Pre-Production Initial Ideas

Here are some of our initial ideas that we have come up with that could be used as the story in our film. We have scanned in our notes from our planning ideas to give you a little taster of what we are wanting to include.

 

We took into account the audience that we wanted to target and we were aware of what sort personality we wanted to give our character. Since we used female characters in our thriller opening we thought it would be appropriate to divert from females and use as male as the main character.

 

 

 

 

This is a rough noted version of our narration, where we jotted down any appropriate ideas that could be included.

 

This is the very first stage of our planning: we created a branch of ideas so that all our concepts can begin to blossom and come alive. This is an individual way to foretell parts of our story and portray all of our ideas. 

 

In these notes below with have begun to establish the opening shots and what other shots we wanted to incorporate. We tried to be slightly more ambitious with our use of shots and techniques so that not only do we portray the story in an interesting way but we also express the narration through an eye of technological brilliance.

This is again more of our notes showing all the stages we went through to complete our final ideas. We spent a long time discussing possible ideas and whether they would work or not. Although we wanted to film something original that foretells a deep meaning we also wanted to ensure it was capable to film. When planning we took everything into account so that our film can be the best it can possibly be. 

We also noted down any shots that we wanted to consider- for example high angles and close-up's have been written in our planning. This is so that when it comes to filming we can take along these notes with us and return to any relevent notes we made; we wanted to include any shots that would work in the film.





Fiming at The Derelict Fairground

 

(Shot One)

 

 

(Shot Two)

(Shot Three)

 



(Shot Four)

(Shot Five)

 



 (Shot Six)

 

 

As we had never visited the derelict fairground prior to filming, we didn't know what to expect, however, once we saw the isolated bumper cars and trashed surroundings, we knew it was perfect for what we intended on creating.

 

Above are some shots that we managed to capture on the day which gives an insight into parts of our short film.

Analysis on Shots Taken

 

 

Shot One

This is a long shot showing the remainder of a broken house surrounded by overgrown greenery and unwanted rubbish, which help to create that derelict, mysterious feel. Behind the house is an array of dead, long-forgotten trees which symbolise how our character is feeling and assist in setting the atmosphere. During this day of filming, we managed to shoot some hand-held shots of our character running alone through the forest, and this broken house is to be seen in the background, which enables the spectators to understand where he is and how he feels. 

Shot Two
This is a shot of one of the abandoned bumper cars that we found at this location. In our short film we have added a pan of the area into the film to set the scene and show what the character sees when he first arrives. We found these aged bumper cars so very intriguing as they are something that is unlikely to be seen in everyday life. We also include a shot of our character cautiously running around desperately looking for answers.

Shot Three
In this photo you can see us trying to gain as much footage as we could so that if we wanted to set the scene more clearly then we would have plenty more footage showing where and how the character has arrived. This shot of the bumper car is part of our mise en scene as it is part our background surroundings and is something that we chose to incorporate into our film for specific purposes.


Shot Four
Here you can see Dilys honing in on our character as she begins to shoot our first few scenes. In the background a large heap of rubbish is visible, and we chose to add derelict and broken pieces such as these so that the location looks distort and hair-raising. As our character is alone in this frightening environment we felt that filming parts of the aged cars and demolished house will create a location that no one would want to be trapped in. Fear is created that affects the audience as well as the character.

Shot Five
This is again a medium shot which foretells some of what is to come in our film. Not every aspect to the rubble is visible in the outcome of the film, but in our pans and hand-held shots various parts to the location speak words of fear and desolation. The trees also play a major role in this film- the fact that they stand lifeless looking over the forest shadowing our character assist in creating a fear of the unknown.

Shot Six
This is a shot taken of the camera whilst filming is being done. As i have a creative eye for photography and telling stories a different way, i thought it would be interesting to fortell parts of our film through quirky images. This image is from one of the shots when he arrives at the desolate fairground. Here he grasps a block of white paper, in what he uses to draw creating the locations that he wants to visit, depending on his moods.

Finding Inspiration for Our Short Film

A lot of our inspiration came from a variety of short films, for example 'The Camera' reflects the narrative in our film. This inspiring short tells a story of a young girl who discovers a boy hiding away in her photos. After he disappears from her images, she too decides on joining him in the photographs by taking a picture of herself. This is similar to our film, where our character is trapped inside the painting.

The location used in this film is also very similar to the locations that we will be using, such as, the girl in 'The Camera' finds herself wondering around in a desolate peaceful house in the middle of no where; we have also planned on filming our short in peaceful, quite locations to give an insight into how our character is feeling.

Additionally, in this short film there is no character narration throughout the film, and after watching it, we felt inspired to also experiment with the same idea by encorporating it into our film. It is evident that in this short that having no narration works very effectively as it enables the audience to piece together character thought and emotion. However this means that we are going to have to accurately plan some background sound, just like they have done in 'The Camera'.

