P16- Storyline Graph

P15- Story Board for Scene 3&4& part of scene 7

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P14- Photography Techniques

There are 2 basic techniques in the world of photography which are 180 Degree rule and the Rule Of Thirds.

One of the basic rules of photography is that you are only allowed to film 180 degrees at most whilst turning the camera. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters so that it doesnt confuse the viewers.

rule of thirds is another technique that film makers use. This is when theres a scene split up into 9 sections. this helps to keep everything in place and keep it balanced. 

After making the 9 section grid you should identify the four main points that the audience should focus on the most and place them in the centre grids.The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally.

P13- Schedules for characters

Below is a schedule for the main to characters who will cast in our film. 

They both will be needed to film on different days at different locations and it was important that they have a strict schedule so that they can stick to the dates and times. 

we have stated what type of clothing they will be needing to wear.

We are filming different scenes on the same day hence they will need to bring a change of clothes.

They both have different schedules due to one character being in more scenes that the other character.

P12- Film Schedule

Above is a schedule of all the days that we are filming and where it will be located. we have included props such as pills, water bottle etc for each scene so that we are aware of the props we need to bring with us on the day.
furthermore we have stated which characters are going to be needed so that we have all the cast crew ready to film on that day.

P11- Weather Check

We wanted to see if the weather was suitable for us to be filming outdoors.
As you can see it wont be raining at 3.10pm on tuesday 9th December hence it would be appropriate for us to film on this day

P10- Agreement From Cast

Heres a picture of one of our members of the cast signing the agreement letter which is a form of contract.

 The main characters have signed and agreed to all the conditions.

The contract briefly states the producer has full rights to how and what they do to the actors according to appearance and name. The actor gives permission for themselves to be shown in the film. The picture can not be used for anything else in the media except for publicity purposes, advertising and sales promotion.

P9- Feedback On Production Company Logo

We had to potential company logos hence we wanted to ask our target audience and get their opinions. Heres a sample of 6 different people who gave us some feedback and chose the one they most preferred.

We have concluded that our audience prefer our second logo. Below is the two logos in colour.

P8- Phone Call To city hotel

We Wanted to film in a hotel to make it into one of our characters bedrooms. Due to personal reasons we cannot film in our own homes hence we thought a hotel would be appropriate however the price for the hotel was too expensive for us therefore we need to look for an alternative place.

P7- Locations For Film

 Here are some of the potential locations we have picked. We had to look for a new location as our original diea was to go to the St clements mental hospital but we were told we arent allowed to film there due to costruction work. Hence we had to compromise and look for some place elsewhere even of that meant we had to chamge abit of oir story line.
All of these locations are in our school.

P6- Location Check

We visited St Clements Mental Hospital as it was a potential setting for our short film. We wanted to get permission from them as their was construction work going on and we wanted to know if it was safe for us to film. However we were told that no one is allowed to go in to the site as its dangerous.

P5-Title Question

We wanted to know what our target audience thought best suited our title name as we weren't sure which one to go with.
Therefore we gave out a little questionnaire and gave a list of possible names for our short film.
We gave a short plot above the names just so that our target audience can relate the title name to the plot.

Plot: Two best friends, Mary is secretly obsessed with Zoe and this obsession has started to become worse. Everything Mary and Zoe do together Mary must keep a memory of it and treasure it with all her life. Zoe hides her sad feelings and takes her anger out on herself by self-harming. Zoe is the total opposite of Mary and has no idea instead she wants to keep their friendship forever.

What should the title of the film be?

 Circle one:

Obsession

What the eye see’s?

Stalker

Obsessed

My little secret

Her

One and Only

Friend Zone

Above is a pie chart to demontrate the results. Most people went with "my little secret" hence that is out final decision and we will be naming our film that.

P4- Pitch

 

P3- Mood Board For Poster

P2- Mood Board For Film

Above is our mood board which we have created to display different aspects of our upcoming short film. The pictures represent what our film will be based on and the words are also symbolising sections of the film.
We have given the audience a chance to get an idea that our genre is based on psycho horror.
The word obsession and the pictures of two friends in black and white exhibits that our film may be related to one friend being obsessed with another or an outsider who has an obsession with them.
We want the audience to be intrigued and anxious to know what the story line consists of.

