Equipment List

Planning – Equipment List

Tripod x 1

I extensively used the tripod for a multitude of shots to keep them steady and well positioned throughout tumultuous weather conditions. The tripod was set at various height levels due to the adjustable legs allowing for shot variety, I utilised the tripod on every shoot I took part on.

DSLR Camera x 2

I used two cameras because it meant that I had a backup and I didn’t have to change lens’ exposing the filter to dust as each camera had a differing lens. Both cameras came on every shoot and they were the crux of every production I did.

50mm lens x 1

 This lens was mainly utilised for close up shots and shots with a wider depth of field. This lens was used in interior shots as I had no reason to use the zoom function.

200mm lens x 1

Mainly used in the exterior shots as I was able to get a safe distance away from the car but still create the effect of the camera being close to the car using the zoom function. This lens also allowed me to make more landscaping shots as I was able to create a wider scene from a long distance away

SD card x 2

Used to keep the data recorded on the camera, I had one for each camera again as a backup device.

Battery Charger and Batteries for the DSLR’s x 2

Useful in keeping the cameras powered and also I used two batteries as I was able to change them when one ran out, meaning that during a shoot if one battery went flat I had a spare

Film Treatment

Working Title – Endgame, The Game, Endless, Finality, Hotel, Hotel End, Hyde Hotel, Janus 

Writers name and contact information – Ben Young, benjaminyoung9@gmail.com

Logline – “Disaster strikes in the most common places”

Characters

Detective/Mysterious character - intentions initially unknown
Victim
Hotel Chaperone
Police Chief
Suspect 1
Suspect 2
Suspect 3

Who, What, When, Why and Where:

A man appears on the scene of what appears to be a murder, he scours the scene and takes the evidence. We later find out he is the detective assigned to the murder department of the local county and he returns to the scene of the crime. A conflicted personality in the detective leads to the audience eventually discovering he played a part in the murder and covered his tracks in the opening titles. The main plot focuses on finding out the victim's murderer, and this leads to many suspects being cornered and the victims questionable past being brought into light throughout the film. It is a contemporary film and set in the modern era with no specific timeframe, in the 2000s will be the overall timeframe based off the technology used. It takes place in varying locations, the police department operate in a big city and draw suspects in from urban and rural environments but the actual murder and the victims backstory takes place in a small village some distance from the city. The victim is murdered seemingly in connection to drug related crime, but at the scene some suspect items including foreign currency, a burned photograph and a mysterious tape lead the detective down a path to discover that the victim was originally part of the police force some time ago who was discharged. He then fled abroad after his partner disappeared and erased his identity, last sighted in Latin America. The detective eventually discovers his partners family plotted revenge if he ever returned and they framed the killing like a drug related incident, we discover in the end the detective is the partners brother and the case is closed.

Preliminary Task Script

This is the complete script for our preliminary task

Ed: "20 minutes late Megan"

Ed smacks his phone against his hand

Megan: "b-bu I was just"...

Ed:                                    "alright alright, I got the file that you sent me this morning"

Megan: "I was up all night, I put a lot of effort into it. What did you think?"

Ed: "Shall we play it?"

Ed clicks button on remote, music starts to play
Whilst music plays Megan dances slightly and Ed looks bored drinking from a bottle
Ed clicks button on remote, music stops

Megan: "So what'd 'you think?"

Ed: "I'm not angry Megan, It's just not what I asked for. I asked for a slow drop with a rising beat, not a rising beat with a slow drop"

Megan: "Yeah bu...."

Ed:                            " Sh Sh Sh Shh, You're fired. You see this contract"

Ed rips up contract

Ed: "Could you put this bottle in the bin on the way out"

Scene.

Sound Effects

I decided to use sound effects during the construction of my film opening because it would enhance the experience and bring the film more to life. Also because my exterior footage sound was unusable because of windy conditions it would allow me to, post production, insert driving sound effects. These driving sound effects would work well with the film opening as it would build tension and make the film seem more realistic, rather than having just silence.

The service I decided to use to source sound effects is freeSFX, a website that would provide me with hundreds of sound effects and an effective search mechanism allowing me to find exactly what I need. It downloads the sound effects straight from the browser in a high quality Mp3 format, this meant that my sound effects should be of a high quality.

I also plan to use sound effects that are non diegetic, glass smashing when not seen on screen for example. It is my plan to use dramatic sound effects like glass smashing to enhance the visuals on screen as it will be sudden and dramatic. It would also match some conventional films like The Big Short which uses sound effects to emphasise events.