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Risk Assessment - by Grace Peel

When filming our opening sequence we all will have to consider the risks involved before filming it. For instance, when we ‘break’ into the school, whoever climbs over the fence will have to make sure their safe and are not at risk of causing harm to themselves whilst doing it. Also we will have to walk around the areas of the school that we are shooting in and make sure there is nothing in our way that we could fall or trip over. We will also have to walk round the inside surroundings of the drama studio, and when one of us falls over the banisters in the drama studio in our sequence we will have to make sure there is a mat at the bottom were they will land as then they won’t hurt themselves or put themselves at risk of an injury. Also little things such as running in the yard of the school, we will all have to watch out for on coming vehicles leaving the school as we will be filming at the end of the school day when it is busy. We will also have to watch out for each other when filming, as we won’t want the person who is filming being knocked over by one of the actors and then damaging the camera equipment. We will have to plan out were the person who is filming is going to stand after every shot to make the shooting and running of it flow.

Assessment 8 - Shooting Schedule by Jasmine Graham and Grace Peel

Shot	Type	Duration (seconds)	Location	Mise-en-scene
one	Close up	5-8	Photograph	Lighter,   Photograph
Two	Establishing shot	5-7	School	Costumes-showing what type of person each character is. Spray paint cans.
Three	Close up	2-5	School	Camera
Four	Long shot	3-5	School	Fence, Photos.
Five	Long shot	6-7	On the way to drama studio	School buildnigs
six	High angle	4-5	Breaking into drama studio	Low key lighting and fences making the scene feel enclosed
seven	pan	3-4	Outside the drama studio looking in	See normal everyday classroom then killer in the corner
eight	Shot reverse shot	3-4	Inside drama studio	Worried faces
Nine	Killers point of view	5-6	Inside drama studio	Classroom, big black curtains to increase tensity, graffiti Low key lighting
Ten	Low angle	4-7	In the drama studio	Character flying over barrier, low key lighting
eleven	High angle	4-6	In the drama studio	Character lying on floor and  killer moving closer and characters running.
twelve	Arial high angle	2-3	In the drama studio	Character hurt surrounded by spray cans and bottles that were dropped when the others ran
Thirteen	High angle long shot 180  degree spin	4-6	Drama studio	Character lying on the floor, crying glasses lying next to her
fourteen	Close up pan	7-8	Drama studio	Shocked faces of hurt characters friends
fifteen	Close up Point of view of hurt character	8-9	Drama studio	Ceiling then face of killer.
sixteen	Extreme close up	4-5	Drama studio	Killers mouth

 

Assessment 7 - Animatic by Beckah Hornsey

Assessment 6 - Organisation

Actors :

We will need our actors for every time that we shoot. On one of the days, however, we will only need Katie and do her solo shots. 

Props:

Our props are already in the location we have chosen so they will be there for when we need them.

Costume:

We need to make sure that all of our actors wear the same costume and make up on each shooting day. To do this, we have taken photos of them to refer to.

To see the days we attend to film on, please see the planner below :).

Planner :)

Assessment 5 - Pitch by the whole group

Plot Synopsis:

A bullied child attempts to get revenge on the group that led her too an attempted suicide, leaving her scarred and stuck in a half life. School children, from the school she attended , begin to disappear mysteriously one by one and charred photographs appear in the school grounds. The victims of this crazed girl are forced to do things, that they have no control over, before their death. The killer in our film uses the magic of voodoo and puppetry to control her victims, leaving no trace of herself on their bodies. The group from the opening sequence try to stay safe by backstabbing each other and trying to fight for survival.

Opening Sequence:

Our opening sequence will be a flashback. A group of rebel school children break into there school after hours as they have heard that it is haunted. They break into the drama studio, the oldest part of the building, and begin to vandalise it . The group's geeky character, Polly, is told to keep watch of the doors to protect the group. As she stands outside, Pricilla (the killer), seeks her out as her first target. Pricilla starts to use puppetry and Polly flies through the doors back into the studio, scaring her friends. It soon becomes apparent that Polly is under Pricilla's magical voodoo powers. The sequence ends with Pricilla hanging over Polly.

Target Audience Appeal:

Our film will be rated 15. We decided on this because our film will appeal to teenagers and young adults. This means the gore and language will not be as bad as it would in an 18 rated film. We thinks that teens will be able to relate to our characters and understand them batter than an older audience would. Our film has appeal as it is a new theme and is modern in the way it reflects british society.

Creative Technique:

We are going to experiment with, and try to include in our sequence, the following techniques;

- Pull Focus

- High/Low Angles

- Shallow Depth Of Field

- Ariel/Birds-Eye View

- Cross Cuts

- Cutaways

- Multi Takes

- Jump Cuts

- Atmospheric Music

- Sound Effects

- Props

- Red Lighting

- Strobe Lighting

- Low Key Lights