Fingers crossed the snow disappears fast. I dont think the cemetry will look as creepy with a layer of crisp white snow over it..
Saturday, 4 February 2012
Its Snowing!!
We planned to do some filming this afternoon but had to cut short our day due to heavy snow, here what my road looks like this evening..
Friday, 3 February 2012
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Performance Studio
We filmed in the performance studio this afternoon, using Dado lights and various props including a red balloon and a creepy clown, I think we got some really good footage.
Here's a pic of Emma with my creepy white mask on next to the Dado's:
Here's a pic of Emma with my creepy white mask on next to the Dado's:
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Location Searching
The three of us went searching for some locations for a few shots we're going to film later this week..
The two images below are of an alleyway that will be shot late at night (or at least as its getting dark), one's taken from the top and the other from the bottom.
The images below were taken at the General Cemetary, they're not the exact shots we'll be doing but they gave us a good idea of what the location has to offer us.. we'll be filming them as it gets dark.
The bottom two images were taken from the top floor of a city car park, its only a brief shot that we need here and the final image will be heavily edited.
The two images below are of an alleyway that will be shot late at night (or at least as its getting dark), one's taken from the top and the other from the bottom.
The images below were taken at the General Cemetary, they're not the exact shots we'll be doing but they gave us a good idea of what the location has to offer us.. we'll be filming them as it gets dark.
The bottom two images were taken from the top floor of a city car park, its only a brief shot that we need here and the final image will be heavily edited.
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Monday, 30 January 2012
the Chocolate Factory
This scene from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has influenced us as a group the most. We like the idea of having images overlayed and appearing on the screen briefly, with flashes of bright colours and a black background. The sirling of images combined with the creepy sounds make the viewer feel uncomfortable and will link in well with our use of the word 'Fear'.
Sunday, 29 January 2012
YouTube Research - 'Life and the mirror'
I found this on Youtube a few days ago, it influenced my exam room segment quite a lot, i love the usage of rotation with the clock, the overlayed regimental sounds which are presumably whats going off the characters' mind, i also like the echoing reverb added to the mechanical clock noises.
Initial Scene Plannage
Script (again typed up by Jess from our conversations yesterday)
Scene 1 INT Classroom Day
B&W
It’s someone’s point of view while they look at a clock that shows 12:10. They look down to the board where the exam times are written.
Start – 11:30
End – 1:30
They look down at their desk and stare at the piece of paper, blank except for a name and the date. On the desk there are several pieces of scrunched up first attempts. They start to tap their pen, when they hear the ticking of the clock get louder.
CUT TO
The clock now reads 12:30. They nervously look around the room, but they are alone. The sound of their tapping gets faster and louder. The ticking stops. They look up to the clock to see that time is moving unnaturally quickly towards the finishing time. They widely look around and down at their still blank paper, rapidly tapping their pen that becomes extremely loud. They look back to the clock just as the time is about to reach 1:30.
CUT TO
BLACK
A red balloon rises up and out of shot.
CUT TO
Scene 2 EXT Car Park Day
B&W
It’s the point of view of someone looking at a sign reading ‘TOP FLOOR’. They can see the view over the wall of the car park, and it shows how high up they are. They’re slightly wobbly as they walk towards the edge. They look over the wall and see the street below. Their vision gets blurry and they lean forward.
CUT TO
BLACK
A red balloon falls down and out of view.
CUT TO
Scene 3 EXT Bridge DAY
B&W
Hear the sound of rushing water, then it’s the point of view of someone walking across a bridge. There’re not many people around, but no one is paying them any attention. They stop in the middle and look over the edge. The water sounds get louder and louder until a splash is heard and seen.
CUT TO
BLACK
Repeat of the falling red balloon.
CUT TO
Scene 4 EXT Woods NIGHT
B&W
It’s the point of view of someone walking through the woods. The woods are quiet, except for a few birds. Then they hear sticks cracking, as if being stepped on. They look around but can’t see anything. They walk a bit faster, looking behind them and around along the way. They hear footsteps, but can’t tell where they’re coming from. They sound like they’re getting closer, and they quicken their pace even more. All sound suddenly stops, so do they. They slowly turn to look behind them.
CUT TO
BLACK
A pair of hands grab towards the screen, as if trying to strangle someone.
CUT TO
Scene 5 EXT Cemetery Night
B&W (Except for the green mould on the graves)
This is where the pace starts to get quicker. There’re quick images from around the cemetery. There’s a church shown from different angles. There’re gargoyles and angel statues, with cracks and weeds growing over them. There’s a few different, creepy looking, trees also shown from several different angles. There’re crows squawking in the background. There’s the entrance that looks daunting, and entryways that look like tomb entrances.
