CONSTRUCTION: FILMING THE LIGHT SCENE

CONSTRUCTION: FILMING THE OFFICE SCENE

CONSTRUCTION: FILMING THE MEETING SCENE

CONSTRUCTION: FILMING THE TUNNEL SCENE

PLANNING: CALL SHEET

 

Call Sheet 1 for 'Chain Reaction' - Tunnel scene

 

Length: 2 minutes

Shoot date: 18th November 2021

Location: Tunnel at Claremont Fan Court School

 

 

Times (everyone): 2:45pm - 4:00pm

 

CAST	Ciaran.S	********@gmail.com	079*****774
CREW/CAST	Finlay.W	********@gmail.com	078*****653
CREW	Ruby.L	********@gmail.com	072*****748

 

 

Camera Equipment:

- Cannon EOS camera

- Camera battery

- Memory card

- Lens protector cover 

 

Props:

- No props needed

 

Wardrobe: Cieran 

Suit, shirt, black shoes

 

Wardrobe: Finlay

Suit, shirt, brown shoes

 

 

 Call Sheet 2 for 'Chain Reaction' - Discussion between scientist and friend

Length: 2 minutes

Shoot date: 23rd November 2021

Locations: Claremont Fan Court School's drawing room

Times (everyone): 3:00pm - 4:00pm

 

CAST	Ben.HF	********@gmail.com	075*****971
CREW/CAST	Finlay.W	********@gmail.com	078*****653
CREW	Ruby.L	********@gmail.com	072*****748

 

 

Camera Equipment:

- Cannon EOS camera

- Camera battery

- Memory card

- Lens protector cover 

 

Props:

- Calculations paper

 

Wardrobe: Ben

Suit, shirt, black shoes, tailored coat

 

Wardrobe: Finlay

Suit, shirt, brown shoes

 

 

 

PLANNING: SOCIAL GROUPS AND ISSUES

I used a social media site called Pinterest to help create identify our film opening's social groups, themes, issues and locations. I then was able to have a clear visual interpretation of these different categories which helped when it came to the construction of our film opening. 

Themes: The series of pictures that I collected from Pinterest for the 'themes' mood board are meant to represent how the world has been plunged into darkness due to the lack of energy. There was a need to imply a slight apocalyptic feel. 

Social Groups: There are two contrasting social groups in our film opening: a young, struggling scientist and a well-off, wealthy individual. Therefore, I tried to fill the mood board with these contrasting social groups. 

Issues: the main issues our film opening highlights is the effect of global warming and the rush for scientists to discover knew ways to provide clean energy. 

Location: helping to represent the contrasting social groups, there are two main locations in our film opening. A well furnished, wealthy appearing room/hallway in which the rich individual takes residence. Whilst the scientist can be seen in a dark office space, the lack of light or expensive furnishing illustrates his lack of wealth compared to the other character. 

PLANNING: LOCATION

These are the different locations we decided to use for the our film opening, as we felt they portrayed the correct themes for our story. The desk was used for the scene in which the main character is trying desperately to solve the energy crisis. We felt this setting was ideal, as the untidy array of desktop items implied the characters messy nature, whilst also helping to add a contrast to the wealthy setting that follows afterwards. This following scene takes place next to a grand staircase and landing, and sees the main and new character in conversation. This setting helped to portray the sense of wealth the new character had, helping to make the main character feel smaller in this new environment. Lastly, the brief ambush scene takes place in a darkened tunnel, which helped to imply an enclosed feeling as well as having the ideal moody lighting.

PLANNING: RISK ASSESMENT

 I created a risk assessment as seen below: 

	HAZARD TO HEALTH AND SAFETY	RISK POSED AND TO WHOM	LEVEL OF RISK (H/M/L)	MEASURES TO REDUCE RISK	RISK LEVEL ACHIEVED (H/M/L)	FURTHER ACTIONS
Weather	Rain – possible making floor slippery and causing wet clothing.	Everyone.	L	Bring weatherproof clothing to quickly put on in case of weather change.   The rain could make the stone pathways slippery, if so, make sure actors are careful and notified of this possibility.	L
Candles – contact with fire	Actor could burn themselves while handling candles.	Actor in scene handling candles.	M	Make sure paper is not directly underneath match.   Make sure actors are aware of dangers.   When finished filming turn the lights on and asses, as it might be easy to place a hot match on a piece of paper without realising	L	Extinguisher or water can be placed near the premises in case of emergency, only if dangers increase.
First aid issues	Trips/falls – hit head against stone walls.	Everyone in environment could trip/fall.   Actors in struggle scene could hit head against stone wall	M		L

