Everlasting Journey Shot List

Shot List for ‘EVERLASTING JOURNEY'

1. XXXXX Timer XXXXX
2. Medium shot of train going past on diagonal
3. Another medium shot of train going past from straight on view (added title)
4. Medium close up from behind murderers ankles as train is continuing to move past
5. Wide angle long shot of train doors opening to reveal main character inside
6. Extreme close up of forehead wound
7. Wide angle medium shot of girl on train continued
8. Extreme close up of girls eye bruise
9. Wide angle medium shot of train doors closing to hide the girl
10. Close up of girls mouth and nose as she mouths the words ‘help me’
11. XXXXX Timer XXXXX
12. High angle/birds eye view shot of murderers feet as they are walking along platform
13. Medium shot (from behind) from waist down of murderer walking
14. Cut back to high angle/birds eye view shot of murderers feet as they are walking along platform
15. Medium shot of girl struggling
16. Back to shot of murderers feet walking which pans up to reveal the girl attached to the sign
17. Close up profile shot of girl breathing
18. Close up of wrists and wounds
19. Long shot of girls position on platform
20. Medium profile shot of girl screaming (part 1)
21. Close up of girls forehead wound
22. Medium profile shot of girl screaming (part 2)
23. XXXXX Timer XXXXX
24. High angle medium shot of murderer walking
25. Extreme close up shot blood on hands holding petrol can (Murderer)
26. Repeat high angle medium shot of murderer walking
27. Extreme close up shot blood on hands holding black rope (Murderer)
28. Repeat high angle medium shot of murderer walking
29. Medium tracking shot over the shoulder of murderer
30.  Repeat high angle medium shot of murderer walking
31. Panning shot of murderers feet close to the edge of tracks
32. Match on action shot of murderer dropping petrol can
33. XXXXX Timer XXXXX
34. Eye level shot looking through at victim lying on the floor
35. Medium shot with shallow focus on victims phone
36. Repeat distorted window shot showing victim
37. Short cut of blurred phone
38. Extreme close up of victims phone showing message
39. Medium to close up shot of the legs of the victim
40. Close up of victims corner of shoes and petrol hitting floor
41. High angle shot of victims legs and petrol can
42. Similar High angle, medium shot of victims legs covered in petrol
43. Repeat high angle shot of victims legs and petrol can
44. Canted angle of victims feet and the petrol can to show imbalance
45. Match on action shot  of murderer lighting flame
46. Medium, canted angle shot as the match hits the floor
47. Wide angle of flames
48. XXXXX Timer XXXXX
49. Tracking shot of victim boy running
50. Match on action of victim hitting sign as he runs past
51. Extreme close up of blood on sign
52. Tracking shot of boy running down the platform
53. Close up of victim panting (profile)
54. Medium tracking shot as victim runs up stairs
55. Close up of victim panting again and shows bruises
56. Low angle of victim running up the stairs
57. High angle looking down on victim running up the stairs
58. Close up of feet running past (tracking)
59. Medium shot as boy runs down stairs
60. Medium shot of legs as boy continues running down the stairs
61. Low angle shot looking up at boy running down the stairs
62. XXXXX Timer XXXXX
63. Another medium shot of train going past from straight on view
64. XXXXX Timer XXXXX
65. Close up of boys face as he is looking out (get surroundings in)
66. Medium shot tracking girls from behind
67. Medium shot of boys face as he is looking out (get surroundings in)
68. Medium shot tracking girls from behind
69. Medium close up tracking shot of girls shoulders up walking
70. Medium shot with shallow focus on boy then dee focus on girls walking towards them
71. Match on action medium shot of hug taking place
72. Train pulling in establishing shot
73. Long shot of characters getting on train
74. High angle shot capturing seating arrangements
75. Over the shoulder shot (in-between chairs) onto main victim girl

Filming Diary: Day 1

Filming Day: Day 1

Date: Sunday 15^th January

Location: Stoneleigh Station

On our first day of filming, we had most of the actors however one couldn’t make it. Therefore we worked around this issue and filmed as much as we could. We did lots of different shots, some of the same shots but at different angles so when it comes to editing we then have a choice on what angle of shot we want to use.

We decided to start filming at 16:00 as we needed to have a dark atmosphere. The makeup and costume were done beforehand this made the process of filming faster.

