We should be filming today in our lesson time... fingers crossed.
We have the story board, the cast and the script - and i remembered the tapes - so all should run smoothly.
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After filming - we sucessfully filmed all interview scenes, however, we had limmited resouces, as we didn't have a tripod, which was pretty essential - hopefully, it looks as professional as possible.
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Shooting the "Lauren's dead" scenes were the hardest, we struck a fair few problems, such as the first attempt of filming were a... disaster! We used tomato ketchup for blood, but due to the fact that our college floors are carpetted, couldn't find any floor surface that we could clear the mess from.
We finnally thought the bathroom would be the only possible place we could film... yet our idea soon came to a sudden and dramatic hault when one of the high members of staff came down on us like a tonne of heavey bricks!
Friday 22 January 2010
Monday 18 January 2010
Costumes
Lauren - To wear leggings that are ripped and have slits all over them, in a variety of places. A patterened bra that will show through her ripped up top which will be in a similar state to her leggings. Hopefully her slit lothes will emphasise her bruises and the torturer that karl put her through.
Karl - To wear a shirt, preferably blue or creme shirt, (maybe with a bowtie or tie) with trousers and some big thick glasses. To pull of the 'geeky' look.
Kimberly - Dress in Jeans and a Standard Top.
Samantha - Dress in Jeans and a Standard Top.
Duncan - Dress in Jeans a and a Hooded Top.
Officer Joel - Just a voice
Karl - To wear a shirt, preferably blue or creme shirt, (maybe with a bowtie or tie) with trousers and some big thick glasses. To pull of the 'geeky' look.
Kimberly - Dress in Jeans and a Standard Top.
Samantha - Dress in Jeans and a Standard Top.
Duncan - Dress in Jeans a and a Hooded Top.
Officer Joel - Just a voice
Cast List:
Lauren will be played by the beautiful Alisha
Karl will be played by the handsome Karl
Kimberly will most likely have to be played by me.
Officer Joels voice will be the amazing voice of Matthew
Duncan will be played by the legendary J.T
Last but not Least Samantha will be played Armanee's gorgeous sister most likely have to be played by me.
Karl will be played by the handsome Karl
Kimberly will most likely have to be played by me.
Officer Joels voice will be the amazing voice of Matthew
Duncan will be played by the legendary J.T
Last but not Least Samantha will be played Armanee's gorgeous sister most likely have to be played by me.
Thursday 14 January 2010
The overview of the Script!!!!
Officer Joel: So... How would you describe your relationship with Miss... Lauren Ralph? I understand that the two of you didn't really ever see eye to eye.
Samantha: Ye, your right - we didn't - she was awful!... But... I couldn't have done this.
Karl: (looks down, he looks weak with pain, dazed in disbelief)
Duncan: It's true, not many people liked her, she didn't have many true friends, but she really didn't deserve this.
Kimberly: Look at her, look how beautiful she is...i mean... was... She had everything - everything.
Karl: Who could have done this?
Officer Joel: I've deduced that whoever did do this was pure evil. In this college, Miss Ralph wasn't exactly one of the most favoured students amongst her peers. Whoever killed young Lauren must have genuinely despised her... A lot of planning went into this, so it seems... For some unknown reason, they really wanted her dead.
Kimberly: I can't believe she's gone.
Karl: I was in love with her... I always have been... and i always will be.
Samantha: Ye, your right - we didn't - she was awful!... But... I couldn't have done this.
Karl: (looks down, he looks weak with pain, dazed in disbelief)
Duncan: It's true, not many people liked her, she didn't have many true friends, but she really didn't deserve this.
Kimberly: Look at her, look how beautiful she is...i mean... was... She had everything - everything.
Karl: Who could have done this?
Officer Joel: I've deduced that whoever did do this was pure evil. In this college, Miss Ralph wasn't exactly one of the most favoured students amongst her peers. Whoever killed young Lauren must have genuinely despised her... A lot of planning went into this, so it seems... For some unknown reason, they really wanted her dead.
Kimberly: I can't believe she's gone.
Karl: I was in love with her... I always have been... and i always will be.
Friday 8 January 2010
Subgenres of Thrillers
Conspiracy thriller is a sub-genre with a secret. Usually the hero becomes a threat to the conspirators, and must escape their response. An example is the novel 'The Chancellor Manuscript.'
Ecothriller tales, involve some threat to the environment, either globally or locally. The Green Rain is an example.
Historical Thriller
Thrillers set in the past, usually combined with other subgenres. This particular subgenre is rather uncommon.
Legal thriller often includes legal figures like lawyers who put their lives at stake in order to solve the mystery. It mostly takes place around the courthouse/room. An example is 'The Firm'.
