My target was to remember all the shot types by December,
I feel like I have fully reached this target and have no trouble remembering the shot types and shot angles now.
However I would like to catch up on all outstanding work that has not yet been completed, and this will be my next target to reach.
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Screenplay- The Discovered
Draft screenplay- The discovered
Black screen- white title Heavy breathing quietly in the background
Quote appears:
"No one ever goes undiscovered" ... - Old Hebrew Proverb
Quote fades out
Flat angle, ground shot
Dark forest/park, as if the camera has been dropped. We hear laboured breathing getting progressively louder and louder as-if the women is getting closer to the camera. The shot is in night vision.
A figure of a woman distressed then appears in the camera shot, she is slowly crawling towards the camera. The scene is quiet apart from her breathing/crying. As she gets closer she reaches out as if to grab the camera, there is a pause of 3 seconds, the woman is just staring into the camera looking very fearfully.
Suddenly the woman is dragged away from the camera from an unseen person/thing.
Diagetic screams until the scene is totally silent, slight pause for 2 seconds.
Black screen- White title
Title appears:
The dark night fades into morning. An old man walking a dog is seen. The dog runs to the tent. Middle shot is then used to show the dog sniffing the tent. The man then walks over and realised something is wrong and pulls his phone out of his pocket. An extreme close up in then used to show him dialling 999.
Black screen- White title
Title appears:
Classical music playing in the background
The Discovered
Long shotThe dark night fades into morning. An old man walking a dog is seen. The dog runs to the tent. Middle shot is then used to show the dog sniffing the tent. The man then walks over and realised something is wrong and pulls his phone out of his pocket. An extreme close up in then used to show him dialling 999.
Classical music stops
Whilst we see a flash, we hear a camera shutter sound as if its a flash from a camera.
Long shot
It is the next morning and we see a news reporter standing in front of a damaged tent covered in blood. We also see policeman, investigators in the background.
Middle shot
NEWS REPORTER
Good morning, I'm here in Kent reporting live from the scene of what looks to be a brutal attack on a young group of friends. As you can see behind me the tent that the friends were planning to camp in is in a severe state. It has been predicted the attack could have taken place between 11pm- 3am, but has yet to be confirmed. Beside me I have the chief investigator PC RavWeilding. What has exactly happened here?
PC RAV
I have never seen anything like this before, absolutely nothing, it's obscene what must have been going through the person's head to commit such a crime. We have no official information yet on what happened but we are trying our best.
NEWS REPORTER
OK back to the studio!
MAN'S VOICE (O.S.)
Cut
Long shot
The investigators show the news reporter around the site.
For a moment we see drag marks across the grass where the girl had been dragged; a quick flash transition is used for a flashback. We see the girl being dragged along the floor; screaming and crying (3 seconds). Another flash transition is used to go back to present, showing the investigator looking at the ground looking pale and fearful.
The investigators show the news reporter around the site.
For a moment we see drag marks across the grass where the girl had been dragged; a quick flash transition is used for a flashback. We see the girl being dragged along the floor; screaming and crying (3 seconds). Another flash transition is used to go back to present, showing the investigator looking at the ground looking pale and fearful.
Sad, classical music plays
Flash transition into a black title screen with white text..
Harris Owuseu
(Transition- fade out)
Paige Brown
(Transition- fade out)
Devon Pacey
(Transition- fade out)
Sean Lee
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Treatment Re-write.."The Discovered"
After my group discussed our old treatment, we decided to change our initial idea completely.
We will begin our opening sequence with the end of the film, this will draw the audience in. It is going to be set in a park/forest during night, so the atmosphere will be eerie and unsettling. A flat angle, ground shot will be used suggesting that the camera has been dropped by someone that was holding it. In the shot the audience will be able to see some of the surroundings, but not fully.
The audience will then hear heavy breathing getting louder and louder as if someone is coming up to the camera, then a figure of a lady will start crawling toward the camera, she looks very fearful and distressed, covered in blood. As she gets closer she reaches out her hand as if she wants to pick up the camera, she is still crying and breathing heavily, there a pause with her just breathing. Suddenly she gets dragged away and she screams.
A 'flash' is then used as a transition to the day after. It is now early morning and there is a very different atmosphere. A new's reporter is standing in front of the bloody, damaged tent reporting a murder. The scene then cuts and goes onto an investigation of the park. Flashbacks to the night before are shown when the investigators find certain things such as, a drag mark on the grass, we then the see girl getting dragged through the grass.
We intend to focus on our key elements. Our first focus is setting. We decided to set our opening sequence in a park in the night time, so we are able to achieve the effect of eeriness. We are also going to use classical music in parts of our scene as this is a convention of horror films, and creates tension, heavy breathing also is used to build climaxed and get the audience on the edge of their seat. Our main target audience is 15-18 year old.
We will begin our opening sequence with the end of the film, this will draw the audience in. It is going to be set in a park/forest during night, so the atmosphere will be eerie and unsettling. A flat angle, ground shot will be used suggesting that the camera has been dropped by someone that was holding it. In the shot the audience will be able to see some of the surroundings, but not fully.
The audience will then hear heavy breathing getting louder and louder as if someone is coming up to the camera, then a figure of a lady will start crawling toward the camera, she looks very fearful and distressed, covered in blood. As she gets closer she reaches out her hand as if she wants to pick up the camera, she is still crying and breathing heavily, there a pause with her just breathing. Suddenly she gets dragged away and she screams.
A 'flash' is then used as a transition to the day after. It is now early morning and there is a very different atmosphere. A new's reporter is standing in front of the bloody, damaged tent reporting a murder. The scene then cuts and goes onto an investigation of the park. Flashbacks to the night before are shown when the investigators find certain things such as, a drag mark on the grass, we then the see girl getting dragged through the grass.
We intend to focus on our key elements. Our first focus is setting. We decided to set our opening sequence in a park in the night time, so we are able to achieve the effect of eeriness. We are also going to use classical music in parts of our scene as this is a convention of horror films, and creates tension, heavy breathing also is used to build climaxed and get the audience on the edge of their seat. Our main target audience is 15-18 year old.
Monday, 6 December 2010
Audience questionnaire result analysis
After collecting the results we received from survey monkey, the majority of the people who responded were between the age of 13-16, this shows our target audience will be teenagers between the age of 15-18.
The most preferred genre of film was comedy whilst horror only gained 20% of the votes. This is useful because it maybe suggests that we should add some comedy into our horror to make it more suitable for our audience.
60% of our target audience preferred confinement horror films, so this helps us decide a base for our story because we now know that in order to connect with our target audience and to draw them in, we need to do an opening sequence where the characters are trapped, rather than being chased.
I feel to gain more information about our target audience we need to send out more surveys to make the range of answers wider. We need to find out in more detail what kind of confinement films our audience like.
The most preferred genre of film was comedy whilst horror only gained 20% of the votes. This is useful because it maybe suggests that we should add some comedy into our horror to make it more suitable for our audience.
60% of our target audience preferred confinement horror films, so this helps us decide a base for our story because we now know that in order to connect with our target audience and to draw them in, we need to do an opening sequence where the characters are trapped, rather than being chased.
I feel to gain more information about our target audience we need to send out more surveys to make the range of answers wider. We need to find out in more detail what kind of confinement films our audience like.
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