Production Treatment For Main Task:
Simon Robinson, Kabambe Chapusha, and Sohail Wadee
Name Of The Film Clip:
Beware Of Shadows
The Opening Of The Short Film:
Silence Thriller
Duration:
Originally we decided on 1 minute and 50 seconds to be the length of the film however we made the clip run past this and got it to 2 minutes and 25 seconds.
Audience:
Initially the intended audience after much thought we decided to aim this opening of a short film to both sex’s, males as well as females. Mainly aimed at those in there late 20’s however the film clip has a minor appeal to the older teens aged 15-19.
We stumbled upon aiming ‘Beware of Shadows” at the target audience mentioned above after doing intensive research on the Internet. After doing this research we came to know of that the film clip we have created appeals to a wider audience however does not appeal to the younger audience such as young teens due to the fact that this film clip needs to be watched with some sort of concentration.
Resume:
The opening of the film clip begins with the production company being shown along with the first title credit, following immediately after, a building is being shown at a constant zoom and at this very point we are introduced to the start of the psychotic eerie music which is played throughout the film clip we have produced.
The clip hence after flashes and introduces us to this male (KB) who shows no sense of expression or any emotion someone who just stares at the camera in the most evilest way possible, a close up is shown to us of this particular person in a very low lighted room. The camera then introduces us to another character, another male, (Simon) the protagonist who is walking out of his house towards a bus stop however this particular male is someone who is just a normal everyday person as appose to the one introduced to the one before, whilst this person is walking out of his house the clip flashes once again to and from KB showing only KB’s Eyes to conceal his identity in some way to show this person is unknown to Simon and the outside world.
Again we bring in another title that then leads on to an establishing shot of the other location we have used which is of a canal. We again see Simon walking towards this bridge that runs through the canal, whilst Simon is walking up over and back down this bridge we again in-between this scene switch over to KB but this time just showing his hands still leaving his identity concealed. Following this clip we are introduced to KB having some sort of bag, which appears to be the bag of Simon.
Recording Days
The amount of days we took to film this particular clip of ‘Beware Of Shadows’ was 3 weeks which included the 4 hours of college time in lesson each week however because we wanted to film many various shots and angles that were not needed to give our film clip the edge over others, we decided to meet up each weekend Saturday and Sunday spending approximately another 5 extra hours every week on average, one week we filmed for nearly 7 hours.
Key Elements & Props
The key prop we initially decided to use was a mobile phone but we later were set and keen on using some sort of a messenger bag because this would add more significance as the bag would be showed time and time again in the possession of the Antagonist. Another Key thing we included was the canal, this was included to give the audience something to think about whether the canal was shown in addition to why the bag was in the possession of KB and what had happened to Simon.
One major element was the idea of having numerous close up shots at many different angles of KB, the reason we done this was to create the sense that this character is someone that wants to remain unknown.
When filming the protagonist we decided to use many long shots and medium long shots cleverly so the messenger bag is visible clearly to the audience, we wanted to do this so that when the bag is in the hands of the antagonist which in this case is KB the audience can see exactly where this bag has been and where it has came from.
The majority of the footage we have used of Simon has been from the eyes of KB to show to the audience and to make them feel that Simon is being watched which is why we have used filmed bits in our clip which are very static with just a little movement from which many film clips do not include and the idea behind this was to implement KB’s view point.
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