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Storyboards
Over the holiday, Emma and I produced the storyboard for our trailer using the shot list. Adam will now have to edit these to create the anamatic. These storyboards will be extremely helpful when we start to film.
EJ
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Location Recce - The Woods 2
Emma conducted a recce at our woods location, Sydenham Hill Woods, and scouted possible locations for our scenes in a woodland area. The woods had a great diversity of scenery and landscapes which will give us huge diversity when filming with the convenience of being in one location.
Through the entrance of Crescent Lane she found a possible location of the Upper Sydenham Railway tunnel. This originally was a station that closed in the late 1950's and has since been left and taken over by nature.
This site would be good to capture an urban edge to the shots in the woods.
Following the path to the centre, the 'walks' collide. At this point the area has a wooden bridge which may be of interest, and segregated paths. All of these elements would be good for shots that have to last for longer.
As Emma walked further into the woods she found a great location with high levels of foliage. This location on the edge of sydenham woods and was next to dulwich wood.
She believes this area would be good for the scene where we see Mr White and Mr Pink walking through the woods with shovels; and for the multiple scenes with the girl running away. She thinks this area would be good because it gives the feeling of being deep in woods in the middle of nowehere.
EJ
Location Recce - The Woods
Emma conducted a recce at our woods location, Sydenham Hill Woods, and scouted possible locations for our scenes in a woodland area. The woods had a great diversity of scenery and landscapes which will give us huge diversity when filming with the convenience of being in one location.
Emma took some photos of areas of interest:
EJ
Props
Props
These are all of the props which we will need:
3 guns
These are the most important props as they will be shown several times throughout the trailer. As it is extremely difficult to get realistic guns, due to there price. Emma has found a cheap alternative that we can use; spray painting metallic black paint on to some cheap realistic looking toy guns. There are numerous videos and posts online that we have found that show how easy it is to and the results look great. If we want we could also use some silver spray paint on the edges of the guns in order to give them a worn out look. This shouldn't be too difficult to do or take up too much time, the only difficult thing may be finding a realistic looking toy gun however I'm sure that we would be able to find some.
A shovel
This would be shown in one or two shots, it will be fairly easy to get as I assume one of us has one at home. It should just be an ordinary shovel similar to the one shown below.
A duffel bag
This bag will be what the men are putting their gear into and will be shown in a couple of shots. It should just be a plain black bag, but it wouldn't be disastrous if it has a logo on it. It has to be large enough to put several items in as well as place the camera above a shoot down into. The bag should be similar to the picture below, this prop shouldn't be a problem to get at all.
3 flashlights
This are going to be fairly important as well because they will be a main source of lighting during the robbery portion of our trailer, therefore they need to be fairly powerful but not too large, each male character should have a flashlight. These again should be too difficult to get a hold of as they are a fairly common item. A flashlight similar in size to the one seen below would be great.
A wooden chair
Fairly self-explanatory, this will be what the girl will be seated on in the warehouse.
Rope
Again fairly self explanatory, a rope is needed to tie up the girls hands. It could be any colour or size as long as it would realistically be used to tie someone up.
A bag
This is again fairly obvious it should just be a plain black bag that will both be put over the girls head. It should be similar to the one seen below or if if can't find anything similar to that then we could use a black plastic bag
AF
3 guns
These are the most important props as they will be shown several times throughout the trailer. As it is extremely difficult to get realistic guns, due to there price. Emma has found a cheap alternative that we can use; spray painting metallic black paint on to some cheap realistic looking toy guns. There are numerous videos and posts online that we have found that show how easy it is to and the results look great. If we want we could also use some silver spray paint on the edges of the guns in order to give them a worn out look. This shouldn't be too difficult to do or take up too much time, the only difficult thing may be finding a realistic looking toy gun however I'm sure that we would be able to find some.
