StoryBoard

1. The 1st shot is a shot of the house which will be an establishing shot to show the audience the setting of where the film will be taken place. The sound will be non-diegetic music that will represent that the film is horror.

2. The 2nd scene is a shot of a high angle shot of Ben and Emma asleep in bed, to show vulnerability to the characters. There will be no sound whilst the two characters are sleeping, however, after a few minutes Ben and Emma will wake up after hearing the phone ringing, where diegetic sound will be used from the phone ringing, Emma will then go downstairs to answer the phone.

3. The 3rd shot will show a close up shot of the phone ringing and diegetic sound.

4. In the 4th scene it shows a medium shot of Emma picking up the phone, and diegetic sound of the phone ringing.

5. The 5th scene will cut to a long shot of the killer standing in the alley way near the house, each time the killer is shown there will be non digetic music where by it will make the audience feel tense and aware of the killer.

6. The 6th shot will be over the shoulder shot showing Ben opening the door to Bell. This shot will follow on from after Emma comes downstairs to answer the phone, after she has put the phone down the door bell rings but is unsure whether to answer the door so calls Ben downstairs. Diegetic sound will be used from the door bell ringing and voices of the characters talking.

7. The 7th shot is an arc shot showing the characters walking into the living room, and also showing the characters when they are sitting down in the room, which will then be tracking camera movement to show the action. The sound will be diegetic from the sound of characters talking.

8. The 8th scene will show Ben talking to Emma and Bell as he is going into the kitchen and asks if they want anything, Bell replies that she will come with him which will show a long shot showing Ben and Bell walking towards the kitchen. My group and I have decided to change the calm non-digetic music as we feel that it will be more realistic to use tense, dramatic music when the camera is on Emma showing that she is on her own after Ben and Bell leave Emma, to show that she is scared.

9. The 9th shot will cut to a medium shot of the killer walking towards the house with the use of non-diegetic music that is used each time the killer is shown.

10. The 10th shot is to follow on from the 9th shot which will cut from the killer walking towards the house to showing the killer getting his phone out from his pocket and the camera showing a close up shot of the killer scrolling down his contact lists until he gets to ''DEAD PERSON''. The sound will be diegetic to show the noise and clicking from the phone.

11. The 11th shot will cut from the killer on his phone walking towards the house to the phone ringing inside the house, which will give the audience an idea as to who may be the one behind why the phone keeps ringing. There will be diegetic sound from the phone ringing and from this point the camera will show Emma answering the phone where by she will hear breathing down the phone, this will be diegetic sound.

12. The 12th scene will cut to showing the killer outside the house to then cross cutting again to an extreme close up shot of  the killers finger on the door bell. There will be diegetic sound from the noise of the door bell.

13. The 13th shot will show Emma leaving the living room and walking to open the front door which will be an over the shoulder shot to show that know-body is there, Emma will walk outside to have a look to see if anyone is there, but nobody is anywhere to be seen so walks back into the house, however, the killer is hiding. Diegetic sound is used from the doors opening and closing.

14. The 14th shot will show a long shot of the back of the killer to show that he is posting the death threat through the letter box. Non-diegetic music/sound to show tension.

15. The 15th shot will show a close up shot of the death threat on the floor after the death threat has been posted by the killer through the letter box. There will be no sound used in this scene.

16. The 16th shot will show a medium shot to show Emma holding the death threat, there will be no sound in this scene.

17. In the 17th shot there will be a long shot of Ben walking out of the kitchen towards Emma. The sound will be diegetic sound from the opening and closing of the kitchen door.

18. In the 18th shot it will show a medium shot of Ben's arm around Emma, both showing confused facial expressions as to what is going on. There will be diegetic sound from the voices of characters talking. 

19. The 19th shot will show Ben telling Emma to look through the letter box to prove that know-body is there, however when Emma does look through the letter box she is faced with an extreme close up shot of the killers eyes where the killer will say...''Hello Emma''!! The sound will be diegetic from the opening of the letter box  and the voice from the killer. 

Audience Profiling

I have researched into the types of films that are similar to my own. This survey is from the film Sorority Row which shows a similar target audience that we would use for our own film. This is what we found; Sorority Row age gender 4-6 0% male 52% 7-11 0% female 48% 12-14 0% class 15-24 57% AB 21% 25-34 31% C1 37% 35-44 5% C2 18% 45+  7% DE 24% source: CAVIAR From what we can see it shows that our audience would be mainly male aged 15-24. Considering that the females in the film are targeted to a male audience by how the characters are portrayed for example, what they are wearing. However, as our film as some romantic comedy to it, it will also be portrayed to the female audience.

Halloween



 

Halloween: H20
age			gender
4-6	0%		male	59%
7-11	0%		female	41%
12-14	0%		class
15-24	61%		AB	15%
25-34	24%		C1	33%
35-44	12%		C2	19%
45+	3%		DE	33%
source: CAVIAR

• The second film survey I have researched into is the film Halloween. From what we can see from this survey, it shows that the audience for this film is aimed towards the male audience ages 15-24. Considering that most of the actors in the film are males are portrayed as being stereotypical, strong and violent.

• Overall, the research I have found out shows that my film will be targeted to the male audience aged 15-24, however, my group and I feel that our film will be aimed to the female audience too by the way that the characters are portrayed and shown. 
• The certificate of our film will be 15, as from the research I have found it shows that our film will not be suitable for the age 15 and under, by the use of violence and tense dramatic scenes in the film.

Further research and planning

• Last lesson in Media my group and I decided to assign tasks for each one of us in the group so we each play an equal role in the research and planning. 
• This included, Kate taking pictures of the settings, Sarah researching into the non-diagetic music and my role was to draw out the story board and upload the pictures. 
• I have finished the story board and will shortly be uploading the pictures to my blog, whereby I will then be able to write in more detail about each shot about the type of shot, camera movement, dialogue and sound.

