Genre Mind Map

Storyboard

Shooting Calender/Schedule

Shooting Calender

All shooting is to take place on Wednesday the 1st of April. From 6pm – 12am.




Shooting Schedule

Shooting will be done in sequence, in order for the natural outdoor lighting to maintain continuity, and also to make the editing process easier.

Character/Actor List


Daniel (Teenage Male) – Matthew Leigh

Eric (Dead Brother) – Matthew Leigh

Jane (Mother) – Jane Leigh


Props List

Family Photograph

Bowl of cereal and spoon

Keys

Hand written note.

Locations/Settings

Family Home – Kitchen, Porch, Bedroom and living room.

Bus Stop

Empty Street.


Equipment List

Camera

Tripod

Make up to whiten dead brother

Green Screen

Computer with final cut/i-movie for editing

Garage band for incidental music (midi input needed)

Logo Creation

I will be using Adobe Photoshop 7 for this, as it is the version I have on my home pc.

Initial screen of program running.

First I will need to find some royalty free art to use as my basic design. I am thinking of using some kind of moon icon, so that shall be the basis of my search.

The clipart image I settled on as the base of my logo design.

I now have my image, and will start work on it to incorporate it into a company logo I can use on a title card at the beginning of my sequence.

First I will create a background;

Image with background layer.

I will now add my company name to the image, using the text tool.

I have added my text, and edited it to make it fit more smoothly with the background. I have added shadow and emboss effects, and put the text on top of the background layer.

Now my logo is ready, and all I have to do is save it.

Title Sequence

Opening credits order

 

In the 2008 horror film ‘Mirrors,’ the opening credits run in the following order;

Main Role

 

Supporting roles

 

Casting by

 

Costumer Designers

 

Music By

Special Effects  Make up

Co – Producer

 

Editor

 

Production designer

 

Director of photography

 

Executive producers

 

Produced by

 

Screenplay by

 

Directed by

 

As I will not need Costume designer, Special effects, Executive Producer, Make Up or Co – Producer credits, my titles will run in this order;

 

Main Actor

 

Supporting Actors

 

Casting

 

Music By

 

Editor

 

Production Designer

 

Director of Photography

 

Produced by

 

Screenplay by

 

Directed by

Pitch

Pitch

My opening sequence shall start with a blank screen. A noise of a bus coming to a stop will be heard, and so shall the sound of a bus door opening. The bus will then be heard to drive off and the screen will fade into a shot of young man’s feet, the camera will pan up and track the teenager as he walks away from the bus stop, and the title music shall commence, along with the first opening credits coming up on screen. The next shot will be a long shot showing the young man walking down a dark, sparse, street, lit only by the amber glow of the streetlamps. The incidental music will be quiet and melancholy at this point, and all else shall remain silent. Next we shall see the man enter a door to a large house, and come to an inner door, where a note shall be stuck saying that the young man’s mother shall not be home tonight until late. The boy will peel this note of the door and continue through, the camera shall switch to the other side of the door and follow him as he comes in, but as the boy puts his bag down the camera shall continue to pan, and end up focused on a photograph stood on the table, consisting of two boys and an older women, their mother. This shot will not be held for a great length of time though, as the boy will slam the picture down so it can no longer be seen. The camera will focus on his face, and he will display some signs of discomfort.

The camera will cut to inside a dark room, which is barely visible until the boy enters and switches the light on. The room will be empty, and the boy will look uncomfortable. He’ll move through the room to the window and gaze out. After a short while, there will be a noise, and something will pass briefly into the view of the camera, but behind the boys back. He will turn around sharply, looking for any sign of the source of the noise, but to no avail. He will turn back to the window for a second, and then exit the room.

The camera will then cut to a close up of the photo shown previously, lying face down onto the table. The boy will be almost visible in the background, and clattering and slamming noises will be audible. The picture will cut to a medium close up of the boy, sitting at the table, eating some cereal. Shortly, a noise similar to the noise previously heard will occur. The boy will remain still for a few seconds, but then commence eating his cereal. The noise will be heard again, this time louder. The boy will slowly get up and move towards the source. The camera will follow him, using an over the shoulder shot. He will move into a different room, and look carefully, but will find nothing. The noise will then be heard much louder, and the camera will switch you the front of the boy, enabling the viewers to see a dark figure very close behind him. The picture will then cut to the title.

I believe that my film has the ability to do well, as it will make use of many mediums that are used in modern horrors today, whilst incorporating elements from the independent film industry, for a fresh feel to an old genre.

The ‘classic’ elements that I shall be using are enigmas and mysteries within the story, for instance the mystery of the missing brother and the empty room. I shall also be using low key lighting, suspense building incidental music and a sound that acts as a symbol for the horror. All of these elements were incorporated in the hit horror film, ‘The Grudge,’ which has made gross revenue of $187,281,115, on just a $10 million budget, making it one of the most profitable films of the year (2004).