Our Storyboard

We decided to create a story board so we could plan our idea properly. This was useful as it helped us work out what equipment we need when we film, for example our first shot involves the camera will pointing up through the trees and spinning, to disorientate the audience and reflect how Chloe feels as she has escaped into a world she doesn't recognise.  For this shot we're going to need a glidecam to spin the camera steadily. We're also going to need either a small tripod or a large one that has legs that can be shortened because we are going to include some low angle shots. 

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg is one of the most influential and well known director's in Hollywood. His is also one of the wealthiest and has numerous big-grossing, critically acclaimed works to his name, both as a director, writer, and producer.
Spielberg was praised massively on his work in both Jurassic park and Jaws, and in a career spanning more than four decades, his films have covered many genres. More recently he has began to address more humanist issues such as the holocaust in his Film Schindler's list. This won Spielberg the Academy Award for best director, along with 126 awards from 231 nominations, including 3 Oscars, 7 Golden Globes and 11 Emmys.

Age Restrictions For Our Thriller

I think that our thriller would be a 15 rated film.

Although our opening won't contain any violent scenes, swearing or sexual references it would be fitting for the rest of our film (if we were to create it) to.

These are some of the things to expect in a 15 rated film:

• " strong violence
•  frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***').
•   portrayals of sexual activity
•   strong verbal references to sex
•   sexual nudity
•   brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
•   discriminatory language or behaviour
•   drug taking"

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/15

Location Scouting

We decided to search the school grounds for a suitable place to film and we took these pictures:

We liked the pond because it was grim and the water looked very dirty.  However we decided it was too exposed and filming near water can be dangerous especially if the water banks are muddy and slippy, which they are at this time of year. 

 We liked the gnarly branches of the tree in this picture but the space is too clear, meaning that if we stick to our original plan then there won't be enough trees for the ghost to hide behind. 









I didn't like this picture because it looks too tame and the grass is not long and wild enough. After taking these elements into consideration we have decided not to film in this location.

New Information

Whilst doing dome research into disability in the media I found this very interesting and informing chart from Disability Planet

Initial Ideas- Thriller Opening

During today's lesson we discussed the plot for our thriller and we have decided that we would like to base our thriller opening in the woods. It is going to be a Horror thriller and there will be two main characters, a girl walking home through the woods listening to music and a ghost of a girl dressed in a white dress.
So far we have half a story; A girl, (possibly played by Charlotte) is walking home through the woods and she hears a noise from behind a tree so she turns around and looks but she doesn't see anything so she continues to walk. we have a very definite image in our head for the next part and we don't know if we'll be able to pull it off; through the use of good editing we want to cut extremely quickly to a shot of the ghost looking around the edge of a tree. Then it will cut to Charlotte walking again, putting her headphones in and the music will start to play, so the audience can hear the music rather than the noise of the woods and footsteps. We then want to use an over the shoulder shot of Charlotte showing the earphone in her ear, then use focus pulls to show the ghost stood behind her, an extreme close up of the ghost's eye and then the music in the iPod to go really high pitched or make a loud snap and fizzle out. However we haven't decided how to finish it yet although we do have a couple of ideas in mind. 

These are some of the shots we found on the internet that influenced our ideas: 

I liked these woods because the trees are twisty and old, creating an eerie atmosphere, and they are also a mile from my house. However they lead to a public park and golf course which means they would be very busy and therefore an impractical location to film in.

This is the type of image we want to create, however we want the hair to be straighter and possibly wet and the sleeves to be less puffy.  I do not like the steam because although it is atmospheric it distracts from the girl and is technically impossible for us to recreate.