Tripod

As I have used the schools cameras in previous film projects and have not been overly pleased with the results and the quality, me and two other students have decided to order a tripod that fits our phones and share it between us. The quality of the iPhone 6 will be better than the school camera so buying this tripod will allow me to get good quality, steady videos. Sharing the tripod might cause some problems because we might need to use it at the same time, but as long as we all ensure that we plan our filming in advance there should be no real issue. As I plan to film over the Christmas holidays, I will have a lot of free time to move days of filming around if I need to.

Costume

Abigail: As Abigail is just a regular teenage girl, she will be wearing typical, basic clothes you would expect a teenage girl to wear. I am considering having her in work clothes as she will be returning home at the beginning of the film.

Antagonist: The character inside Abigail's home will be wearing a very dark outfit, almost similar to that of the antagonist in the Scream films. However, I don't think I'll give the character a mask as I want the character to appear mysterious.

Film Magazine Review - Ancillary Project

 For the second part of my ancillary task, I will be creating a film magazine review. Magazine reviews tend to cover a double page spread which I intend to recreate. I just googled "film magazine reviews" in order to find this collection of images. Typically, a review will contain interviews and key quotes from directors and actors, and images of the actors posing as their characters. I will need to do this in mine to recreate a realistic article. The colours in these tend to just be a white background with black words, or a large blue title. This

Movie Posters - Ancillary Product

I researched similar thriller film posters as these are in a similar style to what my short film will be in. The poster will be one of my two ancillary tasks, a magazine article being the other. This task can't be too time consuming as it won't reward me with many marks, but I must still produce the poster to the best that I can do, as it will go a way to helping me achieve a good mark. One of the most common features of the thriller posters are the large, block texts over the top of a close image of either the protagonists or antagonists face. This would be very easy to recreate, as it would require very little editing and I don't have great skill when it comes to editing. I'd like my poster to be similar to the 'Dead Silence' poster, with my antagonist close up to the camera and the name of my short film in front of their face.

I also researched horror film posters as I wanted to see if they were more suited to how I want mine to look. They are basically the same as the thriller posters so I can still take inspiration from these.

Character Profile: Abigail

Abigail

Age: 17 Gender: Female

Abigail is the protagonist of my short film, and she is a normal teenage female. In my film, she returns home from work to find that her whole family have gone out. At the best of times, she is timid and anxious, but when she begins to hear noises in the house she becomes incredibly paranoid and afraid. She is quite popular but she cannot contact any if her friends and family whilst she looks for the source of the mystery in her home. Her status after the film is unknown as the mysterious figure is only seen behind her at the very end.

Character Profile: Antagonist

Antagonist

Age: Unknown Gender: Unknown

This mysterious character causes Abigail to become incredibly paranoid and afraid of a home invader when they begin to make lots of noises inside her house. The character themselves are entirely unknown, the audience know nothing about them, just that they don’t appear to be welcome in Abigail’s home. It never becomes clear to the audience whether or not they are a dangerous character, as I want to. Use the enigma code to allow the audience to think of their own ending, which creates more mystery. The character is only going to be seen very briefly on camera, very few times.

Assessment Criteria

Level 4 16–20 marks 

• Planning and research evidence will be complete and detailed;
 • There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience; 
• There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;
 • There is excellent work on shot-lists, layouts, drafting, scripting or story-boarding; 
• There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;
 • Time management is excellent.

To achieve a level 4 in my short film, this is the criteria that I will need to meet.