After we sat down and spoke about ideas, for the next few media lessons we decided to come to a final idea that we can write down. We all gathered around a board and discussed everything that we all wanted to include in the film. As a group we have thought about many different areas that we could film such as, Werrington park and woods, Tallington lakes etc.. But as a group we thought the best place was ferry meadows as it was a perfect location for what we wanted to do.
Location Report:
Nene Park (Ferry Meadows) stretches for 10 km along the valley of the 'River Nene' just a few miles from our school location. Ferry Meadows Country Park entails a variety of lakes, meadows, woodlands, and parks. The location allowed us to expand on ideas following research on 'The Blair Witch Project' of running through woods using a hand-held camera. There were a variety of play parks within the area and the idea of using one in our final piece came about. We decided to explore the area and found the ideal spot. A large play park is situated at the heart of the country park with a large woods directly behind it. Within the park was a se
t of swings, climbing frames and other objects, with the lake situated behind it. Because of the popularity of Nene Park Country Park from tourists, we needed to find a time that would show the setting to be deserted, this meant we had to find out exactly when this was and the brief time frame we had to film. We found that this was around one o'clock on a week day and therefore, we set out to film exactly then. The main reason for the choice to use Ferry Meadows as our setting was because it fit our potential storyline perfectly. The two combined to make a very effective psychological thriller. The park could be used to show mystery with swings swinging indepedently, and the lake showing desertion and lonliness in the background.
Risk assesment:
After we decided where we were going to film our opening sequence we had to think of the possible risks that could occur, so as a group we created a risk assesment table.
This is the table of risks. As we have decided to film at ferry meadows, there are many risks that may occur when fiming some worse than others. For example: the highest risk that may occur when filming is drowning, we aren't silly enough to mess around near water let alone deep water so the risk is still very low for us but if anything does happen the water is very dangerous. One risk that is very low is injury to widlife or injury to self from the widlife.
The storyline itself:
We have decided that we are going to have the start of the opening sequence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoQNEYVxcQ) with an establishing shot of the swings in the park swinging on their own. We will then go into a shot of the young girl in red swinging on the swing in a very abnormal way. This will hopefully make the audience understand that this girl isn't all with it, and has a few issues. Throughtout the opening sequence you will see random characters appear either in the backgroud of the shots, or have a close up of these random characters. The random characters consit of:
-A clown
-A nun
-Two younger children
There will also be a man in a trenchcoat and a hat, but he has alot more significance to these random characters. The whole idea of having this man is that he is a murderer that has been around for a long time, and he was the man who killed these other people (the clown, the nun and the two younger children) and although you never see the girl actually looking at these people, you are able to see that she knows they are there. As if she feels them, and its like they are there but she isn't sure. This is the
effect we want to establish when filming, to get it like that we just need to make sure that the girl is aware of what is around her but as she has a few issues and isn't totally with it, the audeince won't know if it is her seeing these people or if they are actually there.
The man in the trenchcoat - He is very important within our filming. Altough you don't see him that much, it is important where and when he appears as he is meant to have a creepy feel to him. When he appears on screen the shots are always close ups or over the shoulder shots. This is so you never see the full person, only he eyes, sections of his face and the back of his head. Also you will only see part of his body at one part of time.
Where and when will see you see the :
CLOWN - The audience will see the clown appear behind the swing for a split second as the swing goes up and then will be gone when the swing goes down. As if he was never there.
'The Unknown' will also crucial in our opening sequence as a variety of aspects such as the girls pycological state, the man in the trench coat. This is because we are changing the chronolocial order of a typical film, showing the ending of the film, at the start. Therfore, our opening sequence will finish with the titles of the film and the text '2 years earlier'. The opening will be quick and effective, grasping the audiences attention, drawing them in, and wanting them to watch the whole film.