Medical thriller often involves medical people such as doctors. They have their own lives at risk again, either by a mysterious disease being broken out, or their life is threatened by a patient etc. An example is 'Death on Call'.
Disaster Thriller
Any kind of disaster that can affect lots of people--a dam bursting, a tornado, earthquake etc.
Psychological thriller build up slowly until the action/violence takes place later on. It normally is on emotional or mental conflict between the characters. The conflicts may not even be possible in real life. For example 'The ring' is not something that would happen.
Serial Killer Thriller
Really popular subgenre of thriller. In this subgenre, a serial killer is terrorizing a group of people with horrific violence. The detective's goal is to stop the killer before he takes his next victim.
Religious thrillers usually have an artifact or historic secret that centres up the plot.
'The DaVinci Code' is an example of this.
Action thrillers usually involve violence, aggression etc. It includes weapons and guns, explosions etc. An example would be 'The Bourne Identity' & its following films.
Techno Thriller
In techno-thrillers, the technology drives the plot, like some military technology.
Ecothriller tales, involve some threat to the environment, either globally or locally. The Green Rain is an example.
Historical Thriller
Thrillers set in the past, usually combined with other subgenres. This particular subgenre is rather uncommon.
Legal thriller often includes legal figures like lawyers who put their lives at stake in order to solve the mystery. It mostly takes place around the courthouse/room. An example is 'The Firm'.
Medical thriller often involves medical people such as doctors. They have their own lives at risk again, either by a mysterious disease being broken out, or their life is threatened by a patient etc. An example is 'Death on Call'.
Disaster Thriller
Any kind of disaster that can affect lots of people--a dam bursting, a tornado, earthquake etc.
Psychological thriller build up slowly until the action/violence takes place later on. It normally is on emotional or mental conflict between the characters. The conflicts may not even be possible in real life. For example 'The ring' is not something that would happen.
Serial Killer Thriller
Really popular subgenre of thriller. In this subgenre, a serial killer is terrorizing a group of people with horrific violence. The detective's goal is to stop the killer before he takes his next victim.
Religious thrillers usually have an artifact or historic secret that centres up the plot.
'The DaVinci Code' is an example of this.
Action thrillers usually involve violence, aggression etc. It includes weapons and guns, explosions etc. An example would be 'The Bourne Identity' & its following films.
Techno Thriller
In techno-thrillers, the technology drives the plot, like some military technology.
Where and When???
Hopefully, from next week Monday (18th January 2010), we can start filming. In our lesson time would be the easiest time to film - as we're all together, and as you will read below, the locations are set on campus.
We'll be using the dark room at Sutton coldfield design centre. The other hopefully our media room, as an interview room and a college corridor to shoot the close up shots and long shot of the dead tortured body.
We will aim to shoot the dark room scene on Wednesday 20th January at around 1.45 pm and aim to finish it that day.
We hope to shoot the interviewing scenes Monday 25th of January and finish by the week of February 1st.
However....
We ended up finishing our final scene on Monday 8th February. This was the dark room scene that we ended up deciding to shoot it last
The interview room will be in our classroom - LGM04.
The dark room will be in the Art Center near college.
UPDATED *Where and When*
We shot the scenes where we planned to, however, the planning to shoot them in our lesson time back-fired, due to the fact that our (original) actors were all from our media class. Yet obviously, we had to consider that they had their own work to focus on, therefore, making time to film our product was a real struggle.
We'll be using the dark room at Sutton coldfield design centre. The other hopefully our media room, as an interview room and a college corridor to shoot the close up shots and long shot of the dead tortured body.
We will aim to shoot the dark room scene on Wednesday 20th January at around 1.45 pm and aim to finish it that day.
We hope to shoot the interviewing scenes Monday 25th of January and finish by the week of February 1st.
However....
We ended up finishing our final scene on Monday 8th February. This was the dark room scene that we ended up deciding to shoot it last
The interview room will be in our classroom - LGM04.
The dark room will be in the Art Center near college.
UPDATED *Where and When*
We shot the scenes where we planned to, however, the planning to shoot them in our lesson time back-fired, due to the fact that our (original) actors were all from our media class. Yet obviously, we had to consider that they had their own work to focus on, therefore, making time to film our product was a real struggle.
Characters!!!!
Characters
Lauren Ralph: (Main character) Lauren is a popular teenage girl that attends Sutton Coldfield College. Lauren is very pretty, she lives at home with her mum, dad and brother and enjoys being the envy of every girl and desire of every boy. It makes it even harder for people to not feel jealous of her as she isn't your average popular, dopey girl... there was much more to her than that, she was also very sophisticated and intelligent. If there was something that she wanted then she knew what to do to get it - by either using her brains or her beauty. She was loved by few, hated by many!
