Main Task - Location Permit

One of our locations are Boyn Hill Park so we called the council and ask for their permission. They then sent us an email back with consent.

 

Our other location was Furze Platt National Railway. First, we had called the council who then told us to call First Great Western. We didn't manage to get written consent to film there as we had called them 3 times and they didn't know who to call for permission. We then decided film there anyway as it is an open platform and was mostly empty at the times we were filming.

Main Task - Risk assessment

Production Title: What Lies Behind…	Production Date(s): 19/01/17                                    20/01/17
Group Members: Amaal Hussain, Siarah Rana, Hannah Nazir        & Kiran Yasin	Locations: Furze Platt Railway Station                    Punt Hill

Activity	Hazard	People who may be harmed	Property which may be damaged	Risk controls already in place	Risk assessment (low, moderate, high, extreme)	Likelihood of risk occurring (rare, unlikely, moderate, likely)	Further action required to prevent and control the risk
Weather	It could rain or storm which could damage the camera and you won’t be able to hear the dialogue clearly over the weather.	No-one	The Camera	Check the weather daily while it leads up to the day we’re filming.	Low	Moderate	If it comes by surprise, carry umbrellas.
Trains	Could be dangerous when the trains are passing and people could get hurt. They can also be really loud so it may cut off a bit of dialogue.	Anyone	Camera or props	Stay away from the trains when they’re passing and be sensible.	Extreme	Rare	Stay away from the tracks as a train could come at any time.
Train Station	People rush onto the trains, especially at peak times so people could fall and get hurt or a piece of property could get damaged.	Anyone	Camera	Don’t film at peak times so when people are coming home from work which is around 5-7pm.	Low	Moderate	Stay away from the platform when loads of people are exiting and film the scene we need to when it’s less busy.
Filming at train station	People may not realize we have permission to film there and may think we’re messing around so they could go and complain about us which means we won’t be able to film.	Our group and our actors/actresses.	None	Have the signed permit with us so that we have proof we can film there.	High	Unlikely	Try to film when not many people are near as many people might not want to be included in the film at all.

Main Task - Script

Antagonist - Toby

Friend 1 - Gabriella

Friend 2 - Alicia

Friend 3 - Maya

Friend 4 - Zara

Scene 1

Alicia – Today was such a good day, we should totally do this again.

Maya – Yes definitely!

Gabriella – The restaurant was really nice, I enjoyed the pizza.

Zara – Yeah it was alright, I wasn’t too keen on the food. Maybe we can try somewhere different next time.

Alicia – Yeah, I agree Zara.

Maya – Oh guys look, our trains here.

Scene 2

Gabriella – Quick guys, lets jump on before it leaves.

Zara – Make sure you don’t forget anything.

Scene 3

*Black Screen*

Scene 4

Maya – That didn’t take too long.

Scene 5

Gabriella – Thank you girls for such a lovely day. I’m going to start walking home.

Alicia – Yeah it was a really good day, I think I will walk with Gabriella, I’ll see you guys later.

Zara –I’ll see you girls soon, me and Maya are going to get picked up.

Maya – Bye girlies!

Gabriella – Alicia, let’s take a shortcut through the park.

Scene 6

*No dialogue in this shot/ Low music*

Scene 7

Alicia – Oh my God! Gabriella can you see something behind the tree or is it just me?

Scene 8

Alicia – He’s running towards us.

Gabriella – OMG! Yeah let’s start running!

Scene 9

Gabriella – I think he has stopped.

Scene 10

*No dialogue*

Scene 11

*No dialogue* (music will be playing)

Scene 12

*Title and Credits*

Main Task - Story board

Preliminary Task - Reflection

Planning

 

Planning Process

Storyboard

Script

Shot List

Prop List

Treatment Scaffold

 

What the planning process involved?

The planning process involved us creating a storyboard with the timings and each type of shot described below it. This helped us know what to film and how to film it. We then created a script so our actresses know what to say while in character. We then created a shot and prop list. This then tells us what type of shots we need to include and what props to bring in. We included a treatment scaffold as well as this tells us what our synopsis is and the characters we’ve chosen as well as film techniques we had used.

 

How did the planning benefit me?

The planning was beneficial for me because it helped us to know what to film first and how to film it so we weren’t wasting time on the day of filming. It also put everything we needed to do it in order so we prioritised the things that need to be done first.

 

Production

Production Process

Planned

Filmed

Edited

Did it all go to plan?

