Filming notes

I used this picture as a template as to what I wanted my eyes to look like for the film. It was a simple smokey-eye, which was the original plan for my make-up. I didn't want to go too extravagant because the character's personality is not extra-vert.

Girls who wear make up and like to keep up appearances would find my character suitable to their social setting for example I think my character is the most girly out of everyone therefore certain social groups (like girly- girls) will find that they have something in common with my character. We used this as a tool to create a response in the audience and it helps create a dependency for the survival of the different characters. the dependency helps reel the audience in and its what's going to make them sit at the edge of their seats and hope that their favourite character comes through.




This was one of the accessories I used for filming, I used this gleaming bracelet to add pops of colour which was part of my character's personality.
The jewellery contributes to the characters personal style and this helps represent the interest of certain audience members, in the film the others are fairly dressed down however Eva is more extravagant, it was important we made this difference clear as it ensured that although the girls were all friends and shared similarities in interests we all had different traits and personalities. It is these different traits and personalities that allure the audience. These small touches add to the overall enhancement of the portrayal of the character and it enable the audience to grasp the character in a more detailed way.

Target audience demographic

Audiences that enjoy thriller films could choose to see our film as that's the main genre in the film. However we decided to narrow it down the likely age range that would go to watch this Thriller, here are some of the reasons why they might be there to watch it. On average the most common age range to go to the cinema is anyone between the ages of 16 and 24. Because of this we decided it would be a good idea to try and target these specific people so that if we were going to film the rest and put it in the cinemas then it would gain optimum profit. We have made the film appeal to both males and females. 

To make the target demographic easier to analyse I have split the groups into 3:

• 16-17 Girls
• 18-24 Girls
• Boys - this is more general as boys in the same age range from 18-24 have the same common interest as oppose to females.

Girls.

We have targeted 16-17 girls because they mostly like to go to parties or aspire to go to them when they enter university (freshers weeks are aimed at targeting young party fuelled adults). This is the stage when they are going through sixth form or college which could be a stressful time and they like to have fun. The girls in the film are also young actors and are based to be from this age group. The girls in the group have different personalities and that is why they have become great friends, they are able to play against each others strength. This movie would also appeal to girls as they like the idea of having a loyal group of friends. This may help boost confidence of those girls that feel they are alone. We have targeted 18-24 year old's because they are the most common ages to go to the cinema, we have adapted the start of our film to target them as the actors are young and they are playing as young girls. Another thing that would appeal to this age range of girls is the dress sense because they are all different styles which are popular at the current time. The girls in the film are meant to be girls at university and college who tend to go out to parties frequently.


Boys.
In general boys are attracted to things that would give them an adrenaline rush which is apparent in action adventures, horrors and thrillers. The film should also appeal to girls which makes it easier for the boys to take their girlfriends out to see a film that they would both enjoy. If the boys did use this as a date film, it gives them the chance to console their scared girlfriends during and at the end of the film if needed. There is also a sexual nature to the film which would appeal to the boys because there are attractive girls going to the 'IT' party in Uni and there will be girls of all different natures. This could include some ‘slutty’ girls like the character of Cassie going to the party. 

Song difficulties

We had advice from our teacher when discussing the song choices and we have decided that we will no longer use the Lana Del Ray cover because it is not sad or eery enough. Instead like one of our other songs, we are using garage band to create an more spooky perilous sound. We have also thought this would be good as it will show our diversity in finding and making different materials for our film.

Songs for the ending of the film

Film, ending song


This is one of the songs for the film. This song appears for a few seconds when the audience sees that Megan's character, Scarlet has died. I have created this song on garageband an app on the mac computers. It was important to create our own music as it creates a wide variety of things used throughout the movie and to show our understanding of the scene. In the search for finding an appropriate clip of music, the original music was copyrighted so we were unable to use it. The cover's of these were not appropriate enough and didn't create the effect of sadness that was needed. Therefore i created my own music and feel it is useful to use.

Mise-en-scene

In this short clip we discuss what the mise-en-scene is. throughout we had a few disagreements to do with settings and certain aspects of the mise-en-scene. Abi's bedroom is no longer going to be used due to personal difficulties that disallow us from filming there so instead she is using a friend's room. We had disagreements about lighting but settled on the agreement that we needed low lighting and curtains closed to show the continuity of the time.

Animatics

This is our animatics. the film 'Who's Next' will be hopefully be based on this animatics creation. These drawings have become the basic outline of what we want our film to look like. It is useful to have the animatics as it gives us a guideline and allows us to tick off certain events that come throughout the movie. Although this is a guideline, we decided not to do exactly what it has on the animatics. For instance, Kimberley (Cassie) is drawn with her hair up in the animatics however we have put her hair up and to the side in the actual filming. We have also changed some characters makeup to suit a wider audiemce. However the makeup wasn't a major focal point within the animatics. In addition, when we were filming, the animatics proved useful as they helped us to tick off one of our requirements- match on action, two of our characters use a mascara in the mirror to help continue the shot and add fluency.

Institutional features

The institution we have decided to use in the production of our film is Summit Entertainment. This production is  based in the USA. Since 2006, Summit has become an independent production company after working with Lions Gate and Universal. Although they had officially launched as Summit Entertainment in 1993 as a production, distribution and sales organisation.

Some of the films that Summit have produced include:
Sorority Row (2009) - Thriller film - directed by Stewart handler.

The Twilight Saga (2008) - Romantic Fantasy Film- directed by David slade.

The Hurt Locker (2009) - American War Film- directed by Kathryn Bigelow.

The Darkest Hour (2011) - Science Fiction Thriller Film- directed by Chris Gorak.

Sinister (2012) - Supernatural Horror Film- directed by Scott Derrickson.

Escape Plan (2013) - Action Thriller Film- directed  by Mikael Hafstrom

Part of the reason why we chose to use Summit productions was because their genres tend to be based around thriller and fantasy movies for example: Twilight and the movie sequels. Because of the fact that our film is a thriller we chose to use this particular production company. We were looking to use The production company: Universal, however we decided against it as Summit seemed to be a more close-knit genre of film type. After lots of research we have found that, 'Sorority Row' is most like our movie. Because it has similar aged characters (uni grads) and there are sexual scenes- females dressing provocatively, kissing etc. The age audience is also of an older limit as the film is filled with cruel and horrific scenes of death.

The film that we are creating we have chosen the genre as a Thriller film because of the features that it contains, for example the murderous mystery man. The features that we are including in our film is that there is a realistic and natural representation of 4 young girls who  are excited and are getting ready for a massive party. The killer is not a natural representation of every day life as we have indicted that he is sociopath on the war path. Although you  hear about people who kill within the news and media, sociopaths appearing in everyday life is a rarity, which creates a more intense feel for the audience when they watch our short film. The film could also be seen as a detective type film