Casting Decisions

This is an imaginary Director's Cut created to depict why we have chosen our cast for specific characters.

Character Description

These are snapshots portraying details of our characters.

Costume - dress design

This is the design for the dress that the Spirit will wear. It is black as this colour connotes death and evil. The fact that it is ragged and torn emphasises her age as well as reflecting her personality.

Animatic

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This is a brief animated version of how our opening sequence will be shown on screen. As well as this, we've added our soundtrack to it to give a brief idea of how it will actually look. Some parts of the music are out of time with what is on screen, however whilst actually recording, we will ensure that it is perfect for our final product.

Storyboard

 

 These are our ideas set out in a storyboard. This depicts a sort of timeline of what will happening in our opening sequence and how it will all be set out. These show each of our clips in detail including the type of shot, how long they are there for and the sound/camera movement. This is so that we know how long each shot should be on for so that we have a simple plan of what to do to help us whilst shooting and editing.

Props/Location

PROPS

The props are an important part of our opening scene as they are used a lot throughout. Below are the following props we will need:

Pills; For when the man takes them to stop/calm his hallucinations down so he can continue with what he is doing.

A simple black dress; This will be what the girl is wearing when she appears out of the bath. It is black to con notate evil; which the person is as she is a dark character/illusion. 

A towel; This will be used when the man is coming out the bath as he will need too cover himself up as otherwise it would be inappropriate. Also he will need to be able to grab it quickly so that he can take his pills.

Fake blood; This will be used when we see the blood dripping from the ceiling in the mans hallucinations. It will only be seen a few times so we only need to use a small amount as its only a couple of drops each time.

A cigarette; This will be used when we see the ECU of it when it is lit. The smoke from it will be used to do a graphic match on another item that contains smoke. 

A kettle; This will be used to connect with the smoke from the cigarette. It was also be seen in the kitchen as its a homely prop that is usually seen.

                                      

Location

We will be setting our opening sequence in an urban setting. We have chosen this as people can relate to where this may be going on, as they may also live in such an area, this then makes it more personal for the audience when watching. When we are in the house we are going to be using low key lighting, we will be only/ trying to use the light that is produced the the light sources within the house. We will be filming this during the night, this well all so create a scarier atmosphere when watching this, as when people see something black/ dark they think it is automaticly scary. Will will also use a wide range of different camera angles, types of shots to create a more scary/ tense atmosphere.

Soundtrack For Our Opening Sequence

This is the idea we have for a souondtrack that we created ourselves for our opening sequence. It contains eerie synths which bring mystery to the film as well as water drips which is an aural match to the mise en scene when our protagonist is in the bath. It also makes the audience feel cold and isolated as well as water drops being related to torture. Of course, within the soundtrack you can hear the clear disequilibrium within the track leaving the audience feeling on edge and in suspense without even having to watch anything.