In my opinion, it didn’t all go to plan exactly. Partly because it was hard to find a time for all of us to get together and film and we also didn’t film a lot so our piece of work ended up being shorter than what we intended. Also, we couldn’t find a lot of our footage as we were editing so we think it had maybe got deleted as we were getting used to editing on Adobe.

Technology

What new technologies did I encounter in this process?

The DSLR camera and the editing software.

What I have learnt through this process?

I have learnt many things about Adobe and how to edit on there. I learnt how to make a title and include video transitions between each shot.

What new skills will be beneficial moving forward throughout this course?

Learning how to edit and knowing how to use the camera and the different types of equipment for the use of the camera, for example, a tripod.

Problem Solving

What went wrong?

Some of the footage we had filmed beforehand had accidently been deleted somehow. Also, the editing was hard to get used to so it took us a while before we understood the software.

How did we solve any problems we encountered?

We used what we had of our footage and we cut some out so it would manage to make sense and whenever we were stuck on editing, we would spend a while on it trying to figure it out ourselves but if we couldn’t figure it out, we always asked for help and watched the teacher do it until we got it.

Teamwork

How well did we work together as a group?

I think we worked well as a group and it was helpful that we all managed to easily agree on something. We all found ways to include an idea we each came up with so we have all contributed partly to this task.

Did I feel as if I contributed fairly to the overall outcome?

I think that I have contributed fairly to this assignment and I always introduced new ideas and shared them with my group.

Prliminary task - Shot and Prop List

Shot List

1. Establishing shot
2. Over the shoulder shot
3. Two shot
4. Tracking shot
5. Close up
6. Point of view shot
7. Shot reserve shot
8. Low angle shot
9. Over the shoulder shot
10. 180-degree rule
11. Medium shot
12. Close up
13. Tracking shot
14. Match on action
15. Wide shot

Prop List

1. Knife
2. Computers
3. Files
4. Papers
5. Expensive Watch
6. Expensive Handbag
7. Pens
8. Water Bottle
9. Backpack
10. Clock
11. Lipstick/Mirror

Preliminary Task - Storyboard

Preliminary Task - Script

In the computer room, Brandon types away as Charlotte walks in and peers over at the computer screen. Brandon quickly stops typing and gets up. Charlotte questions Brandon about what he was doing. Brandon denies everything.    

Then Kate walks into the room and discovers Charlotte laying on the ground. Kate is in shock and cannot believe what’s in front of her. Kate questions Brandon to find out what happened.

Kate

 Wh-wha-what happened?!...Oh my go- CHARLOTTE!!

Brandon takes a long pause while breathing deeply.

        

Brandon

Uh-uhmm, nothing happened. Everything’s fine.

Kate

OBVIOUSLY NOTHING IS ‘FINE’!... Who are you?

Kate is breathing heavily while waiting for a response. A scared/horrified look is on her face.

Brandon does not respond back to Kate he returns to his computer and begins to type again.   

Focus Group - Member Profiles

Name: Yuli Moore

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Occupation (if applicable): Student

Subjects being studied (if applicable): BTEC Business Level 3 Photography

Favourite film(s) from the specified genre: Annabelle The Conjuring The Boy

Reasons the specified genre appeals to you: Because I like how scary it can be.

What you expect from the opening of a film from the specified genre: Creepy Nothing ‘Jumpy’ Tense Eerie Music

Name: Shania Zaman

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Occupation (if applicable): Student

Subjects being studied (if applicable): Economics Computer Science English

Favourite film(s) from the specified genre: Ouija Insidious The Conjuring

Reasons the specified genre appeals to you: Because its intriguing as the storylines are so unexpected and I like the jumpy parts.

What you expect from the opening of a film from the specified genre: Something that gets my heart rate up

Name: Clara Bowater

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Occupation (if applicable): Student

Subjects being studied (if applicable): Religious Studies Geography History

Favourite film(s) from the specified genre: The Conjuring The Ring Annabelle

Reasons the specified genre appeals to you: It's very dramatic and usually has a lot of suspense.

What you expect from the opening of a film from the specified genre: A lot of tension and is expected to make you jump.

Name: Orla Fletcher-Dowd

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Occupation (if applicable): Student

Subjects being studied (if applicable): Art Biology Geography

Favourite film(s) from the specified genre: House at the End of the Street The Woman in Black The Conjuring

Reasons the specified genre appeals to you: Because they’re exciting to watch and it’s like getting an adrenalin rush when watching them. It’s like you don’t want to watch the film, especially if it’s scary but it looks good and mysterious.

