Planning Georgia Middleton 4780

Planning Georgia Middleton 4780

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Planning


Planning Blog

Organisation

Free Periods of members in the group:


Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Period 1

Media Lesson

Georgia & Lisa

Lisa

Scott & Angel

Georgia & Angel

Period 2

Media Lesson

Georgia & Lisa

Lisa

Scott & Angel

Georgia & Angel

Period 3

Georgia & Angel

Media Lesson

Georgia

Scott

Period 4

Scott & Angel

Georgia & Angel

Media Lesson

Period 5

Scott

Georgia & Angel

Media Lesson

Georgia











Filming Schedule:


Overview: Filming shots of pictures on wall, reflecting the unknown stalkers obsession with main character Annabelle Richmond. Filming of hand grabbing a picture off the wall and ripping it up.

Date to be filmed: Tuesday 16th March.

Set/Location: Georgia’s Grandma’s house, filming in the basement.

Day/Night filming: Night time filming.

Time: 17:00 to 19:00

Cast: No actors needed.

Props: Lots of pictures placed on the basement wall, candles, laptop, old tracksuit to be worn by actor, wooden chair.

Equipment: Camera, tripod, extra lighting (spot lights) as it will be dark.


Overview: Various quick shots of main character Annabelle Richmond played by Caitlin Boyle, hanging out with friends, walking away from the camera, fingers tapping on the table, flicking her hair, looking in the mirror.

Date to be filmed: Friday 19th March.

Set/Location: Filming at Graveney School, around the school gardens and the park.

Day/Night filming: Day time filming.

Time: 13:00 to 14:00.

Cast: Caitlin Boyle as Annabelle Richmond, Lisa Mulhern as Leila Lyton, Emily Harkin as Gwen Shanon. Extras also needed.

Props: Phone, mirror, make up.

Equipment: Only camera needed for this particular scene.




Overview: Part of party scene. Two girls Lisa Mulhern as Leila Lyton and Emily Harkin as Gwen Shanon talking in the bathroom, whilst being at a house party, gossiping about main character Annabelle Richmond played by Caitlin Boyle.

Date to be filmed: Friday 19th March.

Set/Location: Filming at Georgia’s house, set in the bathroom.

Day/Night filming: Day time filming.

Time: 15:00 to 17:00

Cast: Lisa Mulhern as Leila Lyton, Emily Harkin as Gwen Shanon.

Props: Make-up, mirrors, bottle of drinks, perfume, hairspray.

Equipment: Camera and tripod needed.





Overview: Party scene, people dancing having a good time, people talking, laughing. Filming of Caitlin Boyle as Annabelle Richmond hanging out with friends. Filming of suspect number one grabbing her hand/arguing with her. Also filming of suspect number two dancing with Emily Harkin as Gwen Shanon whilst looking over at Annabelle Richmond played by Caitlin Boyle.

Date to be filmed: Saturday 20th March

Set/Location: Filming at Georgia’s house, main location the hallway.

Day/Night filming: Night time filming.

Time: 18:00 to 20:00.

Cast: Caitlin Boyle as Annabelle Richmond,Lisa Mulhern as Leila Lyton, Emily Harkin as Gwen Shanon, Charlie Watts as Daymon Stamford, Michael Michel as David Chamber, plus extra actors in the background.

Props: Bottles, glasses, cigarettes, ashtrays.

Equipment: Camera and tripod needed.


Characters/Main Actors:

Annabelle Richmond played by Caitlin Boyle,Daymon Stamford played by Charlie Watts,

Leila Lyton played by Lisa Mulhern, D

avid Chamber played by Michael Michel,

Gwen Shanon played by Emily Harkin.

Extras (Party Scene):

Marcus Bailey, Ben Rinds, Frankie Cohan, Alexandra Curtis, Fede Behrens, Jack Reynolds.

The opening two minutes of our film does not only require the 5 main characters, but also requires various extras who will be used during the party scene. The actors below are actors we believed suited each character in the opening of of film, and also agreed to help us and participate in our film.


Daymon Stamford played by Charlie Watts
We choose Charlie Watts to play Daymon Stamford as we needed a young male to play this part and we believed that this particular person could give us the effect we was hoping for, which was mysterious and at the same time quite creepy in his actions. We also wanted this character to look like quite powerful and believed that this particular person could give off these traits.