Karl: (Lauren's Obsessive Stalker) Karl has had a huge crush (which would be an understatement) on Lauren ever since they were 4 years old and in the same class at primary school. He is very emotional in general, and with Lauren, he becomes his most shy and fulfills the stereotype of the "little school kid crush". When Lauren's name is mentioned in a conversation, he is also very protective over her. Karl thinks that Lauren's friends and especially her ex-boyfriend don't and didn't deserve her. Therefore, if Karl can't have her and love her as his own, then no one can.
Kimberly: (Lauren's Best friend) Kimberly and Lauren have been best friends since they were in nursery and maintained that friendship right until college. They went everywhere together, they were inseparable, yet - Kim was always know as, just the friend of "the perfect" Lauren. Students in college would always say that Kim was secretly jealous of Lauren - yet, this was just rumours. However, a photo of Lauren, with Kimberly's crush was posted through Kim's door. This would have obviously angered Kim, but could that have been the final straw for Kim?
Samantha: (Lauren's arch-nemesis) Lauren and Samantha have hated each other ever since they could remember. The girls' equal amount of hatred towards each other was evident to everybody. The day before Lauren was murdered, Samantha and Lauren were seen arguing (as usual), this just reinforced the fact that the girls despised one and other. However, Sam was heard threatening Lauren, after their fight - 'I'm going to kill her if its the last thing i do!' But would Samantha really fulfil this statement of hers?
Duncan: (Lauren's ex boyfriend) They were together for 6 months - which was more than enough time for him to see just how many frenemies Lauren had. He understood that she was quite harsh and vindictive at times, and in those 6 months of being with this beautiful girl that seemed to have everything any girl could ever desire - she played with many boys emotions using her beauty over her brains.
Officer Joel: (Police officer assigned to case) Joel was a young and very dedicated police man, who took his job seriously. He, for some unknown reason took this case and gave it his up most attention. He puts as side his own personal life and becomes obsessed almost in Lauren and her tragic murder.
Lauren Ralph: (Main character) Lauren is a popular teenage girl that attends Sutton Coldfield College. Lauren is very pretty, she lives at home with her mum, dad and brother and enjoys being the envy of every girl and desire of every boy. It makes it even harder for people to not feel jealous of her as she isn't your average popular, dopey girl... there was much more to her than that, she was also very sophisticated and intelligent. If there was something that she wanted then she knew what to do to get it - by either using her brains or her beauty. She was loved by few, hated by many!
Karl: (Lauren's Obsessive Stalker) Karl has had a huge crush (which would be an understatement) on Lauren ever since they were 4 years old and in the same class at primary school. He is very emotional in general, and with Lauren, he becomes his most shy and fulfills the stereotype of the "little school kid crush". When Lauren's name is mentioned in a conversation, he is also very protective over her. Karl thinks that Lauren's friends and especially her ex-boyfriend don't and didn't deserve her. Therefore, if Karl can't have her and love her as his own, then no one can.
Kimberly: (Lauren's Best friend) Kimberly and Lauren have been best friends since they were in nursery and maintained that friendship right until college. They went everywhere together, they were inseparable, yet - Kim was always know as, just the friend of "the perfect" Lauren. Students in college would always say that Kim was secretly jealous of Lauren - yet, this was just rumours. However, a photo of Lauren, with Kimberly's crush was posted through Kim's door. This would have obviously angered Kim, but could that have been the final straw for Kim?
Samantha: (Lauren's arch-nemesis) Lauren and Samantha have hated each other ever since they could remember. The girls' equal amount of hatred towards each other was evident to everybody. The day before Lauren was murdered, Samantha and Lauren were seen arguing (as usual), this just reinforced the fact that the girls despised one and other. However, Sam was heard threatening Lauren, after their fight - 'I'm going to kill her if its the last thing i do!' But would Samantha really fulfil this statement of hers?
Duncan: (Lauren's ex boyfriend) They were together for 6 months - which was more than enough time for him to see just how many frenemies Lauren had. He understood that she was quite harsh and vindictive at times, and in those 6 months of being with this beautiful girl that seemed to have everything any girl could ever desire - she played with many boys emotions using her beauty over her brains.
Officer Joel: (Police officer assigned to case) Joel was a young and very dedicated police man, who took his job seriously. He, for some unknown reason took this case and gave it his up most attention. He puts as side his own personal life and becomes obsessed almost in Lauren and her tragic murder.
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