Preparation for filming

Evie and Louises preparation -
Louises make up (Victim) -
 
For Louises make up we wanted her to be quite pale and disturbed, for the face we chose to not use much make up for the face however for the eyes we put mascara on the then got a cotton bud and smudged it so it would seem like she had been crying. For the blood, we didn't use any fake bloody so we improvised and used red lipstick mixed with water, we mixed some of the 'blood' in with the mascara so it looked like it had been smudged together. On the neck we wanted to make it seem like Louise has been violently hurt, so I put the red watery lipstick on my fingers and smudged it across her neck to make it seem like she had been in serious pain with a gash across the neck. Along the hairline we also put smudges of the lipstick so that again it looks like she has been beaten up. 















For the hair we wanted it to just seem like Louise had had her hair up and it had been made loose from being pulled around everywhere by her psycho killer. I basically put Louise's hair in a loose bun and then messed her hair up on top and pulled some of her hair out of the bun. I felt this look worked well, as we wanted it to seem like Louises hair had not been brushed for day and I think we accomplished this look!













Phils Make Up (Villian) -

For Phil's makeup we wanted him to seem tired as in our film he was going to come across as psycho. We also wanted him to have a beard so he came across as being unshaven and not taking much care of himself. For under his eyes we put a bit of black eyeliner on for him to seem like he hasn't been sleeping and that he has bags under his eyes. For his beard we put alot of a bronzer/blusher Dallas on his chin so it would be quite dark, and this look worked really well. We put smears of blood on his face for him to seem like he has had a rough background and been in fights. For Phils hair we didn't need to do anything to it as he would have been putting his hood up for a hidden identity. However, if we didn't want him to put his hood up we would of messed it up alot. 




Both of them -

Done by Evie and Louise

Vlog

Shot list

1) CU of blood on the wall
2)Flash
3) CU of dead things/ body parts in the bath
4)flash
5) CU back of killer
6)flash
7) flashback-long shit of Louise walking/ipod in
8) flashback- girl looking happy
9) medium shot of villain looking in mirror
10) medium shot of man dressing in black
11)flash
12) high angle girl being dragged-MLS
13) close up- villian tying rope to chair
14)self videoing - ECU man setting video up
15) close up of girl distressed
16)close up of weapons
17)flash of lights- MCU of collage of pictures/blood
18)CU of specific picture
19)flash
20) self video POV of villian looking at the girl
21)credits on corner while the self video is rolling
22) black screen
23) title


Louise Jarvis & Evie Mullahy

Treatment

setting: garage/ bathroom/forest
Genre: thriller/horror
Characters: victim-Louise Jarvis
                  villain- Phillip wearegil
plot: bathroom flashbacks
       victim garage being tortured
atmosphere: dark/negative
tone: negative
sound: non-diegetic creepy/scary
lighting:dark
target audience:teenager/ young adults
location:woodford green/golf course         




Louise Jarvis and Evie Mullahy

Goodfellas- Is a1990 American gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese.

Set in 1970, Essentially the film Goodfellas is an American based Gangster film, this becomes clearly evident to the audience within the opening sequence, which not only reveals the genre , but also presents the audience with a vivid plot outline or clear idea as to what the film will revolve around. Initially as an audience, the opening sequence alerts us, that the film will revolve around gangs gruesome violence and regular deaths.

The overall context of the whole 1970’s American Gangster theme is evoked clearly amongst the audience due to a variety of tools and devices used by the director. Firstly whilst the characters are in the car we can acknowledge that their costumes that they’re all wearing are very smart ,formal and expensive looking clothes, which consist of silk shirts and sharp suits. Fundamentally these are all stereo-typical costumes for the typical gangster genre, as similar costumes were exhibited in huge successful films like Scarface and Godfather, which all share the same, context and genre. The characters dark, jet black gelled hair also is typical of this genre along with the sheer slickness and neatness to their faces, as we can see there’s not one hair out of line. Another convention which also has helps establish the genre is the strong American accents, the characters have instantly this informs the audience that this film is set in America. The mise-en-scene of the scene enforces our image of the gangsters. The sequence is filmed at night, this connotes that they are bad guys,The dark surroundings create a frightening mood within the sequence. The four characters appear to pull over in a dark and secluded forest which makes it more or less so inevitable to the audience that something major and corrupt is going to happen. The fact that they’re driving at night also suggests that they may want to avoid the police .

Camera angles and movement effect the opening sequence immensely as they exhibit the for coming events whilst also establishing the setting and the tone to the movie. The first initial shot presented to the audience is a tracking shot of a moving car. Classically a tracking shot follows the action and eventually pulls backward from the action. However, this opening scene rejects this typical and rather predictable convention, and instead tracks onwards past the moving vehicle and onto the dark and secluded road in which the vehicle pulls over.A close up focused shot is also used to introduce the main character of the film as shown.

The opening sequence illustrates a gang brutally kill a man who was ruthlessly tied up and severely wounded with blood stains in the back of the car.The dark surroundings create a frightening mood within the sequence. The four characters appear to pull over in a dark and secluded forest which makes it more or less so inevitable to the audience that something major and corrupt is going to happen.

