Difficulties!

Once we filmed all our green screen footage we started to put it into imovie.
However once doing this we discovered that we could not add effects on top of the footage with the green screen! This meant that when we tried to add an effect to the green screen footage such things would happen as a white glow around the original footage, or the character would turn very distorted half way through a shot. 


Therefore we have had to try and figure out what we were going to use instead of our green screen footage. We went through possibilities of just re-filming a few clips in another location and try and merge them in with our original footage however we felt that that will not work as well as we would want it to.


By looking at easy close locations that will give off a good vibe we finally decided to re-shoot all/ most of our footage in a near by church. By re-shooting our footage a graveyard it will give us good access to a good location as well as giving off the spooky/horror atmosphere that we were looking for! 


We have planned to get all the footage filmed by the end of this week, therefore leaving lots of time for editing and tweaking the footage to look its best. 

Mise En Scene

The whole production will be lit by the sun light and nothing else, as I think this will produce a good amount of light and give the surroundings a good natural colour to build the eeriness that we want to create.

In order to complete our filming we will need to take a lot of equipment, therefore we need to organise this before we set out, as we have a small window of opportunity with the light. At this time of year the optimum time would be around 4.30pm or before, this is because its dusk, but we only have a small period of this ‘dusk’ light before it will get very dark. Consequently we will have to rely on quick filming and accurate timing to make sure that we get the whole setting and atmosphere captured in the small time frame we have!

The type of equiptment we will need includes:

• tripod
• video camera
• costume for the girl and boy (including bag for the boys head)
• storyboards

Green Screen

We started to film using the green screen, we spent 4 hours in the room taken different shots and sequences to make sure we had enough to use in editing. These are a few stills from the day.  

On Location: South Allington House

We took many stills and moving images of the location we wanted. We did this without the characters in it, this is because we are then putting it onto the green screen where we will edit our moving shots of the characters on top of the original shots. These were taken in north devon at a place called South Allington House.

Characters

The male character in our film will be typically creepy, however you will never see his face or anything that would distinguish him. He will be a silhouette throughout the whole sequence and the only feature of him you will ever see is his feet and hands.

One example of a male character in a horror film similar to ours is Jack from The Shining. He is a middle aged man who has the same structure and body language as we want our male to be.

The Girl in our sequence is portrayed as very sweet and innocent, she is just in the wrong place at the wrong time. There will be a lot of close ups of her terrified face and her running feet, this will make the girl more apparent to the audience therefore they will feel more for her. 

One character we based our girl on would be Emily Calloway in Hide and Seek. She is a young innocent girl that is terrified by unfortunate events that happen to her throughout the film. 

Our girl character will be played by me Harriet Milnes

Costume For Girl

This is the dress we are going to use for the girls costume; this is because it is bright but also childlike in its fashion. This gives the impression that the girl is young.

These are the shoes that will be worn along with the dress; this is because they are flat and practical to run in however they are bright and appealing. This means they would suit the character, and also show her innocence.

We are going to use over the top and bright makeup on the girl to make her features stand out, however she will also be dusty and dirty to show how the situation she is in is very out of the ordinary.

This is our photo story board

 

Our first shot after the setting would be the front door of the house where it takes place. It would then zoom in to show the door handle and then the key hole.

Once it has gone through the key hole it would then go into the first corridor! In the corridor there is a large staircase and a couple of doors.

The shot would then move up the staircase and right at the top of the stairs a 'shadow' would flash past the camera very fast.

Then there would be a close up shot of the girls terrified face as shes looking behind her, this would be whilst she is running down a long narrow corridor.

The next shot would be a medium long shot of the girl running down the corridor from behind.

The girl then trips and we get a side shot of her doing this, she gets up and runs out of the shot however when she gets up she is going to be animated.

Then There will be a close up of an unknown mans feet walking along the corridor.

A medium shot of the back of the man. This will be a sillouette shot and you will not be able to recognise him.

A side on shot of the girls running feet.

Aother shot of the man walking, this time walking towards and past the camera.

Close up shot of the mans clenched fists as he is walking.

A long shot of a mysterious wardrobe.

A long shot over the mans shoulder of the girl climbing in the wardrobe.

A side on shot of the mans feet walking

A long shot zoomed into a close up of the wardrobe, it will then fade into the wardrobe.

This is where there will be a close up of the girls terrified face as she waits in anticipation.

A close up of the girls eyes

A close up of the girl cramped up inside the wardrobe.

A close up of the girls heavy breathing

A long shot of a clock

close up of the clock hand ticking

side on shot of the hands ticking.

Another long shot of the clock.

The girls face as the man opens the wardrobe doors and the light flashes in her eyes.