The text we finally chose

We finally chose the text 'crappy dan' This text has the look that it has been written by an infant and we wanted that childlike feel to the text. It also looked freaky in the sense that 'The unheard' character thinks like a child this gives it a sense of imaturity.

Initial ideas of names

These are the initial ideas for our film name.

Phsyco thriller -
- The unnamed
- The woods
- Whispers in the wind
- The unheard
- The forgotten
- Her

In the end we decided to choose the unheard. This was because we felt that for the message we wanted to get across and for the atmosphere we wanted to create that this title best suited the film. Furthermore 'The unheard' seemed to give of a sense that it is a mystery who the unheard is and why they are unheard it sounds more harrowing then the other titles aswell as the other factors.

The other titles were good and we were considering wether to go with 'The forgotten' or 'The unheard'. In both titles the word 'The' is very vauge and doesn't tell you alot about weather it is a male or a female or why they are 'The' forgotten'/Unheard' in this movie.



             

this is the first draft of our two minute opening. The video is a lot shorter than two minutes and needs more footage. We have discussed a few ideas of maybe having a member of our team featured in the background  creating more of a tension between her and the main character and we will make her look scary. There is also a lot of background noise in the footage so have now discussed how to cover up the background noise. E.g. Tension / eerie music. Finally during the footage it looks like we have broken the 180 degree rule so we will reshoot this  part but have to make it connote with the weather and time of day so it won't break any media rules of continuity.

Change of location

Our initial idea was to film at black park and find a heavy wooded area with a pathway of sorts but not a public footpath so we didnt get members of the public walking into shot. However after discussion we decided that some members in the group lived quite far away from black park and sometimes unable to make shooting schedules so we decided as a group to move the location to nearer school so that during lessons we could go down the woods and film and that way it was easy to get to and everyone could then be present so it would benefit the whole group. However whilst recording we got a lot of backgorund noise from people walking dogs and the cars on the road so we decided that we would film at black park afterall since the backgorund noise wouldn't be as loud so it would be easier to use it and put music over the top of some of the footage. Overall black park was better because the woods were more thick and the chances of someone walking through shot was minimal compared to how big black park is.

New Storyboard

This is our new storyboard  of what to do whilst in the woods. This will give us the extra time we need in our opening without making it boring or repetitive.

FINAL schedule

Depending on the weather.... this shedule will be kept to...

February
14th - Talk to actors/ actresses about time they have free
15th - Plan out a plan of the day
16th - Start going through the storyboard with actors and actresses
17th- Try out some shots at home c.u, m.s, etc.
20th - Meet up with actors/ actresses and try out some shots
21st - Film the nights scene
22nd - Film the day scene
23rd - Edit and delete unuseful material
24th - Edit
25th - Do some reshoots 
27th - Do final reshoots and editing ready for monday morining

I have published yet another shooting shedule because due to weather and ILP days at school we have become behind on our previous shedule and february hallf term would be perfect to do some reshooting and start working towards our deadline.

What we plan to do and changes made

We plan to get all filming done during the february half term and before after this it will leave us enough time to edit and reshoot anything that we need to do. This also gives us one solid week to get all the filming done and dusted and during this time i will also be editing the material we have just to keep the process moving onwards instead.

A few changes have been made to our storyboard, we have now added a house scene to lengthen our opening more, and we are in the process of trying to make it a bit more on edge and creating tension for the audience to pull them in and then not carry on the storyline so it will leave the audience wanting more and leave their minds to wonder about what happens in the end.