Actual locations and audience feedback

1. Oxshott Woods

2. Guildford high street

3. Friary bus station

We collected feedback on social media from WhatsApp. This was the audience's response.

Audience feedback



Our audience had these questions because it was not yet very clear to them what was going on and what the characters significance was. They should have these questions as it is our job not to give too much away, yet there was not enough going on to get a picture of what was going on and what the story was about. We need to make sure we get shots of Maya and Ryan together to let the audience know why Amaris is trying to kill Maya and stalk Ryan. 

Rough cut

Expectation of our OS

Work in progress updates

Behind the scenes

Here you can see we are setting up the camera and tripod ready to film. 

These pictures show us filming one of our scenes.

 Here we are filming one of our scenes.

All we have left to do is make some of our props.

Change of Props

When Ryan bumps into Amaris, we were planning on using coffee to spill on Ryan but as coffee can stain, can be messy and is very hot, we chose to use water instead. We were also going to use a pen and a pad of paper for Amaris to make a note of Ryan's daily activities but because we did not know how to present it well, we chose to not do it. There was also going to be a shrine of Ryan for Amaris to praise nearer to the end of the opening sequence, which we chose not to do because we were running out of time to film and the opening sequence would have worked fine without the shrine. Finally, we were going to use a lighter for Amaris to burn a picture of Maya, but we were also running out of time to film and it could be quite dangerous so we didn't use those props in the end.

Changes to storyboarding

Originally, Ryan Wilson was going to answer the doorbell to Amaris and it would show Amaris once again meeting Ryan's eyes and looking intently into them. Due to trouble with filming schedule we couldn't get Ryan to answer the door and we had to use Maya. This was still effective as it shows how innocent Amaris looks to Maya as she lets her inside of her home. We were also going to have a much longer scene showing Amaris and Ryan bumping into each other however we decided it was going to be a lot of  unnecessary dialogue and it would have taken up too much of our opening sequence. Instead we tried to keep the initial meeting concise and to the point.

Changes for costume

In our opening sequence, we changed the costumes that we had first decided to use for example the cleaners uniform and the Ryan's girlfriends costume. In the beginning we were going to use a tunic for the cleaner but in the end we decided that she will instead dress up in all black because it is still smart and it contrasted the kitchen and it also captured the narrative theory of binary opposites. We also changed Mayas costume, instead of business wear, she wore normal casual clothes that still showed that her character was middle class. We decided to keep Ryan's costume as all black although more casual than formal. We kept it black with a white shirt because it kept his character as middle class.

Plot

A hardworking cleaner named Amaris falls in love with the man of the house, Ryan Wilson, who happens to have a girlfriend named Maya. Over time, Amaris starts to spend more and more time at the Wilson's house, cleaning and watching the lover’s relationship progress. At first, Amaris was harmless until Ryan plans on proposing to Maya, which causes Amaris to spin out of control. As time goes by, she starts to plot to take Maya out of the picture and take Ryan for herself.

Editing Research

The key continuity rule is 180 degree rule.
The main editing techniques are; unfocused camera, handheld camera, layering, parallel editing, text and sped up images
The main shot transitions used were; blackout and transitional fades
The most relevant editing technique for our opening sequence would be layering.

The key continuity rule is match on action.
The main editing techniques are; jump cuts, unfocused camera, worms view.
The main transitions are; walking in and out of the camera
The most relevant editing technique for our opening sequence would be the unfocused camera.

After researching the key continuity rules, a range of editing techniques and transitions we have decided that by using a range of all the different techniques will make our opening sequence more thrilling and interesting for or audience to watch.

5 Titles

After researching a range of titles, we've decided to use red text on a black background for our opening sequence as the colour red symbolises, danger, bold etc and this links with our sub genre.

Thriller film production companies

Production company- Alcon Entertainment
Director- Christopher Nolan
Locations-  Canada, Alaska

Budget:

 $46,000,000  (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

 $26,068,419 (USA) (24 May 2002)

Gross:

 $67,263,182  (USA) (20 September 2002)

This appears to have been a success as the amount grossed is larger than the budget.

Production company- Warner Bros
Director- Taylor Hackford
Locations- New York, New Jersey

Budget:

 $57,000,000  (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

 $12,170,536 (USA) (17 October 1997)

Gross:

 $60,984,028  (USA) (13 February 1998)

The Devil's Advocate also shows success with a larger gross than the budget.

Production company- Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Director- David Fincher
Locations- California 

Budget:

 $50,000,000  (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

 $14,337,029 (USA) (12 September 1997)

Gross:

 $48,265,581  (USA) (19 December 1997)

This film was not so successful as they didn't make a profit.

 Production company- Newmarket Capital Group

Director- Christopher Nolan

Locations- California

Budget:

 $9,000,000  (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

 £90,642 (UK) (20 October 2000)

Gross:

 $25,530,884  (USA) (9 November 2001)

This film was also successful and made a lot of money by making over double of what they spent on the budget.

I have learnt from this task that, it is not always about how much you spend on a film that influences how much money the film will make. Some very successful films have been made with a very small budget yet they have made all of their money spent on it and much more. This means that a films success can be achieved by the editing, sound and camerawork. From this task we have learnt to take budgeting into account and as our film is very low budget we can still make our film successful by making use of resources and props that we already have and locations near by. 

Sound video

Props used

We used a broom to show that Amaris' role in the opening sequence is a cleaner. We also used a tea pot, mug and tray to show that she doesn't only clean for the Wilson family but she also prepares their meals for them. This helps to show that she is in lower class than the Wilson's. We also used a computer to show that that is one of the ways Amaris stalked Ryan Wilson and gained more information about him. One of the main props used, was the detergent that was poured into the Mayas' tea in order to get rid of her existence without any evidence.The sniffing of the perfume was used to show Amaris' obsession for Ryan. The picture in the frame was used to show that there is a relationship between Ryan and his girlfriend which Amaris is not happy about.

Storyboarding

Here we are writing into the first storyboard box the name of the production company. Here we have written 'Picture Productions Presents' this will fade in on the screen and stay on it for about 3 seconds and then will fade out again. In this video it also shows us that in the second box an establishing shot was being drawn. In this shot it shows the surrounding area of the house as an establishing shot.

After doing our initial ideas, we managed to put it into a storyboard, in this we decided what we were going to film, the shot types we were going to use and the duration of each shot.

5 key things we will need on our storyboard

After time of research we came up with a list of key things we thought we needed to put on our storyboard in order to make it informative and easy for someone else to be able to read and understand what is going on in each shot.

Storyboard

Filming Schedule

Iconic props

In the hunger games, the main props used are weapons because these are what the characters needed in order to kill people for them to survive.

This bag is also a symbolic prop because it contained the survival equipment that they all needed.

The flowers were used as a prop for Katniss to pay respect to Rue, her friend who had just been killed.

The sacks of grain were used as a prop to show that District 11 is a low class district, compared to the other districts because they use sacks of grain to keep their food.