SHOT LIST

A Shot List is a detailed list of each camera shot that needs to be captured in video production, created by the director. This is helpful to put on my blog as it documents each part of our production, and acts as a checklist, giving viewers a sense of direction. A successful shot list will contain elements such as the type of camera used or the shot type and outline the reasonings for the purpose of each element. It's essential for any production to give producers a brief idea of what will be shot and needs to be done.

CHARACTER CASTING

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CONSTRUCTION: FILM POSTER

 

I wanted to create a film poster for personal desire and pleasure, to help myself display my movie visually. I included elements such as the title, the release date in cinemas, participants involved in the production, awards and social media. I think it's important to include these in a film as it informs viewers with brief information which may be crucial when attracting people.  This may be because some members of public could be more likely to go and watch something if they're interested or familiar with the actors or people involved e.g producers. I discovered this when I asked in my survey what reasons people had to watching a film and one response was because of actors involved. I had to think about how I would want to portray my film if I were to release it, and what message I'd want to get through to an audience. 

Film posters are necessary for advertisements and promotions for productions, trying to influence and persuade the public to watch. Making them eye catching and bold are significant to therefore do so, including distinct fonts and colours which stand out.

For my poster above I used the app, Powerpoint, as it was simple and helpful when adding text and images. I chose to put in the image of our stalker behind his victim, taken when filming, as it sums up the main idea of someone being tracked down, as well as having chilling connotations due to someone being followed unknowingly.

SOCIAL GROUPS & ISSUES

 I used the app, Pinterest, to identify categories included in my film opening such as identifying social groups and issues. This included posts such as book covers, photographs and objects. This gave me visual ideas and inspiration e.g locations. 

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THEME

ISSUES

LOCATIONS

Using Pinterest boards for inspiration, I were able to create visual ideas such as locations to film at (remote), issues present in todays society (kidnapping) and social groups (teenagers). Kidnapping is a foul but relatively common crime, usually done for money. An individual is held to ransom by an individual or gang who stand to gain financially with their ransom demands. However, the kidnapping in our film opening is very different. The subject of the kidnap is of immense value because of her innate gifts: she has full access to her brain which therefore makes her extremely intelligent and unique. In our production an agent who is played by Ollie Hill wants her, so that she can be recruited and studied for his own personal gain. In the Location board I included isolated venues and dark streets which attach connotations to chilling atmospheres.

My mood boards show films alike our own production, eery settings and common issues, all which come together to create our overall theme. We had props in the boards such as scientific brain scans, criminal weapons, crime scene boards and thriller book covers.

Overall, I aimed to create a visual representation of my ideas relating to my production which would help portray the ideas in my film optically. 

CONSTRUCTION: BBFC CERTIFICATE

 Film Certificates are decided and awarded by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who watch the film all the way through to decide on the suitable audience. It's enforced for public protection, and restrict those who may find the content distressing or unsuitable, especially young children. There are four main restrictions: PG (Parental Guidance advised), 13 and above, 15 and above, and lastly 18 and above. Not only does this age rating protect audiences, but also may be helpful when selecting a suitable film to enjoy.

This certificate is constructed using a suitable template and edited in Powerpoint.

I researched how the BBFC allocates films by viewing productions before they're released. Our film doesn't contain any warnings such a dangerous behavior, drugs, discrimination, nudity or sex/sexual violence, only threat and horror, concluding our film EXTRACTION would be likely to receive a 15 certificate due to scenes containing threat and violence throughout, which may disturb or upset younger viewers.  

 

INTERVIEWING FILM DIRECTOR

 To explore the character and directors aims in this movie, I set up a hot seat interview, questioning Ollie who plays the character of the stalker, as well as being the director himself. This enables viewers to analyse the story and gain a more in-depth idea of the plot and motive. When directors create character roles, they try and get the actors to inhabit the role and make it as realistic and believable to the audience that they are who they're acting as. From the interview I was able to learn things such as why this movie is unique and different to other productions, furthermore acknowledging the influences such as Elon Musk and science. 

BEHIND THE SCENES

BEHIND THE SCENES

PLANNING: RISK ASSESSMENT

 A risk assessment is necessary to avoid any injuries or dangers which we may come in contact with throughout our filming. This table below presents these possible dangers and how we avoided them. I categorised this table into the main themed risks: Location/Environment, Weather and General Public. 

HEALTH HAZARD: 

These are all the factors which could be dangerous and are highlighted as risks to us. For example, we identified the fact there were rabbit holes where we were filming, factors of which may be dangerous to us due to if we accident stood in one it may injure us.

RISK LEVEL:

This is judged with labels, H, M or L, standing for high, medium and low, judging the health hazard by how dangerous it is. None of our risks we discovered were labelled H, mostly medium and low. An example of this is when we labelled the rain risk as M due to the rain wasn't an extremely significant risk, however it could effect us when filming.

RISK EXPOSURE:

This is a list of how and why the health hazards are dangerous, for example, we evaluated the 'trespassing' problem by explaining that being found in a location which we weren't given permission to film in may result in us being banned from there or just get in trouble with the teachers. 

CONTROL MEASURE: 

This box explains how to avoid the dangers and reduce the risk of them, such as wear more layers of clothing to avoid the cold weather when filming.