Reccee report

These are the locations that we plan to use for our film, including a forest, Long Road Reception, a science lab and the Long Road bus stop. 

P5

This is my timeline from the premiere file of my trailer. I've tried to keep the clips very short and quick to add suspense and keep to the genre of the film. I cut up a couple of shots and made them very flickery to make it a bit more scary and to pull in the audience.

These are some examples of where I've colour graded the footage. I pretty much just dulled down the bright colours to suit the mood of the trailer and film.

Here I added a green screen clip of a screen from a security camera from youtube to set a feel of what kind of building they're in, when we filmed this shot we set it at an angle to make it feel like its a security camera.

PROJECT VISION: FINAL TRAILER

P3: Risk assessments for Special Effects and Location report

We have produced some detailed risk assessment's for our special effects and the production. Overall we found that there are no major risks involved with either matter.

Above are pictures of all the places that we plan to film around Long Road. In terms of health and safety, we have taken a full risk assessment of each location. There is a hospital within a mile from each place and water points are also in various places around the college.

P3/M1/D1:Relevant plans and/or sketches for the chosen special effect, including contingency plans

The special effects that we have chosen to use are: Scale model, Prosthetic makeup, and Lab chemicals (using ingredients to make liquid fizz up)

This is the original planning document of our special effects, it shows a breakdown of our initial ideas of what we could do. It also displays a rough list for casting.

This is a rough drawing of our scale miniature, it shows a birds eye view and front view. This will be handmade with cardboard, paper maché, and will be painted white.

 This is a bird eye nd front view of the set up for our chemical effect. We will use lemonade and bicarbonate of soda to make it fizz up. They will also be coloured with food colouring.

These are both breakdowns of our plan for prosthetic makeup, it includes why we are using this effect and how we will apply it to the actor.

P3/M1/D1: Storyboard & Anamatic (pre visualisation)

We started off by developing each idea that we had from out initial ideas grid. We decided on the action/thriller, government takeover inspired film. We finalised the story by taking minor parts from out other film developments.

The basic plot for our action/thriller film:
-Main antagonist is a girl on school trip to a goverment bulding
-She gets lost
-Overhears plans of an experiment on people, changing the way people look/behave in order to create the perfect human race. (The chanced of the experiment going wrong are very high)
- Take matters into her own hands and sides with a government agent against the plans and they set out to find an antidote to the experiment drugs.

Next we drew up a quick storyboard for our trailer to establish an idea of shots and where we can put in special effects.

Extra planning

We did some extra planning including script ideas, special effects and an initial list of what we would need for the trailer.

Script planning
-Child comes in with letter about school trip, asking permission from her mother
-Government agent speaking about the experiment
-Child trying to convince scientist to help her defeat the government

 Experiment results (prosthetic planning) 
-Peeling face/skin
-Cuts and bruises

Initial list of what we need
-Teenage female to play school girl
-Crazy scientist (male)
-Mother of school girl
-Government agents (3-5 male and female)
-Tour guide for government bulding
-2-3 experimentees (prosthetics)
-Scale model of government building
-Toy bus 

Anamatic (pre visualisation)

 

P2: Mood board & Technical proposal

Genre: Action/Thriller

Concept: Government performing experiments on people in an attempt to create the 'perfect' human race.

 This is the mood board that I have made for my film idea, it displays some of the special effects that we would plan on using. These effects include, Scale models, prosthetics, chemical reactions and possibly pyrotechnics.

What the effect is?

We would use a scale model of a government building (this could be either a real or fictional building). This building would be exploded in the film and we can do this by either using pyrotechnics or green screen.

Why is it need and how is it supposed to make the audience feel?

We need this effect in out film as the building would only be used in a very short shot so it is easier to film it as a miniature in a studio rather that finding a location and getting all the crew there. Also we are planning on exploding the model and if it is doesn't via pyrotechnics then obviously we cant set fire to a real building. Members of public might also get in the shot if its on location which would ruin the shot and potentially the mood and effect on the audience.

How does the effect work?

This effect would work by filming the miniature either outside or in front of a green screen. To be sure that the effects would work we need to get the angles and proportions of any surroundings perfect. In terms of exploding it, it would probably be safer to do it via green screen and add some dust and sound effects to it. Also depending on what the miniature is made from it might not burn in the same way as a real building therefore ruining the effect completely.

What materials you need?

The miniature itself can be made form anything, e.g. cardboard from scratch, a paper template from the internet, a model kit, or a shop bought toy building. We'd need to green screen to do the shot and things like dust could be done when filming or put in during the edit.

Proposed costs.

This shot would be fairly cheap to do, depending on what the miniature is made out of but scrap cardboard would work fine to keep the costs low. The costume that the actors would be wearing would just be normal clothes so we wouldn't need to buy anything especially for the shot.

Camera and stage directions.

This shot would be done with a wide camera angle with the entire front view of the building in the shot and a explosion would start from maybe one of the windows. This shot would only be a couple of seconds long and there wouldn't be any close ups of the building as it might give it away that it isn't real. 

Risks and how to make them safe.

The main risk with this would be if we were to use pyrotechnics the fire is an obvious hazard. This could be made safe by having a fire extinguisher or blankets on hand, however you would also need a trained professional and we probably cant get one of those. If we were to just stick to the green screen then the hazards would just be miniature models can cause trips and falls so make sure the actors aren't running near them.