Planning - risk assessment

Planning - Shot List

1.       Beginning from behind a shadowy figure pan right to reveal car and individual in car, window rolls down we hear latches of briefcase open and we see figure handing over something into the car.

2.       Medium close-up/ close-up inside the car confused look on man’s face, we can’t see item man is holding.

3.       Back to same shot as ‘1’ except the man has gone

4.       Shot of case in distance next to bike shelter

5.       Shot of scared look on man’s face

6.       Shot of car driving off revealing school.

7.       60fps (will be slowed down in post) 30 seconds of footage character walking down corridor, ground level, following. Helter skelter style upwards pan to character’s face, pause at character’s face then proceed round to an over the shoulder shot the space in front of the character is blurred for 3 seconds then a change in focus occurs blurring the characters head and revealing the corridor ahead.

8.       Cut to extreme close-up of Jacob’s face

9.       Expressions shot from students in corridor, shot with all 3 or 4 then cut to close-up of one look of disgust.

10.   Extremely fast spin to Jacobs’s face where we see a shaking of the head and a look of shame.

11.   Shot of students in corridor as Jacob walks away, almost following Jacob looking back on his path. Students laugh to each other.

12.   Jacob stops in the corridor looks to one side (sees the case)

13.   Shot of case positioned against the wall

14.   Cut strait to mid body shot as Jacob walks towards the door with the case in hand

15.    Jacob reaches for the exit door

16.   Jacob bursting through the door from outside perspective

17.   Medium close-up moment, upset/ sick and tired look. Walks past camera.

18.   Shot of him walking away

19.   Shot of him walking away from further away 10 meters

20.   Shot from height even further away

Planning - Costume List

For my film opening sequence I will be needing a few items of costume that will be a huge asset in terms of setting mood and displaying themes.

Firstly my lead character Jacob Law will be in old and dirty school uniform as the sequence takes place as he is leaving school. through this costume I am trying to show the poverty that this boy has grown up in, and this helps the idea that he gets severely bullied.

1. plain school jumper (slightly too baggy) looks unwashed, holes and grazing's to fabric.

2. white shirt top button undone, very slight brown tinge to corners of collar.

3. school tie. green/yellow stripes. very loosely worn.

4. school trousers, black.

5. old well used trainers.

The man we see in a car at the very start of the sequence will be wearing very street style clothing. this is to contrast with the intense police sirens previously heard, also he needs to look like he is up to no good.

1. adidas track top

2. jogging bottoms

3. gold chain

The shadowy figure will only be seen from the back and is not really seen, but his costume will be a suit jacket to foretell of the world that Jacob is about to be thrown into.

the other students in the corridor will just be wearing untucked white shirts and other items of school uniform similar to Jacobs but more neat and clean.

1. jumper

2. black trousers

3. black school shoes

4. white shirt

5. green/ yellow ties

Planning - Updated script draft

MEDIA FILM OPENING SCRIPT MOCKUP – JARED STEWART

We see a black screen…

HOPE PRODUCTIONS appears on screen while both  police sirens and song (soundtrack) begin to sound.

LIGHT ROOM FILMS replaces previous text, the sounds continue.

cut to black, camera pans right to reveal that the camera was just behind a shadowy figure. the sirens are now less mellow and more distant sounding
window on car rolls down and shadowy figure opens case we hear the click of the latches off screen. the figure hands something to the man in the car(audience doesn't see this item)

cut to shot inside the car of guy looking at the item he was just given, shot in a way that again prevents the audience from seeing the item. confused look.

back to shot from outside the car. shadowy figure is gone. the case can be seen beside the bike shelter, shadowy figure is gone. man in car drives off revealing school behind.

Very slow zoom into the school just before cutting to a ground level following shot of our lead character walking down a corridor.

Camera pans up to character’s face for a brief moment then continues round to an over the shoulder shot revealing a hallway with a few students staring at our lead.

Cut to shot of student face staring in disgust.

Cut or quickly turn to Jacobs’s face.

JACOB: What?

Cut back to the students faces start laughing (camera is moving with lead)

Reverse shot of character going through door. Stop outside door. Medium close-up of character, sigh and walk on.

Jacob walking down path, telescopic cuts (while chorus of song is playing.)gunshot sound effects with each cut

on final telescopic cut and most prominent gun shot sound, cut to title reveal

Research - Final tile and font ideas (Audience feedback)

I handed this image around 10 individuals and asked them to put a tick next to their favourite font and why. 6 of the people voted for the top font and I often heard that they chose it due to the bold and strong look, but also the sharp aspects of the font, it makes it seem like weaponry and enforces a sense of danger right from the start. the other four voted for the third

Planning - props design/list

Props I will be needing for my opening are few in number but all have a hugely important role to play in terms of setting up the film. I will be going through the props I need and methods of making them screen worthy.

Gun...

I will be needing a prop pistol type gun for the sequence, this prop is planned to only been seen for around 4 seconds but it plays a vital role in not only setting up the opening sequence but also setting up the film.
to acquire this prop I will be taking steps to create/ remodel a toy gun, the steps I will be taking are listed below.