Special effects

Special effects will be a crucial part of our film. They will be used all throughout and will be important in advancing the narrative of the film and indicating to the audience what is happening.
Our film is of the Sc-fi genre and special effects are key in Sc-fi to create something that is unbelievable and visually spectacular, this is exactly what we wish to achieve using special effects in our film, since time travel is an unbelievable idea that can only be generated through special effects.

One particularly tricky effect we have to produce is the car accident. using this video we are able to create the effect that our character is being hit by a car stunt and accident free.

This lightning effect will be used all throughout the film as the main time travel effect. This will be a complex and timely process but we need to master it as it will be an essential part of establishing the narrative.

This is similar to the other effect although in this case it is in the eye region and will be far more precise and tricky to accomplish as this video shows.

Age Rating

After visiting the official BBFC website and running our film through the official film age rating specifications it rates our film as a borderline age 12 filming almost a 15.

The official description for films of this rating is:

Violence
At 12A, moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by their context (for example brief sight of bloody injury in a medical drama).

Language
The BBFC's Guidelines state that strong language (e.g. 'f***') may be passed at 12 or 12A, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency and any special contextual justification. Aggressive uses of strong language may result in a film or DVD being placed at the 15 category. There is some allowance for puns on strong language at this category.
There may be moderate language (e.g. uses of terms such as ‘bitch’ and ‘twat’ at 12 or 12A)

In the case of violence our film should technically be certificate 18 due to one particularly violent scene, however it is so brief that I believe our film should stay within the age 12 guidelines.]
UPDATE 

After reviewing our film and it's content we have realised that it is more in fact a 16. Our film contains violence, swearing, and scenes of threat.

Costume

What our characters will be wearing in our film will not be very important. Later we will have a brief discussion with our cast members about what they should wear but it is not an essential element.

Our actors will be wearing rather "casual" styles of clothing, nothing out of the ordinary. Although for the alternate "time" version of the protagonist should be wearing a cloak of some sort to conceal her face.

For the ordinary outfits of our actors the only thing we really need to take into perspective is the weather conditions, we will be filming around winter and it would be preferable if our cast can wear something to keep warm.

Questionaire

Target Audience questionnaire

Question 1 : What is the first film that comes to mind when you hear the words “Time Travel”?

Question 2: What do you personally like about the idea of time travel?

Question 3: What conventions do you associate with Time Travel?

Question 4: What do you think of our title “Tempore Exitus”?

Question 5: What comes to mind when you hear this title?

(Give brief run through of our film)

Question 6: What are your initial thoughts about this film?

Question 7 : Would you say it contains all the codes and conventions necessary for it to be a Sc-fi/Time travel film?

Question 8: What do you like about the film in particular?

Question 9: What do you think about the twist?

Question 10: What changes would you make to this film if any?

Communication

When arranging a film session communication is essential, for arranging a meeting point and for reminding cast members of what is happening, and for communicating in advance if there are any changed circumstances.

Mobile communication will be our most frequent and reliable means of communication, ringing somebody is usually the most reliable and instant way to get hold of someone, whilst texting and internet messaging are always good for distributing information.

Social networks are an excellent tool for organisation, Facebook in particular is great for organising a meeting, you can create events pages and group chats which are very convenient for distributing information to your cast and messaging numerous people at once.  

Equipment List

For the moment while unsure what cameras we have available we will be using a Nikon D3200 camera.
It is reliable, portable  and can record high definition footage, along with a variety of different lenses for different shots and zooms, also the built in audio recorder is of decent quality.

For our indoor scenes we will need to set up artificial lighting. We will need 3 tripod lighting rigs set up which can be repositioned and angled to create atmosphere and mood. These lights can be compacted and packed up for easy transportation.

A fairly standard piece of equipment we will use a Hama "Star 24" tripod to steady the camera for filming. Hama tripods are very adjustable with the capability of angling the camera in numerous ways. Basic piece of equipment. 

Finished script

After refining the script, editing errors, adding more detail and camera angles we have finally finished the script.

cast

Although the film story is not fully set in stone, we have already decided our cast list.

Name : Bridie Gibbs 

Age : 18

Character : Bridie will be portraying the main protagonist "Sarah Smith".

Reason : Bridie is an experienced actress with many years of theatrical experience, performing in numerous school performances many of which she played the lead roles. She has proven herself as a good actress able to apply herself to many different roles and is superb at portraying a good variety of emotions, this will be a valuable asset when it comes to playing our protagonist who is a very complex and intriguing character. Also as a bonus she owns her own car and is able to efficiently travel to our filming sessions.

Name : Ella Wilton 

Age : 17

Character : Ella will be playing "Beth" who is the protagonist's best friend and is the one she attempts to save.

Reasoning: Much like Bridie she has a keen history of theatre and performance, often in the same performances as Bridie and also has acting talent. Her and Bridie are also good friends in real life, this will make their role as "best friends" seem more legitimate and convincing.

Name : Jake Haines

Age : 17

Character : Jake will be playing the male figure in our film called "Jack"

Reason: Jack's role is rather minor and he has minimal dialogue, so we didn't think it necessary to get hold of another actor so Jake my co-director and producer shall be playing these minor roles. 

Risk assesment

Draft Script

Our film in 1 sentence and a paragraph

Loosing somebody can be the hardest thing for someone to go through and can leave you in a dark place where you would do anything to turn back time. Eighteen year old Sarah Smith was given a chance, a chance to change everything, But when the circumstances seem to not work in Sarah's favour, it's becomes clear her efforts are being undermined by what will change Sarah's life forever.

Ever lost somebody? Do anything to turn back time? Eighteen year old Sarah Smith was given the chance to turn back the clock but it soon becomes clear that nothings is as it truly seems.

Creating the soundtrack

We created our unique score soundtrack on Garage Band. Garageband is a simple to use software that enables you to create your own Mp3 sound tracks that can be uploaded to Apple Tunes and then easily imported into our final sequence. Garage Band includes a variety of instruments that can be easily pieced into a final sequence. Using this we created our unique Score for our title sequence.

Sc-fi mood board

Film in 100 words (well 170 but whatever)

 The core unrefined idea of our film is that it involves our protagonist gains the ability to travel in time, but only after experiencing great emotional anguish following the death of her best friend, and she time travels back to the moment her friend died in a tragic accident to attempt to save her friend and change the past. However her efforts are in vain, and as the protagonist saves her friend from the accident another event occurs and her friend perishes again, in an effort to stop this the protagonist keeps going back in time to try again and each time she fails to save her friend. Until it is revealed to her in some way that her friend had committed a horrible act of betrayal to the protagonist, and the protagonist fueled by hatred uses her time travel ability to kill the very friend she has been so desperately trying to save, and it is revealed that the whole time it has been the protagonist has been the one undoing the protagonists efforts to save her friend.

Discussion of film plot

Just a brief discussion into a possible story for our upcoming short film and what we may include.

Call Sheet