A shovel
This would be shown in one or two shots, it will be fairly easy to get as I assume one of us has one at home. It should just be an ordinary shovel similar to the one shown below.
A duffel bag
This bag will be what the men are putting their gear into and will be shown in a couple of shots. It should just be a plain black bag, but it wouldn't be disastrous if it has a logo on it. It has to be large enough to put several items in as well as place the camera above a shoot down into. The bag should be similar to the picture below, this prop shouldn't be a problem to get at all.
3 flashlights
This are going to be fairly important as well because they will be a main source of lighting during the robbery portion of our trailer, therefore they need to be fairly powerful but not too large, each male character should have a flashlight. These again should be too difficult to get a hold of as they are a fairly common item. A flashlight similar in size to the one seen below would be great.
A wooden chair
Fairly self-explanatory, this will be what the girl will be seated on in the warehouse.
Rope
Again fairly self explanatory, a rope is needed to tie up the girls hands. It could be any colour or size as long as it would realistically be used to tie someone up.
This is again fairly obvious it should just be a plain black bag that will both be put over the girls head. It should be similar to the one seen below or if if can't find anything similar to that then we could use a black plastic bag
AF
Actress: Eliza Teale
For the main girl in our film we wanted a strong actress, this is due to this role perhaps being the hardest to play because of the range of emotions the actress would have to show. The person who immediately came to mind was Eliza, she is in a year at school and friendly with all three of us. She is also an aspiring actress who has played key roles in many different school productions, therefore meaning she could easily pull of this character.
AF
Final Actor - Mr Blonde - Charlie Fox
We have decided to cast Charlie Fox as our final actor to play Mr Blonde. He looks older than others (for his age), meaning we can cast him for this role. He is aged 17, around 5ft8.
EL
Aim For Graphics: Overview
We want out graphics to mirror the grungy, chiaroscuro tone of our film. It should be simple and stylish, yet fit the urban environment of London in which our trailer will be shot. Though we are currently unsure about the font, we want a hard edged sans serif font to mirror the urban environment. It should be distinct and recognisable, and most of all memorable. We particularly like the effect over the Skyfall titles, as shown below. The two tone black on the white is crisp and clean, and the font bold and eye-catching.
I had a go at recreating a similar font with similar grungy effect. The outcome seems promising, and this could be something to use in the future.
EL
Final Actor - Mr White - Sam Edgcumbe
We have decided to cast Sam as our older character, Mr White. This is due to him looking the oldest out of all of our potential actors.
Final Actor - Mr Pink - Robbie Whyte
We have decided to cast Robbie in the role of Mr Pink, the main character.
Characters which we need
We have decided to not use the character of the police detective as it would confuse our trailer narrative as we wouldn't be able to include any information as to who he is.
This means that the only characters that we need actors for are (as we currently don't have a name for the characters we are referring to them via certain colours):
This means that the only characters that we need actors for are (as we currently don't have a name for the characters we are referring to them via certain colours):
- The girl
- The main character - Mr Pink
- The older character - Mr White
- The crazy character - Mr Blonde
The next step is to find actors to play these parts
AF
Problem with the ages of our characters
A huge problem we face is due to our inability to find an older actor to play our characters, who are meant to be late 20s-early 30s. This means we will have to find someone who is our age but looks older. This is slightly frustrating as it may lower the quality of our trailer. In order for our actor to look older, the actors being tall and also having a beard could be extremely helpful.
We may also need to lower the age of our characters to try and make it more realistic however we don't want to make the ages too low as then the narrative of our film wouldn't make sense.
AF
We may also need to lower the age of our characters to try and make it more realistic however we don't want to make the ages too low as then the narrative of our film wouldn't make sense.
AF
Shot List
We have produced a shot list which will help us when making the storyboard as well as shooting the film. It took a fair amount of time but it was worth it as it as given us a clear idea of how our trailer will look, however we were slightly unsure of how long each shot would take and therefore that column is most likely quite wrong.
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