Lylas Consent Form

This is Lylas consent form with permission from a parent/guardian to perform in our film opening as she is under 18 and therefore a minor so needs permission to be in a publicly shown film. 

Scarletts Consent Form

This is Scarletts consent form with permission from a parent/guardian to perform in our film opening as she is under 18 and therefore a minor so needs permission to be in a publicly shown film. 

BBFC Rating

To make our film opening as realistic and professional as possible we had to decide on a BBFC approved age rating for our film to help us create a well made professional film opening. After looking at what we planned for our film and the different specifications of different age ratings we decided that a '12' would be the most appropriate for our film as this is right for our target audience but doesn't close off to many other viewers as well as this our film doesn't go against anything in the rules for this age rating so would be acceptable for someone of this age and above to watch it.

12A/12 – Suitable for 12 years and over

Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. Adults planning to take a child under 12 to view a 12A film should consider whether the film is suitable for that child. To help them decide, we recommend that they check the BBFC insight for that film in advance. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a 12 rated video work.

Discrimination: Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly condemned.

Drugs: Misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or give instructional detail.

Imitable Behavior: No promotion of potentially dangerous behaviour which children are likely to copy. No glamorisation of realistic or easily accessible weapons such as knives. No endorsement of anti-social behaviour.

Language: There may be moderate language. Strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification.

Nudity: There may be nudity, but in a sexual context it must be brief and discreet.

Sex: Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Moderate sex references are permitted, but frequent crude references are unlikely to be acceptable.

Threat: There may be moderate physical and psychological threat and horror sequences. Although some scenes may be disturbing, the overall tone should not be. Horror sequences should not be frequent or sustained.

Violence: There may be moderate violence but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and its depiction must be justified by context.

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/12a-and-12

Storyboard

Shots 1 - 6

               Shots 7 - 12

Shots 13 - 18

             Shots 19 - 22

Test Shoot Time - Lapse

This is a time lapse we made of us filming our test shots so that we have evidence of us filming and can also help us to see how we did it when we come to filming our actual filming.

Title Ideas

'Before your very eyes'

These are our initial ideas for our Title. We liked the idea of using 2 words, with ‘the’ in front as this was different from a lot of other films. However, after doing research into adjectives related to our film nothing made sense and the few that did sounded right because they were already the name of a film. We then decided to try and find a link to ‘eyes’ as this was a focal point of our film opening. We researched phrases and words linked to eyes, especially in other languages such as latin. Eventually we narrowed it down to “Before your very eyes” and “All eyes on you”. We then asked everyone in our class which they believed sounded best and then result of this survey was that “Before your very eyes” was more suitable. So that became the name of our film.

Shooting Script

Shooting Script 

0. INT Bath – Evening 

Woman sits in bath, still, arms resting on the side of bath. Long shot of full bath. Dripping sound towards end.


1. INT Bathroom – Evening

Close up of the tap at the end of the math. No movement but the edge of the bath is seen. No dripping yet. Cut in to next shot.


2. INT. Bathroom – Evening

Extreme close up of tap at end of bath. Dripping water from tap.


3. INT. Bathroom – Evening 

Panned extreme close up moving from left to right. No movement of object. Motif enters quietly


4. INT. Bath – Evening

Long shot of bath showing girl sliding into the water. Motif continues, Cut straights to next shot


5. INT. Bathroom – Evening 

Close up of hand on side of bath. Hand slides into bath leaving blood smudge. Sound is motif and dripping.


6. INT. Bathroom – Evening

Medium- establishing shot of a still of clothes. Motif continues. Cuts in to next shot.


7. INT. Bathroom – Evening 

Close up still shot of label on item of clothing which has credit on.


8. INT. Bath - Evening

Medium close-up of actor going under water. Shot taken from overhead. Motif gets muffled as if also underwater


9. INT. Bathroom – Evening 

Medium still shot of small round mirror, showing name written in condensation. Motif continues with dripping sound


10. INT. Bath – Evening 

Medium shot of woman in bath – as still as possible. Motif continues and dripping but muffled as she is underwater . Straight cut to next shot


11. INT. Bathroom- Evening 

Time- lapse medium shot of the sink as the paper dissolves into the sink. The motif continues.


12. INT. Bath- Evening

Medium shot of woman in bath breather bubbles after 5 sec. Muffled dripping and bath water noises


13. INT. Bathroom- Evening

Close up still image of fallen over shampoo bottle leading to label on the bottle. Motif without accompaniment


14. INT. Bath- Evening

Medium shot of woman in bath breathes out bubbles, muffled bath noises


15. INT. Bath- Evening

Medium shot of still image, slightly distorted with motif with accompaniment


16. INT. Bath- Evening

Medium shot with woman starts to emerge from water with loud dripping


17. INT. Bathroom- Evening

Long establishing shot which consists of slightly distorted still image, loud dripping with soft motif


18. INT. Bath- Evening

Close up of woman in bath were woman comes up and breathes with a loud high-pitched ringing. Jump cut to


19. INT. Bath- Evening

Extreme close up of eyes opening. Dripping sound continues, fading into a ringing.

