Organisation Of Production

When creating our film, we had a specific genre for the film. This was mystery, and we believed this to be a popular and effective genre for the audience because it keeps the audience interested and intrigued to find out what is going on. We had considered other genres like horror but we believed that mystery would hold tension and suspense and be effective, and our group liked the genre in other movies seen in the past.

We had envisaged what we planned to gain from this film and what we wanted to achieve. Throughout the whole of the film the question holds what has happened to people who die and have died; this ties in well with the genre we chose because it creates a mystery when the questions are not answered for the audience. Also we planned to make the audience question what is happening; we liked the idea of doing this because it keeps the audience interested in what is happening and what will happen and poses questions like why is the main character the only person left and what has happened to the dead people.

We had to express the genre in a different amount of ways, some of which were camera angles, mis en scene, sound and more. Camera angles were used frequently to help show the genre, the first camera angle used is a canted angle and we added this to provide questions for the audience like why is he on the floor. Another camera angle was a long shot looking down on the character near the end of the film; this gave a sense of mystery because it seemed like someone was looking down at the character as he glazed around, this poses the question to the audience why is he being watched.
Sound was a factor when trying to achieve the genre we wanted. This played a big part in the success of this because we used mysterious music to create the correct mood. We emphasised some parts of the sound during the film to show the audience that this was an important part of the film or to create a certain mood. For example when the main character looks into the car and the camera looks in; there is a loud sound to make the audience jump because there is a dead body in the car.
Mise en scene was used throughout our film. We decided we wanted a more natural background and not add too many obvious techniques to the film. We used one main mise en scene technique, which was the car. This was used because it created mystery because there was a dead body in the car and this would pose the question to the audience of why there is a car there and why is somebody dead in there. If we used the mis en scene too much it would have affected the genre in a negative way because there would have been less mystery and it would look like we are trying to force the technique too much. Although the mis en scene was used a lot during our film, we tried not to overuse this because it would ruin the effective parts in which we used mise en scene.

Risk Assessment

Filming Information

The dates we will be filming are the 2nd -4th of March, We have decided to shoot over 3 days to enable us to have plenty of time at filming and making sure we achieve the highest quality footage meaning we will have steady camera work and not worry about having to rush the filming

The times for filming will be between 9am – 12pm, allocating filming times was hard to choose as the actors have busy lives so we needed a time slot where everyone was available and we decided in the early hours of the days we have stated previously. We didn’t choose late times, where the actors were also free, because when we practiced filming with the camera, the footage at night didn’t have a good quality compared to filming during light hours. As well as time being a factor we also wanted certain weather conditions. For example we didn’t really want a really sunny day because otherwise it would change the mood of our opening sequence.

The set we have chosen is down a road called Glanmire – This location was chose for numerous reasons. One reason is because it’s located near to where Garry & I live so it’s easy to film and we are able to be flexible with our time. Also we believe that the location has the right attributes for our film, these are a long straight of road and good scenery for the backgrounds. Another important reason we chose this road for out set is because we can access good heights for our camera shots allowing us to get more variety with our shots

We will require makeup, mostly for one of our major scenes. We intend to use a little bit of white make-up for some, this is because it will give a clear indication that the person is either unwell or dead in the scene and it will be an effective tool. Our other characters will not have make up as we will not need it for our story. For one of our dead characters we require fake blood so we have researched into it and found a way how to create very realistic blood which will be used in filming

We will not use any dramatic costumes in the opening sequence. The characters are dressed with casual clothing to signify its everyday life, showing they were having a normal day before something happened. Our main character will be dressed smarter than are other characters, mostly to give the effect when he wakes up that he went out somewhere last night e.g. a party or meal

We have decided to use a couple of props in the film. These are a phone, newspaper and fake blood. We decided to use the phone so we could show that there is no battery on the phone when he needs help the most, which is a English technique called irony, also we will use a newspaper in the scene, this will be useful because it will show the date of the incident and from there on we will lead into a flashback which will enable the viewer to understand that this event has just recently happened. Lastly we will be using fake blood around the eyes of our deceased characters, this is used to emphasize when a character dies showing that it’s an abnormal death and this shouldn’t be happening, this adds to the mystery of our piece.

We are not using any external lighting devices as we want to have the lighting to be very natural to enhance the setting where we are going to be in. In the flashback we will emphasize the lighting a bit to show the audience it is a different scene, this is for continuity reasons. We will achieve this lighting effect hopefully by using editing software or if we can not receive the effect desired when we practice our editing skills we will use an external light source

We are not using a lot of technical equipment for our piece, but we will be using a handheld camera, a tripod to allow steady movement with our camera angles and shots. We will be using an external lighting source for our flashback to emphasize the flashback sequence. We will being using a couple of computer programs to help us edit the movie, these include adobe premiere and after effects which will help us edit the movie the way we would like it to be.