Shooting/filming shedule

Date	Location	What we are doing on the day	Available light	Background sounds
10/01/17	'Brick garage' - Ami's house	Checking the location is suitable for filming the brick garage for the montage and the opening scene.	Checking the available light at certain points of the day will allow us to see if it complements the mood and atmosphere.	The brick wall and the garage door block out songs however there may be noise from inside the room.
16/01/17	'Brick garage' - Ami's house	Moving the objects to one side of the room to ensure we have enough space to use for the shooting of the film.	There is a dim yellow tinted light on the ceiling, that's not that bright so wont distract from the eerie atmosphere we are creating.	A slight run of electricity but not really anything.
12/02/17	'Brick garage' - Ami's	Filming the scene with the Girl (Ami) wrapped up like a mummy	Lighting during the day worked out to be too bright so we had to cover the garage windows with card, towels etc.	None.
15/02/16	'Brick garage' - Ami's house	Filming the 2 girls (Maeve and lily) in the garage for the montage scenes.	“ ”	Noises of birds chirping in the background which will need to be cut out.
18/02/16	'Brick garage' - Ami's house	Filming the scenes on the garage and the book shelves, skeletons etc.	“ ”	None
29/01/16	Weald of Kent- School woods.	Filming Archie for the wood scenes.	We are going to dim the lighting on the mac computers to make it darker and eerie	Birds chirping in the background.

locaion Reece/Scouting

These are all of the different locations that we visited, decided to plan and shoot in, that all contributed to the final product of the opening Horror scene of a film.

2 St Michaels Rd, TN4 9JG

Health and Safty & Risk Assessments

Actress Profiles

For the opening of out film, we have decided to use the three actresses LILY FULTON, MAEVE WIGHAM and JASMINE WARREN. These three girls, constantly play the roles of victimised girls, in which a male has taken in order to use them. The male actor ALFIE SCOPES is seen in both the montage and the opening scene e. g a scene of him removing teeth from one on the girls. The shelves indicate the three girls possessions he has taken e.g. hair locks.

The idea behind using these three actresses were that they were all fairly similar. The use of three average brunette girls, all pale with a lack of makeup to reflect their innocence and vulnerability.

Through out the opening scene of the horror opening, the three girls, will be shown sitting in a chair. The antagonist is taking their teeth however, as this is only the opening scene of a film, the audience don't actually get to see what the teeth are used for.

Profile of LILY FULTON
Photo:

Hair colour:  Brown
Eye Colour: Green
School: Weald of Kent Grammar School
Age: 16
Contact number:07758861112





Profile of MAEVE WIGHAM

Photo:

Hair colour:  Brown

Eye Colour: Green
School: Weald of Kent Grammar School
Age: 17
Contact number:07803207998

Profile of Ami King

Photo:

Hair colour:  Blonde

Eye Colour: BrownSchool: Weald of Kent Grammar School
Age: 17
Contact number:07808707269

Shooting Script. Take 1

Scene Number:

Montage:

1        (An extreme close up of girl 1 wrapped in bandages eyes closed)

       *silence*(Girl 1 Eyes open)

       *Fast paced, deep, heart beat*

2      (Close up of plyers with blood stains on them)

        *Lullaby begins to play softly*

3       (Syringe full of blood close up)

          *lullaby playing*
         (Syringe is pressed, blood starts to drip)    
        *lullaby playing, dripping sound effect over the top*

4       (Ariel close up shot of table full of belongings)

          *Layered sound: lullaby, Heartbeat, heavy breathing*

5        (Close up photographs of girls/victims)

          *lullaby, heartbeat, increased heavy breathing

6        (Close up of kidney dish with teeth in a puddle of blood)
          * footsteps with a slight echo*

          Girl 1: Shh! *slight pause* daddy won’t like that      
          Girl 2: Stop! He’s coming

7        (Clean floor) *lullaby*
          (Splats of blood begin to hit the floor)
         *lullaby, dripping sound effect*

8       (P.O.V antagonist through a mask)

         * Very heavy, muffled breathing, humming of the lullaby *

9        (Flock of birds flying in same direction, long shot)

         * bird tweeting & flapping echoed lullaby *

10      (Medical latex glove being put on by antagonist)

          *Rubber stretching & whipping hand, lullaby*

11       (Girl 1 sat in chair with bloody bandages around her mouth area)
           *lullaby*
            (The same chair, empty, smothered in blood)
           *lullaby and screaming*

12        (Girl 1 clenching chair, close up)  
            *screaming*

(Opening)

1        (Title over black screen)
          *Scratching, lullaby fades out*

2        (Low shot looking up, 360 spin)
          *Birds tweeting, whistle of the wind*

3        (Grey ceiling leading from the last scene ends with mid-shot of girl)
         *Heavy breathing, screeching*

4        (Mid-shot, girl sat in chair covered in bandages, eyes showing)
         *Screeching gets louder, heartbeat*

 5      (POV shot through man’s mask, girl shown, held plies shown)
        *Heavy muffled breathing*

 6       (Close up of shelves with jars, man reaches for the teeth jar)
         *Footsteps, sound of the jar moving*

Lighting testing:

When looking at lighting we had some issues;

• When the light in the garage was on, it made the whole garage too light as shown in the picture below. 
• When the light was off the garage became too dark to film. 

