Institutional research

In this table I have processed in looking at a variety of production companies that make films including independent companies and conglomerates companies. From this is then selected 5 to look closely at and pull apart the fragments of the companies in order to narrow down what companies we would use when creating our opening. But, also what companies we feel would support our ideas and create the most success for our opening as well as what would link effectively to what we have produced. Overall, from the researches we have concluded to 3 companies which are all 3 of the independent companies: White Lantern films, Hammer film production and Coffee films.

Conglomerates: This refers to a company that produces synergies through ties to film studios, TV networks and publishing etc. Film scores developed from corporate owned library.

Independent: An independent company solely focuses on one aspect in this case producing films. However, they also do not work with other production companies to assist their work. They rely on own funding or contributions and grants from a singles person who wants to invest in the production of the film.

However, the reasons as for why we have chosen the three independent companies is because we feel that they are the main source of stereotypes in terms of basing their work mainly on thrillers and horrors for which we are trying to achieve in our work. These contradict from what the main conglomerates companies are as they work on more animated and genres that feature to wider audience rather than our narrow audience that thrillers target. Overall, the independent companies achieve what we want and would find our thriller would be more suited to them rather than anything else.

This is the original layout of the table in which I constructed to achieve the research and place them into a table to make the information easy to understand.

Production Companies

Questionnaire feedback

Questionnaire Results Work

These are the results of the questionnaire that was released to a variety of people to get an insight of what they want and don't want in a thriller. From this feedback I have analysed each result and from this anything that they we have changed to cater for the audiences needs. Overall, the results conclude that most of the target audience like thrillers but not thrillers that are typical such as the idea of being stalked or the stereotypes of a thriller. However, in order to construct the questionnaire we used a online application called survey monkey, that created our template but we wrote the questions that we wanted to ask our audience.

medication research

"Aripiprazole is used to treat the psychiatric disorders schizophrenia and mania.It is used to treat adults who have schizophrenia which is a disease characterised by symptoms such as hearing, seeing or sensing things which are not there, suspiciousness, mistaken beliefs, speech that cannot be understood, flatness in behaviour and emotions, feeling depressed, guilty, anxious or tense. It is also used to treat mania a condition with symptoms such as feeling high, having excessive amounts of energy, needing much less sleep than usual, talking very quickly with racing ideas, sometimes with severe irritability. Aripiprazole can also be used long term to stabilise mood and prevent further manic episodes in patients who have already responded to aripiprazole." 

http://drugs.webmd.boots.com/drugs/drug-33-Aripiprazole.aspx 

The meaning of schizophrenia in my eyes is a psychological disorder that effects the chemical reactions within the brain. This causes a variety of effects of hearing,seeing and sensing things that are not there, they are a figure of the imagination. This medication particularly treats mania and having extreme amounts of energy. This drug is a long term use for stabilizing moods and stop manic episodes from getting worse. 

This is the medication that will be represented in the scene which is used to repress the effects of schizophrenia. We have done research in order to replicate the right medication that would be used for someone who is actually suffering from the condition.  

props and costume list

1. Protagonist – White underwear (bra and knickers) to show innocence and red to show danger. One part of underwear will be red and the other white. within the woods scene she will be wearing black. 
2. Red bubble bath for the bath scene- which is the colour red relating back to the idea of anger and a deadly sin as well as the colour red creating a sense of danger. 
3. Ring member one (antagonist) - Mask- paint with red lettering for which will say anger, representing anger. Black clothing making it hard for audience to see identity. 
4. Member number two- Mask- paint with Green paint for which say envy in green lettering. Black clothing making it hard for audience to see identity.
5. Member number three- Mask- paint with yellow which resemble the word gluttony. Black clothing making it hard for audience to see identity as well as making all the cast in unity with each other.                                          
6. Member number four- Mask- paint on with acrylic which resemble the word Lust. Black clothing making it hard for audience to see identity as well as making all the cast in unity with each other.  
7. Script- cue cards for the cast to learn their lines of what to say from, parts of poets have been used from this section from a variety of poems.
8. Pills- they shall be in bottle and tic-tac’s will be used to represent the idea of real pills being in the shot. They shall be in the corner of the bath and be in background view of shots. 
9. Towel rail- This shall be placed on the wall with one single towel for which she will get from the cupboard and place on the towel rail herself. 
10. Razor blades- they shall be placed on the rack which usually holds sponges and soap, However, in order to stop them falling through cello tape will be underneath to keep the blades in place.                                       
    

We listed the props and costumes needed in a word document, ensuring we included everything that is needed. However, to make the set seem slight odd we also are using razor blades that will be placed in the room create a unsure idea of is she suicidal.  

Script preparation

Script prep

    

The preparation for the script included mainly parts of poems that discussed and involved around the deadly sins. The part in which we have chosen are going to be chanted within the woods scene while the main character is positioned in the middle of the circle, they shall begin with being about to hear them clearly but eventually they will be chanting there script over each other. They will chanting the script that relates to their sin. For example, envy will be chanting their script about envy. This will apply to each sin in the scene. we have included this to create a sense of confusion for the main character and portray her emotions of what her daily thoughts are as she is suffering from mental health issue for which is schizophrenia. We are showing the reality of her condition and the way it distorts her daily actions and life.

production schedule

This is a production schedule of what will take place including locations, props and costumes needed as well as what actors or actresses we need. We decided to divide each aspects into separate elements to make it easy and clear for the cast and for us to see what is needed for each day. Overall, we have displayed this through a table on a word document. before each day filming day this will be checked to ensure we are prepared with the correct equipment. This table collaborates all elements like props and costume into on table, one area for us to look at rather than flicking through pages of research. This table will make each filming day run as smooth as possible.

Production Schedule

The table devised for the cast as well as the director and myself, the assistant to the director as well as having control of what goes on within the scene and what shall be in the scenes during the filming process.

Location research

When looking and analyzing locations that would be suitable to film within, but also portray what we want to portray, we found a list of local setting to film from.  These local settings included Riverside country park, Cozinton Park, Capstone Park and Mote Park. However, the location for the bathroom setting we considered a variety of options including Morgan’s Bathroom, Tia’s bathroom and my bathroom. Through this research I have discussed the positives and negatives of each location in order to conclude to one location for each section which includes the bathroom and woods.

Location Research