Molly La Fosse's Media Blog

A shot list is the best way to organise your filming. It is a document that outlines and describes each shot, in chronological order, that you want in your sequence. It includes shot types, ie over the shoulder, as well as location.  An example of a detailed shot list

Now that we have got feedback on our idea from both Luke and Matt, this is the revised scene outline for our thriller THE CHANGES Before : The female character was a secretary Now : The female character is the wife of the man who has been kidnapped. Why? : We changed the character because both Luke and Matt explained that the setting of 'Office' was problematic because it is much harder to create the 'world' of an office in the limited studio space we have at our disposal and the limited time we will have on the actual shoot day. Casting this character as the Wife instead of a secretary means that we can use the setting of a kitchen for her end of the phone call. This is better because we can use the kitchen in the Ewhurst boarding house which is where we are filming the rest of the thriller. This will save time and effort on the day. Before : We did not have much character development for 'The Killer' Now : We plan to include a shot of 'The Kil...

For our thriller we will need some special effects makeup done on John as we want him to look like he has been badly beaten in order to immediately show the audience how serious and brutal the Henchmen and the Killer are and to make the scene more scary. I did some research on how to create fake bruises using makeup and found some helpful videos on YouTube : I don't think anyone in our group is skilled enough at makeup to do this ourselves and so we will have to find someone who can.  A possibility is one of my friends who is practiced at doing makeup for shows and could give it a go.

As well as having a chat with Matt, we presented our idea to another teacher, Luke. He had similar opinions to Matt and liked our script. At first he thought it sounded like there was too much action until he read the script and saw how we had condensed it. He liked our script and the idea of the phone call.  He also had helpful opinions on casting, giving us ideas of appropriate actors for The Killer and The Wife. He felt the Ewhurst basement would be a great location for the torture scene. He also suggested that we use Adam's kitchen as the other setting and so we have emailed Adam to ask for his permission to use this in our shoot. So far I feel as if our group has been working efficiently and we have produced some excellent ideas and research. We have used lessons productively and have been able to make best use of our lesson time by dividing up tasks for each member. 

I did some research on fake blood online and found that we could buy it for a fairly cheap price (£4.50 for 0.5oz) ( https://www.redcarpetfx.com/products/ben-nye-dark-blood?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=19620925189&gclid=CjwKEAiAyanCBRDkiO6M_rDroH0SJAAfZ4KLXQIMBM57mgntuuh24MxDTrqLij5NLFoo0rkZ3IDOWBoCbdHw_wcB )  However we would need about 8oz which would amount to  £20 - this is a bit out of our price range. Also, my research showed that it is much better to make your own fake blood if you want it to be on peoples skin or in their mouth because then it is non toxic. Therefore I then googled 'How to make fake blood' and found some very helpful websites, one being ... https://www.google.co.uk/amp/m.wikihow.com/Make-Fake-Blood%3Famp%3D1?client=safari . After discussing it with my group we decided it would be cheaper and safer to make the fake blood.

THE KILLER - Black turtle neck - Black suit -Smartly polished dress shoes (inspired by the character John Wick from the 2014 film, John Wick) THE WIFE - Piper - Red nail polish - Smart, sleek hair - Jeans - Plain jumper THE HUSBAND - John - White short sleeved shirt - Tie - Beige trousers -Brogues THE HENCHMEN - White boiler suit (that becomes splattered in blood.) - Plastic shoe coverings 

- Gun - pistol. The media department have a prop gun that we can use. - Chopping board, vegetables, knife to chop with. I will bring these in from home. - 2 mobile phones. Sean has bought 2 nokia phones from Singapore for the actors to use. - 1 chair. - Paracord to tie up The Husband. We will buy online - 2 Boiler suits - will buy online. - Wife's costume - just jeans and jumper. The actress will bring her own. - Accountant's costume - short sleeved white shirt, tie, trousers. The actor will bring his own. - Killer's costume - smart suit, black dress shoes. The actor will bring his own. - Paper and pen - Scalpels and knifes, power drill, general torture-like instruments. I will bring in my dad's DIY tools and the media department have some fake ones we can use. - Silencer? - we may just construct a makeshift one to save money. - Specific costumes on the 'Costumes' blog post.

This is the first draft of our script for the thriller sequence... Wife cuts vegetables in skilful way – fast cuts between knife movements. Phone rings Piper answers her phone The killer: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Piper: what? The killer: But if Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers – where is peter Pipers husband One of the men punches John Piper: Let me talk to him John: I’m here, I’m okay Piper: how many are there? The husband hesitates to answer John: 4 One of the men in a white boiler suit punches john – blood lands on the killer’s shoe – close of the shoe – the killer wipes the blood off the shoe – shoots the man in the white boiler suit The killer: make that three. You have 12 hours to wire 5 million dollars to the offshore account number 56789865. Shots of the wife writing this information down on a pad of paper she had next to her. The wife: where are you john? The killer: he’s ...

This is an email we sent to the owner of the Ewhurst basement to ask if we could use it as the location for our shoot. Dear Ian, Hi, I'm Molly la Fosse and I'm in Katie's AS media class and I was just wondering if my media studies group - myself, Sean Canning and Vova Solovyev - could possibly use the Ewhurst Basement for our coursework video? We would be shooting in January.  Kind regards, Molly, Sean and Vova