Finally it is done.
The reason for us missing our deadline really based around the fact that we are still fairly useless on the ‘GarageBand’ front.
We have a good ear and know exactly what we want, but it is extremely difficult, number one: trying to find the music we want that fits with our film, and number two: getting all the timing right to fit with our animatic.
Well here it is…
Storyboarding!
Overall, me and Emily made about 57 shots as we wanted all of our shots to be quite quick to sort of mirror the pace of the film and the wacky atmosphere, and therefore we made quite a few.
In order to emphasise the tension and fear amongst our characters…we have used a lot of close-ups to accentuate their expressions.
We’ve also decided, whilst working on our animatic…all the things we are planning to change when doing the actual filming.
One thing would be adding in more tilted shots to illustrate the feel of confusion and anxiety, whereas if we were to keep the camera upright and straight the whole time it would be too normal and, well…with a film like ours…quite boring really.
Needless to say, we will attempt to make our shots as clear as possible, so movement and positioning of the camera may have to be kept simple
To establish the location and opening scene, the first shot is of a large number of people walking up towards a house with others all mingling, making it clear there is a party going on.
The next few shots we did then show different groups around the party having fun and laughing.
We then subtly introduce each character by drawing them standing about amongst other groups but making the shot slightly longer and with more action (individualisation of characters) to show they are going to be the main focus of the film.
Shot 5 is the first shot where we introduce the first character, Sarah, whose party it is. We single her out from the others to show she is more significant by standing her on her own and not mingling with anyone at that time (as she is staring at a boy and his girlfriend which is upsetting her - which is shown when it cuts to Shot 6). This then makes it evident that Sarah likes this boy, (who we later find out is Jake), which is the first signifier as to what could be involved in the film to come.
The next few shots in the film are of people mingling in the party and generally having fun. We made sure to include quite a few of these shots so that we don’t end up filming just what we need, but more, so we have plenty to choose from and work with during editing.
We are also planning to keep our shots quite short to emphasise the energy and excitement of the party opposed to the next scene which sees the main characters waking up in an unknown location (the barn/garage we are using), where our shots would then be a tiny bit longer as the characters will be all confused and tired. The shots would then shorten again as the tension builds up slightly until the end where the door slams shut.
The reasoning for our decisions can be found on the powerpoint Emily and I are in the process of making, as we didn’t have room on our animatic photos to write anything that could be read clearly. (I will post this on my blog shortly.)
I will be sure to update my blog as regularly as possible throughout our filming stage, (the second attempt), which has been rescheduled as the first time didn’t go to plan over the weekend.
So ’til then…goodbye.
