The Untold ( Film )

http://youtu.be/sCYOYlHj3v4 

Shot List and Sountrack.

The Treatment

Title - The Untold

Genre - Thriller/Drama

Type - Short film

Target Audience - Our target audience would probably be young adults and up to the age of 30, I also think woman are more likely to watch it as both actors in the short film are women.

Duration - This short film will only last ten minutes as this was the time guide we were given by our lecturer.

Outline -

• Beginning; At the beginning the two girls come I from a night out ad one of them has blood on their hands, but they don't know how it got there, who's it is, or what they have done. This gets the audience asking questions.
• Middle; In the middle of the short film, there is a stranger that is blackmailing them for what they've done and is searching for them in the house, you never get to see the stranger until the end which makes the film more of a mystery.
• End; At the end the stranger has one of the girls and tension is running high as they try to get away from him, the end concludes in Maddie being unconscious on the floor and the stranger and Deanna are missing.

Character Breakdown -

Deanna
Name; Tori
Age; 21
Gender; Female
Race; White
Profession; Receptionist

Maddie
Name; Kiera
Age; 21
Gender; Female
Race; White
Profession; Receptionist

Stanger
Name; ?
Age; ?
Gender; Male
Race; ?
Profession; ?


Visual Elements -

• Lighting; Will be dark outside, house lights and torches available if needed.
• Camera Movement; Tripod and other accessories are sorted.
• Editing; Will be using Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro at college.
• Setting; Deannas house, location fits in well with the shots and drama.
• Actors; Deanna Ricketts, Madeleine Govier and Jordan Halliwell.
• Props; Fake blood and other props are already sorted,
• Costumes; Supplied with our own clothes for acting.

Audio Elements -

• Soundtrack; In working progress, developing with the film after filming.
• Effects; Effects will also be added in after the filming has taken place.
• Music; There will be quite a lot of music in the short film but this will be added in when we do the soundtrack.

Rationale - The reason for choosing this idea is because we both wanted to do a thriller because it has to be a drama and we wanted to do something a little different that relationship trouble and other usual dramas. I feel Dee and I have the skills and techniques to do this and we can help each other work, we also have very good equipment supplied by the college to help us with this single camera production.

Primary and Secondary Research - Primary Research is not needed as it is not a factual programme, although we have fund some secondary research for our production, the research includes similar films with a similar storyline, articles about home intrusion and articles about emotional blackmail, the research contributes to our single camera production and is also very helpful.

Requirements and resources -

• Cast and Crew; Madeleine Govier, Dee Ricketts, Brad Smith and Jordan Halliwell.
• Technical Equipment; Canon XHA1, Tripod, Digital Camera, Shot Gun, Boom Pole, Clip mics and Handycams.
• Locations; The only location we are using is Deanna Ricketts House. (why its suitable is on location reports )

Constraints and Contingency -

• Dead Battery; Have a spare battery.
• Power Cut; Have enough electricity.
• Noisy Neighbours; Tell them we are filming before we start to film so they are aware.
• Transport Delay; Leave earlier.
• Actors not turning up; have back up actors.
• Weather; Inside location.
• Forgetting Something; Always double check.
• Clip mics not working; Have a spare sound recording device.
• No tripod; Be very still and steady with the camera.
• Props; Make sure we have everything.
• Camera not working; have a spare camera.
• Legal Issues; Have release forms for everything.
• Location; Have back up.

Budget - Total £5.00

• Camera; £0.00
• Location; £0.00
• Props; £5.00
• Tripod; £0.00
• Clip Mics; £0.00
• Boom Pole; £0.00
• Shot Gun; £0.00
• Handy Cam; £0.00
• Hair and Makeup; £0.00
• Costumes; £0.00

Legal and Ethical Considerations - We have considered all legal considerations including Actors contracts, location release forms, risk assessment sheets and Recce Checklists and they have all been completed.

Proposed Schedule - The original schedule is on another document.

• Pre production; is to be completed by 16th May 2014
• Filming; is to be completed by 30th May 2014
• Editing; to be completed by 6th June 2014
• Finished; Hand in date to be in on 6th June 2014.

