Initial storyoard (picture needed!!!!)

 During the storyboard making, my partners and I made this storyboard together. Abby did all the work of drawing it because she is the best at drawing out of all of us, so it looks realistic. We created it first by visually drawing a draft of what it may look like then moved onto writing a storyline of the chronological events that were meant to happen. Abby then drew what we 

Preparing to film

 The easy things to consider while filming are that I have a very flexible work group. I am close with all of them and understand them very well, so there is no awkwardness in the group. This is also not a dynamic film, so we can rule out the possibilities of a shaky camera and harsh movements of the camera. We also have to consider it will be easy to act as all the people in my group are very involved in music for shows so they have at least watched lots of acting to execute in this film. The other actors we need in our film are also something very accessible for us to get since we have many friends who are involved in acting outside of school or the preforming arts. Our costumes are also very easy to obtain as they are simple and basically causal wear. 

The difficult thing to consider is that the equipment will be difficult to acquire since the film company we wish to borrow from may be extremely busy with every other group asking in media studies. Something that is also difficult is the location, since we want to film in our school we need the space to be empty and free for us to use, which might be hard since the school is very harsh on who can stay or not. The only worry about actors is getting everyone together on an appropriate day for everyone to attend filming. One of the most difficult things to consider is actually making the film frightening or disturbing and not something embarrassing where it looks silly instead of creepy.  

Jobs:

Haaniya- Deciding all the shots, cuts, and making the mood board. Her job is to take the script and decide what cuts are appropriate to make the scene appear scary or frightening. So she would get into the Word doc of the script and input what will occur in each scene in terms of the cuts, shots, angles, and the way everything is supposed to look in camera terms. She is also in charge of making the mood board have all the elements we aspire to have in our film, and making the mood board appear and disturbing as we have chosen the film to be. 

Jadelyn- Jadelyn is in charge of tweaking, making, and editing the script. We count on her to make it as smooth as possible. She will assign to each character what they say and physically do in a scene. It is no t just the dialogue she is writing but the actions and expressions to actors will have on that scene. As well as how each scene will look and what she expects to see in the film in terms of what is occurring on camera. After creating this script she will storyboard what it is she is exactly looking for so the group and help capture the image she has created.

Abby- Abby is our overview who overlooks all our jobs and makes sure we are doing the correct job at all times and makes sure we are on task and up to date with what we have to do. Abby also sets up the story, even though Jadelyn is making the script Abby is telling Jadelyn what the storyline must be and the type of vibe that must be portrayed throughout the whole film. So she is the initial base of our story who can change anything upon her opinion. 

Kashaneah (Me)- I have to get the props acquired and make sure our locations, costumes, props, and camera equipment are all in place. I also must contact people for acting if we need it, and contact location if it is okay that we film. I am the communicator between the actors and locations, ensuring they are on top of arriving and bringing the equipment needed. This is to ensure we are not left unprepared for the actual filming dates and times.

Jobs:

Haaniya- Deciding all the shots, cuts, and making the mood board. Her job is to take the script and decide what cuts are appropriate to make the scene appear scary or frightening. So she would get into the Word doc of the script and input what will occur in each scene in terms of the cuts, shots, angles, and the way everything is supposed to look in camera terms. She is also in charge of making the mood board have all the elements we aspire to have in our film, and making the mood board appear and disturbing as we have chosen the film to be. 

Jadelyn- Jadelyn is in charge of tweaking, making, and editing the script. We count on her to make it as smooth as possible. She will assign to each character what they say and physically do in a scene. It is no t just the dialogue she is writing but the actions and expressions to actors will have on that scene. As well as how each scene will look and what she expects to see in the film in terms of what is occurring on camera. After creating this script she will storyboard what it is she is exactly looking for so the group and help capture the image she has created.