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Location Survey - Dilys Latham

Location Survey

Directions to Locations

Shoreham by Sea

1. Head south on Queen's Rd/​A2010 toward Upper Gloucester Rd

Continue to follow A2010

2. Turn right onto King's Rd/​A259

Continue to follow A259

3. Turn right onto Ship St

4. Turn left onto North St

5. Turn right onto West St

6. Turn right to stay on West St

Royal Pavilion Gardens

 1. Head south on Queen's Rd/​A2010 toward Upper Gloucester Rd

 2. Turn left onto North Rd

 3. Keep left at the fork

 4. Turn left onto Gloucester Pl/​A23

 5. Keep left at the fork

 6. Turn left onto Gloucester St

 7. Turn left onto Sydney St

Destination will be on the left

 Brighton Pier

1. Head south on Queen's Rd/​A2010 toward Upper Gloucester Rd

Continue to follow A2010

2. Turn left onto King's Rd/​A259

 3. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Madeira Dr

Destination will be on the left

Derelict House

 1. Head north toward Wolstonbury Way

 2. Slight right onto Wolstonbury Way

 3. Turn left onto Station Rd/​B2113

Continue to follow B2113

Go through 2 roundabouts

 4. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto London Rd/​B2036

 5. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Jane Murray Way/​A273

Go through 2 roundabouts

 6. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Coulstock Rd

 7. Turn left to stay on Coulstock Rd

Destination will be on the left

 Louis’ House

 1. Head south on Station Cottages toward Station Approach W

 2. Take the 1st left onto Stanford Terrace

 3. Continue onto Station Approach W

 4. Sharp left onto Keymer Rd/​B2116

Go through 1 roundabout

 5. Turn right onto Downs View Rd

 6. Continue onto Bonny Wood Rd

Destination will be on the right

 Nearest Hospitals

Princess Royal Hospital (Lewes Rd  Lindfield, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 4EX 01444 441881)

Royal Sussex County Hospital (Eastern Road Brighton and Hove, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 5BE

Nearest Police Stations

 Burgess Hill Police Station (The Brow  Burgess Hill, East Sussex RH15 9BU

0845 607 0999)             

 Brighton Police Station (John St Brighton and Hove 0845 607 0999)

 Newhaven Police Station (South Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9QJ)

 Nearest Stations

Burgess Hill Station (Burgess Hill RH15 9DG 0845 127 292)

Brighton Station (Queens Road  Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3XP 0845 127 2920)

 Hassocks Station (Hassocks Station Approach, West, Hassocks, West Sussex BN6 8JD 0845 127 2920)

 Shoreham-By-Sea Station (Brunswick Road, Shoreham-By-Sea, BN43 5WX)

 Local Taxis Firms

Burgess Hill Taxis (York House, 13A Station Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9DE)

 Brighton and Hove Taxis (86 Goldstone Villas Brighton and Hove, East Sussex

01273 202 020)

Five Star Taxis’ (3a Stanford Terrace, Hassocks, West Sussex BN6 8JF 01273 846666)

What technical facilities are there?

Many of our chosen locations are outside and in public places, making it slightly harder as there are fewer facilities for us to use when setting up our equipment and doing our actors hair and make up however we shall be creative and bring plenty of umbrellas and coats in case the weather changes, making sure we still get our great shots.

 We are going to have to rely heavily on natural lighting in the outside shots as there will be no where we can use for electricity and so won't be able to make big use of any artificial lighting We shall have to carry the equipment with us but this shouldn't be too difficult as we only have a couple of props and only ever one character in the shots. We shall have plenty of space for filming as most shots are outside and in rural locations.

 

Environmental factors that may affect the location:

Many of the locations we are filming in our outside, so if there is heavy rain on the day of filming we will wait for it to stop or post-pone filming. However the rain could help to create some pathetic fallacy as our character often feels isolated and the rain could reflect his loneiness. So we are taking umbrella's and tarpaulin so if we want to we can experiment with the rain and get some interesting shots.

Our scene on the Brighton Pier and at Pavillion Gardens may also turn out to be difficult to film as there may be the general public around but hopefully we will be able to get a few good shots without interruptions. We want it to be a lively atmosophere to show that he desperately wants to be accepted and have fun so the public may work in our favour when filming. We will need permission to film on the pier as well.

 

LENGTH:

Approximately five minutes

GROUP: 

Dilys Lisa

SHOOT DATES:

LOCATIONS:

Brighton Pavillion, Brighton Pier, Shoreham by Sea, derelict house, deserted fairground and my home

CREW:

(With mobile numbers)

 Dilys Latham: 075283475502

Lisa Walden: 07900585280

CAST:

(With mobile numbers)

Mani Latham 07825641103

Daisy Latham 07748151080

CAMERA EQUIPMENT:

• Camera
• Tripod
• Steady Cam

LIGHTING EQUIPMENT:

• Portable Light
• Bright light

WARDROBE:

• Floral Shirts
• Tie
• Bow Tie
• Shoes

PROPS:

Magazines

Piano

Designs

Drawing Book

Pencil

Approximate Time needed for each shot:

Our shots will be between five to 15 seconds long