By Directors and Producers

Madeleine Govier and Deanna Ricketts.

List of Resources And Budget

Camera - The Canon XHA1 camera will be borrowed from the college from 9th May until 16th May and 30th May until 4th June.

Tripod - The tripod for the canon will also be borrowed from college on the same dates as above.

Shot Gun - the shot gun microphone will be borrowed from college at the same times of the other equipment.

Boom Pole - The boom pole microphone stand will also be borrowed from college at the same time.

Clip Mic - The clip mice are also borrowed from college just incase the boom pole fails ( back up)

Props and costumes - the props and costumes will be bought out of our own money but costumes can be used from our own wardrobes and props will work out to be a maximum of £5.00.

Hair and Make-up- this will cost nothing as we can just do it ourselves.

Location - the location will also cost nothing as the filming is being held at Deannas house.

Production Schedule

Tuesday 13th May 2014 - Filming

Thursday 15th May 2014 - Filming

Friday 16th May 2014- Editing

Wednesday 21st May 2014 - Editing



After these dates we will still be filming and editing to make sure our production is to the highest standard we can achieve.

Pre Prodcution
Script
Proposal
Treatment
Shotlist
Storyboards
Schedule
Location Reports
Budget
Relevant Research
Test shoots/Recordings
Diary Entries
Production Stills
Behing the scenes clips
Post Production Planning
Soundtrack Planning
Rough Cut
Props

The Untold (pre production)

Proposal for the Untold

The Untold will be a one off ten minute single camera drama, the genre of this production is Thriller/Mystery the general idea of this production is two good friends come in from a night out with blood on their hands not knowing whats happened, they were followed home and are being blackmailed for doing something, the whole ten minutes will be a mystery and get the audience asking questions.

The cast and crew will not be many people as the directors will also be sting in the film, the actors are Deanna Ricketts, Madeleine gorier and Jordan Halliwell, and the crew will feature Madeleine Govier, Deanna Ricketts and Brad Smith.

Production costs will be minimal - cameras and filming equipment will be borrowed from South Essex College and will only be used on a few occasions. The production and filming will take place at Deanna Ricketts house as the location is good and the shots of the production fit in well there.

A production schedule will be sorted out soon and will be put into the treatment along with the shortlist and other pre production paperwork needed for this single camera drama.

Madeleine Govier and Deanna Ricketts.

The Untold

1. Start -- The Mystery Entrance EST: 1 min
Clock-- Door Handle(C/U), Bottom half of door(MS) Visual of legs, heels and Dress. Girls Enter, Protagonist falls on her knees with (blood) on her hands crawling to the drippy tap in the kitchen. Protagonist washes her hand (OHS) along side her, best friend is tearful and shocked. Best friend goes to lock the door but the protagonist is certain the door is already locked, so there is no need. 
 

2.First Appearance EST: 1 minuet
Front door BANG, BANG(LS from the kitchen facing the door visual of the hall way). Girls do not wish to answer the door late at night so they walk to the living room window looking outside. Black figure acknowledges them but the girls pull the curtains across. They go up stairs closing the door behind them -- from door (20-30 seconds)Costume change in to pyjamas.
 

3. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID! EST:
A loud knock on the door begins shot to maddie looking worried then shot to dee feeling curious but not worried. (letter box Open and Closes)(CU)  A note falls through the letter box but the Protagonist is upstairs unaware. She looks out of the window, the figure starts to walk of in the other directions but protagonist mistakes in seeing something else(CAM) then looses sight of him. Protagonist tries to relax as she's confused and generally a bit scared and cautious about the stranger.

4. Lock Down! EST: 1 min
Protagonist goes down stairs to have a look around for a peace of mind, then comes across a note and from that moment she realises she is completely worried. Protagonist rushes to all the windows and doors, full necessary lock down. Only the door she is most certain was locked, wasn't. As she goes to switch the back garden light of from the living room. What she doesn't know she had alarmed the stranger who went to behind the house, and reassured him it was definitely that house. Protagonist then puts the kettle on and slowly sits down on the sofa. --LS (Out back) -- Kettle -- Sofa of protagonist wrapped up lying down.


