Credits

For our opening credits, we thought that the mask is the main point of the film. It with holds the identity of the protagonist from the audience and it gives a sense of mystery. Although we have our names written on the picture, we do not give away our faces.
We also thought to add effect, to have the pictures printed out as polaroid pictures.

 

Sound

We knew that when we first went out to film Insanity, that the sound recorded on set wouldn't be higher quality. Mainly because we didn't have an external microphone which would pick up a much better quality of sound than the microphone built in. When we were on set, the wind was very strong and being out in the open meant that there was no cover for the camera. This meant that all of the sound recorded on set was unusable. This meant that all sound used in our opening must be non-diegetic.

The first non-diegetic sound we used was Charlie Chaplin's 'The Final Dictator' speech. This is a strong speech and the words in the speech were contrerdicting (and at parts backing up) what he was saying. We chose this speech because it is a strong speech and it is about us, the human race.

We then decided to co ordinate the radio shot with the sound of the speech being turned off. It fitted in well; the sound and the film matched.

Shot List

1 – long shot – Hayden crouching next to little girl.

Props included – candle, mask

2 – Close up – candle being blown out.

Props included – candle, mask

3 – Long shot panoramic – Hayden walking towards Connor.

Props included –blanket, radio, fake blood, mask

4 – Mid shot – Connors body and wound with Hayden’s feet in shot.

Props included - blanket, radio, fake blood, mask

5 – Close up – Hayden adjusting Radio.

Props included – radio

6 – Long shot – Hayden dancing leading into bottle being thrown.

Props included – bottle

7 – Close up – Head scratching.

Props included - mask

8 – Extreme close up – Hayden’s shoes going through the stones to Connor’s body.

Props included - none

9 – Over the shoulder shot – Hayden blood crossing Connor.

Props included – fake blood, blanket

10 – Mid shot – Body being dragged into river.

Props included – black bin bags, rope

11 – Long shot – Hayden walking away from scene.

Props included – mask

Equipment

We used 2 HD filming Canon cameras. One being a DSLR and the other a compact camera. We had several interchangeable lenses for the 500D, but we mainly stuck with a 60mm F2.8 ultrasonic lens. This was a quiet focusing lens and was a macro lens which gave fresh crisp shots.
We also used 2 other lenses such as a 50mm f2.8 lens which, like the 60mm, gave very crisp close ups. We also has a 18-250mm walkabout lens. This lens meant that we could have wide angle shots to show the setting that the actors are in.
We had a second camera to film the events of the day and to have low light close ups.
To ensure we had enough space for the flim, we took several large memory SD cards and several batteries, so the cameras didn't die.
We also had a professional tripod which was able to adjust it’s legs to go so low the camera was almost on the floor, this was very handy for the low shots to show the protagonist on top.

Meeting

We decided that the order of the opening 2 minutes would need to be gripping and want the viewer to watch the whole film. Therefore we needed to reorder the beginning because the shots were 1—15 seconds long each which are too long. They need to be quick and straight cut to each other.

Shot planning on location

Most of the shots we planned in advanced through the story board and the shot list. Although on location, we realised that some shots may not be achieved because of the lighting, positioning of trees etc.

 Here is Mitchell deciding what the next shot would be. Through the whole production, we decided to have a variety of shots: close ups, long shots, panoramic shots etc etc.

 

Here we have me overseeing the dancing shot. We thought that the dancing shot will be weird and may creep the audience out. It’s also good because the camera is low to the ground which gives the sense to the audience that the protagonist is overpowering Connor and there is nothing he can do.

Details of Actors

Hayden Cirino (Protagonist) – We chose Hayden because he suits the fit of the role of the protagonist. He is not short nor tall, he has dark hair which is very common amongst thrillers, he has a slim build to suggest that he lives a very empty life and doesn’t have much food and he’ll also be wearing a mask  so his actual identity will be disguised.

Connor Woolf – We chose Connor Woolf because he is an average looking guy. He will be dressed in civilian clothing (jeans and t shirt) and fits the role nicely.

List of Props

Rope – to tie Connor’s arms and legs up to make the kidnapping look much more realistic.

Radio – to have the ability to change the piece of music to fit with the camerawork.

Blanket – to lie Connor on so he wasn’t hurt by the stones.

Black bags – to wrap Connor up.

Spray paint – to spray paint the quote on the wall.

Ketchup and food colouring – Mixed together, they make a very realistic blood consistency.

Candles – to have a religion tint to the opening to make the protagonist seen even crazier.

Mask – to cover the identity of the protagonist to add a sense of mystery to the film.

Plan Of Day

7am bus to Stamford.

·         We thought that an early bus to Stamford would be better because it meant that we would have much more time to shoot and we could catch the cold misty winter morning.

Breakfast

Walking to the Meadows in appropriate clothing

·         We did this so our clothes wouldn’t be mucky and we wouldn’t catch a cold.

We started to film at 9am and finished at 2. We decided to film for a long period of time so we could get a variety of shots. Although the longer we took to film the sunnier it got.

After shooting we walked back to the meadows and changed back in to our clean clothes.

We then walked to the bus station to get the 3pm bus back to Bourne.



We thought if we planned our day in advanced, it'd be much easier to know when to go where and to do what.

Storyboard before filming day.

Our planned storyboard was as followed.

Presentation

 

 

We presented to our peers to our three ideas. We ended up choosing idea 2 because we felt it was the most appropriate and well planned idaea. We also thought that it would be a better release and would appeal to a larger target market.