Pre-production Planning - Location, Health and safety

Hazard	Hazard Rating (low, med/high)	How to minimize the risk
Cars- Being run down	Medium	By taking care to be full aware of our surroundings, taking note of any oncoming vehicle, alerting the rest of the group when one comes along
Muddy floor – Slipping	High	By being fully aware of the conditions of the re, and being sure everyone wears suitable shoes to minimize lack of grip
Icy surfaces – Slipping	Medium	Similar to the muddy conditions, make sure all members on set are wearing appropriate footwear to give more grip

Pre-production Planning - Communication

Communication

As we are working in a group, communication is a very important factor to contribute to having a successful outcome for our film. The main way in which we have decided to communicate in is by group chat on imessage. We believe that this would be the most successful method of communicating, as when a message is sent, it immediately comes up on the receivers phone just like a text message. This is very important as if there is some type of problem when it comes to filming, such as one actor being stuck in traffic, we can all be notified immediately, instead of not knowing what is going on. Also this means that unlike communicating on Facebook, we don’t have to worry bout logging in or out or getting Internet connection, we can simply group text.

here is a screen shot of how we are communicating

Pre-production Planning - special effects

Special effects

In our film opening, we are going to be using two main special effects to help give the film a general mise en scene that will help to create the mood/ feel that we are intending. The two special effects we are going to be using will be adding a low-key filter on to the footage at the end (as explained in the lighting section). And the other main effect we will be using will be fake blood. We are going to use the fake blood to put onto the male character (antagonist) as this will help the characters representation, due to the fact that blood is usually associated with the icon of danger, pain, and sometimes even death. This helps to give the character a more threatening feel, which will also mean the audience can easily establish between the antagonist and protagonist, and establish the dynamics in the relationship between the two.

We are going to be using the blood in a small amount on the male character. The blood can vary on places on the male, varying from a splatter on the hand, and a splatter on the clothing. This means it isn’t over the top and make our genre fall over into the slasher genre, but it means there’s is enough for us to represent the feel of danger with the character.

The way we are going to create the special effect would be by following a step-by-step tutorial off YouTube, similar to the following:

Pre-production Planning - Classification

The classification we are going for with our film is 15. this is down to two reasons. firstly, we noticed that a common theme amongst films of the genre is they all tend to be 15/18. so we knew we had to choose one of the two, and upon looking into the requirements of the certifications, we all came to an agreement that 15 would be the most appropriate for ours.

Planning: Lighting

Lighting

The lighting we are planning to use is natural daylight. This would mean that we are required to do all filming before 4:00 due to the time of year, meaning that it’ll be dark by 5:00 and start getting dark at 4:00.

We wanted to go for low key lighting in our opening to fit the codes and conventions of openings on this genre, but due to the technical equipment required for the lighting, it will be too hard for us to carry out successfully, as we would most likely not be able to see anything on the camera. So as a way around this we have decided to film in full daylight so everything is visible and clear on the camera, but in the editing staged, ass a dark filter to help fit the conventional themes of the horror / thriller genre

Planning: Costume (male)

The male character (antagonist)

The males costume we are hoping to create will include mostly dark colours, majority being black. By having the character wearing all black, the audience can easily distinguish who in the opening is the protagonist and who is the antagonist. This is due to the colour being associated with mystery and some what, as the innocence of light colours is kept to a minimal. 

Planning: Casting

For the casting of our film, we didn't have to do too much, with there only being two characters in our opening. Firstly we began casting for the female (Protagonist). We decided to look for a female who could represent innocence. usually associated with innocence would be small blonde teenage girl. after various searching around the school, we have chosen a girl that we feel that will be serious with the filming and not treat it as a joke, as well as being reliable that we can feel comfortable they will adhere to all filming times. the actors name is Leah.

For the male casting (antagonist) we come to a joint conclusion that i should do the acting. this will not cause much of an issue with the filming because the male is in only in a quarter of a shot, so i will still be able to partake in the filming of the other shots. one of the other reasons is that we found i fit the profile of the ideal character we are hoping to represent.