The first shot was of one of the teenage girls tied up against the train station sign. Then another shot we did was having a girl on the train when she’s dying and the train doors open. For this the actor and one of us had to get on the train and go to Ewell West, to then change train and come back. This took a while as there was a wait for the next train. Once the train stopped at Stoneleigh the actor acted, then had to go to Worcester Park to change train again to come back as there wasn’t enough time to get off the train after the shot was done. As a group we decided not to repeat the shot as it was very time consuming. We were very lucky to get the shot first time.

After this we go a lot of running shots. Some makeup had to be redone as the rain was making it peel off. This was a problem as this too was time consuming. Throughout the afternoon, the sky got darker so this created more of an atmosphere for our filming.

Below is a shot video to show what we got up to on the day. 

How am I going to use the technical elements to create tension and enigma codes?

Lighting: Lighting is important for the horror genre. Low key lighting is one of the main codes and conventions for horror because it creates tension and puts the audience on edge. The audience are unable to visualise the whole scene and often this creates mystery and suspense. Within the filming we had to make sure the lighting was dark enough to create a tense atmosphere. We used torches to illuminate one of the actors. This causes the audience to focus on this character and realise that she is a main protagonist. They may feel nervous for her safety as she, like themselves, are unable to visualise the outside location from the train. This emphasised that she is alone, vulnerable and trapped on the train.

Characters:
The female protagonists emphasis the stereotypes of girls being vulnerable and needing help, and to be saved by men. The characters being scared of the murderer show that he has authority over them, this makes them susceptible to danger. The characters, being teenagers, are portrayed as stereotypical as they get into trouble and they can’t sort it out on their own. This shows that they’re not as grown up as they thought they were.

Props:
Using the props makes the opening two minutes seem more realistic. The petrol can when it is first shown will create an enigma as the audience wouldn’t know what the petrol will be used for therefore they’d have to guess. The rope and makeup put together makes it too, look more realistic as it looks like the rope has done damage to the girl when she is shown.

Mise-en-Scene:
So we capture the setting and location of our opening, we have got shots of the train pulling into the station, also, some of the shots that we’ve filmed has the name of the train station in it. To create enigma we will use different shots to make the audience wonder how a station could be used to torture/ harm the characters. We then will reveal it in other shots, this will end the audience’s questioning.

Animatic Storyboard Evaluation

In our animatic story board, we tried to use as many different shots as possible to create tension, also to make the audience feel as if they’re there and part of it. We created an enigma code by changing the storyline from starting at the end of the night to cut to the beginning of the night. This creates an enigma code as the audience won’t know why the story has suddenly changed, but also they’ll wonder what happens to the characters at the end.Our narrative has been established through the location of the film, as it also entwines with the title of our film, about and journey and we believed that a train was a good representation of it. The characters establish our narrative as they are relatable, and they’re most likely age to be going out at night. The props we use don’t only establish the narrative but also the genre as they are conventional props for a horror film.From making the animatic storyboard, we learnt that different shots would create different effects on the audience. We didn’t adjust the shot length because it was over a minute and all we wanted was to show the different shots not the timings of the shots. However, when we edit the actual footage the opening will fit 2 minutes.Our editing will be quick cuts as this is conventional in horror films, and we want to create a tense effect on the audience. These will be effective as through research we have found that this type of editing has created tension and has put many audiences on edge.

Production Company Title

Production Company Title:

There are many production companies already created. When creating our own production company, we had to make sure that it wasn’t too similar to other production companies out there. However, we could take inspiration and use that to create our own unique title.Some options for our production company name were:

• Boy next door films

• Millennium productions

• Cloud 9 production

• Glass films

Overall, we chose ‘Cloud 9’ for our company name. The definition on google for cloud 9 is ‘State of perfect happiness’ we choose this name as it contrasts with what the majority of films we will be producing (horror/thriller). We think that Cloud 9 can have an alternative meaning of all happiness will evidently come to an end. For the design of our production company logo, we will incorporate an image of a cloud made out of 9’s. We are going to put the cloud in white and the text below it in a pale blue. This will then change to the same cloud but with red text and a white lightning bolt too. The text will be on a black background. When this comes onto the screen there will be a lightning bolt sound to shock the audience. This also shows that the genre of the film is horror.


Below are the logos we designed.

Animatic Storyboard: 'Everlasting Journey' Opening 2 Minutes

Codes and conventions featured in our opening two minutes

Codes and conventions featured in our opening two minutes

Having researched around different genres at the beginning of the school year and understood the different features of them, we feel it would now be a good time to explain that we have learnt from our research and that this research has impacted our openings in a positive way.

