Second Scene Script

Second Scene Script

Gray: 'Detective Raven' *puts out hand*

Josh: 'Detective Blake' 

Gray: 'What do we have here?'

Josh: 'We found bodies in the in the Bywood Area and we have found a possible murder weapon.'

Gray: 'Any witnesses?'

Josh: 'Only the person who found the bodies at 6am.'

Gray: 'Any connection between the victims, we need all the evidence we can get.'

Josh: 'We are still looking in to it, but were heading to the crime scene soon.'

Gray: 'If you find anything, you know how to contact me'

*Shake each others hands*

*Gray exits*

*Phone rings*

Josh: 'Who's this?' 

Order of Title Sequence

Order of Title Sequence

After mapping out the title sequence for three different films, we then decided to create another document to show what order the opening credits came up in, this was to aid us in creating our own credits for our opening scene. So, we had some sort of guideline to adhere for what credits came when. However, this does not mean we will follow this directly as you can see from the picture above neither one of the three films had exactly the same layout, but we felt that creating this would help our group to some degree.

To help our group even more, we then went on to putting all that information into a table (see below)

Information that is highlighted in black is to show when all three of the films had the same credit come up at the saem time and information that is highlighted in red is to show when at least tow of the three films has the same credit come up at the same time. 

Costume of first part of filming

As you can see from the pictures below, Josh and Gray wore similar costumes as both were playing detectives. We wanted both of the detectives to wear black to connote death which would reference back to the hidden message being our opening sequence. Furthermore, both detectives wearing black would show neither of them were innocent and could lead to the audience perceiving them as both as the guilty party.

We wanted their to be a difference in costume between the two detectives. We tried to portray their characteristics through the use of costume. Josh had his jacket done up to portray he was very straightforward and abides by the rules. On the other hand, Gray's costume was open and has collar was scruffy to portray that his character is more laid back about life and his investigations. Therefore, Gray's character could be harder to trust.

First Scene Script

First Scene Script

Freya: 'Right! Right!'
Josh: 'I'm going! I'm going!'
Josh: 'Which way? Which way?'
Sophie: 'We have to go back!'
Freya: 'Guys wait!'
Josh: Let's go! Come on!'
Freya: 'If anyone gets this, tell my mum I love her!'

Shot List of Main Project

Filming Schedule For Detective Scene

This is the list of equipment we need for our film opening. We purchased Blue-Tac, Post-it-notes and String. This was to create the police timeline board in Josh's house on his wall. This allowed us to create the perfect timeline board and benefited us to do. 

We also created a filming schedule to make our filming experience organised. This was kept to and you can tell by the fact we ticked each thing as we went a long. 

Filming Schedule For Dead Bodies Scene

Dead Bodies Scene Make-Up

As the person who we anticipated to help us with the make-up for our dead bodies scene was unavailable when we wanted to film, we decided to do the make-up ourselves instead. Sophie decided she would be the best and creating the look we wanted and all the products you see above were used, plus talcum powder.

Firstly, we mixed talcum powder and blue eye shadow into a tub, then using a lightly wet sponge, I applied the mix to our faces to work as the base as it gave us a deathlike pallor.

Secondly, to make the eyes look sunken I used black eye shadow and put it on the eyelid as well as around it.

After deciding that the eye shadow on the eyes alone was not enough I then added it to the cheekbones, temple and nose as these are cartilage areas.

In addition to all of this, when I was doing my own make-up I put a cream on my lips and then added the talcum powder/blue eye shadow mix onto them so they make my lips appear blue.

Production Work: Equipment Used and Why

Our group was very limited in what equipment we had at our disposal. In the end, we used a tripod and a Canon Legira HF 606.

The tripod had an adjustable height, allowing us to film at different elevations, as well as having a spirit level, which allowed us to make sure our shots were level needed.
The Canon Legria HF 606 allowed us to film in full 1080 HD as well as having an optical image stabilizer which will help as we plan to shoot part of a scene whilst running, it also has a good built in  microphone which may mean that we do not have to add Foley sounds of the dialogue as the original audio could be clear enough.

One of the other options we has was a flip video camera. We decided against using this as I had personal experience with using it the year before and found the quality very poor of both the resolution and sound. Also, if we were to have used the flip video camera we would not have been able to use the tripod as they did not fit together.  

Bibliography for research and planning

Name of Source	Hyperlink	What information was used	What post we used it on
(WEBSITE) Vimeo – The film before the Film	http://vimeo.com/60964497	The history of opening credits and how they have changed over time	The History of Opening Credits
(WEBSITE) Wikipedia	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_credits	Information on the history of opening credits	The History of Opening Credits
(WEBSITE) BBFC	http://www.bbfc.co.uk/	Requirements for each of the BBFC age ratings	BBFC Rating Analysis
(PDF) Market Overview by National Lottery	Already had it	Markey overview- who buys what and where do they buy it from	Market Overview SECONDARY RESEARCH
(Book) AS Media Studies Revision Guide	-	Theories of narrative	Theories of Narrative
(WEBSITE) Wikipedia	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_score	Film scores within film	History/ Elements of Film Scores

Evaluation of our Questionnaire

Analysis of Questionnaire from thetaleofdemise

Equipment Used for Main Project

Dead Body Scene Analysis

Dead bodies scene from thetaleofdemise
The dead bodies scene of our main task was filmed at the location of Bywood Bird Sanctuary. This was because we needed to film in a woodlands area and not many people visit these woods as others that we knew. We also knew that Bywood Bird Sanctuary had lots of grown out weeds which would be the perfect background drop.  

When we first arrived to Bywood, we walked around to find the perfect area we wanted to film our scene in. Once we had found the perfect location, we changed in to the costume needed for our scene. Sophie and I wore white tops, to connote vulnerability, and Josh in a black top, to connote death. We also chose black to show the contrast the difference in the innocence between Sophie and I and Josh. 

We then began filming our opening credits. This involved us running around in the woods as if something was chasing us. We chose to have this as the back drop for our credits. We filmed this multiple times, going in different different directions and adding dialogue each time. We also filmed a few times where Sophie fell. 

Once we were happy that we had enough content for the credits, we went on to filming the main part of this scene. This consisted of three dead bodies lying on the ground, Sophie, Josh and I and Katie picking up the camera and screaming. Before we started filming, we needed to have the appropriate make-up. This consisted of Talcum Powder and blue eye shadow for our face, black eye shadow for our eyes to make us look dead and ketchup for our tops for blood. After we had finished, we all lied on the ground and asked our friend Katie to sprinkle lily petals on Sophie and I. This was because lilies connote death. Then, we got Katie to position the camera on the floor so it captured a close up, canted angle of Sophie's face. Sophie was looking directly at the lens. Once we begun recording, we held our breaths and stared to avoid blinking. Katie then picked up the camera, as if she was a passer by. We asked her to pan over our bodies before turning the camera on herself and screaming. We also filmed this multiple times. It was filmed multiple times as some of us began to laugh. Furthermore, Katie found it difficult to scream so we experimented with me screaming as she mimed the scream.  


Overall, I believe that filming the dead bodies scene went exceptionally well as we were able to carry everything we had in mind without any major problems.