Costume Photos

Fiona

Outfit 1:
Fiona wears outfit 1 throughout the morning scene. They're a pair of pyjamas with cartoon detailing on them. They represent that Fiona is usually not all too bothered about what she wears while she's at home as she's happy to lounge around in her pyjamas.

Outfit 2: 
Fiona wears outfit 2 while at the party. She wears a gold one shoulder dress with black wedge heels so that she looks completely different as she looks somewhat fashionable and nothing like her usual, carefree self.

 Alice

Alice wears a low cut, long, flowing maxi dress to show that she's very up-to-date with the latest fashion and very feminine and girly.

Kieran

Kieran wears a burgandy tight top tucked into grey skinny jeans, with a sleak black belt and white converse, he wears clothes typical of an 18 year old male up-to-date with fashion

Chris

Chris wears a fairly tight fitting striped green shirt to show off his broad physique that he's proud of, straight leg jeans and grey boat shoes. Like Kieran, he wears clothing typical of an 18 year old male who is up-to-date with male fashion.

Emily

Emily wears a quirky red velvet dress to show that she's up-to-date with fashion but she likes to add a bit of her own edge to what she wears.

Location Photos: House Party (Robyn's House)

Drive of House
This is where Fiona will pull up to the party in her car.


Living Room
This is where the main events of the party will take place.


Staircase
There will be shots of Fiona coming up and down the stairs.


Bathroom
This is where Fiona will come during the party.

Short Film analysis

The film begins by setting the scene with an establishing shot showing us an isolated peaceful field, with the title ‘LOVEFIELD’ shown in white lettering over the landscape. We hear diegetic wind effects which very much fit the titles as they drift on and off screen, followed by typical thriller type music with an eerie feel which is played throughout the majority of the film varying from low to high pitches to create suspense giving the film a harsh feel. The wide shots in the introduction show us that civilization must be far away, meaning that there wouldn’t be many people around. After exploring different depths of the corn fields we reach a road sign squeaking with the wind, the camera then slowly pans up the sign creating tension, to reveal a black crow in a close up shot which could mean it is important to the film. Crows are often used in films to

show trouble or death and the fact that the crow is shown and heard a lot througho

ut the film could give us an indication that the film makers are trying to portray that something bad has happened. The camera explores the corn fields even more to hear a constant beeping noise from a phone of what could be a phone line cut off which gets louder as the camera becomes closer to it without the item being shown creating intensity.

The camera then shows the phone as well as money scattered on the floor as well as a blood stained tissue emphasizing danger and creating confusion to the audience. We suddenly hear shrieks from a person followed by seeing a clenched foot giving the impression of pain, which instantly makes you think of the worst. The music then reaches a higher pitch as does the yelling, which then comes to an unexpected silence giving the impression of death. Suddenly we then see a hand which looks like it would be that of a male digging a sharp object which looks to be a knife covered in blood into the ground, scaring the audience and making them jump which adds to the genre of the film. The sound of the crow and the music is introduced again but this time at a faster pace with the music reaching a very high pitch. A pan up a man’s body occurs which we presume is the owner of the knife, which reveals a tattoo o

f a skull on his arms which may be another sign of death and danger. His ragged working style clothes and baseball cap and the fact he looks quite sweaty makes him look slightly suspicious. An over the shoulder shot is then shown with the man looking at the crow as he squawks faster where a pull focus is introduced. We then see the man looking around which may be to see if anyone else is around then suddenly begins to run, the hand held show if his legs makes us presume that he is running away, whereas he is actually running towards a car. Instead of getting in his car and driving away, the man nervously try’s to open the boot with a set of keys, the fact that he doesn’t know which key to use to open it suggests that it isn’t his car, but his victims. The crow in the background begins to get louder and more regular, as if it is wanting help keeping the audience at unease. After opening the boot of the car we see a mid-shot from the inside of the car to the man followed by the man rummaging through the boot. A tapping noise is made on the top of the car, here he looks up onto the roof to see the crow, the man looks very

confused but then carries on and pulls out a cloth.


