Starlight Studios: October 2016

Monday, 31 October 2016

SWOT Analysis

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Sunday, 30 October 2016

Over The Shoulder framing is a common technique used in most productions to create an over the shoulder shot. They are used to show the audience that a conversation is occurring, it looks realistic and allows the audience to see both people in the shot as the camera is positioned behind the shoulder of one and then directed at the other. Over the shoulder framing can create different emotions from happiness to feeling anxious as only one characters face is on show. This is placed as a shot reverse shot so both characters are visible.

180 Degree Rule

The 180 Degree Rule enables the audience to connect with the unseen movement happening around and behind the subject it is important in the narration of the battle scene or an everyday conversation between two characters. The rule states that the camera should remain on the same side of the imaginary line. An imaginary line is called the 'axis' which connects the characters, by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character is always framed on the right of the second character, who is then framed to the left of the first character. The camera passing over the axis is called 'jumping the line or crossing'. Breaking the 180 degree rule by shooting on all sides is known as 'shooting in the round'. The object that is being filmed must always remain in the centre with the camera always facing the object.

Match On Action

Match On Action is an editing technique for continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. An example is a man walking up to a door and reaching for the handle, just as he touches the handle the scene cuts to a shot of the door opening from the other side. By matching the movement across the two shots filmmakers make it seem that the motion continues.

Target Audience

Uses and Gratifications

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Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is a concept in film production in which the frame is divided into into nine imaginary sections, as illustrated on the right. This creates reference points which act as guides for framing the image.

Continuity Editing

Continuity editing refers to a system of cutting used to maintain clear and continuous narrative by following a set of rules. This helps the narrative to have a clear structure, the sequences also flow seamlessly into each other.

Depth of Field

Depth of Field refers to the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear sharp in an image, but the areas outside the frame appear blurry, film makers can change the depth of field through lighting, it is useful when trying to make the viewers focus on one particular area in the frame.

BBFC Certification

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Saturday, 29 October 2016

Location Notes

Score Notes

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Friday, 28 October 2016

Storyboard

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Cast Notes

Budget

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Thursday, 27 October 2016

Shooting Script

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Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Friday, 21 October 2016

Synopsis

8 year old Lilly Harlow faces her worst nightmare one summer's evening when her older sister Sarah leaves her home alone when she's asleep and she wakes up to a kidnapper in her house. Lilly hides under her sister's bed but unfortunately it's not long before she's found and dragged from the comfort of her home and is taken by the kidnapper. In the wake of Lilly's disappearance the police and local community search the area for her however there is no evidence for the 8 year old's disappearance. Lilly must learn to survive without her parents and the devastating torture she faces from her kidnapper. Along the way she uncovers the identity of her kidnapper; a local psychopath who lost her daughter Amanda from an illness who was the same age as Lilly. The kidnapper wants to end Lilly's life as she feels it's unfair for her to survive as Amanda had to die. Just as Lilly is strapped to the table about to face her death the door breaks down and her sister is standing there and smacks the kidnapper over the head.

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Prop Notes

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Costume Notes

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2 Minute Outline

The opening sequence begins with the protagonist Sarah, a teenage girl taking out a bottle of Vodka from her draw; she then goes to check up on her little sister asleep in bed. In the opening sequence Sarah is shown dressed up with makeup on as she is going to meet someone however the audience are not made aware of whom this is, not even when Sarah is shown on the phone to them. As Sarah leaves the house, the audience becomes aware that someone has been watching the house and sneaks into the house where Sarah’s younger sister Lilly is alone in her bed. The intruder walks through the house and Lilly wakes up from the noise, she decides to run and hide under her sister’s bed where she feels safe. Lilly is petrified as she hides under the bed whilst the intruder’s footsteps can be heard. As the intruder looks under the bed for Lilly, the scene ends on a cliffhanger.