 

PLANNING: SHOT LIST

I made a shot list below:

Scene	Vision	Sound	Actor/Actors	Props	Notes
Entry of the first character walking through a tunnel before being ambushed.	1) EXT – EVENING: various CLOSE-UP shots with SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD. A man walks past the frame for each. Some are at a DUTCH ANGLE. Last shot of the scene is a WIDE ANGLE, with a SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD, see the man walk off into the tunnel, then get ambushed, there is a struggle then the sound of a gunshot.	à GUNSHOT	ADULT (SCIENTIST)	N/A	3 or 4 walking shots before the finale. OPENING CREDITS can be DISPLAYED at this moment, maybe SLANTED or in different POSITIONS. Actors FACE should NOT be shown to camera, must be hidden so all shots are from waist down. They should not be too out of focus.
Scientist working out the equations.	2) INT – NIGHT: CLOSE UP of candle being lit. CUT to various shots of newspapers, lit by candlelight. CUT to a WIDE ANGLE, behind the scientist sitting at a DESK. Jumps up in joy and leaves the frame.	à N/A	ADULT (SCIENTIST)	è PAPER è PEN è CANDLES è NEWSPAPERS è DESK è CHAIR è MAYBE BIN è OTHER WORKINGS	Due to low light filming, may need to use FAKE CANDELS, due to their increased lighting. The actor will TURN around to the CAMERA after doing some WORK.
Discussion between the scientist and a friend.	3) INT – DAY: WIDE ANGLE, in a POSH SETTING, two characters (scientist and wealthy friend) talking to each other. SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD means they are out of focus. Wealthy friend usher scientist out, towards camera. Wealthy friend stops, leans down to pick up a piece of paper. PAN UPWARDS – TRACKING. CUT to EXTREME CLOSE UP of wealthy friend’s pocket, placing paper into.	à DISCUSSION BETWEEN TWO CHARACTERS	TWO ADULTS (SCIENTIST & WEALTHY FRIEND)	è SHEET OF EQUATIONS	WHITE NOISE may need to be REDUCED in editing due to LOCATION. Make sure ACTORS faces are NOT SEEN. They should only be in frame when the camera is out of FOCUS.
Overhead of the equations with a red light spilling from the side.	4) INT – NIGHT: background is black, equation in centre of frame. BIRD’S EYE view and a slow zoom towards the paper. RED LIGHT coming from left of frame. CUT between SCENE 4 and END of SCENE 3.	N/A	N/A	è THE SHEET OF EQUATIONS è RED LIGHT (not seen) è BLACK CLOTH BACKGROUND è MAYBE FAKE MONEY	RED LIGHT will only come from ONE SIDE, but if it’s not light enough then two lights from opposite sides can be used.

 

PLANNING: PROPS LIST

 

PLANNING: COMP LIST

Kezia Williams, of Entertainment One UK, on the FutureLearn Film Distribution by the Film Distributors Association, spoke about how film distributors build a 'comp list' of comparable films that their target audience would enjoy. 

I learnt from this and put together my own comp list, consisting of three films that I would regard to follow similar themes and that my target audience might also enjoy:

Comp list by Finlay W

PLANNING: STORYBOARD

PLANNING: MY TARGET AUDIENCE & HOW I ENGAGED THEM

Over half term I started to follow a film course created by Future Learn, which was called Distribution: Connecting Films With Audiences. This course taught me that all products are targeted at specific audiences.

In order to reach out to my target audience, I needed to know and realise who they are, what their media needs are and how I would reach out to them. This would help influence my planning. 

I saw how Bauer Media, NME and Sky helped to define audiences. This helped me come up with my target audience. I then came up with my audience profile below:

My target audience is likely to be older than 15 but younger then 30, having most members being around the 20 year mark. They are also likely to be male due to the choice of male characters and would probably have a strong feeling towards stopping climate change and green energy. I think they would also be into new progressive technology. 

PLANNING: MY AUDIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE

I am using Google forms to create a questionnaire for my target audience and send it to people who are likely to watch our film. I will ask questions referring to age, gender, what types of films they prefer to watch, what influences them to watch a film and where they prefer to watch it. Our production team want to make a film that would appeal to young people aged 15-35. Our questionnaire will be useful to ensure that our type of genre will appeal to this audience. Through the use of Google Forms I will be able to collect this data.

Here are the questions and results for the questionnaire I created on Google forms: