Shooting schedule

Shot No	Type	Duration	Location	Mise En Scene
1	Birds eye view	5seconds	Bathroom	Props-Bath, fake blood. Facial Expression-dead.
2	Long shot	3seconds	Bathroom	Props-glove. Shutting door
3	Extreme long shot	3seconds	Desolate area	Girl walking in the distance.
4	Long shot	4seconds	Doorway	Props-ransom note. Ransom note comes through the letterbox
5	Close up	3seconds	Doorway	Props-ransom note.
6	Zoom out to over shoulder shot	10seconds	Living room	Props- TV, ransom note Woman sat holding ransom note with TV in background
7	Pan shot to close up	8seconds	Desolate area	Pan of open space then to a girls face. Facial Expression-unconscious
8	Close up	4seconds	Living room	Props-TV Shot of TV
9	Pull focus	3seconds	Desolate area	Man walking, pull focus of girl laid on the floor
10	Close up	6seconds	Desolate area	Shot of feet and girls head
11	Long shot to zoom in	5seconds	Desolate area	Props-car, glove. Hand shutting car boot
12	Long shot	6seconds	Desolate area	Props-car. Car pulling off
13	Close up	3seconds	Living room	Props-TV Shot of TV
14	Long shot	3seconds	Dark room	Low key lighting Facial Expression-scared. Girl sat in dark room
15	Medium shot	6seconds	Living room	Props-glove. Facial Expression-shocked, terrified. Hand on woman’s shoulder
16	Long shot	4seconds	Dark room	Low key lighting Girl sat in a dark room
17	Birds eye view	5seconds	Bathroom	Props-bath, fake blood. Expression-dead.
18	Close up	7seconds	Living room	Props-TV Shot of TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

Props and Location list

Props

• Car
• TV
• Fake blood
• Bath
• Ransom note

Locations

• Bathroom
• Living room
• Park
• desolate road

Pitch.

Ideas For the Narrative

My overall film is about a Mother who has won a substantial amount of money and then a few days later her little girl goes missing.

She gets ransom notes asking for the money in return for her daughter.

The film goes through what the divorced parents of the little girl are going through, and throughout the film there are clips of the little girl being kidnapped and were she is now. The twist in the film is that the kidnapper turns out to be her father . Her father wanted the ,omey and knew there was no way he could get it because of the previous break-up between him and his wife. The ex-husband and wife get closer through out their daughters disappearance, but his life falls apart as he becomes a killer.

Conventions of the Genre

Ideas in my film that relate to the conventions os the genre are, the events causing suspense, being the ransom note, the kidnap and mind games played by the father, and the revealing clue of the kidnapper.

Creative Ideas

My creative idea for filming are, using desolate locations to film in to create an image of realism. Using a little girl to act so viewers get emotionally involved, and using props such as a glove which ill be a big clue in the kidnapping, other props are a ransom note and a car.

Justification

My film will succeed at the box office because it conforms to the conventions of successful thriller films, events in my film relate to events and ideas in other successful thriller films. Thrillers have been known to be successful at the box office. An example of a successful thriller Film is Se7en, which won a top box office award and 17 other awards.

Title Order.

Man On Fire.

• Studio Logo: 20th Century Fox
• Company Logo: Scott Free & Regency
• Director: Tony Scott Film
• Main Actor Name: Denxel Washington
• Fact: There is one kidnapping every 60 minutes in Latin America, 70% of the vivtims do not survive
• Other Actor Names: Dokota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Glancarol Glannin, Rodha Mitchel, Marc Anthony, Rachel Ticotin And Mickey Rourke
• Casting By...
• Costume Designer...
• Music By...
• Associate Producers...
• Co-Producers...
• Film Editor...
• Production Designers...
• Executive Producers...
• Director of Photography...
• Based on the Novel By...
• Screenplay By...
• Produced By...
• Directed By...

My Title Order.

• Company Logo:
• Director: Kathryn Moon
• Main Actor Name:
• Film Name:
• Other Actor Names:
• Casting By:
• Costume Design By:
• Music By:
•  Co-Produced By: Directed By:

Synopsis of overall film.

My overall film is about a mother who has won a substantil amount of money, and a few days later her little girl goes missing.She gets ransom notes asking for the money in return for her daughter.The film goes through what the divorced parents of the little girl are going through, and throughout the film there are clips of the little girl being kidnapped and clips of were she is now.The twist in the film is that the kidnapper turns out to her her father. Her father wanted the money and knew there was no way he could get it because of the previouse break-up in their marriage. The ex-husband and wife get closer through their daughters disappearance, but his life falls apart as he becomes a killer.

Initial ideas.

Sound-
Diegetic: Screaming, to create tension and suspense. Speech?
Non-Diegetic: Nursery rhyme, quite and louder at times to create suspence.

Location-
Desolate areas, to create suspense and mystery. Living room to create a sense of realism. Woods for a creepy effect.

Mise En Scene-
Lighting: Low key. Red.
Props: Car. Glove. Ransom note. Fake blood. Television.
Costume: Kidnapper, disguise balaclava. Little girl, coat and dress. Mother, casual everyday.

Camera and Editing-
Fast cut. Close up. Pull Focus. canted angle.

Genres-
Thriller. Psychological Thriller.

Analysis in to similar text.

For my main take I am going to film the opening sequence of a non-fiction film. To get ideas for my opening sequence I watched a few opening sequences of different films, such as Goodfellas.
The film Goodfellas starts with the film company logo, which was 'Warner Brothers'. During the opening sequence the actor's names came on screen in white text on a black background, while the actor's names came across the screen there was non-dietetic sound of a car, which was very effective. Then again in white text on a black background 'This film is based on a true story' appeared, the white text on black background makes the text stand out.
The first scene in the opening sequence is of a car driving down a deserted road, the car links to the non-dietetic sound herd when the actor's names appeared on screen. In the car are three conspicus men dressed in suits, this suggests that the men could be gangsters. The camera then pull focuses on a man sat in the passenger seat of the car. The camera then does a tracking shot of the car as it slows down. The three men then get out of the car. Then there is a shot of the men stood behind the car with the red break lights shining on them, this could suggest murder and unpleasant events to come. The camera then slowly zooms in on the boot of the car, one of the men opens the boot and murders a man that is inside, by stabbing and shooting him. The camera then focuses in on one of the gangster men played by Ray Liotta as a narrators voice says 'As far back as I can remember i wanted to be a gangster' this introduces this character and shows that the voice talking is the character in shot. It then goes back to a scene of Ray Liotta's character at a younger age. The narrator then explains over the scenes about the characters life, there is also non-dietetic sound of cheerful music under the narrators voice. This makes these scenes more light hearted then the murder that just took place. Then the film title appears, still on the black background but this time with red text. The colour red is associated with power, anger, heat, blood, and aggression. The narrator then goes on to explain how the thought of being a gangster when he was younger was better than being president of the untied stated which shows how he really wanted to be a gangster. Then at the bottom of the screen In white text 'East New York Brooklyn 1955' appeared, this is so that the views know where the film is set. The narrative voice then goes on to explain more about Ray Litta's characters life. Then the narrative voice stops as a character begins to talk, this character is Ray Liotta's childhood character's father. He confronts Ray Liotta's characters about not going to school, he then beats him with a belt. Then the nattative voice continues by saying 'Every once in a while you have to rake a beating'. This shows that the characters state of mind was set on being a gangster.