3. Film brief- -Mood board 1. Starts off in a mental
institution and goes back in time 2. Starts of with the image of
her getting wheeled in ,while this is happening the directors and
producers names comes up , then when it gets to the second image
the flashbacks start. 2.Goes back in time , the group of friends
having a little house party and drinking. (party montage) 3. While
the group fall asleep, the camera focuses on bloody heels leaving
the house with bloody heel prints on the floor behind her. 4.After
the group wake up the next morning , they find one of there group
member (Amir) dead, the group are in shock and Imogen pleads to
call the police but Jason hesitates and tells Imogen and Will to
stay in the house and clean it and him and Aria will take care of
the body. (birds eye view) 5. The opening ends with Jason burying
the tape and the pair of heels from shot 3 whilst him and aria are
burying the body and the evidence.
4. Film brief- -Story board
5. Film brief- - Animated Story board
6. Film brief- Character profile- 5 characters- 2 girls ,3 boys
Aria- 19 Similar to the character of Norman from bates motel, not
aware of her crimes. Split personality, murderer Self confident
Outgoing Sensible Mum of the group Imogen-17 (blonde) Fun, childish
Open minded Doesnt think about consequences Baby of the group
Jason-20 Close friend of Aria , aware of all her crimes but doesn't
tell her about it hoping she will snap out of it. Loud Outgoing
Arrogant Amir 18 (gets killed off) Flirty (ladies man) Show off
Makes bad decisions Will 18 Quite Innocent Doesn't think things
through Introvert of the group
7. Film brief- Genre/storyline/audience /theories - Theme:
Drama/Thriller Viewpoint: From the viewpoint of the group of main
characters. Mistake is a teen oriented drama/thriller which follows
a group of teenagers as they try to find out who killed one of
their closest friends. (Draws on some ideas from Bates Motel) Were
going to use the lighting and non agetic sound to illustrate this
theme . We are also going to use the lighting to make the audience
understand the mood of the characters and the scene.
8. Film brief- Location- 1 day The scene opens in a mental
hospital (20 seconds) the character getting wheeled in on a wheel
chair (tracking shot), during this scene it cuts and introduces the
producers name etc. Then it flashes back to a montage of a party
located in a living room (30 seconds) The scene ends in a forest
focusing on the two characters digging ( 40 seconds) The mental
hospital bit can be filmed in the drama studio. 233 The party scene
can be filmed in a living room.- 223 The digging bit can be filmed
in the calthorpe project.
9. Film brief- Location- 1 day
10. Film brief- Risk assessment- Area of concern- The room of
production is small and therefore not a lot of people can be in
together because they may trip over the cables on the floor and the
equipment we are going to be using. Therefore to avoid this we are
going to have to be aware of spacing and attempt to only shoot once
so the room wont be over crowed with the actors and production
crew. And just in case 0f a fire, the room we have chosen is next
door to a fire exit and therefore there is easy access to enter and
exist the room. Another area of concern may be the graveyard scene,
because its outside the weather may be an issue for instance if its
raining the rain may damage the camera and lighting used , it may
also distract the actors. In this case to avoid these issues we are
going to have to the check the weather in advance and bring extra
people in case it is raining to help cover the equipment . The
level of risk is very low as we are aware of these issues and know
how to avoid it and have back up plans made just in case .
11. Film brief- Props- Wheel chair Patients outfit Pink or red
heels Fake blood Alcohol bottles Shovel Recording tape torch
12. Film brief- Sound For all the dialogue we are going to aim
to use digetic sound but however because most of our filming is
going to be outside and weather conditions may make it hard to hear
so in that case we are going to record over the dialogue. But
during the opening we are going to use non-digetic sound to play
from the mental hospital scene to the party/gathering changing the
volume to illustrate the mood- peking duk- high Mr bright side
13. Film brief- Lighting In the opening scene we going to use
sterile lighting to emphasis that its starting in a medical
institution. However in the second scene we are going to use
natural lighting , mid key lighting because we want overall
highlights minimal shadow. In the digging scene we are going to be
applying low key lighting , overall shadows minimal lighting .
14. Film brief- Camera angle shot list The scene opens with a
tracking shot following the patient getting pushed on a wheel chair
facing the patient focusing on the patient not the person pushing
them. Then we fade out by using our music while its getting louder
we zoom in on the patients face then when the tempo changes we go
into our next scene ,starts off dramatically then changes mood.
