Team members and their roles;

Our group is made up by three people:

Joseph Ryan (stalker, editor, director)

Gina Eales (killer, editor, director)

Victoria Pratt (Parker) (Lucy, editor, director

When filming our film piece, we all wanted to experience the different equipment. Therefore we played different parts when scenes where being filmed. Such as the coffin scene Victoria acted so Joe and Gina could be co-directors. But on the final part of the opening where Joe plays the stalker, Victoria had the chance to film since she plays the main character and this was her only chance.

Film Title Development;

When researching into film names we looked into the typical conventions within our film piece.

• stalker
• death
• gun
• sense of the unknown
• murder
• jealously

As a group, we then related these conventions to the words used to describe them. For example,the word "stalker" is usually described as an obsession or illusion. Therefore when looked up these words into the thesaurus and selected the ones we felt would suit our target audience.

Paramnesia and Chimera dominate the pie chart and so we continued to research into the two most popular selections.

Chimera is the term used for a fanciful mental illusion or fabrication.

Paramnesia is the term used for a distortion of a memory in which fantasy and objective experience are confused.

Paramnesia is the perfect candidate for our piece of film because the definition sums up the whole plot. Paramnesia is also not in the English dictionary but is an American term which could suggest the film is mainstream rather than niche.

Script;

In our film opening there will be little or no script as it is controlled by a voice over which will be a selected poem from the Internet (not copyrighted). The poem will add to the eerie atmosphere and create a dramatic effect that will build upon the opening. The slight script of begging as the girl pleads for her life will only be quotes like "please don't", "stop" and "don't do this". At the end of the opening (also known as the beginning of the film) the stalker repeats "she picked her finger upon my rose" over and over until the end of the clip to empathize his love for her.

Prop List;

Prop Lists; Here is a list of props we will be using throughout our media piece. The list will keep our group organised when the day of filming finally begins

Bedroom Scene

• Laptop
• Bed
• Fishtank (artificial lighting)
• Curtains
• Black sheet (incase its not dark enough to film
• Gun

Costumes required for bedroom scene

Girl: White shirt, white shorts, natural look

Killer: Black trench coat, black bowling hat, black boots, black leather gloves.

Coffin Scene

• Coffin
• Cobwebs and Netting
• Lighting equipment (artificial lighting)
• Black sheet

Costumes required for coffin scene

Girl: Black leggings, Black top, Black nails, Big hair, Spider ring.

Outside Scene

• Car
• Lampost
• Digital Camera

Costumes required for outside scene

Stalker: Black leather-look jacket, Jeans, t-shirt, trainers.

Weather and Shooting Schedule;

As the plan states the group and I begin filming for our film coursework tomorrow and I am rather excited to be putting all the groups and my ideas together and finally bring them to life.

Shooting Schedule; This allows us to allocate time in order to keep on track and complete the piece without any rush.

Our filming days are:

Tuesday 9th March 2010

Friday 12th March 2010

Saturday 13th March 2010

Tuesday 9th March Schedule

15.00-16.00: Film the ending of the film (storyboard shots 16-18).

16.00-16.45: Set up film sets (coffin scene, bedroom scene etc).

16.45-17.00: Team meeting.

17.00-18.00: Experiment with lighting for coffin scene, darkness in bedroom scene.

18.00-18.15: Review what has been filmed.

18:15: End of Day One filming.

Friday 12th March Schedule

15.00-16.00: Costume design and set up of film sets (take photographs to form a photo album of process).

16.00-17.00: video on how to use the camera and other equipment used.

17.00-18.00: BREAK/Develop voice over poem and brainstorm a film name.

18.00-18.30: Film on health and safety.

18.30-19.30: Dark Scenes being filmed. Outside then Bedroom scene.

19.30-20.00: Prepare for coffin scene.

20.00-21.00: Coffin Scene filmed.

21:00: End of Day Two filming.

Saturday 13th March Schedule

An extra day has been added just incase the schedule changes due to weather, equipment or adjustments in team members. If any of these issues arise then we can film the parts left out on Saturday.

Weather; The weather is important to our filming because some of our scenes require filming outside. Some weathers such as snow, wind, ice or rain are not permanent therefore the schedule may have to change if these condition become a problem. After looking on www.bbc.co.uk I found the weather forecast for the next 5 days. The light rain may benefit our film because it adds to the dark and dreary atmosphere however we would need to film all the scenes in that time slot so we can be sure the weather remains the same.

Character Recreations;

For further planning into our horror/thriller opening part of the ideas was to look into costume and make up ideas. I selected 6 characters for my group to recreate so we could gather ideas for our own characters. The typical characters for horror/thriller films are innocent females, cold-hearted males, corrupted children and suspicious serial killers. Here are some of our creations:

Filming Locations;

For each initial idea I have put together a video featuring photos of possible filming locations and explained their advantages/disadvantages.