CUT TO
Extreme close up of the same ticking clock from scene 1. However, it’s ticking slowly, until it stops.
CUT TO
Back to the graveyard, there’re now images of different graves and gravestones that flash quicker than before. There’re open graves among them. There’s some kind of distorted sound in the background.
CUT TO
BLACK
There’s a white mask, no eyes, that’s staring straight at the screen and then slowly tilts to the side, as if observing and considering something.
CUT TO
Scene 6 INT Bedroom DAY
There’s a full sized shelf, completely filled with porcelain dolls of all sizes and origins. They are all facing one way, until a closer look shows one looking straight at the screen.
OR
The dolls are all facing one way. While getting a closer look across the shelves and at each doll one of them suddenly turns to look at the screen on its own (stop-motion).
CUT TO
BLACK
Back to the falling balloon in slow motion but cuts when it gets to the middle of the frame.
CUT TO
Flashes of different dogs, growling and barking, generally looking nasty, and of different snakes, hissing and flicking their tongues out, attacking something.
CUT TO
BLACK
A toy clown, with a nasty smile on its face, moves towards the screen on its own. There’s the typical circus theme playing in the background. The clown moves close to the screen and disappears out of the light.
A person reappears from the same place, walking backwards in the same path the toy used. This person is dressed the same as the toy clown, as if the toy came to life. It moves back into the centre of the screen and smiles and laughs manically.
CUT TO
BLACK
The same clown is now holding the red balloon while smiling manically towards the screen.
CUT TO
Balloon fills frame, it is popped and clown is behind it still smiling manically.
CUT TO
By now the pace has increased dramatically. There’s flashing images of different insects moving; spiders, cockroaches, locusts, slugs, worms, centipedes, etc. They’re most disturbing looking insects that can be found, using close ups of different limbs and having them attacking things, moving quickly, etc. Then gradually images that have been shown previously start to overlap, as well as the sounds. The cuts get quicker and the sounds get louder, until everything is practically unrecognisable, then it goes black, with a little reverberation of sound.
All scenes will include audio of the interviews we will record of people’s fears. They will go from complete sentences to gradually getting cut up as the pace increases. Then at the end there will simply be the single word of the thing they fear, overlapping with all of the other sounds.
Scene 1 INT Classroom Day
B&W
It’s someone’s point of view while they look at a clock that shows 12:10. They look down to the board where the exam times are written.
Start – 11:30
End – 1:30
They look down at their desk and stare at the piece of paper, blank except for a name and the date. On the desk there are several pieces of scrunched up first attempts. They start to tap their pen, when they hear the ticking of the clock get louder.
CUT TO
The clock now reads 12:30. They nervously look around the room, but they are alone. The sound of their tapping gets faster and louder. The ticking stops. They look up to the clock to see that time is moving unnaturally quickly towards the finishing time. They widely look around and down at their still blank paper, rapidly tapping their pen that becomes extremely loud. They look back to the clock just as the time is about to reach 1:30.
CUT TO
BLACK
A red balloon rises up and out of shot.
CUT TO
Scene 2 EXT Car Park Day
B&W
It’s the point of view of someone looking at a sign reading ‘TOP FLOOR’. They can see the view over the wall of the car park, and it shows how high up they are. They’re slightly wobbly as they walk towards the edge. They look over the wall and see the street below. Their vision gets blurry and they lean forward.
CUT TO
BLACK
A red balloon falls down and out of view.
CUT TO
Scene 3 EXT Bridge DAY
B&W
Hear the sound of rushing water, then it’s the point of view of someone walking across a bridge. There’re not many people around, but no one is paying them any attention. They stop in the middle and look over the edge. The water sounds get louder and louder until a splash is heard and seen.
CUT TO
BLACK
Repeat of the falling red balloon.
CUT TO
Scene 4 EXT Woods NIGHT
B&W
It’s the point of view of someone walking through the woods. The woods are quiet, except for a few birds. Then they hear sticks cracking, as if being stepped on. They look around but can’t see anything. They walk a bit faster, looking behind them and around along the way. They hear footsteps, but can’t tell where they’re coming from. They sound like they’re getting closer, and they quicken their pace even more. All sound suddenly stops, so do they. They slowly turn to look behind them.
CUT TO
BLACK
A pair of hands grab towards the screen, as if trying to strangle someone.
CUT TO
Scene 5 EXT Cemetery Night
B&W (Except for the green mould on the graves)
This is where the pace starts to get quicker. There’re quick images from around the cemetery. There’s a church shown from different angles. There’re gargoyles and angel statues, with cracks and weeds growing over them. There’s a few different, creepy looking, trees also shown from several different angles. There’re crows squawking in the background. There’s the entrance that looks daunting, and entryways that look like tomb entrances.
