Movie Trailer

Diary Entry #5

19/08/14

Today i tried to import all of the footage from my video camera. Unfortunately, imovie was unable to import the files from my camera so i decided that i would have to re-film the bloody scene (other shots were already done on my iphone). My cousins refused to do it again so i had to do it myself and get my older sister to film me. I wanted to get it done so we used tomato sauce rather than corn syrup and food colouring.

Diary Entry #4

10/08/14

Today my cousins came over and we did a lot of filming. The first thing we filmed was a bloody gruesome scene with lots of blood. I decided to do this outside because i didn't want to make a mess in the house. It was an easy shoot because i just had to dress them up and position them in places. The actors in the scene just played dead and i took lots of shots from different angles.

Today we also filmed the rest of the shots that i needed, which was the car park scene. I got my sister to pull into the drive way about 3 times so that we had lots of shot options. We filmed the scene at about 6 so that it reflected the dark mood of the film. We finished up on all the shooting of my sisters scenes in the trailer which include her pulling up into the house, walking into the house, and her reaction(ending shot).

Diary Entry # 3

6/08/14

Today i was lucky because it was a sunny day to film the happy scenes for the beginning of my trailer, of moments between Louis and Tasa. We went to the park and i filmed lots of moments of them together. I also recorded sweet moments between them at home.

Diary Entry #2

3/08/14

Today my cousins came over and we recorded the voice-overs for my trailers. I also looked through the internet to search for some suspenseful music that is royalty free. We also went to the opshop and supermarket to buy some resources for the bloody scenes. I plan to film these scenes next Sunday.  

Diary Entry #1

2/08/14

During the holidays i did not have anytime to do the filming so i have had to change the shooting schedule. Today i filmed my first piece of footage. It was a gloomy day, so i decided to film an establishing shot of my house.

My new filming schedule:

• Saturday (today): Shoot establishing shot of house
• Sunday: Record voice-overs with my cousins + Go to op shop and supermarket to buy old clothes and ingredients to make fake blood.
• Wednesday: Shoot establishing shots of Louis and Tasa at the park + cute moments between them at home.
• Sunday(10 August): Shoot bloody gruesome scenes with my cousins + car park scene

Production Plan (5 July-11 July)

Happy montage for the beginning of trailer - Begin shooting on Saturday 5 July

Shot List:

1. Establishing shots
2. Close up shots
3. Mid shots
4. Long shots

Location: Park, House, Street

Needs:Camera, tripod

Cast: Nitasa, Louis

The first shot i will get is an establishing shot of my house. Then my sister and I will take Louis for a walk to the park and i will film long shots of them and also cute moments between them. At home i will get shots of them cuddling (mid and close up shots)

Note: It needs to be a relatively sunny day, as i want the shots to have joyful and happy tone. Sunny natural lighting will be an important aspect to these shots and if the weather is not good then i will have to reschedule this shooting day.

Voice overs - Monday 7 July

(During the holidays, all of my little cousins and my sister will be available to record some voice over for the trailer)

Script

"OH MY GOD!!!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH"

"911 what is you're emergency?..... something is trying to kill me aaaaaaaaaaahhh"

"what is that"

"don't be so stupid, he is an innocent little dog"

Needs: Iphone(voice recorder)

Cast: Abby, Jayden, Julia, Nitasa

(Import the footage and save onto laptop)

Bloody scenes - Wednesday 9 July 

(Film the gruesome scenes.)

Shot list:

1. High angle shot
2. Closeup
3. Extreme closeup shot 
4. Establishing shot
5. Mid-closeup shot

Location: Home (lounge) 

Needs: Fake blood (red food colouring, corn syrup, flour), camera, tripod

Cast: Abby, Jayden, Julia

Costume: old clothes

I will get the bloody gruesome shots on this day. The actors will be wearing old clothes that we can throw out after, as they will be covered in fake blood. These shots will be consists of close up, extreme closeup, high angle, establishing and mid-closeup shots of the murder scene of these actors. 

Car parking scene (Friday 11 July)

(This scene is where Nitasa gets out of her car and is walking into the house.)

Shot list: 

1. Long shot
2. P.O.V shot
3. Mid shot
4. Close up shot

Location: Home

Needs: Camera, Tripod, Car

Cast: Louis, Nitasa

I will get all the shots for the scene where we see Nitasa come home and open the door and screams (close up) which ends in a cliffhanger. First we will get a long shot of Nitasa driving into the driveway. Then I will need to get a P.O.V shot of Louis watching Nitasa get out of the car. Next I will need a mid tracking shot of Nitasa walking into the house, where we will then get a close up reaction shot of her screaming.

Editing Process starts beginning of Term 3

Note: I will need to make sure that i record more than one shot in every scene so that i have more than one option to choose from when i edit my trailer. This will save me having to re-shoot scenes if something is wrong with a shot.