Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Casting and Costume
Many horror films have female lead charactrers. Although this character wouldn't continue to the rest of the film, we decided to make her appealing to draw in the audience. We chose a blond actress- typically the hair colour of female leads in a horror film. We chose generic 'cool' teenager clothes, as our film was aimed at teenagers and we wanted to appeal to them. By choosing red for the shirt and the hat, we had more colour to show up, as our film was quite grey due to the lighting. We decided to give the actress a hat, coat and bag to make it look as though she was planning on staying in the woods for a while, which would pose questions about her situation. thw hite shoes (although covered in mud to show she had been in the woods for a while) showed up in the darkness, so the feet could be seen, which are important, as she spends alot of her time on screen running. we also put dirt on her face to show she'd been running through the woods.
Planning: Prop list and Filming Checklist
Planning: Prop list and Filming Checklist: 2 cameras (one for handy cam and one for the tripod) Tripod Portable light generator x2 Light equipment bag Script and storyboard Pair...
Letters to residents and council
We emailed the local council about our late night filming in the woods of The Rookery in Streatham just to warn them about our late night screaming. We also posted little leaflets into the letterboxes of residents who lived extremely close to our filming location. This is a copy of the text in our email:
We are AS level media students at Graveney School, and we identified The Rookery as the place we wanted to shoot our film. However, we would have to be there after sunset, so we wanted to make sure you were aware we were there. Our film involves big lights, and scenes with screaming and people running. This was just to warn you in case anyone was concerned. We are also writing notes to hand through people’s doors that live around the area to warn them.
Thanks,
Joely Holder, Maria Kakoulli, Louise Fisher, Jake Lovelace
We are AS level media students at Graveney School, and we identified The Rookery as the place we wanted to shoot our film. However, we would have to be there after sunset, so we wanted to make sure you were aware we were there. Our film involves big lights, and scenes with screaming and people running. This was just to warn you in case anyone was concerned. We are also writing notes to hand through people’s doors that live around the area to warn them.
Thanks,
Joely Holder, Maria Kakoulli, Louise Fisher, Jake Lovelace
Planning: Letter to local residents and Streatham council
Planning: Letter to local residents and Streatham council: We emailed the local council about our late night filming in the woods of The Rookery in Streatham just to warn them about our late night sc...
Synopsis
A teenage girl is attempting to restart a camera, the immediate area is pitch black and strange noises can be heard from the undergrowth. She is extremely distressed and confused as she tries to escape from unknown creatures who silently stalk her through the woods.
In her attempt to escape she falls over a fallen branch and injures her knee; looking down she can see wound she hears a unusual noise so she begins to run again.
She points the camera at herself attempting to explain the events of that night however she is disrupted by a creature who drags her away screaming into the depths of the forest.
Reports on the radio warn people in the town of the strange lights and to stay inside at night while investigations take place into the disappearance of a group of teenage friends. A few days pass and a group of six teenagers decide to venture into the secluded woods of Saint Reathams by breaking and entering. Not knowing about the reported sightings of strange lights in the area; they decide to go deeper into the woods with their crate of beer and camping equipment.
As it turns into night, the group of teenagers begin to realize that all is not quite right because of the strange lights and noises in the woods that appear to be stalking them.
After they find the camera in a remote area of the forest floor they observe the footage of the camera and see a group of teenagers before them, having fun upon entering the woods and assume they must have forgotten their camera. They decide to copy them and film on their camera, however when night falls they run out of memory and look back to delete the previous footage. They then see the terrible events that occured to the group before them; they attempt to leave the woods at once but find they are lost which leads to an argument making them separate.
One by one they are picked off by the strange beings lurking in the woods behind them looking for something to eat. Eventually their are only two friends left who get cornered by one of the aliens, in an attempt to defend themselves one of the last girls sprays her pepper spray in a last attempt to save herself which melts the alien. They both realize that alone they cannot kill them one by one so they sacrifice themselves in order to be taken to the leader alien. Once there, the leader decides they are no use to them so instantly plans to kill them but the boy causes a diversion in order to give the girl a chance to save herself however he is killed. Because of this diversion, the girl has a chance to kill the leader alien so she sprays her pepper spray and melts the leader alien which scares the rest of the aliens. They decide to teleport back into their spaceship and leave earth leaving the girl alone in the woods with her friend's body lying lifeless in her arms.
In her attempt to escape she falls over a fallen branch and injures her knee; looking down she can see wound she hears a unusual noise so she begins to run again.
She points the camera at herself attempting to explain the events of that night however she is disrupted by a creature who drags her away screaming into the depths of the forest.
Reports on the radio warn people in the town of the strange lights and to stay inside at night while investigations take place into the disappearance of a group of teenage friends. A few days pass and a group of six teenagers decide to venture into the secluded woods of Saint Reathams by breaking and entering. Not knowing about the reported sightings of strange lights in the area; they decide to go deeper into the woods with their crate of beer and camping equipment.
As it turns into night, the group of teenagers begin to realize that all is not quite right because of the strange lights and noises in the woods that appear to be stalking them.
After they find the camera in a remote area of the forest floor they observe the footage of the camera and see a group of teenagers before them, having fun upon entering the woods and assume they must have forgotten their camera. They decide to copy them and film on their camera, however when night falls they run out of memory and look back to delete the previous footage. They then see the terrible events that occured to the group before them; they attempt to leave the woods at once but find they are lost which leads to an argument making them separate.
One by one they are picked off by the strange beings lurking in the woods behind them looking for something to eat. Eventually their are only two friends left who get cornered by one of the aliens, in an attempt to defend themselves one of the last girls sprays her pepper spray in a last attempt to save herself which melts the alien. They both realize that alone they cannot kill them one by one so they sacrifice themselves in order to be taken to the leader alien. Once there, the leader decides they are no use to them so instantly plans to kill them but the boy causes a diversion in order to give the girl a chance to save herself however he is killed. Because of this diversion, the girl has a chance to kill the leader alien so she sprays her pepper spray and melts the leader alien which scares the rest of the aliens. They decide to teleport back into their spaceship and leave earth leaving the girl alone in the woods with her friend's body lying lifeless in her arms.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
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