Test Shots

This is an iMovie of all the test shots we have done in preparation for filming our final opening scene. We tested different lighting, camera angles and shots and came to a decision of what is best for each key moment in our opening. Although some shots are not completely perfect at this stage this has made it easier for us when filming and has reassured us that what we planned for our piece is possible and effective.

Costume, Props + Makeup

Planning Sheet

Prop List - Scarlett (Prezi)

Bar of soap - £2

Mirror (scarlett bring)

Clothes (everyone bring couple of items)

Fake blood- £3

Contact lenses -£20

Basket (alex already has)

Shampoo bottles, bathroom items (alex has)

Costume and Make up - Scarlett (Prezi)

Swimming costume  (strapless bikini and shorts)

Pale foundation 

Light coloured eyebrow pencil

Mascara 

Dark eyeshadow 

Mascara

Location scouting 

Compare two locations , annotate good and bad

Analysis

Risk Assessment - Alex

Music + Script - Alex

Target Audience - Jasmine

16-30 years old 

Female / couples

Students / people at uni

Working middle class 

Western Europe

Annotations 

Animation for film company - Lotte

(silverline film)

4 designs 

Annotations 

Colours used and why

Animation ideas

MEET ON 15^TH JAN evening

£6 EACH FOR PROPS

Sound

This is all the sound we used throughout our film opening. All the music is copyright free or has been created by us on Garageband or iMovie. 

History of thriller genre

This is a spider diagram of ideas about the history of the thriller genre split into four different sections, 1920s - 1930s, 1950s, Alfred Hitchcock and Key changes.

Halloween opening analysis

After deciding to make our film opening in the thriller genre we decided to analyse some famous thriller/horror film openings to get a feeling of how the tension builds in professionally made films so that we could use this to influence our film opening and therefore help to make it as professional as possible and in a way that will successfully attract our audience just as these world renowned films have. The film that we most successfully analysed and found out useful information from was 'Halloween'. This is a tension diagram I created to help analyse it. This helped to us to realise that tension should build throughout the opening, with the most intense moment towards the end, we shouldn't go straight in with an intense moment or the audience will get bored and there will be nothing to surprise and attract them. We used this knowledge in our final film opening.

Risk Assessment

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and photographer who was born in 1928 and died in 1999. He is often thought of as being one of the greatest and most influential directors in all of cinematic history. He is most famous for his horror/thriller film “the Shining” as well as “Clockwork Orange”, “Lolita” and many other famous and incredible films. He inmost well known for his work in the horror genre which is why I wanted to do research in to him and his films (especially The Shining) as they are pieces of work that we could be greatly influenced by for our film opening as they are extremely effective uses of the horror genre and iconography. His work was nominated for many Oscars and BAFTAs over his career as well as winning one oscar and 3 BAFTAs which shows how popular and well made his work was. 

“If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.”

“Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.”

9 Frame analysis of 'The Shining'

9 frame analysis of 'The Shining'

(from Art of the Title)

This film opening is extremely famous and extremely effective. The aerial shot helps to perfectly show the setting and the juxtaposition between the setting and the atmosphere of the film to help give a horror vibe. This opening really emphasises the importance of music. The scenery on its own is beautiful and idealistic; not really a horror film. But with the eerie music playing over the top there is a whole new atmosphere to it that is really quite terrifying. This is something we should consider using in our film opening. These 9 frames show that (even though it would have been hard to film) a simple opening of not many different shot types and settings can in fact be very effective and memorable.

Iconography

This is a collage made up of images I found that represent the iconography of the thriller/horror genre. It is clear from this research that there are several themes throughout this iconography such as shadows, darkness and blood. I think this is what people associated with the genre and it would be good for us to include this in our film opening so that people make the immediate connection to the horror/thriller genre.

Target Audience

This is our target audience, we thought that this would be the main group of people who would want to watch our film and we have aimed it towards this group, however anyone over the age of 15 would be able to watch and enjoy it. We thought she would work in an office and have a simple hobby like exercise as this would make her want to watch an exciting thriller/ horror film as other activities in her life are quite boring.

Actor profile - Scarlett

This is our profile of our chosen actress for our film opening.

Location Scouting

9 frame analysis of "Gone Girl" opening

Gone girl analysis 

(From Art of the Title)

For my next 9 frame analysis I decided to analyse a film opening from the thriller genre rather than the horror genre as our opening is somewhere between the two so I wanted to get ideas from both of them. This opening is very effective in building the mood due to the dark and ominous lighting. The juxtaposition between the everyday suburban setting and the dark lighting gives it and eerie effect that is used in horror films too However, this is a lot more subtle and tension is more important here to build the atmosphere which I think is a very good idea that we should use in our piece. However, this opening doesn't use integrated credits unlike our opening so unfortunately we cannot use any ideas from their style of credits. Whilst very effective here it would not working our piece as there is less movement in ours. 