What you expect from the opening of a film from the specified genre: Mystery Scary Disturbing

Name: Sahar Khan

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Occupation (if applicable): Student

Subjects being studied (if applicable): Biology Maths Further Maths Chemistry

Favourite film(s) from the specified genre: Paranormal Activity – The Marked Ones Ouija Insidious 2

Reasons the specified genre appeals to you: It’s interesting to see what different horror plots are in each different film and like the atmosphere when watching it and how tense it gets.

What you expect from the opening of a film from the specified genre: Mystery Tension Confusion

Film Opening Destruction: Iights out

Synopsis:

In a textile warehouse, worker Esther sees a silhouette of a figure when she turns the lights off, but sees nothing with the lights on. She warns owner Paul about the apparition, whom he ignores, and leaves. Paul is then chased and gruesomely killed by the figure.
Paul's stepdaughter, Rebecca, lives away from her mother Sophie and brother Martin. Sophie has a documented mental illness and depression that has resurfaced, talking to an imaginary friend. One night, Martin sees Sophie talking to a figure and is horrified, gaining insomnia. Rebecca takes Martin to her apartment to protect him, against their mother's wishes. That night, she awakens to find the figure, barely avoiding its attack just as the building's neon sign turns on. The next morning, Rebecca finds "Diana" scrawled on the floor. She recalls Diana from her own childhood, the reason she left when her father seemingly abandoned them. Later, she breaks in and sees files about Sophie and Diana, and that she was killed when exposed to a bright light for an experiment.
That night, Sophie has a movie night with Martin, but includes the figure, frightening him. She tells him a story about the figure, Diana, her friend when she was in an institution, who had an unusual condition that made her skin photosensitive. Martin sees Diana crouched above and turns on the light, escaping to Rebecca's before Diana can attack him.
Rebecca confronts Sophie about Diana but she denies the accusations. Rebecca, her boyfriend Bret and Martin decide to stay overnight to protect her. Rebecca goes to her bedroom to reconcile; however, Sophie secretly passes her a note saying "I need help" before Diana tugs her back in. Rebecca realizes that she is being controlled and turns on all the lights in the house to keep her away.
Knowing their intentions, Diana baits Rebecca and Martin into the basement by shorting out the power. Bret is attacked but escapes and contacts the police. Rebecca realizes that using blacklight can allow them to see Diana and discovers scrawled writings along the wall, explaining how Diana won't let anyone "take" Sophie and that she killed Rebecca's father.
A pair of police officers arrive and free Rebecca and Martin but are killed by Diana. Rebecca sends Martin to Bret and goes back to rescue Sophie. Diana then attacks Rebecca violently, but Sophie confronts her with a gun, realizing she's Diana's tether to the world. She then commits suicide by shooting herself which makes Diana disappear. Distraught, Rebecca, Martin and Bret reconcile and vow to stay together.

Production:

RatPac-Dune Entertainment - "RatPac Entertainment (trading as RatPac-Dune Entertainment) is an American motion picture production and financing company formed in a merger by producer-director Brett Ratner, his partner billionaire James Packer, and Dune Entertainment's Steven Mnuchin, which provides funds to a number of Warner Bros. films. The company is the result of a 2013 merger between RatPac Entertainment and Dune Entertainment, following a collapse in negotiations between Dune and 20th Century Fox – which led the company to close a deal with Warner Bros. instead, replacing Legendary Pictures as Warner's key co-financing partner. Dune had been co-financing Fox films since 2006."

 

New Line Cinema - "New Line Film Productions Inc., often simply referred to as New Line Cinema, is an American-French film studio founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as a film distribution company, later becoming an independent film studio."
New Line Cinema. n.d. In Wikipedia. Retrieved 23rd November 2016

Distributors:
Warner Bros. - "Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (often referred to as Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers and also shortened to WB) is an American entertainment company and a division of Time Warner, headquartered in Burbank, California. Warner Bros. is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America." 

Warner Bros. n.d. In Wikipedia. Retrieved 23rd November 2016. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros.

