Final Elements of Video

2/06/2017

Props

Clipboard -
Wooden Aeroplane 
Camera-
Notepad-
Pen -
Glasses-
Walking stick
Rocking Horse
Paintings
Door

Characters

Journalist
An aristocratic man who owns a very large house
Young boy

Casting

Evie Holness - the journalist
Michael Holness - the house owner
Herbie Holness - the young boy 


We chose Evie to be the journalist in our film opening because she is related to Mike and Herbie and therefore they all worked well together. It was also convenient to use Evie because she would be coming to Voewood anyway and therefore we would not have had tp provide transport for anyone else. Evie worked well as the character because she’s very confident and is able to adapt her personality well to fit the character. 

We chose Michael to be the house owner partly for convenience because of the situation with the location availability. Another reason we chose Mike for this role is because he has done acting before so was easily able to fit the character he was given. 

We chose Herbie to be the young boy (Mikes nephew) because he again has a lot of experience in acting and he was played the main character in our practice video and we were really happy with his performance and the outcome so we wanted to involve him in this too.


Film Location

The location we are using for our opening two minute of a film is Voewood. Voewood is a very large country house. It’s an arts deco house that is filled with bizarre objects. This made it perfect for filming our movie in because it came across as eccentric which suited the character mike played.  We also chose this location as Evie’s mum works at the house and was able to give us the connections to be able to use the house for our film opening. 

Filming Schedule


We are planning to film on the 20th December during the Christmas holidays as it has been a hard task managing to find a time when we are al able to get there. Also Voewood often gets hired out for the night and Christmas is a busy period for this so its been hard to find a date where the house is free and we are all able to get there.

Final Script

Evie: Hi, I’m Evie I’m the journalist who’s come to look round for BBC reports
Evie: So, is there much you can say about Voewood?
Mike: Bugger all, actually?
Herbie: *Aeroplane noise*
Evie: So how many of you are there that live here?
Mike: Just the two of us.
Evie: So what was one of Voewood’s purposes?
Mike: It was a school for a long time.
Evie: Why is it no longer a school?
Mike: There was an incident that meant it got closed down.
Evie: Why? Sorry, if you don’t mind me asking.
Mike: A young lad died.
Evie: Oh and what’s it used for now?
Mike: It’s just my home.
Evie: Just you and… you’re son?
Mike: My nephew, yes, just the two of us.
Evie: So what’s your name?
Mike: His names Jack, he doesn’t talk much.
Evie: Oh so what’s in here?
Mike: Nobodies allowed in here.

FINAL IDEA - RESEARCH TASK

2/03/2017

The final idea which we have come up with for our AS media coursework is the genre of horror. We will have 3 main characters in the opening two minutes; a journalist (Evie), the homeowner (Mike), and the homeowner’s nephew (Herbie). We are going to have a journalist come to look round a very large house called Voewood. The journalist is going to arrive and walk up the driveway and look up at a window and see someone looking out and quickly shutting the curtain. She will knock on the door and Herbie will open the door quickly followed by Mike. She will go in and ask lots of questions about the house and its old purposes and the story behind it. She will find out that it used to be used as a school and it got closed down because a young boy died there in an accident. She will then be shown around the house and in a couple of different rooms and as she walks out of one of the bedrooms a rocking horse will start rocking without being touched. Towards the end of the two minutes the journalist will be shown towards the door to leave but a locked room next to her will catch her attention and she will try to open it. Mike will quickly stop her and explains that no one is allowed in there. The very last scene of our 2 minute opening sequence will show what is inside the locked room. Inside there is framed photographs along the walls of young children who have perhaps been involved with 

Mise-En-Scene The Setting

2/01/2017


For our mise-en-scene video we used the location of a nearby park to film, the park had old-fashioned style equipment, which added to the feel of our video. The park was deserted at the time when we chose to feel which added effect; the loneliness of Herbie was exaggerated by the emptiness of the park. The weather when we were filming at the park was gloomy and a little foggy which made the video look more depressive and miserable. At first Herbie is in the park with his mum, he wanders further and further away from the park creating a increasing the sense of his isolation. As he heads more into the wilderness this makes his seem more alone. When he finally arrives at the lake it appears a more open space, which creates a sense of opportunity and possibility. When Herbie arrives at the opening at the lake the weather has picked up which added to the sense of opportunity.