Audience Expectations - Thriller Genre

To further understand what we should include in our film opening to make it comply with the codes and conventions of the thriller genre and therefore attract and address the needs of our target audience I did some research into what is thought to be the expectations of our audience when it comes to the thriller genre. I found a website where some one had done similar research, this is what they found:

"Thriller is a popular genre for film within mainly young adults aged 18-25. This is because people this age are usually drawn in by the intense storylines and graphic action, which is commonly seen within the thriller genre. Unravelling the narrative as it plays out in the film, and working it out whilst watching the films attracts older audiences them to this specific genre.

However, the different sub genres of the thriller genre appeal to different ages and audiences. For example, action thrillers appeal to a more male dominated audience aged around 15-30 as they’re drawn in the by the action and fast paced edits/camera angles, whereas a more female dominated audience would be attracted to romantic thrillers such as Wicker Park. This is because they can relate the characters and storylines within the film. For example, psychological/crime thrillers such as Silence of the Lambs, Dream House, American Psycho and Fatal Attraction attract a mainly male dominated audience of the typical young adult age. This is because they’re drawn in by the conventional male leads, and can relate certain characters to people they know or even themselves, connecting and engaging the audience with the film/characters (both protagonists and antagonists). This male age range is also drawn into the action aspect of the crime thrillers.  However, films that are supernatural thrillers (e.g. The Rite and The Others) appeal to more teenage – young adult female audiences, who are attracted by the ‘scare factor’ and possibly they will get scared or slightly affected by the film. 

Target audiences also expect to be thrilled and left on the edge of their seats by thriller films. A thriller film is deemed successful if it manages to achieve this. An example of a thriller managing to have this effect on the audience would be in thriller film Dream House starring Daniel Craig. This manages to leave the audience on the edge of their seats with the scene in the house, where Daniel’s character is fighting the antagonist. The audience are left watching in suspense to see if this character they’ve watched develop manages to overcome the one who is against him. 

The audience also expects to be engaged with the characters and the storyline. The characters as they’re usually developed and have their own stories which are revealed to the audience, and the storylines because they involve the audience as they have to figure out the storyline along with the characters and unravel it themselves, which makes them want to watch more. In our own film opening sequence, we will do this by having our main character walking down the street with someone following her the whole way in the background without her knowing. Then, at the end she’s about to enter her house, he captures her, then that will be the end of the opening sequence. This will appeal and engage the audience as they will not know what will happen to her, unless they watched the whole film."

This is the link to the website where I found this information:

https://40thriller2013.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/target-audience-expectations/

"what lies beneath" - Evaluation

This clip is extremely useful to us as the opening shot (the medium shot of the whole bath length ways) and several throughout are the exact shots we want to use in our opening and in a similar style bath to the one we have chosen to shoot in. This shows us that what we plan to do is possible and in fact is very effective. Once again the use of water adds lots of tension to the scene and helps to convey that this is a film of the thriller genre just like our film. The sound of the running water is also helpful to us as it is very effective and adds tension to the atmosphere as its very fast and dramatic, we planned on using a slow dripping sound but this shows that we should test a faster water sound as it clearly builds tension here. Overall this is a very helpful clip to us and is a very effective use of water and a bath scene.

Saw - Evaluation

The use of water in this scene helps to convey the horror/thriller genre of this film which makes this clip very useful to us as this is also our genre. It helps to add to the frantic and tense atmosphere of this scene as at the beginning he is clearly drowning. The use of a bath is very effective in this scene as it is an everyday setting yet the use of the close up shot of his eyes opening underwater shows he is clearly not relaxed and this adds intensity to the scene. This is something we should consider in our film opening as it is very effective here and is a similar shot type to what we intend to use. It also includes the extreme close up idea shown in the previous clip. This is a very good clip for us to gather ideas from as it is the right genre and uses an actual bath like us instead of just the theme of water, however it does include a more dramatic rise from the water than us and a very different bath setting.

Radiohead - "No surprises" Evaluation

This music video effectively demonstrates the use of water. In this video, the water is slowly filling a tank so that once completely filled there is glass between the water and the camera so therefore gives a completely different effect to just filming water. This effect makes the already close up shot zoom in even more which effectively shows the characters face and therefore emotions. This is useful in this clip as it makes it more intense as you can see the distress in his face which you would be feeling as you drown and the relief once he can breathe again. Although it works very effectively in this clip, this would not work for us as we are filming someone in a bath and therefore would make no sense for there to be glass in front of the camera. However the extreme close up is something we should test as it adds a level of intensity to the scene.

Storyboard Animation

This is the animatic version of our storyboard, this will make it even easier for us when filming as we have an even better idea of what our film opening will look like as the timings are included too.