Evaluation: Question 4) Who would be the audience for your media product?- Miss Begum

Planning - Mrs Quinlan: Character Representation

Character Representation

Character Analysis: Victim

Name: John Smith

Real Name: Ahmet Turbas

Character Role: John is an average UK student who unfortunately is an victim in this story. The audience at first will think that he is an average teenager however by the end he would come face to face with the antagonist and thats where the opening scene will end.

Age:  17

Gender Stereotype or Role: British, Chubby, laid back but intelligent. An student we dont know what happens to him after the first scene since he face to face with the Antagonist.

Costume: Throughout the whole opening scene we see him wearing an white T-Shirt and black tracksuit bottom. The reason why chose this is because it suggest hes vulnerable also that hes at home comfortable with no cares in the world.
Hair and Make-up: His hair would be very causal looking since hes at home like most other teenagers we are not planning to use make-up for unless there is an visual problem with the camera and him in which case we would use make-up then so hes more visible to the camera
Body Language and Facial Expression: At first he will be very relaxed and seems that hes enjoying himself however as the opening scene progresses his body language and facial expression would change because of the nature of whats going on. he would look more anxious. His facial expression depending on the different part of scene maybe shocked or scared. The emotion and body language would be trigger during events such as the note and the smashing of the glass.
Represented as: He is an character that didn't care about anything at first however is vulnerable since he is home by himself and since this could happen to anyone and he couldn't protect himself
Role within the narrative: He is the victim in the opening scene, he would been seen almost throughout the entire the opening scene he would first appear in the kitchen making snacks to the end where he faced with the antagonist. Throughout the film he would appear vulnerable at all times.

Character Analysis: Antagonist

Name: Unnkown

Real Name: Max Feernandaz

Character Role: An enigma its the antagonist in the first part of this story-line of tragic affairs. He will be appearing at the end of the film for brief moment.

Age: 20+
Gender Stereotype or Role: Again British, Tall, Fearful and also the audience wont know much about the character. But knows that he manages to creep into the apartment without making too much noise.
Costume: The antagonist will appear at the end of the opening scene. He will be wearing dark clothing when he comes in to the room this would be black hoodie as well as dark trousers.. He will be also wearing a mask to cover his identity since he didn't want the victim to know who he is and the audience wont be able to find out who he is.
Hair and Make-up: There wont be no need for hair and make up will be done since his face will be covered with a mask as well as the black hoodie would cover his head.
Body Language and Facial Expression: His body language would show that he means business and and he will be standing in-front of the television this would create black lighting and this would create powerful imagery about the character. Since his Face would be covering the mask we wont be able to see any Facial Expression.
Represented as: When the antagonist appears at the end of the opening scene. The character would be the most powerful character during the opening scene because hes managed to gain access to the apartment and was planning something malicious 
Role within the narrative: Hes role significant and important for the story-line even though he only appears at the end of the opening scene. Since that hes body language shows what malicious intent hes planning to do.

Character Analysis: Kid
Name: Unknown
Real Name: Adra

Character Role: His role is coming round to the victim house and opening the door saying trick or treat.
Age: 10
Gender Stereotype or Role: Small, Slim, weak and innocent by himself since he was trick or treating by himself
Costume: He would be wearing an Halloween costume since hes trick or treating on Halloween
Hair and Make-up: He would have short hair and there wouldn't be any use of make-up since he will be covering his face with an mask since its Halloween
Body Language and Facial Expression: There wouldn't be much to his body language however he would be trying to scare john
Represented as: He will be represented as vulnerable however since hes up late and hes trick or treating
Role within the narrative: Even though he only has samll role within the opening scene its impotrtant to our production as-well as the story line.

Conclusion

Overall once with discussed who the character that we are planning we all discussed how and what costumes there would be wearing as-well as what their hair and make-up would be like. we have tried to conventional to the thriller genre as much as possible. And we consinderd how should characters act during the opening scene and the body language and facial expression they should use

Planning Miss Begum: Production Roles

Production Roles

Production roles are important within films since these assigned different people with different jobs within making an film. These would be people who are normally skilled in a particular are of producing a film. There are several roles in this film this includes The Director, The Producer, Lighting Operator, Location Manager, Camera operator, The Editor, Costume Hair and Makeup, Storyboard artist and the sound operator. Below are which person in our group are assigned to what role and why.

