Cast

Name - Malachi Dempsey-Clark

Role - "jock"

Background information - Malachi has the least experience out of the cast, but is playing a jock, which means little emotion needs to be shown, we chose him as jock due to his physic, although Malachi played a key role in my preliminary film and is reliable, and very eager and optimistic to work with.

Name - Edward Morgan

Role -"Geek"

Background information - Edward has performed man key roles in school musicals and is dedicated to his roles, also he lives close to the filming location and can be relied upon to arrive on time.
Currently working on his Drama A levels he is a very keen actor and often offers useful input and new ideas.

Name - Sophie Paul

Role - "Drama queen"

Background information - Sophie has starred in many out of school performances, and has played roles similar to the one we set her therefore will be able to play her role to a adequate standard, she is very open minded to new ideas and is very passionate about acting, also lives in the close vicinity to the shooting location and will be very reliable to get hold of.

Name - Joe James

Role - Killer

Background information - Joe has acted as the antagonist in other performances and changes his mindset the act out the role very well, also his tall and slender figure is perfect size to make an intimidating fearful killer.
Joe takes pride in the roles he plays and can be relied upon to arrive on set without delay and with an enthusiastic working attitude.

Lighting

We are planning to film in 2 locations in the same area, this is useful as the natural lighting will be at a similar level in both places.

Key :
Red - Path of characters 
Yellow - possible shooting spots
Blue - good level lighting 
Pink - low level lighting 

This plan shows the places where lighting equipment may be required, in the tunnel part of the filming area, perhaps in the last 2 filming locations on the trail, lighting would have to be quite primitive due to the lack of power supply and inconvenient terrain, primitive being a widespread torch without a direct obvious beam.

Dialogue ideas

As I was put in charge of writing the script I thought it sensible to write a post on possible ideas and themes the script shall hold.

The dialogue of the characters should reflect the stereotypical roles we chose.
For example for the "geek" character will speak in a intellectual somewhat condescending tone, perhaps his tone will be fairly quiet and timid, although the personality for this character will be more emphasised by his Mise En Scene.

By far the most over ruling speaker will be the "drama queen" her dialogue will be melodramatic and loud, her actions will be light hearted and will constantly be seeking attention whilst acting somewhat aloof to the reaction of others.

The jock's dialogue will make him come across as rather arrogant, using harsh words and harsh terms, attempting to make him look more masculine in the face of danger, perhaps to mask his fear.
His dialogue will have to juxtapose that of the Geek, as they are sworn opposites and this should be emphasised.

A smart idea i thought could be to have the characters on their mobile phones for the majority of the scene, as it is a proven modern stereotype that teens spend far too long on their phones and this can be exploited, for a mocking effect against the teens and makes them seem ignorant to the present situation.
 

Set Roles

Alfie -

- Script writing
- Location permission

Charlotte -

- Risk assessment
- Target group/research
- Classification

Katie -

- Special effects
- Makeup

Shared group efforts -

-Storyboard
- Casting videos
- Test footage
- Call sheet
- Communication

Props

(will be replace with actual image of the object soon!)

We are using a short 1 handed hatchet to be used as the weapon choice of the killer, an axe is a short, brutal weapon and is often associated with a slow gory death in slasher films, also the shape of the axe is very distinctive and easily recognised, the weapon is a representation of violent murder and vicious intent

Cost - N/A (already have an axe in my possession)

(will provide actual picture ASAP)

The train whistle will be worn around the killers neck as a iconic feature, it will also be used to create a non diagetic sound effect even before the killer appears.

It is a vintage style whistle and is a representation of the classic style and archaic ways of the antagonist.

Cost- N/A already owned

What could go wrong?

Organisation 

-The film set we chose may be privately owned.
-Equipment may be misplace on set after filming.
-Rented equipment may be lost which would result in fines.
-We may not meet our filming schedule and may return to school with a lack of footage.
-Actors or crew members may be absent at the last moment.
-unexpected weather could cause numerous problems on set.

