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Our film is primarily going to take place in and around a school (Longsands Academy). We have chosen this setting as it fits in with the idea of our story, where a group of teenagers/young adults decide to break into somewhere. We thought a school would be suitable for this as, the protagonists are around the age of 18-20 which would mean they are past the school leaving age. This would imply that they have recent memories of the location as they may have attended the school.
We plan to film in different locations throughout the school, as part of our research we found that suspenseful scenes take place in places where the characters can hide as it makes it easier for the antagonist to jump out at them. An example of this is at the start of the trailer for V for vendetta where a woman gets jumped by two men as she is wondering through a small alleyway. Whilst we were looking around the school for possible locations, these were the ones we thought made for good hiding places:
They mainly consist of small alcoves surrounded by walls or corridors/isles. This means that the protagonist's vision will be impaired, making it easier for the antagonist to sneak up on them - making for better, more action-packed scenes.
We also tried to look for entrances to the school where it made sense (and was believable) for the protagonists to be able to sneak into.
On top of filming in the school, we would also like to film in areas around the school; this gives the situation a greater sense of urgency as the situation has now spread to other areas. As a result, it would likely be suitable for a finale where the antagonist and protagonist(s) face off against each other, which would make for a lot of action packed shots (in the montage)
There were also some other locations we though would look good (in the montage):
We felt this corridor would be useful for showing Sharpie's somewhat sadistic character, as we could have him standing at the bottom of the corridor, weapon in hand, and with the lights flickering on and off. This makes him seem creepy as the dark is associated with danger, and the flickering lights could play on the viewer's feelings of safety (when they are turned on); when they are turned off the sense of safety disappears. This is also somewhat similar to a scene in the clip for V for Vendetta, where the masked man is shown to be stood in a secluded place, with others (the antagonists) around him.
This is one of the wood/design technology classrooms. We felt this would be a very effective and suitable location to film in as a lot of the machinery can be very dangerous which is a key feature of Sharpie's character. It could be very useful in the montage with non-diegetic tool/machinery sounds which connotes that Sharpie has decided to use the machinery as weapons.
The use of the stage would work similar to the corridor, where it is used to emphasise Sharpie's character. An idea we had was to have Sharpie stood on the stage with the lights shone onto him which makes him appear as the most important in the scene.
This is the pub we are planning on filming in. We wanted to film in a pub as a lot of young adults are shown to enjoy going to the pub. The way we are going to film it is that after the news report, the protagonists are shown drinking together. We did this because thriller trailers usually start with a case of urgency, followed by establishing the narrative. This is used to an extent with the trailer for The Snowman; it starts with a woman walking down a street, followed by a scream, and then cuts to the main protagonists who are detectives.
They mainly consist of small alcoves surrounded by walls or corridors/isles. This means that the protagonist's vision will be impaired, making it easier for the antagonist to sneak up on them - making for better, more action-packed scenes.
We also tried to look for entrances to the school where it made sense (and was believable) for the protagonists to be able to sneak into.
On top of filming in the school, we would also like to film in areas around the school; this gives the situation a greater sense of urgency as the situation has now spread to other areas. As a result, it would likely be suitable for a finale where the antagonist and protagonist(s) face off against each other, which would make for a lot of action packed shots (in the montage)
There were also some other locations we though would look good (in the montage):
We felt this corridor would be useful for showing Sharpie's somewhat sadistic character, as we could have him standing at the bottom of the corridor, weapon in hand, and with the lights flickering on and off. This makes him seem creepy as the dark is associated with danger, and the flickering lights could play on the viewer's feelings of safety (when they are turned on); when they are turned off the sense of safety disappears. This is also somewhat similar to a scene in the clip for V for Vendetta, where the masked man is shown to be stood in a secluded place, with others (the antagonists) around him.
This is one of the wood/design technology classrooms. We felt this would be a very effective and suitable location to film in as a lot of the machinery can be very dangerous which is a key feature of Sharpie's character. It could be very useful in the montage with non-diegetic tool/machinery sounds which connotes that Sharpie has decided to use the machinery as weapons.
The use of the stage would work similar to the corridor, where it is used to emphasise Sharpie's character. An idea we had was to have Sharpie stood on the stage with the lights shone onto him which makes him appear as the most important in the scene.
This is the pub we are planning on filming in. We wanted to film in a pub as a lot of young adults are shown to enjoy going to the pub. The way we are going to film it is that after the news report, the protagonists are shown drinking together. We did this because thriller trailers usually start with a case of urgency, followed by establishing the narrative. This is used to an extent with the trailer for The Snowman; it starts with a woman walking down a street, followed by a scream, and then cuts to the main protagonists who are detectives.
Well done Jak, well presented and explained. Good work ,keep posting! Have you thought of adding video updates as a kind of video production diary? Sir
ReplyDeleteWell done Jak, detailed reasons given for your choices and linked back to research into V for vendetta.
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