Location
- One main risk about the location is weather people will be able to make it there, we will have to advise them to drive safely as our location is on a country road and you can't always see the cars coming round the corner.
- Another risk is that there is hardly any parking so we will have to make sure we get everyone is to be dropped off.
People
- We will have to make sure that anyone with a condition like asthma, epilepsy or anything that requires them to take medication, to bring what they need is necessary to cope with it and for anyone with something like epilepsy we would have to take into account not to use any flashing lights.
- The same goes for anyone with allergies as I have a dog, also we will have food at the table so we must make sure that any of our cast tells us about anything like that before we start filming, and if its something we can't help for them to bring an Epipen.
-We must make sure that no one trips up any wires as there will be a lot of people in the room and if we need to plug any lights in or the camera we must make sure that no one trips over the wires.
Costume
- We must make sure that if anyone in the cast reacts badly to certain material and we ask them to wear a specific item of clothing, for them to tell us that they cant wear it and then we can find a replacement.
- If we are going to light any candles to make are video more atmospheric we must make sure that we take extra caution that none of us are close enough to the flame to catch any of the clothing on fire, or anything like that for that matter.
Saturday, 14 January 2017
Props and makeup
Make up
The make up will be plain on most of the characters but for those who have more secrets they will wear more make-up (mainly the women). This will represent that they have a lot of secrets and hidden truths that they are covering up.
Props
For props we will have food around the table and general things you would typically find in a dinning room. Where the chairs are placed and how high or grand they are will show superiority, class and importance.
The clock will be of the most importance as the whole movie is based around time, how it's running out and that someone dies at 8 o'clock (the are also 8 people at the dinner party). The clock will be zoomed in on and shot in time lapse to give the idea of time going forwards and the idea of flashbacks and things as such.
The make up will be plain on most of the characters but for those who have more secrets they will wear more make-up (mainly the women). This will represent that they have a lot of secrets and hidden truths that they are covering up.
Props
For props we will have food around the table and general things you would typically find in a dinning room. Where the chairs are placed and how high or grand they are will show superiority, class and importance.
The clock will be of the most importance as the whole movie is based around time, how it's running out and that someone dies at 8 o'clock (the are also 8 people at the dinner party). The clock will be zoomed in on and shot in time lapse to give the idea of time going forwards and the idea of flashbacks and things as such.
Genre
The genre of the movie will be a psychological thriller/ murder mystery. We will show this in our opening scene by putting the camera in high places or in awkward positions so that the audience will think something is odd. This will also be shown by the quick jump cuts and how a lot of the shots, from shot to shot, will go from close up to long shot for dramatic effect. The difference in lighting in the shots will further add to the off-putting atmosphere the opening scene should give off.
The murder and the confusion around it should further prove the genre.
The murder and the confusion around it should further prove the genre.
Sunday, 8 January 2017
Audition video
In this we auditions a select few people for the relatively important roles and audition them for our movies opening scene we chose some more people after this and didn't include some. We decided to include myself as the protagonist as I knew the script and how we wanted to have the voice over sound. We were grateful for the people who did decide to help that they did.
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Representation
Costume
Each character will wear a coloured costume that will represent what that character is like. For instance if the character was wearing yellow, or hints of yellow, they would be a happy, calm and mellow person. The eventual murders costume will have hints of green to show envy and give of an evil cunning presence (like the jokers iconic green hair and how it makes him look evil)
Lighting
Before the murder the lighting will look yellow and warm to give of a peaceful atmosphere. This will then be intervened in when the next shot after the murder cuts in with darker colder lighting to show the harsh reality. The contrast between these two shot will be made more diverse when the shot before the murder is a long shot, to show that from a distance everything looks fine, and the shot after the murder is a close up to show under the surface everything is actually different.
Setting
The setting will be in a living room to make the characters feel trapped and that the walls are closing in.
Camera
The camera will go at odd high angles or at a dutch tilt, so that even before the murder something looks wrong and un-nerving. the will be a wide variation in shot to make the opening scene diverse and we will try to film some of it for a long period of time. We will later on when editing speed it up to give the idea of time passing.
Each character will wear a coloured costume that will represent what that character is like. For instance if the character was wearing yellow, or hints of yellow, they would be a happy, calm and mellow person. The eventual murders costume will have hints of green to show envy and give of an evil cunning presence (like the jokers iconic green hair and how it makes him look evil)
Lighting
Before the murder the lighting will look yellow and warm to give of a peaceful atmosphere. This will then be intervened in when the next shot after the murder cuts in with darker colder lighting to show the harsh reality. The contrast between these two shot will be made more diverse when the shot before the murder is a long shot, to show that from a distance everything looks fine, and the shot after the murder is a close up to show under the surface everything is actually different.
Setting
The setting will be in a living room to make the characters feel trapped and that the walls are closing in.
Camera
The camera will go at odd high angles or at a dutch tilt, so that even before the murder something looks wrong and un-nerving. the will be a wide variation in shot to make the opening scene diverse and we will try to film some of it for a long period of time. We will later on when editing speed it up to give the idea of time passing.
Casting Call & Audition Requirements
Casting Call & Audition Requirements
Our perfect protagonist would be male, mid/late twenties, dark hair, green eyes and clean shaven. In addition to this, it is necessary for our protagonist to have a natural, dominant presence, as he is the protagonist and anti-protagonist. We also want him to look mysterious and to have a stage presence. If i were to choose an ideal actor it would be Benedict Cumberbatch or Tom Hiddleston as both are well know for their work in the drama genre and have a great presence.
We will be holding auditions in January 2017, for the cast. There are 8 roles available: Protagonist, Melissa, Vince, Paul, Pepe, Butler, Guest 1, Guest 2. Only 4 of those roles have speaking parts and the rest are background characters.
People auditioning are as follows: Lily, Morgan, Jade, Jacob, Kyle, Corey, James, Tilly, Finn, Georgia, Charlie and Nyzha.
Time planning
Time planning:
Thursday 5th January - Casting and auditions.
Friday 6th January - Rehearsal run script run through and costume fittings.
Monday 9th January - Location test with voice over of intended shots.
Wednesday 11th January - Voice over recordings and clock scene shooting.
Thursday 12th January - Edit and recording quality check.
Friday 13th January - Main shoot at Lily's house.
Sunday 15th January - Continuation of filming.
Monday 16th January - Check over footage and decide if additional shots or retakes are needed.
Wednesday 18th January - Filming retakes (if necessary).
Thursday 19th January - Editing.
Friday 20th January - Editing.
Sunday 22nd January - Music and sound collection ready to add to movie.
Monday 23rd January - Add finishing touches to movie.
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