Annabelle Richmond played by Caitlin Boyle
We chose Caitlin Boyle to play the character Annabelle Richmond as we were looking for someone who was quite confident to play this particular role. Along with this, Annabelle Richmond is seen as quite popular and extremely feminine and believed that Caitlin would be able to offer these qualities. We wanted to follow the conventions of a horror film, showing a young female as the main victim.




Le
ila Lyton played by Lisa Mulhern
We chose Lisa Mulhern to play the role of Leila Lyton as we believed that using a female as one of the suspected villains would be interesting, as it does not follow the conventions of a normal thriller film where the villains are usually male characters. Along with this we believed Lisa would be confident in playing the role of a jealous friend and knew she would be able to pull it off.



David Chamber played b
y Michael Michel
We chose Michael Michel to play this particular character as this particular character in the film had a lot more dialogue than other some of the other characters, and believed Michael would be confident and professional when acting out his role as he had been in various plays and other acting roles before. Along with this both Michael and Caitlin Boyle (who plays Annabelle Richmond) has had experience working together before, therefore we thought they would work well together.



Gwen Shanon played by Emily Harkin
We chose Emily Harkin to play Gwen Shanon as we believed that she would be able to work well around the other characters in the film. We also used this certain character as wanted to use another female character in order to create the image of two backstabbing, 'bitchy' friends, therefore chose Emily to work alongside Lisa Mulhern for this particular scene.


Equipment/Props being used in film:

Camera, tripod, extra lighting (when filming in the dark), knife, cigarettes and lighter, alcoholic drinks, glasses, pictures, candles and gloves, make-up(lipstick). We decided to use a knife as we believed that the knife would be a symbol of the stalker's physiological problems, and that he is intending to hurt somebody. The use of cigarettes, lighters, and alcoholic drinks are used to make the party scene a lot more realistic, showing that we are focusing on young, rebellious individuals at a party. The pictures, laptop and candles are used in the basement scene. The pictures show the extent to which the stalker is obsessed with the young female as they are covering his wall. We also used gloves in various clips, for example when we see the stalkers hands scribbling out pictures of the young female victim. The gloves are used in order to keep the stalker anonymous, and preventing the audience from working out whether the suspect is either male or female. We believed by using candles in one of the clips would create haunting and sinister lighting. In one of the scenes- the bathroom scene, there is a girl applying red lipstick. By showing a girl applying red lipstick, shows danger and blood, which we thought to be extremely effective.


Location for filming:

Location 1:

Basement Scene

Exterior of house used for first scene:



Interior of house, where actual scene will be filmed:


The wall shown in this picture is located in a basement, which in the film will be the living quarters of the anonymous stalker. This wall will be filled with pictures of Caitlin Boyle/Annabelle Richmond, showing the extent of the stalker's obsessions with the girl in the film.

Photograph of basement wall after filming:


These pictures here are more photographs of the stalker's habitats. We can see that the location is dark, grotty, and unpleasant. This particular location represents the stalker's cut off from reality.




Location 2:

Party Scene

Exterior of house for party scene:


Interior of house, where party scene will be filmed:




We chose this particular location for the party scene, as we believed a simple, open planned space would work well for all actors to fit into one place, in order to film this scene.

Bathroom Scene:

We chose this location for the bathroom scene as it is in the same house where the party scene is being filmed, making it a lot more practical, instead of moving to a different location. Along with this, our idea was to have two girl's talking whilst applying their make-up in the mirror, and fortunately this particular bathroom has a large mirror centred in the middle of the room.


Film Treatment:

Synopsis

London city. Big Ben strikes 12. The sky is illuminated with a splendid display of fireworks. The noise is deafening. There are loud screeches coming from all around. People are cheering and hugging each other. ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR’ is resounding time and time again in Annabelle’s ears. However, Annabelle is clearly not in a party mood.

Annabelle Richmond is the girl everyone looks up to. She’s beautiful, intelligent and popular. Annabelle is the unofficial leader in her group at Triton High School in South East London. Leila Lyton is her full-time follower and Gwen Shanon is another close friend known as the ‘dumb blonde’. The three girls are inseparable – or at least were inseparable - until Nick Hatton came onto the scene.

