Poster/Billboard - Mock up

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Magazine Front Cover - Mock up

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The Unexpected - First Draft

Music for first draft

The music that I decided to use for my first draft I found on Youtube under the name Panic Music 2 - Background Instrumental / soundtrack score / scary, suspense sound effects by FesliyanStudios.
I contacted the Studio to ask permission to use their music.



This post is crediting FesliyanStudios for their soundtrack, I have no rights to the music and will only be using this music for one project.
Information on licensing and copyright for the music can be found on this website.
http://www.fesliyanstudios.com/faq

Photos taken for front cover and poster

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Location Recce - Humphries Household

LOCATION RECCE

Prepared by	Justine Ryan	Date	1/09/18
Location Details	Humphries Household
Scene/Purpose of filming	Clips involving the stalker going into the protagonists house and room in point-of-view shot.

Site Contact Name	Phoebe Humphries	Site Address	Upper Holland rd, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RB
Contact telephone	Actors already have the number	Point of access	Front entrance
Permissions	Permission from Phoebe Humphries , details on location release	Availability	1/1/18 – 1/4/18
Points of Interest	Bedroom, main hall and outside	Suitability/Possible shots	Possible shots are provided in shot list.
Safety Issues	Trip hazards with possible damage to equipment. Risks in lack of lighting used More information and details can be found on the risk assessment.	Electricity Supply	Access to multiple plug sockets in each location
		Sunlight	In bedroom – one window with natural sunlight. Other locations only have sunlight from corridor lighting.
		Windows	In bedroom – one window with natural sunlight.
		Noise	Busy road during the day, filming would be done at latter part of evening.

Location Recce - Ryan Household

LOCATION RECCE

Prepared by	Justine Ryan	Date	1/09/18
Location Details	Ryan Household
Scene/Purpose of filming	Clips involving the stalker going into the protagonists house and room in point-of-view shot.

Site Contact Name	John Ryan	Site Address	441A Birmingham rd, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1AX
Contact telephone	Actors already have the number	Point of access	Front entrance
Permissions	Permission from John Ryan, details on location release	Availability	14/2/18
Points of Interest	Smallest bedroom and kitchen	Suitability/Possible shots	Possible shots are provided in shot list.
Safety Issues	Trip hazards with possible damage to equipment. Risks in lack of lighting used More information and details can be found on the risk assessment.	Electricity Supply	Access to multiple plug sockets in each location
		Sunlight	In bedroom – one window with natural sunlight. Other locations only have sunlight from corridor lighting.
		Windows	In bedroom – one window with natural sunlight.
		Noise	Construction in a house next door, filming cannot take place until the evening when it is finished.

Location Recce - Plantsbrook School

LOCATION RECCE

Prepared by	Justine Ryan	Date	1/09/18
Location Details	Plantsbrook School, Upper Holland rd, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RB
Scene/Purpose of filming	Parts of the production which use the evidence board as well as showing the protagonist walking around school.

Site Contact Name	Jason Farr	Site Address	Upper Holland rd, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RB
Contact telephone	Actors already have the number	Point of access	Front entrance
Permissions	Permission from Jason Farr, details on location release	Availability	November 2017 – June 2018
Points of Interest	2nd floor corridor, girls toilets, 2nd floor classrooms	Suitability/Possible shots	Possible shots are provided in shot list.
Safety Issues	Trip hazards with possible damage to equipment. Risks in creating and taking down the evidence board. More information and details can be found on the risk assessment.	Electricity Supply	Access to multiple plug sockets in each location
		Sunlight	In classroom – two windows with natural sunlight. Other locations only have sunlight from corridor lighting.
		Windows	In classroom – two windows with natural sunlight with blinds.
		Noise	On sight construction whilst filming, there will be no obstruction to or from lessons as it will take place after school times.

Location Release

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment Contract

Actor's Contract

Feedback for film title ideas

I asked a group of people from my target audience which one of the titles was their favourite. This left me with three titles which were chosen, I also asked for an improvement to make to the title for my development.

I decided to use the above title in the first draft of my trailer, after developing the title through making the recommended improvements from my audience. It fulfilled a common convention of having a mirrored effect which was used in multiple other films in the genre. For the first draft, it was useful to choose a title which correlated with a convention, allowing it to be a stronger part in the Homage stage of genre evolution (Steve Neal). Whilst it achieved the improvements made, when placed in the trailer it seemed out of place and not suited to be used in the mode of a trailer. This meant that a title which I would then choose to develop, also needed to be successfully used in previous films so that the convention was still fulfilled.

I then decided to use the title below and found that after the improvements were made it better suited being placed in a trailer and did correlate with the feedback of it looking "like it would actually be in a trailer". This title fulfilled the style of using a simplistic design to stop it from looking too busy and worked best against a black background, a convention  found in most trailers.

One of the difficulties that I faced in developing my title, was the resolution effecting the quality of the image (which can be seen above in my first draft). Therefore, I decided to use Photoshop as a higher quality software, this allowed me to increase the resolution on the image and improve its appearance when appearing on a larger screen.