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First Day Of Filming

Filming Scedule

Filming schedule

This is our filming schedule that we had to prepare so we got every shot done with practise shots and experimental shots.

Shot Number	Description	Time scheduled to film	Done?
1	Establishing shot – field close to edge of a wooded area girl in the middle	Wednesday 4:00	Yes but we are unsure which establishing shot to use. We can use either a point of view shot or a shot of the wooded area that does not include the girl. We can also have a shot the wooded area with a girl in the middle.
2	Over the shoulder from behind tracking shot – girl walks to edge of woodland area	Wednesday 4:10	Yes, but instead we did a over the shoulder shot of the girl walking in the forest
3	Over the shoulder shot from front, acute low  angle - Dark shadow appears in background  of shot	Wednesday 4:20	No we decided to do a long shot instead
4	Over the shoulder from behind tracking shot acute high angle – girl walks to edge of woodland area	Wednesday 4:30	No we did not include this shot
5	Over the shoulder shot from front, acute low angle - Dark shadow appears in background  of shot but is closer	Wednesday 4:40	We decided to use the same concept but we decided to use a different type of camera shot
6	Over the shoulder from behind tracking shot acute high angle – girl walks to edge of woodland area	Wednesday 4:50	No we did not include this shot
7	Over the shoulder shot from front, acute low angle - Dark shadow appears in background  of shot but is closer	Thursday 4:00	Yes we included this shot
8	Medium shot acute high angle- Girl turns around sees shadow and says innocently “hello, can I help you?”	Thursday  4:10	No we did not use this shot as we thought there should not bee any dialogue until the end of the opening sequence
9	Medium shot acute low angle - Shadow takes a step closer silently	Thursday  4:20	No we did not include this shot
10	Close up - girl looks confused Girl says “are you lost?”	Thursday 4:30	No we did not include this shot
11	Medium shot acute low angle - Shadow takes a step closer again silently	Thursday 4:40	No instead of a medium shot we chose to do a high camera angle
12	Medium shot - Girl gets nervous takes a few steps back trips and falls	Thursday 4:50	No we decided to do a medium shot but a high camera angle
13	Medium shot - Girl wakes up	Thursday 5:00	yes we included this shot
14	Long shot low angle - Sees dark shadow in her doorway	Friday 4:00	No we did not include this shot as we decided that we are not going to see the shadow in the bedroom
15	Medium shot - turns light on in panic	Friday 4:10	No we did not include this shot
16	Long shot - Shadow is gone	Friday 4:20	No we did not include this shot
17	Medium shot - Calms down and turns light off	Friday 4:30	No we did not include this shot
18	Close up low angle -Shadow is at her bedside smiling evilly	Friday 4:40	No- we decided not to include this shot

Research into editing and sound

Editing

• Continuity Editing: This is a style of editing which happens in post production. The purpose id smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.
• Dissolve:Dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another
• Fade In: A transition to a blank image
• Fade Out: A transition from a blank image

Sound 

• Diegetic: Sound Whose source is visible on screen
• Non-Diegetic: Sound effect, music or narration which is added afterwards.
• Dialogue: A conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play or film
• Ambient Sound: Background sounds that are present in the scene or location
• Sound Effects: A sound other than music and speech made artificial in a play, film or another broadcast production 

The History of Sound Scores

Before the 1930's all movies were silent. In fact, between the 1900's-1920's accompanists either pianists or whole orchestras were hired to drown out the noise of the projector during the silent film viewing. Accompanists were either given books of musical ideas and suggestions or list of songs to play. The music will have a affect on the mood of the movie.

In 1927 the 'Jazz Singer' was the first featurette film with synchronised dialogue and song sequences. Majority of the songs were jazz as it was in the jazz era. The film even included some Jewish prayers

In the 1930's, due to the arrival of talking pictures music was a vital component in talking films. Sound within films were usually western classical which, would be played over the film. However original scores have started become a normal thing. Max Steiner was the person to write a original score for King Kong in 1933.

In the 1940's composers starts to develop their work, one of the most influential is Bernard Hermann who is best known for his work of 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' and 'All That Money Can Buy.'
In the 1950's jazz music was very popular in the movie industry. Fewer musicians are needed making orchestration less expensive.  The use of Jazz carried on into the 60's. In this decade there was a greater acceptance of new music. This linked to the scoring of INSERT HERE, the first movie to use a rock soundtrack.

Not much happened in the 1970's, this decade was mainly used for perfecting techniques used. People like John Williams created scores using techniques that are highly memorable even to this day. John Williams is best know for scoring the Star War movies.

In the 1980's the first widespread use of synthesized sounds in films and film scoring underwent a major revolution. For the first time, it became theoretically possible to score an entire film with only one performer – using the synthesizer to produce the sounds of many instrumentalists. This has caused popular films to be produced and used as film scores.

Today, with the daily development of new technology and the general knowledge gained from a century of experiences, film composers have the ability to create scores the perfect movie score which can be used to enhance a movie and transform the experience of the audience..

The History of the Thriller genre

Thriller genre began in the 1920's - 30's when Alfred Hitchcock (British Director) released 'The Lodger' his first ever thriller in 1926. It was a silent film that followed a 'Jack the Ripper' plot. Films released in this period are seen as key and iconic within the genre. They first introduced codes which would go on to become the conventions/iconography of the genre.

In the 1940's the genre continues with Alfred Hitchcock continuing to release Suspense thrillers including:

• Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Saboteur (1942) 
• Shadow of a doubt (1943)

In 1944 George Cukor directed a Psychological Thriller called "Gaslight"

In the 1950's Hitchcock adds colour to his thrillers which is a massive change within the genre. He also started casting "Icy Blondes"to play his leading ladies in his films. He also released several films within that decade, including:

• Stranger on the Train (1951)
• Dial M for Murder (1954)
• Rear Window (1954)
• To Catch a Thief (1955)
• Vertigo (1958)

Other films in the 50's - 60's;

• Charles Laughton's "Night of the Hunter" (1955)
• Orson Wells's "A Touch of Evil" (1958)
• J.Lee Thompson's "Cape Fear" (1962)

Through constant repetition of the Thriller codes 1st introduced in the 1920's, Hitchcock and other directors ensure what would become the conventions of the Thriller Genre.

In the 1970's - 80's Thriller films began to merge violence and become more like the Horror genre but there was still distinction between the two genres. Films released in this era included;

• Frenzy (1972) Alfred Hitchcock
• Duel (1971) Steven Spielberg
• Play Misty for Me (1971) Clint Eastwood
• Deliverance (1972) John Boorman
• Don't Look Now (1973) Nicolas Reog

Thriller films within the 1990's include:

• Misery (1990) Robb Reiner
• Sleeping with the enemy (1991)
• The Hand that rocks the Cradle (1992) Curtis Hanson
• Unlawful Entry (1992)
• Single White Female (1992) Barbet Schroeder
• Malice (1993) Harold Becker
• The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) Antony Minghella 

Thrillers in the 21st genre are even closer related to the Horror genre with more gore, blood and deaths.

There are also more conventions and codes from the action genre. New plots are created with more modern themes i.e government conspiracies, terrorism and world wide problems. Films include:

• Eden Lake (2008)
• The Last house on the Left (2009) 
• P2 (2007)
• Captivity (2007)
• Funny Games (2008)
• Ride (2001)
• Unknown (2011)