Gala Moan's Animatic

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

Day	Scene	Location	Equipment	Costumes	Props	Cast and Crew
1	Walking into school Walking out of school Two girls being stalked	Robert Clack School Entrance Robert Clack School Exit Goresbrook	Camera and Tripod	Everyday Clothing	Phones and Bags	Lucy, Arafat, Artiola, Gabriele
2	kidnapping scene Dance scene Deal scene	Gores-brook Robert Clack leisure center Artiola's dad's car	Camera and tripod	Everyday Clothing a suite	gloves, mobile phones,	Lucy, Arafat, Artiola, Gabriele

Location Sheet

Location Sheet

Programme Title: A Done Deal

Client: Robert Clack School Media Department

Writer: Arafat, Lucy, Artiola and Gabriele

Producer: Gabriele, Artiola and Arafat

Director: Gabriele and Lucy

Date:

Dance scene in robert clack dance studio
Chasing scene Gorsebrook Dagenham

Access to location via: Bus

Name and number of location contact:

Dance studio - robert clack leisure centre

Gorsebrook - emergency number is 999

Health and Safety Issues to note:

Potential Filming Problems: maybe getting injured by cars

Additional Notes: (map of area/weather forecast etc)

Weather problems i.e. rain will damage equipment and we need our lighting and weather constant.

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment Sheet

Title: A Done Deal

Client: Robert Clack School Media Department

Writer: Arafat, Lucy, Gabriele, Artiola

Producer:: Gabriele, Artiola, Arafat

Director: Gabriele, Lucy

Date:

Major Issues: getting hit by a car, disruption from students, disturbing the pedestrians

Filming at: Robert Clack School: school entrance

Goresbrook: a bridge, a bowling alley

Solutions: film when there isn't any cars around and students around

Contacts: 999

Emergency Services: 999
On Site Services:
Local Police:
Local Fire:
Local Hospital:

Treatment

Treatment

Group Roles

Cinematography: Arafat Olayo

Mise-en-scene: Lucy Allen

Sound: Artiola

Editing: Gabriele 

Title:  A done deal

Tag Line:  One way or another. A debt must be paid.

Synopsis:   Our thriller is about a daughter of a mafia boss that gets kidnapped due to her dad owing a debt.

Key Genre Conventions: 

• suspense
• mystery
• Red herring
• Shock

Contingency plan

Contingency Plan Name: Lucy, Arafat, Artiola and Gabriele Production: Gala Moan Productions

Potential problems and how to overcome these problems: If someone is sick- and we need him or her then we will have to shoot another scene that they are not needed in. If we are told that we are not allowed to shoot in a certain location then we will change the scenario of the scene to fit another location. If our equipment gets damaged by accident, then we will inform a teacher straight away in order to replace the camera and to avoid future confusion.

Gala Moan Productions Costumes and Props

GALA MOAN Productions: Costumes and Props

Character Name: Artiola as April (girl getting kidnapped)
Costume: Everyday clothes Dance clothes	Props: Bags Phone
Character Name: Arafat as Kristina (April’s friend)
Costume: Everyday Clothes Dance Clothes	Props: Bags Phone
Character Name: Lucy as Kelly (Dance teacher)
Costume: Everyday Clothes Dance Clothes	Props: Bags Phone

Character Name: April’s Mafia Dad
Costume: Everyday clothes	Props: Phone
Character Name: Kidnapper
Costume: Everyday Dark coloured clothing	Props: Phone
Character Name: People in the background
Costume: Everyday Clothes	Props: Phone Bags

The Film Industry

The Film Industry

The basics of the film industry are: Production, Distribution and Exhibition.

