Character description

Sarah

• Oblivious
• Sensitive 
• Innocent 
• Curious
• Over trusting 
• Courageous
• Caring 
• Dependent

Beth

• Guilt ridden
• Selfish
• Uncaring 
• Victim 
• Using 

Jack 

• Easily played
• Indirect
• Weak willed 
•  Moral

Filming permission

As I have already stated we will be filming in the Farthinghoe area. So I went online and searched up any local groups of authority who could grant us permission to film in the area. After some searching I came across the Farthinghoe parish council page.

On the contact section of the site there is a list of members of the council and the email of the chairmen of the council -Ross van Geest.

Sound Effects

Using our script as a guide we collected a variety of sound effects that would be added to our film at certain points.

 

Film date update

As expected there were some complications and we were unable to film on the 11th. We have organised a new filming session on 16th of December on a wednesday.

Audio test

Other students in our class encountered issues with their audio when reviewing their footage. For this reason we decided it would safe to takes some unrelated footage to test the boom microphones are working sufficiently and record in high quality.
The footage we took was 100% unrelated to our film and was just a silly bit of fun to test with the microphone. I apologise in advance.

Target audience Questionnaire

Using the questionnaire I created we quizzed 3 individuals and recorded their opinions.

Tester shots

We took some footage similar to what we will take for our main film, we used me as the character as our desired cast were not available.

The first practise shot we took was test footage for our "double effect" in which Bridie would be talking to the alternate time version of herself. As you can see it was quite successful although there is a clear gap between the two and the contrast in colour, this will be easily adjusted in the final version. 

The second effect we worked on was the time travel effect that pulsates from the character. In this example we decided to show it pulsating from the arm of the subject (Me) although the finished one will be more refined it still looks visually spectacular.

We did a similar effect to what we did on the arm on a face and gave it a more veined pulsating effect.

Another effect we practiced for our film is the time travel effect itself. We already decided the time travelling would be done from the human mind so we created an effect to make it appear as if the time travelling is done from within the brain and comes out from the eye.

Call Sheet for filming 11/12/15

Film issues

We're currently struggling to find an agreed date in which to start filming. It's been very difficult to try and agree upon a date as our schedules clash. We are debating getting permission from school to let us film within class hours, if this is agreed then it is possible we could film this friday the 12th of december.

Props

Throughout our short film we shouldn't require too many props. We decided the time travelling should be done through the character's mind and body so we wouldn't require any sort of time machine.

In our film a character will be shot. For this we will need a replica firearm, the one we have chosen to use is this classic style air pistol, it looks like an authentic fire arm but it shouldn't be included in too many shots so the way it looks should not be too important.

Although throughout the film a knife should be used twice it will only properly been in view of the audience once in the final scene, therefore we believed it isn't worth the effort to find a replica knife, so we went through the health and safety risks and will be very cautious when handling the blade.

Tempore Exitus

The title we chose for our short film is Tempore Exitus, but how does it relate to our genre?

"Tempore Exitus" is latin for "Time Issues" which very simply a good summary of the narrative of our story. The title has an exciting sound to it and it flicks of the tongue very nicely. The word "Tempore" meaning time is a word that links in with our genre, it is also the origin word for "Temporal" which has connotations of time travel and therefore the sc-fi genre. The official definition even states the word os "relating to time"

"Exitus" meaning "Issue" or "exit" has a dramatic tone to it. The word brings to mind the biblical word "Exodus" which gives it special meaning. In terms of sc-fi relation it sounds very prominent and somewhat authoritative.

Title sequence questionnaire

We created 3 similar title sequences for our short film all with of which linked with out theme. However we could not decide which one we should go with so we asked 15 people which they preferred and went by the results.

Title sequence one : 7

Title sequence two : 6

Title sequence three : 2

Due to the close result we have decided to mix in elements of one with two to create something that will appease the majority of our target audience.

Typography options

Using a variety of internet sites we found a selection text styles to use as the main typography for a our film. We asked 10 people which one they preferred.

- 3

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- 5

- 2





The decision of our target audience is that the "Star Avenue" text is the one we're going to use. This typography is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for the genre of our film. However it has one issue, the typography does not include capital letters.

Location

After much thought we have decided that Farthinghoe will be our choice of location.

This will be the place where we will take the shot of Ella being hit by the car.
This road is isolated and few cars come around, it also leads on for quite a long distance allowing us to put up signs to warn drivers about us filming.
Also as you can somewhat make out in this picture you can see reasonably far down the road to see oncoming vehicles.

As you can see leading of from the road there is a footpath leading to a field, this will be crucial for our narrative where the protagonist leads her friend away from the road into apparent "safety.
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For the brief indoor parts of our film we will be using my bedroom in Middleton Cheney. It may be somewhat cramped and the lighting may be dim but it will only be used briefly in a scene which does not require much room.

Location Scouting

With almost everything else prepared we've started to work on a crucial issue, the location in which we are going to film in.

Our first possible location is the Stanwell area in Middleton Cheney. It has everything we need for our film, a road and a back entrance field. However it's in a rather built up neighbourhood and getting permission from everybody in the area would be difficult.

Another possible location for filming is the park area near Queen Street, it has all the requirements for our film, a isolated road, an adjacent field with plenty of space to film some establishing shots.