Group Planning- Taken Storyboard

Group Planning

Name of the Film:                           Playtime

Production Company Name:      -----

Group Roles:                                     Written By -

   Dalian White

                                                           Directed By-

   Dalian White

                                                           Screen Play-

   Seb Hall                           Murder Victim 2

   David Maddy                   Murder Victim 1

   Philip Gatward                 Messed Up Kid

Props:                                                   1. Wrestling Figures

                                                              2. Laptops

                                                              3. Murder Weapon (Knife or Blunt object)

                                                              4. Cast Name Sketches

                                                              5. Weird Pictures

Certificate 15: Because the film would be hopefully scary but it will not contain any bad language, sex or drugs but it will contain violence.

Editorial Script:

Black screen – introduces company name 2 seconds then fade out

(Sound of pen/pencil scribbling whilst production name is on screen)

Panning shot of the teenager’s desk with props 1, 2, 4 and 5.

Extreme close up of teenager typing in victims house address into an internet map, pans and zooms in on the address to show murder location.

Credit screen fades into Teenager walking through tunnel.

Teenager crossing the bridge (trailing shot of scrapping the murder weapon across the bridge) fades to next starting credit.

Credit screen with sound of park gate opening and closing

Teenager on spinning disk laughing which laying down (shot from bird’s eye view to see teen then switch to teenagers POV whilst spinning on the roundabout.

Credit screen with sound affect of running water (river)

Teen splashes face then edit to make the teen disappear in the same shot (add stereotypical horror sound effect to emphasise the genre of film)

New credit screen music fades and shot fades on man’s face standing outside

Teenager approaches flats where man is standing

[Dalian]: Hey, go straight in.

Next title screen with sound of a door unlocking.

Teen walking up the stairs towards the victim’s room.

Title Playtime Pops up with loud horror sound effect to make a jumpy and unexpected effect for audience.

               

                                                               

The photo's of our setting- New and Old

The four pictures below are of our NEW setting. We decided to use the stereotypical graveyard as seen in photo 1 because we felt that it related to horror through death and also help to create a mood to the film. We also chose it because it is a quite place where you are usually all alone with nobody else around so if something happens it could create suspence. We chose the alley attached to the graveyard (Photo 2 (Right)) because like the grave it woudl be isolated and quite. As for the bottom to images we chose them mainly because of the plain dull walls that could create a good effect in terms of the atmosphere during the film. In the end we only used the corner of the room as seen in image 4 (bottom right) because of the small window at the top of the wall so we could use it as a basement type room and also because it would help contribute towards the lighting.

The top two images are of the graveyard and attached alley located on Cemetry Lane in St Neots. 

The bottom two images are of 6T2 which is a teaching room inside of Ernulf Academy 6th Form.

The four pictures below are of our original setting. We had decided to use the park as we felt that at night it has the potential to be quite intimidating and scary. Whilst at the park we made the decision to use the bridge in the 2nd photo rather than the one in the 1st because of it old, crooked look and we felt that it made it relate more to a horror. The tunnel is the 3rd and 4th photos were picked as a part of our setting because they looked dark and were isolated away from the housing estate with train tracks located directly on top which could create tension when a train passes.

The two images (Left and Right) as of bridges that are located next to the small park on Howitts Lane, St Neots.










The images (Left and Right) are of an old un used tunnel that is situated below some train tracks. The tunnels are also located next to the park.

Independant research - The Ring 2

The Ring 2 (2005) Rated 5.1/10 on the IMDb… Fear Comes Full Circle

Opening Weekend: $35,065,237 (USA) (20 March 2005) (3332 Screens)

Gross: $143,024,542 (Worldwide) (18 April 2005)

Run Time: 110 Minutes

Produced By: DreamWorks SKG

Directed By: Hideo Nakata

Written By: Hiroshi Takahashi, Kôji Suzuki, Ehren Kruger

Cast: Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman and Elizabeth Perkins

Plot: Roughly six months after the first horror featuring Samara and many victims, a new video tape has emerged that proves that there is a new terror waiting in the darkness. Main actress Rachel (Naomi Watts) finally hears of a recent death involving a college student and the death is caused by similar incidents as Samara’s past victims. Now Rachel’s son (Aidan) is in danger and it is down to her to prevent her sons death.




Themes: One of the major themes in the Ring 2 is water. this is because Samara (The main character) has a fear of it as her spirit is stuck at the bottom of a well. it is also assumed to be a main theme because there are many suggestions throughout the film that Samara's dad was a water demon and in some religions water is seen as a form of purification.

Setting- After everything that happened in the original Ring the film move out of the city and into a small rural town called astoria, USA.

Props- Within the fil (the Ring 2) there are many props used. In extract lasting approximately one and a half minutes, there are several props that include; The tape which becomes a main feature in the film once again, a TV that creates a fealing a fear and also a room that is overflowing with water, which also has a major part in the film as the story is based on a girl in a well.



Lighting- The majority of the film is light by natural light which helps to make the film feel more realistic. In the TV world they used dull lighting so that it would seem more creepy and therefor create a tense feeling.



Sound (Diegetic and Non-Diegetic)- Henning Lohner and Martin Tillman produced all of the music to The Ring 2. They was also in charge of the Non-Digetic sound that are heard throughout the film. in regards to non- diegetic, within the one minute thirty trailer I watched, there was a lot of high intensity music playing. for Diegetic there are many sound effects that have been added in such as the sound of a TV un tuned and also some screaming sound that are being made by Samara's victims. In the film the sound editors also etablished a sound Motif. They have done this by using the sound of the TV tuning in.

