Shooting Schedule

Garage shots in the studio 10-11.15am
Canteen shots of shooters and selected students 11.30-12.30pm
Shots of a full canteen 12.30-1pm
Lunch for cast and crew 1-2pm
More canteen shots of shooters and selected students 2.30-3.30pm
TV room shots in the studio 3.45-5pm
Between 5-6pm anything else needed to be shot

Our shooting schedule is based around the available times to shoot within the canteen. We have given ourselves enough time to get all the footage needed and extra time just in case.

Location

We have chosen to shoot our sequence in the Hurtwood House School cafeteria to make the sequence more credible as it is actually shot at a school. It will enable us to do wide shots of the full cafeteria at lunchtime and also it is local for the cast and crew so we would not have to leave campus. It has a staircase and tables which are needed for some of our shots. We would be able to use it for free so therefore we will save money. The wide set windows enables us to be able to shoot internally of the external and externally of the internal making our sequence more stylised. The lighting in the cafeteria is appropriate for our sequence and will make it more realistic. However unfortunately we have short slots for shooting in the downstairs area of the cafeteria which puts a strain on our shooting day however we can overcome this issue by being organised and prepared and shooting outside and upstairs when we cannot shoot inside.

Cast, Props & Costumes

We casted Rory Skeoch and Guy Simpson as our shooters as they look completely different making them seem ordinary. Guy has dark hair which can portray the darkness of the character. Rory is a theatre student and has a shaved head which symbolises the military side of the two boys. The rest of our cast is a mixture of male and female students, we chose a selection of people who stereotypically would appear to be a group of friends so that we can sit them together and shoot the closer shots of them being shot however we chose a variety so that they would appear as normal students. Everyone cast is a student at Hurtwood House therefore they would be realistic at playing the roles and can relate to the characters.




Name: Rory Skeoch

Age: 17

Character/Role: Shooter (Student)






Name: Guy Simpson

Age: 17

Character/Role: Shooter (Student)




We are going to hire the weapons, for everything else we will use our own belongings. Guy has army clothes which we will use for the shooters.



Props:
2 realistic/fake shotguns,
2 realistic/fake pistols
4 ammo cartridges for various guns
Zip sports bag2
fake grenade
X box and controller
X box game
TVChairSchool
dinner meals
Mobile Phones

Costume:
Shooters:
2 Camouflage trousers
2 black t shirts
2 hoodies
2 pairs of trainers

Students: their normal clothes.

Storyboards

The next step in the pre-production process of creating an opening sequence of a thriller was to start producing storyboards. A storyboard is a detailed breakdown of the specific technicalities that the production crew must follow whilst shooting. It also provides a clear guide for the editor to construct the sequence as the creator intended it to look and sound. The storyboard therefore details camera, sound, lighting, mise en scene details as well as dictating timing, pace and editing style.

Initially our group finalised the specific shots in sequence order by carefully visualising the sequence and researching existing movies that used a similar filmic style.

Research

THE COLUMBINE SHOOTING;

The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in an unincorporated area in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and with Littleton's postal code. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and one teacher. They also injured 21 other students directly, and three people were injured while attempting to escape. The pair then committed suicide. It is the fourth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, after the 1927 Bath School disaster, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre and the 1966 University of Texas massacre, and the deadliest for an American high school.
The massacre provoked debate regarding gun control laws, the availability of firearms in the United States, and gun violence involving youths. Much discussion also centered on the nature of high school cliques, subcultures and bullying, as well as the role of violent movies and video games in American society. The shooting also resulted in an increased emphasis on school security, and a moral panic aimed at goth culture, social outcasts, the gun culture, the use of pharmaceutical anti-depressants by teenagers, violent films and music, teenage internet use, and violent video games.

Group Idea

Our idea was to shoot a 'school shooting' based on the events of the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre. The film is about the six suspected potential shooters, the audience are taken on each suspects journey and are shown the reasons why they would have wanted to commit the crime. For example a teacher who is constantly harassed by students or a typically bullied student; the audience would be shown different occurrences that caused their hate, all leading up to the day of the shooting. The audience are lead down different paths and the film also cuts between past and present to show the aftermath of the shooting as well as what lead up to it. The twist at the end of the film is that the shooter is very unexpected as it is perhaps the most obvious of them all but the audience are cleverly tricked because they also shoot themselves in the arm to pretend they were too a victim of the shooting. The opening sequence idea was to show the shooting and the date of the shooting. It would open with a montage shot of the suspects that the audience will follow later in the film, they would be in different areas of the school. It would then cut to a shot of pupils and teachers eating lunch, showing a normal day, perhaps the suspects are also seated in this area. It would then suddenly cut to be shot behind the shooter walking up the cafeteria; in the opening sequence we never see the shooter's true identity however there are perhaps clues. This is too build up suspense and 'thrill' the audience. It then cuts to black and the audience hears the sound effects of a shooting involving screams, gun shots etc. This implies that there has been a shooting without having to literally show it. It then cuts back to a similar shot of the cafetria however now there are dead victims and wounded. We then see the shooter sit down and perhaps have a cigarette or cup of tea...this is yet to be decided. It then could perhaps cut a shot from the shooters perspective, walking into a classroom and seeing the expression change on the students faces, it would then cut to black and perhaps the audience would hear more sound effects. However the shooting of the opening sequence is yet to be decided. The thriller could potentially be named 'High Score' as this an aparent slang term used by shooters for how many people they can kill. It could also be a play on 'high school.' The idea and perhaps slogan behind the film is that the shooter believes that the students need to 'learn the ultimate lesson' which plays on school lessons but also a lesson on their behaviour and it is their death that is the ultimate punishment. The institution that would make this film would most likely be mainstream Hollywood Film Co and my main target audience would be teenagers as they would be able to relate to the characters however people of any age who enjoy this type of film would be targeted.