Storyboard

final idea for production company name

This is our final design for our production company name. We chose this font because it was the most appealing to 7 out 10 people that i asked. I then created a pair of dice on corel draw, using the colour red to symbolise the thriller convention. This is what the production company will look like when it comes round to the final cut of the film opening as it starts on a black screen.

Health And Safety

. Careful of surrounding equipment- there are hack saws and sharp pieces of metal lying around in the room. Although they may give effect to the opening they cause a threat to our health so we will make sure to stay away from any of these pieces of equipment.

. Not to use any machinery in the room- There are blow torches, soldering irons and much more different machinery inside the room so before we begin filming we will make sure that any machinery is turned off to avoid any of it threatening our health and safety during filming. Also we need to be careful where we place the camera incase of any damage that may occur. To prevent this we will put the camera well out of the way of everything

. Don't tie up actor too tight with rope- In our opening we need to tie up one of the actors. To prevent him from being tied up too tight, we will ask him how tight the ropes are .

. Make sure actor doesn't suffocate from being under sack- in our opening we will have to place a sack over one of the actors heads. To prevent suffocation will make sure it is easy to take off and it will not be kept on for long periods of time.

. Lift actor carefully when moving into car boot- We have to lift one of the actors in one of or scenes so when we do this we will be careful in how we are lifting him and make sure we are not hurting him.

. Don't close car boot on actor's head- In our opening there is a scene where we must close a car boot with one of our actors inside. To make sure we do not injure him we will do a few test runs of closing the boot.

Shooting Schedule

DATE: 11/03/10
SCENE:360 degree pan, removing of sack, flashback 5
LOCATION: College metal workshop, Art & Design area
ACTORS: Sam, Tom
PROPS: Chair,Sack, Extras, Sugar paper, lights
COMMENTS: Done during double period on Thursday


DATE: 12/03/10
SCENE:Flashback 1,2,3 and last shot of tom in bed
LOCATION: Toms house
ACTORS: Sam, George, Jacob
PROPS: Cloth, Bed, TV
COMMENTS: Done before school on study period


DATE: 15/03/10
SCENE: Flashback 4
LOCATION: Toms house
ACTORS: Sam, Jacob, George
PROPS: Car
COMMENTS: Done after school in the dark

Fonts for Production Company

Here are a few fonts that we tested out for our production company name. The fonts in blue are the final ideas that we chose and what we found most suitable and appealing for our production company name.

Lighting Continued...

hopeful outcome...








The image on the left is what we took without covering up the ambient lighting from the skylights, as you can see its too bright for us too film in because it wont have the same impact that a typical thriller would because of how much light there is. On the right is an edited version of the original picture which has been edited on Macro media Fireworks and this is what we hope the outcome will look like after covering up the ambient lighting. The image on the right makes the room look more eery and sinister. This sort of lighting would be typically seen in a thriller as it has low key lighting. It would have a bigger impact because the darkness disorientates the audience and gives a bigger sense of mystery.

Setting and Lighting

We came up with several locations for our film opening to be set in. Our first possible setting was in my bathroom as it was an open area but we thought it wasn't suitable and would only be used as a last resort if we couldn't find anywhere better. We then thought of using one or our group's garages as they are open area that would be dark so don't have to worry about ambient lighting. The problem with this was that the spaces in each of our garages were cluttered up and we wouldn't of been able to move everything around. Having failed to have found a location outside of college we then searched around for a place in school. We found a storage room in the design section of college but we were told we couldn't move around any of the work inside there so we couldn't use that room. We then found a metal workshop, also located in the design area which was pretty much perfect for our setting. There is a few problems with the room but its nothing we cannot sort out.

The ambient lighting is one of the main problems that we will have with the film but this can be overcome by placing black sugar paper over the skylights to block any incoming light. This will then make the room dark enough to be filmed in.




This is an establishing shot of the room we are using for the opening. Its a spacious room that we can easily maneuver around when we shoot the 360 degree pan. Some of the stuff in this photo will be moved when we get round to filming the final peice. For the lighing we will be setting up two spot lights either side of the room but out of sight so there will be no continuity problems.


This is the only ambient light that we will be using during the opening to our film. The fan makes the shot more full and if we have ambient light coming in from the fan it will make the shots with it in more eery and sinister.

Costume

For costume, in my opening, the victim is going to be wearing casual clothing as he is not expecting to be kidnapped so it will make it look more realistic. The two people kidnapping the victim will be wearing black clothing, so possibly black jeans or black tracksuit bottoms and then a black hoddie or jumper. Their faces will be covered with possibly a scarf or something else that will keep their identities hidden. For footwear we will be wearing black trainers or boots, just to keep within the theme of wearing dark clothes to make it look more sinister and professional. The man in the room will be wearing a black hoodie but it dosent really matter exactly what hes wearing because we wont actually see him as we are keeping his identity secret.

Props

Here is a list of props that we will need during the opeing to our film:

.Bag (sack made from woven material)
.Wooden chair- Victim sits here for whole opening
.Bed- Last shot, graphic match changes to victim lying in bed
.Lights- From left and right, shows possible interigation
.Black sugar paper- to cover up ambient light
.Brown envelope- Package given during first flashback
.Cloth- Used to drug victim
.Car- Used to bundle victim into the boot
.Rope- to tie up the victim