P1- Initial Ideas

R14- Primary Research Plan

Faizah	Tamanna	Maryam
Vox pop 19th/10/14	Observation 15/10/14	Questionnaire 10/10/14
Survey monkey 5th/10/14	Questionnaire 17/10/14	Interviews about posters and trailer 15/10/14
Talking to short film directors 26/10/14	Interview with target age group 15/10/14	Talk to film institutions 16th/10/14

R13

R12- Short Film Festivals

LSFF is an annual event that presents the best in UK short film-making talent. They go all over Londons best independent cinemas and screen some of tjhe best short films. they are funded through BFI, British council and the national lottery. People are given the opportunity to send their film to LSFF and the picked ones will be screened at the festival.
Films can be made for many reasons some are:

A showreel - you might be pursuing a career in filmmaking and want to demonstrate your skills

Partnerships - you'd like to try working with certain people to see if you can go on to collaborate on projects in the future.

Testing an idea out - you've always thought a certain story would work well on screen or you've got a feature film idea that you want to try out on a small scale first.

Kudos - you may have found a high profile director/writer/actor, who'll help you raise your filmmaking profile, or want to use your film to elevate your own industry profile.


Reference- http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/introduction/why-make-a-short Some of the ways that short films can be distributed is online distribution.

R11- American Vs British classification

American	British
G- General audiences Suitable for all audiences and nothing parents will not be against their children watching	U- The U symbol stands for Universal. A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. However, it is impossible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at this lower end of the category range.
PG- parental guidance Some material may not be suitable for children so parents must be present too	PG- parental guidance Some material may not be suitable for children so parents must be present too
PG-13 parents strongly cautioned Parents are urged to be cautious as it may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers	12- Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12.
R-   restricted Under 17’s require accompany of parent or adult	15- No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a 15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.
Nc 17 No one 17 and under admitted	18- Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.

R10- Audience Profile For Female

Gender: Female

Age: 15-16 year olds

Religions: All religion

Education: Secondary education, start college Students

Martial status: Single, or have a boyfriend or girlfriend

Income: Part time jobs or unemployed and getting support from parents

Favourite Artist: Jessie J, Rihanna, Katy Perry and Chris brown

Where do they shop? Forever 21, Top shop, New look and online shopping

How do they access films? Netflix, or go cinemas

Like: The girls would like to have relatable characters prefer watching females like food, have movie nights, enjoy watching movies on Netflix, like make up, enjoy shopping, enjoy doing outdoor activities, enjoy experimenting with things, staying in bed, watching films of hot characters, fan girl over celebrities, on social media such as Tumblr and Instagram, reading books and eating junk food

 

Dislike: Dislike blood, getting lost, being messy, unorganized, having cliff-hangers in films, gaining weight, exercising, doing homework, going to school, getting in trouble, small insects

 

Psychographics: She watches horror films to be scared and to get some fun out of it. Films that have a lot of action, suspense and tension are her most favorite. Movies that will put her of are movies that have typical codes and conventions which won’t be interesting. She loves going out with her friends and trying new things learning about things fascinates her a lot even though there are times she rather stay at home and sleep all day. Sleeping is her best friend she can be a lazy person but other times very active. She loves drawing and playing games sometimes socializing its not always want she does in her spare time but occupies herself by watching YouTube videos and reading books. The books she reads are all sorts from mystery to action. She loves typical R ‘n ‘ B music  and goes to her favorite artist concerts and obsesses over him like crazy. She also loves listening to rock and metal music her favorite bands are nirvana and Beatles to show her love for the bands she wears bands shirts. She has a dark side where getting gruesome and crazy is far better than staying calm and going with the flow. She shops at thrift stores too where she likes pieces which she mix and matches with her department store clothes. Going hiking and camping are on the many activities she does in the holidays.

 

 

R9-Audience Profile For Male

 Gender: Male

 

Age: 15-16 year olds

 

Religions: All religion

 

Education: Secondary education, start college Students

 

Martial status: Single, or have a boyfriend or girlfriend

Income: Part time job or have support from parents

Favorite Artist: Eminem, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna like R’n’b music.

Where do they shop? JD sports, Top man and urban outfitters

How do they access films? Rent films, buy DVD’s or watch online
 

Like:  going on adventures, watching films with friends, scaring and pulling off pranks, getting in trouble, enjoy getting attention, being loud and messy, having their way, take long time on fixing their hair, like rapping, enjoy eating out, doing sports, play games and playing instruments.

 

 

Dislike: being told what to do, being clean and tidy, meeting relatives,  doing home work, hate socializing, house work chores and cooking prefer takeaways.
 

