In our trailer we only need two actors: Georgia- who is the main girl whos story we are telling, and Leanne- who is playing the role of Danny's (Georgia's) mother.
We are also using news reports for the riot scences, but we don't need any actors.
Thursday 15 December 2011
Propps
Here are a list of propps that we will need when we are shooting specific shots:
Smoke
Trainers, hoody, leaves.
Car, Brick, smashed glass
Aeroplane
Tree, blood
Dog, Patio door
Phone, posters, clothes (clutter)
Water, Sink, Eye make up, blood
Blackberry's, Table
Computer with internet
Train, hooded person, eye make up, black gloves
Bus
Black clothing, blood, eye make up, innocent clothing, characters
Blackberry
Leanne, Danny, Eye make up-Chavvy dress
tv, dvd of info, chavvy dress, characters
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Rating: 15
We decided to rate our trailer/movie at a 15, these are the requirements, and we believe we have kept our trailer and the storyline to the requirements below:
- No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.
- The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.
- Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
- Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.
- Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.
- There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.
- Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.
- Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.
- No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.
- Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.
- No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.
- The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.
- Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
- Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.
- Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.
- There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.
- Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.
- Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.
- No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.
- Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.
The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification)
The BBFC is an independent, self-financing media content regulator. They operate transparent, consistent and trusted co-regulatory and self-regulatory classification, as well as labelling systems in the UK.
Their motive is to:
- Protect the public, especially children, form content which might raise harm risks.
- Empower the public, especially parents, to make informed viewing choices.
- Recognise and respect adult freedom of choice within the law.
- Respond to and reflect changing social attitudes towards media content through proactive public consultation and research.
- Provide a cost-effective, efficient classification service within our statutory remit.
- Work in partnership with the industry to develop innovative service models to provide content advice which support emerging media delivery systems.
- Provide an effective service to enforcement agencies.
- Empower the public, especially parents, to make informed viewing choices.
- Recognise and respect adult freedom of choice within the law.
- Respond to and reflect changing social attitudes towards media content through proactive public consultation and research.
- Provide a cost-effective, efficient classification service within our statutory remit.
- Work in partnership with the industry to develop innovative service models to provide content advice which support emerging media delivery systems.
- Provide an effective service to enforcement agencies.
Other Theories
Relation to other Theories
Throughout our horror, especially in the bedroom and bathroom scenes with Danni, we feature a large number of voyeuristic scenes and through these scenes we aim to include some instances of male gaze. However when doing this we aim to subvert the obvious 'beautiful' and sexual connotations of the male gaze and instead portraying Danni to be awkward, and not yet developed making the audience feel bad and uncomfortable for watching.
In many ways we have aimed to follow Todorovs basic narrative theory
-State of equilibrium
-Disrupted by an agent
-Leads to a process of final resolution
-Return to a new equilibrium
We have followed Todorovs conventions of a narrative however we have included that the initial stage is a false sense of equilibrium, where the 'elders' believe that everything is fine, sitting in a false sense of security but the youths know that something is developing.
Throughout our horror, especially in the bedroom and bathroom scenes with Danni, we feature a large number of voyeuristic scenes and through these scenes we aim to include some instances of male gaze. However when doing this we aim to subvert the obvious 'beautiful' and sexual connotations of the male gaze and instead portraying Danni to be awkward, and not yet developed making the audience feel bad and uncomfortable for watching.
In many ways we have aimed to follow Todorovs basic narrative theory
-State of equilibrium
-Disrupted by an agent
-Leads to a process of final resolution
-Return to a new equilibrium
We have followed Todorovs conventions of a narrative however we have included that the initial stage is a false sense of equilibrium, where the 'elders' believe that everything is fine, sitting in a false sense of security but the youths know that something is developing.
Monday 5 December 2011
Practice Shots
We went to Pollards Hill to take an establishing shot of the estate, the weather helped and we also used our imagination and chose to blow smoke towards the camera lense to help create the atmosphere.
This was an intresting shot we had to get the actor on to the tree and set the tripod at the right height, we had to get as many shots as possible, and make sure atleast one was perfect, reason being we needed our actor to jump off, and she wasn't very keen on the matter, and didn't really want to do it again but it turned out ok in the end.
This was a very easy shot to think of, but rather difficult and challenging when it came to shooting it. We had to get the timing and the angle of the camera just right, we also needed the jump to be landing in the same place everytime for all the different angled shots. It was a fun shot to film, and we had think of different ways and angles to shoot it, but the we were happy with the end result.
We took a high angle shot of the station's sign so we could have a cut away of where the shot would be taking place.
Whilst on our jorney we noticed a car that had been smashed and just left on the road, we immediately thought this would be a great shot for one of our riot scenes in the trailer. We found this shot by luck and so had to make sure we got it as perfect as we could because we would not have another chance to get such a shot.
In order to get this shot one of the group members squeezed the fake blood from the tube whilst me and another member were in the process of getting the shot. One of us were giving direction of where the drops of blood needed to be and the other was focusing on filming the actual shot when it happened. This shot was about timing we didnt want it to look too fake so it had to look just right.
This shot is personally one of my faviourite shots, it;s a very quick and 'to the point' kind of shot, we had the actor just turn and look at the camera, to give the dramatic effect, it needed to be quick and it was, and with a bit of added music, like we did in our prlimenary trailer it would help give off the effect we were trying to portray.
Preliminary Task Horror Trailer
This was the final copy of our prelimenary task, we had a deep learning day where we were told to go out and take some practice shots with our groups to think about different angles and different shots we could use in our final horror trailer. This helped us think about different problems we might face and we were rather proud of our final outcomes. We took different shots and used the weather and the enviroment to our advantage.
Sunday 4 December 2011
Shooting Schedule
The group came up with a shooting schedule, this table shows us what shots need to be completed and by when, and also tell us who is going to be completing these shots.
Below is the table which consists of the relevant information:
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