Gantt chart
So here is my gantt chart that I have created with all my tasks on and originally​ I marked the boxes orange to highlight when I intended to get them completed and then when I completed them I would highlight them green so I know when I have completed it to give me a indication when my next task needed to be completed. And as you can see on here I have completed my tasks on time.
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IDeas
Initially I was going to do a comedy film from based on my research as I thought that it was one of the easier ones and I felt as if I was good at it however after speaking to people who have attempted to create a comedy film and my teacher I realised how hard it was going to be as if you fail to create humour then the film is essentially just a waste as the story line is associated with the comedy, so therefore I decided to change my genre into something easier as I'm relatively new to media so doing something easier would help me develop my skills so I'm going to choose horror.
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So during my brainstorming session I have decided to do something within school due to the easy access and reliability as my actors will be within the school so for example if I decided to something outside of school I have to ensure my actors come in time because if they don't then it will be a waste of a recording session and will give me less time to edit. I have also decided to base my film within the school as it fits the film I want to do. Initially my idea was going to be some massacre that happened inside of the school and no one knew what it was however I quickly realised this wasn't possible as it would require too many actors and it will become too long, possibly to the point where I won't have time to finish editing my film. So that's when I decided that 2 school boys will go into school and then no one would be there and then there will be a presence of someone and they will leave post notes directing them to a discrete location, however when they tried to run away they fall to the floor laying unconscious and then wake up in the forest where they can only see, they wont be able to hear. One of them will then wake up from the other one and it was all a nightmare.
So I have done some brainstorming and I know what I want my story to be, and It's going to be about these 2 school boys who are going in to school and they have just come from the bus and they are a bit late into school and it will have a hint of comedy involved which will be when they talk about football teams.
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When these boys enter into their school they will be followed by this antagonist who will be around there height and I will make sure this antagonist is well portrayed as when there will be a black and white coloration on this antagonist and will be in first person and the camera will be shook to try and show that he is a foreign creature and can't walk properly.
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When they enter the school they will then randomly fall to the ground out from nothing and then will wake up in the forest unconscious and not being able to move and then it will blackout again and they will then wake up on a bench and say they had a very bad dream and then walk away.
Copyright issues
In relation to audio there are many things I have to be wary off if i wanted to include audio into my film.
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The first copyright issue is that even if i bought music it doesn't mean I will be allowed to use it for everything, I would only be able to use it for personal use and home use so I may not be able to use it for educational use so I will have to make sure I find non-copyright music to ensure there are no issues that occur
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So if I did want use I may even have to go as far as requesting the use of the music by writing a letter to the company who is in control of the copyrighting off the music to ask them if i could use it.
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The complications if I were to use the copyright and I didn't seek permission is that we could possibly get sued and there will be many legal complications. I have found a website that I'm going to use which is Jamendo which is a free music website (non-copyrighted) where I can get free and good quality music for my video and I have already found a few possible songs that I could possibly put into my film
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Questioairre results
So I asked them to write down there gender because I was really intrigued to see the genres each gender preferred and the genres that were popular amongst both genders
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I also asked the age range to try and remove the responses from the older ages and people who weren't taking my survey seriously who answered in order to try and find the best responses and responses from my target market.
So now with this question I tried to narrow down a few good films that the people have watched which I would in the future use to analyse the films and try and create it to something similar to those films.
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With the next question I asked them there favourite aspects of horror films to try and gain some ideas about what they found scary so that I could implement something similar into my film as my knowledge of this genre is limited
With these next 2 questions I asked them if they liked horror films and if they didn't, they would explain why, to try and remove things in my final film that people may dislike
I then asked what films they disliked which I would add to my list of films to watch and try and analyse the segments they didn't like any try not to include into my movie. I didn't get too many responses so I will send the survey to other people and try gain more information.
