Storyboard - The POST-IT version!

This is our initial method of storyboarding, we used post-it notes to draw the pictures on and then move around. This made it much more flexible when we were making the storyboard. We drew all the pictures for the post-its then arranged them how we wanted. This meant we could see what shots we had and what shot types we were missing and whether we needed any cutaways in between certain shots.

Made it MUCH easier to draw out the final version of the storyboard!

Audience Screening

Audience Screening is booked for Monday lunchtime 12:45-1:05 and is being promoted via facebook!

Hello again!

We're back.

Christmas was great.

Shaun is still ill.

The rest of us are fine.

Shaun is still showing lots of group commitment so everything is good and we are ready to go again!

Title: Final Result

We have decided to go with the title, RESERVATION, as it looks good on the sequence.

Please call 0800-I-KILL to make your reservation with us...

Re-Re-Shoot

Shooting Schedule
Date: 16/12/08
Day: Tuesday
Time: 12.30 + (school finishes at 12.30)
Location: Latymer School Basement
Actors: Matt & Rob

Same old, same old...
hopefully the last!

Sounds

We managed to find some realistic free soundclips from http://www.soundsnap.com/.

We got a light buzzing sound for our first clip, a faint dripping water sound that can be turned up on the dripping water clip, a man screaming in pain for when Matt walks past a new victim and a general scary background sound full of bangs and echoes.

Jack

Fonts

After looking at a large selection of fonts, on http://www.1001freefonts.com/ , we narrowed down our options to:

We chose these because they all seemed fairly sinister with 'Barbed Type' being similar to the 'Twisted Pictures' logo who make the 'Saw' films. In the end though, we decided we didnt want to be too similar to saw as our film is more of a thriller than an all-out gorey horror movie. The font we decided to go with in the end was '1942 Report' as this font look sort of old and dingey, much like the set for our sequence. It's also quite out-of-line with parts seeming to be uneven which accentuates the unnerving feel of the sequence altogether.

Jack

Music

After talking to one of the other groups, they said they had found a website which was good for copyright-free music. http://www.freeplaymusic.com/. We decided to have a look and see if we could come up with some music that would be appropriate for our sequence. After TRAWLING through the TONNES of music they have on this site, we narrowed it down to a few tracks:

• Darkstar
• Drones
• The Platform
• Stardust Collector

Eventually, we decided on 'The Platform' as we thought it would be a good track to edit to with some loud, abrupt sounds and mysterious feel. We felt it reflects our entire sequence with the victim being tied up and gagged, not knowing where he is and the entire set being very mysterious and the 'killer'/'kidnapper' having some sudden mood swings that we could use to edit to. We're also going to capture some sound effects in our next shoot. Sounds like dripping water, chains, the hand banging on the door etc.

Jack

Problems with the re-shoot

Due to Rob being incredibly unreliable, we now have to find another actor to play the victim in this sequence. Kris has said that he will do it if we can't find anyone else.

Note: Rob is unreliable!

Jack

For Shaun

Yeah thats fine, in this lesson we are just going to finalise a few things, i doubt there will be many changes to whats happening tomorrow apart from the fact I (Kris) have an ortho appointment tomorrow afternoon but will be back for about 4:15-ish (brace-less!!!). However, I will help set up during free period 6. Other than that the only issues are that Matt may or may not be able to act, so if he can't one of us 3 might have to... and we still need some sort of jacket or coat for the killer. Everything else is taken care of.

Kris & Jack

Storyboard

Jack (and Shaun did a bit of drawing!)

How to make BLOOD!

Need:
Corn Syrup
Red Food Colouring
Blue Food Colouring
Flour

Step 1

Measure 1/8 of a cup of corn syrup into a small bowl or measuring cup. You may use light or dark corn syrup, but light corn syrup may require a bit more food coloring.

Step2

Add about 20 drops of red food coloring to the corn syrup and stir well. If you are going for a nonrealistic, super gory fake blood effect, bright red may be just what you are looking for to complement your monster makeup. If you are going for a more realistic look, add blue food coloring one drop at a time until you reach your desired shade.

Step3

Thicken your fake blood for easier application by adding about 1 tsp. of sifted white flour. Stir the mixture as well as possible and let sit for 10 minutes. After the mixture has set and thickened a bit, the extra flour will float on top where you can easily remove the clumps. Adding flour will also make your fake blood less transparent and more realistic.

This tutorial was taken from http://www.ehow.com/how_2191800_make-fake-movie-blood.html

Jack

How to make Wounds - Indy Mogul

I was doing some research on how to create realistic wound effects on the internet and I found the site http://www.indymogul.com/ it's really helpful with trying to make convincing effects on a low budget. It's easy to get hold of the materials they use too. Some of the tutorials on this site are very big-scale like making a 'swamp monster' costume or doing things for Sci-Fi movies so it takes a while to sift through that but there is a lot of interesting things to do such as decpitating someone or ripping their heart out if we were creating an extremely gorey horror movie.

Jack

Character Appearances

Victim 1
Plain white t, jeans, trainers, black eye using make up, messy hair, water on face for tears/sweat

Victim 2
White shirt, jeans, trainers, covered in fake blood

Victim 3
Doesn't matter just dark clothing

Killer
Dark trench coat, black boots, black jeans/trousers, gloves?

Jack

More Influences

This is a scene of Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings 2'. He is having an argument with his other side, Smeagle, because he is a schizophrenic. The scene uses shot/reverse shot on the same character to make it look like two characters talking to each other, when really it is the same character. We hope to achieve the same technique for our character who could be a schizophrenic arguing between his good and bad side.

Jack

Test Shoot Times

Possible Times:
Monday 24th Nov: Inset day 9-5
Tuesday 25th Nov: 4-8 half shoot
Friday 21st Nov: 4-8 half shoot

We decided to shoot on the 24th November.

Jack

The Masterplan

Our Shooting/Location Plan

At some point next week (17th-21st November) we plan to ask for school permission to use the school basement for test shooting on Friday 21st November, and real shooting the following two Fridays - 28th November and 5th December. We will ask the school caretakers and if necessary, the school office.

If successful we will use the following dates, using the test shoot as a 'location reccie' (or doing this another week day night that week).

If unsuccessful we will use our inset day (24th November) as a 'location reccie' for our other 2 locations in Chingford near to where we all live, and also as a test shoot. We would have to sort out dates and times to shoot for the following 2 weekends, using the preferred location from the test shoot.

Jack

Location Reccie

Location Reccie - Basement

For this location we thought we could have someone tied up after being abducted. I think this is a good location as it is easy to control the lighting because there's no outside light so we could make it dark easily. The wires and what seems like pipes could easily be the source of some sound effects we could add on like dripping water or the sound of electricity sparking. We would obviously move all the things in the middle of the room and put a chair there instead where they could be tied up by themselves. The rubble is also quite good as it gives it a very disused feel. The black wall behind where the chair would be is also quite useful as it accentuates the actual character.

Jack