Shooting Schedule

So now we've got everything ready, it's time to look at when we can film and what we can film, when! We first began looking at when we are free to film and making an availability chart of when the whole crew are free to film.



Charlotte, Tom and I have the same timetable so our availability is the same, even of a weekend. However, Jack has a weekend job making him unavailable on the average weekend but he has tried to get the weekend off. Based on this, we made up a shooting schedule:



This schedule includes all the information we need, Who is needed,What we are filming, Where were filming,  When were filming and the equipment we need. Our first filming day is 5th December lets see what we can do!

Actors Release Forms

To star in our films, the actors have to sign a form (and there lives away), also if under 18 and the start of filming, there parents. This enables us to use there image in the film.

The T's and C's

The Rights to The Actors Lives

Production Review

As a group and a production team, when looking at our events and where we actually are, we seem to be doing really well and everything is on time. Well at least according to the shooting schedule anyway, lets see what actually happens from now on!

We're about here at the moment




So in all honesty if we carry on as we are I'm sure our shooting will go great and editing if we manage our time correctly and all that jazz. We have everything we need ready for shooting from actors, costumes and props to scripts and stroryboards to see what we're actually filming! So now here we go onto finally getting down and filming!

Animatic

Here's the animatic we've created for our film to see how we think the film would feel and look, take a look here:

Illusion of Existence Storyboard

So before we can film we need to know what we're actually going to be filming funnily enough, so we have to make a storyboard of all the shots we want to film and make up our film. We may have accidentally gone into a little too much detail...

The Illusion Of Existence Script

Props Research

Here's the formal props list for all the props that will be used in our film. We will take this when looking for props as a checklist and also on set to make sure we have everything that we need to make our film:

To speak about a few of these props that we chose to have a certain look about them.

The Chipped/Stained Mug:
We wanted to use a older looking mug in the film to show her carelessness and that she doesn't really care or feel the need to buy anything new if she has no one to impress so she carries on using the same mug.

The Tatty Handbag:
This is again used for the same reason as the mug. She's had it a long time and doesn't feel the need to replace it for any reason.

Stack Of Folders:
The folders will be messy and look unorganized as she carries them, we wanted to show that again she doesn't really care and she does what she can to get by in the world.

Apple
When we came up with the idea that Mallory will be eating an apple and her dropping it we were looking at the apple from Disney's Snow White. She eats the apple and then dies, in our case the apple represents the death of Peter.

Risk Assessment

Here is the risk assessment for each of the locations we will be filming at. Each risk is taken into account and given a rating from Low-High and any plan of action for what we have to do to limit the risks.

Location Risk Assessment A2

Location Research

These are the photos of the locations we will be using to film our scenes in our short film. We all think that these locations are ideal and suitable to film at. Also it is easy for us all to get to, as we have accessible transport in the group.

The House:

The opening of the film we will have an establishing shot of Mallory's house where she lives alone. For this we will be using Charlotte's family house. The house is rather new and large, having it this way we thought it would extenuate the fact she lives and alone and is lonely.

Bedroom Scenes:

For several scenes in the film, we will need to film in and around a house. The opening of the film is set in what should be the female characters bedroom as she gets ready for the day. In this location there will be a montage style scene of Mallory waking up and getting herself ready for the days events ahead. This scene will also be repeated again towards the end of the film as we witness her transformation into her more stylish and confident phase.

We will be re-arragnging this bedroom and adding more of a modern bed cover and pillows to make the room look and suit the young character of Mallory.








Road Scenes:

As you can see in these photos there is a large main road with a path on the side. Next to it is a big field. The scene we will be filming here is when the female character bumps into the male character and when she drops her bags. The two characters will be engaging in conversation, and when they say goodbye to each other and they both go in the opposite directions, the female character turns around and sees that he has completely gone.



The reason we have decided to film in this location is because there is lots of space, and it is virtually clear to the audience that there is no place that this male character can hide within the amount of time between when they both go in the opposite direction and from when she turns around. So this leaves the audience wondering how this character disappeared in such a short amount of time, with no side roads or bushes to quickly hide into.

This location will be easy for us all as a group to get to as we have accessible transport from one of member's in the group.The only thing we will all have to be careful with is that we will need to be aware of cars driving on the road, so if any of us cross the road we will need to take extra care especially as at times we will be carrying expensive filming equipment.

Park Scene:

 In these photos shows a park with massive open fields. This is the scene where the female character is sitting on a bench and she hears the sound of a male voice which is the voice of the male character who she bumped into in road location. This is an ideal location once again because like with the second location there is lots of open space, but with this location there is even more open space.



As you can see more clearly in this photo there is lots of open space.
So in this scene the similar event will happen again with them both talking then walking in the opposite direction, only for her to turn around seconds later to see that he has completely vanished. It will become clear to the audience that there is literally no place for this male person to hide or go in the amount of time between when they go in the opposite directions and when the female character turns around. This location will be fairly easy to get due to the accessible transport we have in our group.






Train Station Scene:

These photos show the train station where we will be filming. The scene that we will film which happens at this location will see the male character and the female character once again engage in conversation, after she hears the same male voice again asking about the train times when she is looking at the train timetable.
As they engage in conversation, the female wonders off to the train timetable asking the male character what train he was getting and where he was going. But when he doesn't reply she turns around and sees that he has vanished.


For the third time the audience is left wondering where this male character went and how he could disappear in the amount of time between when she walked to the train timetable and turning around. In these photos you can clearly see that there is nowhere for him to hide.

We chose this station over a large station like Birmingham New Street, not only to prevent any high risks to cast/crew while filming but to show the area that Mallory lives in being a quiet village that not many people need access to making her chances of meeting new people being unlikely due to her situation.

Costume Research

When looking at each characters costume choices, we began to look at how we would want them seen on screen and how their costumes could be seen by an audience member. We first began to look towards the Male lead character who we wanted a costume that wouldn't give away too much of his character.

Having the character dress in all black with no dignifying clothing item or accessory, gives the audience a sense of mystery about him and want to know more about this character, giving them a shock when they find out his back story of his past and his death.

Our female character in our film will have three costumes as we see her throughout the film. This will be in the form of a pair of Pajamas, an Everyday Outfit, and then an outfit when she decides that she'd like to reinvent herself. We liked the idea of her wearing darker reds with black/grey accessories, so she slides under the radar of anyone's attention.

When she has her personal transformation into her higher equilibrium we decided to move away from the autumnal colours we see her wearing throughout the film and go for a brighter and happier colour with a Blue dress. This is also showing the idea of a new life and moving on from darker times. Her hair will also change from being a lazy pony tail into her hair being down and made up and her glasses removed.

For our final character, we have our supporting male, who comes into the film at the end that creates the females higher equilibrium. We chose to dress him as different as we could from our male lead character to show the contrast in the personalities and future relationship of the two.

He is dressed alot smarter than the Male Lead, as though he was going to work also. We also chose a light blue shirt to match with our female character to make show a link between the two characters.

We've also had to make a costume plot for when we are on set and getting the characters costumes ready:

Costume Plot by Lucy Smith

Film Treatment

Before we could move onto our planning and research, we have to write a film treatment. The treatment written similar to that of a story, lets you imagine how the film will look and the story and actions that go on with it and give descriptions of the camera moments and shot types.

You can read it here:

Now that we have this treatment we can now look at things like:

• Costumes
• Props
• Locations (With the risk assessment!)

ONTO THE PLANNING!