Nick is a handsome beau and the school’s number one football player. He could have the pick of any girl, but only has eyes for Annabelle. In the eyes of everybody around her, Annabelle’s life seems perfect; perhaps almost too perfect. However, Annabelle soon loses her carefree ways as she becomes aware that there is a stalker on the loose, watching her every move.

The first suspect, Daymon Stamford, is the boy at Triton High known as ‘Depressed Day’, the outcast. He has never had any friends and is often bullied and humiliated at school. Daymon’s background is unknown, but as the film progresses we find out some of Daymon’s hidden secrets. One of these is his fondness of Annabelle Richmond, in his eyes, his ‘perfect girl’.

The second suspect is Annabelle’s childhood friend, Leila Lyton. Their friendship is about to be tested for the first time in their life as Annabelle not only pairs up romantically with Nick Hatton but also becomes close to Leila’s ex-boyfriend, David Chambers. Leila’s jealousy of Annabelle’s popularity becomes more and more apparent, and Leila soon becomes a backstabbing friend, fed up of being known as Annabelle’s shadow.

The third and final suspect is David Chambers, Leila’s ex-boyfriend and Annabelle’s best male friend. David soon becomes extremely wary of who Annabelle gets close to, and acts as a caring older brother figure, just to remain close and in control. However, what Annabelle doesn’t know is that David has a secret obsession for her, frequently writing in his diary about his future with Annabelle, and trying to prevent Annabelle from forming a long-term relationship with Nick Hatton.

The anonymous stalker spends their days photographing Annabelle Richmond, following her frequently, sending her threatening letters and making indecent telephone calls to her. The stalker is not playing a game. He clearly wants to intimidate Annabelle and is prepared to go to further lengths for some kind of reaction from her.

It is for this reason that Annabelle is not celebrating like everyone else in the room. She feels anxious and quite alone. She had once felt surrounded by good friends but now she did not know who to trust anymore. She looked around the room and knew that she had no choice but to track down the stalker herself.


Script 1st draft:

The Script

“EROTOMANIA” by Lisa Mulhern, Georgia Middleton, Scott Woodsell & Angel Pearte.

FIRST SCENE

Scene opens in an empty dark park. A shady male silhouette can be seen under a streetlamp. The man can be seen facing a house, head tilted towards a room, his eyes transfixed on what he is watching.

His Heavy breathing.

A shot of a young, beautiful girl named Annabelle Richmond is shown in the window on the a phone.

Annabelle: (Into the phone) I can’t believe he did that! She deserves so much better then him.

Scene cuts back to the man outside, the camera follows down his body, until we reach his shoes. Blood drops fall by his feet.

END SCENE

SECOND SCENE

Scene opens in a party environment, teenagers drinking, laughing and having fun, listening to music. Two boys stand talking in the corner of the room. Their names are Daymon Stamford and Charlie Biel.

Charlie: (Over the music) Man, have you seen Annabelle tonight?

Daymon: (Seems Uninterested) Yeah.

Charlie: She is looking good, man. I’m gunna’ go talk to her.

Daymon: (Grabs Charlie’s wrist forcefully) Why? I mean she wouldn’t go for you… you wouldn’t have a chance…

Charlie: (Rubbing Wrist) Relax, man, come on.

Daymon follows reluctantly behind Charlie until they reach Annabelle. Charlie taps her shoulder and she turns around, smiling.

Annabelle: Hey Charlie! Who’s your friend?

Daymon raises his eyes to her; a big, fake smile comes onto his face.

Charlie: This is Daymon, he goes to our school.

Daymon: (Raising his hand to hers) It’s nice to meet-

Annabelle sequels as her friends drag her away, laughing. Daymon let’s his hand fall back down as he glares at the back of her head as she walks off. The music gets louder as Daymon watches her. She gets into a group picture with her friends, another friend taking a picture. As the flash goes off, the screen goes white, fading out into photographs on a wall. They are all different pictures of Annabelle. The audience barely see the pictures through the shady light, and it is obvious the pictures are of those of some kind of stalker. Red circles outline her features; other people are cut out of photos and pictures that are secretly taken. After the camera pans across the wall, it zooms out, and yet again the dark silhouette is shown, in a dirty, dusty, messy §



Script 2nd draft:

E R OT O M A N I A

By Lisa Mulhern, Georgia Middleton, Scott Woodsell & Angel Peart.

