Draft

This is our first draft. We filmed on the 9th of February. This is the first time we have filmed together with everybody’s input. We found film easy to do as we had the input of everybody’s ideas and came to some good conclusions. We found that because we didn’t have much time to film that we didn’t think about the lighting used in every shot, this is why in some scenes the lighting is quiet dark. When we re-film we are going to use lamps to create the correct lighting to show certain moods in certain scenes. Also we are planning on taking more shots of scenes to create jump cuts and match on action so that it gives a faster pace to the film. To bring more tension to the film, this will help the audience to get hooked into the film. This will could also create enigma codes to keep the audience watching.

Film questions

1. The action: identify the event your idea is based around; what actually happens (discovery of a body, an illicit meeting, a witness seeing a crime being committed, a criminal act taking place, a telephone call, a chase, a short journey etc)?
A teacher that becomes obsessed with a student. The teacher has been taking pictures of her. Then shrine of them all in his cellar at home.
2. The theme(s): what should it make the audience think about or feel, what ‘issues’ will it raise (revenge, sexuality, voyeurism, stalking, obsession, greed etc)?
The film makes you think how easily how somebody can come across as a normal person with a normal job but could be a psychopath. This explains the psychological drama.
3. The narrative: how is it structured - classic narrative pattern or break with convention, real time or different time zones, flashbacks/forwards, dreams etc. Will there be dialogue? What about diegetic/ non-diegetic sound?
There will be diegetic music to help the story line and create an atmosphere. The change of music/tone will show a change in story line. There will be no dialog in the opening of the film. This is so that it doesn’t look unprofessional. This is because we don’t know any really good actors.
4. The character(s): who are they, identify their roles, what are their characteristics, including gender, appearance etc?
Our stalker will be an attractive,tall,’hairy’ man who receives many admirerers making his psychological issues very unsuspecting. Our student who is being stalked by the teacher is a pretty, blonde haired blue eye girl who the teacher finds attractive.
5. The setting and choice of location: where is it set?
The setting of our film is in a dark cellar type room belonging to the stalker. The house that he lives in is set in the secluded country side. The teacher’s bedroom is constantly dark and filled with photographs of the girl he’s obsessed with. The dark and ‘bricked’ cellar provides a great setting for creating an atmosphere of drama/thriller.

6. The mise-en-scene: identify colours, lighting, dress codes, the overall visual look
The house our film is set is very dark, old fashioned with antique furniture and plain colour walls. There will be very little lighting in the teachers room only glimpses of natural light from the sun rising.

7. The camera work: the style you are aiming for
In the opening scene we plan to use fast, quick paced camera shots of the teacher getting ready for work. every few shots we’ll have a camera flash and the camera noise to show the constant use of the Polaroid camera by the teacher. Our camera angles will mostly consist of of mid shots that only show parts of the teachers face, hands, clothes, feet to restrict how much the character know about the characters appearance.

8. The editing: edited as a continuous sequence, use of cross cutting, use of montage, or combination?

WE are in a way creating a montage of the character getting ready fro work with quick clips of him dressing.

Mock up Shoot

This is a mock up shot of the location we are filming in. We hae done this so that we can get a rough idea of what we want when filming and see what effects look best once filmed. We have learnt that the setting is good and that we need to make some group decisions on what effects work best. We have tryed out lots of different editing techniques to see what looks best for certain scenes. We have done this so that when we come to refilm the final product we know what techniques work well and which ones don't work. this will save time when coming to film the final draft.

Stalkers Bedroom

The stalkers bedroom only needs the chair and desk as the main focus will be on him cutting out pictures of the girl and sticking them on the wall. The wall is a bright white. This is good as the picturs will show up really well bringing focus to the pictures. Playing around with the effects in this scene could bring focusing on to certain pictures then taking off in to a short clip on the picture.

Two Possible Bedrooms for The Girl

These bedrooms are possible for the girls bedroom. They both look like a typical bedroom. To get the sterotype me might have to add more girl things also we can take things out what doesn't need to be used.

Celler Dark/Red Room

This celler will give us the perfect location where the polaroid pictures will be developed. The dark and mysterious look of the celler gives a real feel of a Drama/Thriller. Having this scenery with a instrulmental music would give a really good sense os pschological drama.

Location of The Girls House

This is the house of the girl being stalked. We have chosen to do the front of the house as it has the front door and also te bedrooms are at the front of the house. This house is actually Mikey's house. This is convenient for us as we will be able to film without any problems. the house is pritty remote therfore making it a really good location for a pschological drama.

Audience Profiling

Our target audience is between the ages of 12-25. The rating our film is going to get is a 12A this is because it has some scary images but nothing major. These categories are awarded where the material is suitable, in general, only for those aged 12 and over. Works classified at these categories may upset children under 12 or contain material which manyparents will find unsuitable
for them. The sort of Background people who will be watching this will be mostly Middle class this is because it will suit most people. The majority of the audience will be students/young adults. Hopefuly the opening of the film will attract both genders. I think it will attract mainly males as it is a psychological drama. The target audience are most likely to watch: Horror + Thriller Films, School Dramas/Dramas with killers/stalkers.There isn't likely to be meny things the tartget audience. The music we are going to use are a non copywrite music that has a high tension and slow pace which is performed by an insturment.There isn't any role models as such but there is that the teacher has a bad perspective in our opening sequence. The audience that watches our opening will be watching horror/thriller films, TV dramas. Reading scary books that would fit the horror/thriller genre.

Blog template Ideas

I decided to have a go at making my own polaroid picture to set as my blogger background. We are using a polaroid camera in our film. I thought having a picture of the Actors together or maybe a clip from the film on a polaroid print out. I think this idea would suit my blog and make it look more professional. I have yet to come up with a final design but this will be finished at a later date.

Sotryboard & Thumbnails

Thumbnails

These are a very basic view of our story board, this is so that when we are filming and need to check quickly which scene is next then i will have a look at my thumbnails.

Storyboard

The story board is the story set out picture by picture with a little sentance of information to say what is happening in the scene. This is just a more detailed version of the thumbnails.