In the end we decided to have the garage lights off, and then use torches and lights on our phones to create a more eerie and creepy atmosphere. 

Casting for Lullaby..

For our lullaby we used the following girls from Weald of Kent Grammar School, in year 7. We gathered parent consent forms for the following girls that participated.

Annabelle Hales

Kaia Noble

Ife Odubela

Francesca Searle

Bo Buckley

StoryBoard

DRAFT STORY BOARD; 
(3 PHOTOS BELOW)

FINAL STORYBOARD

Our Vision

Colour Palette

This is our colour pallet we have created to convey the colours we want to include in our movie opening.  We have chosen the idea to use really dull dark colours to add to the eerie mysterious atmosphere we are looking to create, alongside bold, dashes of colour. We wanted this colour to be red due to the colour of blood, red also represents death, danger, and fear we want to symbolise in our opening. These are stereotypical colours used in horrors. We want to use dimly lit lighting which will contrast the character who will be in white, to make them stand out in the dull negative space around them. 

      

                 9 Shots 

Sound Shots

Sound Type	Comment	Test of Sound
Lullaby	Throughout the whole of the montage we have planned to have a soft lullaby playing in the background sang by a group of year 7 girls. This helps to create the scary effect and changes the mood and atmosphere to compliment the horror themed opening. We have composed our own piece to fit our film opening basing the lyrics on our narrative. By doing this we aren’t breaking and copyright rules.	https://www.freesound.org/people/RaspberryTickle/sounds/232148/
Heart rate monitor	In the narrative part our opening to complement the sections where the tension rises we are planning on using a heart rate monitor. By using the increase or decrease of the monitor it will help build suspense and tension. This helps prepare the audience for the next shots to come.	http://www.zapsplat.com/music/heart-beating/
Scratching	Scratching sounds are commonly found to be quite uncomforting and harsh to listen to. This sound will be effective as the audience can gain a mix of feelings, e.g. disturbed, uneasy, and distressed. This effect will help build a dramatic atmosphere.	http://www.zapsplat.com/music/scratching-off-coating-on-scratchcard-long-version/
Screaming	Sounds of screams automatically create sense of danger, for not only the antagonist or the characters within the film but also for the audience. This is effective as it helps them experiencing the same scenario.	http://www.zapsplat.com/music/female-scream-in-fear-or-pain-1-2/
Footsteps	In our opening the use of footsteps allows the audience to engage a sense of where about the antagonist is. This helps us to get our bearings around how far or close away they are and whether to feel scared or not.	http://www.zapsplat.com/music/footsteps-shuffling-on-carpetcreaky-wooden-floor/
Heavy breathing	Opening to heavy breathing often helps to show the characters comfort zone. Heavy breathing is associated with discomfort. Fast breathing can show panic un-satisfaction, danger. Slow breathing can convey the character comfortable, full awareness, safety.	https://www.freesoundeffects.com/free-track/breathing-heavy-428613/heavy%20breathing/

Initial idea 2

Genre- Horror

My groups idea for a horror film opening, was inspired by series American Horror Story’s. Our main inspiration was the use cinematography of each small scene, that was constantly changing. We like the idea of having lots of different quick shots merged together. The opening for the Murder House and Asylum series both begin with the credits combined with mis-en scene, cinematography, sound and editing that build up an eerie tension. This creates a sense of fear for the audience.

AHS POV Shot

For Features of mi en scene, we planned to film in a dark, dingy setting, with little, (washed-out) makeup on the characters. The Cinematography during American Horror Story is sharp and well planned. There are a range of different camera angles used to capture the audience’s attention were the, POV, tracking and pan shots. My group and me decided to attempt the tracking, POV and pan shots, to make our film opening professional and grab the audience’s attention.

AHS Tracking Shot

AHS Mid-shot

The opening credits to American horror story has non-diegetic music playing over the top of diegetic sounds, that can be seen as parallel sounds. The non-diegetic music was very layered at some points however at other points it was just simple sounds, this builds up tension. Diegetic sound was also used, to help create atmosphere within an opening, for example sounds of lightening strikes.  For our opening It would be a good idea for us to incorporate diegetic and non-diegetic sound to create the eerie atmosphere we want.

The editing in the opening of American Horror Story’s; Murder house and Asylum’s extremely precise, with no real storyline. The use of quick transitions from scene-to-scene implies the genre is based on horror. It includes scenes lit dimly lit however a white object is included in most scenes to grad the audience’s attention. My group and I are inspired by the range of transitions between scenes and want to include this type of editing in our work.