The Current roles are

The Director- Shakil
The director is the person who supervises the making of the film and making sure that the film is
produce properly and then is presented to the production the company. The main responsibility of the the director is to ensure that the film is made, make sure that film is an high quality condition. And give instructions to the crew or make necessary changes to the film. The person in-charge of the film making is shakil since he had good communication skills as well.

The Producer- Baris

The producer work closely with the director on making the film and has quite a lot of response ability over the production and making of the film. Before sending it of to the distributor. The producer has other responsibility including securing rights for using music and choosing people for different roles in the production. For this role we deiced that Baris would be the most suitable for this task.

Editor- Elliot

This is the person who is in charge of the editing and the creation off the film. The person usually creates the film by using editing software and equipment to create a film. The editor may use different techniques to help portray a scene or certain events. An example would be the use of fade to black at the end of an scene or film to either end the film on an cliffhanger or the film is at an end.

The person who is in charge of all editing will be me The reason why is because i had more experience off using editor tools and techniques since i have created videos before for other projects in and outside of schools. Also everyone will be helping me throughout the early editing stages and during the making of final parts of the film

Lighting Operator-Shakil

The Lighting operator is in charge off all the lighting while filming. This includes create lighting for the scenes during filming and in charge of all lighting and the use of lighting on set and during filming. The lighting operator needs to make sure that lighting levels are suitable for that scene and includes the use of back lighting and low key lighting. As well as being mindful of other lighting and how to stop that from interfering with the scene. For this role Shakil was chosen since we discussed as an group that our preliminary task we had too much lighting and shakil noticed this when we were editing and also offed to help us with lighting.


Location Manager-Elliot

This is the person who is in charge of the locations of where the film would take place and the
locations where the scenes will take place. This case i will be the location manager this is because i found an suitable location to film in the preliminary task. As-well as i also offered  several locations for filming throughout the production which we will be using in the opening scene.

Camera Operator-Elliot

This is the person who is in charge of  the camera equipment and the camera. hes also in-charge of the use of camera techniques within the producing the film. This includes the angle of the camera/cameras the movement and the different shots they take with the camera. Also everyone else will help will be helping me throughout the filming since i cant do some certain shots this include shots that are in small spaces.

Costume,Hair and makeup artist-Shakil

This is the person who is in charge of the costume hair and makeup for the actors this includes doing the makeup for the actors or choosing the costume that the character should wear for that particular scene. They need to apply the correct amount of make up and understand whats happening throughout the scene so that they can choose the correct amount of make-up and choose the correct costume.

For this role me and the group deiced that shakil be taking on this role since hes more aware of the storyboard and also know hows to apply makeup and what the actors should wear.


Storyboard Artist

The storyboard Artist is the person who produce the images of an storyboard and notes for the film. The storyboard will help visualize different shots and different parts of the film and is like an guide for the film. Producing the storyboard can be done by one person or as an group of people, For this role all of will be help making the storyboard since we would need to draw different scenes and would be more easier if we all took part.

Sound operator-Baris

The sound operator is in charge of all the sounds that we are planning to use within the film. The person with this role needs to choose the appropriate sound for different as well as working with the director on ways to implement the sound within the film. The sound operator is also in charge of all the sound equipment and the capturing sound and using software that will allow you to edit or manipulate sound.

The person who will be in charge of sound will be baris. Baris has experience in making and creating sounds and would help him develop skills within using the sound editing or manipulation software.

Planning - Mrs Quinlan: Mise En scene

Mise en scene

Mise en scene is term that covers lighting, body language, facial expression, setting, costume, hair, makeup and iconography. These are important within film making as these help to show what happen during the film, hows the film is set, what important things the audience should look out for and the where the film take place. As-well as what the character are like including their behavior there facial expressions and what they are wearing. Also the use of lighting is another important aspect of mise en scene since this shows what type of lighting is being used and what the purpose of the lighting. Using Mise en scene can support a film as is it show whats happening and highlights suspense and characters as well help create an atmosphere during the film.

