INTERIOR SHOTS
1) No visual for first few seconds - only audio - Starts with door creaking open and then banging shut (the darkroom has heavy doors that bang quite loudly) then the sound of a chair being dragged back along the floor and someone sitting down. We hear a heavy bag being dropped on the floor.
2)Still black until we hear a click and a few seconds later, a second click and a lamp comes on on the shelf.
3)We see a hand draw back from the lamp but do not see the owner as the lamp is pointing downward.
4) The room is partially illuminated by the light, as the lamp is pointed downwards toward the desk so the figure is not illuminated.
5) From what is illuminated we see a shoulder move downwards and hear a zip open. We then hear rustling.
6) The hands then throw a book down onto the desk which is illuminated by the lamp.
7) The hands tremble over the cover and we see the book is a bible.
8) Book is flipped open and clatters on the desk.
9) We see lots of circled phrases as the pages are flicked through. We see no specific phrases.
10) The hands start ripping pages out of the bible and we hear heavy breathing.
11) From a behind-the-head shot we see our figures hands running over his hair and hear deep breaths and sniffing.
12) Back to the front we see the book is opened on EXODUS 11:1.
13) We see lots of phrases highlighted and we have close-ups of ambiguous words and sentences.
14) After seeing lots of phrases a particular page is stopped on and we hear more heavy breathing.
15) A piece of thick paper is taken from the bag in a similar fashion that the book is withdrawn and put on the desk.
16) An envelope is also then taken and put onto the desk.
17) A fine marker is taken from a pocket and we see the cap being taken off (extreme close-up).
18) The bible is pushed back and the paper put directly in front of the figure.
19) Slowly and carefully, the figure starts to write "DEATH OF THE FIRSTBORN" onto the paper. We hear scratching.
20) Paper is folded in half carefully, then put into the envelope.
21) Envelope is sealed (possible close up of licking the envelope).
22) Envelope has the address "13a, Richmond close, Bushhill, Kent, KH3 4RD written on it.
EXTERIOR SHOTS!!
1) LOTS OF WALKING MONTAGE. Cars and various urban noises needed.
2) Close-ups of feet walking, crossing a road, etc.
3) Arrives at postbox. Drops bag on floor. Close-ups of knees as character is crouched.
4) See and hear zip opening.
5) Letter taken out of bag.
6) Stay with knees angle whilst figure stands up.
7) Close-ups of hands posting letter.
8) Picks up bag and walks into camera, low feet angle close-up.
9) TITLE OF FILM!!!
KEY
Props
Sound Effects
Visual
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Rough Shot List
1) Close up hands
2) Extreme Close up of eye
3) Close up of feet walking
4) Close up of hands flicking through the bible
5) Close up of hands ripping pages out of the bible
6) Close up of Exodus written at the top of the page
7) Extreme close up of phrases circled in the bible
2) Extreme Close up of eye
3) Close up of feet walking
4) Close up of hands flicking through the bible
5) Close up of hands ripping pages out of the bible
6) Close up of Exodus written at the top of the page
7) Extreme close up of phrases circled in the bible
Different Ideas for Title Graphics
Mostly playing on the idea of shadows.
Effects used are:
1) Invert
2)Bucket Tool
3)Paint Tool AND Charcoal
4)Lens Flare, Invert and Texturise (sandstone)
5)Lens Flare
Post Box Locations
We want to use a postbox in our piece and so we had to find out where they were located near Long Road.
I used the website www.dracos.co.uk to find out where they were.
I print screened the results.
I used the website www.dracos.co.uk to find out where they were.
I print screened the results.
Friday 11 February 2011
Location test shots and filming test shots
We have yet to film test footage for our thriller as we need certain props that we have not been able to obtain as of yet but we have taken photos for some of the main close up ideas we have as well as a few over the shoulder and behind shots.
Tuesday 8 February 2011
List of Film Titles to use
Titles
Company Logo – Divine Productions Logo
Name of Company – Divine Productions Presents:
A “somethingsomething” production - ?
A Film by “…” – A film by Daniel Lyon
Title Actor –Henry Jones
Actor – Jiminy Francis
Actress – Miranda Jeffries
Another Actor – Dominic Bale
Actor – Samuel Carp
Actor – Robert Smith
2 x Actor – Jonathan Bird, Liam Stevenson
3 x Actor – Sven Geldof, Brian Hamilton, James Carter
3 x Actor – Max Deloy, Ryan Mochrie, Colin Stiles
2 x Actor, 1 x Actress – Aaron Oak, Dec Brady, Amy Brookes
Casting by – Paige Low
Music By – James Cooper
Costumes Designed by - Josh Jones
Edited By – Brendon Tuck
Production Designed by – Tony Baits
Director of Photography – Geoffrey Deep
Co-Producers – Tim Robertson, Andrea Filby, Cieran Sharp
Co-executive Producers – Oliver Shuter, Sophie Moore, Rhea Loftus
Executive Producers – Felix Stuart, Vincent Wisbech
Written By – Tom Crosby
Produced by – Peter Watson
Directed By – Directed by Daniel Lyon
FILM TITLE! - Exodus
Friday 4 February 2011
Actress Consultation
Andrea is my neighbour and I thought she would like to be in our media project so i sent her this message.
