Permission for the House (Jack)

We will be filming within my house. I have got permission from my parents to film scenes within the house:

The title ideas (Amy Z)

We were thinking of insomnia as the girl in our opening suffers from insomnia but we also had the ideas of maybe broken dream as in the opening she seems as if she is in a dream sequence but towards the end the dream is 'broken' by two gun shots and it begins to seem as if it might be turning into a nightmare, this also creates enigma as the audience are unaware of whats happening, we were also considering night walker as it also might seem to the audience that she might be sleep walking as she went to bed and has woken up in the forest so might have been sleep walking again to create enigma. I keep you posted when we have reached a decision.

Name ideas:

• Insomnia
• Broken dream
• Night walker
• The Silent Wood
• Silence in the Wood
• Sleeping Woods

Location (jack)

This is a very basic map of filming locations. Click to enlarge. As you can see, it is an ideal location because
everything is relatively close (within 1 mile) of everything else.

GOOD POINTS

• Everything is fairly close which helps continuity (using two different forests would mean they would look v. different from one and other)
• It is a location that everyone can get to (either by train or by our own means of transport)
• It will not take too long to walk up the road
• It will be fairly easy to recharge equipment if neccesary

Title Sequence by Craig

We have started to think of ideas that we could use for our title sequence, the title is very important in a film and needs to be put in at the right point, with the right font and style. We are thinking that the title should be put in as the girl shuts her eyes to go to sleep, as this is the break in the sequence and would make most sense if we do use the title 'Insomnia'. We are starting to look for fonts to use, initially we are thinking that it needs to be 'dreamy' but also have a harsh effect to it, to show that it is not necessarily a good dream.

We were thinking of using:

OR

Quick update (Craig)

We have decided to film (hopefully) everything next Tuesday. We want to film in one day because then it costs less in transport costs. We will clear out the tunnel to make sure its nice and clean. We have planned for make up, costume and lighting, and will be taking out some lighting and camera equipment today to use over half term.

Health and Safety (Jack)

Health and Safety

Throughout filming it might be a good idea to be considerate towards health and safety aspects. We should follow rules when we get to filming, to make sure neither us or the equipment gets hurt. Most problems arise in the forest filming scenes.

1. Say 'Lights' when Lights are turned on

We do not want anyone to suffer eye damage, and the lights are exceedingly bright, especially the LED ones. It is important that everyone knows when the lights are going to be turned on.

2. Do not climb up trees without knowing you'll be safe

We may have to climb up trees to ascertain certain shots. We will make sure our cameraman is properly supervised so that the tree is strong and sturdy, and pass the equipment up to him with a ladder only once he is safe and secure in the footholds of the tree

3. Safely hold equipment and put it in a safe place in the forest

It is very easy to lose things in the forest beneath all the leaves.

4. Do not physically force equipment to slot in or turn on

We have experienced this problem before when trying to use lighting. It is probably best not to force something to work because it may well break and end our filming

5. Watch where we are walking

There are many brambles and leaves that could cover up potential tripping opportunities in the forest. It is important to watch out for swamps or for the crater, which would both, in all seriousness, be quite easy to fall into and could cause injury

6. Hold up 'filimng signs'

It is important the general public know that we are filming. We don't want them to accidentally strafe into the shot, we don't want them accidentally knocking over and damaging equipment.

Our Warning signs for the general public, which we will use on the day of filming

Animatic (jack)

Below is our animatic for the opening sequence of the film. I've had a few problems trying to get the YouTube video to work!

The link for the video 'Amy Amy Jack Craig Animatic' is below, I can't embed the video because it is too new to appear in Youtube searches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_fWivG0Bwg

UPDATE:

Here is the embedded video: