Preliminary task video-Initial ideas

Crime scene- My idea

Characters:

Detective; victim (Brian); suspect; witness.

Plot:

Detectives want to catch the murderer after 2 weeks of investigating. The witness is the only helper of the detective, but will they actually find the suspect? The victims family are in grief and want to catch this horrid person as soon as possible.

Script:

(Detective walks into the interview room suspiciously, slams door and drags the chair towards him and slowly sat down whilst glaring at the suspect)

Detective: I’m not going to let you leave until you tell me, did you kill Brian?!

Suspect: NO! How many more times? Get that into your head! He was my best friend.

(Witness is watching and is screaming at the Suspect)

Detective: Where were you that night? The 16th May?

Suspect: I was out with the family; we were having a meal out for my mother’s birthday.

Detective: You really think that I would fall for that? Really, where were you?

Suspect: Like I said, I was out on a meal with the family.

Detective: One more chance…

(Witness storms into the room screaming at the suspect and tries to attack him; the detective drags her away and tells her to go back to the room)

(Suspects hands are shaking in fear)

Detective: What’s wrong with you? (Looks down at the suspects hands smirking) Scared? Well all you need to do is tell the truth and this will be over.

Suspect: I…I…I didn’t erm…do it…how many more t..t…times.

Detective: Wring answer I’m afraid; again did you or did you not kill Brian?

Suspect: NO! I did not, why would I? Just let me go right now! (Starts to become violent)

Detective: Nope…(Giggles whilst reading the victims files)

Suspect: GET ME OUT OF HERE NOW! OR I’LL…OR I’LL…

Detective: Kill me? Like you did to Brian?

(Suspect goes to attack the Detective but the hand cuffs on the table stop him from getting towards him)

Suspect: Yes!

(Detective walks away with a smile on his face whilst the suspect sits in shame, crying and shouting)


Time idea: Kidnapping romance (groups choice in film).

Kia- Camera operator and editor.
Ryan- Victim (Jack)
Tim- Kidnapper 1 and editor (Brad)
Rebecca- Kidnapper 2 (Shelly) and voice operator.

Storyboard: This storyboard which my group and I have created shows the main camera angles and shots which will be included in our film. The plot is that Jack and Brad go on a date, which then turns into a kidnapping nightmare. Brad and Shelly want their revenge on Ryan's family due to them taking all their families money and making them struggle to survive. Will Jack make it?

Evaluation

Firstly, the strong points from the video task is that we knew how to use the equipment and used a variety of mise-en-scene such as the locations (the university building for the restaurant and the studio for the interrogation), and the variety of props such as the cups and costumes. For example, the dark clothes that the kidnapper wore to indicate darkness, mysterious and showing that the was the antagonist. Also, the characters knew what they were doing and knew what to say as we all had a script, which makes the film look more professional and makes the audience understand what's going on.

The technical and software elements which were important in the production and editing of the preliminary task were: the tripod because it helps the camera to remain static and makes the filming more accurate; H1 because it picks up the voices of the characters easier and sounds better when editing; and a camera to film the video and upload it to edit, also making sure that it was in focus the whole time to make it appeal to the target audience.

The key purpose to create a film was to plan. This was important because the group then knew what props to bring and the set up of filming, which ensures continuity to our production. For this we did a storyboard to give a reference of our narrative, and make sure the correct camera shots and editing techniques were used. Another important aspect of the planning process was that we needed to make sure that the locations for where we planned to film our production were booked and also that the noise level was manageable so that the dialogue could still be heard over any ambient sound that may have been picked up in our production. The budget for filming this was low as we were on the college premises and used most of our equipment from there. Also we had a limited time to film, therefore we did not have to use as much equipment as there are not a lot of scenes used.

Our production Date-napped fits into the thriller genre because it's not exactly horror but it still makes the audience frightened. For example, the lighting used in the interrogation was low-key. The atmosphere created encourages the audience to think what it would be like in the victims position. Also, the mise-en-scene used such as the gas mask warn by the antagonist covers his true identity. Furthermore, the location was in a place where theres no chance of escaping, therefore this conforms to the conventions of a thriller.

To improve, use more conventions of a thriller such as more jump cuts and more props such as weapons to increase that tense atmosphere. Also, more rehearsals for the acting as it wasn't the best that we could do, due to a lack of time to film. Furthermore, we can use the dolly to include more tracking shots. For the editing process we could include some colour correction to make the miss en scene seem more realistic and natural.