Cast

Chapter Thirty-Nine:

Actors & Actresses

We have finalised our cast for EVANGELINE.

Evangeline - Eliza Thapa 

Sister - Fran Parisi

Young Michael - Alex L

Older Michael - Dmitry L

Brooke (Friend)- Hannah Nanton 

Filming The Car Scene

Chapter Thirty-Six :

"If I had a world of my own, everthing would be nonsense..."

Car Scenes

To film the car for the car scene we need to make sure the angles are accurate and consistent. Continuity is key. It will also be important that the last shot you are able to see the shadow of the stalker but not is figure or his face. Possibly his feet so the right angle will allow us to see what we need to follow the plot.

Storyboard Part Two

Chapter Twenty-Five:

"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken."

Storyboarding - Part Two

This week I've been working on a storyboard for my new concept. I was unsure of how to do this because A) I'm not quite 'van Gogh' and B) I wasn't sure about what needed to be put on paper. I found a useful video on storyboarding and used a template to draw on.

Working Title: ________________                                 Production Company: ________________

Shot No:         Location: Action: Shot/Movement: Sound: Lighting: Edit Transition:                        Timing:

See my initial storyboard post from October for more.

October Storyboard Example 

Thriller Opening Sequence

Chapter Sixteen : 

"Nobody heard him, the dead man. But still he lay moaning. I was much further out than you thought. 

And not but drowning. I was much to far out all my life, and not waving but drowning." 

Rain For Morgan - Underwater Footage.

I really love this underwater footage. This has inspired my opening sequence. I plan to have different shot angles though and create several differences.







Here is the initial idea for my Thriller opening scene.

The first shot will be a crosscut between a woman drowning and the contrast of two girls and two boys in a car going on a road trip. The woman will be filmed underwater floating peacefully. The sequence will be a mixture of mid shots and close ups. It will be at an eye line height. There will be non diegetic classical music and no diegetic sound. This will then cut to a shot of the four teens, they will be driving and the shot will be through the windscreen of either the driver, passenger of front windscreen. The foursome will be listening to diegetic dance music and raving in the car. The shot then moves onto Dan who is smoking a split out of the car window. The scene then cuts back to the woman drowning and we see her hair and dress getting wrapped around her body and face. There is a close up of her face from a direct over head angle. As the shot cuts to a wide shot of the teenagers truck we zoom in on a car following them. It is an Audi. The truck is seen turning off and pulling into a open space near a lake and the shot cuts to the car pulling in towards the camera. The music is turned off and the four teenagers grab their bags out of the back of the truck this is a wide shot showing the kids with their bags and tents. A few lines of dialogue are exchanged and they kids go to put up two tents. We cut to a shot of the tents in place and it is now early evening. The next shot is in the tent with both the couples, as they unpack the girls notice their underwear is missing. We see the girls empty their bags. Josh offers to take Maddie to get some more clothes from home and we see them walking towards the car and the headlights light up. During this time Jasmine and Dan decide to go swimming in the lake we film them from a wide shot and see the couple splash into the lake. It cuts back to Evangeline drowning and the classical music has stopped and we hear the diegetic splashing from underwater, a voice over is played over this and it is Evangeline talking about her death. As if she is watching herself. She continues to speak as we cut back to the couple in the water. In sync both the couple stop moving and Evangeline finishes her speech. We see an over the body shot from Evangeline and we see Jasmine open her eyes underwater to see Evangeline's corpse. She screams and the noise is heard through the water and bubbles escape to fill the shot. Fade to black.

See Phoebe's Blog. I Will Work With Lucie And Phoebe Phoebe's Blog

Editing-Part One

Chapter Twelve:

 

"The only way to do great work, is to love what you do."

Editing Media (PART ONE)

Editing in film is a process of cutting and assembling film footage to produce a finished product.

The role of the film editor includes organizing transitions between shots making decisions about shot duration and maintaining continuity.

A transition is the process of cutting from one shot to another usually involves a simple straight cut. This is not a jump cut- However there are other means of transition available to a film editor including a fade to black, cross dissolving and slide/wipe.

Duration of the shot will usually indicate narative and aid the viewer. A short shot can convey urgency action and panic while a longer shot can suggest intimacy or suspense. A shot can also be edited into slow motion of fast motion.