5. You Missed a Door! EST: 1 Min
-- Back garden (Diagetic wind and build up of non-Diagetic music) Camera tracking In front of the stranger following up the decking to the back door (which leads into the kitchen) -- handle from the inside gradually gets pushed down and as it opens cuts to -- Sofa, not long after she hears a noise which alarms her, she gets up and exits the living room double doors (darkish) as she turns left facing the kitchen door (lights are off) her intensions were to look upstairs. Protagonist slowly walks down the hall way but as she turned a face/eyes appear in the one of the square door glass of the kitchen door. With out notice she goes upstairs.

6. The tension!  EST: 1 Min

As she goes upstairs checking all the rooms, she opens the door of where her best friend (Maddie) is on the bed with her head low and wrapped around her legs. (CU) -- face as she lifts her head, They talk about not being able to be honest. 

7. The knowing  Est: 1 min

They have a minor argument, Tori walks of down stairs with the hump. Her best friend gets up and walks up to the banisters looking down the banisters but when she sees the kitchen door open, she lowers her self. The stranger walks down the hall way but turns in (Maddies) direction, She ducks in complete silence. She realises a stranger is in the house. 

8. Help?  Est: 1 min

 -- shot of sofa (tori) and in vision of the double doors, stranger walks past -- (C/U) phone (Maddies) ringing -- (M/S) -- (C/U) thumb rejecting the call and puts the phone out of sight-- Kiera with her back up against the wall by the banisters in tears she calls the police but is worried about the safety of her best friend. 

9. Big finale  Est: 1 Min

As she finishes the call looking away from the stair well (the back ground blurs out) the stranger stands there glaring at her. A second silence and Kiera whispers (asking for a pardon) Stranger steps closer and she screams.

Torie who is alarmed runs to the stair case, poking her head up at Kiera. (Dee) grabs a knife from the kitchen and switches the house lights of for a moment and shouts run(blacked out) Kiera barges the stranger and runs in one of the rooms, Tori at the bottom of the stairs makes noises by taping the stairs with her feet as a decoy. Hoping for a sound or sign of her best friend or the where abouts of the stranger. (Dee) goes to turn the lights on at the other end of the hall and the stranger is stood there at the position she was in, with Kiera in front.

10. The end   Est: 1 Min

Tori tries talking to him, asking him what he wants. Police sirens suddenly appear. Kiera says it's her fault in tears and wants tori to run. Tori Denys, this moment is very time consuming and rushing full of stress and decisions. --

(After effects)

-- out side down the street. police lights are at the end of the street. Get to the car park, one police man walk in Kiera lye's there with blood on her head and bruise on her eye in the living room unconscious. looks like it's been tipped up side down and had a struggle. The Camera Pans from Maddie to the side cabinet to a picture of tore.
(Policeman/Undercover - who knows the girls) **To be developed**

fade in, fade out-- music and credits.

Tori

The end. 

Research

These links are all relevant research, one of them is about home intrusion, another is about emotional blackmail which is very in depth and the last is a similar film with a similar storyline to ours - I know what you did last summer - The research here was found by one of out classmates Rory Mosedale.

Article on home intrusion
Emotional blackmail article
Research on a similar film


www.angelfire.com/biz/BPD/blackmail.html

m.wikihow.com/deal-with-a-burgler-breaking-into-your-home

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_What_You_Did_Last_Summer

Diary Entry 30th April

Diary entry for 30th April 2014

Its a few days into the Single Cam Drama project and Dee and I have done the proposal and have written out whats going to happen in each minute out of the ten minutes, these were both quite tricky to do but they are done, there will probably be some small changes to these two pieces of pre production in the process of this project.

Today we learnt how to use After Effects and got play around with it for a bit but i don't think that me and Deanna will be using after effects in our drama production, we might use it for transitions when switching shots to add more tension and drama to the production, I am going to try and add more to the proposal and work out the budget today, I am also going to do some relevant research, including other dramas and ones with a similar storyline.

