Shot list

This is a picture of a section of our shotlist. We have made this before we film so we can go out and film accuratley and in order so we know what we are doing, this will save time and will minimise mistakes. This will also be quick to film as will have seperated the shotlist for different locations, that way we wont need to keep travelling back to locations to film other bits. The shotlist contains different areas, number of scene to show the order, the shot titale so we know roughly what it is about and the overal description to show what will exactly be going on in the shot. Also we have included an elements section this includes the vital elements that will be encorporated into the shot aswell as some of the camera shots we feel will work well. Following this we plan on making a story board to show the different scenes in picture and how the story will flow.

Email to confirm location

This is a print screen of the email we sent to the local business Olympus House to allow us to film on their property, we emailed last week. We also have informaed our local police station about the kidnapping and the prented gun being used, having explained that it is for educational purposes. They swiftly agreed and gave us the heads up to crack on with our filming. They are now alert what is going on and in what locations in case anybody from the public those see and feel threatened in any way.

Sound

It has come to our attention that the audio is going o play a very important role in our film opening. It will be used to craete an emotion in a certain scene and to introduce the genre at the start. We will switch between digetic and non-digetic sound. The digetic sound will be mainly when the dialogue occurs, although we are considering have very quiet intense music playing in the background, this will constantly add tention and build up to the main plot.
The intense music we plan to add wil be fast paced to match the action and drama and style of the shots which are short and snappy. The music we plan to use will also be eery and will create a sense of mystery and feel the audience with the emotion of anxiousness we would like them to feel to emjoy our film. Doing some research we have found a particular artist with some certain songs we are taking in to consideration to use. These songs have previously been used in famous action movies such as 'inception' so we feel they will be perfect for our film.
We plan on emailing the production company to see if we have permission to use them, evidence of this will be published in due course.
A couple of examples of the audio are below:

Analysing Films - Vantage Point

In this trailer we can see how the camera flicks into different points of view showing you the whole where abouts, and the main characters in the film. It introduces by opening with an establishing wide shot settimg the scene to allow the veiwer to see, whats roughly going on and where. The lighting seems to be quite bright this is maybe to allow you to see it is a happy environment and a good event is taking place. It then introduces you to the characters which seem to be the bodyguards which give you the impression something bad is going to happen as their role is to protect against bad people,  it focuses on them alot and their suspicious looking faces. We then get to see faces of some members of the public seeing there faces we can establish for ourselves what we make of them and how we label them before we actually understand whats going on. Suddenley the president gets penitrated into the chest and we realise he has been shot  as he calapses slowly to the ground. We don't know where the bullet comes from. This adds mystery and suspense this huge impact of what has happened keeps viewers on edge for what is going to tak eplace next. The whole of this is very fast paced and quick snappy shots, exactly what we would like to include in our film opening as it seems to be a recurring theme in all action movies so we see it as an important feature we should most deffinatley incorporate whilst filming. The us of guns and violence also again occurs another stereotypical symbol in an action movie. The music playing over the top of the video is very intense as it has a slow but built up beat, makes it feel as htough it is leading to something big.

Created a Youtube Channel

This is a print screen of our Lunatic productions youtube channel, we have uploaded our Preliminary Excerise on to it this is gain feedback from others and members of the public of their views on what they think went well and what did not as much. This will help us achieve a well filmed and put together final product and will help us improve our skills. We will use the feedback given to the best of our ability and will take all comments into further consideration when filming our final piece. The youtube channel is created for all of us in the group to have access to if we need to upload or reply to any new comments.

Risk Assesment

Carrying out a risk assessment helps us determine any risks not just to us but the community and other students and to eliminate these aswell as we can and to prevent any from happening to the best of our abilities.
Assesing the situation of our production and what we would like to achieve and carry out we have analysed and made these decisions.
We have made sure that whilst in our car scene we are not exceeding speed limits and instead will just edit it to make it look like we are going faster.  Also we are making the kidnapping as real as possible so any members of the public will be informed that its a educational video before hand so they do not feel threatened or even alramed enough to inform the local authority. It has been brought to my attention that we need to ask permission of the land owners to film on there property and therefore will be drafting a letter to them and will be posting it on here as soon as we are able. These letters will mainly be going to the Olympus House which is a local company which we plan to film out side and the view of their building.
Also because we are using a fake gun the local police have to be informed this is for the saftey of other residents in the local area which may see this and belive they are in danger.
Aswell as all of this we realise they we could be putting our own selves in danger whilst filming, we will make sure tht the knife is always kept in safe places and we concentrate and film small parts at a time so it eliminates the chances of accidents and mistakes ever occuring.
Our detailed plans should also help with all of this.

Main Props

We have managed to gather together a number of vital props we feel will be important and will add to the genre of an action film. These all are usually seen in action movies so we thought that they were the most important props to include in ours to try and portray teh genre aswell as we could.


The fake blood capsules we have purchased are goind to be used in the interrogation scene to make the attacked look more realistic.

The balaclavas are a typical prop used in a criminal attack, so we thought they would be nessescary when carrying out the cirme of the kidnap.

The Duct Tape is used to retain John Peters in the interrogation room.

The pen knife is a weapon used by John as he escapes his way out of the duc tape

The car is used for the kidnap and is most probably the most important prop as allows the kidnap to take place and for them to get away.

The gun we are using is very realistic and will be used to threaten John, again a prop in lmost every action film so an important thing for us to include.