CUT TO
Extreme close up of the same ticking clock from scene 1. However, it’s ticking slowly, until it stops.
CUT TO
Back to the graveyard, there’re now images of different graves and gravestones that flash quicker than before. There’re open graves among them. There’s some kind of distorted sound in the background.
CUT TO
BLACK
There’s a white mask, no eyes, that’s staring straight at the screen and then slowly tilts to the side, as if observing and considering something.
CUT TO
Scene 6 INT Bedroom DAY
There’s a full sized shelf, completely filled with porcelain dolls of all sizes and origins. They are all facing one way, until a closer look shows one looking straight at the screen.
OR
The dolls are all facing one way. While getting a closer look across the shelves and at each doll one of them suddenly turns to look at the screen on its own (stop-motion).
CUT TO
BLACK
Back to the falling balloon in slow motion but cuts when it gets to the middle of the frame.
CUT TO
Flashes of different dogs, growling and barking, generally looking nasty, and of different snakes, hissing and flicking their tongues out, attacking something.
CUT TO
BLACK
A toy clown, with a nasty smile on its face, moves towards the screen on its own. There’s the typical circus theme playing in the background. The clown moves close to the screen and disappears out of the light.
A person reappears from the same place, walking backwards in the same path the toy used. This person is dressed the same as the toy clown, as if the toy came to life. It moves back into the centre of the screen and smiles and laughs manically.
CUT TO
BLACK
The same clown is now holding the red balloon while smiling manically towards the screen.
CUT TO
Balloon fills frame, it is popped and clown is behind it still smiling manically.
CUT TO
By now the pace has increased dramatically. There’s flashing images of different insects moving; spiders, cockroaches, locusts, slugs, worms, centipedes, etc. They’re most disturbing looking insects that can be found, using close ups of different limbs and having them attacking things, moving quickly, etc. Then gradually images that have been shown previously start to overlap, as well as the sounds. The cuts get quicker and the sounds get louder, until everything is practically unrecognisable, then it goes black, with a little reverberation of sound.
All scenes will include audio of the interviews we will record of people’s fears. They will go from complete sentences to gradually getting cut up as the pace increases. Then at the end there will simply be the single word of the thing they fear, overlapping with all of the other sounds.
Initial Shot List
Shot List (That Jess wrote up from our group conversation yesterday)
Scene 1 (POV Whole Scene)
Shot 1 - CU Clock. Pan down to desk and paper, with hand.
Shot 2 - CU Clock.
Shot 3 - Quick pans around the room. Then quick pan to clock.
Shot 4 - CU Clock.
Shot 5 - Quick pans around the room and down to desk.
Shot 6 - XCU Clock.
Scene 2 (POV Whole Scene)
Shot 1 - Wide of sign and landscape. Hand held walk towards wall. Pan to see more of landscape. Tilt down to see street. Zoom slightly. ( All 1 shot.)
Scene 3 (POV Whole Scene)
Shot 1 - Wide as walk over bridge. Get people in background. Hand held walk towards middle of bridge. Pan and tilt to look down at water. Quick zoom onto splash. (All 1 shot.)
Scene 4 (POV Whole Scene)
Shot 1 - Wide of wood path. Hand held walk down path. Walk quicker, while pan around to see location. Pan quickly behind. Walk even quicker. Pan around more quickly. Stop walking. Pan to look behind. (All 1 shot.)
Scene 5 & 5A
Shot 1 - Wide of entrance
Shot 2 - Wide of church. Pan up to top (different angles)
Shot 3 - CU Gargoyle
Shot 4 - MS Angel Statue (different angles)
Shot 5 - MS Tree 1. Pan up
Shot 6 - CU Tree 2
Shot 7 - MS Tree 3 (different angle from 1)
Shot 8 - MS Tomb Hole (different angles)
Shot 9 - MS Grave 1
Shot 10 - MS Grave 2 (different angle from 1)
Shot 11 - CU Grave 3
Shot 12 - CU Grave 4 (different angle from 3)
Shot 13 - MS Open Grave. Zoom In
Shot 14 - Wide of graves
Scene 6
Shot 1 - Wide of shelves of dolls. Zoom In on doll facing camera
Shot 2 - Wide of shelves of dolls.
