Casting

Our original Cast List differs slightly from the final one as we did not recieve consent forms from all of the participants. For the filming on the 29th of January Louise Chick, Matthew Bonner and Keegan Featherstone took part, Louise playing the female protagonist, with Matt and Keegan as the stalkers in the flashes. On the 4th, Louise and Matt filmed at the other locations, where we used Matt as the stalker in more of the footage than just flashes. We filmed some over the shoulder shots so that both stalker and protagonist are in the shot at once for longer periods of time.

Shot List

This is the original shot list, written before filming. We kept to it, but also added sopme extra footage and varied shots due to the ground, weather and lighting conditions at some of the locations on the day of filming.

Shot List

Filming

We began filming on Friday 29th of January, where we filmed in the woods, house and some of Court Road, but because of the time it took, the lighting became to poor and we had to postpone the majority of the Court Road footage until yesterday (4th February. We also filmed our close ups (key in the door, feet walking) and the garage scenes, as well as the second attempt at filming Court Road, which worked a lot better and was more effective this time.
We cast Louise Chick as the main character, wearing a white coat to symbolise inncoence, and also to make sure that she stands out well from the surroundings. Matthew Bonnert and Keegan Featherstone were out antagonists, standing in various corners and following Louise for short clips that will be used for the flashes of film.
We are just beginning to edit the footage we have, but need to film several flashes which can be placed in afterwards. So far we have around 15 seconds of footage, and the credits have been rehearsed, but we have yet to shorten them enough to be suitable for the film.

Costume List

Our main female character will be dressed in smart/ casual clothing, as if making her journey home from work. eg. smart trousers, shirt, heels for example. we have chosen to do this to avoid the usual cliches of the innocent victim wearing white, or being a young girl in school uniform or casual attire.

Each of the antagonists will wear hooded garments to obscure their identity and create a feel of animosity, which will emphasise the idea that no particular hooded figure has any significance or importance over another. This can also show that they they work together, highlighting the link between them.

The five other female characters will only be glimpsed briefly, but will be in a variety of costumes, showing that no particular lifestyle or background is targeted and to highlight each different character, and to increase the understanding of the viewer, in that anyone could be targeted.

Although each costume is simple, each one holds great significance in helping the viewer understand what is happening, and which character is which.

Casting and Auditions

We organised auditions for the hooded stalkers and dead bodies last week, but our advertisements were lost so we are rescheduling for this week.
We already have a rough idea of who will play some of the characters, mainly the lead parts and one or two hooded figures. We have our letters of consent to be given to the participants and their parents to confirm that we have permission to film.
However, because most of the Year 11s have now left school we are unable to audition them this year, which means that we will have to audition 6th formers this year, and organis the previous choices next term.

Story Board, Photographs

This is our first photo storyboard, the first pictures were taken with Jo as the main protagonist, the later photos were of emmaline in different locations, the garages, alley, keys being dropped etc. These are the most important shoits as they lead to the transitions into falshes, and the unconcious/ dead bodies in the later photos represent some of the flashes.

Storyboard 2

Script, First Draft

This is the initial draft for the script, this will be used in the auditions, but a majority of the speech will be improvised, to give a more realistic effect. There is very little dialogue, most of film will be flashes of footage, and the audio playing in the background, emphasising the ambiguity of who is speaking, where they are, why they are crying etc.

*heavy breathing*
(muffled voices, loud door slam and the sound of a key turning in the lock)

*whispered*
female voice: fuck. Fuck…fuck…*slightly louder* fuck

*voice cracks* oh my *raises voice* God

*starts screaming/crying – panicking and hyperventilating, begging, spontaneous*

*sobbing* Let me out!

(key turns in lock again, dead silence, heart thudding noise? Door creaks open)

*whisper* no... please…please no…oh god *gets louder and louder*
(boots thudding across the room, echoes)

*screams, dies down to a humming noise*