Psychographics: He wants attention at home whatever it does to make his parents angry he does it as he gets a thrill out of it. Being mischievous and pulling pranks at school and at home keeps him entertained. He acts like a kid and is very immature when he eats he burps and is very unclean. Staying in the same underwear is one of his specialties. Not following rules and rather breaking them is fun for him playing sports with his friends on the weekends is something that he really likes to do. He likes to have piercings and tattoos without his parents permission it’s a form of way to express himself. His hair is gold to him grooming himself from the top is one thing that must be done. Socializing with his family and relatives is not one of his priorities he would rather be out with his friends then at home. Baking is not cool so therefore, he won’t do it eating takeaways is far better and knowing he has his parents to pay for him. The whole idea of school is a no, no for him he likes to get into clubs with a fake ID which is cool because his friends do it his also smart he won’t always show it being silly is far better.

 

 

R8- Typical And Non Typical Aspects Of "Conjuring"

Below is a table of the typical and not typical conventions of the horror film “the conjuring”. I thought this was a good film to look at and analyse as it’s the most recent horror film that I enjoyed the most and the only one that has been able to make me jump and scream.

	Typical	Not typical
Narrative	Moved houses to a cursed land
Characters	Normal happy big family with a dog	Two different families being affected by the same ghost
Props and costumes	White clothing	One of the women in very old fashioned Victorian clothes
Genre	paranormal
Settings	Isolated New house Forest basement
Sounds Music Sound effects	Dog barking Creaks Screaming	They used clapping as a sign from the ghost that it was present or wanted to play
representation	Religion Priests Gradual sounds

R7- Survey Monkey Results

Above is a screen shot of our survey monkey results. our first question was "what sort of genres in horror movies are you interested in?"

as you can see 83.33% which is 10 people have said they are interested in psycho horror. 

from this feedback we know that our audience like to watch things that plays with their minds and the thrill it gives them. so we will be taking this feedback on board and trying to add elements into our very own short film which matches the feedback.

We wanted to find out what elements of a scary film our audience liked.
So our fourth question was "What specific elements of a horror movie scares you the most". this will help us in terms of the mise en scene, editing, sound and lighting. The four key focuses whilst making a film. We now know that sound is the most important as 10 people picked this and we ourselves agree with the audience as its what makes us jump the most.

Whilst filming a horror film the settings is crucial therefore a our 8th question we asked our audience "Where do you like horror films to be set". Our highest results was a house so we will  be taking this on board and working on our film by looking at what the audience best like. however we may as a group want to challenge all of these and change it around a little to give it our own touch.
A house is a typical settings for any horror film, it may be good for the audience to watch something  more refreshing.

 As were still deciding who to cast in our short film we wanted to figure put what type of characters to have. so as our 6th question we asked "what age group would you prefer to watch?"
Half the responses were teenagers, therefore we may use our peers to cast in our short film  as were all teenagers ourselves.

Overall i have learnt what people most prefer and what interests them the most. Its a great way as a starting point as it gives me an idea of what i want to include in my short film.

R6- BBFC

R5- Mirrors film poster analyisis

R4-Three Primary Research

One of the primary research methods is through surveys. This would be to gain an idea of what people are mostly interested in and what type of horror films appeal to them. Questions such as what sort of settings they prefer and what specific elements are used in a horror movie that scares them the most.  From this sort of information we can work on our short film and add elements to it that people suggested or mentioned in the survey. It would be a contribution when we are planning and making the script because we can take their ideas and add these bits to our film. The technologies that would be used to do this is mobile phones, androids, computers, laptops etc., this is because people can access the survey through a simple link. I will be sending the link to people via emails or on social networking sites and then I will analyse the data and see which answers were the most common.

Another primary research that i will be carrying out is a vox pop. I will be using this to find out what people look for in trailers or posters and what type of advertising appeals to them more. For example people may be more interested in online advertising or bus stop advertisement. The technology that I will be using is a microphone to record people’s responses. Then I will listen through the responses and decide which answers are the most common. The question I ask will be “what do you look for in adverts that attract you to watch a certain film”. the research will, help me to find out what certain aspects of a horror film is the most liked and applies to the main stream audience. The technologies I will use to carry this out is a microphone which I will be borrowing from my teacher.

Lastly I will be doing some online research and I will try contacting a short films advisor via email or through the phone and try to get them to give me tips and advice so I can take it on board when my group and I are making our short film. the technologies i will be using is the phone or the computer to email. I also have access to my emails through my smart phone so I can use this method also. Using tips from people who work with short films would be a great way to have a better idea of what is expected and some key points that may be needed to be looked at.

From this i have learnt that i need a lot of my own primary research as well as secondary research as it will all benefit me and give me answers that I'm looking for.