Abby- Abby is our overview who overlooks all our jobs and makes sure we are doing the correct job at all times and makes sure we are on task and up to date with what we have to do. Abby also sets up the story, even though Jadelyn is making the script Abby is telling Jadelyn what the storyline must be and the type of vibe that must be portrayed throughout the whole film. So she is the initial base of our story who can change anything upon her opinion. 

Kashaneah (Me)- I have to get the props acquired and make sure our locations, costumes, props, and camera equipment are all in place. I also must contact people for acting if we need it, and contact location if it is okay that we film. I am the communicator between the actors and locations, ensuring they are on top of arriving and bringing the equipment needed. This is to ensure we are not left unprepared for the actual filming dates and times.

1. actors

Who is acting within the film or shown in the film who usually portrays all the tone throughout the film for the audience to react off of.

2. costumes

What the actors wear during filming, they usually correlate with the theme of the scene and the environment the character is in. But this doesn't apply to every film.

3. props

Objects or items that are displayed in scenes and entire films to make the scene have more emotion or less. They create a vibe for a certain location or character. Characters can either use props or they can just be present in the scene with no character interaction.

4. locations

Where we are choosing to film, a certain place that carries the whole environment of the scene. Without a location films are left dull and out of context, locations give context to the film of what, when, and where things are happening. I helps the audience understand by a lot of what is occurring in the film.

5. dates and times

The dates and times of our film are when we will be filming and editing our film together. This when and where we decide to meet up and shoot for the film through a schedule we can all abide by, if we do have this we would be unorganized with filming and filming would look messy without this organization.

6. film equipment 

Film equipment is thing such as cameras, lighting, microphones, and editing softwares. This is os we can produce a professional film without just regular lighting and it to be as as simple as a phone camera. We can also have clear dialogue heard and great quality with proper film equipment. But even without it being fancy film equipment, film equipment is needed in order to create a film. Without this we would have no film.

 

 

Mood board

 

What I am trying to capture in this movie is a trad wife and her utmost hate for her husband who is demanding and vile to her. He makes it seem like she is living a happy life but she is woken up and wants to do something about through potentially killing him, from all of the pressure and stress he has put her through. I really wanted to show how she is seen as a pretty family woman who wears the cutest of all and well put together outfits while serving the role very well. Although despite this she has a trick up her sleeve she is ready to use when things turn south for her marriage, and she wants her woman freedom back.

 

We chose a trad wife because she is usually seen as accepting of the old way of treating woman. And it is a ironic to think the wife who seems so perfect would do such a thing of killing he wife. Her costume is one of those dresses that are flowy on the skirt area and aprons are worn over. She is also getting ready in the beginning, so we want to show she is a put together woman, it is just she wants to eliminate her annoying husband out of her life! Seems simple enough for her to do.

Final Project Idea

My group had chosen the Maryjanes title, although not the tradwife plot. We had chosen our last idea. Where the girl has passed away and lives her life everyday but she in invisible from her being a ghost living among her family and peers. Although, one day she experiences someone or something that can see her, but how is it possible if she's dead? The genre of this project will be horror and since the project will take place in a school where there will be certain camera angles to capture the girls fright. emotions, and the environment around. As well as the many sounds we will use to emphasize certain things happening in a scene. We are going to use filters that will make the school appear darker and have unsettling movements of characters around her creating suspense. We will also introduce a scene of the girls passing in the beginning to put the mood for the audience to an all time low at the start. Our film will be different because we will incorporate horror in a simple way. In a way were it is not just all the screaming and killing those think it always is. This will be a uncanny vibe where the audience is confused and disturbed with the events happening.  The audience will be also left with a cliffhanger of what is to happen next. Now my group hasn't fully decided on this but possibly for the credits we will put a black screen every time we do and put an effect that will be shocking to the audience, and then put the credits onto the screen. This will let the audience be alert to what is happening. Overall this film, and in my groups opinion will be awesome! And just to add the reason why it is called Maryjanes is because this girl has passed in her Maryjanes.