Filming positions

Before we were filming our production we wanted to look at the possible positions and angles for the camera to be set up in order to achieve that shot we wanted. we needed a high angle shot to use during a running scene in the woods so that it gave us a wider shot. the position chosen for our high angle shots was up a small tree which was supported and safe for the camera and the group member. This was the tree used for thew high angle shot, chosen for its saftey, accessability and view from the shot we wanted:

During the wood scene there is also a stalking position from within a bush which we originally planned to have shot from a army camoflauge net but we decided to use the real bush as it added more of an effect that the net couldn't achieve. here is a picture of the location within the bush chosen for its safety, accessibility and view of the shot we wanted:

Filming Day 1

Today was the day of our filming of the chase wood scene and the army scene's, which were used throughout the duration of our production as cut aways ands additions into the production. The location for today's filming was Chetwynd Barracks inside a hangar, and also a woods which gave us access tour chase/stalker scene. The day as a whole went well with the completion of all the filming required in the one day and therefore add to the continuity with the actors, set and props being all available and within the same conditions to add continuity.
The risk assessment helped and there was no injuries or problems whilst we were conducting our filming.
There was a small problem with one angle that was chosen before arriving however when we arrived we noticed that this angle would not be possible as there was an obstruction in the way and therefore we had to adapt our production to fit arround this unfortunate occurance.

Questionnaire

The brainstorm we conducted goes through genres of which we produced a questionnaire as a handout on word which we asked questions to allow us the right target audience to aim at and the most watched/favorite sub genre thrillers:
Whats your favorite sub genre?
Whats age range is a thriller aimed at?
Whats your favorite thriller?
And the response from 20 questionnaires filled out allowed us to inter grate a target audience into or production and base characters and themes of our production towards that specific age range which was from 15 to 30 as the average age range. The sub genre allowed us to base our production and theme around a more favoured and more watched genre.
We accumulated the data from our question one and entered the data into Microsoft excel and formatted it into a pie chart so it was easier to read and understand for the group. The results also allowed us to see a clear defined winner in the sub genre category and therefore base our production on the most popular demand from the questionnaires. The overall favoured genre was action followed close by horror.

This is the result from the second question which allowed us to see what age range a thriller should be targeted for and therefore adapt our production through the actors, props and mise en scene, set, dialogue and the charecters roles. The overall age range that the particpants in the questionnaire was both 15-25 and 25-35 giving an overall range of 15 - 35.

Storyboard

Here is a picture of our storyboard that shows the basic outline of our production complete with camera angles and specefic props used in the shots it doesnt show the editing techniques dued to us not being aware of what type of shots and camera angles and lengths of shots to work with. we might also change various shots and angles during thge filming and contruction of the production. The story board also shows the type of shot we will be using during the production from close ups to mid to long to still images to add variety and diversity to our production to show the extent of our media technological knowledge.

Risk Assesment

Our set has not been fully risk assesed however there were already some risk we were aware of from our set which was the amount of glass in the form of test tubes and cylinders whihc while some of our scenes involve running and fighting the risk of knocking off some glass or it being hit was there. How ever we will try to offset this problem by moving the uneeded glass within the shot making paramount to keep continuity and to deter from jumps of props and sets and to minimise the necessity of glas in our production anyway.
Another problem that came to our attention was the lab coats which could cause the actors to fall whilst running during the more action scenes. to keep this problem down and decrease it hazard we decided that the coats should be clipped at the bottom during the action scenes as not to affect the continuity but to also ensure saftey of the actors and group. Along with the lab coats the actors would also be wearing large loose fitting army uniform which could get caught or snagged on corners so we made sure nothign sharp was sticking out for saftey to actors. although if there was corners we covered them with cloth to lessen the risk of the injury.
Here is a picture of the lab coats:

Here is the army uniform used in some clips:



Upon arriving at the various sets we noticed that there were additional risks that we were not aware of before in our planning and therefore had to make changes for the saftey of the actors and the group. during the chosing of the wood setting we noticed that along a proposed path was barbed wire close to the edge which was a high danger risk as this path invoilved the actors running. We therefore decided to move the path to another safer path well out the way of the barbed wire and that path was out of use for all personal. This is a picture of the barbed wire:


Others hazards that were noticable upon arrival was the poles laid around which were a medium risk to the actors as they weren't in hte path however they were on the path into the woods which was used by all members and a no running policy was implied. This is a picture of the poles:


After these hazards were minimised for safety reasons, we had chosen our paths that would be filmed on and all of the paths were chosen due to there safety and look for the production however one path involved going down a steep bank which was a lower level danger hazard then others but stilol needed to be assesed and during that clip the actors would slow down and a rope was used as a hand grip to steady the actors during descending down the bank. This is a picture of the bank:

These pictures show the paths that we used as they were mostly flat with good surface and open space to prevent falling or slipping:
This is path one used in a majority of our clips:

This is path 2 used in some other clips:

Props

Here is pictures of possible props to use in our production we had chosen to not shoot within the school but instead to wider or opportunities at creating a more realisitic feel to the opening sequence as to not just be in a school environment however we did use the school for examples of props and set scenerios to use in our production.

Brainstorm

Here is a picture of our brainstorm that we conducted after watching the opening sequences to various different genres of thrillers it allowed us to see what are stereotypical props, sets, basic plots and characters. it has allowed us to pick out some typical props, sets and characters that are conventionally used and also to mix it up and add possibly new dimensions to make our production unique to us. After our brainstorm we managed to narrow down our genre and other specifics required, for our production. We then combined our Brainstorm with our questionaire which allowed us to see what the target audience would prefer in genre and therefore incorperate the audience into the research and planning.