Then the next scene is a montage of the five characters taking
shots(fast forward montage) the montage starts with the clock ,
then start focusing on the characters (clock behind the five shot
glasses, the camera focuses on the clock then camera shifts to the
other side and the montage starts) .Then it focuses on a clock to
show the difference in time cuts into the characters sleeping and
the do the scene where they exchange dialogue
15. Film brief- Audience- Target audience- The age certificate
which we have placed on this film is a 12. This is mainly because
of the level of violence in the film, we would have rated it a 15
if we had brutal images which people under the age of 15 may be to
sensitive to watch. Also because the violent images are not dwelled
on for long periods of time we felt placing an 15 certificate on
the film was not necessary. The age group which our film is aimed
at our 12 and above this is because the characters and also what
takes part in the film, this age range will be more impacted by the
film in terms of how good the film will be to them. Some of this
targeted audience could relate to main plot of getting involved in
situations which get out of hand. Also this targeted audience
involves a group of friends innocently enjoying themselves till the
situation takes a turn for the worst so the impact on this audience
will be stronger. So overall we decided to target our audience at
who will the film have the most impact on and which age range will
be most interested to watch the film. As well as this we looked at
the criteria of BBFC and how they go about stating a films age
certificate.
16. Film brief- Script-
17. Film research- Bates motel is an American thriller
programme.We are going to use the character of Norman Bates from
bates motel and psycho as a foundation for the main character of
Aria. In bates motel, non digetic sound it used throughout the
trailer to help set the tone of the upcoming episodes. However
dialogue is used to give the audience a little taste of what the
programmes is about and what they should expect. Bates motel has
inspired us to use similar sound for instance we are going to start
with non digetic sound during the mental institution scene and use
the volume of the music to make the transition of scenes, from a
very sinister dark scene to a fun loud brighter sequence.
https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=7lCWKKNGiKs Further on in the
programme , the programme goes through a series of flash backs and
flash forwards to help create suspense and explain the story , this
is where we got our original idea of opening our movie with a
flashback, we are going to try recreate this to help illustrate the
emotions experienced. The motel is the location in which the
violent murders and deaths occur, therefore we tried to represent
this by having the scene 0f the death occur in a specific location
as well within our Media Project to help illustrate the importance
of the location. Laura Mulvey theory of film is that women are
often objectified in media , they are often looked at with a male
gaze , generally seen as sex objects and there are only two roles
for them in the film industries which is a virgin or the whore.
However in bates motel they go against this theory similarly our
film we break theses roles and introduce a more masculine character
for the role of the women with a twist of insanity.
18. Film research- The tall man is a mix of horror and thriller
, this is something we originally wanted to recreate. We are using
the character of Jessica Benning to help build the character of
Jason, who is aware of the crimes, however in this case the
character of Jason doesn't condemn this behaviour and hopes it
would stop. The use of the notice broad with the missing children
is the main focus of the opening illustrating the importance of
this allows the audience to understand and get a taste of the
movies plot. The opening starts of with dietetic sound. The sound
of a child humming/singing this plays with the innocence and turns
it into something sinister, setting the mood of the movie. This is
broken by the use of non digetic sound using the volume to change
the mood , this is something we are going to use for transition
between scenes . Angela Mcrobbie s theory of film suggest that men
and women are often represented through stereotypes and traditional
roles. However in tall man , the use of the women being the most
powerful and the main male character being the sidekick rebels
against the stereotypes of the role of male an d women .And goes
against what the audience are use to watching therefore we have
agreed to go against this theory and use it as a strength ,that
surprises the audience.
19. Film research- How To Get Away With Murder genre is crime,
mystery and drama, it is about a group of ambitious law students
and their brilliant criminal defence professor become involved in a
twisted murder plot that promises to change the course of their
lives. We plan to use parts of the TV show How To Get Away With
Murder for inspiration for the mis en scene and cinematography for
the opening sequence by using contrasting colours in the flashback
and flash forward scenes . For example in the flashback scenes the
cinematography is generally cold from using mainly blue lighting ,
during the main flash forward scenes the cinematography is warm as
mainly yellow, and occasionally white , lighting is used. We are
also using inspiration from How To Get Away With Murder for some of
our theme as the TV show also follows a group of friends who engage
in burying a body and keeping it secret.
20. Film research- In scream the heading goes from big to small
in bold on a black background, This suggest that the word scream
has great significance within the film suggesting that there will
be a lot of screaming going on from the characters but also from
the audience. Also the colour of which it is being displayed in
also connotes bad atmospheres where red can be seen to illustrate
danger and white can be seen to suggest deadliness. In Scream
extreme and close and tracking shots were used to build momentum
and intensity for the on screen moment and to allocate the audience
to get into the mind of the actor which helps the audience
understand the emotions of the actor better. This was done when
tracking the main character where she is hiding from the suspected
villain in which she is portraying emotion shown from facial
expressions and actions. In Scream panning shot was used to allow
the audience to see what the character is viewing but also in this
case builds intensity because it allows the audience to see and be
aware of something that the character cant. Close ups were used to
portray facial expressions and to introduce the characters so the
audience can get a sense of their personality from the off for
example it helps explain the characteristics of the goody and the
villain, this links to Propps narrative theory because a close ups
enables you to see facial expressions which then allows the
audience to tell by the expressions if the character is a villain
or victim. In addition the pace of the zooming is either slow which
suggest that something is going to happen at that moment where as,
fast zooming with loud non diegetic sounds brings a moment to where
shivers may go down the audiences back.