What will the video consist of:
Firstly the film is going to be in Black and White;
1- Establishing shot of Empty Park
2- Slighty smaller width of park with swings swinging
3- Mid-shot; girl appears of swing
4- High-angle shot from on top of climbing frame
5- Low-angle shot almost underneath girl
6- Return to mid-shot of girl on swing
7-Pans around to see man in background facing girl
8-Over-the-Shoulder Shot from man looking at girl
9- Close-up of lighter being struck and cigarette lit
10- Low-angle shot of girl on swing; swing goes up and clown appears, swing goes down and clown dissapears
11- Point-of-View shot from girl on swing; nun appears in front and then dissappears
12- Mid-shot of girl on swings; two children appear on see-saw in background
13- Low-angle of gil jumping off swing (from the veiw of the swings)
14- Low-angle of girl landing and running (oppisite veiw from the swings)
15- Point-of-View from child chasing girl
16- Same shot to establishing shot; girl runs towards black hat and out of park
17- Pans around to see girl walk towards woods
18- Over-the-Shoulder shot from man looking at the now empty park
19-Low-angle shot, man walking towards park (away from camera) and throwing cigarette in front of camera
20- Jump cut moves to mid-shot of girl now entering woods
21- Mid-shot from inside of woods seeing girl enter and run
23- Point-of-View shot from girl srunning in woods; Whip-panning from side to side
23- Close-up of mans eyes blinks and colour flashes in;
24- High-angle close-up of girls hands and mans feet walking up to them
With these 24 shots we have created a storyboard which consists of exactly what we are going to do. (add in video of the storyboard)
Props and Costume:
There were a variety of props and costumes that we needed for our sequence;
The Girl;
- Red evening dress
- Black tights
- Black army style boots
The man;
- A Black Trilby - A black Trench coat
- Black army style boots
- A Zippo Lighter
The Clown;
- A Clown costume
The Nun;
-A Nun costume
The two children;
The younger Girl
- Long white socks
- Grey dess - Pigtails
- The younger boy:
- Grey Shorts
-White shirt with red bow-tie
- Black Waist-coat
Problems that may occur when filming:
Something we need to take in to consideration is the weather, if there is any rain it will not only ruin the effect that we are going for but it will also make the filming of the opening sequence alot more difficult.
Location Report:
Nene Park (Ferry Meadows) stretches for 10 km along the valley of the 'River Nene' just a few miles from our school location. Ferry Meadows Country Park entails a variety of lakes, meadows, woodlands, and parks. The location allowed us to expand on ideas following research on 'The Blair Witch Project' of running through woods using a hand-held camera. There were a variety of play parks within the area and the idea of using one in our final piece came about. We decided to explore the area and found the ideal spot. A large play park is situated at the heart of the country park with a large woods directly behind it. Within the park was a se
t of swings, climbing frames and other objects, with the lake situated behind it. Because of the popularity of Nene Park Country Park from tourists, we needed to find a time that would show the setting to be deserted, this meant we had to find out exactly when this was and the brief time frame we had to film. We found that this was around one o'clock on a week day and therefore, we set out to film exactly then. The main reason for the choice to use Ferry Meadows as our setting was because it fit our potential storyline perfectly. The two combined to make a very effective psychological thriller. The park could be used to show mystery with swings swinging indepedently, and the lake showing desertion and lonliness in the background. Risk assesment:
After we decided where we were going to film our opening sequence we had to think of the possible risks that could occur, so as a group we created a risk assesment table.
This is the table of risks. As we have decided to film at ferry meadows, there are many risks that may occur when fiming some worse than others. For example: the highest risk that may occur when filming is drowning, we aren't silly enough to mess around near water let alone deep water so the risk is still very low for us but if anything does happen the water is very dangerous. One risk that is very low is injury to widlife or injury to self from the widlife.
