Monday, 18 April 2011

Question 7- Looking back at your preliminary task- what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to your final product?

Production- Final Film

Title- Per Oculos Lupus
Produced by- Sync Productions
Starring- Ryan Lott, Chloe May, Tom Hartland
Released- April 2011
Genre- Horror
Director(s): Forest Onderka-Lang, Thomas Hartland, Thomas Mendel, Robert Gravely
Editing by- Forest Onderka-Lang, Thomas Mendel, Thomas Hartland, Robert Gravely

Planning 9- Shooting Schedule


We decided to film everything on Friday 12th March, It was tough to Co-Ordinate everyone to a good shooting time as both the members of the group who did the filming, Myself, and Forest, both have jobs, as did the driver of the car we used. Eventually we found a suitable day to film which was quite stressful as it was that night or bust really, so the weather really had to play along with its forecast- shown here ->

For the filming, the used:

  1. The camera
  2. The car
  3. Skye (Dog)
  4. Blanket
  5. Two actors (discluding myself in the dog walkers role)
  6. The costumes
The costumes were thought about thoroughly, the writers of the storyboard, (Myself and Forest) had the vision of a traditional American style werewolf film. Whereby the two teenagers are alone at the stereotypical "Make out point" and the two are attacked by a lurking werewolf. With this in mind, the actors had to be wearing the stereotypical American teenage clothing, originally we wanted to use the again stereotypical "Jock football team jacket". But there were difficulties getting a hold of it. So the male actor wore an American designer top and the female actor wore a dress.

We didn't film the final production chronologically, as the werewolf was supposed to be able to see in the dark, we filmed the POV shots during the day to make sure it was illuminated giving the impression the wolf has immaculate night-time vision. The frames we shot are as follows-

Wolf Point Of View Shots (Frames 2, 5, 8, 22, 23)
Shots Involving The Dog (Frames 14 - 21)
Shots Of Actors One and Two (Frames 6, 7, 9, 10 - 13, 16, 18)
Shots of Actor Three (Frames 15, 17)
Moving Car Shots (Frames 1, 3, 4)

Planning 8- Communication through Web 2.0


The members of the team had to have some way of communicating and organising wherever we are. So we decided to use social networking sites such as facebook-




Some members of the group used twitter for things like sharing their research, I however didn't because I think for the most part It's a self centred waste of time. Here, Team Member Thomas Mendel is sharing the soundtrack he found with Team Member Forest.

Saturday, 16 April 2011

Planning 7- Props and Locations

The job of finding suitable locations was actually my task. As my village is in a very rural location with lots of quiet back roads in which a teenage couple might go to engage in teenage kicks. I scouted around 3 or 4 locations around my house but eventually chose the first one I found as it was a very quiet road with no sound except the occasional sound of a train going by and It also has a very creepy shed like structure overlooking the road which I thought we could shoot from. I thought if we shot from it at the start of the film then perhaps we could use it as the werewolf's "Den". We created a table of the props we used to simply keep track of what we have used- borrowed etc. So that it could be returned and not lost. This is the table:



Props:
Reason for usage:
Digital Video Camera
to record the opening two minutes
Digital Fixed Camera
to take photos as evidence
Tripod
to stand and keep the camera still whilst filming
Rug
for the boy and girl actors to sit on
Car
to be parked behind the boy and girl/lighting



These are pictures of the Location I eventually chose-



Planning 6- Marketing and Distribution

Poster:

The poster was created as a form of advertisement for the general public. The poster was created by team member Rob Gravely, it was essential to make the poster attractive and gripping. The text he used is clearly stirring and is clearly gives it's audience the impression that this is a horror film. The use of red and black in the image is often used in many horror films as it provokes fear.

The image in the Poster is a still from the shooting day. The BBFC rating of the film and the actors names are included in the poster.