Communication 

-My instructions may not be clear enough to understand.
-Me and other students may not contribute ideas to the rest of the group.
-Often with things like this, it is easy to loose patience with members.
-May be difficult to contact crew/cast members via mobile phone at essential moments.
-Unannounced changes can cause issues for members.
-Basic human needs such as rest/hunger may not be met resulting in a sap of mood.
-A lack of communication with teaching staff.

Technical Issues

-Equipment may not be charged and could die on set.
-A lack of knowledge about equipment may result in poor footage.
-Equipment may be put in the right settings.
-the lighting or sound quality may not be to a sufficient standard.
-an unstable landscape or wind may cause the camera to shake .
-Health and safety issues may not be understood by the equipment user.
-Attempting to force appliances into the camera could result in damage.

Group work issues

-Individuals negligence effecting the entire group effort.
-mixed opinions may lead to division in the group.
-distribution of jobs may be biased against some.
-lack of listening skills.
-The group being unwilling to compromise.
-Procrastination.
-Lack of support in the group.
-Being insensitive /rude to members of the group.
-allowing personal problems to effect filming.

Treatment

Our opening will be based around the stereotypically used idea in slasher films, that is a group of young people enter an ominous location (old train tunnel in this case) and they encounter something out of the ordinary (train whistle) and one member (in this case the "jock") goes of in search of the source, and the others later discover his body and also encounter the killer and it turns into a pursuit in which they all inevitably perish as well.

This should make the audience feel terror, terror at the horror faced by the characters and terror for the scenario, the killer's Mise En Scene will also cause terror to the audience as he will look intimidating and merciless (will go into greater detail on prop post).
The opening will also make the audience feel empathy, empathy for the hopelessness of the situation and sorrow for the unfortunate events occurring to these young people.

The narrative will have to sound natural, as if it was an ordinary conversation between three young people, this can range from talking about celebrities, news of the time and currant life events, while taking into account that some things may seem offensive to certain audiences.
The narrative could also be related to anecdotes from the characters, something that gives the audience an idea about their personalities, maybe even to give the audience an emotional attachment to the character that further increases their shock when they are murdered.
The dialogue will always be diagetic as the camera will track the characters.

We will be featuring 4 characters, a group of 3 young teenagers comprising of the stereotypical casting in a slasher film; a jock (a physically fit sporty man, over confident and often arrogant), a "geek" (a skinny physically weak, intellectual character, who would be the first to suspect danger and will be over analytical of the situation much to the annoyance of the jock) and lastly the "Drama queen" (a young girl who often exaggerates the situation and is the most potent to being easily scared, will scream often and will rely on the prowess of others for protection).
And of course the killer, the entire film will revolve around this character so it would be wise not to release too much information about him in the opening and to leave the audience in suspense to his identity as is commonly done in Slasher films.
The killers role will be to create the feeling of threat for the audience and move the plot forward, the killer will the be main variable that keeps the film going.

The film is set firstly in a open country field environment, in which we will do an establishing shot of the area, and introduce the characters, and then for a certain circumstance they are forcing to walk down a dark, long, over grown train tunnel (pictured in location post).

The lighting of the scene will have to be dimmed at certain points during filming, and a filter may be used to dim the scene in order to create a gloomy atmosphere, despite the colourful Mise En Scene of the characters, they should appear more grey and hopeless to create tension.

We want to use the camera to emphasise the panic of the event, as the plot escalates the camera angles will change more quickly, this is to exaggerate the panic and confusion and increase tension for the audience, this also highlights the emotions shown by the actors.

Editing will be used to combine all the different camera angle shots into one sequence that will seem very fast pace and to give the audience a better view of the Mise En Scene of the surroundings and scenery, for this Shot Reverse Shot will be crucial to set the scene and add the feeling of panic, along with an added incidental non diagetic sound track.