Shot 3 - MS dolls. Pan along to 1 doll
Shot 4 - Stop Motion shots of doll moving to face camera
Scenes in Black
Shot 1 - CU Balloon rising in and out of frame
Shot 2 - CU Balloon falling in and out of frame
Shot 3 - MS Hands grabbing towards camera
Shot 4 - CU White Mask
Shot 5 - LS/Wide of clown as it moves towards camera and out of frame
Shot 6 - LS/Wide as person clown comes back into frame and moves backwards to centre frame (same position as shot 5)
Shot 7 - MS Clown holding balloon
Shot 8 - XCU Balloon as is popped and clown is behind it
Animal Scene
Shot 1 - XCU Dog as snarling
Shot 2 - CU Dog growling
Shot 3 - MS Dog Barking
Shot 4 - Wide Dog running towards camera
Shot 5 - XCU Snake scales
Shot 6 - CU Snake head as tongue flicks out
Shot 7 - MS Snake lunges at camera
Shot 8 - Wide Snake attacks something (insect or air?)
Insect Scene
Shot 1 - XCU Spider 1
Shot 2 - CU Spider 2
Shot 3 - CU Spider 1 as runs
Shot 4 - CU Spider 2 as it eats something
Shot 5 - XCU Cockroaches
Shot 6 - CU Cockroaches eating something
Shot 7 - CU Cockroaches moving alot
Shot 8 - CU Worms wriggling
Shot 9 - XCU Slugs
Shot 10 - CU Slug moving with slime trail
Shot 11 - XCU Locusts
Shot 12 - CU Locusts moving
Shot 13 - CU of any other insects available
Use as many different angles and as much footage as possible.
Scene 1 (POV Whole Scene)
Shot 1 - CU Clock. Pan down to desk and paper, with hand.
Shot 2 - CU Clock.
Shot 3 - Quick pans around the room. Then quick pan to clock.
Shot 4 - CU Clock.
Shot 5 - Quick pans around the room and down to desk.
Shot 6 - XCU Clock.
Scene 2 (POV Whole Scene)
Shot 1 - Wide of sign and landscape. Hand held walk towards wall. Pan to see more of landscape. Tilt down to see street. Zoom slightly. ( All 1 shot.)
Scene 3 (POV Whole Scene)
Shot 1 - Wide as walk over bridge. Get people in background. Hand held walk towards middle of bridge. Pan and tilt to look down at water. Quick zoom onto splash. (All 1 shot.)
Scene 4 (POV Whole Scene)
Shot 1 - Wide of wood path. Hand held walk down path. Walk quicker, while pan around to see location. Pan quickly behind. Walk even quicker. Pan around more quickly. Stop walking. Pan to look behind. (All 1 shot.)
Scene 5 & 5A
Shot 1 - Wide of entrance
Shot 2 - Wide of church. Pan up to top (different angles)
Shot 3 - CU Gargoyle
Shot 4 - MS Angel Statue (different angles)
Shot 5 - MS Tree 1. Pan up
Shot 6 - CU Tree 2
Shot 7 - MS Tree 3 (different angle from 1)
Shot 8 - MS Tomb Hole (different angles)
Shot 9 - MS Grave 1
Shot 10 - MS Grave 2 (different angle from 1)
Shot 11 - CU Grave 3
Shot 12 - CU Grave 4 (different angle from 3)
Shot 13 - MS Open Grave. Zoom In
Shot 14 - Wide of graves
Scene 6
Shot 1 - Wide of shelves of dolls. Zoom In on doll facing camera
Shot 2 - Wide of shelves of dolls.
Shot 3 - MS dolls. Pan along to 1 doll
Shot 4 - Stop Motion shots of doll moving to face camera
Scenes in Black
Shot 1 - CU Balloon rising in and out of frame
Shot 2 - CU Balloon falling in and out of frame
Shot 3 - MS Hands grabbing towards camera
Shot 4 - CU White Mask
Shot 5 - LS/Wide of clown as it moves towards camera and out of frame
Shot 6 - LS/Wide as person clown comes back into frame and moves backwards to centre frame (same position as shot 5)
Shot 7 - MS Clown holding balloon
Shot 8 - XCU Balloon as is popped and clown is behind it
Animal Scene
Shot 1 - XCU Dog as snarling
Shot 2 - CU Dog growling
Shot 3 - MS Dog Barking
Shot 4 - Wide Dog running towards camera
Shot 5 - XCU Snake scales
Shot 6 - CU Snake head as tongue flicks out
Shot 7 - MS Snake lunges at camera
Shot 8 - Wide Snake attacks something (insect or air?)
Insect Scene
Shot 1 - XCU Spider 1
Shot 2 - CU Spider 2
Shot 3 - CU Spider 1 as runs
Shot 4 - CU Spider 2 as it eats something
Shot 5 - XCU Cockroaches
Shot 6 - CU Cockroaches eating something
Shot 7 - CU Cockroaches moving alot
Shot 8 - CU Worms wriggling
Shot 9 - XCU Slugs
Shot 10 - CU Slug moving with slime trail
Shot 11 - XCU Locusts
Shot 12 - CU Locusts moving
Shot 13 - CU of any other insects available
Use as many different angles and as much footage as possible.
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