Firstly, a very common feature of the horror genre is blood and gore. This appears a noticeable amount within our opening and the injuries of our characters is what creates fear for our audience as they are scary to look at. The blood appears on their clothing as well as the colour red being used a lot.

Secondly, low key lighting is a main feature of horror films as it links to fear of the unknown, darkness and night time, all things which our teenage audience may find unsettling. We filmed in our location whilst it was dark as it made the location look much more frightening.

Thirdly, the isolated location of a quiet train station in Surrey had the potential to be scary for a large number of our viewers as its always frightening being at a train station on your own at night. Furthermore, train stations could have connotations to death and suicide in the context of a movie due to the depiction that the media creates.

Fourthly, our use of creepy soundtrack and effects links to a typical horror film. After all, what’s a horror film without a blood curdling scream? The soundtrack that we chose also links to our title and story line which follows a stalker style series of events. We also included lots of enigma codes, including hiding the identity of the murderer.

To conclude, our horror opening is a classic mix of gore and creepy story and is inspired by a combination of the horror film market.

Costume and Props Research

Costume and Props Research

As a group we had to think about the props and costumes that we'd need to film. One factor we have to take into consideration was the type of clothing for two reasons: 1) We had to think about what teenagers would wear on a day out to London. And 2) We had to think that we'd use fake blood or red paint which could be messy and hard to get out of clothes.

We then did some research about types of clothing and we decided that for the two teenage girls they'd be in:

• Jeans
• Crop top
• Flannel Shirt
  

We decided the jeans as everyone would have them and they're typically part of a teenage outfit. The crop top was the same reason, then we could 'pre-ruin' them. The flannel shirt was because this is typical fashion and practically it would help keep them warm during filming. 

Then we decided for the two teenage boys that they'd be wearing:

• Jeans 
• Pale colour shirt

We needed a pale colour shirt because we needed the blood to be visible on the clothes. We then again wanted jeans as this is the fashion for teenagers now. 

For the props we will need dark black boots as when the doors open to the train we will see the dark black boots. We will also need a pretend knife so the killer can drop it which will show how he has injured and killed the victims. The clothing and knife will be covered in fake blood to show what it was used for too. Alongside this, we will need rope to show the victims have been tied. Petrol (we will use water) will also be a prop as this could be very dangerous otherwise to the actors.  

To keep the actors safe, we will make sure they feel comfortable before filming them, also if they’re tied up we won’t make the knots too tight. We will survey the filming area to make sure there are no hazards too. 

Stoneleigh Station Location Research

Stoneleigh Station Location Research

This is the video that we made at the location we will be filming at. The benefits of going to our location is that we could experiment with different shots and find out what worked and what didn't.

Adobe Tutorials

We decided to use the official help page for adobe to teach us the basics for our editing. This website was really useful as it was simple, easy to understand and allowed us to develop some key skills.

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/how-to/easy-video.html?playlist=/ccx/v1/collection/product/premiere-pro/segment/designer/explevel/beginner/applaunch/orientation/collection.ccx.js

The first video that we looked at was ‘importing footage’, this helped us gain our basic skills needed, because without this very basic technique we wouldn’t have anything to edit. Through importing we could bring onto the screen either a still image or a video clip. This will help us when it comes to editing as we will then be able to choose the exact bits of footage we need.

The second video was creating a sequence. After importing this will help us move the footage we have into different places. From here we can choose what goes where, and for how long. The timeline will then be set for us to edit any further if needed.

Adding the title was the next video. This showed us how to get text, change the font and the colour. This is good because then we will be able to adapt the font quite easily and adjust the place.

The audio to our film is very important, this is the next video; ‘add and adjust audio’ was key. The audio is what will help create suspense in our opening two minutes therefore watching the video was very important.

‘Exporting to Youtube’, this was the final video. Once we had all the basic skill and techniques. The last thing we needed to do was to upload it to Youtube so then we could put it on our blogs. This was quite simple to do but we had to save it first.

Overall, the easy video tutorials were very helpful as they informed us on the simple techniques we’d use. This website has advanced videos too that we could watch if we wanted to change our opening two minutes at all.

Jan 2017 Media To-Do List

Jan 2017 Media To-Do List

 

Katie

 

• Relevant Online Tutorials (on filming and editing) watched and commented on (At least 2 posts)

• Diary of filming and editing
• Costume and prop research

 

 

 

Eloise

 

• Film at Stoneleigh Station
• Practising different shots to see what will work in our film and what wont work.

