Planning: Soundtrack

Jake and I will be searching for different soundtracks on incomptech for specifically rock genre music to add to the overall atmosphere in scenes within our opening film. We have already found a few soundtracks that match what we are looking for and of which we shall decide which ones to use and whether they shall be edited or left as they are over our final film.

Team Meeting Notice

It has come to our attention that the current storyboard is far too short for the specified time, this is due to it being too vague in terms of a running scene and and uncertainly on how many shots for the dialogue will be needed. This will need to be extended to two minutes. The actual content required for our film will easily take up the specified time but this needs to be expressed in our storyboard in order to be helpful. 

Planning: Make-up

The representation - which is a crucial element of making our film opening effective - will be mainly reached by a combination of special effects in post-production and make-up. 

In terms of make-up the demons will specifically be relevant to our demons, who will have defined jaws and cheekbones etc. as well as heavy black make-up around the eyes without being over the top. Whereas in the case of the angel he will have limited make-up as a character but fake-blood will be needed for scene 1 and 3. The fake blood is likely to be made from food coloring and corn-syrup which will be applied as cuts and in enough consistency to drip over the feathers for our opening shot.

Planning: Target Audience Research.

In order to establish the potential success of this film I put six questions to seven people that suit our target audience in order to establish whether our planned idea meets the relevant codes and conventions and audience pleasures they would like to see. The results have helped us understand what works and what doesn't in our film opening and also what needs to be worked on in terms of problems they think might happen with an understanding of the specifications we have.They were given a brief detailed outline of our opening two minutes and the responses were as follows.

Question.	Response.	Extra Notes.
Do you think that the name given to our film is appropriate?	Yes: 5 No: 2	·         Could be more specifically relevant to story line. ·         Could chose a name to have darker connotations.
Does the synopsis given suit the Supernatural-Thriller genre?	Yes: 4 No: 3	·         More accurate to an action genre. ·         Comes across as more Fantasy based.
Does the opening synopsis suit the age rating of 15 – 18?	Yes: 6 No: 1
Do you think the pitch heard is an accessible idea for the time frame and budget we have?	Yes: 3 No: 4	·         If representation is simply but adequately done it will look effective. ·         Seems like a lot of content to fit into two minutes.
Would you be interested in this film?	Yes: 5 No: 2	·         Not their sort of genre. ·         If they were interested in this genre of film then they would have agreed.
When should the main plot line be introduced in a Supernatural-Thriller?	Immediately: 4 Beginning: 2 Middle: 1

Planning: Call list.

In order to make the production portion of our film easier and more organised to be executed swiftly. This may change as filming transpires and different requirements present themselves but this will be given out to everybody due to be involved in the production.

Date.	Crew members.	scene	shots	props	Location
Sunday 11 January.	Jake Haines, Laura Harris, Ton Wentink and Joe James.	Scene 2.	Running/chase shots 3 - 10	Camera equipment. Angle and two demon costumes.	Newbottle woods.
Sunday 18 January.	Jake Haines, Laura Harris, Ton Wentink and Joe James.	Scene 2.	Cylus dialogue shots  11 - 22	Camera equipment. Angle and two demon costumes.	Newbottle woods.
Sunday 25 January.	Laura Harris, Jake Haines, Ton Wentink and Alfie Russell.	Scene 1 and 3.	Opening haze and closing angel-demon interaction.	Camera equipment. White feathers, fake blood, rope chair.	Near Chipping Warden.
Sunday 1 February.	Laura Harris, Jake Haines, Ton Wentink, Joe James and Alfie Russell.	Missed shots.	Anything previously missed on filming dates.	As needed at the time.	---

Planning: Storyboard

As part of our planning I have created this storyboard as an initial rough draft to work with during production and to follow as a guideline.

Planning: Permission for Location

Although there is no direct owner of Newbottle woods Jake contacted Northamptonshire county council and promptly informed them of our filming plans and requested permission for filming. There is no reply as of yet.

Planning: Classification

Upon research for the classification of our film and with consideration that their is pain inflicted on the angel and substantial blood and injuries we found that our film would be best fitted to a 15 as according to the British Board of Film Classification that shows our films atmosphere meets an equivalent to a lot of the listings for a 15 film rating. 

Planning: Special Effects.

The representation - which is a crucial element of making our film opening effective - will be mainly                      reached by a combination of special effects in post-production and make-up. 


In terms of special-effects a lot of the representation of location (heaven) and supernatural powers will be mainly created through post-production and editing. Specifically the representation of the entities will be done by high speed running as a way of exploiting supernatural abilities and meeting expectations of our genre. The flashback in heaven will be differentiated through something of a flash transition from scene 1 to 2, with scene 2 edited with an effect to create intense high key lighting to represent heaven.

Planning: The Script

In order to establish the exact dialogue, action and narrative for our actors as well as for Jake and I. There was detailed discussion on what each character should say specifically despite the limited dialogue because it is important to get the desired footage exactly how we want it and necessarily representing the detailed characterisation needed for an angel and a demon. 

Planning: Health and Safety Risk Assessment table.

Risk or Hazard	Risk or Hazard rating (low/med/high)	How to avoid risk or hazard.
Falling over, tripping on branches etc.	High.	Issue shoes with good grip, remind all crew members etc. to look where they’re going.
Getting to location	Low.	A reliable designated driver will be acquired for all filming days.
Stings or various other wildlife themed disasters.	Medium.	Ointments and bandages etc. will be brought to location in the form of a health and safety kit.
Rain and mud.	Medium.	If rain has been substantial in

A number of safety hazards could present themselves during filming. The table above has acknowledged these points and has discussed them accordingly in preparation for when our production begins.