Final Title Sequence

Investigation re-shoot

These are the images or our set up and re shoot for the investigation scene. I was incharge of mise en scene and I had to make sure the room looked more like an investigation scene. Tommy was working on  cinematography and was able to focus the lense enough that we were able to get an extreme close up of the pin board investigation.

 

  
Once we were set up we wanted to show the opposite between good and evil, we were able to use the footage we had from the killer to create like a parallel compared to the investigation scene and the killer scene. We used the shot of the killer up the table head on and then create the opposite by filming an over the shoulder shot of George as if he's facing the killer down the table. To create a parallel/contrapuntal shot.

Investigation scene - re-shoot Room change issue

Once we had filmed or first shoot in the conference room we were unable to use the room again, as the room was not free, this ment finding a new place to shoot or scene and reshoot a lot of the scene as we did not finish when we used the conference room.

However we asked if we could use the English staff room for two days in the week and the head of the department said yes so we will be re shooting to get better lighting and more shots.

Filming investigation room

Today we were aloud to go up to the main conference room to film the investigation part of the sequence.

This room was perfect for what we wanted to do as it had a large table and chairs and a pin board. As I was creating the mes-en-scene I did this by printing pictures of from the enter net to use on an investigation pin board. I scattered papers pens and coffee mugs around the room so that it looked like there was work being done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 However when we were filming we wanted a shot of george looking at the pin board  and studying it hard, then an individual shot of the board but the camera examining all the points of the board that we would use as filler shots, between both scenes. 

Mise en scene for investigation

These are the pictures of the children we used as victims for the investigation pin board.

 

    

Planning investigation scene

Today we have been planning our investigation scene we decided we needed office space so we sent an e_-mail to John taylor and asked to use one of the conference rooms to film the scene.

This was his response:

As i am in charge of mies-en-scene i have found a few things to place around the conference room to make it look more like an police office.

Title sequence so far

So far are title sequence is 1:30 in time, this is not long enough so we will be filming more for the investigation. Max edited the title sequence so that the filming fits parallel to the soundtrack. We will also film some filling shots to extend the length of the title sequence

The music is at a faster tempo during the investigation scene this was so that you are able to feel a sense of urgency as and audience to solve the case. And the soundtrack was slower and conveyed a sense of fear as the killer flicked through the pages of the book..

Filming killer perspective

When filming I am incharge of muse en scene for the killers scene we wanted it to be very minimalistic, not too much going on but enough for people to be engaged.

For my costumes as the killer I went for dark colours black jeans dark brown high boots and a black and grey checked shirt, this was so that  my body would fall into place and blend in with the scene yet still be visible

I also went to the prop cupboard and found some old woven mesh this I used to cover the table, this made the table have a very tattered and ere feel to it

 

Then I found some prop knives for me to use/ play around with when filming to connote that I'm the killer.

 

 These helped create the darker side of the scenes.

However my hands seem pretty adverse so in that moment before filming I got fake blood and black chalk this made my hands dirty and bloody further acknowledging that I am the killer.

Overall I feel that this gave our filming the edge and effect we wanted.

 

Mise en scene of detective

We would like the detective to have a suit and tie to show his power. To also show that he is well off. We want him to have a brief case as well to show that he is working non stop and is always on the go. We want the detective to look as though he has his life on track and cares about his appearance as he likes to look smart. we want the killer to have a lot of high key lighting within the sequence as he has nothing to hide. We also want him to look stressed out by fidgeting fast movements and show some anger, we would show this by him throwing stuff off the table. we want the setting to look as though he is is a busy office showing how much work is being done within the sequence to find the killer but we want him to also look as though he is non stop working.

Mise en scene of killer

The killers costume should consist of brown/black boots tattered jeans ripped shirt, dirty hands and scruffy hair, This is all to show that the killer has no sense of hygiene or care and does not care about his own well being. We want the killer to look sinister and creepy we thought he should look dirty as he has a hide out underground shack this means he would have no means of cleaning. we want low key lighting that doesn't show his face this is to create the sense of enigma to leave the audience guessing to who it is/could be. We also want him to be in an off centre frame within the sequence to connote his instability, and to enable us to use different angles to have a wider range of cinematography. We do not want him to have any dialogue as this can create a more sinister feel to the character as even though he is doing such dark things he shows no emotion in his face or dialogue.

Planning for filming

I was incharge of mise-en-scene. Therefore I was tasked with creating the prop book for the killers perspective shoot. I bought a fake leather note book and I needed to make the book look like it was owned by a psychopath. This ment that I had to first make it look dirty. So firstly I used a teabag and water. Then I rubbed the teabag into the page, I did this so I was able to make the pages look old. After that dried, I researched different quotes from murderers and serial killers and I wrote a few around the book in very messy and different writing to make the owner look mad.

I got two of my friends to send me pictures of them as children and I then cut those pictures down to make them look as tho they were polaroids. I stuck them in the book with gaffa tape this made it look very gritty, I was then able to scribble out their eyes.

 

Filming

We began to film today. Over the next few weeks we will be filming  the killers perspective and then the investigation/ police setting.

for there killers perspective we booked out a drama room, this room was perfect for the shoots we wanted to create. within this room it is easy to create low key lighting as the walls are painted so it does not reflect as much light this means by blocking the windows and doors we are able to create complete darkness.

 

 
 
When lights are off

 

However we ran into an issue with the room as the performance lights did not work this was a dilemma as we were going too use the lights to dimly light the room, however we came up with the idea of using our phone torches to light the scene. this was perfect as 2 phone torches lit the scene just enough to see whats going on but not enough to show the tables and chairs within the room, the torches also gave off very cold but still soft light last over the scene.