Our setting- The Attic

This is the attic, where the Abduction will take place. The abducted girl is going to be tied to a chair in this corner of the attic. Everything else will be removed out of the picture so that she is completely isolated and nothing else is distracting. We have chosen to film the abduction in the attic because no one would expect it to be in the highest level of the house because the audience normally expects an abduction to be in a cellar or a shed.
We have also linked it to the film "Paranormal Activity" where at one point the main character finds a half burned photo which means a lot to her up in the attic.

There is also another level from where the photo is being taken where we will film the girl as well, as the height gives us a certain amount of 'power' and 'dominance' which we can very nicely do in a high angle shot to highlight the isolation again as she will be very small compared to the large room.

As the attic is quite dark as there is no natural light coming in, it will let the audience emphasise with the girl even more as darkness always can be a journey into the unknown as you are not able to see very much. Darkness also represents fear.

She will be seated between two of the wooden bars, to have a nice framing which will lead to an even more isolated atmosphere.

She will be sitting on a chair but without the seat cushion which would be too much comfort and not supporting our idea of the girl feeling nothing else than pain, fear and loneliness.

Sorry for the bad quality of the picture but its just supposed to give you a vague idea and it will be replaced with a better photo soon!

Skins Trailer - Deconstruction

Camera Shots -
Long shot - teens entering pub, large group
Close-up shots - older generation's expression, annoyed by immature behaviour
Mid shot - Boy, hood up, cap underneath, smerking, rubbing chest - king of the jungle? Powerful in group of teenagers.
Long shot - group sitting down, drinking, laughing, over dramatic, heads thrown back, already drunk?
Extreme Close-ups - downing drinks, slow motion.

Editing -
After extreme close-ups of downing drinks, surroundings become blurred, possibly reflecting characters eye sight, of how drunk they are.

No Dialogue - only soundtrack until violence breaks out, the soundtrack stops, reflects serious and dangerous situations.
Diegetic sounds of screaming, panic as everyone (apart from teenagers causing trouble) run to leave.

Boys Costume -
Hoodies
Jeans
T-shirts
Scruffy hair
Facial hair
All very confident, sexually driven, cocky.

Youtube - D.I.Y Lighting

Video production lighting

Use a work clamp light,
Fluorescent bulb that maxes at 100 watts,
extension leads Long and Short,
Clothes pegs,
Tracing paper to put over bulb to stop the glare,
2 bulbs, daylight and indoor temperature.

Use a bounce(white poster board or card with foil over it) to reflect the light. usually used as a fill light.

Colour Temperatures

Daylight:
Bright white light
Daylight temperature bulbs
Maybe blue

Indoor:
Yellow/Orange light
Use indoor lights to match the light through window
Soft white

Key light
The key light is the light used to brighten the main section of the characters face.
its focused on one side of the face.
without the key light the characters face looks flat.
with the key light at the side it gives the face contrast, a 3-D look and dimension.

Poster board light diffusion
Get an 2 alligator clips and clamp the paper to the lamp by folding the board around the rim then putting the clips on holding the board against the lampshade part.
by doing this you can direct the light to where you want it and it helps create a softer look.

3 Point Lighting
The 3 points:
Key light - Lights up the main side of the face

Fill light - Fills in some of the shadows on the other side of the face.

Back light - Gives a light halo look and gives more light to the shoulders.

Importance of lighting
The camera sees things differently,
the camera see a lot darker than the human eye.

Certification

We chose to label our film opening as a 15 certificate as the terms agree with our our content. The highlighted bits are the ones who specially refer to our opening.


A film must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour. Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. Strong horror threat and menace are permitted unless sardistic or sexualised. Imitable behaviour such as danngerous behaviour, e.g. hanging,suicide,and self harming should not dewll on detail which could be copied. Easy accessible weapons should not be glamourised. In a certificate 15 film there my be frequent use of strong language, The strongest terms may be used but only if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is very unlikely to be acceptable. Nudity may be allowed in a sexual content but without strong detail. There are no limits on nudity in a non-sexual or educational content. Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail.There may be strong references to sexual behaviour but yet again the strongest term must be justified by the context. No theme in a 15 film is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds. Violence may be strong but should not focus on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but only portrayed of sexual violence must be discreet and have strong contextual justification.

