Equipment List

Equipment List

·         Camera- Panasonic HC-V757 (24MP) Camera or Digital SLR to capture images in best quality possible. The resolution will tie in with the GoPro resolution so quality and resolution will be consistent only perspective. This of course will be primarily used for majority of the filming tieing in with the use of the go pro- will switch between the two

·         Tripod- The tripod will be used to stabilise and elevate the camera that I am going to use. The primary reason I am going to use this is to create smooth, collated shots rather than hand-holding the camera which will create jolty and unprofessional looking shots. The tripod if I use it effectively can mean the difference between a professional looking trailer and an unprofessional alternative.

·         GoPro camera & attachments- The GoPro I plan on using for a vast majority of the action shots due to that is the pure nature they are designed for. Having and knowing that the GoPro has many attachments that can be used or bought for it such as chest harnesses, head mounts, stick mounts etc. I can use all of these to give a different view and perspective on certain scenes- this will help give a personal touch to the trailer. Go Pro’s tend to have a wide angle lens to which will become useful in the process of filming.

·         Drone- The drone is to be used for elevated shots- especially at the beginning where I plan on opening with the camera being quite high up at tree level and slowly floats down to the ground where all seems fine but an axe chops into the tree out of nowhere. It is also to be used to create quick and effective establishing shots- speed and coverage will be the key element that will make the drone so useful and effective, as it can cover a vast area in such a short area of time and can make a smooth shot.

·         Peugeot 206 & another car- The car I intend on using to show the group of friends travelling to the camping site at the beginning of trailer to give them an idea of the surroundings. The camera will be mounted in the car onto the windscreen so there will be minimal shake but the car will come in useful for tracking shots too as speed can be maintained. The other car that I intend on bringing along will be used for in shot purposes.

·         Prop Weapons- The Prop weapons are essentially only to be used for giving the ‘extra’ feel to a horror movie- no movie is complete without some sort of weapon. They are or can be used as a means of self-defence- but I intend the killer on having an axe, and the prop assault rifle is going to only be seen at one stage in the trailer.

·         Make up (Fake blood) - The fake blood is going to be used to show the scenes of violence and the sheer extent of the chaos. Horror style make up will be applied to the casts faced that have been captured and killed, and blood will be splattered around/near them.

Item	Where and when will the item be obtained	Cost	Who is responsible for getting it?	When is it being used? (Date/stage?)	Who will be using it?	What training is needed?	Notes (e.g “Charging required”)
Panasonic HC-V757 (24MP) Camera	The camera I will use is property of Mr Lewis & will have to be collected in School from his classroom. This will be collected closer to the time of recording around December/January Time.	£429.04	Owen	Time of filming/ production. December/  January	Owen	Common Knowledge	Fresh set of batteries before filming + spare.
Hama Star 61 Tripod	The tripod is again property of Mr Lewis & will have to be collected from his classroom with his permission. This will too be collected around the time of filming/production.	£35.00	Owen	Time of filming/ production.	Owen	Correct use of tripod to reach top potential. (Watch Tutorials)	Ensure nothing is broken before use.
GoPro HERO Camera & attachments	The GoPro camera I bought myself a while ago- this can be used & collected at any time from my house.	£109.99	Owen	Time of filming/ production	Owen & Cast	Safety/ harness/ mounts (How to use/attach)	Bring all attachments needed.
RC Drone	The Drone I have had for around two years- this is again property of me and can be used & collected at any time from my house.	£160.00	Owen	Time of filming/ production	Owen	How to fly the drone properly	Make sure fully charged & charge before use
Peugeot 206 (Filming aspect) & another car for film	My car I have with me everywhere I go. This will be used to film from of moving/action shots. Another car will be used for travel in the trailer. Again, can be used at anytime, anywhere.	N/A	Owen & other licenced & insured driver	Time of filming/ production. Used for travel to location too.	Owen & other licenced driver	N/A.	Have plenty of petrol before use.
Prop Axe	This can be either made or I can research for a relatively cheap prop.	N/A	Owen	Time of filming/ production	Cast/Actors	N/A	N/A
Prop Assault Rifle/Pistol	I already have this item stored away at home for use. This will be collected at the time of filming.	N/A	Owen	Time of filming/ production	Cast/Actors		N/A
Camping Tents	I have quite a few tents stored away in my loft at home- in a variety of sizes. So these are no worry to me- it just adds to the scene/gives the camping feel. This can again be collected at any time from my house.	N/A	Owen	Time of filming/ production & beforehand to make sure have all correct parts	Cast/Actors	How to correctly put up a tent	Make sure have all correct parts ready
Camping Tools	These are an additional piece of equipment that will just add to the atmosphere/scene. They don’t have much of a significant meaning but these again are with all my other camping items stored away at my house. They can be collected at an appropriate time.	N/A	Owen	Time of filming/ production	Cast/Actors	N/A	Only used for props
Fake Blood make-up/	I believe I have some fake blood stored away at home which will take me some time to find, but if worse comes to worst, I can venture out to a party shop and buy some.	£5.00 or less	Owen	Time of filming/ production and again beforehand for practicing effective makeup	Cast/Actors	How to correctly and effectively apply make up to make it look realistic.	Watch YouTube tutorials