He walks back to the mysterious body lying on the floor which we presume is either hurt or dead, where cuts from the man to the crow occur where they match eye contact. A low angle shows the man dropping to his knees with the music becoming harsher with more violent strings, which you think is preparing you for the horror you are going to see. However, a new born crying baby is presented with the woman who we thought to have been dead holding it in her arms. The facial expression on the man goes from nervous to relief he smiles and says ‘it’s a boy’ a close up of the mother is shown emphasizing her smile whispering ‘thank you’ which is the only dialogue in the film which very much keeps y

ou in suspense and concentrating on the film. The film ends with crow creating a much happier squaring sound, with uplifting music and a brighter picture giving it a neutral feeling. An establishing shot then shows the corn fields, a tractor and the care along with a police car arriving, which explains the phone at the beginning.

I really enjoyed the unexpected twist in the film which makes the audience suspect something really bad has happened such as death; however it was the opposite that had occurred- birth. I think the film is very conventional short film due to the few characters which works well, the fact that even though it is a short film it still has a beginning, middle and end as well as the minimal dialog creating the music playing a very big part in the film. It also has conventions of a drama such as the music that creates suspense, unrevealing shots, build up in the narrative as well as the child birth and police intervention taking you on a ‘roller-coaster ride of emotions’. The film also challenges stereotypes as the man who seems like an evil killer is in fact a helpful farmer, sending across a message not to judge a book by its cover and that everything may not always be as it seems.

Film Set 1 - Location 1

Date Planned: Tuesday 6th December
Where At: Amy's House (bedroom and stairs)

Shot list for FIlming:
Scene One: Receiving the message
- CUs of items in a girl's room
- CU of Fiona waking up
- Cut to a MS of Fiona
- MS as Fiona reaches for her glasses on the bedside table - camera pans as she reaches
- POV shot as she brings the glasses to her face
- LS of her as she gets up out of bed to make it
- Cut to a CU of her brushing her teeth
- Cut to CU of her brushing her hair
- Cut to CU of her arranging pillows on bed
- Cut to CU of some books on a desk as she walks up to them and her hands come into view and she sits down at the desk
- Cut to LS of her sat at the desk
- Several CUs of her writing, thinking, finishing off her work
- LS as she finishes her work and puts the books into a pile to one side and picks her laptop up
- CU of laptop screen as she signs on
- ExCU of a tab as it shows a new Facebook message
- Cut to CU of message received
- Series of shot reverse shots (CUs) between Fiona and laptop screen as conversation is held
- MS of her looking pleased with herself as she closes laptop up
- LS of her getting up and dashing out of the room

Scene Two: Party preparation
- Series of CUs, MSs and LSs of Fiona trying on outfits
- Some over shoulder shots of her looking in mirror at herself
- Cut to a CU of Fiona's feet in heels, and the camera slowly tilts up revealing her new look
- Over shoulder shot of her looking at self in mirror before walking out of room
- Cut to LS of her walking down the stairs in house
- Cut to another LS of her walking down the stairs, but from behind her
- Cut to CU of her putting keys in door
- Cut to LS at other side of door as she comes out, locks the door and walks down the drive
- Camera pans and follows her as she walks down the drive to her car and gets in
- MS of her starting engine up
- LS of her driving off in car
- Cut to a MS of her as she's driving
- Cut to a CU of her putting her earphones in
- Cut to ExCU of iPod screen to display song choice
- Cut to MS as she sings to herself while driving

Props for Filming
- Books
- Glasses
- Laptop
- Car
- Outfits
- Watch


Script for Filming

Cast and Crew:

Actors and Actresses
Robyn Makings as Fiona
Camera Crew
Bethany Vaines
Director
Amy Thompson



Equipment:
- HD1000
- Tripod


Outfits:

Fiona's Party Outfit, that she finally decides to wear

Fiona's Morning Outfit, When she wakes up at around 11:00

 OUTFITS CHANGED DUE TO CHANGES IN CASTING!


Character Profile
Name: Fiona
Age: 18
Appearance: Typical 'geeky' style- glasses, cartoon t-shirts and jeans, rarely dresses up.
Occupation: College student
Hobbies: Going to study groups, reading and horse riding.
Character Traits: Quiet, timid girl who focuses on her college work. She does't particularly socialise with others, instead would rather stay at home on her own or go to library.
Character Purpose: Fiona plays the main character of the film and is the basis of which the events unfold around.