The storyline itself:
We have decided that we are going to have the start of the opening sequence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoQNEYVxcQ) with an establishing shot of the swings in the park swinging on their own. We will then go into a shot of the young girl in red swinging on the swing in a very abnormal way. This will hopefully make the audience understand that this girl isn't all with it, and has a few issues. Throughtout the opening sequence you will see random characters appear either in the backgroud of the shots, or have a close up of these random characters. The random characters consit of:
-A clown
-A nun
-Two younger children
There will also be a man in a trenchcoat and a hat, but he has alot more significance to these random characters. The whole idea of having this man is that he is a murderer that has been around for a long time, and he was the man who killed these other people (the clown, the nun and the two younger children) and although you never see the girl actually looking at these people, you are able to see that she knows they are there. As if she feels them, and its like they are there but she isn't sure. This is the
effect we want to establish when filming, to get it like that we just need to make sure that the girl is aware of what is around her but as she has a few issues and isn't totally with it, the audeince won't know if it is her seeing these people or if they are actually there. The man in the trenchcoat - He is very important within our filming. Altough you don't see him that much, it is important where and when he appears as he is meant to have a creepy feel to him. When he appears on screen the shots are always close ups or over the shoulder shots. This is so you never see the full person, only he eyes, sections of his face and the back of his head. Also you will only see part of his body at one part of time.
Where and when will see you see the :
CLOWN - The audience will see the clown appear behind the swing for a split second as the swing goes up and then will be gone when the swing goes down. As if he was never there.
NUN - The audience will see the nun walk past the swings from the otherside of the fence, so the nun isn't actually in the park itself. Whilst the nun walks past the girl will be happily swinging on the swing as if everything is how it should be.
TWO YOUNGER CHILDREN - The audience will see the two younger children on the see-saw laughing and having a good time, as if the girl can see them in the corner of her eye but she isn't sure if they are there or not. We will hopefully add in some shots of close-ups of the children playing on the see-saw aswell.
.'The Unknown' will also crucial in our opening sequence as a variety of aspects such as the girls pycological state, the man in the trench coat. This is because we are changing the chronolocial order of a typical film, showing the ending of the film, at the start. Therfore, our opening sequence will finish with the titles of the film and the text '2 years earlier'. The opening will be quick and effective, grasping the audiences attention, drawing them in, and wanting them to watch the whole film.
What will the video consist of:
Firstly the film is going to be in Black and White;
1- Establishing shot of Empty Park
2- Slighty smaller width of park with swings swinging
3- Mid-shot; girl appears of swing
4- High-angle shot from on top of climbing frame
5- Low-angle shot almost underneath girl
6- Return to mid-shot of girl on swing
7-Pans around to see man in background facing girl
8-Over-the-Shoulder Shot from man looking at girl
9- Close-up of lighter being struck and cigarette lit
10- Low-angle shot of girl on swing; swing goes up and clown appears, swing goes down and clown dissapears
11- Point-of-View shot from girl on swing; nun appears in front and then dissappears
12- Mid-shot of girl on swings; two children appear on see-saw in background
13- Low-angle of gil jumping off swing (from the veiw of the swings)
14- Low-angle of girl landing and running (oppisite veiw from the swings)
15- Point-of-View from child chasing girl
16- Same shot to establishing shot; girl runs towards black hat and out of park
17- Pans around to see girl walk towards woods
18- Over-the-Shoulder shot from man looking at the now empty park
19-Low-angle shot, man walking towards park (away from camera) and throwing cigarette in front of camera
20- Jump cut moves to mid-shot of girl now entering woods
21- Mid-shot from inside of woods seeing girl enter and run
23- Point-of-View shot from girl srunning in woods; Whip-panning from side to side
23- Close-up of mans eyes blinks and colour flashes in;
24- High-angle close-up of girls hands and mans feet walking up to them
With these 24 shots we have created a storyboard which consists of exactly what we are going to do. (add in video of the storyboard)
Props and Costume:
There were a variety of props and costumes that we needed for our sequence;
The Girl;
- Red evening dress
- Black tights
- Black army style boots
The man;
- A Black Trilby - A black Trench coat
- Black army style boots
- A Zippo Lighter
The Clown;
- A Clown costume
The Nun;
-A Nun costume
The two children;
The younger Girl
- Long white socks
- Grey dess - Pigtails
- The younger boy:
- Grey Shorts
-White shirt with red bow-tie
- Black Waist-coat
Problems that may occur when filming:
Something we need to take in to consideration is the weather, if there is any rain it will not only ruin the effect that we are going for but it will also make the filming of the opening sequence alot more difficult.
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