Creating the Plot

We wrote a script that would go with our film. The helped us to decide what audio we would need to record and how much of it we would need to do. We will record the audio using an hd voice recorder.

Mother - Bye! Have a safe trip.

Grace - (Said sarcastically) Yeah yeah ...

Grace and Jayden carry their bags to the car. They then drive from the house down the road, Grace looks embarassed by her worried mother.

Grace - We're going to be late you know ...

Jayden - Don't worry about it, I know a short cut.

Jayden then turns the car into a dark road through the woodland, Grace looks fed up and tired.

The car then begins to break down

Jayden - No no no no ahhh.

Jayden then leaves the car and checks under the bonnet

Jayden - I just need to get some oil

Jayden then runs off to the nearest petrol station

Grace - This better not take long! (Woodland sound effects begin, gradual diminuendo before car pulls up behind )
Grace looks up, to see car in rear view mirror pull up behind
Breathing rate increase (Foley sound) Dialogue is unused until the end of the trailer, apart from girl screams/wails Grace wakes up in room, looks up to see man standing in doorway
Blake: Remember me?

Naming The Charecters and Film

We are now beginning to discuss names for the film and the characters in the film, at first we thought that leaving them un-named may make the film apply to more people as they would feel more sceptic as they could believe that it could happen to them. However we felt the need for names is a necessitie in the film. For the boyfriend we decided on the name - Jayden Harrison and for the female role - Grace Ryan. We felt that murderer needs a name because during the film you will not recognize him as the murderer because you dont know what happens til the end. This tactic is commonly used to show distinction between plot and story. His name is Blake Young.


Choosing a name was probably the hardest job we have had to do so far. We needed something catchy, short and interesting. Some examples of names we had decided were, Revenge, Silent Footsteps, Homocide, Isolation and Woods. Somw of these names we felt were to common and maybe did not link in with entity of the film however we discussed further more and have come up with the name 'Isolation: The Blake Young Story'.

StoryBoard

Today we drew a storyboard. This helped us to plan out how we would go about framing the shots and the action that would take place in each one. Ot also allowed us to visualize the scenes and find potential problems before they occur. Me and Stuart created the storyboard on an A3 piece of paper.

 Our storyboard provides a visual layout of events as they are to be seen through the camera lens and shows the sequence in which the shots will be seen by the viewer. The storyboard helped us to all contribute various ideas about shots, lighting, actions and how we would develop the story.

We had to create a story board so we all knew exactly what would be happening. We went over various camera angles in detail, and practiced filming in our own time to make them perfect for the final piece. We also became more familiar with the editing software that we would be using (Final Cut Express).

We also looked at a variety of different camera movements and techniques. These included the dutch tilts, tracking and panning shots. These shots all create suspense and disorientate the viewer which are key elements in any successful horror.