The planning

in today’s media studies lesson we started to plan our thriller films, there were many ideas that came to play in our group discussions for example the title that we choose, which is called “LUCID”, we choose this name to be our title because the word is obviously known for being a clear perception and understanding of something which links to our plot as it is very deceptive. The plot is about a man who reads numbers off a device (mobile phone) and they indicate who he is supposed to kill. In the opening the audience will establish a house, prop which is the device and the characters. He is pleasant to his family, until the device goes off, at which the point he leaves promptly, taking a knife from the kitchen and kills a young innocent girl.

Well genre means any category of literature and sub genre is a category that is a sub division of a larger genre, so in a way it is a combination of two types. Our thriller film is a thriller action as it uses violence, knives and blood. The film that inspires us to do such a sub genre was the movie step father as the man (step father) was a sweet, polite and kind-hearted man to society but to his own family he is a monster.

Mice en scene is the expression used to describe the design aspects of theatre production and film production. The props that we are going to use were fake blood when the lady gets stabbed and a knife. We were also going to use the device which will light up and give signal for the man to take action. The clothes that the characters will be wearing will be regular clothing especially for the murderer as we did not want to make this character seem suspicious to the people around him and to the audience, we want the audience to be surprised. the body language may vary between characters for example the young women would look sweet and innocent while the murderer himself to his family would portray this cool, carm and collected body language but once the device lights up you will notice a switch in the man’s head and this aggressive body language will emerge and he will afflict it on others. The setting will take place in Jayne’s house as the inferior (which means inside) as her house has bigger space and the exterior would be in the garden (which means outside). We expect the audience to react to these microelements in a shocked way especially to the man who they will think that he is a carm and a cool guy but they are wrong.

Our schedule times will be quiet tight due to Jayne who is one of the members and characters that will be portraying a role in the movie, is currently ill and Gustavo who is the camera man and producer of LUCID will not be hear from the 13^th to the 17^th of February, which means that there will only be two members of the group that will possibly be shooting instead of 4, that is if Jayne’s makes her return. we start production of the filming on the 12th febuary 2012.

There are many risks when we are using the cameras outside school premises for example if the weather is bad and it is raining the cameras could get wet and could break down. As Jayne’s house destination is far we may get lost or confused in which direction we should take to get there. Fake blood consists of many things that can cause a skin reaction especially for those who have sensitive skin therefore we should be careful the way we use it. The battery plays an important part because if the battery was supposed to die then this could have a bad effect on us especially if we are far away from the school; this means that we will have to travel back to school which will consume most of our filming time

We have learnt many skills on this course for example we have learnt how Foleys have benefited films in the long run therefore making them successful and how producers have used it. We as a group know how to blog regularly on a daily basis on things that has inspired our thriller film. We have also learnt how to use the cameras such as inserting batteries and using the camera itself this was the most crucial part. The 180 degree rule was another thing that we know how to do and when to use it. Last but not least the hidden curriculum (learning things that you do not know that you are learning) for example doing blogs and meeting deadlines.

The audience that we are going to target this film would be 15 yrs and above due to the violence, blood and the use of destructive weaponry such a knives. The audience will watch this sort of films in the cinema were it is dark; it’s for those who like getting shivers down there spine like a “crippled finger”. It’s for those who love films that are suspicious and scary.

The preliminary ideas about sound is that we well be using allot of Foleys, Foleys are sounds added by editing for example the sound of knives being taken form a cupboard or the noise a knives makes when it connects to a human body, the way we will make this sound is by using a knife and stabbing an apple to make the Gnostic sloshing noise. This will help emphasise that particular movement. This will benefit us as the cast and producers because we are able to hear it much better, so the audnece will get an idea of what is going on.


the production scedualle will now be changed to 9th of febuary as my group is currently unavailable