Shot list - GP,SL,EA

Shot list of Dream Sequence:

Shot list of morning sequence:

Shot list of Travel Sequence: 

Shot	Cut	Type	Visual Content	Sound	Lighting/Colour	Characters	Time
1	Tilt down, fast pan	Match on action	Leaving house, mid shot of door.	Door opening, footsteps	Morning light, dull,	Margot
2	straight		Walking out of house gates		Dull misty	Margot
3	Straight Pan out		Walking down road, perpendicular to previous shot.	footsteps	Dull misty	Margot, public	5sec
4	Straight	Match on action	Her turning round the corner of her road	Cars, footsteps	Misty dull	Margot	3sec
5		Ankle shot	Her shoes walking from under a car	Footsteps	Dark	Margot	3sec
6		“	Different car	“	“	“	“
7		“	Different car	“	“	“	“
8	Straight	Midshot	She stops in front of garage door to check her bag	Footsteps	Misty	Margot	7sec
9		Behind shot	Margot walking up to the end of her road	Loud cars, footsteps	Lighter but still dull	Margot, public	4sec
10	Straight	Full body shot	Margot waiting for the bus from across the road	Loud cars, people talking	Dull day	Margot	3sec
11			Margot getting on the bus and looking for a seat shot from the same place as the last shot	Bus noises loud talking/cars	Dull day	Margot	4sec
12	Straight	Torso shot	Margot sitting down in the bus as if she is being watched, she puts earphones in.  eva in the background no focus on her.	Muted sound, her earphones playing the soundtrack	Light	Margot, eva	4sec
13	Fade, pan out	Torso shot	“ Margot startled, presses stop button gets up and walks down the isle. Camera turns away quickly	Still soundtrack, hear the stop button ping	Light	Margot,eva	3sec
14	Cut	Mid shot	Margot getting out of the bus from front on	Soundtrack	Lighter day	Margot	2sec
15	Cut and pan	Behind mid to full shot	Margot walking down  a street she pulls her hair back and loses an ear phone	Soundtrack dumbs down for a second while she puts the earphone back in	Light day	Margot	4sec
16	Cut	Midshot	Only the door at first but then margot enters the shot and stands in front for a second or two	Music cuts out when margot stands infront of the door	Light door, contrast with black door	Margot	4sec

Film Preparation, Location/Setting Analysis EA

The Tube:

Fulham Broadway was our ideal location for the transportation sequence because we would like to capture our character against a pale yellow wall for contrast. Moreover we can have shots of her on the tube itself, baring in mind we get permission to do so. Lighting may be a problem in the tube as in one of the shots we can see that it is covered, this means we must prepare to film there. Also we must avoid rush hour because it could cause continuity editing problems and sound problems.

The Streets:

The streets of fulham are good because they are near the house and park which is where most of the film will be taken. We will probably not need lighting if we do it early enough or on a well lit day, the ideal situation would be to have Margot's journey to the tube in the morning. There may be some small issues with this such as continuity edits and overcrowding during rush hour.

The Park:

We are currently moving into winter so we hope to get some shots while the autumn leaves are still up, the park will be the "backdrop" of our dream sequence. The only problems with the park may be sound or lighting, other than this we should be able to film without problems. Continuity editing should not need too much thought here however maybe cars in the background may move, so we should just be careful. 

The Bedroom:

This is the bedroom of margot, throughout this scene we will witness margot's home life, daily routine and her home. We hope to include as much detail as possible in her room so we can help express margot's personality and interests by perhaps showing small parts of the bedroom in detail, the only trouble with the bedroom is it is rather small but we may be able to use that to our advantage, make it seem cosy or perhaps add a claustrophobic feel to maybe foreshadow her mental deterioration later on. 

Locations SL, BP, EA

Tube Location - potential issues: people/ lack of permission/ lighting - dark during day in shots here

Issues on tube: lots of people/ lack of continuity/ noise / lack of permissions

Street Location - GP, SL, ES

Not a great location - too large/ too  many continuity issues / sound may be a concern and shots below are dark (4.30pm here)

Front of House - looks good - continuity issues as cars may change therefore must film all together. If night ...... need more lighting perhaps

Park Location - ES

4:00 pm on a sunny day, 

good location, not too crowded.

potential wind noise (check camera settings)

Bedroom Location - 

Potential issues with size however it may suit the feeling of claustrophobia. 

May need more shots of the house to help during the start when margot prepares her self in the morning.

As Margot wakes up, we will focus on small objects such as her pills - more clues to her mental state.

For the bedroom we wanted to have a mirror, as a shot of her reflection will symbolise the duality of her personality. We wanted her to be a curious and creative person nonetheless, and so her chaotic array of books and records tells the viewer something about her character.