Possible Film titles
Film Title Ideas
-Mary
-Exodus
-Lies
-Convert
-First Born
We decided upon "Exodus" as our working title because it is derived from the book in the bible our thriller is based on, we also liked "Mary" but it was quite an obvious title and we wanted more ambiguity.
Location Shots
Our location is a small film processing closet. This is a suitable location because its size allows for easy lighting and close up camera angles.
Wednesday 2 February 2011
NOTES
LOCATIONS
1st Location - Small Photography Darkroom
2nd Location - A House - (who's house is unconfirmed)
ACTORS
One male actor needed to play main protagonist - unconfirmed.
One female actress needed to play "Mary".
PROPS
One big bible that can be destroyed.
A desklamp.
A small cross necklace
Brown envelope.
Red Marker Pen
COSTUME
Actor needs a jacket of some sort, long sleeves. When walking - proper brown shoes that click on pavement. Brown/black work trousers.
Actress needs jeans and a plain shirt, also some sort of way to look pregnant convincingly.... She needs to wear a small silver cross.
1st Location - Small Photography Darkroom
2nd Location - A House - (who's house is unconfirmed)
ACTORS
One male actor needed to play main protagonist - unconfirmed.
One female actress needed to play "Mary".
PROPS
One big bible that can be destroyed.
A desklamp.
A small cross necklace
Brown envelope.
Red Marker Pen
COSTUME
Actor needs a jacket of some sort, long sleeves. When walking - proper brown shoes that click on pavement. Brown/black work trousers.
Actress needs jeans and a plain shirt, also some sort of way to look pregnant convincingly.... She needs to wear a small silver cross.
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Hypothetical Script
Int: Small Darkroom
1st shot - fades in from black.
2nd shot - Small desklamp on shelf turned on. Close up (hand is illuminated) (SFX- Click)
3rd shot - Bible thrown down onto desk.
4th shot - Thrown open (bang SFX) writes LIARS in large red letters.
5th shot - Flicks through other pages - Lots of red circles - annotations
6th shot - Close ups of him fidgeting fingers and tapping his pen.
6A - Smooths his hair down from behind.
7th shot - Stop at a page in the bible and slams him hand down.
8th shot - Close up of the page and what is written and him ripping the page out
9th shot - Carefully folds the page up and puts it into a envelope.
10th shot - Cuts to him walking along a street at a long shot. It's raining.
11th shot - Over the shoulder shot of him looking at a church
12th shot - A shot from behind the murdery guy throwing bible pages behind him.
Black screen flashes with titles
A man is sitting in a small dark room which is partially lit by a desklamp he turns on. We see a close-up of his hands reaching down and bringing up a bible. We see his fingers brush over the cover before throwing it onto the table with a loud bang. We see him smooth back his hair from behind. Close up of his hands opening the bible to Exodus 11:1 (the plagues of egypt). There are lots of red ringed phrases and words. Close-ups of certain ringed words. Starts becoming faster - He takes a red pen and slashes X's across some of the pages and rips some out until he comes to the page which describes the death of the children, on which he stops... And writes "Death of the Firstborn" in large bold letters. He rips the page out and folds it carefully into an envelope which has "Mary" written on the front.
Black shot - Title of the Film
Then camera follows the protagonists feet up a pathway and stops at a door. You hear a letter being posted through the door and his feet turning and leaving. We see the door open when he's left and a heavily pregnant woman picking up the envelope. There is a close up of her shoulders and face as a reaction shot showing the cross.
Storyline -
Our protagonist is the husband of the woman he eventually ends up leaving a message for at the beginning of the opening title sequence.
In the title sequence our protagonist is seen writing furiously in a bible, tearing it up and eventually selecting a page and writing "I Know" on it in red letters before carefully folding it into an envelope, on the front of which he writes "Mary".
"Mary" is a rather plain middle aged woman who doesn't look particularly interesting. She wears a small silver cross necklace.
Mary and the protagonist used to date but she fell in love with a vicar and left him. She's pregnant and our protagonist wants revenge on her for leaving him. So he plans to kill the child, according to "Death of the Firstborn" from Exodus.
He leaves clues like blood on the front door and a ransom note saying unless she gives up the vicar, he's going to kill her child.
