Risk Assessment

Filming Schedule, Roles and Responsibilities

I will start my filming on the 22nd of December.

As it is winter, the light will go very early so I will have to film early day-time. I will get all of my outside scenes shot in one day for continuity, for example if it snows on the 22nd I cannot film parts of the same scene on another day where it is not snowey.

At 11am I will shoot my street scene. I will use Getliffe's yard in Leek. I will be responsible for all equipment and shooting. The actors will only be responsible for wearing the outfits I plan, showing up and acting.

Shooting here should take around an hour. At 12am we will walk as a group to Leek Library, where I can shoot my corridor and staircase scenes. After shooting is finished here we will walk as a group to St Edward's Church, where I will shoot the wedding scene. Adult actors are not needed after this scene, so they may leave for home.

After shooting is finished at the church, we will walk as a group to Westwood Rec., where I will shoot the park scene. Light will be going around this time so filming is finished for the day.

After Christmas, maybe the 27th or 28th, the house scene will be shot in my own house. Only the two adult actors and small boy are needed for this scene. Shooting should only take an hour or so.

After this has been shot then all my footage is completed. I will edit all of the footage myself back at college in January. Before editing takes place I can use my free time in the holidays to find good audio for my production.

I'll update my blog over Christmas as my task progresses :-).

Preparing for production - Me
Shooting - Me
Editing - Me
Main Character (Adult version of Small Boy) - Matt Ball
Small Boy - Lucy Kelsall
Small Girl - Alicia Powell
Boy 2 - Max Kent
Older version of Small Girl - Linzii Shea
Laughing Boys - Sam Booth, Luke Robinson

Mise-en-scene

Costume/Make up

My main character will wear normal yet mismatched clothes. I will have a button on his shirt done up wrong to show that he cannot function simple things and highlights his childlike mental features. He will have stubble to highlight that he cannot look after himself well and perhaps fingerless gloves to show a stereotypical convention of a homeless person, because mentally, he is also homeless. 

My young boy will wear clothes considered 'un-cool' to highlight that he is an outcast. he will be wearing his shirt tucked into his trousers and maybe his hair gelled to the side. 

In contrast, my boy number 2 could be wearing his hair spiked and clothes considered 'cool', such as jeans, trainers and a tee shirt with a cartoon on. 

As boy number 2 grows older he continues to wear 'cool' clothes like jeans and a nice suit when he gets married. He is clean cut and has short hair to highlight his normal place in society. 

As we see flashes of my young boy as his older self, he will wear what seem to be hand-me-down clothes like big baggy teeshirts and will continue to have his hair gelled down. He could wear glasses and have braces to highlight that he is an outcast. In the first few flashbacks he could be wearing light coloured clothes, whereas as the flashbacks progress they could get darker to represent the darkness of his nature.

My young girl wears a white dress throughout. This stereotypically represents her innocence. She could be wearing light makeup as she grows older to also show this, instead of wearing heavy makeup. Her very natural appearance makes her seem sweet. 

Location/Setting

The fact that my man is alone on a busy street at the start of the sequence could emphasise his loneliness and isolation of mind. 

I chose places like a park and a school corridor to use because they are very childish places and the disruption of these makes the disruption more effective as childish places are supposed to be innocent.

A church is used for the wedding to represent religion. Religious people are normally very moral people and this makes their murders more dramatic, as the deaths are to good people.

I chose to use the couple's house for the murders because it will seem more isolated therefore more dangerous, and can also represent the isolation of the main character's mind. 

Props

Knife - stereotypically dangerous. Creates tension as it links into death.
MC could be playing with lighter - fire = danger and therefore tension
Rope and gag that has tied woman up - more danger, renders her vulnerable and helpless, stereotypical convention

Characters/ Actors

Older actor for main character to seem more menacing.
Young boy for the child to show his innocence.
Will use appropriate actors for characters and hopefully people who have studied drama to make my film more effective

Lighting

I am using dull lighting for when we view life from common society's eyes. It shows the dullness of their minds. The colourful bright lighting used from my main character's perspective shows his colourful and unusual mental state.

Final Storyboard

SHOOTING SCRIPT

I'M SORRY THAT MY TABLE GOES SLIGHTLY OVER THE SIDE!!