Tips for Fake Bruises

Reddish and dark purple - fresh bruises
Green and Yellowish - fading bruises

Best places to show bruises -
Neck
Face
Forearms

New Fresh Bruises -
Base coat - red, use sponge to dab onto clean skin, spread and feather into edges, let it fade out naturally, so its darker in the middle and the edges bleed.
Accent colours - purple, let first layer dry, the dab fresh layers of purple and work into red, remeber to keep the colours darker in the middle.
Tip - add translucent powder to tone down colour of bruise to look more natural.

Older Fading Bruises -
Exactly the same technique...
Base colour - purple
Accent colours - dark forest green and yellow

How to... Write Dialogue - Youtube.com

Make your dialogue natural, secretely record conversations and transcript to dialogue.
Don't stop midsentence, no interuptions that can change or completely stop the conversation.
Improvise with writing dialogue, or let actors improvise for you.
To make dialogue interesting add action or conflict to the scene.

Actor Advice -
Unexpect the expected
Become your character
Live in the scene

For every line get a close-up, mid and long shot as well as other various angles.
Avoid actors stepping on eachothers lines.
Always record a few minutes of natural sound.
Before adding music and sound affects, listen to the whole project all the way through a few times to make sure everything sounds perfect.
Always keep mind open.

Bridget Jones scene 2 - Deconstruction

Camera shots -
Long shot - all characters at table, showing location, and what they're comsuming.
Mid shots - expression when talking, all very natural.
Two shots - Bridget and friend, he's smoking, fiddling with new phone in box.

Sound -
Non diegetic sounds - narration and soundtrack. Narration is very upbeat and enthusiastic, tells audience the situation and topic of conversation with friends. Soundtrack, continuous beat, energetic, emphasises mood.
Dialogue - (narration stops and conversation begins) natural, not over dramatised, no emotion needed to be expressed. Tone is lowered when being sarcastic.
Mumbling of extras in background.
Diegetic sounds - breathing in and out from smoking, plastic rustleing from phone box, glasses being put down on table, dialogue.

Lighting -
Faces all in bright but soft light, only slight change of light in shaddows.

Bridget Jones Drinking - Deconstruction

Camera Shots -

Extreme Close-up shot - Vodka bottle pouring into shot glass, spilt everywhere, character can't concerntrate, already drunk.

Three mid shots from slighty different angles, show character drinking shots, pace is quite quick. Camera sways with her body movement to emphasise how drunk she becomes, and last shot follows her movement untill she falls. Creates audience to see as though slighty drunk.



Flashbacks - extremely fast pace of shots, parallel to non diegetic soundtrack as the pitch gets higher and faster.

Eastenders House Party scene - Deconstruction

Camera Shots -
Close up shot - expressions, annoyed, upset, embarasment
Two shots - two people relationship (Peter and Lauren)
Mid shots - shows hand gestures, fight about to start, raised voices
Mid shot of all teenage boys - epression after fight, find it funny, no intention of stopping it, shows immaturity, lack in confidence.

Costume and Makeup -
Whitney - white, low cut strappy top, back showing, bright pink bra and jeans. Red lipstick and nails, eye makeup very dark - stands out. Red and pink show sexuality, black shows her confidence and the clothes she wears flaunts her figure.
Lauren - Black leather jacket, black top, beige skirt and black tights. Very little makeup, showing innocence, no interest in sexuality because of little flesh showing. She starts a fight, so the colour black shows her confidence as well as whitney.
New Girl -Black and red chequed sleveless shirt (flesh showing), sexuality and confidence, blue streaks in hair - rebelious and individual. Also dark make up, brunette.

Dialogue -
'fought', 'tramp', 'com'on then', 'skank', 'talk abau'it', 'summink', 'D'you know wha?', 'bruv', 'man', 'oh my days'.
This slang is used very dramatically and emphasised by tone and volume of voices, for example, Lucy shouts 'you skank' immediately audience can tell she's angry by the insult and volume.