film schedule- miss georgiou



Filming schedule


My group and I made a filming schedule to make us become more organised while filimg. The pschedule included the date and time, location, the conetent and action, the shot type, iconography, personnell and equipment. The schedule was helpful as it helped us stay organised and knew what we was doing while filming, what we needed and how long it would roughly take. There was a few changes thoughout but not major.

Shot	Date & time	Location	Content /Action	Shot type & Duration	Costume/ hair/ make up	Iconography	Personnel	Equipment
1	3.12.2013	Purley Avenue Woodford	Victim and friend walking down the road.	Mid shot 8 seconds	Both victim and friend in normal clothing, showing that anything will be unexpected.	N/A	Actor, Camera person Location manager Props / make up / hair artist	camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card spotlights x3, light reflection boardDigital
2	3.12.2013	Purley Avenue Woodford	Victim begins to become paranoid and keeps looking behind and around surroundings.	Mid shot   8 seconds	Same as above	N/A	Actor, Camera person Location manager Props / make up / hair artist	camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card spotlights x3, light reflection boardDigital
3	3.12.2013	Purley Avenue Woodford	Victim and friend depart from eachother and victim begins to walk up garages.	Straight Cut 6 seconds	Same as above	N/A	Actor, Camera person Location manager Props / make up / hair artist	camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card spotlights x3, light reflection boardDigital
4	3.12.2013	Purley Avenue Woodford Garages	Victim sitting on her own and began to hear more voices and begins to become more paranoid.	Montage shot 5 seconds	In a long black coat  and jeans.		Actor, Camera person Location manager Props / make up / hair artist	camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card spotlights x3, light reflection boardDigital
5	3.12.2013	Purley Avenue Woodford   Garages	Victim sitting on the floor and beginning to hear more voices, and starts screaming banging her head.	straight shot 10 seconds	In a long black coat and jeans.		Actor, Camera person Location manager Props / make up / hair artist	camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card spotlights x3, light reflection boardDigital

risk assessment- Miss georgiou

The purpose of doing a risk assessment was so that myself and my group would be safe during filming and for no problems would occur. To insure that their were no dangers, and if so they was dealt with we created a risk assessment to know what to do if need be. To avoid these dangers and any hazards we came up with a prevention for each, although we did not have many.

Description of hazard                                                    How to prevent the hazard

Tripod falling over;                                                          Make sure it is on a flat surface at all times, 
                                                                                        and carefully balanced.


Dropping the camera ;                                                    Make sure while filing handheld scenes it is strapped over                                
                                                                                        our fingers, or while not filing placed in the bag correctly   
                                                                                        and secure.

Tripping on leads while filing ;                                        Place leads behind out of peoples way, or tape down.

Getting run over ;                                                           Be careful of your surroundings of where your filming.

inspirations-miss miller

Inspiration

Inspiration plays a vitol role before creating something as your imagination and being inspiered by someting is key for you to create a good idea, also it ensures you to have good ideas in the making of your narrative so you know you will end up with a good final piece. As you may have taken many ideas from films which already have a good rating from people, telling you that if you do something similar you should hopefully receive the same response. People take inspiration from all different kind of things, something that may had occurd or a film they may have watched. I have taken my inspiration from looking at a range off different films, taking insperation from sound, cinematography and other micro-elements.

Firstly i took my sound inspiration from looking at various different films, but especially from looking at wrong turn 4. In this a classic upbeat song is played while they are electrocuting someone, this is a contrapuntal sound and juxtaposition is used to allow the audience to understand that they are murderers and have mental issues. Also it creates a sick and twisted plot, creating it to be conventional to a thriller. From this it make me think of what sort of sound i would like in my own narrative, i liked the idea of the contrapuntal sound as this interests the audience and entrigs them as it is not what they expecting, causing them to look into the film further and make them unexpected to what will happen next. Causing them to be shocked and surprised and to also build suspense as they are unsure of what will happen next, making the film conventional to a thriller. As well as contrapuntal sound, non- diegetic and diegetic sounds are used throughout all films. This inspired me as i began to see how editing in sounds could cause the audience to see a whole different perspective of a film, due to sounds being more empathised it create a different emotional impact on the audience as they began to notice things that they wouldn't before due to it being editing in it created things to be worse or better then what they actually were.

Secondly I began to look at the camera shots taken in Saw. Various of different angles and shots were used for the correct shot to be taken, showing the audience what they need to see for them to understand the narrative and begin to interpret whats going to happen next. What i especially liked in saw is when they used timing of shots, slowing down a certain point in a scene to empathises what is happening so the audience are aware of what is most important. I found that this was a good idea as it cased the audience to be aware of what to watch out for during the film and were able to understand the vulnerable position the character was in. Which is why i want to use it in my own narrative as i found that it created a better relationship with the audience and the character as the audience were able to take more notice of what was happening to the character.

From looking at mama, a number of different thriller conventions were used which i took inspiration from for my own thriller. A montage shot was used, switching the main shot from the women to the girl back to the women. This created excitement and suspense where the two different shots were quickly juxtaposed together. From seeing this i will more then likely use it in my own thriller as it helped add excitement for the audience because of the chaos that was being created. 

From researching all these different films it has helped me alot to find my own ideas for my own narrative as it has inspired me to try different things. For example the contrapuntal sound in wrong turn 4 was unusual, and i would not of done it originally, but as i saw how well it worked there it inspired me to do it for myself, as well as included all different conventions to make the narrative conventional to a thriller.