The Chain:

Production                                         --> Distribution                            --> Exhibition

(A company e.g. Paramount Pictures) --> (e.g. Company, Artificial eye) --> (e.g. Vue Cinemas)

The Disadvantages to this method the film industry uses are:

• Piracy
• Which causes a Loss in Profit

The Advantages to this method the film industry uses are:

• Easier and faster way to distribute films
• Better digital picture

90% of films are made in America (Hollywood). The Big Major Productions Companies are all part of Conglomerates, the big major production companies are also referred to as 'The Big Six' and are as follows:

• Paramount Pictures
• Universal
• 20th Century Fox
• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Walt Disney
• Columbia Pictures

"Indie" is short for Independent films, some examples of Indie films are:

• Summit Entertainment
• Film 4 Productions
• Icon Productions

Some examples of Mini Major Productions companies are:

• Dream Works
• The Weinstein Company
• LionsGate Entertainment 

Vertical and Horizontal Integration

Production --> Warner Bros. Pictures --> DC Comics --> Rock Steady Games  (Horizontal integration)

                                     

Distribution      Warner Home Video

Exhibition         Warner  Village Cinemas*

                       (Vertical Integration)

*Warner Village Cinemas no longer exists. Warner Bros sold it off to gain profit so they wouldn't lose money, and so another company with more money will keep it going.

Production refers to the making of the film:

• Finding the idea
• Writing the script
• Pitching it to a studio
• Setting the budget
• Casting the stars and employing the crew
• Filming
• Editing

For a film to go into production it needs investors.

Potential Risks:

• What level of audience will it attract?
• Is it marketable?
• Level of funding necessary?
• Will the funding make a profitable return?

Greenlit:

Before a director can start filming a film it has to be "greenlit" - this meaning that funding has been made avaliable by the investors.

At this stage a project will have most of the key elements such as;

• Principle Cast
• Director
• Cinematographer
• Screenplay

It's the producer's job to bring all of these elements together.

Selling Points:

• The Stars
• If it relates to current events
• The Director
• Is it Original?
• The Genre
• Is it Topical?

Spin offs to give added Publicity: Star Wars created video games.

Film Rights

When an existing story (book, play, comic) is made into a film the "rights" have to be bought from the author. For example Harry Potter. J.K.Rowling, the author of all the Harry Potter episodes, made sure she was on the scene while production was taking place, so the film was the way she wanted it and she got more money every time a new Harry Potter film was made.

 

Supernatural Thrillers

Supernatural Thrillers

Supernatural thrillers are simply thrillers that are fictional, made up and used to make a story. A recent supernatural thriller is the Twilight Saga.

Religious Thrillers

Religious Thrillers

Religious Thrillers are thrillers that have a religious meaning, purpose or plot and is connected to religious objects, institutes or questions. The film, Da Vinci Code made in 2006 can be associated with this genre.

Conspiracy Thrillers

Conspiracy Thrillers

Conspiracy Thrillers usually involve ordinary people, journalists or amateur investigators who find themselves in a puzzle trying to find a way out, or   they find themselves pulling on a small thread and unraveling a big tricky situation. Northby North West, a film by Alfred Hitchcock can be categorized in this genre.

Political Thrillers

Political Thrillers

Political Thrillers are films that include political power struggles. These types of thrillers usually include someone wanting political power, and someone stopping them from getting it. In some scenes in a political thriller, it can involve international or national scenarios. Common political themes are terrorism, political corruption or warfare. An example of a Political Thriller is a film by Alfred Hitchcock called The Man Who Knew Too Much.

Action Thrillers

Action Thrillers

Action Thrillers are full of fights and chases. They can also include more than one hero, and when there's a hero involved the audience always fears for the hero's life, and the audience automatically have an emotional connection with the hero because they want them to succeed and beat the bad guy. The 2008 film, Jumper is an example of an Action Thriller.

Horror Thrillers

Horror Thrillers

The Horror thriller sub genre is a genre that aims to extract a negative emotional reaction from the viewers by playing with things that fear the audience members. Horrors can have supernatural and fantasy elements in them and often include scenes or actions that startle the audience. the film Silent Hill is a good example of a Horror Thriller.

Romantic Thrillers

Romantic Thrillers

Romantic thrillers combine both elements of a romance film and a thriller film as you may have gathered. An example of a romantic thriller is Mr & Mrs Smith.

Mystery Thrillers

Mystery Thrillers

Mystery thrillers are similar to crime thrillers and mostly focus on detectives and investigators finding clues to solve mysterious circumstances of a crime. Suspense is an important element in mystery thrillers as it keeps the mystery and builds tension for the audience. As audience members while watching mystery thrillers and films with detectives in them, we soon find ourselves trying to figure out what could happen next.

The newest version of Sherlock Holmes films are a good examples of a mystery thriller.

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