Deanna and I will both be sorting out a Production schedule today and starting on the shot lists, I also think that I will use After Effects for title sequence but we will not be using it for special effects for car explosions or anything like that.

The script is in working progress and needs a lot more adding to it, but we are not worrying about it at the moment. Me and Dee both have good ideas which will be put together to make our Drama Production even better.

Drama

I worked with DEE RICKETTS on this.
1. Start -- The Mystery Entrance     EST:
Clock-- Door Handle(C/U), Bottom half of door(MS) Visual of legs, heels and Dress. Girls Enter, Protagonist falls on her knees with (blood) on her hands crawling to the drippy tap in the kitchen. Protagonist washes her hand (OHS) along side her, best friend is tearful and shocked. Best friend goes to lock the door but the protagonist is certain the door is already locked, so there is no need. 

2.First Appearance      EST:
Front door BANG, BANG(LS from the kitchen facing the door visual of the hall way). Girls do not wish to answer the door late at night so they walk to the living room window looking outside. Black figure acknowledges them but the girls pull the curtains across. They go up stairs closing the door behind them -- from door (20-30 seconds)Costume change in to pyjamas.

3. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID!    EST:
A loud knock on the door begins (letter box open+Closes)(CU)  A note falls through the letter box but the Protagonist is upstairs unaware. She goes into the room next door looking out of the window, the figure starts to walk of in the other directions but protagonist mistakes in seeing something else(CAM) then looses sight of him. Protagonist tries to relax as she's confused and generally a bit scared and cautious about the stranger. 

4. Lock Down!       EST:
Protagonist goes down stairs to have a look around for a piece of mind, then comes across a note and from that moment she realises she is completely worried. Protagonist rushes to all the windows and doors, full necessary lock down. Only the door she is most certain was locked, wasn't. As she goes to switch the back garden light of from the living room. What she doesn't know she had alarmed the stranger who went to behind the house, and reassured him it was definitely that house. Protagonist then puts the kettle on and slowly sits down on the sofa. --LS (Out back) -- Kettle -- Sofa of protagonist wrapped up lying down.

5. You Missed a Door!       EST:
-- Back garden (diagetic wind and build up of non-diagetic music) Camera tracking Infront of the stranger following up the decking to the back door (which leads into the kitchen) -- handle from the inside gradually gets pushed down and as it opens cuts to -- Sofa, not long after she hears a noise which alarms her, she gets up and exits the living room double doors (darkish) as she turns left facing the kitchen door (lights are off) her intensions were to look upstairs. Protagonist slowly walks down the hall way but as she turned a face/eyes appear in the one of the square door glass of the kitchen door. With out notice she goes upstairs. 

Diary Entry 23rd April - New Project

This is my diary entry for the project that we are doing at the moment, a single camera drama production, at the moment I am thinking about different genres and ideas, I want to do a thriller and so does Deanna Ricketts and we both have the same ideas and might work together.

I spoke to Joe and Deanna today and we discussed different ideas, and Joe decided he was going to work on his own, and Dee and I decided we are going to work together, I am not worried about working with Dee as I know she is hardworking and is really looking forward to this new project, I am a little worried about different ideas, if I don't like something dee does then we are going to have to compromise and same with me liking an idea dee doesn't.

The idea that Dee and I have is a thriller and two girls have come through the door from a night out with blood on their hands and they are confused as to what they have done, even though they don't know, someone else does and they are blackmailing the girls, a letter will come through their door saying 'I know what you've done' this is going to be most of the story, its going to be a mystery and they do not find out until the end.

I want the audience to feel constantly on edge and asking questions, this is the whole point of my story.

What happened?
What did they do?
Where has the blood come from?
Where did they do it?
Who did they do it too?
Who's blood id it?
Who is blackmailing them?
Why did they do it?
Why don't they remember?
How did they do it?

These are the questions that everyone will be asking and they will not be answered until the very end of the production.This is what gives the story a twist! Its a mystery!