Detailed location shoot

Shot list

Shot list

 
·         Establishing shot of building
·         Two shot of Tom and Jack in building
·         Close up of cigarette
·         Mid shot/close up of Jack
·         Mid shot of Tom
·         Two shot of Jack and Tom
·         Mid shot of Jack exchanging dialogue
·         Mid shot of Tom responding
·         Close up of Tom as he exchanges dialogue
·         Close up of Jack to show expression
·         Long shot of Richard throwing bars through the window
·         Cuts back to two shot of Jack and Tom
·         Long shot of Richard climbing through window
·         Mid shot of Richard jumping from window
·         Long shot of Richard running from the window
·         Two shot of Jack and Tom standing up
·         Shot of Jack grabbing a hockey stick
·         Cuts back to Jack and Tom finishing standing up
·         Mid shot of Richard saying ‘We need to leave’ to Jack and Tom
·         Long shot of all three characters walking out from behind building
·         Mid shot of Tom talking to Richard
·         Mid shot of Jack talking
·         Mid shot of Richard talking, Tom shown over shoulder
·         Mid shot of Jack talking to Richard
·         Close up of Richard talking
·         Long shot of all three characters as Tom talks
·         Establishing shot of path
·         Two shot of Jack and Richard, Jack talking and shown slightly behind and to the right
·         Mid shot of Tom talking
·         As Richard turns to face the other characters, they are all show together with mid shots
·         Shot stays the same as Tom talks
·         Shot stays the same as Jack talks
·         Shot stays the same as Tom talks
·         Close up of Richard talking
·         Mid shot of Tom talking
·         Mid shot of Jack talking
·         Mid shot of Tom talking
·         Close up of Richard talking
·         Mid shot of Jack talking
·         Mid shot of Tom talking
·         Close up of Jack
·         Mid shot of Jack talking
·         Long shot of Richard talking and pointing to trees
·         Establishing shot of trees
·         Mid shot of Tom talking
·         Another shot of trees, but this time there is a zombie barely visible walking out from the trees
·         Close up of Richard talking
·         Title sequence 

Script

Jack: When do you think Richard will be back?

Tom: No idea, hopefully before it gets dark.

Jack: What will we do if he doesn’t come back?

Tom: We leave. We can’t wait here forever.

Jack: Ok...

(Richard appears at the window)

Richard (quietly): Shh! We have to leave, now.

(Jack and Tom stand up and make their way to the window)

(Next shot is all three characters walking out from behind the abandoned house, Richard leading, Jack and Tom walking behind)

Tom: Why did we have to leave? That was an awesome hideout we had there.

Jack: Yeah, what’s up?

Richard: They followed me... I couldn’t lose them, they were so fast...

Jack: What!? They followed you!? We could all be dead soon...

Richard: I couldn’t... They wouldn’t stop...

Tom: Pull yourselves together, this has happened before, and we’re still alive,      don’t worry.

Jack: I suppose...

(Characters find path to walk on)

Jack: So, where do we go now?

Tom: Good question...

Tom: There’s not a lot of safe places around here either.

(Characters stop)

Richard: I know a place; it’s a fair walk though, if it hasn’t been overrun.

Tom: Sounds good, where is it?

Jack: I don’t like this; we should have stayed at the house.

Tom: Nah, not if those things followed Rich.

Richard: Guys stop. I heard something.

Tom (Quietly): What is it?

Jack (Quietly): I heard it again.

Tom (Quietly): Where?

Richard: It’s in the trees.

Jack: You think it’s one of them?

Tom: Gotta be. What shall we do?

(Rustling and growling noises from trees)

Jack: There it is again.

Richard: Wait... I can see it.

(Shot of the trees, nothing there)

Tom: Where? I can’t see anything...

(Another shot of trees, zombie is seen)

Richard: There it is.

(Title sequence fades in) 

Titles research

Titles in films are usually very subtle, they appear at the bottom of the screen, usually fading in and out as the action occurs onscreen. Occasionally, they cut to a seperate screen with large onscreen graphic titles, of title appears in fast paced films or sometimes to build suspense in an attempt to draw the viewer in.

In our film, we will most likely use onscreen graphics subtly placed at the bottom of the screen as the action occurs, as cutting to screens with graphics on can sometimes look like a feature used in a trailer for a films. The colours used in the graphics are usually bold and plain colours, colours such as black, white and red are commonly used along with bold fonts. We will most likely use a red colour for the title grapics to fit with the type of film that we are creating.

Music research

In most zombie/horror/thriller films, the music that is played has an eerie tone, the music featured usually uses a minor key, making the notes played sad and unhappy. A good example of this is the soundtrack to the film 28 Days Later, written by John Murphy, the soundtrack to this film contains a minor key. This soundtrack builds up throughout, giving a sense of suspense, the suspense is also shown through the large amount of instruments that are used in the piece, such as an acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, a choir and different, eerie sound effects to give an unusual feel to the piece.

In a lot of other horror films, the music still contains a minor key and an eerie feel, but can be more loud and sudden to match the action onscreen, this is used to impact on the audience to maximize the scary points of the film.

For our film opening, we will create a soundtrack which includes most of these features to show suspense and an eerie environment. Being a musician, I shall most likely create a piece myself that we will use for the film opening.

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