21. Graphic break down -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3VVJb562Y The lighting used
illustrates the feeling of a horror film. In this case the darkness
is used to represent fear, these are movies that strive to elicit
the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Darkness was
used to capture the fact that the genre of the film is scary/horror
with a connotation of darkness which is danger and evil. The dark
mise en scene immediately alerts the audience to the genre of the
film, which is important to get across in the opening minutes.
Harsh fluorescent light was used in Creep and slightly in Saw. In
Creep it was used in a point of view shot with jagged shots which
makes the lighting more effective. Also it allows the audience to
ponder on why is the character viewing these disturbing images of
bloody knives and bodies where it appears that someone is
attempting to murder another in one of the stories. But also most
importantly it sets the scene in terms of how scary the film is
going to be and what it contains in terms of weapons. American
Horror story opening is from a characters perspective which breaks
down the four walls and involves the audience to get into the mind
frame of the character. Non- diegetic sound is used throughout the
opening, the volume is used to illustrate the suspense and create
tension.
22. Shots - Insidious is a horror film with a unexpected twist.
It is about a family who have recently moved into a new house ,
where disaster strikes the young boy and the family start
experiencing surreal episodes of something ghostly , before long
their lives turn up side down and they go to get help and answers.
At the beginning of the film, a shadowy old woman is seen inside a
house while the inhabitants sleep.
23. Shots - We see an establishing shot to set the scene and to
make the audience aware of the surroundings.
24. Shots - This is an aerial shot looking down at the
staircase and the shadow allowing the audience a sense that someone
is watching which creates suspense and mystery which keeps the
audience intrigued.
25. Shots - The slight dutch tilt on the clock illustrates a
sense of confusion and discomfort.
26. Audience research Snake Eyes (Brian De Palma) 1999 Snake
Eyes isnt really even a good movie, but because the opening is so
intriguing it does the right tricks to get your attention. Kicking
off with an absurdly complex 12.5- minute tracking shot that
combines De Palmas dual loves of seediness and nested images as it
follows Nicolas Cage, as he works all the angles in the lead up to
a title fight in Atlantic City. lizard -men ,snipers and conspiracy
its such a scrumptious set-up, youll never believe the taste the
film eventually leaves in your mouth. https://vimeo.com/3235512 The
Lion King (Rob Minkoff) 1994 The opening scene of The Lion King
offers up the only African chant thats immediately recognizable to
most Americans this side of Paul Simons Graceland album. The sun
rises, the song continues, and all the animals herald a new dawn.
This was the last golden era of Disney animation, and this opening
scene goes a long way toward explaining why they held the pole
position for decades, mixing stunning animation with a
overpoweringly positive worldview.
27. Pearl and dean http://www.pearlanddean.com/ The range of
product has also broadened significantly with cinema no longer
being the sole preserve of Hollywood blockbusters. Nowadays you are
as likely to pop to your local cinema to watch a heartfelt
documentary, an intriguing indie-film or even live opera as you are
to see a big 3D family film or action flick. All of this has
resulted in an increasingly diverse range of audiences going to the
cinema on a regular basis, all of them highly targetable by any
number of criteria including film choice and location.
28. Pearl and dean Because a high majority of their viewers are
7-14 or 15 + therefore our thriller will fit in perfectly because
we have rated it a 12 so it might be a bit sensitive for viewers
younger then 12 but for viewers 12 and over it would fit because
they would be able to understand the plot, the only reason we have
rated it a 12 is so we don't restrict our audience and therefore it
can also turn into a spooky family film etc. However because it is
a thriller even though it is rated 12 , it is still aimed at older
viewers as well.
29. Research the institutions that might produce , distribute
and exhibit your film - Independent Cinema Office The national
organisation for the development and support of independent film
exhibition in the UK. We exist to bring a wider range of films to a
wider range of audiences. Our primary aims are to: Promote
diversity in exhibition content, audience and location. Develop a
culturally-led approach to an economically sustainable independent
exhibition sector. Provide access to industry leading exhibitor
training. Our main activities are: Film booking and programming for
cinemas Training and events for cinemas, festivals and film society
staff Distribution of films that would not otherwise find an
audience Consultancy and providing advice Developing audiences for
world cinema and artists film Because our movie is going to be
independent and not directed or produced by known people , we are
going to have to start small and try to make our movie remembered
we can do this exhibiting our film with the independent cinema
office and once we accomplish this we can move on to bigger
worldwide cinemas but first we have to start local.
30. Research the institutions that might produce , distribute
and exhibit your film - Independent specializes in the development,
financing, production and distribution of independent feature
films. Led by CEO Luc Roeg, who has over twenty years experience in
the film business, Independent has a team of highly motivated and
experienced professionals with expertise in project development,
production, structured finance, distribution, sales and marketing.
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