chasing shadows - Risk Assessment

there will be a few risks doing the opening like

• staying back late to do the opening as our film is based in the night time so we may need parental consent
• We will be using a fake knife as using a real one can be potentially dangerous and it is against the law to do so.
• we will be filming in dark lighting so we will have to be careful not to hurt our self's
• there will also be fast movements so we have to be careful with the equipment 
• we must handle the cameras with care also we are planning to take the cameras out of the building so we have to make sure that it doesn't get stolen and to ensure that we do not leave it un-attended at any times. 

Chasing Shadows - Sound and Music

The music will be from Creative commons this is because they offer a wide range of copy right free music
we will most likely be using a track from their tense music collection in Sound Cloud as they offer music that is fit for our opening that is made for us we will also be using layers.

we will make our own sound effects which we will film and put into the opening. sounds will include

• speech ( whispers of voices that will be shown)
• music that will be tense
• some modern music that will be playing through Marcus's headphones in the start of the clip
• Dialogue coming from Marcus  

Chasing Shadows - Animation

This is the animatic that we have produced we are still trying the figure out whether we want our titles to be at the start or at the end therefore we haven't added it yet however in the mean time the title list will go like this

A Hammer Film Production
distributed by Arrow Films
produced, writtern and screened by Saheba Yasmin, Bernard Mensah, Mohammed Madey and Tasnia Khanom
Starring Bernard Mensah
Costume designed by Tasnia Khanom
Music Produced by Sound Cloud
Editing by Saheba Yasmin
CHASING SHADOWS

Chasing Shadows - props, costume and mise-in-scene

The props we will be using are:

this is what the instigator will wear 

The school uniform.This is close to what Marcus will be wearing

There are not many props in the clip as it is only the first 2 minutes however the mise-en-scene is quite set. the film will be set in the school and the building will make it seem more thriller like as it is unlikely that someone would be locked in a school. the film is be quite dark and we will try to avoid any artificial lighting to show that it is set after school hours and to give it that horror aspect and to show that Marcus is a frightened character. 

Our main character will be Marcus who will be played by Bernard Mensah and the second character will be played by either Mohamammed Madey or Tasnia Khanom. 

The first character is Marcus Mensah. he is the young boy that is arrogant and dislikes school and who will be the victim of all the strange happenings and the second character is displayed as the 'unknown' character as through out the film the audience try to figure out who is trying to torture Marcus.

hair extensions for the 2nd character 

This is one of the props that will be used and it will be fake as it is dangerous and against the law to bring weapons into school

Chasing Shadows - Planned Locations

The places we will do it in is in the college on the forth floor this is because it is the art department and it the most creative part of the college:

• corridors
• college
• stair way
• art department

 this area is blocked of and therefore it gives it that danger and thrilling aspect.

This stair case is good as it has a hole in the wall which we can use to create suspense as we will have the main character to look in it and a surprise apperence.

long corridor to show the grudge scene

 art which will make the scene more scary as it will be dark

 this part is blocked of therefore it will show that the school is damaged.

more scary art 

Planning Pitch - Chasing Shadows

Chasing Shadows

The main aspect of our film is about "stalking" so we came up with a few ideas about the title of our title of our movie. the following list consists of our idea:

• vacant
• deceptive desires
• chasing shadows 
• seeker

We asked people which title appealed to them most and over all they liked chasing shadows therefore we decided on keeping our title: chasing shadows.

Brief outline of the whole film

The film is about an arrogant young boy, 17 years old, who believes he is too "cool for school". One school night he ends up being locked inside the college while staying back to finish his coursework. He encounters a stranger in the college with him, however he cannot distinguish the persons appearance and it is not revealed whether this stranger is real or a figment of his imagination. Throughout the film he battles to come to terms with the deceptive situation as the stranger seemingly tries to attack him, both mentally and physically. This film is about psychological mind games.

Outline of the opening scene

It's a cold dark day and Marcus Mensah stays back after school to finish off unfinished coursework. After ten minutes of work he becomes tired and falls asleep. He has a strange dream about being killed and wakes up in shock. He then realises that it was a dream but something doesn't seem right. Marcus realises that he is locked inside the college, and it is late at night. Then the unusual events begin to unfold. Is there somebody else in the college trying to hurt Marcus, or is it all in his head?

SUBGENRE

The main sub genre of our film is Psychological Thriller which has a horror element. Real film openings that have inspired us are Insidious, Saw and Carrie. 
Insidious was a massive inspiration because it has psychological aspects as the main horror scenes take place in another dimension in the mind. 

Saw was an inspiration because the main character 'Jigsaw' plays mind games and the opening scene of the first saw film starts off in a dark place. The horror lifts off straight away.
Carrie inspired us because it takes place in a school which gets locked by the main character who is also the instigator of the horrific events  that take place in the film. 

sound evaluation of 3 teen dramas

Gossip girl 

the first opening sequence i analysed was gossip girl. the first thing that you realize is the dialogue it is whispers and the voice of a women. this is to show that gossiping is done by women and the whispering symbolizes secrets. the music that is used is the sound track is commonly used through out the show it is catchy and up beat to show it is a teen drama. It fits the drama as it is about scandel and gossiping.

glee

the season which i analysed was season 5 and episode one. In this season there is a lot of speech rather than music to start with as the show lost one of their main characters Cory Monteith who died. then each character sings. the whole show is more of a musical as they are a glee group so they always sing. and they sing remakes of songs.

My Mad Fat Diary

this is a teen drama about a young girl who has just left a mental health hospital and talks about how she makes new friends and finds love. 

in the opening there is no music just speech. and the character introduces her self. then there is rock music played to show that she is a fun and outgoing character also rock music portrays wild attitudes and outgoing behavior which is what the show is about. rock music is also mainly sung by independent artists and has got a lot of meaning behind it which is meaningful as this drama is about how having mental issues can effect a person