Props

The props needed in our opening two minutes are:
A bible
Rosary beads
Fake blood
Pictures of victims to go on the wall.

We have already took the pictures to go on the wall and we can borrow a bible from school. We also plan to get the fake blood from a local fancy dress shop.

The only problem we have is where to find the rosary beads. Over the forthcoming week we plan to look around local shops and charity shops looking for the beads.

Filming The Production

We plan to start filming our production over the easter holidays. Whether we can or not depends on the availability of the cameras as there is a limited number.

Photos of the Victim

The other day due to good weather we decided to use this opportunity to take still images of our victim. The person we have chosen to cast as our victim is Christie McAlwane. The reason for this casting is because she is a close friend of ours which is benefit as it means we have a good working relationship.
The settings we chose for our still images included a normal everyday street, a playing field and the woods. The reason for these settings was that they portray a normal everyday life so it gives the impression that it is from a stalkers perspective, which makes our production more believable. The setting of the woods also gives the pictures a sinister feel.
When taking the still images we made sure we took them from behind various objects such as the corner of buildings or plants. If there were no objects near by we took them from a far distance. We did this because it gives the impression that McAlwane is being stalked.
When we had took a suitable number of pictures we returned to school and downloaded them onto the Macs. We opened them up in iphotos and deleted any which we found unsuitable. We will print them out in the near future.

Pictures For Our Wall

Today we searched the internet looking for suitable pictures for the wall in the opening of our film. We found appropriate images such as sinister angels and crucifixes. These pictures have religious connotations and are also slightly disturbing which is appropriate as they subtly reflect the main character of our production.

New Title For Foundation Production

Previously, our working title for our production has been 'Revenge'. After many discussions and various ideas we have come up with the title :

'Religious'

Changing Our Idea

We have decided to change our idea for our foundation production. Previously, our idea was based on a tormented school girl seeking revenge on her bullies. However, recent discussions have led us to change our idea. Now our foundation portfolio will be about a fanatically religious school girl who believes it is her mission to bring people to God through murder. The opening will still involve a wall filled with sinister pictures and pictures of her victims.

Livetype

Today Chelsea and I decided to have a play around on Livetype. We decided to do this as livetype is the software we will be using to create our titles for our foundation production so we felt like we should gain some experience with the software. We learnt how to make font bigger and smaller, how to move font around, the different effects you can put on the font and the different backgrounds you can have.

Preliminary Task