SHOT #	SHOT TYPE	OF?	LOCATION	CAMERA ANGLE AND MOVEMENT	AUDIO	TIMING	TRANSITIONS/ EFFECTS
1	ESTABLISHING SHOT	People walking up and down a busy street	Still to be planned, maybe main shopping street of Leek? Or Getliffe’s Yard? (Easier to control)	Tilted down from high angle.	We hear a busker singing a song that can relate to my storyline	5 secs	- (cuts to next shot)
2	Long shot	Busker, on guitar, singing	A point of the street	Tilted slightly upwards from low angle	Voices in the street, busker	3 secs	- (cuts to next shot)
3	Long shot or mid shot	Main character sitting watching people walk past	Side of street	Low angle to passers by but at eye level with main character. Camera dollies round to face him.	Hear voices speeding up and buskers song turn into original version	6-7 secs	Maybe when filming MC sitting the clip is sped up? To create confusion. Zoom into eyes.
4	Extreme close up	MC’s eyes	“	Eye level	Original song playing	4 secs	Footage is reversed back to the long/mid shot of man, everything reversed including audio.
5	Long/mid shot	MC. We also see group of youths standing and chatting in front of him. After dolly shot crosses behind him these youths are seen laughing and pointing at him.	“	Dolly shot around back of MC. Canted angle at end of dolly shot.	Audio changes into different song, haunting and dramatic	6-7 seconds	lighting is changed from dull to bright. fade used to merge the two. Cut to next shot.
6	mid shot	Youths laughing and pointing at MC	Middle of street	Slightly low angle, canted	Haunting but abrupt noise as camera cuts to them	2 secs	- cuts to next shot. Flickering effect between laughing youths and normal youths.
7	Close up	Clowns face	Other side of street	“	“	2 secs	Cuts to next shot. Flickering effect between clown and blank wall where he is standing.
8	Close up	Balloon	“	“. Canted angle straightens out	“	4 secs	Shot fades into next shot of balloon
9	mid shot	“	park	Balloon height. Camera pans down balloon so we see small child smiling and holding it	Slow but happy piano music	4/5 secs	Lighting is dull again, cuts to next shot
10	Long shot	Girl on swing, smiling at boy	park	Low angled shot	“, and girls laughs and squeals echoing as she swings	5 secs	Dull lighting, fades into next shot
11	Close up	Boy’s face	park	Eye level	Piano music	3 secs	Fast fade back into bright first scene
12	Extreme close up	MC’s eyes	street	Eye level	Screechy violin music?	3 secs	Sped up footage
13	mid shot	The young girl staring into camera	street	Canted angle	Haunting but abrupt noise as camera cuts to them	2 secs	Really bright /colourful lighting
14	Close up	“	street	“	“	2 secs
15	“	Same girl but smiling weirdly at the camera	street	“	“	3 secs	Fades into next shot
16	Close up	Last shot has faded into face of the same girl but older, grinning somewhere into the distance	corridor	Slightly low angle	Slow piano music again	3 secs	Light has gone back to really dull, but a little brighter than last flashback
17	OTS shot	OTS of little boy watching girl walk into arms of other boy	corridor	Hand held walk around to view little boy’s face, it looks sad. Angle is slightly canted	“	8 secs	The hand held move to boys face is sped up and scene fades back into street scene
18	Shot 12 replayed.	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	Shots 13 14 and 15 replayed but with young boy	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Close up	Last shot has faded into this boy laughing menacingly	Stair case	Angle is slightly canted	Piano again	4 secs	Shot slowed down. Lighting dull again but slightly brighter than last flash back
21	High angle shot	Laughing boy beating first boy up. Camera tracks left in this shot and it goes behind an object, after it emerges the boy getting beaten up is older, then after another object he is the first boy again. At end the girl is seen pulling the other boy away.	Stair case	“, and camera tracks left	“	7-10 secs	Lighting is getting brighter and more colourful, fades back to shot 12 replayed
22	Shot 12 replayed	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Shots 13 14 and 15 replayed but with wedding dress in a shop in the street	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	Long shot	Last shot fades into back of first girl wearing wedding dress, she is holding hands with the aggressive boy	Inside church	Handheld camera moves backwards down the aisle, canted angle	Piano. Church bells echoing in background?	6 secs	Lighting is almost as bright as in first scene, and the part where camera moves backwards is sped up.
25	Long shot	After camera has reversed enough we see the first young boy standing at the door, peaking in watching wedding. Image flickers between him and grown man	Outside church	Angle is very canted now.	“	4 sec	lighting = “
26	Extreme close up	Man’s eyes crying	Outside church	-	Piano fades as eyes close	5 secs	as man closes his eyes, scene fades to black, cuts to next scene
27	Extreme close up	Little boy’s eyes opening	house	-	Haunting but abrupt noise as camera cuts to this shot	2-3 secs	-
28	Tracking shot	Following young boy from behind carrying knife, walking down corridor to door	house	Tracking boy, canted angle.	Piano music has started back up	6-7 secs	Slow motion. Lighting as bright as first scene.
29	Long shot	Boy comes through other side of door, walks over to woman in wedding dress tied up, husband dead on bed.	bedroom	270 degree dolly around woman so we see all of this.	Piano music has got very loud and tense	5-10 secs	Slow motion.

30	Extreme close up	Woman’s lower face, we see she is gagged, boy leans in and gently kisses her on the cheek	bedroom	-	Music stops.	5 secs	Slow motion. Cuts to next shot
31	Long shot	The door the boy entered	house	Canted angle	Silence for three seconds. Echoing scream.	6 secs	Fades out.
32	High angled shot	MC on street. Shot flickers between grown MC and little boy sitting there.	street	-	Robotic noise for flickering	5 secs	Dull lighting again Cuts to next shot
33	Extreme close up	Little boy’s mouth. Suddenly smiles.	street	Camera tilts very suddenly as boy smile.	Haunting but abrupt noise as he smiles.	3 secs	Lighting goes very bright as boy smiles. Fades to black.

= 153 seconds. Over by 33 seconds, will have to cut down some shots.