Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

Location:

·      Snicket, nearby school

·      School Bathrooms

·      Countryside, woody area – Heaton woods

Props:

·      Zombie make up – fake blood – Latex

·      School white shirts and school tie’s for the actors

·      White powdery substance

Actors:

·      Zombie – Zara (Zara) - first to volunteer to try the drugs. Turns into a ‘zombie’ and attacks her friends. Zara is a daring and loud character

·      Cameraman –Anisha (‘Sam’) – a bit geeky/nerdy ‘always saying it’s our last year’ and trying to document memories for a CD she is planning to make full of school memories, she also a caring person as she’s the only one willing to save Zara.

·      Drug dealer – Atique (‘J’) – A dealer as well as a taker himself, he seems uncomfortable. He is also slightly an aggressive character always worried about getting caught selling drugs.

·      Victim of the Zombie – Umaira (Umaira) A bit slower than the rest of the gang, she falls victim when she reacts to slowly when the zombie attacks her.

·      Friends ( Benish, Umaira, Sabah, Zahra) always cheering on other people to do the dirty work but never themselves. Not true friends as when Zara is suffering, they are worried about themselves and make up a story ‘saying we were never here’ and run away.

Type of Weather:

·      Cloudy and grey at the scene of the drug deal taking place in the snicket

·      At the scene taking place in the countryside, Cloudy, but no rain (due to Zombie make up) and a slight wind.

Time of day:

·      The scene of the drug deal would be preferable at an afternoon, as light would be need in that location as there are high fences, lots of trees and no street lamps

·      The second scene in the school bathroom could be done at anytime.

·      The third scene is to be filmed at around 5-6pm , near the evening as a bit of darkness can help with the suspense of the film.

My short film - Brief

My storyline for my horror based short film will be about a group of friends who are wanting to experiment drugs for the first time, they attempt to take the drugs to which they believe is only cocaine however, things take a turn for the worst as one of the characters (Zara) starts to have a reaction to the substance. Zara begins to twitch and growl scaring most of her friends off but leaving one to which Zara rips her face off in a frenzy.

I was inspired by the 'Miami Zombie attack' in May 2012 where a drug user resulted in biting another man's face off. I knew it was still a new and sensitive topic however, I believe my short film also can raise awareness for youngsters against taking drugs especially not knowing what is truly in them.

I have decided to use the effect of a hand held camera as its a very diverse and creating more of a realism impact on the audience creating the sense of panic as the audience are almost reeled into this 'world of horror'.

Films such as 'The Blair Witch Project' inspired me in terms of which shots will be effective for what scene, for example one scene I am hoping to have a close up the victims face, a famous shot from 'The Blair Witch Project' which I have posted about before on this blog.

Short film - Horror

I have decided to do a horror based short film as it appealed to me more than the other genres, I also think that with horror and even possibly thriller you are more free to do any shot type you want which is why horror was the genre that attracted me most. Down below are some unique shots taken from horror films:

Paranormal activity: This shot is taken through an actual camera, the effect caused I believe is much more tense rather than the shot being taken from an any other camera.

The Blair Witch Project : This film was one of the first films to feature hand held shots making scenes and essentially the whole film a lot scarier and tense than it actually could have been if they were not to use these effects.