Planning- Ideas for Trailer

• The whole trailer starts off with a single, high angle shot of the tree- camera somehow suspended in the air, but tracks down the tree to where it is silent, but two seconds later, the hatchet/weapon slams against the tree 

• Camera cuts to tracking & fast paced shot of one of the characters running through the woods (ambient sound in background i.e. sound of leaves & tense music)

• Camera cuts to the main scene- introduced to all the characters (with names credited).. establishing shot used to show surrounding area, cars and fores

• Shot of characters drinking, socializing, having a laugh, sitting around a campfire (rough time around 5/6 pm).. could use vlogger type shots (holding camera or resting camera somewhere) and have video recording overlay to add a little personal touch to the film and enable audience to get closer with the characters

• In distance of shot, un-focused, the killer is standing there behind the flames in the forest, with his weapon out (scary sound effect used). No one notices him

• Cut to shot of killer slowly taking footsteps towards the group of friends & POV shot from his perspective... tense music used

Research into Media Institutions

Snapchat

The institution I am writing about is Snapchat. Snapchat is a video messaging application made for smartphones and is created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown & Stanford University students.

Using the application, users can take photos, record videos, view "stories" and add text, drawings and emoji's to their "snaps" and send them to a controlled list of recipients. Users can send photos or videos with a time limit (between 1-10 seconds, chosen by the user) for how long recipients can view their snaps after which they are permanently deleted. The "Snap" cannot be seen again unless the other user(s) 'replays' it, where the 'Snap' can be viewed once more- however ever user can only replay one snap per day.

The company since its launch in September 2011- has become so popular with teenagers & adults and has grown to one of the top positions in the social media world. The application is used in almost every country worldwide and is available on multiple platforms- iOS & Android being the top.

In February 2013, two years after its launch, co-founder Reggie Brown, a former classmate of Spiegel and Murphy who conceived of the snapchat concept, designed the snapchat logo and came up with the original name of "Picaboo", and filed a lawsuit over the ownership of the company. Snapchat tried to settle with Brown on two prior occasions in May 2013 and several weeks later. It reached an undisclosed settlement with Brown in September 2014, and Brown was credited with the creation of Snapchat.

Pitch Feedback

In this video, i am given feedback on my pitch "The Hunt". From the feedback given from the audience, i will take these on board and change a couple of things to my trailer to make it better. There was quite a lot of things to take on board that hadn't crossed my mind before. The feedback that i got was that when it comes around to actually filming and producing it- it probably is worth filming a few times and using a vast range of shots as New Forest is quite a long drive away from home and it may not be possible to re-visit in future just for the sake of a few shots.

Lighting is one of the big issues with filming at night time, especially within the winter months due to later sunrises and earlier sunsets as the sun tends to set around 4:30pm to 5pm usually. My intentions were to film as the day becomes darker and darker, going into sunset but this doesn't give me a huge time frame to film what needs to be filmed- even though i am going for a few days it'll be tough to fit absolutely everything in. However from getting this feedback i will make sure to test appropriate lighting conditions and if needs be, appropriate camera attachments (such as lights) before hand in a similar time frame to the hours of which i plan to film my main task in. This will help me determine if i need to think of an alternative or to film at an earlier point during the day.

There was a suggestion from one of the members of the audience to perhaps change my film a slight bit and make it so some of the scenes are shot during the day, and at night time turn the film into a slight 'vlog' where characters hold the camera and record events as they see them- this can be quite effective

(Needs to be completed)

• Get everything done on that occasion
• Could refilm in another woods
• Loads of different shots so dont have to go back even if dont use them
• Get loads of establishing shots if not enough action in trailer, not too many to make it dull
• Production companies etc at start, titles through out
• Could use car headlights to light the surrounding area
• Daytime- film it properly, night time as if the characters are filming it themselves- change in the trailer
• Could use torches/fire.
• Research into shooting into low light conditions
• Safety Assessment on car/weapons/fire- for the examiner (health and safety issues)
• Sitting round camp fire telling scary stories
• POV/ someone holding camera on way to camp site
• Music that builds up climax that goes to blank screen, weird voiceover and ends.
• Have jumpscares in it, hatchet hits the tree, big sting and goes to a black screen
• If in tent, have a light and see shadow from outside the tent, tent moves, person checks, nothing
• Fainting noise
• Someone telling a story that happens before guy appears, voice appears over whole trailer and see things that are happening that link in with the story "did you hear what happened in this wood about ten years ago?" Cut between people round fire and their faces listening and things that happen after that.