Auditions
I have already had some auditions from my friends within school, I had told them what the story is for my film to first see if they were interested and by that time 2 of them didn't want to be in it mainly because they didn't have time to do it so I let my other friends Hao Hao and Dexter as they didn't mind doing so I asked them to audition which they did and considering they have no previous experience in acting they were very good so I chose them as they had a lot of spare time in order to do it.
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I also had to get some back up actors just in case anything happened to my first choice actors so I asked 2 of my cousins to audition to see if they worthy of the position and they weren't as good as my first choice actors as they didn't really fit my criteria of my actors being the completely opposites of each other.
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I also have already compared our timetables to see how often we can film and we can film around 3-4 times a week which is good enough and as it is quite short we could get out filming and try and show it to other people and see there responses and how I can improve the film and keep re filming until it's perfect and we will keep changing the story line as it may be too complicated too understand
potential audio
I have researched many websites that provide non-copyright music and I have found that Jamendo is a good website that provides this.
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I have found 2 songs that I can add to my film which are,
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Horror - by Akashic records
Mystic - by Depasrec
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When I have made my film I will also ask peers on what they think of the audio choices and whether I shall change it or not.
Story board
This is the story board of the final film
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Firstly it will start off with an establishing shot going towards the bus stop and will focus on both of the characters and I will try and include very little amount of background action as I can to make the area secluded and fit in with the conventions of a horror film
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No actor lines
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It will then focus both of the characters going into the school and having a little bit of dialogue and just making some casual jokes and normal jokes for people who are aged around 16-25 which is my target audience, It will also be a mid shot
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David - "Have you seen this" (shows Ronald phone)
Ronald - "(Small amount of laughter) What is this?"
David - "3-0, Liverpool took a massive L in the champions league" (L stands for loss)
Ronald - "Have you seen Messis free kick!"
David - "Yeah it's an absolute screamer"
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The next part off the film is both of them crossing the road to approach the school, it will be a long shot focusing on to them.
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No actor lines
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They are then are walking on a path into the school and then Ronald will hit David on the head and drag him away to another room in the school.
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David - "Oi did you see that?"
Ronald - "See what?, come on lets just go"
David - "I swear I just saw something"
David - "Fine, lets just go"
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There will then be a short pause where it will focus from a side angle long shot of Ronald hitting David on the head and he falls to the ground unconscious. There will be an audio track on this particular scene to emphasize something bad is happening, and will also be a black and white colouration to also emphasise something bad is happening.
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No actor lines
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There will be another short blackout and in this scene will still have the music playing over it and the black and white colouration but it will be focused on his legs being dragged away by Ronald.
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No actor lines
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It will then be a first person view of David waking up and still feeling the effects of the unconsciousness and there will still be a black and white coloration. the background will also be dark to show that it's a horror film.
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David - "(some grunting and slurred speech) Whats going on?"
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There will be another short pause and it will be a side angle of David going towards the door and using the table as an aid to walk as he is still not fully functioned.
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No actor lines
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For this part it will go back to a first person view of David opening the door and the camera will slowly move up until he sees Ronald turning around from the corner and there will be another audio track playing with it and the black and white colouration is still there.
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No actor lines
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In this part David is running away in first person view, from Ronald and is going to run until the field, there is still a track running on it and black and white colouration. There will also be a brief moment where he turns back but will be unable to see Ronald and he will continue running until he falls to the ground on some grass.
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No actor lines
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As soon as the blackout happens the music is in sync so will change so the audience know that something big will happen, and David will then be punched by Ronald and will go unconscious again.
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No actor lines
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There will be a brief pause and David will wake up on the bench and thinking he had the"weirdest dream" it will also be in first person view.
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David - "ohhhh, What the hell man", "Why is my head hurting so much?", "Thats the weirdest dream I've ever had", "I need to get out of here"
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The next part will then be where we see ronald on his phone and he gets a message from an unknown number saying "I told you to kill him" then it will be change to a longshot of ronald shaking his head and he will then walk away from the camera which it then ends on that cliffhanger
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No actor lines
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