• Complete Storyboard

 

 

 

Gemma

 

• Film at Stoneleigh Station
• Practising different shots to see what will work in our film and what wont work.

• Edit Eloise’s storyboard into an animation and upload to youtube and blogger

 

Researching Adobe Premiere Pro Software

Style:

We have decided that we will probably use red font colour to promote blood with a shadow of white which creates a mysterious atmosphere. At the moment this is just an idea as we are still researching around the different fonts that we can get. We know for definite that our actors will be in a smaller, more discrete font than the distributor, producer, director etc. We have an example of one of our actors fonts and colour choice.

Transitions:

We have decided to practise using this adobe software so that we can prepare our title sequence and get used to the idea of using this program. The title transitions that we have liked so far are 'doors' which can be found under the section 3D motion. It would be ideal for us to use when the doors of the train are shutting, especially if we could synchronise them together. We also liked 'barn doors' which could be found under the section wipe. It would be really good to use when the doors are opening. The transition 'split' would also be good to use during the footage of the doors.

 

Horror Opening Title Analysis

Se7en:

This opening title sequence begins with a close up shot of a ticking barometer (time keeper) followed by another close up shot of a notebook and credits layed over. There is shallow focus to hide the identity of the hand moving. The sound of ticking builds tension and an enigma code. This enforces the idea of there being some sort of time pressure in the story. The first two titles are the production companies name and the producer. They are written in block capitals which distances them from the actual film. The actors are written in handwriting as the titles fonts to show realism of the psychotic character and their involvement and relationship with the film. The handwriting is flickering and moving from side to side which creates a feeling of disturbance, and also emphasis' the fact that the killer can’t be caught. The movies killer is shown shaving off his finger prints and looking through disturbing photos to introduce the horror genre. There is also a use of the colour red which shows links to blood, anger and is a convention of the horror genre. There is also a use of CCTV which introduces a stalker story atmosphere as the killer has been following the whereabouts of his victims. There is a clip of him crossing out the eyes of a photographed man which could be a visual metaphor for their death. Less important actors or people involved in the film (e.g. the editor) appear later in handwriting over the top of similar visuals that we have seen already. The ending is the non-diegetic music stopping and ending suddenly. It had an eerie effect throughout to add drama and an enigma code for the audience.

Dawn of the Dead:

The initial thing seen by the audience is the name of the production company written across the screen. It is written in red and then the writing trickles away like blood. This shows the codes and conventions of the horror genre immediately. There is then a wide shot of a mass group of people who all appear to be praying at the same time. This links to the way in which a group of people could follow a leader and are potentially brainwashed to commit acts. Another production company is then shown on the screen in capitals before it also runs away. The red colour connotes to death and anger. There is then three very quick creepy clips which are edited together very fast to build tension and shocks the audience as they are unable to see what they are. This builds up tension to at last the title appearing very large on the screen in mainly capital letters. There continues to be creepy shots of zombie like creatures on the screen. Over the top of this there is a voiceover taken from a news report which runs alongside the sound of a heart beat speeding up gradually. The effect of the voiceover is that it makes it feel very realistic as all the viewers will have heard a news report like it before. Secondly, the sound of a heart beat connotes the feeling of worry and anticipation so creates an enigma code for the audience. A non diegetic song starts playing over a montage of clips from a tv news broadcast and are edited together with the loud noise of an old TV changing channel. The main colours in the clips used are black, white and red. This demonstrates the conventions of horror genre. The diegetic sounds of screaming and sirens can be heard and create a feeling of fear. Lastly, all of the additional sounds and video are stopped and it ends on a creepy voice crackling in and out. The lack of a visual means the audience focus on the words being said and suggests it has more importance than initially anticipated.

Opening Titles Research

Opening Titles

What different ways can titles be presented?

• Titles accompanied by still image
• Effect over titles
• Titles accompanied with a series of moving images or over the top of action
• Titles built around animation or motion graphic
• Black and white titles

Find out the order of titles in the horror genre…This sometimes varies where the director may be followed by main actors or vice versa. This is because they may be a unique selling point of the film. Other titles include costume designer, screenplay writer, producer, makeup and any other key people involved in the making and producing of the film.

-director

-producer

-title

-actor

Catch me if you can:

1. Storyline is summed up through animation
2. Cleverly uses lines to create effect
3. Presents some sort of chase
4. A list actors names came before title of the film
5. Less important people e.g. production designer are mentioned later
6. Directors name is mentioned twice to emphasis importance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nv2S_S9MlU