Lighting (Baris)

At the beginning of thriller opening there will be the use of high-key lighting, so therefore the audiences would be able to understand of the setting which is going to be used within the opening, according to the setting which is going to apartment they will feel calm and safe since an apartment is a place which connotes safety. Straight after, it will move over to the kitchen where the victim is preparing snacks and refreshments for himself, here there will be high-key and top lighting used so that the audience are able to view the actions and movements which is presented by the victim, from the actions which is presented by the victim we continue onto feeling calm and safe since he is freely doing what he wants within the kitchen. As the scene progresses, when the victim has finished preparing, he walks towards the living room where the lighting begins to slow dim. Once the victim has started up the film, there is only low-key lighting used since all of the lights are off and the only light source which is coming from the TV screen, the audience will respond to the use of low-key lighting with tension and possibly suspense since something unexpected could happen. As the scene develops, there will be mixture of high (with top lighting) and low key lighting used, the use of the mixture of different levels of lighting will connote and possibly create confusion and suspense since something which isn’t expected could appear or be presented so therefore. At the end the lighting is going to begin from high-key and slowly fade to black to create tension since the antagonist has entered the apartment without the victim knowing about it and there is the possibility of the antagonist harming the victim, we aim to create mystery by the end of the thriller opening since we are not going to reveal the antagonists identity.

Iconography (Shakil)

Iconography is the objects that are used in movies that can indicate meaning to the audience. The importance of this is so that this can foreshadow events that may occur in the later stages of the movie and to give away certain aspects to the audience and help the audience to feel in suspense. Additionally, an example of this would be a rose. This could signify the sense of love and romance in a movie as the use of Red in a thriller can represent passion and romance as well as other possibilities such as danger or death.
In terms of my thriller opening, there is plenty of iconography that will be used within the clip. Such as the mysterious, creepy looking mask that will be worn by the antagonist at the very end to create suspense and terror to the audience. Furthermore, there will be a note that is shown in the passage, which includes writing of a child and with bloody font, the use of red ink could also indicate danger and death.
Weapons such as the knife would be portrayed in the scene as this could conclude danger towards the end and allow the audience to feel suspense as this could also foreshadow danger in the opening as the knife connotes death and violence.

Setting (Elliot)

The opening scene takes place at the beginning off an apartment/Housing block. the apartment block is located in a estate. Nearby are several other housing blocks and other hoses as well. The reason why we chose this housing blocks is because the opening scene takes place in a home setting. this shows security since that living in a house would make the audience think that living in a house would be secure and that was also maybe a familiar place to the audience, however in the opening scene since the antagonist would manage to infiltrate the house and killing the victim. The use off iconography and lightning will help with the feeling of the setting there are also several advantages for using this location one example is that we could able to move furniture so it shows changes to help support with our script and opening scene narration. An example of this would be the windows opening during the opening scene. This shows insecure that houses can be sometimes to the audience which may make the audience anxious because they know it could happens to anybody.

These are the main elements of Mise En Sence in which me and my group highlighted and discussed whats happening and that were are planning to include in the main part of the thriller. We are planning to stick with these ideas since they highlight and shows to the audience whats happening and create suspense at the same time.

Planning - Miss Begum: Pre-Production Paperwork

Pre-Production Paperwork

Before we start making our film we could start filming we needed to fill in paperwork which was vital for the film. This includes legal documentation that was important for the film. The following documents that we needed before we could start filming were Production Schedule, Location Recce, Location Release Form, Risk assessment and client release forms.Without any of these documents we would not be able to film since they are vital including the Risk assessment that tell you what risks that we may occur during filming. I was in charge of the Location Release form aswell as the Location Recce. Baris was in charge of Risk assessment document and the Client Release document. And Shakil was in charge Production schedule and the Shot List.

Production Schedule

The production Schedule tells whats going to happen throughout the filming and what equipment and props we may need and When and where its happening. This will be given to all members of the crew as well as actors since this tells them whats happening on what day and where it would take place and who should come as well.

Location Recce

The Location Recce document is an brief summary of the filming locations where we are planning to film where the location is and how to get their and what public transport is nearby and why are we planning to film at this location. This document would be given all members who are filming as well as the actors since this give important information on where the location is.

Location Release Form

The Location Release form is the document we have to give to the owner of the property that we have agreed to their terms and conditions which they previously stated. This document has to be signed before we can start filming at the locations.

Risk Assessment 

The risk assessment form is an legal document that we must help as it contains all the risks that we may face while making this film and how we can avoid them or mitagate. The document has to be given to all personal since it may show the risk that what we may face during filming. And what we should do to mitage them.

Client Release form

The client release form is another legal document we must have this explains to the terms and aggremeants that we have and the risks involved when making this productions as well as other important information that actors need to know about. All members of the cast must sign this document before we can start filming.

Planning - Miss Begum: Shot List

Shot List

The shot list is the main list of what camera angles that we are planning to use throughout the final product. The document below contain all the shots that we are planning to use. The main purpose of the shot list is to inform the The director,The producer and the Camera operator what shots and what cinematography they will be using throughout the film and in this case opening scene.