3 Potential ideas A girl is followed home by a mysterious figure Dressed in black to indicate the...

Planning

Braedie, Pippa and Amy

3 Potential ideas

A girl is followed home by a mysterious figure

Dressed in black to indicate the ‘bad’ character

Thriller conventions

Water left running when she brushes her teeth

Followed home from school to her empty house (parents are away)

Phone continuously ringing as she attempts to walk up the stairs

A young girl being kidnapped

Two girls approach an ‘abandoned’ house

Two girls are out in the village and find an ‘abandoned’ looking house and approach it

House is very dark and the garden is overgrown and not looked after

A dark figure is seen in the conservatory

Followed by a car and the girl begins to get anxious

The pool in the garden is very green and not looked after

A girl was stopped by a car whilst a person asked for directions

Final idea

We have chosen the idea of the two girls approaching the abandoned house as our final idea. We have chosen this as it allows us to include a large number of the thriller conventions as well as develop some of them. Our idea includes two girls out in the village when they find a house, which as far as they are aware is empty, and decide to approach it. They through the back gate to find an overgrown garden, as they begin to walk round they spot the swimming pool in the garden, they then notice the back door which is slightly open. As the two girls approach it, the camera shows a black figure walking towards it from inside the house. As one of the girls goes to open the door, the other girl notices this figure, showing a shocked expression.

We have chosen this idea as it will allow us to develop the common thriller conventions that would usually be found from this genre. Some of the conventions we have thought about to include: - Running water (the swimming pool in the back garden) - Shadows (the mysterious figure and the inside of the house) - Victim (typically a female character)

Cast list

Braedie Clarke – Victim- Lauren / DirectorWe have chosen Braedie to play this role as she does drama A- level so is more confident in acting compared to the other cast members and is happy to play the main role.

Amy Leahy – Victim- Lucy / Villian / Director We have chosen Amy to play these roles as she is less confident in acting and therefore two smaller roles would be better suited as she will not be appearing on camera as much.

Pippa Rowe – Camera man / Director

Script

Scene 1: Lauren: Nothing exciting ever happens in this villageLucy: I know, it’s so boring *Both look around at the same house* Lauren: I’ve never really seen anyone come out of that house. Have you?Lucy: Hmmm… no I don’t think so. It’s a bit weird isn’t it Lauren: Yeh… Shall we have a look?Lucy: I guess we could? *Pause*Lucy: If nobody lives there it will be fine? Lauren: Yeh… I’ sure it is empty Lucy: Alright *Walks towards house*

Scene 2: Lucy: Quick, there’s a swimming pool!Lauren: Why is it green?Lucy: I knew it would be empty! I told you it was fine Lauren: Okay Lucy, I think we should go now Lucy: No, look! The doors open *Lucy goes to open the door*Lauren: Lucy… *Shocked faces*

Locations

Our opening sequence of our film is set in the village of Yelvertoft, the main set being the garden of a house in the village and the street leading up to it. First dialogue

and action will take place here

Props

A bag – Lucy is going to be carrying a bag in the first half of our sequence as dropping this will allow for a ‘worms eye view’ shot which we were unable to find an appropriate time to use this shot type before hand. Also it is an item which she would usually have on her.

Plant pots – There are going to plant pots placed in the garden which will look dead as this will further portray the garden and house as uncared for.

Costume list

Lauren will be dressed in black jeans and a light coloured top. We have chosen this outfit as it will fit into the ‘everyday’ wear which Lauren is most likely to wear. We have chosen black jeans so this will develop the thriller convention which the audience would typically recognise with this protagonist.

Our final character is our antagonist. This character will be dressed in all black clothing, so the audience are aware that this character is ‘bad’. We have also chosen these clothes as the antagonist will be appearing as almost a shadow, and hiding behind the girls in part of our sequence.

Lucy will be dressed in a light coloured dress which will allow the audience to easily identify her as the second protagonist. However, she will be wearing black tights and black cardigan which will develop the thriller convention.

Shot listShot Number

Shot Angle

Shot type Shot description Shot duration

1 Eye level Long shot Long shot of the house which fades into black 5 seconds

2 Eye level The title is shown on screen 3 seconds

3 Eye level Medium shot Showing Lucy and Lauren’s outfits so the audience can see they are the ‘good’ characters. Lauren starts the conversation

8 seconds

4 High angle Over the shoulder shot

As they look, in the middle of the conversation, to the same house a over the shoulder shot is used

5 seconds

5 Low angle Close up The girls feet as they walk towards the house 4 seconds

6 Birds eye view

Medium shot As the girls walk through the back gate into the garden 6 seconds

7 Low level Long shot The girls enter the garden and walk round the conservatory 3 seconds

8 Eye level Medium shot Directly on the conservatory, showing the girls walk past and a black figure behind them

4 seconds

9 Eye level Long shot As the girls enter the main section of the garden 5 seconds

10 Worms eye view

Close up Lucy drops her bag directly next to the camera 3 seconds

11 High angle Long shot Lucy goes to open the door whilst turning to Lauren 4 seconds

12 Eye level Close up Lauren notices the figure standing behind Lucy 3 seconds

Lauren starts the conversation with ‘Nothing exciting ever happens in this village’. From this the conversation continues.

A low level shot is used as Lucy begins to feel confident in what they are doing. This is when the second section of dialogue is introduced

This is when the antagonist is introduced. The girls do not notice this figure, but the camera (audience) does.

Shooting schedule Shot number

Location Lighting Cast Director Shot angle Props Health and safety

Shooting time and date

Contingency

1 Ashwell Lane, Yelvertoft

Natural lighting (edited to look quite glum)

Pippa Eye level Plant pots Thursday 27th November

Aim to start earlier – dependent on the lighting

2


Natural lighting Braedie and Amy

Pippa Eye level Mobile phones, a bag

Cars passing by

Thursday 27th November

Film in the middle of the day to avoid cars passing



Pippa High angle Mobile phones, a bag

Cars passing by

Thursday 27th November

Provide artificial light if possible



Pippa Low angle Cars passing by

Friday 28th November



Pippa Birds eye view

Possibility of falling of the ladder

Friday 28th November

7 House – back garden


Pippa Low level Mobile phone, bag Saturday 29th November

8 Back garden Natural lighting Braedie and Amy

Pippa Eye level Bag Falling in the swimming pool

Saturday 29th November


Pippa Eye level Bag Falling in the swimming pool



Pippa Worms eye view

Falling in the swimming pool


Production schedule

Pre production:

Saturday 15th November: 1 hour of planning

Tuesday 18th November: Pre-paring the set for filming

Wednesday 26th November: Filming

Thursday 27th November: Filming

Sunday 30th November: Filming

Post production:

Monday 8th December: Upload filming to computer and begin the editing

Tuesday 9th December: Edit

Wednesday 10th December: Edit

Thursday 11th December: Edit

Friday 12th December: Edit

Monday 15th December: Edit

Tuesday 16th December: Edit

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