SHOOT 1 preparation and reflection...

SHOOT 1 PREPERATION

PROPS, EQUIPMENT, SCRIPT

PROPS:

• Pumpkin
• Carving knife 
• Halloween candy
• Bowl
• Candles 
• Halloween decorations 
• Makeup 
• Gloves
• Kettle
• Rope
• Duct tape

CLOTHES:

Scream queen: 

• Dress
• Jewellery 
• Tights 
• Heals 
• Makeup (eye shadow, fake skin, fake blood, face paint)
• Hair down

Final Girl:

• Glasses
• School uniform 
• Skirt 
• Tie 
• White shirt
• Blazer 
• Bag
• Smart shoes

EQUIPMENT: 

• Phone
• Monopod
• Tripod
• Motorised stabiliser (Smooth 4) 

LOCATION: 

• Morgans house 

CAST:

• Caeli Colgan as EMMA
• Francesca Pisante as OLIVIA

Date:

• Our first shoot was on Monday the 19th of December

Reflection:

Floating blue light, smudge, crop out/be careful of

Two titles one font, next two different font (for testing) can be screenshots

Animation of fonts, horror, key frames

Titles -> director first

Upper case + lower case

Add an ident + voice over and images for context

Ambient sound, cars, no dead air

Signify falseness in EMMA, puts on glasses for phone call

Delay showing EMMA, more use of mis-en-scene 

Even more mis-en-scene

Change country “Italy” is blurred

Pan up to Emma after knife

Long takes, need reaction shots (knock)

No paint in coming back to same shot

Candles = shadows

Panic needs to continue, continuous banging/cross-cutting

Longer take = less convincing

Lots of shots for panic sequence 

Lamp for entrance

Hinting someone is outside 

EMMA looks around frantically/curtains down

Panting after looking around (OLIVIA)

Don’t have a dictionary 

Avoid foreign book

Too minimal dirt on her face

Makeup on camera, testing (w/o cast)

Start kettle way earlier

Lighter dress for more dirt

Show OLIVIA after murder

Cut from shoe to back to shoe

No diegetic titles, animated maybe 

Maybe reveal motive in escape sequence

Get footage for lighting and makeup

Radio instead of phone call