Group: Sunday 26th January Filming Call sheet

TWGSB Media Studies Film Production

Call Sheet & Shot list 

Date: Sunday 26^th January   Location: Alex’s Aunt’s Garage
Meeting Time: 16:15         Group: 4        

Crew & Cast Contact details:

Alex McDowell                 Phone: ____

Laurel Parfitt                Phone: ____

Danielle Booker               Phone: ____

Hannah Rayner                 Phone: ____

Props & Equipment:                             Crew responsible:

Camera, Tri-pod & steady-cam frame              Alex

Fake Blood                                      Alex

Knife                                           Alex

Lighting                                        Alex

Extension Cord                                  Danielle

Matches & Lighter                               Alex and Danielle

Location	Shot number (on storyboard)	Cast	Technical notes
Bedroom	4	-	CU of the music box shutting with a crane inside. A shadow of the box is seen on the wall behind.
Alleyway	15	Hannah	Tracking of Hannah walking down the alleyway and then stop as Hannah continues walking.
Garage	41	Hannah	CU Hannah picking up the knife.
Garage	42	Hannah	LS Hannah placing the knife up to her kneck.
Garage	43	Hannah	ECU of a tear falling from Hannah’s eyes.
Garage	45	Hannah	MS Silhouette of Hannah slicing the knife across her neck.
Garage	46	Hannah	CU of Hannah’s collar bone as the blood drips down.
Garage	47	Hannah	MCU of Hannah falling to the ground
Garage	48	Hannah	LS of Hannah lying dead on the ground with blood coming from her neck.

Group:28th January Call Sheet

TWGSB Media Studies Film Production

Call Sheet & Shot list 

Date:28^th January        Location: Alex’s Aunts house/garage

Meeting Time:16:30       Group: 4      

Crew & Cast Contact details:

Alex McDowell           Phone: ____

Laurel Parfitt          Phone: ____

Danielle Booker         Phone: ____

Props & Equipment                          crew responsible

Camera + tri-pod +steady-cam                    Alex

Fake blood                                      Danielle

Lighting                                        Alex

Location	Shot number (on storyboard)	Cast	Technical notes
Outside house	1	-	Slow LS pan L to R
garage	20	-	CU Cranes swing slowly across shot
garage	30	-	Prop-blood. Dripping onto cranes
garage	44	-	Newspaper crane drenched in blood

Group:28th January

On Tuesday 28th January we filmed the remaining footage for our opening.
When we arrived we filmed the establishing shot which was a slow pan across the front of the house. We also filmed some more shots of the cranes swinging and did a few shots of the cranes dripping with blood. Alex did the filming and Laurel and Danielle manipulated the cranes and dripped the blood onto the cranes.

On  Tuesday it kept raining at different intervals. So as soon as it stopped raining and it was dry we filmed the establishing shot.

When filming the establishing shot we noticed that the light was on in the garage, so we went into the garage and turned the light off before filming to ensure continuity.

Inspirational Shot: Donnie Darko

This shot is from the film Donnie Darko, we are going to try and film a shot like this in our piece because it creates a sense of uneasiness and almost places us in the confused mind of the character themselves. We showed it to a few people to see what they thought and there immediate reaction was to say that it created a sense of discomfort adding the genre of psychological supernatural.

A.M: Title Analysis

By Any Means

 This is the order of the opening credits:
0.02    -Warren Brown                                                    -actor
0.04    -Shelly Conn                                                        -actress
0.06    -Andrew-Lee,     Potts  Elliot knights                   -actors
0.10    -Keith Allen,  Martin Jarvis                                  -actors
0.14    -Richard Lumsden,   Paul Thornley                     -actors
0.16    -with John Henshaw                                            - actor
0.18    -and Gin MKee                                                    - actress
0.20    -Written and co- created by Tony Jony Jorden     -Writer and Co Creator
0.21    -Produced by Tim Keys                                       - Produced by
0.24    -Directed by Charles Palmer                                - Directed by
0.27    -BY ANY MEANS                                             - Title


This title sequence lists the actors and actresses first. They have put the main actor and actress before the other actors and actresses who have slightly less main parts. This is then followed by the write and co creator, producer and director. The title is the last thing to appear on screen for this particular opening sequence.