SCENE ONE

Scene starts with a panning shot of photographs spread out on a wall. Camera zooms into a picture of Annabelle Richmond, at a party. White ‘camera flash’ flashes across the screen, and fades into the party scene. People are dancing, drinking and having fun. David Chamber is suspect no1, Annabelle’s best friend. Over the loud music we can see them arguing.

Annabelle: Just leave it David! It has nothing to do with you!

David: It doesn’t? Your so-called boyfriend is no good for you!

Annabelle starts to walk away.

(Grabbing wrist roughly) Don’t walk away when I’m talking to you!

Close up of wrist. Flashes back to the photographs on the wall. Once again zooms in to one picture. Scene sets in the bathroom of the party. Two girls stand in the bathroom, applying make up in the mirror. Their names are Leila Lyton and Gwen Shanon. Leila Lyton is suspect number 2.

Gwen: I don’t have a problem with her; I think she’s all right.

Leila: Are you joking?

Gwen: No, seriously!

Leila: I hate Annabelle with a passion; she’s a total bitch.

Flash goes off again, shot of photographs on the wall, ‘I hate Annabelle with a passion’ echoes over the shot. Zooms into another picture and flashes into the party scene. A boy and a girl are seen kissing amongst the dancing people. The boy is Daymon Stamford, suspect number 3. Shot of couple kissing, zoomed in shot of close up of Daymon’s eyes, looking over at Annabelle rather then paying attention to the girl he is kissing. Annabelle is seen dancing with her friends, whilst Daymon holds an intense gaze on her. They pull apart to hug, and he is still looking at her. It then flashes back to pictures on the wall. A long shot of the pictures on the wall. As the camera starts to zoom out, flashbacks of Annabelle laughing, her kissing, he smiling, all start to flash up quickly. Once they are finished, with the creepy music in the background, we see a tall, male silhouette step into the shot.



There were various changes whilst filming our opening of our horror film, mainly because we wanted to finish our filming quickly yet precisely in order to have time to upload and edit our clips. The main changes included using different characters/actors to the ones we had initially planned to use, changes in some of the props, changes in filming locations and various changes in the filming schedule.


Changes in characters/actors:

There were a number of changes in the actors we used in our film opening. The actor Yasir Saleem who was initially going to play the role of Daymon Stamford was not able to attend our party event, where most of the filming was to be completed. We therefore thought it would be a lot more practical to use another male actor (Charlie Watts) who we knew to be reliable enough. Along with this, we had to chose another actor to play the role of David Chambers as Charlie Watts the original choice for this character was now playing the role of Daymon Stamford. Therefore, we picked Michael Michel. We decided to pick Michael as we believed that his previous acting experiences would allow him to be confident in playing the role of the character David Chambers. Finally, we chose Lisa Mulhern instead of Hannah Lenane to play the role of Leila Lyton. We realised that using someone from our filming group would allow us to rely less on actors outside the group who we couldn’t completely rely on.



Changes in use of props:

We initially decided to use a knife as one of our props. However, when filming we didn’t believe that the knife would fit in to any of our scenes. Our initial idea was so use a knife when filming the basement scene but we chose to show the ‘stalker’ ripping up pictures of the female victim instead. We also decided to use candles when filming the basement scene. We believed that showing both the candles and pictures would represent a sort of ‘shrine’ of the female character, making the ‘stalker’ come across as a lot more psychologically disturbed. When filming various quick shots of stalker handling photographs of the girl, we thought that using black gloves would allow the villain to stay anonymous.



Changes in filming schedule:

Various appointments to film changed due to either lack of equipment and characters/actors not attending. For example, the party scene where the group was supposed to film most of the clips to our film changed its date. We had planned to film this scene on Thursday 18th March, however due to one of the main actors not attending, we had to change the date to the previous day which was Friday 19th March. Another date which had to be changed was from Monday 15th March to Tuesday 16th March. The main reason for changing the date was due to the fact that we didn’t like the lighting we were filming in. Therefore the next day we decided to ask around for a spot light, to create the lighting we had first wanted.

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