Casting Notes & Location Reports

Casting Notes

 Briony Ann Dillon

Aged 16- We have chosen to use Briony as she is extremely reliable and has the same time schedule as us and so we are able to work at convenient times. She has a lot of experience in acting as she has taken GCSE and A-level drama and so is good at performing. She is also very excellent at being directed and so we will be able to get her to do what we need. Her red hair is very useful in connoting danger and so overall is a great candidate to act in our movie as she is very good for the role.

Location Reports

We have chosen to use our school as the location for the movie as it has very dull colours and colours which resemble a hospital which is ideal for our movie. Also It has very useful flights of stairs which we needed showing confusion and anguish as she receives the recording. Also the transparent windows are useful as they allow the cameras to film on the other side and can be used to film the somewhat manic scenes.

We have used this room to film the beginning bedroom scene as it looks mainly like a hospital bedroom and the dull and plain colours add to the hospital look. Also the room is useful for placing the pictures on the grey boards and has a good join onto the corridor to connote being in a hospital.

 

We have used this flight of stairs as it consists of enough stairs to convince the audience of a hospital and have easy access to film. The colours of the stairs are highly effective as they show contrast to the manic goings on in the building. And makes it seem so much more believable.

We have decided to film at this door to as it is transparent, and so we can see the outside before she runs to it and possibly after she runs out of it. When it closes behind her we are still able to see her silhouette therefore making the shot able to last longer in one place.

We have used these lockers and corridor for her rush out of the hospital, we have decided to use these green lockers to later signify greed and envy during the movie and to show that whatever is in this locker could possibly bring problems.

Shooting Script

‘Phone Calls’

 

Written by Emma Gannon, Chloe Higgins and Chantelle Walker

PINK-10/12/12 BLUE-11/02/13

 

1.     INT-ESTABLISHING SHOT OF ROOM IN A MENTAL REHILBITATION HOSPITAL WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT PICTURES AROUND THE WALLS.

 

ESTABLISING SHOT TURNS INTO ARC SHOT WITH BLURRED FILTER. HIGH PITCHED MUSIC BUILDS IN THE BACKGROUND.

 

2.     INT-CLOSE UP SHOT ON A PICTURE OF BRIONY ‘KRISTEN STAR’ WITH A TARGET MOVING AROUND IT. YOU CAN HEAR THE CAMERA ZOOM IN AND OUT (making the illusion someone is looking in/ watching) MUSIC CARRIES ON FROM PREVIOUS SHOT BUT IS TURNED DOWN. THE TITLE ‘BRIONY ANN DILLON’ APPEARS.

 

3.     INT-CAMERA ZOOM OUTS OF PICTURE ONTO ANOTHER PICTURE WITH TARGET SAYING ‘MUSIC BY CHANTELLE WALKER’

 

4.     INT-SAME ON A PICTURE OF THREE GIRLS, TARGET, TITLES SAY ‘EDITED BY EMMA GANNON, CHLOE HIGGINS, CHANTELLE WALKER’

 

5.     INT-PICTURE OF A GIRL, TARGET, TITLES COME UP ‘WRITTEN BY EMMA GANNON’

 

6.     INT-PICTURE OF THREE GIRLS, TARGET, TITLES SAY ‘PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY EMMA GANNON, CHLOE HIGGINS, CHANTELLE WALKER’

 

7.     INT-CAMERA TURNS AWAY FROM WALL OF PICTURES INTO AN ESTABLISHING SHOT OF A PATIENT IN BED WHILST SLOWLY ZOOMING IN. THE PATIENT WAKES UP AND TURNS ON HER SIDE TO FIND A VOICE RECORDER WITH A SIGN SAYING ‘PLAY ME’

 

8.     INT-CLOSE UP SHOT OF HER CONFUSED FACE AND TURNS INTO ESTABLISHING SHOT TO SHOW HER GETTING OUT OF BED.

 

9.     INT-POINT OF VIEW SHOT OF HER PRESSING PLAY. RECORDING SAYS IN DEEP, LOW VOICE ‘LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY. THE HOSPITAL YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN IS GOING TO BE BOMBED IN A MINUTES TIME ONCE THE RECORDING IS FINISHED. BUT FIRST RUN TO THE LOCKERS THERE WILL ONE BE UNLOCKED ONE, TAKE THE TIME AND RUN. DON’T ASK QUESTIONS. DON’T HELP OTHERS. JUST RUN.’ ENDS WITH A LONG BEEP.

 

10.  INT-ESTABLISHING SHOT OF BRIONY RUNNING OUT OF THE ROOM IN A SHOCKED, SCARED, CONFUSED STATE. THERE IS DEEP BREATHING AND A HEART BEAT PLAYING. SHE RUNS DOWN THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS.

 

11.  INT-MID SHOT. BRIONY REACHES THE DOOR BUT IT’S LOCKED. SHE REMEMBERS SHE WAS MEANT TO GO THE LOCKERS THINKING THE KEY COULD BE IN THERE.

 

12.  INT-ESTABLISHING SHOT OF BRIONY RUNNING DOWN THE CORRIDOR.

 

13.  INT-CLOSE UP SHOT OF BRIONY SEARCHING THROUGH ALL THE LOCKERS. FINDS THE RIGHT ONE, OPENS IT AND SNATCHES WHATEVER IS INSIDE.

 

14.  INT-ESTABLISHING SHOT OF A CLOCK ON THE WALL, CLOSE UP SHOT OF BRIONY’S FACE.

 

15.  INT-ESTABLISHING SHOT OF BRIONY RUNNING BACK DOWN THE CORRIDOR. THE HEARTBEAT GETS LOUDER AND FASTER ALONG WITH ALL THE OVER MUSIC.

 

16.  INT CHANGES TO EXT-SHE REACHES THE DOOR OPENS IT AND JUMPS OUTSIDE. THIS IS IN SLOW MOTION.

 

17.  THE SCREEN DIMS TO BLACK AND YOU HEAR A LOUD EXPLOSION.

 

18.  THE FILM TITLE APPEARS ON THE BLACK SCREEN ‘PHONE CALLS’AND FADES OUT.

 

19.  BLACK SCREEN, BEEP MONITER STILL GOING ON.

Animatic

Feedback –

This is very interesting as it gave an outline of what the opening sequence will look like. And gives me an idea of what it will look like and the images are quite detailed. I like the sound effects and music because it gave an essence to what I was seeing.  (Jessica Obile-Okwu,17)

I think the story looks good from the picture but the music doesnt work.
(Charlotte Bannon, 16)

Comparing our animatic to our actual film opening, a lot has changed for example our music. The feedback from Charlotte was really effective because despite us thinking the music was perfect for our film having someone who isnt part of the production crew meant we needed to think more carefully about our target audience and get more feedback.