• Easy to film- been done before, not bad, a lot of places to run, dark, good setting
• Gopro camera can come to good use
• New Forest- going down there with friends, one time filming- has to capture a lot of shots
• If needed to reshoot- do it in another woods
• Try get as many different shots as possible even if i dont use them
• Get some establishing shots to take up time if not enough action
• Lighting is an issue- filming between 3-7 as getting dark/sunset
• During day can film like properly/professionaly when it turns dark it tends to turn into handheld- like vlogging style. Show it from their prospective
• Research to shooting in low light conditions- needs to be thought through thoroughly 
• Health & safety issues- risk assessed.
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Pitch Video

My Roles

Despite working by myself, I am taking upon a variety of roles in order to create my trailer. The main roles that I will be taking on are Director, Cinematographer & Editor- all of which are vital to the overall outcome of the trailer.

Being the director & writer i have an overall vision of how i would like the trailer to appear in its final stages and invision how i want it to turn out. Considering and taking in the fact that I will be working alone but with friends to help me film- the overall turnout of the film will be reliant on me and I will have a variety of roles to with take in preparation of the filming of the trailer- things such as the shot list, shot schedule, storyboard, location scout etc. Cinematography plays a huge role within my film as well as the editing so these are things that I want to perform to my best ability. 

Pitch - The Hunt

Pitch

Title: The Hunt

Genre: Thriller/Horror

Form: Short Trailer

Location: New Forest (Camping)

Time: Afternoon/Early Evening

Characters:

5/6 characters, one main character/vulnerable character, one killer

·        Jessica (vulnerable)

·        Liam

·        Ben

·        Adam

·        Amy

Plot Outline:

Every group of friends dreams of going out for a camping trip, sitting around a huge camp fire, singing, drinking, and telling scary stories... But this group of friends didn’t have this planned, trust them to go into the woods the same night as an murderous psychopath decides to roam the woods looking for some fresh, young prey... 5 friends, 1 trained killer. The hunt is on.

Key micro features:

Camerawork:  Low shots used to show dominance of the killer, High angle shots used on the characters to show their loss of security. Establishing shots to be set using a drone and a GoPro Camera to really get a grasp of the surrounding area and get some cool, smooth shots in as well as being used on other things such as cars and weapon. Close ups to be used of weapon, killers face and emotions of various characters.

Editing: Text Graphics to be used in consistency with the shot, quick fade outs in conjunction with action scenes, and will be moving with the shot/placed onto stationary objects within the shot. Slow motion to be used on weapon, and throughout trailer, flashes of black screen to create an intense atmosphere alongside the tense music and various sound effects.

Sound: Tense music and variety of sound effects used throughout the trailer to create a gloomy atmosphere and make it look rather scary. There will be various natural sounds recreated such as the sound of fire, sound of footsteps & sound of the forest as well as breathing.

Target Audience: The target audience for the film would be 15+ as the film will include some violence and bloody scenes, not suitable for children.

Audience Appeal: Intense, mysterious, scary and breath-taking. All work together to draw in viewers’ attention. I plan on using a variety of action clips, with the use of sound effects and editing techniques to create a visually appealing trailer. There will be violent scenes towards the end that will grab the viewers’ attention and make them want to view the full film.

Influential films: Slenderman, The Purge

Roles: (All)

Director, Producer, Writer, Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Composer, Cinematographer, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Location Scout, Technical Director, Set Costume & Prop Design, Make Up Artist, Marketing

Who am I?

Who Am I?

I am a 17 years young, White- British Citizen living in the United Kingdom. More specifically, In Gillingham, in Medway, of which is located in the county of Kent, in the South- East region of England. I was originally born in Chatham, which is just a town away from where I live, in a hospital that is now been knocked down and converted into a council estate.  Currently, I used to have a part time job which would give me some money that would enable me to go out & do things I enjoy, however, I am actively seeking for a new part time job, with a much higher rate of pay. I am however still in compulsory Full Time Education at The Howard School, Rainham, so this is one of my priorities at this age, and currently studying a variety of different A-Levels, pushing in to the last year of School now before leaving for University or to start my future career. I know, pretty scary how time flies, right?

