Improvements

add in flashbacks, open/closed endings.
locations, costumes,

Shooting Schedule

Date	Location	Cast/ Crew	Props	Equipment
06/12/12 Start filming	Saiful’s house	Kashif is staring in the video	Cricket bat	Tripod
		Saiful is the camera man and editor	Rubber chicken	Camera
		Zuned is staring in the video	Casual clothes	I Mac
			Balloons	Editing software (Adobe Premiere)

Risk assessment & Equipment & Budget

Risk assessment/ location


We as a group will need to carry out a risk assessment because we need to make sure that that the location we are going to use to for our 1 minute video. We need to make sure that the location we use is safe. Also we will need to look at the location that we are going to use because it could problems such  lose wires which could be dangerous because someone could trip over them and hurt themselves.

For our video we are going to use one of the crew members house. The risk factors could be the rain comes and this may cause one of the crew members to slip and hurt themselves. Also there is a computer there with lose wires. This is a risk factor because someone could fall over and hurt themselves and also its dangerous with the electrical equipment.


Equipment list/Budgeting:


Camera- £300
tripod- £150
Macbook for editing- £800
Editing software- £100
props- £50
lighting equipment- £20


Total budget- £1420

Mood/Genre

In this post i will be talking about the genres/moods that will be portrayed in our 1 minute short film.

First of all, the genre of our short film will be comedy and horror. This is because we have found that a majority of the people that we asked to fill our questionnaire preferred a movie that was comedic and scary. This told us that we could make a successful film by choosing a comedy genre or a horror genre, but we decided that we will combine the two genres to allow for a larger audience to project our film at.

The mood of our film will be funny as well as being scary and thrilling. We decided that this would be a good mood to show in the film because it makes people nervous and anxious when watching the parts at which there is some form of horror, and then also gives them relief and joy them when it comes to the more comedic phase of the film. The way that we decided on the mood of our film is our researching the moods that are shown by other, already existing, movies and then integrating that information into our project.

The actors in our 1 minute film will convey the feeling of the story by showing facial expressions physical activities and possibly psychological effects.

1 Minute Camera Story

Story layout:

Trying to follow Torodov's theory of equilibrium will allow the short film to have balance. Torodov's theory states that a story should have equilibrium. This means that the story starts off calm and normal. The situation then escalates to a point where there is a form of disaster, then at the end the disaster situation calms down and goes back to normal,


Similar to a bell curve:

The start of the film will consist of a man in his early 20's who is throwing a night halloween party and his having fun enjoying his time with his friends. POINT OF EQUILIBRIUM. After he has the party all the guests leave and then he goes to relax while watching a scary movie in his home. While watching the scary movie he receives a phone call and is terrified because he gets a threat over the phone by a voice which he doesn't recognise.

The middle section of the story is when the man has just finished receiving the threat on the phone. He then notices that there is someone knocking on the door, but he can't actually see anyone there. So being cautious he walks towards the door slowly and as he gets closer he gets more scared. He then grabs a rubber chicken that is lying on a nearby table ,other than the cricket bat right next to it, and goes to open the door. POINT OF DISRUPTION. When he opens the door he screams only to find that there is a small child in a costume asking for some candy. He then relaxes and gives the boy some candy.

The end of the story is when the man closes the door feeling more secure, and when he turns around he gets a fright by seeing his friend with a very unexpected look on his face. He then finds out that it was a prank and then he calms down and resumes with the relaxing, of watching a scary movie. RESTORATION OF EQUILIBRIUM.

Tasks

Task 2:

COMPLETE-IN PROGRESS-NEEDS TO BE STARTED

-Identify your audience-                         
-Determine what you are trying to tell-
-Story needs to interesting and creative-
-Needs to have a clear objective-
-Come up with a proposal/treatment-
-Come up with a story board including a beginning, middle and end-
-Mood/Genre examples-
-How will the acting convey the feeling-
-Mood board-
-Mise-en-scene/props/setting/style-
-Narrative structure,linear/non-linear-
-Shot list, what camera shots are going to be used-
-Camera angles-
-Location list-
-Shooting schedule-
-Equipment/sound/lighting-
-Risk assessment-
-Budget-
-Time line/Diary entries-

Camera Shots/Angles

Camera shots and angles on Prezi

In our 1 minute film production we will be using shots and angles like: close ups/extreme close up. these camera shots would be used in places like when the main character is going to open the door and just before he does a camera shot could be used to show how scared and anxious he is.

Camera angles such as; high and low angles would be used at the part when the character opens the door and sees a kid and the kid would be shown forma high angle to show that it is a smaller person who is inferior to the main character. In this case an over the shoulder shot could also be used to give a point of view feel to the scene.