Filming Times

These are the days we filmed so far;

26th January 2013, 11am- 6pm- We filmed most of our task, outside and inside scene are done

2nd February 2013 11am - 3pm- We did some re-filming of the shot we did wrong previously and managed to get it done all in that day.

Title Font and Colours

We are looking at what font and colouring we should use for our opening sequence.

Production Name- Our production is RANK and for the first clip we will need to show our logo and production name we would like to present it with the colour red as red is normally portrayed as blood and will go well with our plot 

Logo- For our logo we would have come up with several logos and think that our best one is the droplet of blood this is because in our task we will have blood and it will go well with the colour of our production name .

Credits- For our credits will are looking at a website called "Da Font"( http://www.dafont.com/ ) where it has many font for us to chose which one will go best we the theme of our plot. As an example we have though about using a font called "Frisky Vampire" but we do not want to use the same font for the title of our task so we have not decided whether or not to use it but we have decided that since we have changed the plot we have any dark scene so we thought that the credits should be in white so that they are contrasted with the clips.

Title- Our title for our main task is called "More Than Human" we chose this because it because of our plot our main character (Anna Smith) has just escaped a mental institute after being diagnosed with Hallucinogen and has had some unusual side effects which is why we think "More Than Human" is appropriate. We are going to see what the title looks like in "Frisky Vampire but we know we will want it in a blood red colour to assure the target audience that it is a horror film.

Production Name Logos

After lots of logos that one of our group member Aalisha has drawn out on her software where it allows her to draw free hand on it then transfers on the computer we have decided to go with the simple blood droplet because we think that the simply logo contrast our main task but at the same time allows the audience know what film they are about to watch. 

As you know R.A.N.K stands for all of our team names Rosaline, Aalisha, Naomi and Klodiana which is why we thought that it would make a good production name not only that but the word "Rank" is a slang word for disgusting which i think suits our main task perfectly.

These are some of the other logo that we cam up with 

This one has a puff of smoke behind our production name we thought it was good because it adding mystery to our task.

This one was my favourite because I thought that the compas symbol went well with the personality of the character because of her being mentally ill.

This logo was design the same way as the one we are going to keep but this one has barb wire around the Rank 

Production Title

Our production name is R.A.N.K we chose this name because the first letter of each of our names spell it R(osaline) A(alisha) N(aomi) K(lodiana) but the word R.A.N.K can also relate to our target audience (young adults) because the word Rank is slang for disgusting.

Sound Effects

We also thought that some of this particular clip would be great for some intense dramatic effects in where a shock or a jump is needed.

Soundtrack Ideas 2

We thought that this soundtrack would go really well when Anna Smith is running to the house but we will not use all of it but from 0:30s - 1:35s we will pick out the best parts that build up suspense and make her running more dramatic.

Soundtrack Ideas 1

We thought that part of tjhis soundtrack could be use for our flashbacks clips.

Make-up Practise

I tried to create a bruise on my arm and for that I got inspiration from a youtube clip I viewed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFddiE5h6aE

I got really annoyed by her voice so I watched it muted and though of what went right on the bruise.

 For the bruise I used mostly eyeshadow but also used a bronzer and red lip gloss.

After the brusie trail I also looked up on how to do a cut and for this result i used the youtube clip below 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR6pr7yQtrA

I didn't follow the steps shown in the clip because I didn't have all the right material so I improvised with what i had also the cut in the video looks like it is healing when we want a cut that looks like is was done recently.

These are the material I used for the cut i used mostly red pen to emphasise the cut line.

Here are some more practise I did the next day on the rest of our group I did some cut on arm and a cut on a lip.

I also tried to create a bruise and place it around a eye, we took the photo about 3 1/ 2 hours later so by then it was really shiny but it still looked really good and some of our teachers and classmates thought it was real. 

Here is the make-up on the the actor the way it will be done on the day of the filming here are some photos of the bruises around her eye and cuts on her knee and arms the bruise on her knee will be done when she falls down infront of the house she later breaks into.

Props and Costumes

* Props ;
-Watch  - Will be used when Anna is looking to see what the time is after just waking up on the park bench
- Hospital tag  - Will been show so that the audience can start to suspect that the character has some kind of illness
- Dog   - Will be used to seem as a threat to Anna as she is paranoid to anything in the outside world.
- Knife  - Will been shown numerous time in the opening to emphasise that Anna is dangerous
- Plasters  Will been shown on Anna to show that audience

* Costumes;

      - Main Character (Anna Smith) Costumes - Ripped jeans, plain T-shirt, big hoodie, rough looking trainers
We have chose this costume so that the audience can see that her appearance does not matter to her at the moment to show that she has had a rough time. We want her to look vulnerable and stereo typical  like a typical teenager through the eyes of an adult.

      -  Make up   - Cuts on arm covered with plasters, bruised face, tired looking eyes, messy hair 

      - Dog walker  - Blue Jeans, Brown Leather Hoodie and Red Vans 

      - Mysterious Person - Burgundy Jogging Bottom, Blue Body Warmer 

What We Think Anna Smith Should Be Like

This is a trailer to The Ward and what we think Anna Smith's character should be like in our task. Since Anna Smith has recently escaped a mental institute and this trailer is of "Christian" a female who is also believed as crazy/insane we would like Anna to have same characteristics for example the bruises, messy hair this has helped our group get really create Anna.

