29. Editing Process

We edited using Song Movie Studio Platinum 12.0. We have yet to include the titles and we are still in the process of making our production company's ident, however, here are some images of the video in the making...

 

 

 

18. Storyline For the Whole Film- "Missing"

1. Family at the park- only father and two daughters, no mother-->dead
2. flashes of a missing child poster--> foreshadows later events
3. family photo--> go back to when family photo was taken--> younger daughter's birthday
4. older daughter gets the feeling that someone is watching them
5. family go to the park--> older daughter still feels paranoid and uneasy
6. POV keeps switching to someone hiding behind things in the park (heavy breathing)
7. younger girl goes missing--> search party is sent out
8. older sister is determined to find her sister--> doesn't trust the police because of the way they handled their mother's death (mother was killed in a hit and run)
9. with the help of her friend/love interest--> she tries to find her sister
10. they keep finding clues but they are actually bait to draw them in
11. they get captured too-->find out that he kidnapped younger sister because of reason that are related to their mother--> you don't find out why
12. they try to think of an escape plan
13. love interest/friend decides to create a distraction to give the sisters time to escape
14. he gets shot in the leg and can't escape with them
15. sisters are on the run and end up hiding in a forest for the night
16. they're lost and can't find their way out and back home
17. they pass out from exhaustion and wake up in a hospital
18. their father is there and explains that they were found by a park ranger who identified them as the missing girls and contacted the police
19. love interest/friend is also there, his leg is bandaged and he is on crutches
20. he explains how he escaped with flashbacks and voice-over
21. kidnapper is still on the loose
22. older sister receives a bunch of flowers with a get well card--> inside is a note from the kidnapper saying that he will find her and silence her for good
23. film is left on a cliff-hanger that hints at a sequel.

The film is set in North America and has four main characters and roughly 3 sub-main characters. The four main characters are:

1. Older Sister- Sophie Campbell
2. Love Interest/Friend- Michael Hamilton (Mikey)
3. Younger Sister- Isla Campbell
4. Kidnapper- no-name

The three other sub-main characters are:

1. The Father- Joseph Campbell
2. Policeman 1- Detective Jones
3. Policeman 2- Detective Roberts

13. Audience Interviews

We interviewed some girls in our target audience range. We asked them which movies they thought had good opening sequences and what draws them and puts them off movies.

12. Mood Board

 These pictures all include elements or ideas that we would like to involve in our film opening. These pictures have angles and lighting that we would like to acheive, especially the shadows, and they also look quite realistic.

 We chose to include family photos because we would like to show the protagonists family in order to get you closer to her and be able to relate to her.To connect to family to the missing child poster, we would like to use the section of our family photo that has the little girl in and use her image as the missing child poster image. This links them together

 We would like to set our scene in the park but have flashes of the little gril cowering somewhere.

The titles etc. will be on objects commonly found in the park. For example we would like to have a name or something similar on a piece of paper that is in a puddle and the little girl will come along and jump in the puddle.

8. Research For Film Brief

I have done some research on movies that are similar to our idea and I found three in particular that I thought were good examples. I think these will be useful to show the different possible ways we could start our film and the arrangement/order of the production info etc.

Gone (2012)
Gone follows the story of Jill and her sister Molly. Jill was kidnapped and thrown in a hole in the woods, filled with other bodies. She was the only one to escape and he comes after her again. However, when he finds that she isn't home, he takes Jill's sister, Molly. No-one else believes Jill so she tries to find her sister herself and ends up being chased by the police because they think that she is just a crazy woman with a gun.

Gone Trailer

 



Prisoners (2013)



This movie is the story of two families who come together on Thanksgiving. Their youngest daughters are allowed to go back to the visiting family's house but they never make it. They are both kidnapped and this movie follows one of the fathers as he takes drastic measures to find the two little girls with the help of a detective.

Prisoners Trailer

 

Taken (2008)

Bryan Mills is a former CIA operative who sets about tracking down his daughter after she and her friend are kidnapped by human traffickers while traveling in France.

 

Taken Trailer

 



6. Our Film Brief

We have decided to do an indie thriller about someone who is different from everyone else. We thought that this film brief was open to a wide range of ideas and angles that we could pursue. We chose this film brief because it was an area that we all found interesting and had many ideas for. Our idea is similar to the story told in 'The Jelly Baby Task' that we made. The idea is that we have two girls, best friends or sisters playing together (eg. in a park or house). We would establish the relationship between the girls and put the watchers at ease however the story quickly changes. One girl is taken or goes missing and the rest of the film would be about finding her and getting her home.

We would use fast editing and shots from a hand held camera to build tension and even point of view shots from the perspective of the kidnapper, looking out at the girls. By never showing the face of the kidnapper, we would be building tension and fear levels because you don't know who they are but you know that they are the bad guy. High angle shots of the girls will make them look vulnerable also. Lighting and colour will help us to establish who is good and who is bad. The girls will be in bright clothing and out in the sunlight, whereas the kidnapper will be wearing dark clothes and he will stick to the shadows (eg. under trees, behind corners etc).

Our idea has been accepted by Mrs Black :)

5. The Jelly Baby Task

We had to create a set and story for our jelly babies. We decided to make our story a thriller. Our first two shots had a blue sky, in the other three the sky is black. We thought this would reflect on Yellow's mood and the intentions of the two other jelly babies. Also, places are much scarier in the dark and shadows make people paranoid. The final three shots were building up tension as well as solidifying Red and Black's bad guy persona and the impression that Yellow is innocent and vulnerable. This makes you feel fear when you see the final shot where Red and Black confront Yellow. We used music and speech to help create a tense atmosphere and to help the story flow better.

"This video follows the story of Yellow and Orange, two little jelly girls who are playing at the park when they notice a man hiding behind a tree. The man jumps out with a knife and kills Orange. Yellow is sad and scared and she keeps noticing two men following her. But what will they do to her?"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4yZVCTkBzo&feature=youtu.be