Alter ego as media production

Risk Assessment

One risk which is possible at our location is filming on the stairs. This is because we are planning on filming a tracking shot which will require the camera to follow the actor up the stairs, there will also be a low angle shot from half way up the stairs. To prevent this risk from happening we will make sure that we are all careful when walking up the stairs.

Another risk which could occur is spilling the fake blood or getting it on equipment/ items at the location. To prevent this risk, we will be using the fake blood the day before and putting it on props a day prior to filming. This will allow time for the fake blood to dry and therefore we won’t have to use fake blood on the day.

This location is good to use in our thriller opening sequence because it already has a teenage girl and her family living in it. We will be filming on the stairs, the living room/ conservatory, the hallway and the teenage girl’s bedroom. We are going to film in the conservatory instead of the living room because it is extremely light and we need lots of light when filming, whereas in the living room it is quite dark even with the lights on.

We will need to make sure that we have lots of light in all of the settings in the house so that it is easy to film and we can see clearly what is happening in the scene.

Location

The location which we will be filming our thriller opening titles at is a house located in the centre of Bourne. Bourne is a small town in Lincolnshire which contains two secondary schools. This is important because our thriller is about a teenage girl who is around the age of 17 and would attend schools like this. This proves that our location is a believable one which our character would live in. The house is a Victorian style and this adds character to the location. It has dark corners and is not perfectly lit which is useful because the style of our thriller opening titles is dark and atmospheric. The house is also "lived in" which means the set for a normal family home is already present. 

The location was chosen because it is relevant to the story line. The story is about a teenage girl who is home alone when she hears sounds coming from upstairs. When she goes upstairs, she finds a girl in the corner of her bedroom who is rocking back and forth and is a mirror image of herself. The house we have chosen to film at is lived in by a teenage girl which means the bedroom is already there to be filmed in and only alterations we need to make is the part of the bedroom which the alter-ego has destroyed with blood and magazines. This location is typical of the thriller genre as it relates to our characters and it is a realistic setting as it is a home environment. the representational ideas that this characters about the character is that she is a normal teenage girl who lives in a normal house and home environment.

Cut away shot list

Cut away Shot list

Number	Location	Description	Action	Props	Actor
1	Outside the house	Zoom in to show the house.	Zoom in	No props	Abbie
2	Bedroom	Shot to show magazine covers x2 to show different magazines and the bloody hand prints and claw marks.	Close up	Magazines	Abbie
4	Living room	Shot to show lose up of the pages x5 with quick editing as she is flicking through the pages quickly.	Close up	Magazine	Abbie
9	Stairs	Shot to show her walking up the stairs and to show titles on the wall behind.	Close up/ side view	No props	Abbie
10	Stairs	Shot to show facial expressions.	Close up	No props	Abbie
11	Stairs	Shot to show her stopping on the stairs.	Tilt	No props	Abbie
14	Bedroom	Shot to show girl walking through the door.	Mid shot	No props	Abbie
15	Bedroom	Shot to show alter-ego.	Close up	No props	Abbie
18	Bedroom	Shots to show the alter-ego coming towards the camera.	Extreme close up x5	No props	Abbie
18	Bedroom	Shot to show the teenage girls eyes.	Extreme close up/ graphic match	No props	Abbie
20	Bedroom	Shot to show the alter ego ripping the poster off the wall to show the title.	Close up	Poster	Abbie

Lighting

Planning for lighting

Lighting:

 We will check the weather the day before we film our thriller opening title sequence, this is because if it is a cloudy day we will need to make sure that we turn all the lights on in the house so that the house isn't dark when we are filming. However if it is a bright day we won't need any of the lights on.

As we might being putting an effect over all the shots in editing to make the film look different and like "Film Noir". We might not have the lights on inside the house if it is a dark gloomy day, this is because we want our thriller opening title sequence to contain natural light so that it looks more realistic.

Filming schedule

Filming Schedule

Date	Scene	Details	Location	Props/ Actors
29/11/14		Shot of the outside of house to show location and to show that the character is a typically normal teenage girl.	Outside the house	No props No actor
29/11/14		Shot of the magazines on the floor which have claw marks and hand blood on.	Bedroom	Props: Fake blood and magazines. Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Shot of the living room with the girl reading a magazine and watching TV.	Living room	Props: Magazine Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Shot of the girl flicking through the magazine where some titles may appear.	Living room	Props: Magazine Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Girl hears noises from upstairs.	Living room	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Girl walking towards the door.	Living room	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Girl beginning to walk upstairs.	Living room/ stairs	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Girl opens the door to upstairs.	Living room/ stairs	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Girl walks upstairs.	Stairs	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Girl on the stairs.	Stairs	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Walking to the bedroom door.	Stairs	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Girl opening the door.	Stairs	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Bedroom door has titles appear on it.	Bedroom	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Girl opens door to alter-ego.	Bedroom	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Alter-ego on bedroom floor.	Bedroom	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Close up of girl’s facial expression.	Bedroom	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Alter-ego revealing their identity.	Bedroom	No props Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		Shot of the A3 poster on the wall.	Bedroom	Props: Poster Actor: Abbie
29/11/14		The alter-ego ripping the poster of the wall.	Bedroom	No props Actor: Abbie

Production comapanys

A film production company is a very important aspect of a film, it contributes hugely they are responsible for the majority of everything that goes on, this also means if something were to go wrong they would be responsible for this. They also are the ones who look for a director for the film, they also help look for actors for each role. They assist within the scripting, location and other scheduling for the film.

Thriller opening alter ego

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Our prezi we used in our pitch is above.

The feedback we got from our peers on our pitch was;

Question 1 - Do you like the name? (No 1  2 3  4 5 Yes) and Why?

*Shannon circled the number 5 so this means that she liked our name a lot, she said that it was because it sounds interesting.
*Cameron circled the number 5 so this means that he liked it a lot, he said that it was because its interesting, fits the narrative and leaves the audience with questions.
*Sam circled the number 5 so this means he liked our name a lot, he said that it was because it sounds quite sinster.
*Leona also circled the number 5 so this means that she liked our name a lot, she said it was because it fits the story line and fits the genre of our thriller.

Question 2 - Would you watch the film? (Yes or No) and Why?

*Shannon circled yes and the reason why was because its an interesting narrative and is creative.
*Cameron circled yes and the reason why was because it seems like a new and different idea.
*Sam circled no and the reason why was because it sounds a bit cliche.
*Leona also circled no and the reason why was because its too cliche.

Question 3 - What do you like about the story?

*Shannon said that it is a creative idea and it sounds scary/ freaky.
*Cameron said that he likes the use of just one actor.
Sam said that its well thought out but its similar to many other thrillers.
*Leona said that it seems thrilling and may be scary/ thrilling.

Question 4 - Are the titles clear? (No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes)

*Shannon circled the number 4.
*Cameron circled the number 5.
*Sam circled the number 4.
*Leona circled the number 5.

Question 6 - What would you improve?

*Shannon didn't answer this question.
*Cameron said that he would make more things happen.
*Sam said a better back story.
*Leona said make it less cliche and needs to be more exciting.

Question 7 - Rate the film out of 5 stars, 5* being the best?

*Shannon didn't answer this question.
*Cameron said 4*.
*Sam said 4*.
*Leona said 3*.

From these results we can see that there are mixed views on our thriller idea and we know where we need to improve and how we can improve our idea to make it better.

Our teachers comments are below: