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Experimenting With Different Camera Angles And Shots

Final Script  Tessa:  When are the others getting here? Billie:  I’m not sure but wasn’t your sister meant to meet us here first? Tessa:  I’ll ring her. Tessa rings Sophia Tessa:  Where are you? Sophia:  I’m at the graveyard The others walk over whilst the call is taking place and are whispering in the background Billie:  Well you’re not Emma:  Are you sure? Sophia:  Yes! I’m pretty sure I can see you guys Jessica:  well obviously she’s gone to the wrong one Sophia:  I know you guys are pranking me, I can see you Tessa:  We’re not pranking you, we’ll come and find you Sophia drops her phone, the others panic Tessa:  Sophia? We wrote this script to give an idea as to what the scene would entail, however if we needed to change certain parts or add in things, we did so in order for the script to work with all the other aspects of the scene. Such as: setting and characters.   Comments

Audition Footage 

Pre Production  Genre Our group decided on a horror themed film opening, as it is the most likely to get the most views on Youtube, It is also most recognisable film genre in a short amount of viewing time, and is the most memorable genre for viewers. Final Idea Our final idea is a Blair-witch, unfriended style shaky cam film opening, focusing mainly on suspense and the viewers own expectations of what the evil in this scene may be. It will star a group of young teens out in a location at night while they are stalked and chased by an unknown enemy.

Creating Character  Jessica Jessica is the popular member of the group, and comes across as very proper. She is likeable and holds an influence over the rest of the group. Billie Billie is the comic relief of the group and is quite edgy. She is quite excitable and sometimes over-exaggerates her expressions. Tessa Tessa is Sophia's older sister and is not as cool as the rest of the group. She is trying to seen as older by the others. She gets quite worried about her sister. Emma Emma is the clever, geeky person of the group. She is shown to be the sensible member of the group and is far more serious than the others. Sophia Sophia is Tessa's younger sister. She follows her sister in going out but turns up at the wrong cemetery. She is shown to be quite innocent, especially compared to the others. She doesn't necessarily recognise the dangers around her.

Final Prop Ideas  Again we went with our initial ideas as we thought it was going to create a tense atmosphere. Prop list - phones

Costume idea  We kept the costumes the same as our initial ideas : Jessica – well dressed, proper, jack wills Sophia  – dressed younger, all in white to symbolise vulnerability Emma – sensible, warm Tessa – trying to dress older than she is Billie – just very casual, what she would normally wear on an everyday basis, jeans and a t shirt

Lighting ideas  We used the following lighting techniques in filming : o Shooting through elements o Phone lighting

Prop Ideas  We didn’t want to use many props as we wanted the beginning two minutes of the film to be significantly fast paced and we thought using too many props could take away from that. However we did want to uses phones for FaceTime to bring another element into the film.

Forrest Gump Institutional Context: Production company - Paramount pictures Distributor - Director - Robert Zemeckis Cinematographer - Don Burgess Composer - Alan silvestri Editor - Arthur Schmidt Stars - Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise Other notable personnel -  Notable related films - The World According To Garp, Big Fish, The Help Production notes - The film was filmed with the  Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision C- and E-Series Lenses. The film had a  Budget of  $55,000,000  (estimated) Audience Expectation:  Is the film an adaptation? - yes 

Costume Ideas  As a group we decided we wanted them to wear everyday clothes however mould what they would usually wear to fit their character slightly. Jessica – well dressed, proper, jack wills Sophia  – dressed younger, all in white to symbolise vulnerability Emma – sensible, warm Tessa – trying to dress older than she is Billie – just very casual, what she would normally wear on an everyday basis, jeans and a t shirt

Lighting ideas  For the lighting part of our short film we wanted to use mostly artificial lighting. This helps create an unsettling atmosphere. We wanted to do this through : o Uplighting o Silhouette o Spotlighting o Underexposure o Harsh light (hard light, chiaroscuro) o Prominent and projected shadows o Shooting through objects (internal frames) o Shooting through elements o Phone lighting

Using Mise En Scene To Create Genre Comedy -  Fantasy - Horror -  Romance -  Science-fiction -  Teen film -