Narrative EA

2 minute Introduction:

• We want to start with a small dream sequence - Margot, who is the main character will walk through a park in the morning, we hope to get mist and frosted grass. As she is walking she will see a womanlike figure of similar physical properties to Margot. This will help introduce Eva easily who is another important character as she becomes more key later in the film. However throughout this dream sequence we would like to make Eva as anonymous and ambiguous as possible without leading the audience into thinking that it is a dream. 
• From this dream sequence she will wake up, from here we can explore Margot's personal life and show the audience more about her. To do this we have a small sequence of her getting dressed and preparing herself for the day ahead, the lighting in this must be low key to keep the sense of dream around. Close up shots will make the audience feel closer to Margot and it will be a way of us introducing her in person and helping the audience familiarise themselves with her physical properties.
• We will start playing an ambient soundtrack as we film her doing her daily activities and travelling around town using public transport like the tube. Extreme long shots will be key in helping us portray the environment and her surroundings. In this section we would like to show the transition of location, the green suburban neighbourhood through to grey and gritty city, finally she will arrive at her therapist's building. 

The General Overview:

• Margot is an intelligent and fairly normal student, however this film is about her discovering her intense mental disorders. It begins when a distant family member, Eva comes to stay with them. Margot soon becomes obsessed with Eva and takes a tumble into the realms of psychotic disorders where we watch her relationship descend with her.

Style

Style and Tone

Dark tone with shadows - psychological thriller which depicts a two-faced character. Urban landscape - concrete jungle, gritty feel with images of such things as concrete underpasses and high-rise low grade concrete estate.

It is important to build a sense of nervous tension for the audience - through a range of devices such as sound (both atmospheric, diegetic and perhaps moments of silence). Perhaps some contrapuntal sound to jar with the images of dilapidation.

Vox pops

Vox Pops

Media audience survey results

What group are you in? The majority of the people who took my survey said that they were in the age group of 17 to 20, this means that our target audience will be in their late teens. What mental age do you think you have? The audience was also asked to specify where they thought they were mentally, most of which said they were mentally older than their actual age. This means that they are more mature and capable of dealing with more powerful concepts. Which race/ethnicity describes you best? From this question we deduced that about 85% of people who answered our survey were white/Caucasian. I don't feel that this should change the thriller I make however it should consider how people will react maybe to racism or they might prefer main characters of their own race.  If you live in London what borough do you live in? This can help us decide maybe where we'd want our thriller to be shown and it will also help us know maybe places we could reference in the film maybe to help create a connection with the audience. Popular Thrillers: Most of these films are psychological thrillers, this means that our target audience prefers psychological thrillers and I should consider making my film more psychological. Are you Male or Female?  From this we know that the target audience is female, this means that we should orientate the film around this, for example we could make the main character female or make more characters in the film female. Also we could consider how the female majority will react to good looking male actors. Finally we could include problems that females have to face more than men to help create a connection. What is your favorite type of thriller?  The psychological thriller is preferred over the other genres, this means that we are aiming our film at a possibly more intelligent audience who like to have their thriller make them think. Again this should mean I orientate my thriller towards being a psychological thriller with maybe some action. Final Target Audience: From this we can outline my target audience, a typical person who I would hope to engage would be white/caucasian female and between the age of 17 to 20. Another specification would be that they enjoy the psychological type of thriller, generally speaking the psychological type of thriller is preferred by an audience that believes that they have a higher mental age. This is proven by the results of the "what mental age do you think you have?" graph which tells us that people from 17-20 think they have a mental age of 21-25.  Finally, I would like to take into account where my target audience will be living. This determines where I would like to show my film and it also may mean that I need to change some of the content to best suit people who live in Southwark. A list of films that people like is always useful to me because it means I can watch what my audience wants to see and see it from their perspective, this means that I will understand what I need to involve in my production for them to be interested.

What I have learned so far

Storyboarding:

I have learned how storyboarding works and how storyboarding helps someone produce film. A storyboard is made similarly to a comic strip using the panel to panel format and can be drawn with stick figures as long as it annotates the film. Storyboards are used to show:

• Characters in the frame
•  Dialog
• camera angles 
• lighting
• Time between scenes

Filming:

I have learned that filming without a storyboard is tough and that filming requires more time than anticipated. Also you have to be careful as to small details like the camera being level and other things such as if you are entering a room be sure that the lights are on before you go in so in the next scene they don't just suddenly appear on. You need to speak up a lot if you are using the cameras to record sound or when editing the sound will be too quiet or muffled.

Editing:

I found that editing the film was easier than I thought but you needed to be very precise with the timing or your transactions will feel odd. Also you need to take note as to scene order, you can get it surprisingly back to front if you are not careful. Most of the commands using final cut pro were self explanatory however whenever I was stuck a friend could always quickly show me what to do.