Pre-production documentation

 Location Reece.

This Location will be used at the beginning of the sequence.  An actor will open this door and let her friends in. 

This is part of the location that will be in the panning shot at the end of the sequence.

Another shot of the room which the main parts of the sequence will happen.  

A shot from the outside of the main filming room. this will also be  one of the camera angles at the beginning of the film. 

storyboard

Underneath we have created a sort guild line in the form of a story board as this is a good way to get the ideas onto paper before they are changed or forgotten. 

Risk Assessment:

Alcohol - The consumption of alcohol by the actors in the film means that the entire process of filming carries dangers because of health risks and troubles with coordinated movements such as walking. Also there is a danger that the liquids will be spilt on the camera equipment which meaning it will break and the footage that would have been captured would be lost. 

Setting - parts of the film include using the stairs for filming, this puts both the cameraman and the actors used at danger because a fall could cause serious injury. to avoid this, people should wear gripping shoes or socks to prevent them falling. 

Activities - For one clip in the film, a game of darts is shown to be played, though we plan to take maximum precautions when handling the darts, there is a possibility of harm if someone were to be hit by a dart. The danger will be increased as the people throwing them are going to be drinking, to avoid any danger to people involved this segment of the filming will be completed the next day to ensure that no harm will come to people involved. 

Lighting - To improve the quality of our filming we plan to use artificial lighting, though there is little chance of these catching fire it is a possibility in which case they carry a risk. To avoid fires starting the lights will only be on for the duration of the filming, before and after that they will be off to prevent them overheating. 

Crew list -
Jordan Mann: Camera, editing and acting
Georgia Lythaby: Camera, editing and acting
Lily Hawkins: Acting 
Ryan Peach: Acting

Shot list

Underneath is a shot list that will also be used during filming as it will help the cameraman/woman to remember what shot they will need. Also this will help in the editing part of the film as it shows what order the shots will need to be in when piecing the film together.

Focus Group

We asked a group of people who fit the age of our targeted audience. We chose a mix of male and female teens to participate, We read them the synopsis  for our opening sequence which was the following:

"Our film forms in a similar style to project X. Based on an unpopular female planning a party in order to gain popularity. What seems like the party of the year, with people having fun and doing wreck less things it's not until the next morning that the unexpected happens. The morning results in an unexpected death..."

They responded with...

"I think the film sounds like it would really appeal to me. I am a fan of the film Project X I think the way that film is made is fun and action packed. 'The Morning After' seems as though it would be similar and even the death at the end makes it seem mysterious like something crazy happened"

"I think the same, I like the sound of the film being a party and similar to the Hangover in the way they have to try and trace their footsteps in how the death happened"

"It would be cool if there was a lot of different shots as well to create the action and speed up the pace of the party atmosphere"

Group Meeting

From our research we know that we were doing an action film. Within the four of us we decided that our action film that we shouldn't do a typical car chase or fight scene style film. We brainstormed about types of films what we could relate to and also with the comedy genre coming second in our questionnaire we would want a story line which could incorporate both genres.We came to this conclusion after expressing many other ideas to each other. We came up with the idea of a chick-flick action adventure film, but decided against it when the boys in the group disagreed with the idea.

From this we decided that our film would be based mostly around teenage girls who decide to throw a massive party in attempt to gain popularity, however as the night progresses on the party gets out of control, leading to destruction, death and missing people. The main story line is based around a group of friends from the party attempting to discover what happened to their missing friends. 

History of action films

Title Timeline

Narrative / Character Research

We're decided to make our film based mainly around teenagers and teenagers having fun. while teenagers aren't all, crazy party animals we are working off of stereo types which express the over exaggerated  need to be wild and crazy.

teenagers would spend most of there days at either school or collage. This means six hours a day five days a week would be spend in the company of others, which suggests that it feels normal to teenagers when they're around each other and would have a lot of friends . As most of the teen characters in our final opening sequence have spend the whole school lives mixing with both boys and girls it seems normal that boys and girls would feel comfortable around each other.

The actors we are using all have their own personal style which i think that most teenagers have as they differ in what they like and dislike and this can be seen in how they dress and how they act around each other. For example Danny is a 'lad', 'class clown type. which means that he would act goofy and cool around everyone. But some of the extras in the film stick together, like a couple of the girl in shot are always together, which could come across as them being a little shy towards others.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Plot Development

The title for our film is 'The Morning After'

It would come under the genre of action thriller, as someone dies. 

Our target audience is teens over the age of 15.

Synopsis of entire film: the film is based around an unpopular teenage girl who holds a large scale party in an attempt to gain popularity, however as the night unfolds a close friend of hers dies and several other go missing. The film shows the seemingly amazing party unfold before the morning after reveals the catastrophes that must be uncovered and fixed before the girl’s parents return.

Synopsis of opening sequence: the opening sequence begins in a trashed garden with one person waking up the morning after the party and questioning what happened the night before. The film then cuts to the hour before the party is due to begin and the following several people as they prepare to get ready for the party. As a small group at the house and the door opens, the title appear with the people.