Timeline:

00:00-00:05 - The film opening of lights out opens with a man walking down a dark corridor through the warehouse. The lighting used here  is low key  and  diegetic sound is used of the mans footsteps and the sound of his keys rattling in his hand. The sound of his footsteps stresses that he is alone and no one else is around as you can only hear his footsteps.
00:06-00:09 - The shot cuts to a close up of the back of the mans head.
00:10-00:11 - The shot  then cuts to a view of the corridor in the warehouse. There is low-key lighting used down the corridor.
00:12-00:24 - Then a  close-up  is used of the mans face as he walks towards the camera. This shot fades into a long shot down the dark corridor. The man then  walks back down the corridor. The diegetic sound of his footsteps and keys is present again.
00:25-00:29 - Then the camera pans round as the man turns a corner. The Incidental music builds up quickly . The lighting is all low-key. As the man turns the corner a dark figure appears in between two of the spot lights.
00:30-00:32- There is a close up of the mans face as he is speaking to the dark figure. 
00:33-00:37 - Then there is an over the shoulder shot as the figure slowly stands up.
00:38-00:42 - The lights in the corridor of the warehouse turn off.
00:43-00:51 - There is a close up of the mans face. He is looking around the room. As he Is looking around the music builds up, getting louder and faster.
00:52-00:53 - There is an over the shoulder shot down the corridor. The dark figure is now gone. The incidental music is still present and is building up.
00:54-00:56 - There is another close up of the man as he looks around the room. Then the man begin to run off.00:57-01:02 - A tracking shot is used of the man running down the corridor. The lighting is still all low-key with spotlighting. The incidental music speeds up as he runs. Then the man trips over and falls to the floor. There is diegetic sound of his keys hitting the floor.
01:03-01:08 - The man stands up. There is a close-up of his leg which shows he has a large wound. There is a mid-shot of the man. We can see that he has seen something as his eyes become fixated on something and he looks scared.
01:09-01:11 - There is a long shot where the woman is between the two spotlights and slowly stands up.
01:12-01:13 - There is a tilt upwards of the man. He is sweating and his facial expression shows he is scared and terrified.
01:14-01:19 - An over the shoulder shot is used of the man which shows the woman's head. She is close to the man now. The woman steps towards the man and a mid-shot shows him move backwards away from her.
01:20-01:23 -  There is a tilt downwards to show the bottom half of the woman. This shot finishes with a high angle of a spotlight on the floor.
01:24-01:28 - The man looks up. The shot cuts to a close-up of a light. The man looks back down to the women.01:29-01:36 - The camera pans round to show the office In the warehouse. The door is still open and the lights are on. There is a tracking shot of the man running towards the office. The man gets into the office and closes the door. As he closes the door the dark figure tries to get in. The screen then goes black.
01:37-01:56 - The man walks over to the window in the office. The shot cuts to a long shot from outside the office. We can now see the man in the window. The shot goes back to inside the office. The camera pans around to show a shelving unit with a baseball bat on. The man gets the baseball bat and walks back over to the window. The shot cuts again to an outside view of the office. The two small spotlights above the mannequins go off.
01:57-02:09 - The lights in the office start to flicker. The man says "no, no, no". An outside shot of the office shows the lights in the office turn off. There is then a close up of the man holding the baseball bat in front of his face. He slowly walks backwards. The music builds up again and the lighting is very dark.
02:10-02:14 - There is a close-up of the office door. The camera zooms in and the handle moves.
02:15-02:18 - There is a close-up of the man’s face. There is a dark shadow cast across half of his face.
02:19-02:29 - There is another close-up of the door. The handle turns and the door swings open. There is a creak sound as the door opens. The shot cuts to a mid-shot of the man holding the baseball bat. The incidental music builds up.
02:30-02:32 - There is a loud bang and a dark blur pushes the man backwards. We cannot see what has happened as there is very low-key lighting.
02:33-02:35 - There is a shot of the mannequins from outside the office.
02:36-02:42 - There is a canted angle shot down the corridor. The spot light comes on to show the man played on the floor. He is covered in blood and evidently dead. The music gets louder at this point. There is a close-up of the mans face which is covered in blood.
02:43-02:50 - The lights flicker and then the screen goes to black. The music carries on over the black screen. 

Costume:

The man in the opening scene is wearing casual working clothes. He is wearing a blue shirt and trousers which makes him look like a stereotypical working man. However the creature is shown as naked wearing no clothes, which may suggest that its a ghostly figure. It makes the scene more scary because its not what you would expect to see. The creature has long black hair and is not tied up which may suggest how natural the creature is.  

Lighting:

The majority of this opening scene is filmed in low-key lighting. This creates shadows across the corridors and across the faces of the characters. This creates a sense of fear for the audience as they don't know what could be lurking in those shadows. There is one section where the man is in the office where high-key lighting is used. This creates a lighter atmosphere releasing tension and fear.