The duration of the titles in the sequence doesn't appear to have a clear pattern. The actors and actresses names appear for 2-4 seconds and this is also the same for the other credits.

 Typography

 font style- It is a very simple font style, making it easy and clear to read.

 size- the text is of an average size to ensure that it is big enough to be clearly vissible. The title is a very large size to make it stand out more and make it so that it is obvious it is the title of the programme.

 colour- some of the text is black and some white. It is cleverly coloured to contrast with the background making the text bold and stand out.

 position- The postion of the text is very varied. Most of the time it is tilted or on its side making the title sequence very interesting.Also as the credits are at different angles it will make the audience pay more attention so them and make them try to read them. The title at the end is in the centre of the frame.

letters- The names are in capital letters to make them stand out. Where as smaller lower case letters are used for who the people are i.e 'directed by'

Animation-The titles often rotate with the footage. They also slide across the screen slightly following the path of the background image and they fade away.

-As screen shakes text disappears
-The title of the film is horizontally reflected.


what we could take from the title sequence?
I think that putting the names in capital letters is very affective as it makes the names stand out more from the opening. Also I like the fact the titles move with the footage making them integrated. I think that using two different colours for the text makes them look more interesting and would be helpful when making the titles stand out from the background.

Group: Props

One of our main props is the newspaper article hanging on the wall of the garage:


























This was created using this website: http://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/newspaper-generator.html

We ensured that all the information was accurate on the newspaper. We headed the newspaper 'San Francisco Chronicles' to show the fact that the opening is set in America. We used a photograph of Hannah in the corner of the paper to clearly show the article is about her. Also we titled the subheading 'Teenage Death'. This is quick and to the point so the audience viewing the opening can quickly read what it says and understand what the article is about.
I printed the article on thin Newspaper paper to make it look like a real generic newspaper.

The fact that the newspaper is reporting Hannahs death which is just about to happen is very mysterious and adds tension to the opening. It will intreige the audience to watch on.

Group: Friday 24th January Shoot Evaluation

After school we went back to our location to continue filming our opening sequence. Everyone, including Hannah and Eloise, met at the house and our plan was to film all scenes that Eloise was needed for so that she wouldn't have to come back. Laurel painted Eloise's face with white and black face-paints in the style of Mr. Boogie from Sinister (it was important that we shot all scenes with Eloise to ensure continuity of her face).
We managed to get a lot done and we were proud with what we managed to shoot. Alex was the main camera recorder ;Laurel spent time perfecting Eloise's sinister make up and some camera work; and Danielle positioned lighting and the composition of the shots. 

We were most pleased with the shots of Hannah reading the newspaper article whilst Eloise is watching over her. The lighting makes Eloise look especially sinister and eerie with her make-up and clothing and the fact that Hannah acts oblivious to her presence demonstrates the control Jane has on her. We created the newspaper article specifically for this shoot, on the article was an image of Hannah and titled 'Teenage Suicide'. We also took a lot of filler shots of the hanging cranes so that we could add them to the montage and create a broader representation of the garage.

We stuck the newspaper article onto the brick wall with masking and duct tape which we didn't realise would cause problems until Hannah had to rip it off the wall and fold it into a crane. We also realised that it wouldn't be in exactly the right place as soon as she ripped it off because it would have been difficult for us to remember. To overcome this we positioned the camera perfectly so that she could take it off the wall in one shot. We also filmed close ups of her hand taking it off the wall making sure the tape on the back wasn't seen.

We realised how important the storyboard was when filming because it gave us a clear sense of direction and an understanding of what we still had to do. We did the main shots that we had drawn in our storyboard but added plenty more so that when we come to film we can choose what worked best and have numerous options.