Construction

Brainstorm of Ideas for Final Task:

JOB ROLES:

Director: Victoria

Cameraman: Anjola/ Victoria

Producer: Victoria/ Clarissa

Editor: Clarissa/ Victoria/ Chantelle

Props/Costume: Chantelle

Illustrator/Storyboard:  Anjola

Music by:  Djembe

Actors:  Clarissa,

                 Gabrielle,

                 Ola

Characters:

The victim:

The main character will be wearing, smart casual clothes e.g coat, jeans, blouse and dolly shoes. she will also need...

- Mobile phone

- Handbag

- Folders

- Glasses

All of these props are to indicate her high status and authority over the homeless lady.

Business man:

This character will wear a suit to show that he is a businessman; he is a shark loaner and a player to the girls. 

He will also need a briefcase and mobile phone. 


The Business man will be the second victim of the homeless lady.

Make-up:

(Homeless lady)

Dark heavy make-up, showing mystery. Dark blue lipstick with dark blue eyeshadow.

We applied dark eyeshadow to certain areas of the actors face this gave the character the illusion of dirtiness from of the street.

This character is going to look rough, she will have dirty, scary make up to let the audience know she is homeless and the villian. As she is the antagonist we need to use dark tones and shades to show this essence of evil.

(The victim)

Light coverage (natural) was applied to the actor, showing her vulnerability, however a little make-up to show her being a smart resentable buisness woman.

Photograph shots of locations:

Photo's of planning:

 

 ‘The Curse’

Scene 1:

[Monday evening and Linda is leaving the office, on the phone to her last client, on her way she comes across a £10 note half covered by some stones on the floor, she picks it up, and places it in her pocket.
 Linda is an investment accountant and has a tendency to scam people for their money, she is selfish and pities no one.
On her way home a Caribbean homeless lady begs for money, pleading for her simpathy, Linda refuses to help the lady.]

Linda:

[On the phone to a client]

Yes, yes, yes that perfectly fine, is ther any particular time?

2 o'clock? thats fine

ok , see you soon, bye

[Walking down the road, Brenda calls Linda]

Linda:

[picks up phone, it his her friend Brenda]

Hey Brenda,

you'll never guess what, The investment was a success!

2.5 million.....Yes i know!…

[Finds money on the floor]

oh wait I’ll call you back I just found something

[Picks money up then carries on walking]

Homeless lady:

[Sitting on side walk]

please Miss d’u have any money?

[Linda pretends no to see her]

Linda:

No , im sorry I don’t have any money, i'm sorry.

Homeless lady:

[begging]

Please miss me ha’ no money,

it's cold....

i want to get me'self a new blanket.

Linda:

[annoyed]

 No I told you i dont have any money.

Homeless lady:

 [grabs onto her]

please....Please...please!

 

[Linda pushes homeless lady]

Linda:

[angry]

I SAID NO!  I TOLD YOU I DONT HAVE ANY MONEY!

GO AND GET A JOB!

NO LIKE ITS HARD!

[Linda walks off]

Homeless lady

Karma will get you, Karma will get you!

[Linda looks at old lady puzzled. as if she were a alien from out of space. The Homeless lady chants and casts a voodoo curse on Linda. Linda continues to walk down the road, She is suddenly stopped and shocked by something unnone.]

Scene 2

David is leaving work while on the phone to his associate. He is a loan shark and an arrogant man who plays dirty to get what he wants.

David:

[On the phone]


alright...alright!



[David begins walks down the stairs, while answering a incoming call]



David


[while on the phone]

I don’t care if you need it or if your children need it,


 I want MY money....and I want it TODAY!


you got that or someone’s gonna get hurt




[ He cuts off the phone]

On his way he finds a £10 note, similar to the one linda found except it is underneath a bench on the floor, he looks around to see if anyone is present,  he then reaches forward to  picks it up, as he gets up we see the homeless lady standing  straight behind him.

[END OF OPENING!]

Props list:

- Scarf
- Smart casual clothes (for Actor 1)
- Office clothes (Suit for Actor 2)
- Smart work shoes (for Actor 2)
- Glasses
- Books/Folders
- Handbag
- Brief case
- Phone x3
- £10 note

( Business man: )

-Briefcase
- Suit
- Cellphone

We want the character to look professional and hard working












( Linda )

- Casual work outfit
- Make-up
-Cellphone

This will make Linda look natural and seem as if she's just finished work










( Homeless person )




- Rough outfit
- Paint face
- Head scarf

This will make the character appear homeless and crazy

( Actors )

                                                                 


Homeless lady:

Gabrielle 

Linda:

Clarissa



















David:

Ola

Health and safety:

We have to make sure the weather is fit for filming, harsh wind and rain will result to filming another day for health and safety reasons.  No swearing or violence is actually encoutered in the opening scene, although in the main film minimal violence and swearing is inclueded as this is a 15 rated.

