Filming

Now that I've started to film my project, I've tried to stay as close to the original story board as possible whilst making a few adjustments as this was only a rough guideline. Whilst I was filming I focused on two things:

• Camera angles
• Mise en scene

Camera angles

As I was filming I tried to get as many different shots as possible. This meant that I would re film the same scene around three times so that I could then look over them in the editing process. For example, I would try filming one of the shots as a wide angle shot, and then another shot as a close up so that I could then compare them both later.

One of the shots I got was the first shot of the film where it is a tracking shot of the road leading up to the house that it is being filmed in. For this shot I used a handles seaway so that there was more stability in the shot, But if this shot is not stable enough then ill either stabilize it in the editing process or re shoot this shot.

Mise en scene

The first shot that we see in the house there are photos all over the floor and the hall way looks a mess...

I set up the hall way to look like this so that it looked as though there was a struggle. This should also hopefully intrigue the audience and make them want to continue watching. I kicked up the carpet and though all of the frames on the floor, so that it was obvious that their was a recent struggle.

In the bedroom I put books all over the floor and bed, I also put out some note pads and laptops, the reason I did this was so that it would not only peak the audiences curiosity but also make it look like who ever was in that bed had been studying something. I also tried to make it look as though there was a struggle, I did this by having things like glasses, And books on the floor. I also but some fake blood on the floor and on one of the corners of the bed. I did this because it helped with presenting the idea that their was a struggle involved. i put fake blood onto the corner of the bed and the floor around that corner so that it was more obvious that their was a struggle here not long ago.

With the lighting in this shot I had to have the lamp on in order to show all of the things I had placed on the floor. I had to do this because it was important that the shutters were closed in the shot. The shutters had to be closed because the people are supposed to have been taken at night so it works better with the story if the shutters are closed.

Sound

The sound that I want to have in my film opening will be the sound effects that coincide with what is seen on the screen, along with an overlaying track of music that is used when needed. The music that I originally wanted to use was Time by Hans Zimmer. I wanted to use this track because I felt that the feel to it would have gone well with the intro to my film. There is also the fact that there are no lyrics. Because of this it makes it easier to focus more on what is happening on the screen. The music also starts off very slow, and then moves its way up slowly until it is slightly more hectic. I tried sending an email to Warner Bros asking there permission to use the song for my coursework, but they unfortunately didn't get back to me. So I will instead be using a track that has the same sort of emotional feel to it, only it is license and copyright free.

Costume

In my film opening, the character in focus is wearing angry bird pajamas. The reason that I chose this for costume is because it displays the character as innocent, which is something that I wanted to make a point of displaying in this character. The reason that I want to portray this character as innocent is so that the audience will feel sorry for him, and worry for him when the film gets more intense. This is because if the audience develops more of a connection with the main character because they are worrying for him, then it will make the film more gripping. I chose angry bird pajamas because it will also help to further develop the audiences idea of when this film is based.

Plotline

If I were to make the whole of my film rather than just the introduction, then my plot line would be: The parents of a child that have been taken hostage because one of them can bring people back from the dead, they only kidnap the parents and leave the child behind on its own. The people that kidnapped the the parents then discover that its neither of the parents that can bring people back from the dead, but the child that they left behind. The rest of the film is then following the story of both the child that is trying to not only survive on its own, but also stay away from the people trying to capture him, and the parents that are trying to survive and escape.