Harriett's Costume

Harriett’s costume

We took a long time deciding what Harriett was going to wear but in the end we went for a casual look, but each item of clothing holds significance.

·         The dark trainer shoes show that her character is quite grungy and later in the film you would see that which is why her character isn’t afraid to enter a scary looking house because she enjoys dark things

·         The tight running trousers are to show the fact that she is on a jog and that’s why she’s running past

·         Her hoodie symbolises the coldness in the weather and the fact that it’s a cold/windy morning which helps 'chill' the audience without having to be there

·         Her superman top has the most significance firstly its shows her youth and secondly it signifies that her character will play a hero role later in the film

New Storyboard for second location

New Location Pictures

When we went to visit our location I took pictures of the main aspects that we use in out film opening. I looked at lighting, angles, age of the rooms and the safety aspect. This are some pictures of the part of our location we can use for our film opening.

In this picture the background being more lit up captivating to the audience and makes the actor, Katie to become out of the dark and in to safety. It is a clear contrast in lighting and can be used to increase the tension of the piece.

This picture shows a main aspect we wish to use in our film opening which is a mirror, where we can use its reflection to show Lily at one point to terrify the audience, also we can use the reflection from the mirror of the light to contrast the darkness of the hallway.

This shot was effective as it shows the house being broken, wrecked and ruined. It gives the impression  of abandonment and this shows  the desired effect for our audience.

This is the front door from inside the building, this is a good place to film because the natural lighting is very strong and the ceiling, walls and floors are covered with dust, breaks and portrays a feeling of abandonment and loneliness which is what out film opening is based on.

This is really effective lighting and the position of the mirror and doll create an eerie, creepy atmosphere and scares the audience.

Location and Prop Video

When we visited our location we took props with us and included them in a few shots, we used different lighting, camera angels and shots to create an effective piece to scare and increase the tension of the audience. We used a doll, teddy bear, mirror and a rocking horse as props and then used different location within the building with the props to scare the audience.

We believed some of the shots were effective, the lighting with the mirror and doll is really creepy and the slow pan increases the tension slowly, leading the audience to be on edge and feeling tense. The shot with the rocking horse was good but we put the horse in between the window frame so the lighting was not as good as it could be and so was not as effective.

Film poster

Using a picture of our actress Lily we each made a film poster as a piece of homework. The task was to design a poster to promote our film opening and indicate to our audience the genre of film.

*Note: Tim Burton is not our co-director unfortunately

New Location Moodboard

We have found a new location for our film opening, it is a Manor House at a Farm near Maidstone.  This is also abandoned but contain a more safe and secure structure and also has good natural lighting and the building is also dated to where we wish to use.

This is pictures from outside the building and from one within the corridor. When we visit the location we shall venture inside and capture different rooms, shots, angles, lighting and possible spots to film Lily and Katie within.

Location Problems

When visiting our location to film our media we suffered problems which lead to not being able to film at the location, it had been boarded over so within the building there was no natural lighting, entrance or a sufficiently safe place to film with Lily.

We however were able to film from outside of the location with our young actress, Lily. We got some good shots, angles and effective clips of her and the location.

This was on the driveway leading up to the driveway and this were the shots we took showing the girl staring and following our main character, Katie.

This was outside of the door of the school and we thought this was effective as it shows the girl has moved and that she is there to scare and intrigue the other character. The shot of the location also show the broken elements of it, the doors, windows and building structure. This represents the girl also as being broken, lost and alone.

 This is a great shot and angle because it shows the location really well but it also shows Lily very clearly holding a doll, which is one of our props. Her white dress also contrasts against the building to make her stand out.

Photos of Make up and Costume

Hair, Make-up and Costume Video

Here is a video showing how the make up and hair will be done. I took a few pictures of Lily in the costume with the hair and makeup done which will be shown at the end of the video.

Props

I wanted to show the props we thought to include in out film opening, we wanted them with the intent to scare the audience but also give the impression of victorian toys.

Props research

I collected possible props from different sources: a relative who has many antique items, an antiques shop and the props store of my amateur dramatic society.