1st shot - fades in from black.
2nd shot - Small desklamp on shelf turned on. Close up (hand is illuminated) (SFX- Click)
3rd shot - Bible thrown down onto desk.
4th shot - Thrown open (bang SFX) writes LIARS in large red letters.
5th shot - Flicks through other pages - Lots of red circles - annotations
6th shot - Close ups of him fidgeting fingers and tapping his pen.
6A - Smooths his hair down from behind.
7th shot - Stop at a page in the bible and slams him hand down.
8th shot - Close up of the page and what is written and him ripping the page out
9th shot - Carefully folds the page up and puts it into a envelope.
10th shot - Cuts to him walking along a street at a long shot. It's raining.
11th shot - Over the shoulder shot of him looking at a church
12th shot - A shot from behind the murdery guy throwing bible pages behind him.
Black screen flashes with titles
A man is sitting in a small dark room which is partially lit by a desklamp he turns on. We see a close-up of his hands reaching down and bringing up a bible. We see his fingers brush over the cover before throwing it onto the table with a loud bang. We see him smooth back his hair from behind. Close up of his hands opening the bible to Exodus 11:1 (the plagues of egypt). There are lots of red ringed phrases and words. Close-ups of certain ringed words. Starts becoming faster - He takes a red pen and slashes X's across some of the pages and rips some out until he comes to the page which describes the death of the children, on which he stops... And writes "Death of the Firstborn" in large bold letters. He rips the page out and folds it carefully into an envelope which has "Mary" written on the front.
Black shot - Title of the Film
Then camera follows the protagonists feet up a pathway and stops at a door. You hear a letter being posted through the door and his feet turning and leaving. We see the door open when he's left and a heavily pregnant woman picking up the envelope. There is a close up of her shoulders and face as a reaction shot showing the cross.
Storyline -
Our protagonist is the husband of the woman he eventually ends up leaving a message for at the beginning of the opening title sequence.
In the title sequence our protagonist is seen writing furiously in a bible, tearing it up and eventually selecting a page and writing "I Know" on it in red letters before carefully folding it into an envelope, on the front of which he writes "Mary".
"Mary" is a rather plain middle aged woman who doesn't look particularly interesting. She wears a small silver cross necklace.
Mary and the protagonist used to date but she fell in love with a vicar and left him. She's pregnant and our protagonist wants revenge on her for leaving him. So he plans to kill the child, according to "Death of the Firstborn" from Exodus.
He leaves clues like blood on the front door and a ransom note saying unless she gives up the vicar, he's going to kill her child.
STORY OF THE DEATH OF THE FIRSTBORN - Ex. 11:1–12:36
| “ | This is what the Lord says: 'About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again.' | ” |
— Exodus 11:4–6 |
The tenth and final plague of Egypt was the death of all of the first born children in Egypt — no one escaped, from the lowest servant to Pharaoh's own first-born son, including first-born of livestock. Before the plague, God commanded Moses to inform all the Israelites to mark lamb's blood on the doorposts on every door in which case the LORD will pass over them and not "suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and smite you" (chapter 12, v. 23), thus sparing all the Israelite first-borns in households that followed the instructions. This was the hardest blow upon Egypt and the plague that finally convinced Pharaoh to submit, and let the Israelites go.
After this, Pharaoh, furious, saddened, and afraid that he would be killed next, ordered the Israelites to go away, taking whatever they wanted. The Israelites didn't hesitate, believing that soon Pharaoh would once again change his mind; and at the end of that night Moses led them out of Egypt with "arms upraised." [30]
Film Ideas
Plot ideas
Plot lines
Religious Cult
person creating an ambigram to post through a church door- title is the same as the ambigram.
Could have protagonist looking through a bible trying to find the right word/phrase.
Film could continue on to the receiver of the message is worried about a secret about the church. they employ the police to find the person leaving the ambigram's.
Possible shot list
-Fade up from black.
-Lighting a candle-close up shot.
-Side Shot by candle light of hooded figure.
-Close up of hands writing.
-Ambigram being created.
-Wax seal on envelope.
-Close up shot of individual features.
-Heating of wax.
- Detective thriller - Discovering a murder
- Religious cult ? - Conspiracy
Plot lines
Religious Cult
person creating an ambigram to post through a church door- title is the same as the ambigram.
Could have protagonist looking through a bible trying to find the right word/phrase.
Film could continue on to the receiver of the message is worried about a secret about the church. they employ the police to find the person leaving the ambigram's.
Possible shot list
-Fade up from black.
-Lighting a candle-close up shot.
-Side Shot by candle light of hooded figure.
-Close up of hands writing.
-Ambigram being created.
-Wax seal on envelope.
-Close up shot of individual features.
-Heating of wax.
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