Props Added

We decided for the final piece to parallel our target audience's opinion given from our mood board. We learned that one of the greatest fears of our demographic was the use of mask's, particularly clowns and childhood figures. We were informed that masks were disturbing because they enabled the subject to hide their identity, and thus their character - making them unreliable and mysterious, something we aimed to achieve with our film.

Coursework Deadline

It's coursework deadline today! We're just polishing our final piece, moving clips left and right to sync smoothly with the music. We're going to have to now upload the video onto youtube, then instantly embed it into our blog.

Cast

Our title sequence requires one actor who doesn’t say a single thing, only move. We had a number of options, however due to constrictions from colleges we had to find an enthusiastic and keen person to work with. Jack Vaughan will be our actor and we are very glad that he is helping us out.

Definite Location in Huntingdon Hall.

After Filming outside Northwick and in Worcester our first shoot was successful, but too complete it will were looking for an old fashioned theatre which is easy to access. After emailing and ringing Worcester Live we have gained access to Huntingdon Hall on Wednesday the 19^th for 2-3 hours with no fee, for this we are very grateful. We have waited so late to film because this was the only week that the stage was clear and we were very determined to film there. Professional lighting is been used giving our piece a professional feel. We are very excited to film in such a great location and watch our idea come to life.

Shoot one at Northwick and Worcester Town.

On Tuesday the 11th of January, we set out filming and targeted to capture our first 30 seconds for our opening in Worcester and Northwick. We found a grim back alleyway that we took a series of dull, dirty and rough objects and images that connote our characters personality. These images will be used subliminary to connote the meaning. Also in Worcester we stumbled upon a antique shop that had a 20th century image of the theatre that we were filming at next, thanks to a kind worker he let us take a shot of it which will add a great effect to the final product.

After filming in Worcester we made our way to North wick theatre, this is a perfect location to give a 1930's classy impression that we were looking for. Here we took a number of shots of the building and some statues. We are unable to use inside as it's no longer a theatre so instead we have permission to use Huntingdon hall in Worcester. This is a perfect old fashioned theatre and we couldn't of asked for much more.

Overall the shoot was a success and we are very please how the shoot when and we are very much looking forward to the capturing the rest of our film on the 19th of January. We had to wait for a dater date for the theatre to become available.

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Shot List

Shotlist:

Shot 1: Establishing shot of Northwick

Shot 2: Subliminal Flash

Shot 3: Shot of grotty alley

Shot 4: Subliminal Flash

Shot 5: Shot of Northwick

Shot 6: Distorted image of Northwick

Shot 7: Banners outside Northwick

Shot 8: Close up of banners

Shot 9: Shot of Northwick stairs

Shot 10: Walking up the stairs towards the door

-fades out-

Shot 11: Establish the theatre.

Shot 12: Record player, tracking back

Shot 13: Dancing with the mannequin (long shot)

Shot 14: Dancing with mannequin, close up to the feet.

Shot 15: Rose falling of the suit (slow mo)

Shot 16: Close up of the characters face

Shot 17: Character beating up mannequin

Shot 18: Titles (Hurt)

Shot 19: Character walking off the stage, turns light off.

Definite Location

We have decided to film outside Northwick Cinema for the first part of our film, as it has a classy jazz - style look that were aiming for. This isn't to say however, that we will film inside, as that is near-enough impossible due to filming restrictions.

After watching "Manhattan"'s title sequence, we were inspired by the

outside shot of the Manhattan sign on the side of a building, similar to that of Northwicks.'

Possible Locations

Northwick theatre

This is Northwick theatre, made in 1922 so it is perfect by giving of the old effect and it's easy to access.

Huntingdon Hall









Huntingdon Hall, Worcester is a fantastic 'old fashioned' venue, this would be great to film at as it's such a historical and popular venue.


The Swan theatre

The swan theatre has a professional stage and will look very slick though the camera giving our project a classy feel, this would be a great place to film at.

Props

These are the items were planning on using, with a table showing cost and source.

Individual Prop use:

We are clothing our main and only character in a pin strip suit very similar to this one. We chose a suit as it connotates a gentleman and manners, traits that we don't want associated with our protagonist. Therefore a suit will confuse the audience and disguise his true character. We will also include a small rose within the chest pocket of the suit.

We are getting 4-5 half mannequins as props on the stage. Although not life like, when placed with clothes will be adequate.

We also need old clothes to dress the mannequins to make them seem more human.

We are using a full size mannequin which is going to be dancing with the character.

A record player like the one shown is going to used to play the music and set the classical theme.

Why we don't need a script.

In our opening sequence it does not require a script because we chose not to use dialog but instead we use the classical music to show a classy and sophisticated representation of the character. So a detailed dialog is not required as there’s no communication between characters.

Time Management

On December 1st we posted the time management sheet that we created on Outlook Web App and included every detail of our project that needs completing in a certain date to have full organisation on our project. We have included the idea process, the final research summary and research into target audience. Also finding a location, writing a script, finding props and performers, and completing a story board.

Ideas for Film 2

So we've decided to go for a theatre setting. An idea in our heads has come about of the structure of the film, but nothing is set in stone and we'll be open to bringing in new ideas. At the moment were using a theatre to connotate the main protaginist in the title sequence as a dramatist, and from this stemmed the idea of using a spotlight for lighting.
We headed across college to the the textiles rooms to see if they had any abstract materials we could use, and we came across mannequins - an object that can easily be twisted to become disturbing to our audience.
Friday's media lesson we had a look at the actual setting up of lighting equipment, learning the requirements needed to successfully and safely use such gear. We made sure we were capable and dismantiling the light after use, were able to place colour filters over and could ensure the tripod was secure and the wiring to the mains was safe.

Ideas for Film

Today we were thinking about target audience and location, throwing around some advanced film shot ideas too. Probably a bit early for that. Still, the timetable we drafted up said we should be finished filming by end of January.

Target Audience - Not really decided but our film would have mature themes running throughout, so under 18's is a definete no go area. We need an audience who could understand not just the literal aswell, so maybe 25 - 50. Too great a range? Probably, get back on this later.
Location - Derelict warehouse, empty alleyway, Tom's bedroom. All pretty disturbing places, could give out right vibes..