First Draft

Health and Safety

Equipment:

• We are responsible for all equipment and should not let anyone other than ourselves use it.
• Only use equipment which we are comfortable using, and make sure that we know how to use all equipment before we begin.
• Avoid any accidents such as falls by putting away equipment and props that aren't being used (tripods, etc.)
• Wires must be out of any walk ways and wires must be clearly seen for safety reasons.

Location:

• The chosen location for filming must be safe and have been risk assessed.
• All participants must be comfortable and aware of where filming will be taking place.
• Be careful of any weather conditions in your chosen area, as hazards such as icy roads may halt production.
• Adequate welfare facilities must be provided at all times. This includes toilets, drinking water, and a place to rest.

Props:

• All props must be safe and agreed upon by all members of filming.
• All costs of props must be shared out equally amongst the group, and props should be from responsible sources.

Todorov's Theory

•Equilibrium

Protagonist – Paige

Young girl, usually happy, fell in love with her friend Callum. 

•Disruption

Paige sees Callum with her friend Courtney, and is heartbroken and destroyed. She goes home to drink and has a small breakdown.

•Quest

Paige goes back out knowing where Callum and Courtney are. She waits for them to separate before she comes out and attacks Courtney, and goes back home and has nightmares about it.

•Re-Equilibruim

  Paige’s nightmares wake her up as she remembers what she’s done.  She’s killed her friend and realises Callum still doesn’t want her.

Location

I have changed the location of my film to be shot in my bedroom. This change fits with the chages I've made to my planning, and will make filming easier as most of it is filmed in one room, with a few shots that will be outside. I changed the filming to be inside as it having it in one place would be quicker for filming and just generally easier and less compicated than my previous idea.

Target Audience

The target audience for my film is 15 - 24 years old. This is a mainstream age, and young people tend to like thriller/ horror, so I'm hoping that my film will appeal to them.

Changes

I decided to change my film because as I had created quite a lot of dialogue for it, and this made it really difficult for planning, and filming. I've also changed the location and sequence of the film, but I'm trying to keep to the same kind of narrative and genre, so some of my planning could still be relevant. I've cut half of the characters out of my film, as this caused issues with organisation and filming availabilty.

Filming

Because some of my friends couldn't make it to film due to either working or not being able to get to the location because of the snow, we had to change the characters around, and shoot the parts where only two characters were needed. This obviously did have an effect on my filming schedule, but the snow can't be helped.

Screenplay Draft

This is the first draft of my screenplay that needed to be edited in order to be improved. I have since updated and changed the screenplay.

Snow

If there is possible blizzards during my schedule, the snow from the blizzard could be a positive aspect for my film, rather than negative. It can add to the stylistics and mise-en-scene of my film, creating an atmospheree either making it more obvious to the thriller conventions, or to mislead the audience into a false sense of security within my film, which will contribute to the spectatorship and expectations during my film for the audience.

Screenplay / Script

I left some of the script in the screenplay open, and unfinished as I want some of the script improvised by my actors reaction. I think that leaving it open towards the end will only increase the climax of what's about to happen, to both the actors and the audience watching. This will also contribute to the conventions of my genre, as suspense and tension my rise.

Screenplay

 

Fade In:

 

1.EXT. EVENING.A FORRESTED AREA. ALL ACTION TAKES PLACE IN THIS SCENE.

 The woods are revealed by a panning shot. It’s dusk and the light is slowly fading, Callum, Courtney, Sophie and Kelsey are walking through a small forested area. We follow them with a tracking shot, with a close up of Courtney’s face.

KELSEY (WALKING. looking around)

          So what are we here to do?

COURTNEY (speedily walking, looking intently at the area and thinking)

Well, we’re here to go look at that abandoned campsite from a few months ago.

 

Courtney leads the rest of the group through the woods, to find an old, ruined tent.

COUTNEY (confidently leads her friends to a specific place within the forest. she seems impressed.)

I think it’s just up this way. I think this is where we were.

Here it is. This is where we were last time.

Sophie (warily glances around where she is, she’s uneasy about where they are)

Oh, it looks real weird, like, just strange.

 

 

2.EXT.LATER IN THE DAY. COURTNEY IS SAT IN THE WOODS CRYING. CALLUM TRIES TO CALM HER DOWN, MEANWHILE KELSEY REALISES SOPHIE HAS GONE MISSING.

 

Callum (rushing over to courtney, tries to comfort her as she’s sat crying)

Courtney, calm down a bit! We’ll leave, come on, let’s go.

Are you alright now?

 

Kelsey (confused, and alert)

Hang on, where’s Sophie gone?

 

CALLUM (panicking)

Sophie! Where are you?! Come back, this isn’t funny.

 

kelsey

Christ.

CALLUM (alarmed and quickly runs over to courtney)

Courtney. COURTNEY! WHAT YOU DOING!

Jesus. What even.

What are you doing kels?

KELSEY (moving around the bushes looking for sophie, she looks concerned as she thinks she’s something els. answers callum reluctantly) 

I’m just looking for Sophie, like I just don’t even know what’s happening.

CALLUM (looking around, curious)

Where do you think she is?

Kelsey (worried, slowly walks around the bushes and she hears something, and questions callum shocked.)

I don’t know… What was that?!

CALLUM (stands still, and has a blank reaction to kelsey’s question, and questions it)

.. What?

KELSEY (panicking, runs back over to callum with their torches)

What the HELL was that!

callum (looking around quickly to try and see what’s going on)

I don’t know. Don’t move.

 

3.EXT. LATER. CALLUM AND KELSEY ARE ROUTING ABOUT LOOKING FOR SOPHIE IN THE BUSHES. THEY HEAR A SCREAM COME FROM SOPHIE.     COURTNEY IS SAT IN A BUSH CRYING TO HERSELF.

 

callum (turns around to see courtney running off)

OH MY GOD. Courtney! Go back!

KELSEY (turns around quick to inspect the bush behind her)

Was that Sophie?!

CALLUM (joins kelsey to look for sophie after sorting courtney out)

What the hell! Where has she gone? Oh for god sake.

KELSEY (hears a faint whimper from a bush. walks over to open it to find courtney)

Oh my god, I can hear her crying.

CALLUM (walks over to kelsey, constatnly looking around the while area)

Oh god. She’s in that bush.

Something isn’t right here. It’s too weird.

KELSEY (confused and curious)

What is going on?

CALLUM (worried and beginning to be impatient whilst observing courtney. hears something, so gets up and goes to see what’s happening)

Right. She’s talking to herself.

 

What’s that?

 

Oh God. Hang on, just wait there.

KELSEY (stands in the middle of the area, looking concerned, and notices courtney has left the bush, but she can still hear her)

Is that Courtney?

 

…Courtney?

 

 

 

 

 

FAde Out:

The End

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weather

The weekend that I have scheduled to film is forecast blizzards. I am still going to film through the blizzard and take precaution of protecting the camera by making a tin foil cover, and plastic bags, to make sure it doesn't get wet, or damaged. I'm also going to have to film where and when the sun is shining, to make sure shots that are captured, can be seen through the snow, and not too dark and blurry.

Script Plan

Script Plan

I'm doing my script both partially planned and improvised. I think that doing my film this way, will add to the genre conventions of my film. It will add more suspense and build up realistic reactions within my actors, hopefully reflecting how the audience would also react during my film.

Audience

The audience I want to relate to my short film most are teenagers and young adults, though I think it may also appeal to adults, too. The purpose of choosing this audience is that it could be relatable.