This vicious stabbing instantly creates a violent mood within the sequence followed by this dramatic shooting, the fact that the main character looks so emotionless as he shoots at the poor man, suggest that he’s used to this lifestyle so therefore is a typical ‘American Gangster’ As we presumed.

BY YHARNNA-DIOR JOSEPH

Opening to Forrest Gump

The opening of Forrest Gump starts with a tracking shot of a feather flying over a city, this is the establishing shot so we know where the film is set. The credits are put over the picture so you can see the directors of the film and who's staring in it. The feather then lands at Forrest's feet, this is where we meet our main character he is dressed quite smartly but his shoes are worn showing that hes come from a long way. Forrest looks at the feather and then puts it inside a book showing that is a significant object in the film.


Louise Jarvis

The opening of Shallow Grave

Shallow Grave - Danny Boyle - 1994
The sequence starts off with the titles first, we are to the main character through the voiceover used from the begining, the music used is very fast paced. The main character is a stereotypical geek, we can see this through the use of mise en scene for example his costume. The boy goes to look at a place to move in to, the three other characters who already live in the place talk about the character like he isnt there, but infact he is sitting right in from of them which shocks the audience. The voiceover helps to establish the plot that it is about friendship, trust, rejection, and fitting in.
By Evie Mullahy

Prelim Task

Opening to pirates of the caribbean

In the opening sequence to Pirates of the Caribbean it starts off with a load of pirates lined up waiting to be hung. Then there is a cut to one of the men who works for the duke reading from a law book banning the pirates human rights. At the same time we have a shot reverse shot between the soldier and the pirates being hung. following on we have a cut to all the dead pirate's being piled up on a cart there are hundreds of pirates showing how much the duke hates them and wants to be rid of them.


In addition there is a cut in to a new line of pirates waiting to be hung. Among them is a very young boy, he is used to make the audience feel sorry for them and keeping the audience on their side. This is where the non diegetic music starts to play, its quite eerie and high pitched symbolising something is about to happen. Soon after the young boy starts to sing quietly to himself, the other pirates hear and all join in stomping their feet and jingling their chains causing a disturbance. we then have a cut away to a spooky dark back ground with the coin falling through the air and the same eerie music playing this shows the coin is significant in the film, as it hits the floor the title appears.


Louise Jarvis

Opening to Seven

Seven was directed by David Fincher in 199, it is an American crime film and stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, the film is based on each of the seven deadly sins, gluttony, envy, lust, pride, sloth, greed and wrath, where a series of murders take place.

                In Seven, there is two detectives, Detective Mills who is played by Brad Pitt and Detective Somerset who is played by Morgan Freeman. These two contrasts are stereotypically in contrast to one another. To start off with, we are introduced to Morgan Freeman’s character, Detective Somerset. A medium shot is used with dark lighting to show it is very early in the morning, however it also creates a negative setting. Ornaments are in the background of Somerset’s home which could identify his heritage and background as they are animal statues. The chess board that is lying on the table represents his intelligence. We can tell that Somerset’s character is a tidy and organised character as his kitchen is white and also very clean, this defeats the stereotypical view of a man that they are untidy, and messy, also his behaviour helps to indicate that he is a clean character as he is picking bits of fluff off of his suit just before he puts it on. A close up is then used to show he is preparing for work, with his tie to show he is formal and also could represent he is of importance in his job. The lighting is still dark which could help to represent his mood, and the atmosphere and situation. A close up of significant props are used which identifies to us that for the first time we see he is a policeman, and also this shows he is proud of his job, also it again identifies his organisation. A medium shot is then used, which shows the bed is made perfectly. It is a quiet atmosphere so we presume that Detective Somerset lives alone, so this could represent that he is lonely but also that he is dedicated to his job.

                On the other hand, Detective Mills who is played by Brad Pitt is the complete contrast of Detective Somerset. The sequence starts off with police sirens, so we know that the film may be dangerous and also identifies the profession of Detective Mills. Detective Mills wakes up with someone this identifies that he is in a relationship; a close up shot is used of this. Mills is portrayed as an untidy character as there are boxes everywhere identifying that he has just moved in to his flat. The shirt that Mills is putting on, is creased which represents he is a scruffy character and doesn’t care for his appearance much, also we can see that Mills is very unorganised as he has a few ties hanging from a hanger in which he just chooses one and it is already done up so he doesn’t have to go to much effort. The room in which he is in is quite bland and there is dark lighting which could identify the negativity of the atmosphere. It is seen to be bright outside, this identifies that he may have gotten up late as it is lighter than when Somerset woke up identifying that it is well in to the day. The busy atmosphere that Mills is in contrasts to the atmosphere that Somerset was situated as we can hear in the background that there is car horns, and sirens. A medium shot is used with a high angle when Detective Mills picks up the phone straight away when he doesn’t want to disturb his wife, he writes down information on his hand so he doesn’t disturb his wife which represents that he is too lazy and unorganised to get a pen and paper, which again shows the contrast between the two main characters.

Evie Mullahy