Actor Details

Actor Details
For our main task we have chosen a member from our group to play the character, reasons as to why our actor (Rosaline) was chosen over anyone else is because she fits the image that we imagined, such as having brown/blonde, long hair, tall and looks older than the rest of our group. Our traget audience will feel like they can relate with the actor as they will be roughly the same age, and can look up to the actor which would only work if they look to be in the same age group.The fact that the actor is in the same age range within the target audience will make the audience feel as if what happens in the movie could happen to them. 

Character Details

The character that Rosaline will be playing (Anna Smith) is a young adult who has just escaped from a mental hospital, and is scared she is being hunted down. Because of this intense plot the character will be shown to still have symptoms of hallucinogen related Disorder and is feeling more and more vulnerable during the process of trying to find somewhere 'safe'.
In the characters past life, she was a young adult who was succeeding in school and was on a successful path for her life ahead. The reason as to why her life was drastically changed was that her parents were killed in a severe car accident, and passed away. After dealing with this Anna Smith was forced to live with her aunts and became involved with drugs with the wrong crowd at school. After a period of 6 months Anna's Aunt found out and forced Anna to commit to a rehab programme, but all went wrong as Anna's withdrawal symptoms were not normal and had no choice but to go to a mental hospital, where the therapists and scientists realised just how severe her symptoms were.And this is where we pick up from. In our opening sequence we will show her coping after escaping from the hospital, and after our sequence this is when the film would reverse back and show the audience why and how she has became in this position.

Rough Storyboard

These are some really quick storyboards just so we can have a more clear idea of what we are going to film and what shot we are going to use. Not all the shot drawn will be used and we might change some/all of the shots as we film but it is just to lead us through our project.

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Our first shot would be of the main character waking up on a park bench. We have chosen to use a long shot here so that the audience can see the surroundings and situations she is in. She has just woken up from a rough night. She is wearing jeans a hoodie she seems cold and scared.

               

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In our second shot we have a establishing shot to show the audience the scenario the main character is in. She looks around to where she is and that's when the audience can see that she is in a park.

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Here we have used a long  shot to allow the audience to see that the character is moving around. In this scene you be able to see that she is moving around and can see her expression of her faced which will seem scared and sad.

          

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We also used another long shot so we can tell on that what the main character is doing. In this scene she is standing up looking at her watch to see what time it is. She then looks around at the people around that area.

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This mid shot is of the main character but it will also capture some the the events going on behind her. In this scene she has seen what she thinks is a suspicious character but really is just walking their dog, but she thinks the character is dangerous and after her.

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This would be another long shot to allow the audience to see what is happening and to view the surroundings. In this scene the audience can see that she has started to run because she is scared of the suspicious character with the dog.

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This is a shot of the main character falling down after running too fast away form the suspicious character and looking at the house we have chosen that she will brake into, we have used  a long shot because it allows the audience to see all this.

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Here is a scene when the main character is knocking on the door that has been chosen and we have chosen a long shot so that the audience can see her knocking but also see that the house looks empty. and that no one is home which is why she then decides to brake in.

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 We have decided to use a mid shot zooming on to a close up on a window in front of the house to show the audience that she is about t brake in through the window tat has been left open.

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 A close up has been used here to show that audience how she is struggling to brake in to the house.

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 We are going to use a variates of shot in this scene but most will be Long and mid shot so that the audience can take p information of the kind on people that live in that house whilst she is panicking and walking around she is always looking back.

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A long shot is used in this scene where she hears some one at the door trying to open the front door by twisting the key. We will then do a close up of the movement of the lock and door handle to add a dramatic suspense.

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A close up is going to be used so that the audience can see what the main character is doing when she panics and pick up a knife from the kitchen.

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We are planing to use a long shot so that the audience can see where tat she is looking for a place to hid  and that she then choses to hide behind the door.

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A close up here to show the audience just how dangerous the weapon she has chosen is to add suspense to the following scene.

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The last shot will be of the main characters face and it will zoom in from a long shot to a close up. In his scene the audience will hear the footsteps of the character coming into the house and her reaction.

6 Locations

These are the locationa we are considering as a setting for our main task ...
1. Shotover Woods --- We were originally going to do our opening scene in a wooded area and we thought that Shotover would be the perfect place for the opening sequence.

2. South Park Park--- We chose south park because we thought that it would create a spooky effect on where the wind creaks and moves the swings and roundabout, but decided not to go through with because it is too public.

3. Temple Cowley Car Park

4. Klodianas House--- We thought we could use Klodiana house and have the main character waking up at a park near by but having her break into the house she falls in front of.

5. Rosaline Attic --- We thought that the attic would be a good idea in where the main character can wake up but then we couldn't think of how the she will get out start to run away from the mysterious person who is following her.

6. Cheney school Corridor--- We though we could use a school site so that our target audience can relate to an everyday situation and she can leave the school and that would be where she is followed but then we though that it would be hard to film one character at the end of the day when every other student is leaving.