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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IlbW2LCue0

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'Lured'

One of my inspirations was the 1947 movie 'Lured'. The movie is about a male murderer who is killing young attractive females then sending the police riddles with clues about who he has murdered. Within the trailer there are plenty of shots I like which don't hint towards who the killer is but leaves you invested to find out.

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I want my lead to be female, young, seductive and confident. Mia from 'Pulp Fiction' has helped with creating the lead I want as she is very head strong an fearful. She has the power to intimidate a man which is exactly how I'd like my lead.

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Vision (“directorial vision”)

Managing creative aspects of a production

Establishing tone

Communicating the above

Making everyone on set, specifically the actors, feel comfortable

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“A director answers to the producer and is responsible for the details, quality, and meaning of the final film. A film team (cast and crew) is made up of a number of creative and technical collaborators. The director’s job is to coordinate this collective expertise and inspire its creative energy into producing a single, stylistically unified and coherent cinematic story. Ideally, this story will ultimately connect with an audience and move them in some way.”
- Rabiger and Hurbis-Cherrier, 2013 p.4.

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Engineering all the elements necessary for the creative and business aspects of production.

Budgeting

Coordinating logistics (casting, locations, costume, props, consent forms

Overseeing (production management)

Delegating

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“The most misunderstood and mysterious role in the filmmaking process is that of the producer. We’ve been asked hundreds of times, “What does a producer actually do?” That his role is a mystery to most laypeople is not altogether surprising. The producer’s position in the film and
television industry is amorphous and has varying definitions. In addition, the producer never has the same job description from one project to another, and on many kinds of films, it is common to see from four to eight names with one of these producing titles:

Executive in Charge of Production

Executive Producer

Producer

Co-Producer

Line Producer

Assistant Producer

Associate Producer"
- Irving and Rea, 2013. Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, p.xviii

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casting and crewing

budgeting

locations

ethical considerations

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"A proof of concept is a smlaler sample of what a eventual (often larger) project might look like"

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Genre

Audience

Visual language

Technical skills

Response to brief

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A promotional tool.
Demonstrates scenes and the general plot and mood of a piece of media (film), in order to garner interest

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EaEllq5FLk

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'Monsters', specifically 'The Lyle and Eric Menendez story' was a big inspiration for the story and genre of my trailer.

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Specifically episode 5. This whole episode is shot this way and very slowly zooms in closer towards Eric's face. This is the kind of shot I want my trailer to focus on. As well as the fast cut scenes I will have to other parts of the story, I want my lead to be getting interrogated for her crimes which will be shot like this.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga1m0wjzscU

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'You' was a huge inspiration because to the plot of my story. For example I needed a motive for my lead to kill. My two options were both inspired by things that were touched on in this program: bipolar (she has a different side to her that takes over and forgets she has done it) or it was an accident that leads to her finding a thrill out of out. I will be going with the second choice as it fits in more with how I want her characteristics.

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Just like Catherine from 'Basic Instinct'. She is mysterious, icy, sarcastic man eater. She knows how to manipulate and seduce. Her interrogation scene (the images above) was a big inspiration as she is very cocky and doesn't seem worried about being arrested for murder.

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This road is the perfect example of the kind of creepy, rustic, industrial tones I want in the trailer. On tis road there are old cars that have been stripped for parts, old brick, it's overgrown, it almost looked abandoned. I liked the way the headlight from the car lit up the space which may be something I will try to recreate in my trailer.

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I will be filming in and around Salford and Manchester. I want the tone of the trailer to be quite gloomy and dark so the streets of Manchester at night during or after rain, dark alley ways, dark bars, etc.

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For the police station, the interigation scenes, All I need is a plane white/ grey wall and tables and chairs. I can then style it however I need using props and lighting. I want this scene to look very medical, cold, gloomy. So a rehearsal room in New Adelphi will be good.

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Murder

Romance

Thriller

Drama

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Passion

Love

Obsession

Murder

Danger

Control

Manipulation

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I want the overall tone of the trailer to be dark, edgy, gothic, sombre.

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I will be using Tarot cards for a small shot for some foreshadowing, tells a bit of backstory and present without showing too much.

The Lovers (Past)- The lovers card will be used for the past as, on the card, it has the tree of knowledge of good and evil. As the card means love and choices it will represent the characters past with her boyfriend.

The Devil (Present)- The devil will be reversed meaning that the character currently needs to realise that she is the problem, she is the devil, she needs to change her situation.

The High Priestess (Present)- This card represents secret knowledge and feminine power. When she appears she represents something hidden, something that needs to be revealed; her secret about the crimes she has committed.

The Tower (Future)- The tower card can mean devastating change (she will get found out and arrested). Reversed the card means that if she doesn't change her ways she will suffer

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My lead female will be called Nevaeh, I chose this name because it is heaven backwards therefore it could be symbolic of her sending people to heaven. I liked that it seems like a nice innocent name which means it' unexpected that she ha killed.

She will be played by Ella Blackwell as she is a trusting actress who takes well to direction and will give the perfect evil glare, seductive smile or worried face I will need.

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George will be my lead male. He is kind, tall, innocent.

William Vant will be plying George as I have seen him acting many times and think he will suit this role very much.

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I would like to use Cathedral street for some romantic shots of Nevaeh and George. I like the lighting, the cobble street and I would like to use the church and statue in the background as symbolism. Throughout the film there's a running theme of belief and religion (her cross necklace, tarot cards, her name and hopefully this location).

