Location Recce

When we first had a rough idea of what we wanted our film to be like, we decided a few locations to film it. We thought that when our actress needs to look at an offer that reminds of her of a moment, which takes the audience to a flashback; we thought that we should film it in Harrow shopping centre. Harrow shopping centre consists of St Ann's, and St George's. These were are first locations for that scene.

We also thought that for our chase scene we could do it at the park next our school, Centenary Park in Stanmore. We thought this was best fit for our scene as it had lots of space for the chase scene , usually empty and looks very gloomy.

However we came to realise that the harrow shopping centre was too public and has many extraneous variables that could affect  our filming and make it very difficult for us. We also needed permission from the council to film in the shopping centre. Moreover the distance between the Park and the shopping centre became an issue for us.

So we thought of another location which could be more beneficial to us. My partner  has relatives that own a beauty shop in harrow wealdstone and right next to that ,she had  relative who owned a flat that we could use. There was also an alley way nearby to use for our chase scene. We had 3 locations in one which made it so much easier to film. We only needed permission for the relatives who willingly let us use their shop and flat.

Sound

Shotlist

 Here is the final shotlist that me and my friend used for our film. It was very important as it helped us film smoothly and quickly with no hesitation about what shot that we're supposed to film next.

Equipment

Choice of Equipment: school camcorder, Sony HD camcorder, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S3 or Samsung Camera, and standard tripod.

School camcorder, had limited pace, and we didn't feel comfortable using it. Our phones had good cameras to record, but space would've been a problem. As well as using a certain type of tripod to do specific shots with our phone this isn't available. The Samsung camera was good however; it ran on 4 AA batteries, which seem to run out with a short period of time, so it wasn't as efficient we wanted it to be. The Sony camcorder, produced good video quality, was easy to use, able to fit on the tripod had great flexibility for us e.g. flip screen. So we chose this camera to record the opening of our film.

Similar to School Camcorder 

Same model of Sony Camcorder that we used.

Samsung Camera that run on AA batteries.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Camera.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Camera

Similar model to the tripod that we used.

SCRIPT draft 2

Script Draft 1

This is the first draft of the script. The scenes take place in harrow wealdstone, harrow on the hill & kenton. This is a rough idea of how we want the storyline to be like; a girl being stalked by her lover.

Storyboard

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This storyboard represents our plot for our film. The woman is looking at a poster on a shop in the first box. The second box,  she has a flashback of a time with her and her boyfriend. The third box she sees him and is terrified. In the 4th box she tries to escape him as she remembers all the the terrible things he has done to her. The 5th box, she finally reaches her home and tries to enter without being seen. The 6th box, she is relieved to escape her ex, however while she washes her face she sees him behind her in the mirror.

Audience

Our audience will be 15 + above. This is because the film  is a psychological thriller. However we expect people in their late teens and older people to come and see the film. Even though psychological thriller are associated with male centered audiences i think the majority of our audience will be female because we are following the antagonist' s story who is also female. Although we think the majority will be female i think there will still be a large proportion of males that would watch the film.

PITCH

My pitch for thriller from NezzyLDN

Title Ideas

It took really long to find a title that suited our film and made it more attractive to the audience. We wanted something that reflected our storyline. So we did some research and found titles that already existed. Most titles that we found had a little " Spook ". For example " Black Swan", " The Silence of The Lambs", "The Cell", "The Ring" and "The Machinist".

We wanted to use the title "Stalker" but then saw that a TV Drama had already took the name. So we decided we wanted a title which is short, and came up with the word "Shadow". We thought this title gave an element of mystery. We picked the word " Shadow" because we thought it linked to our plot. Our antagonist is being stalked by her ex husband, it's as if they are inseparable like a shadow to a body.

Mood Board

 This mood board reflects our storyline, of how a relationship between a woman and a man was beautiful and breath-taking  and how their relationship is now a nightmare and life-taking.

Initial ideas

We decided that we wanted to do a psychological thriller. Our initial idea was that we wanted a girl to be stalked however we didn't have much content in our storyline. Soon we developed a storyline of the antagonist being the girl (Sara) who was a victim of domestic violence. She is no longer with her ex husband who abused her but she is still scarred. She tries to carry on with life by going out on a normal day to the shops but she starts hallucinating that she's being followed.  Before her hallucinations start she has flashbacks of happy memories of her and and her. However as the story progresses the flashbacks turn into horrible memories of her abuse. She runs home thinking her mind is just playing tricks on her. Soon as she closes the door we see her ex husband saying " Hi Sara".

Time Plan For Trailer

1^st week- Decide what genre you’re doing and do research and planning in detail (look on the internet watch thriller films and horror film trailers that received awards, take not in shots used and sound used.    

2^nd week -   Plan the storyline and what parts are we going to show in the trailer and do a shot list. Discuss with partner about this. Also decide what locations are we going to use and what time of day are we going to film.

3^rd week: test out filming cameras see which one is better see different ways of filming (one camera or two cameras) choose filming technique which is best for us. Decide actors and their roles and start to film something. Keep filming until you feel that it’s the best you can do.

4^th week: (Everything must’ve been filmed by now) – Try different editing softwares and see which one is best to use. Edit the trailer and review it. Do different version of edits and see which one is best to use to succeed aim (if horror; to scare them- if thriller; to intrigue them)