What do I consume?

Being a typical teenager, I consume a variety of media on a day to day basis. Whether that means being on my phone communicating with someone or using social media, its become a regular and daily thing. Not only this but its crazy how much media a typical teenager consumes but doesn't even cross their minds at the time. The types of media that I and many others consume is as follows:

Television Programmes:

There are some shows on TV that I tend to watch but it doesn't have a huge impact of my life, as I tend to be doing other things such as going out in my spare time. I use my television or watch television very rarely, but tend to end up resorting to it as a last minute hope of boredom- making me an infrequent user. However, i tend to watch shows such as The Walking Dead or The Gadget Show on Channel 5, and family comedies such as Family Guy, American Dad or the classic- Simpsons.

Films

Recently I've been on the "Netflix" hype having only discovered about and buying membership recently, if unsure on what "Netflix" actually is, it is a online movie rental service where members have to pay a monthly fee in order to watch movies online. It is an on-demand internet streaming service that enables viewers from all over the word re-watch and view either old movies, or new movies that they haven't seen yet. Me being a teenager, in my free time I love to just chill and do absolutely nothing and have to find something to keep me occupied- in this case watching films making me a frequent user but on average i watch around 2-4 films a month, but maybe only to Odeon (Cinema) once every couple of months if im that desperate to see a film. I love watching action films or racing films such as "James Bond" or "Fast & Furious" franchise films but my favorite right now is "22 Jump street."

Video Games
Video games played a huge part in my childhood, spending almost every day, every hour and every minute playing the latest games out on my Xbox 360 or Xbox One. I'm still quite a huge fan of personal entertainment Due to the fact I wasn't able to venture out so much because of all of my friends living a fair distance away from me, it was a lot of effort to keep meeting up when I instead could keep in touch with them over Xbox or PC. Now obviously it's a lot different, having the ability to drive has made me be out and socializing almost all day, every day meaning I'm no longer at home- making me an infrequent user now compared to being a frequent user only a couple of months ago. However I used to play a wide variety of games such as the likes of Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty (COD), Battlefield or racing games such as Forza Horizon 2.

Music
Music plays a huge part in my life & is the career path I would love to take further on in life. At this age and over the past couple of years, I've tried to in my spare time make mix-tapes or produce my own music and publish this to the general public and family & friends over social media & other music sites such as YouTube or SoundCloud or MixCloud. I love finding new music either for the 'good vibes' and like to show my friends the new music I found that they might like too or just listening to it whenever I can. Being a DJ and loving to find new music every day, i have become a very frequent user of this form of media- on average every time I go somewhere in my car, or if im at home I spend almost half my time (a good couple of hours) of listening to music. I'm more of a fan of the festival scene kind of music, mainly consisting of the genres of EDM and House, my favourite artists being superstar DJ's such as the ex Swedish House Mafia trio - Axwell & Ingrosso, and mainstream DJ/artists such as Avicii and Afrojack.

Internet Sites

I use a variety of the main stream social media- the likes of Facebook, Instagram. Snapchat, Twitter etc. pretty much all the time, often finding it hard to escape using them for a short duration. Without it, communication with friends would be a lot harder and this is why I tend to use it a lot as does every other teenager.


Who Provides the content I consume?:

• Facebook
• YouTube
• Netflix
• Microsoft
• BBC
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Snapchat
• Soundcloud

Who do I consume with?

A lot of the time, with the media of which I consume, most of it I do so alone, or sometimes with friends. However majority of the media I consume is through social media- and I see this as something private and unique to someone- something only they can tamper with. The majority of the media I consume being social media, this means I consume those in that way, however if I'm watching videos or films, often I share the viewing experience with my friends or family.

Where do I consume?
Most of the content i can consume on-the-go on any mobile device such as my iPhone, iPad or tablet. Majority of the time, when I'm not busy working or going out, I consume these types of media in my bedroom, rather than constantly go to the cinema to watch films, Netflix basically brings the cinema to home so i vary rarely do end up going to the 'pictures' as I'm no huge film fanatic. Social Media however plays a huge role in my life and I can't seem to go without it for too long- but this can be accessed anywhere at anytime on my phone.

How do I access the media of which I consume?
The devices i use to access these media products are my smartphone, Xbox One Console, and my laptop. Most of the content i consume is compatible on a variety of platforms (Synergy) so i can access it easily in different ways in different situations.