Location ideas for filming

 

• For our film we have chosen the house and the surroundings of the house (woods, alley ways) for the main setting. We decided to use our main setting in a house as its stereotypical where most horror films are set. 
• We would be filming when it is dark to give the impression of disorientation and which it will give the audience a tense feeling like in most horror films. 
• The outline could give the underlying tone of danger as seen in many of the classic horror films, for example, Kate edited the letter box to the colour red to show danger and to make the picture look more realistic. 
• We thought that we would do something different and use the door letter box where we will see the killers eyes popping up as the last image the audience will see/have of the film, as not many horror films include letter box's. 

• Overall, my group and I are happy with our setting and i feel that we all know how to make a good setting for our film, however, we will need to take into consideration the weather as we will be filming outside. 

scene/shot list

My group and I have worked together to plan out our different scenes and shot list, the shot list consists of 19 shots;


1. The first shot is an establishing shot of a house to show the audience where the film will be taking place


2. High angle shot, showing Emma and Ben in bed asleep which is to make them look vulnerable


3. Close up shot of the phone ringing, to show the audience that the phone is important in the film


4. Medium shot of Emma picking up the phone 


5. Long shot of the killer standing in the alley way


6. Over the shoulder shot of Ben opening the door to Bel


7. Arc shot to show that the camera is following the action 


8. Long shot and camera tracking to show Ben and Bel walking towards/into the kitchen


9. Medium shot from behind the killer walking towards the house 


10. Close-up-shot of the killer scrolling down their phone looking through contacts


11. Close-up-shot of the phone ringing in the house


12. Extreme close-up of the killers finger on the door bell of the house


13. Over the shoulder shot of Emma opening the front door expecting someone to be standing behind it...


14. Long shot showing the killers back 


15. Close-up-shot of the death threat that flys through the letter box


16. Medium shot showing Emma holding onto the death threat with a scared facial expression 


17. Long shot of Ben walking out of the kitchen over towards Emma


18. Medium shot of Ben's arm around Emma


19. Extreme close-up showing the killers eyes through the letter box

Film title ideas

Today in lesson Sarah, Kate and myself came up with some good ideas as to what our film could be called. We haven't yet decided on the exact title as it is still yet to be confirmed, as we still need to create our story boards and shot list of events for the film that will be created.


Title ideas;

- Night of HELL

- Someone's watching you

- Paranoid

- Killer

- Two girls, One Boy and a Killer

Brief summary of each character/character representations

I have decided in my planning to include a brief summary and an individual picture of each of the characters in my film.


The Killer - George Bayman

• My group and I have chosen to use George Bayman as we feel he is the best person to play the killer. 
• George is tall and hunk and he will be represented as the villain, scary, intimidating, terrifying and frightful. 
• George will be dressed in black as this is a stereotype of how killers are usually portrayed, he will also be wearing black gloves and a balaclava to make his face invisible to not give his face away and which will keep the audience tense.

• A similar character that is a good representation of a 'killer' is Michael Myers who played the leading role in halloween. The way that George (Killer in my own film,) and Michael in halloween are portrayed are very similar, both characters are out to stalk and kill people in the neighborhood, and to the give the audience a vibe to be scared of that character or aware of them. 
• Their clothing is quite similar, how Michael wears gloves in the film which gives the audience a thought that he's trying to hide his trace marks, this is similar to how George in my own film will be portrayed, and also how they both wear dark clothing which is stereotypical to how killers should be portrayed and represented in horror films. 

Main Character - Emma

• Emma will be represented as a vulnerable, scared character who shows emotion which is stereotypical how most main girl characters in horror films are portrayed. 
• Emma will be dressed in a cardigan and pyjama bottoms to show her character as liking to be chilled and comfy in what she is wearing, Emma will also have little make up on to represent her character.

• A similar character that I would base Emma on would be Shannon Sossamon who plays the main girl in one missed call. 
• I have chosen Shannon Sossamon as a representation of the character Emma, because both characters are portrayed as the vulnerable victim. 
• Both characters wear similar clothing, and little make-up to show their vulnerability.

Bel - Emma's sister

• My group and I have decided to use Bel as one of the main characters being played as Emma's sister as we feel that she will be excellent for the part! As myself and Bel are sisters in real life we feel that it will make our film look more realistic considering that we are both playing sisters in the film. 
• Bel will be represented as out going, kind, bubbly, friendly and sociable. We will be able to tell that Bel is sociable as she comes home from a friends house later on in the night. 
• Bel will be dressed as casual/dressy which will represent her personality. 

• A similar character that I have chosen to represent the character Bel is Silver from the American TV show 90210. 
• Both characters are portrayed as out going, party girls, and bubbly. 
• They both dress in a similar way and are both at a similar age. 

Ben - Ambrose

• My group and I have chosen to use Ambrose (Ben, Emma's boyfriend) as one of the main characters. In my own opinion I would say that my group and I have a strong relationship with Ambrose which will make our acting look a lot more realistic to the audience. 
• Ben will be portayed as the stereotypical boyfriend hero. 
• Ben will be dressed in Pyjama bottoms and either a dressing gown or a jumper. Ben will be represented as, Loving, kind, humorous and out going. 

• A similar character i would base Ben on would be Bobby (Scott Porter), who plays the boyfriend hero in prom night. 
• The way that Ben and Bobby are similar, is they both play the 'hero boyfriend' and are both portrayed in a similar way, caring, rescuer, knight in shining armor and are a similar age to each other.