( Synopsis )

The opening begins with Linda coming out of her office on her way home, she's on the phone to a client and has people ringing her phone non stop.
On her way out she finds £10 on the floor and picks it up, as she walks on a homeless lady begs her for money, Linda says she has no money and the homeless lady still begs and irritates Linda. Linda is outraged, she insults the homeless lady and pushes her on the floor; as Linda walks off the homeless lady chants a curse on her because of the incident and a mysterious figure frightens Linda. What happens to Linda is left a mystery...

The next scene David is leaving a building and is on the phone to a client who owes him money. On his way down he finds £10 under a bench and picks it up as he gets up the homeless lady is standing behind him.
The opening scene then ends there with a black fade out.

Timeorder for film:

Start: 00:00- 00:05 'Inkwork Productions' presents...
00:06- 00:10 A film by G 5
00:11- 00:19 'CURSE'
00:20 -00:25 Starring... Billy Johnson
00:26-00:31 Gabrielle Adepitan
00:32- 00:37 Co starring... Clarissa Blundell
00:38 - 00:43 Ola Ojobemi
00:44- 00:49 Music by Djembe
00:50- 00:55 Editing by Clarissa Blundell, Victoria Ubochi & Chantelle
00:56 -01:01 Produced by Victoria Ubochi and Clarissa Blundell
01:02 - 01:07 Written and Directed by Victoria Ubochi
End: 01:08

This is the order our credits will appear, we have put it in appearance order. Also looking at other thriller opening sequence's has given me an understanding of how to structure the credits. After our research we was able to use similarities from other opening for our production credits.

Filming Schedule:

DATE

TIME

FILMING

SHOT

Completed

20th April 2012	4:30	Linda walking out of office. On the phone	Mid long shot of Linda, Tracking out-Tracking in.	YES
	4:40	Linda reaching towards second door	Mid long, Match on action, and tracking	YES
	4:55	Door opens, Linda leaves Comes off phone	Long shot of Linda	YES
	5:00	Linda walks down road, Brenda calls	Long shot, over the shoulder looking down at Brenda calling	YES
22ND April 2012	4:14	Linda finds money on the floor and picks it up Off the phone	Long shot of Linda spotting the money, close of the money	YES
	4:30	Linda walks on and homeless lady asks Linda for spare change	Mid long shot, still.	YES
	4:50	Linda shouts and pushes homeless lady	Over the shoulder of Linda, close up of homeless ladies face, long shot of Linda walking off	YES
	5:00	Linda gets hit by car	Mid long, Close up of her face, Mid shot of car	YES
	5:20	David walking out of work	Long shot of David, close up and over the shoulder	YES
	5:35	David finds money on floor and picks it up	Long shot, close up and mid shot	YES
	5:50	Homeless lady stands behind David	Mid shot and close up	YES

Editing schedule:

Place: College

Where: Media classroom (Mac room)Time: 12.20pm
Date: Wednesday 25th April & 26th April
Group: Victoria, Chantelle, Clarissa, Anjola







 
Starter Timeline for Film:








Production Logo:

This is my groups production logo, Myself & Victoria edited this clip by using "Live Type" and "Final cut pro".  We also used an already existing clip of ink in water from youtube. 








( Universal Pictures )

This is the universal pictures ident, one of the big major conglomerates we have chose to sponser our production, we have chose this one specifically as the word "Universal" is what we aim for our production to become. Also as this is one of the most famous/well known film companies in the film industry. 

( Suspense music )

This is the soundtrack that we edited onto our clips to add that Thriller fill to it. This music was created by Dylansmusic from Youtube. We especially liked this track as in the beginning it starts off calm and erie showing the build up of tension, however this then changes when a slows down to a more sweet natured sympathy piece to help you feel sorry for our antagonist, however we then edited it to speed up to show to our audience the climax.






(Understanding using editing software)

This is a different tutorial we used to edit our film, from watching this i was able to apply more knowledge into making our production better.

( Alterations )

- We cut the scene out of Linda getting hit by a car, as we decided we would like her disappearance to be a mystery.

- Due to the weather, a few clips sound had to be the muted, because the wind over-powered the dialogue

- We changed the production name to 'Ink work Productions' and created a new production logo

- A few changes on the time for our film was made, the credits were changed round