Samples...

These our some samples of our sheets used for planning, and during shooting:




- Posted by Mel, for the group -

An Early Storyboard of Shots

We have changed this storyboard slightly since the test-shoot for continuity purposes and made it more detailed. We completed our final storyboard today and I think it works much better now!
- Aarti

No problem :) I'll txt Barney to double check -
script yeahh, something really simple like:

"Darling - you're two minutes late. You were meant to be here at 7:00"
"Ahh gosh yes i know, Sorry i'll be there shortly. I'm just at the bottom of your road."
"Okay - well ... It's almost time - for dinner."
"Okay Darling, i'm on my way - Love you."
(both hang up)

Maybe a slight pause after time? Actually, i dunno. We'll talk about this tomorrow. And make it loads better. How long did we want it?

ALSO, we need to arrange times. What time do we want barney to arrive? What time do we want Laura to arrive? We need to sort this out cause it's not really fair if we give them really short notice. I was thinking Barney 3:30? We'll arrive before that to set everything up, but the light starts to fall at four, so we can start filming then. We'll have to do all the park shots at once, so if the light does fall slightly, then it's okay because he's moved on in his journey and it will make sence. Hopefully we'll get all those shots done in an hour and a half? We'll have to take at least two/three takes of everything for editing purposes.

An Idea

High Angle shots of the girl would make her seem more vulnerable. It would make the Shock more Shocking when we reveal that she actually is the 'baddie'.

In the same way, we could have LA shots of the guy to make him seem more sinsiter & powerful and therefore much more likely to be a killer.

What do you think?

Heyy guys...sorry i didn't get a chance to check the blog yesterday but all the prop ideas sound really good...i've found a red handbag, really simple red jewelerry box thing, a red tie for the guy and two fake red roses =) haha we're all going a bit red mad! Also Alice i think your corridor shots are really good and it would make it more interesting to shoot that scene from all different angles!...See you guys tomorrow!!...oh yeah i've also got a camera now so can take pictures tomorrow of 'the process' etc lol

The Treatment

A girl is getting ready for a date, while simulataneously her boyfriend is walking down the street on the way to her house. Towards the end of the sequence we find that everything is not as innocent as it seems. There will be an underlying theme of obsession, which we will see hints of in the girls room. It will have a classic narative pattern with cross cutting between the girl and her boyfriend. There will be non diegetic sound in the form of a music track playing over part of the sequence, although this will not be all the way through, and will be broken up with diegetic sound including a shower, dialogue and footsteps. It is set in a house and along a street, and is quite dark and spooky. A key colour will be red and it will have low lighting. The overall look is quite dark and eerie but also elegant. This will be reflected in what the characters will be wearing, a smart dress and a suit. The female character is elegant and organised to the point of being obsessive and a control freak. The male character is quite nervous and eager to impress. There will be mostly still shots although there will be some pans and tracking shots. The sequence will show that he's feeling rushed but this will show through the acting and music rather than through the camera work. It will be a mostly continuous sequence of the girl but there will be some cross cutting to her boyfriend.

Posted By Group

Location Shots

Mel - those glasses are really good! :D much better than the ones i have.

I was thinking about the issues we had when storyboarding the bathroom scene and i've taken some pictures of that corridor area. I don't think i mentioned before that i have another staircase there. So we could get High Angle shots of her leaving the bathroom or walking into the bedroom. Or film it through bannisters or something. I've taken pictures and uploaded them, So if you both have a look and think about it, then on Monday we can try out diff shots and see which work/which don't.

Here they are:


Here's the clock and the fireplace in sara's room. I couldn't really take the picture properly because we have beds set up in her room atm with family coming to stay. (no worries, they'll be gone by monday) Do you think the clock works? We wouldn't have to have it on the fireplace, we could have it on the dresser, because it would match the wood. But do we think the clock works? Let me know.
"It's two minutes past eight ... "

Yep - here's the corridor. Door to your left is the bathroom, door to the right is Sara's room.

Ariel. Really high, looking directly down. It's a bit odd, but i thought i'd see what you thought.

Props

Yeh they do sound quite good. I just called my sister (I'm not home) and she's gonna take a pic of our wine glasses and I'll post the pic as soon as she sends it to me.

Here's the glasses:
I thought they would be quite good because they're those ones that suposedly fit half a bottle so when you only put a bit of wine in them they look really good.


- Mel -

Props

Ohhh wine glasses. Good point - ( i just this second posted a blog about props, and that was one thing i forgot to include! haha )
You can bring them if you want, but it's not absolutely necessary because for the test shoot i have loads of glasses, and you'll have all the equipment and stuff to bring.
I just looked in my cupboard & we have glasses with little bubbles in ( lol ) which i dont think would be suitable. And we also have glasses with like a swirl around them. Which are quite elegant and could work.

Those candlesticks are perfect, they'll look really good with red candles in them. And that knife is so good, I can really imagine the final shot now I've seen that and more of your kitchen.
Btw do u want me to bring the wine glasses for the test shoot? or should I not bother?
Thats so funny, just as you posted the props we needed I was writing the list out lol
- Mel -

Props

We discussed this yesterday in our meeting, but here is a list of things that we need to get/find somewhere in our house or to buy:
(please update the list, because i've more than likely forgotten some!! ) :)
1) White towel
2) Photo frame - picture of the girl and the guy. (More discussions on Actors needed. We can do this on Monday:) )
3) Red Nail varnish. I have a perfume bottle with a red lid. My sisters got a little red clock. etc , just general 'girly' things that we can put on the dressing table.
4) Phones - Aarti mentioned a more old fashioned house phone to fit in more with the 'elegance'. We'll see what we can do!
5) Red Necklace - if no one has one , then i was in M&S yesterday and they have like a whole array of red jewelerry. It's quite dear though, but if one of us likes it and will wear it again then that's something we can do.
6) Clothes - i spoke to Laura about the dress yesterday. We were talking about the one with the roses on that she wore to Rememberance day - but it's a zip up the side dress. And we wanted to have a shot of her tying it from the back ...
She mentioned a navy blue dress that has a ribbon at the back. Navy blue can be quite elegant?
I also have a black dress that i think would be really suitable, but i don't know if it will fit. We'll also discuss this on monday.
7) Red Lipstick - got this covered! :) haha, thanks Mel.
And i have really light foundation. Eye liner etc is easy to do.
Lots more discussion needed on the guy ...
8) Red Wine
9) Roses (we said we were going to put dried out roses in the fireplace as well -Mel-)
10) Some sort of knife
11) Matches
12) Wine Glasses! (-Mel-)

-Alice

Location - More on Alice's house.

I went around my house and re-took some of the pictures i took last time but didn't upload because the files were too big they took far too long to upload. So here they are -

When we were dicussing a high angle shot of the stairs? I should take some pictures of the stairs through the bannisters and from below as well.

These are the candle sticks i was talking about - I'm going into Enfield today so i will have a look for some red candles!


Hahahaha this pictures makes me laugh.

Street at night - as you can see it's quite well lit. But the reddy glow is due to the setting on my camera. So on Monday when we test shoot at night - we'll see if the footage is far too dark. HOPEFULLY!! it won't be! :)

I thought even the chairs in my kitchen are quite 'elegant' and would fit in well with the mise en scene.