The Re-shoot Schedule

1. Chase scene through forest path

Too shaky because filming running alongside actor.

NEXT TIME: Film long shot and have actors run towards camera.

RE-SHOOT: 25th November 2010 3:30pm - 4:00pm (beginning to get dark)

2. Break in scene

Continuity error, door wasn't open enough in one shot, next shot the door was too open.

NEXT TIME: Film both scenes and have door open all the way in each then match during editing

RE-SHOOT: 25th November 2010 6:00pm (completely dark)

3. Running out of house

Reflection of person filming in front window.

NEXT TIME: Film from an angle which doesn't reflect in the window and for the shot directly in front of the window use tripod and stand away. Tripod is less obvious and can hardly be seen

RE-SHOOT: 25th November 2010 6:10 (completely dark)

4. Restless sleep

Doesn't look realistic.

NEXT TIME: Take some practice shots judge what needs to be different, and mess up hair.

RE-SHOOT: 25th November 2010 6:30 (can't see outside so time is not essential)

5. Blurry waking up shot

Unable to shoot because actor is unavailable

NEXT TIME: Use look alike, someone with same build and size. Make sure the camera doesn't focus enough to see detail

RE-SHOOT: 25th November 2010 6:45

The Filming Schedule

October 12th

• Film the setting in day and night
• Forest area to set scene in during the trailer.
• Use pans and zooms.
• Must Be slow to create an eerie feel.
• No actors needed.

October 13th

• Re shoot night setting earlier (at dusk) not sufficient lighting to shoot in darkness

October 29th

• Film front door scenes with protagonist (Still camera looking at door slight tilt to represent something unusual)
• Pick up mail montage, change appearance of arm so it looks like its on different days (Close up on mail, only see hand and wrist)
• Reading letters and putting on the table. (Over shoulder shot then short pan around to see table)
• Actors needed - Helen Palmer

November 14th

• Film the break in
• Gloved hand opening door shot from inside and outside (Pan from letters on table to door, close up on door handle)
• Pick up knife (Close up on knife block, slowly pulls out menacing blade)
• Shadow in frosted glass door (Similar to front door shot static camera, bright kitchen light contrast with dark figure)
• Protagonist wake up shock (Point of view shot from the intruder looking at protagonist, point of view shot from protagonist at intruder, blurry to show awakening from deep sleep)
• Also film alcohol sequence where actor slams a bottle of drink down on a table and rolls over asleep. Under the influence = Vulnerable (shot from the level of the protagonist on the couch. Camera pointing at where the bottle will be put down)
• Actors needed - Helen Palmer, Joe Phipps

November 20th

• Chase scenes through forest (tracking shot of both protagonist and intruder)
• Running out of the house (shot from front, back and side to get different angles of running to, away and past the camera)
• Take photos for poster, magazine and other print advertising.

The Target Audience

Our film will have an age certificate of 15 and the audience we expect to draw in are male and female teenagers and adults between about 15 and 25. The characters in the story are young adults which the target audience can relate too. Also the plot is relatively simple so will not require a lot of thinking which can put a lot of people off watching a film. To attract this kind of audience, the trailer has shown parts of the film with action and thus created a quick paced exciting advert as opposed to a slower more explanatory trailer which one might expect on a more mature film aimed at older adults. This trailer will predominantly be shown in late afternoon to evening in between shows like X Factor, Misfits and other highly rated television programs and channels like E4, which the intended age group are likely to watch and conveniently released during winter when this age group are looking for things to do that don't mean being outside in the cold weather.

The Trailer Research

There are many things which are essential in a movie trailer. The intention of film advertising is to grab the publics attention and make them want to watch it. Product placement like posters and billboards do not need to give much information but must invite the viewer to find out more about it via magazine articles or the film website, the address of which should be shown on everything, from the poster, bus adverts and the trailer itself.

Unique Selling Point

Our film must have a Unique Selling Point (USP) which is a feature or style used to make our film exceptional and unrivaled by any others in the genre. The story-line should be original and although the film should follow conventions it should have it's own individual flair which can be achieved through location, filming style and actors.

Advertising Competition

The poster and general film image must compete with hundreds of other adverts, posters and magazine articles and there must be something that makes ours stand out. Each poster usually gets about 3-4 seconds of viewing time by each person as they walk past. Sometimes people wont even notice it but there has to be something which makes them at least take in the name of the film. The font is a very important factor of the house style and there should be as few as possible used.

The Mood Board

The Setting

The film trailer will predominantly be set in this kind of environment, surrounded by untamed trees which although still have vibrant green foliage will make the area much more enclosed and block out light from the surrounding area more than bare trees and branches would. The rickety old wooden gate that leads to nowhere further enforces the idea that no one has been here in a long time and if something was to happen it would be a while before anyone discovered anything.

This is a narrow path which leads into total darkness, the overgrown trees would frame the shot if we wanted a person running into it and also close in on the protagonist the further down the path they run. This would be difficult to illuminate in the darkness so we would need to film at dusk when it is light enough to see but not broad daylight. We could darken the film later in the editing process to make it more eerie. The leaves on the trees and the moss on the bare branches gives the whole frame an eerie green glow.

In my previous photo analysis' at the start of the project I mentioned how the colour or brightness of a light can change the mood of the shot. The same theory is applied here with the colour of the surroundings.

Most of the trailer trailer will be set in a house, there is nothing unusual about it. It is a regular home where the protagonist can feel safe and puts the audience in a false sense of security as she goes through her daily routine of coming back from work and picking up her mail. The disruption to the routine when she receives strange letters is something that could easily happen to anyone and makes this film more frightening than if it were happing somewhere or to someone unusual and this can sit in the mind of the audience throughout the film.

The Detailed StoryBoard