 
Editing- Within the extract that i watch and also throughout the entire film, the editing contains many Ellipsis' such as when you hear the TV crackle and are waiting for Samara to appear. The editors have also used many Faced paced editing techniques such as match on action so that the pace of the film is increased and also so that it helps to create more tension. Also about 5 minutes through, the editors have changed it into black and white to create the effect of looking out of the TV and into the 'normal' world. They acheived this by adding a fuzzy effect and changing the colour of the clip.



Camerawork- The camera work in the first 5 minutes are mainly mid-long shots.



Review- The Ring Two received negative reviews with a current positive rating of 20% on Rotten Tomatoes. Metacritic gives the movie a 69 out of a possible 100. The main complaint was the script and screenplay, which some critics thought was dull and "littered with plot holes", but Naomi Watts' performance as Rachel Keller was praised by critics.

Independant Research - Paranormal Activity 3

Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) Rated 6.3/10 on the IMDb

Budget: $5,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $52,568,183 (USA) (23 October 2011) (3321 Screens)
Gross: $104,007,828 (USA) (1 January 2012)




Run Time: 84 Minutes

Produced By: Oren Peli, Jason Blum, Steven Schneider

Directed By: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Written By: Christopher B. Landon

Cast:       Chloe Csengery

Katie Featherston

Jessica Tyler Brown

Sprague Grayden

Lauren Bittner

Christopher Nicholas Smith

Dustin Ingram

Hallie Foote

Johanna Braddy

In 1988, two young children, Katie and Kristi, live with their mother (Julie) and boyfriend Dennis. Kristi beings to interact with an invisable friend later named as Toby. Once Kristi begins to interact with the imaginaruy friend wierd things begin happening in the house and once camera's are set up the demonic figure appears as dust falls from the roof.

When the footage is later reviewed, The incident is spotted and camera's are then placed all throughout the house.That night in the girls' bedroom, Kristi wakes up and begins talking to someone off-camera before going back to bed. Dennis discovers a strange symbol in the girls' closet. He finds the same symbol on a picture of women in a book about demonology. Dennis then explains to Julie just what the symbol means.

Katie persuades baby sitter Randy to play Bloody Mary in the bathroom and it takes two attempts befkore Randy is screaming in pain as he is scrathed on the left of his stomach.The invisible demon terrorizes Katie and Kristi, harming Katie and later dragging her into a closet in the girls' bedroom until Kristi agrees to do what it asks. Something growls and bangs on the door but eventually leaves. Katie turns and unleashes a demonic scream that throws him to the other side of the room, injuring his leg. As Lois looks down onto him, Dennis' body is suddenly snapping backwards and killing him in a violent way. 

Independent research- Filming

Independent research

Setting: In film and TV the setting involves the time, place in which the film takes place and it also helps to develop the plot of a film / TV show.

As well as the setting there are people that are in charge of designing the set and also decorating it. These two departments are some of the most important in terms of the set, there is also a buyer who buys items for the set, a lead man who is in charge of the sets crew, a set dresser who applies and removes props from the set ready for the next scene and a Greensman 

who is responsible for all artistic elements to the set.

Along with the plot, themes and characters, the setting is regarded as being one of the most important components of a film. Taken from Wikipedia.

Props: All films and TV shows use props. To be efficient in the use of props they have somebody that is called a Prop Master. The prop master is responsible for every single prop that appears with in a film or show. As well as a prop master, the film directors have to find a prop maker who makes the props and also, if necessary, a weapons master.

Costumes: All films have a costume designer. A costume designer is responsible for designing and making the costumes that would be used in the film / show. They designer is also responsible for the organisation of the costumes in terms of when they are used and by who. The costumes designer is one of the people that works the closest to the director because he/ she needs to understand what the characters need and should have.

With the costume designer comes a costume standby. The costume standby is somebody that is present on the set at all-time whilst filming is in progress. They are responsible for ensuring that all of the costumes are up to standard and un damaged. As well as these two there are many others that have an important contribution towards the costumes that are used.

Independent Research- Post Production

Independent Research - Post Production

Special effects: Special effects are used in films to add different actions such as explosions, breaks, burns without actually having to create it in real life. They are added during the process of editing.

In post production, the sound, pictues and effects are added to create the final film. The post production stage usually involves a lot less people thsn the actual stage of production. The main people that are associated witht the post production stage of creating a film are; The Editor, Director, Producer, Special Effects Editor and the Sound editor and finally the dubbing engineers. The Post Production process begins with the editors "rough assembly of the film" which would usually have been produced during the production of the film. After everything else, the process is ended with something called a "Fine Cut". A fine cut is what has been created one all of the details, sounds and images have been perfected to the correct standards that are expected fgrom the director/producer.

Department associated with Post-Production-

Visual effects: Visual effects are post-production additions of the films images. The visual effects department work closely with special effects to alter any on-set effects.

Sound and music: The sound and music editors are responsible for adding all of the sounds and pieces of music that are to be added during post-production. Within sound and music there are many other editors that help to create maximum effects. They include; the Dialogue editor (The dialogue in the soundtrack), the Sound editor (Sound effects in the soundtrack), Re-Recording mixer (Finalises the films audio) and the Foley artist (creates many ambient sound effects for the film).