A victorian advertising doll

A silver plated 5 candled candelabra

a 1950's china doll

a 40 year old 'well loved' small teddy bear

3 oil powered late victorian lamps

A wooden grandfather clock

A small wooden rocking horse

 

A wall mounted candle bracket

We have decided to use the rocking horse, the oil lamps and the dolls and in our target audience research we found that these were considered to be the most 'creepy' however we decided against using the doll at the top as we felt it wasn't childish enought to create the contrast between innocence and fear. We also decided it would be impractical to use the wall mounted candle holders as we would not be able to attach them safely to the wall of our location, so we will use the candelabra and lamps instead.

Location Video

We visited the location today to explore the different rooms, buildings and the natural lighting available.  We took pans of all of the rooms we thought would fit in to our film opening, as some contained graffiti and wouldn't fit in to our victorian aspect.

This video has helped us see the different aspects of the location we can use for our film opening, it also shows different aspects of rooms that we can use and by also using the lighting, camera angles and shots we can manipulate the location to enhance and captivate the audience as well as hopefully scaring them.

Location Pictures

When visiting the location I took pictures of aspects of the building we could use in our film opening as a effective way to scare and intimidate our audience. We took in to consideration the lighting, architecture, reflections and shadows. This our the pictures we believed showed the things we wanted to include in our film opening.

We liked this room because the natural lighting was bright and cast interesting shadows inside the room.

We liked the courtyard of the building as it included over grown branches and trees and created an effect of being abandoned and being left 'Alone' referring to the title of our opening piece.

 

We are particularly interested in the corridors of the building as it showed the age of the building as well as being a good way to have the older actor being isolated and alone. They are also all over the building so we can use so many different locations, shots, angles and lighting to scare our audience. The corridors we are interested in using are shown below.

The building had other building extensions and this one particularly stood out to us as the natural lighting gives an angelic feature of the story and if we placed Lily at the end of the corridor in the light it will cause the audience to get scared easily.

This is also a good shot to use as the light you can see in the distance is a staircase our actor will climb and this can be used to show the little girl Lily. 

This rooms are also good because they have broken glass, floorboards and shattered windows this creates an immediate sense of tension.

This windows create an eerie feel as the paint is coming off, ones broken, one half open and ones completely closed and the background shows that the building is in the country and isolated from modern day.

This staircase has a victorian aspect which is of course the period in which the little girl Lily is from, the window in the distance shining in natural sunlight is great lighting which we can explore to use in our film opening.

This mirror is a huge aspect we want to use in our piece as we want to conclude the use of reflection in our piece in different methods, this mirror is also huge and covered in marks and rubble around it showing its abandoned 

This staircase shows the school's victorian architecture and also the four archways contrast each other as the bottom two are filled with darkness where as the top ones have natural bright light flooding in through them.    

This views from a roof part of the building and gives a good establishing shot of the courtyard, other buildings and gives the impression of abandonment and loneliness toying with the title of our film opening.

 This staircase is something we can explore to use as it has rubble and rubbish on it and the lighting gives it a bright light therefore contrasting the girl when she appears.

The pool is also a great way to use reflection, the school materials also chucked within the pool can be used to manipulate the camera angles and lights to intimidate and confuse the audience.

This is the front door and is the shot we plan to use as the older actor walks in to the building showing her entrance and the rubble and broken pieces over the floor establish the location to be abandoned. 

This picture shows a certain part of the school that had been ruined by a fire this is something we can include in our piece, as its covered in black rubble giving it a sinister feel, and creating curiosity in the audience as to what happened in the building.

This shot is also something we wish to include as we can have the younger actress, Lily either appear in the dark cellar or the brightly lit window.

This the stairs down to the cellar which at first glance looks like a black wall therefore creating a sense of unknown took take this picture we used lights and we are keen to show this in our piece and incorporate the use of torch to light up the face, shown in pictures below.

 

This are outsides shots of the building that show how its been ruined, smashed and broken giving a creepy aspect to our film opening, pictures representing this our listed below.

 This shots show the building from outside, from the back, front and side. This have overgrown roots and branches all over it showing abandonment. It also shows that the building is old and contains Victorian architecture but with the use of scaffolding shows a modern aspect. This shots also have different lighting and therefore we can use which one we thinks appropriate to set the location for the audience.