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Treatment

Genre & Conventions

For our short film we have chosen to make a film parodying a horror slasher film. Based on this we will be following similar conventions found in a slasher film like Halloween and Scream. We will be using a silent killer a theme that is common in slasher films as it is supposed to make them a tense character. In our case though they will be more of a joke unable to kill their victims. We will also use camera and editing techniques to create jump scares which would usually scare the audience but in our case are supposed to be funny.

Production Schedule

Location Recce

Risk Assessment

Contingency

One of the biggest reasons we needed  a contingency plan was due to possible weather conditions, because we can plan a shoot but we can't predict the weather. In the event of this we would come back another day to reshoot if the weather was too poor e.g. rain, wind etc. Another reason we needed a contingency plan was for unforeseen circumstances such as a crew member can't make it, equipment malfunction and other things such as that, for this we would yet again shoot on a different day.

Script

Friday the 14th

Written by Lewis Paterson

Storyboard

We based the storyboard on the first time we filmed (we hardly even had a storyboard the first time) so we would have more of an idea for the second time. Above are the rough sketches of it, which we then worked into this:

Lighting Techniques

Styles of lighting

Three Point Lighting

The most basic form of lighting. It has 3 particular points to it:

Key light - the most prominent of the three. The brightest portion of the face.

Fill lights - this fills in the shadows on your face.

Back light - shoots down from a higher angle and gives an edge to the subjects rear.

Chiaroscuro

High contrast lighting. Low key lighting setup, key light is used as the only light source to get dark backgrounds with lit subjects.

This creates an opposing balance of light and dark to give what is on screen a sense of mystery (or whatever might be genre specific).

Popularity for this grew in the early 20th century where it was used a lot in film noirs and german expressionism films.

Types of lighting

Tungsten

A form of incandescent illumination that incorporates pressurised halogen gas. Tungsten lamps operate similar to how a filament light bulb would. These are the most common lighting instrument for most of film making history, and only recently have started to change to more energy efficient options like LED lights.

- They can produce different effects at different colour temperatures

- Indoor lighting and candlelight

- Simulated natural daylight

- Muted blue light

HMI Lighting

These are used when wanting to recreate sunlight. they are daylight colour temperature and bright enough to compete with the sun.

HMI - Hydrargyrum Medium-arc Iodide lamp, a metal-halide gas discharge medium arc-length lamp, a gas is excited when an electrical arc is created between two electrodes.

This light is 4 times brighter than tungsten units. The cons are that they need a ballast to power the light and control the arc. the ballast makes them quite cumbersome. HMIs are also very expensive and can be quite temperamental. However they are basically the only lights to use when wanting to shoot daylight.

Lighting we will use

For our short film, we will use natural lighting, which is available during the time that we will be filming in the day. We believe that external lighting is not necessary to get the natural look we are aiming for, as the light from the sky will convey what we want it to. We have other lighting options that are accessible to us, but have decided that they will not be needed for this project. Any adjustments can be made in post production, giving us a bit of flexibility to achieve the right visual aesthetic.

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