Research into the history of thrillers-Miss Georgiou

A thriller Film is a genre that revolves around anticipation and suspense. The aim for Thrillers is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. The core of a thriller film is usually a problem for example an escape, a mission, or a mystery.  The tension with the problem is built on throughout the film and leads to a highly stressful climax. Over time the thriller genre has changed becoming more advanced, as they are now able to use more modern technology, making thriller films more popular and interesting.

1920s
 In 1922, one of the first thrillers ever made was Nosferatu. Made in March 1992 and directed by F.W.Murnau, based on a dracula the movie it was conventional to thriller as it was in silence. It having no sound is significant to making the film contribute to the thriller genre, as it helps create suspence, surprise and shock. Also it will cause the audience to be more involved in watching the film as they are focused on whats going to happen as they cant predict whats going to happen from the music. It being in silence means that Murnau had to base and rely on other thriller conventions to help make the film in the thriller genre.


1940s

During the 1940s the thriller industry began to increase, with more people being interested in this type of genre. In 1941, a thriller film called Suspicion was released. Based on a shy young English women marrying a man, then suspecting him of killing her. The director being Alfred hitchcock, tells us already that the film achieved a great response, receiving an oscar. The narrative helps us understand the thriller genre as it is stereotypical to a thriller, also being in black and white helps shows conventions to a typical thriller as shading and light is used to highlight pacific points that will help the audience understand what genre it is.


1980s

In the 1980s a thriller called 'Friday the 13th' was released. The narrative is based a group of teenagers who are brutally murdered individually when attempting to re-open a abandoned campground. This film took inspiration from The Last House On The Left, as the director, Sean S Cunningham, wanted the film to have shock suspense and surprise, like us taking inspiration from this film the director took his from others also, as this helps us understand thriller conventions further making us able to introduce them into our own.

2000

What lies beneath was released in 2000. Based on a story about a wife of a university research scientist believing that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost. But she is unsure if she is loosing her mind instead. It being the 2000's we can see a large difference from the thrillers now compared to one in the 1920s. This is because colour picture is now used making more conventions to a thriller being able to be used for example, hidden identity. Also it will be more advanced due to more modern technology being used.





 As we can see from the results in the table above the thriller genre appeal to a wide audience, making it populer and an ideal genre to use when makingh a film as its more then likely that it will recieve a good response.

 From researching into thriller films over the past generations i have founhd which are bvest thriller conventions to use, as i have been able to see what looks best depending on the narrative. Also i have been able to see how other the use modern technology have allowed thriller films to become more popular due to them being more realistic.

Group Storyboards- Miss Miller

The making of our group story board was that we all put together our individual ideas with it resulting in a final idea. We looked at eachothers indeas and incorparted each of our on ideas together, changing and imporiving them until we was left with a final result.

From having a discussing each member of my group, Blessing james and I all contributed in putting our own ideas together to make our narrative the best it can be and making it appeal to all audiences. We each looked at different films and too inspiration from this in order to make our own.

As a group we included all typs of thriller conventions, for example our victim is going to be inj a deserted location using low key lighting from lamposts, and our victim will be a younf female blonde as this is sterotypical to a thriller, so it will allow our audience to understand the genre which the film sits in.

By our group planning our story board together each of us were able to intorudce our own ideas to each group member and were able to be organised to end up filming our narrrative. Also us putting all of our ideas together allowed us to have the bests of all three to hopefully make a good narrative, as we would waste less time on our own making mistakes.

Production Roles-Miss Miller

Production roles are a key part in being organised in making a film.People who are involved in the film will be allocated with numerous different job roles which will help them contribute to the ending of the final piece. The job roles with are allocated are made to help either edit the final product or help in the making of the on-screen image. The main roles used within the making of a film is the producer, MES co-ordiantors, the director, the camera man, and music producers. Each of these roles are vital in making a film sucessfull.

As a group we decided who would be best at doing what to help contribute in the making of the film, this resulted in each of us having a role which we would do best at in helping contribute to the making of our opening sequence.

Firstly we picked who would be the director, this is who Directs the film and gives out orders to all other members of the the team, for example the cast and camermen. All people who ate contributing in to help make the film. We decided that all of us will play our as the Director as we believed that as we are all working as a team we will be able to keep organised the most and help us sucessfully create an opening sequence, although in the making of the film, myself played most directing role in telling people what to do.

Secondly there is an camera man, james will play this role as he seemed to understand how to work the camera best knowing what angle would be best to place the actors in and to shoot from. So from, this we decided that it would be best for him to take this role as it would benefit our opening sequence. The job of the camera man is to film the narrative and understand what angle is best to portray what the director wants the audience to see.

We then have the actors and actress'. Amber Smith and Elis Gultekin played a role in a film, Amber being the one who begins hearing things and Elis being Ambers friend. The job of an actor is the main part of the film as they portray an character the audience understand which helps the film begin its narrative and introduce the genre the narrative holds. The characters role is watched over by the director and is frequently told what to do and how to do it.

The music producer, looks at the narrative and will understand where is best to edit in effects and music. Blessing will take this role as she is strongly interested init and has taken many inspieration from other films. The music producer will have to find the best effects and use them at the right part of the narrative to help emphisis key parts in order to make the audience understand the film further and for the narrative to create shock suspence and surprise.
The job I also was given was the MES co-ordinater. My role was to prepare things such as the iconography, the constumes, lighting as well as where the film was set. For this i watcheed a number of films to understand what best portrays what my actor in the film should look like, also what the setting should be in order for the audience to understand the narrative and for it to create engima.

James will also play the job of the editor. The editors role is to produce the final product of the film. They have to edit all the shots that have been taken and place them together in order for it to create the opening sequence. Not only this but they have to introduce the sounds which the music producer has foumd and be on time so that the director can run other what they have produced and then produce it to an audience.