cameras

Played with some camera with microphones attached.
It was good coming to terms with the camera, learning the controls, ect..
will upload footage soon...

Change of ideas...

After working with the camera's this week, I've had a change of mind about the direction i was hoping to go in. Not too many drastic changes but a little alteration to the story line.
I have 2 new ideas on how i intend to shoot the trailer.
1.
Instead of a couple, I'm going to have 2 best friends that are getting stalked together.
I will also use a mix of camera's, the professional camera's from college and a hand held camera, shot from one of the friends point of view.
I thought about this after understanding the difficulties there would be in lighting and production on a very low budget. I would prefer to shoot most of the film, including the trailer, in a hand held camera for the idea i am going for, it would be different to see a stalker film through the eyes of the person getting stalked.
Most of the footage will revolve around the 2 friends who are feeling spooked by unknown Foley sounds which end up being the stalker. Obviously, ill need the professional camera to fill in the missing part of the story, such as the stalkers feet and heavy breathing.
2.
Instead of the previous shooting ideas, i would use the same principles of the 2 different camera's, but the hand held one would be from the stalkers point of view that they would watch back on their computer. I would prefer to use this idea but will post a poll to see which proves more popular amongst the audience.
The change that will stay the same is 2 best friends, not a boyfriend/girlfriend scenario like the majority of thrillers similar to this.
I will be posting a story board on soon.

Reactions so far

I think that from the research and planning that has already taken place, the audience will have a rough idea of what my media product will be about and how well it should be recieved.
Followers have commented on posts and expressed their ideas and thoughts on what had been posted, for example, on test shots  took in the studio of Hayley and Matty, i had comments from others that agreed with my vision and gave me some other ideas such as whether i should follow conventions with a male stalking the female or add a twist using a female stalker.

3.

This shot is my least favourite shot out of the 3 i have used to position the characters.
In my head it seemed like a good idea but looking at it now with the characters drawn in, the main couple which the film revolves around are too distant and far away. Also, i have had a lot of positive feed back on the other 2 images where there are tighter frames and framed with tree branches rather than having open fields around them which would suit a rom-com rather than a thriller.

This was my own shot idea so it was my own inspiration from when i sat on top of the hill. My next step on the poster fromnt will be to do some test shots with the characters in place.

I have also been putting shout outs on my Twitter, facebook and around college for actors/actresses and have already found my stalker!

2.

This is the second shot i have choosen which could be my film poster.

Similar to the one of the couple on the bench, i liked this one as the frame is enclosed in tree branches and such giving a sense of clastrophobia.

I have drawn in where the people would be, (the lovers are in red and the stalker is the yellow figure)

I think this frame would work better if taken from just behind the stalker, peering over their shoulder to we can see where they are looking.

I came up with this idea after looking at this film poster.

I liked how dark the lighting is, making the boots stand out, reflecting the title of the film.

I think it it would look better if there was some more tag lines across the poster as it looks a bit empty but that could be one of the effects the creator was going for?

Poster ideas....

This is one of my poster ideas that i took in the walks.

I wanted the image to be as if it was taken from just behind the stalker, (stickman drawn in blue) , looking over at the couple on the bench who should look very deeply in love.

I liked the framing of this shot with the tree to partically obsure the view of the stalker and the tree branch at the top of the frame closes the image in, a foreshadowing effect that the stalker will eventually close in on the couple.

I would like the stalker to be wearing a hoodie so we cant tell the sex of stalker until you see the whole film.

I took this idea from my research lookign at thriller film posters online and exstiting products at home such as the hand that rocks the cradle and the saw film series.

This film poster for the thriller "the Village" is one of my favourites because of the framing. I love how the person is captivated by branches which is a certain effect i took in to account but didnt want the frame completely covered by branches which is why i opted for subtle branches around the edges.

Film Poster conventions

Do as video post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brought a book yesterday which is a pschological thriller and is about stalkers.
It revolves around this guy that has some issues linked to when he was young and targets teenagers as his prey, using a social networking site called rigamole, the equivallent to todays facebook. It is called Fever of the bone by Val McDermid. This also inspired some title ideas. It has connotations which gve a fore warning sense of the person the book revolves around has it in their blood, they are born with it, which we later find out has stemmed from child hood. I have put a poll up to ask for ideas and see what others have sugested.
The top three are:
Kill to BE
Desperate
Pause

These all connotate a sense of being on edge. Kill to Be lead the audience to think of danger, feeling unsafe, knowing that they may be targeted. This was suggested by a voter but came 3rd in the poll.

Desperate has three syllables, an extended word which can be applied to many different things. It can mean a feeling, a desperate mood where morels go out the window, or desperation as an expression, a mind set that they have to conform or are desperate for revenge.

Pause may seem bland at first but i would use the pause symbol like a hand held camera symbol (II). It could only mean one thing- a pause in life/moment. This was the title voted for the most out of the suggestions. I think the reson people voted for it the most was because it suits a thriller, [REC] was a title of one thriller which was very popular, mainly due to its title.