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For Nevaeh, Ella’s character, she will be wearing a mixture of outfits. For scene one (the interrogation scene) i want her to look like she has been brought in after a night out partying, so scruffy makeup and leather jacket but many layers. I kept this theme up throughout, keeping her in small tops and the leather jacket with messy hair and makeup. I had her in a cross necklace to go with her name (Heaven backwards) and as symbolism that she has also sent someone to heaven.

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Directing and Producing Contributor Consent Form copy

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Participant Info Sheet (Directing and Producing)

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Setting up (our house mate sitting In for Ella)

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The first day of filming went well. I was prepared and new what I wanted to get out of today. I was directing, Robbie was the cameraman, Alex was sound operator, Lucy was clapper board and continuity and Ella and Dean were my Actors for today.

However, a few things did have to be changed. Firstly, I didn't get a permit for Cheltenham street in time, therefore we didn't film there. Instead we filmed in the alley behind my house which is locked of from public (other than us and the neighbours next to us). Luckily it still did the job to create a scary, unsettling location. We couldn't film the car shots but they weren't as important.

Secondly, We could not use a rehearsal space in the New Adelphi, so I decided to turn our front room into an interrogation setting. As seen in the photo above, me and Robbie were preparing the day before: setting up lighting, where we want the camera, how to not get rest of the front room in shot, moving the dining table away and taking down posters for the plane white wall.

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Using a monitor to check shots without getting in Robbie’s way

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More from the slider shot. We had to use the table as the tripod as there weren’t enough from the equipment store to hire out more C stands. 

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Overall, filming went well. We filmed from 1:30 until 6:30. We ran over time but only by 30 minutes and we managed to fit in a quick break. I made sure the cast and crew were fed and hydrated as well as kept them indoors whilst we set up the outside shots to keep them warm.

I got all the shots I thought I needed at the time and was happy with the footage after I watched it all back when the shoot had ended.

The hardest bit about filming today was definitely setting up the lighting. We had a lot of issues with shadows especially on the white wall behind them but after time we found a way to hide that.

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Day 2 was a lot trickier than day 1. We had Ella and Will acting today and the same crew, but no cameraman due to them being busy last minute. This meant I had to do the cinematography and directing. It went well and It meant I could set up the camera exactly how I'd like and see the shot as I was doing it but it made the day a bit slower. Luckily everyone was very patient and helped were they could.

I had always planed to film in the house today, especially in my room where we had some romance scenes and the break up scene. However, for the afternoon where I wanted to film in Manchester I had to find a different location as I couldn't get the permit for Victoria or Chapel street. This was annoying as I wanted the church in the background and the romantic lighting but I adapted to just having the romance scenes in the park near to where we live and didn't use sound equipment, just one tripod for the camera. It did the job and got the shots I needed.

We filmed from 11 to 5 with the crew. Then when it was dark me and Ella did a lot of B-roll in the house. I got shots of her in the mirror instead of the shot of her dancing and many tarot card shots like I wanted. I enjoyed filming the B-roll as it meant playing around with lighting and set design. They ended up being my favourite shots.

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I chose to edit on Davinci resolve as it made colour grading easier as it's not my strong point on premiere pro. 

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When I started editing I was doing it without music and cutting together the conversation. However, this started to feel more like a scene rather than a trailer. So I completely deleted it and started again.

I then chose a song first and uploaded it. This meant I could edit each clip with the timing of the song (when it's slow or fast and on time with the beat). I did this for all 3 of my trailers. When I was well into my first edit I realised quickly that I did not have enough footage for what I had in mind. A lot of shots that I didn't do that at the time felt like I wouldn't need, I ended up needing. Unfortunately there wasn't enough time for more shoots and no one was free the same time. Therefore I had to settle with what I got. This meant I couldn't do a sequence of fast clips like I wanted, I have the sequence but it's a lot slower. Other than that, I did enjoy editing and was happy with the outcome even though I did wish I had more footage, this would've made them better for a trailer.

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Overall, I enjoyed directing. It was amazing to see my ideas come to life and to be in charge. I loved writing the scripts, operating the camera, set design and editing the most. However, producing was the hardest part. It was a struggle to complete the paperwork as there is so much of it and to get permits for locations was tricky.

For future projects I will do a lot more planning such as choosing songs before even filming, applying for permits way sooner, getting more footage then I need instead of thinking that I won't need it in case I do. To do that I need to be more confident in what I want, because on set I felt guilty keeping the cast and crew for too long, I let a lot of shots slide but In the future I need to be more determined to get those shots.

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When preparing for this exercise I decided to find a script which would be similar to one in my trailer. I found one from 'Basic Instinct' where there are two male characters interrogating a female. I adapted it so that it was just one man and so that they were at a date but the male is secretly undercover, trying to get her to confess to the crime she has committed. The first take we tried I wanted Ella (the one being interrogated) to have the power and to be intimidating him.

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There wasn't a lot direction need for Ella and Jason as I thought they suited their rolls. I wanted more emotion from Jason during Ellas last line and direction to change the subtext but those were my main points. It made me even more confident in Ella to play Nevaeh.

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We did a second take, which is uploaded separately, where we switched the dynamic so Ella was less in control and more nervous that she was being asked these questions. I did prefer this version which helped influence my script because it meant I wanted to show Ella more vulnerable instead of always being so confident and cocky which I originally planned.