Call sheets

Make-Up

During filming we had to apply makeup to the boys to ensure their features were clear and also to conform to professional standards. For every shot,we applied boys with foundation, foundation powder,contour, mascara, eyebrow gel and lip stain.

 On our first day filming we did not apply make up to any of the boys- when looking back at the footage we decided we would re film these sections as they did not seem professional enough.

There were a few of the violent shots that required more extreme make up to make the violence more believable. Here are some examples of us practising the make up effects:

 Here are some screenshots of when we used these makeup techniques within our final film.

Storyboards

Show below is what was originally sketch out for our storyboard. By filling all of our storyboards in with oil paints, it makes it clearer to see the kind of colour palette we were aiming for. Once we had created our trailer, we looked back on our original storyboards and it was clear to see how much our original idea had evolved through more influences such as locations, actors and professional film trailers. Our final trailer is much more non-linear, conforming to the typical conventions of a trailer, in comparison to what we had originally storyboarded, leaving the audience in more suspense and mystery as to what lead the characters to one point to another. Overall, I think that our new trailer is much more effective than we originally storyboarded as it conforms to more codes and conventions in the thriller/drama genre, but also its lack of information and gradual increase in tension have demonstrated to make audiences want to watch the whole film, as reported in our audience feedback.

Model Release Forms

Risk Assessment

Tonbridge, Summer Hill school

Hazard	People that may be affected	Property that may be affected	Risk controls already in place	Risk assessment LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH	Further action to control risk where required
Low beams	Crew and Cast	n/a	Avoid running under beams	Low	Duck under beams
Trip hazard	Crew and Cast	Objects if Crew trips over the	Remove as many trip hazard as possible	Low
Slippery surfaces	Crew and Cast	n/a	No running on slippery surfaces	Low	Wear appropriate shoes
Stairs	Crew and Cast	n/a	No running up the stairs	Low	Careful with equipment when going upstairs

Tunbridge wells, Pembury 

Hazard	People that may be affected	Property that may be affected	Risk controls already in place	Risk assessment LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH	Further action to control risk where required
Broken glass	Cast and crew	Scratching floor	Using paper glass	Medium	Wear shoes when around smashed glass
Slipping on spilt drink	Cast, crew and people walking through	Ground could be affected/ stained	Clean up ground if drink is spilt in shoot	Low	Remove possibilities for drink to be spilt on ground
Low ceiling	Cast	n/a	Don’t rush around as could knock head	Low	Take care of equipment
Splinters off wooden cue	Cast	n/a	Check if the cues are damaged	Low	n/a

Odeon car park, Tunbridge wells

Hazard	People that may be affected	Property that may be affected	Risk controls already in place	Risk assessment LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH	Further action to control risk where required
People driving	Pedestrians, cast and crew	Cars	Make sure there are no cars driving around the shoot	High	Make sure that the crew wear visible clothing
Driving risk	Crew, cast and pedestrians	Cars	Ensure that we take care when driving	High	Drive with care
Tripping hazard	Cast and crew	n/a	Recci out the path to ensure there are minimal tripping hazards	Medium	Don’t run if you cant see where you are going
Dark	Cast and crew	n/a	Take care when moving inn the dark, take torches, wear visible clothing to alert pedestrians	Low
Public filming	Pedestrians	n/a	No filming people that are not envolved in the production	Low

Lake cottage, Horsmonden

Hazard	People that may be affected	Property that may be affected	Risk controls already in place	Risk assessment LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH	Further action to control risk where required
Fire	Cast and crew	Trees and ground	Don’t stand close to fire	High
Lake	Cast and crew	n/a	Aware of lakes location to avoid falling in	Low
Throwing chairs	Crew and cast	n/a	Stand clear of person throwing chair	Medium
Dew	Cast and Crew	n/a	Wear appropriate clothing / shoes	Low

Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge wells

Hazard	People that may be affected	Property that may be affected	Risk controls already in place	Risk assessment LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH	Further action to control risk where required
Slippery rock	Crew and cast	n/a	Wear appropriate shoes	High
	Cast			High
Dark	Cast and crew	n/a	Take care when moving inn the dark, take torches, wear visible clothing to alert pedestrians	Low
Dew	Cast and Crew	n/a	Wear appropriate clothing / shoes	Low
Public filming	Pedestrians	n/a	No filming people that are not envolved in the production	Low

Test Shots

These are some of the test shots that we needed to carry out before reenacting them with the boys to see if they were successful and achieved out audience intentions.

Location Reece

Location, Location, Location

Story Line and Specification-

•  5 boys that go to a private school.
• They are bored of their life and want to do something to make it more exciting.
• Due to wealth the locations should be grand and good for the cinematography.
• Need a method of death for Charlie, but allow it to be easy to access.
• Locations should be easy for all 5 cast members and 4 crew members to get to. Considering location of all the boys. 

Private School- Local private school Summer Hill 

Summer hill is the perfect location, here are some shots we took on a scouting day.

The location of summer hill

Due to how close summer hill is we can drive there after school and are able to get all cast members there easy. 

Pool Room shots- James' house.

Someones house has a games/ pool room. We took shots when scouting and tested different lighting. We will need artificial extra light for James house. 

Car Park Scene- Odeon Car Park

We looked at many different car parks as there are many in the local area. We had to take in consideration lighting, accessibility and safety of the scene. As it is being filmed in the winter and in the evening loss of light is inevitable. So having somewhere with artificial lighting is a must. Such as street lights. The odeon car park is near the cast members and near the station so is easy for cast members to get to.  Need some where private, so passers by aren't distracted and people don't park there. This car park is perfect as it is very quite on weekdays anyway and the part at the top doesn't get used but has a large area for cars. So we don't have to worry about being disturbed or about others disturbing.

Lake scene- Furnace Lake

We needed an open area with a large stretch of water. We also needed to find some where convenient for people to get to. The station is 15 mins away. Here are some shots of the lake. 

Health and Safety

There is a lot of health an safely risks that come along with filming near open water, such as the possibily of people falling in. We will have many people around the water and everyone can swim so if need be we have people that can help. by Anna Cope

Colour Palette

From the start of our coursework we had a very clear vision on what kind of look we wanted our trailer to have. We wanted to make it clear that the boys in the trailer had significant wealth and we felt by using earthy and naturalistic colours we were able to create this idea, as these colours have links to traditional well kept properties (i.e. terracotta coloured stone building and vast land of fields and gardens.)

Nine Key Frames

Cast list

Storyboard Evaluation

This is our original storyboard. Our storyboard is not a direct translation for our final film trailer as during production we made several decisions that resulted in a change from our original storyline. We also moved a lot of the shots around to create better dramatic effect. I feel that during the editing stage of production we become more experienced in our understanding of how trailers create tension whilst not giving away too much of the storyline.

Furthermore, we changed the ending which within our storyboard the idea was to have Charlie kills himself accidentally whilst carrying out a dare from the others, however we felt that a clearer way to leave the ending more ambiguous would be to have Charlie standing by a lake and telling the character Jack that he can't continue- making it unclear as to whether Charlie has killed himself or not.

Overall, our original storyboard was incredibly helpful at helping us to shoot specific shots as we were clear on ideas however we did adapt the storyline and in hindsight if we had had a clear idea on the storyline from the beginning and then storyboarded this final idea, it may have been easier to shoot all of the shots we needed for the final piece.