Film Set 2- Location 2

Planned to film: Sunday 4th December
Where at: Holly's house


- Cut to a CU of Fiona's feet in heels, and the camera slowly tilts up revealing her new look
- Over shoulder shot of her looking at self in mirror before walking out of room
- Cut to LS of her walking down the stairs in house
- Cut to another LS of her walking down the stairs, but from behind her
- Cut to CU of her putting keys in door
- Cut to LS at other side of door as she comes out, locks the door and walks down the drive
- Camera pans and follows her as she walks down the drive to her car and gets in
- MS of her starting engine up
- LS of her driving off in car
- Cut to a MS of her as she's driving
- Cut to a CU of her putting her earphones in
- Cut to ExCU of iPod screen to display song choice
- Cut to MS as she sings to herself while driving

Scene Three: Arriving at the party
- Cut to a LS of Fiona pulling up on Alice's drive
- MS of car door as she looks hesitant while looking at the house but eventually gets out
- Camera handheld in front of Fiona as she walks up towards the door
- Cuts to a MS over shoulders shot as she knocks on the door and Alice answers

Props:
- Car
- Car Keys
- Earphones
- iPod


Equipment:
- HD1000
- Tripod

Cast and Crew:

Actors
Holly Johnson and Bethany Vaines

Film Crew
Robyn Makings, Amy Thomson

Difficult Shots

We have numerous shots on our media project which we have never attempted before, yet will allow out film to be more advanced and fluent.


Pulling Focus Tutorial


The very first difficult shot we will encounter within our film is when Fiona is waking up in bed and placing her glasses on her face. We are wanting to switch the focus on the camera so that it suddenly becomes the point of view of Fiona before she places her glasses onto her face. This shot will involve the focus starting off distorted then clearing and becoming focused the closer the glasses are to her face. Once the glasses are placed in her head the camera will have gained focus once more.


Driving Scene - Scary Movie Two


The second shot we have that is difficult is when Fiona is driving to the party. Since we need one person to film the driving scene there should only need to be two people in the car, Fiona and the person filming. We need to achieve the correct angle so the reflection of the person filming isn't visible anywhere within the car. Making it hard since all windows are slightly reflective and the shot we will need to film will have at least one mirror in the frame. The car will also be moving, so the camera will need to be held still even over the bumpy roads we will encounter.


Hand Held Filming - Handheld Horror


The third shot we will encounter is hand held filming. We are wanting to achieve a hand held perspective from someone filming the events of the party without showing the filming through a different camera. However we need to ensure that the hand held filming fits with the rest of our film and doesn't look too out of place.

Treatment

Film Title: Misguided
Production Company: Green Apple Productions
Target Audience: Mainly teens, 15 -25


Brief Synopsis:
Sadistic story about the struggle for individuality and acceptance within a teenagers life. The film starts with Fiona, who's around 18 waking up in her room. She seems like your average intelligent teenager, focused on her studies. The girl, like many others has a facebook page, which she accesses when she finishes her revision, to receive a message from one of her friends, Alice. The voiceover of the girls conversation on-line lets us know that she is being invited to a party. Like any other girl she rushes to decide on her outfit. Time passes as the girl gets ready. She drives to the party, excited and singing. When she arrives, she realises she doesn't know anyone, she recognises faces, but no names. The girl is offered a drink of alcohol, which she refuses, before later accepting an invite to stay over, along with a drink. The girl parties and starts to enjoy herself. The group starts discussing drugs, and reveals a packet of what looks like E's. Fiona gets uncomfortable and leaves, saying she needs to use the bathroom. We see shots of the girl and the events downstairs. A hand appears on the screen placing a pill into Fiona's drink. Fiona appears back downstairs, taking a sip of her drink. Various shots of Fiona getting more involved in the party, before passing out. Fiona wakes in the morning, finding herself laid on a bed, her make-up and clothes ruined. Theres a note on the bedside table waiting for her, Fiona reads the note 'Gr8 time last nite... but i'm sure you'll keep it to yourself, won't you? x'


Suggested Elements:
Unexpected ending, voiceover, drugs, alcohol, use of car.