P5

A)Production Schedule

Our release date will be around October 18th because the movie being a horror movie will mean that it will get a lot more viewings and advertisement because of Halloween and Halloween is the biggest day for watching horror movies. So by releasing it in October the hype of Halloween will make people want to watch the movie even more. By releasing it in October it leaves us with quite a few months to make sure the movie is fully completed as well. The editing will happen alongside the filming so that after one month of filming is done we can edit that month of filming while the other month is being filmed.

B) Resources and equipment

Item	Description and reason
Camera & lens	We need a camera so we can film
Memory card x2	We need two memory cards in case one get full so we will have a backup
Battery x2	We will take two batteries so we have backup incase we run out of power
Axe	We need the axe for the case scene in the opening
Costumes	We need the costumes for setting the scene of the film. The costume will be a guy with a mask
Tripod	We need the tripod for shots that are static on pivot on a point.
Fake Blood	We need this to drip onto the axe for one of the shots.
Reflector	We need a reflector to get more light on the actor during close up shots.

C) Personnel and activities

Crew- Kian Bradshaw, Rupert, James, Lottie

Kian’s job roles – Head producer, actor, make up, editing

Rupert – Director, Actor, SFX organizer

James- Head camera man, sound, lighting

Lottie- Camera assistant, lighting, sound

D) Budget

College budget

Equipment etc.	Cost
Camera	£0 Free from college
Sd/Memory card	£0 Free from college
Bus tickets/transport	£0 Both staff already have tickets and one other will use moped
Premier pro/Adobe software	£0 College provides software for free
Microphone	£0 Free from college
Audio recorder	£0 Free from college
Boom pole	£0 Free from college
Props	£0 Already have props
Fake blood	£1 - £8 depending of size and quality
TOTAL	£1-£8

Real Budget

Equipment etc.	Cost
Camera	£35 - £72 per day depending on quality 2 - 3 days recording £216
Sd/Memory card	64 gb £23
Bus tickets/Transport	6.70 per person 4 people £26.80
Adobe suite/ Premiere pro	£50.75 Per User per month. One editor
Audio recorder	£80 for a week rent
Boom pole	£36 for a week rent
Microphone	£40 a day £120 for the three days
Fake blood	£1 to £8
Props	£26
TOTAL	£586.55 + Staff wages

E)Legal

Issue	Solved or justified?
Having permission to shoot in Huntington park	As it’s a public park we don’t think we will encounter any problems, however we make sure before hand that it is okay to shoot there
Copying ideas from other films	We will ensure beforehand that all of our ideas are original, and not direct copies from other films.
Filming people with out there permission	We have to make sure we have a signed consent form from everyone we film, to ensure they are confortable with being filmed if not they could sue us for filming them without there permission

E)Ethicall

Issue	Solved or justified?
Strong/ offensive language	Strong language may offended some people, so to get around this we are choosing not to include any offensive language as to appeal to a wider audience
How gender is portrayed	We may face the ethical issue of the male charter being portrayed to be stronger and more powerful than the female character, to get over this issue we are going to be un-stereotypical and have the male character die and the female charter be able to escape to portray being more than just the stereotypical female in a horror film.
The use of weapons	In our horror film the antagonist will be using a machete, which may be seen as controversial. To get around this we wont show any blood or the machete actually cutting anyone, we will use cut aways, this way people wont be as concerned about the use of a machete.

F) Contingency plans

Location	Thing that could go wrong	Plan in place
Hinchingbrooke country park forest	Run out of memory on the memory card	Have two cards
	It could rain	Film inside scenes instead
	Camera could run out of battery	Have one spare incase we need it
	Someone could not turn up	We will all be able to use the equipment and as long as the two actors turn up we can make do with 1 person on camera and lighting.

UPDATED WORK BASED ON FEEDBACK

Improved Production Schedule including roles

Our release date will be around October 18th because the movie being a horror movie will mean that it will get a lot more viewings and advertisement because of Halloween and Halloween is the biggest day for watching horror movies. So by releasing it in October the hype of Halloween will make people want to watch the movie even more. By releasing it in October it leaves us with quite a few months to make sure the movie is fully completed as well. The editing will happen alongside the filming so that after one month of filming is done we can edit that month of filming while the other month is being filmed.

Team Member	Job roles	Task within roles
Rupert T	Director, Actor, SFX Organiser and secondary camera man	His role in the production is to coordinate the production of the work and deciding camera shots. He will also be acting as the killer in the production. Whilst the cameraman is acting in the production he will take over the role of cameraman
James M	Camera man, Actor, sound and lighting	He will be acting as the victim’s friend in the production. He will be working on the lighting and sound along with being the cameraman in the production
Kian B	Producer, actor.	Kian’s key role in the production is to be an actor, performing as the victim in the production. He is also responsible work working producing the work making sure that the work is consistent whilst the director is acting

Clearer Genre and Conventions.

What genre did you decide on and what genre conventions did you use?

We decided on the horror genre with a slasher sub genre. The conventions we had from a stereotypical horror slasher were having a masked killer, which is seen in a majority of slasher films like Halloween and Friday the 13th. The film was set in a forest near a lake, which is quite mirrored, to the setting in Friday the 13th as well as other slasher like Cabin Fever and cabin in the woods. The weapon the killer uses is a hatchet, which is a weapon of choice in many other slashers. A fair bit of fake blood was used in the filming as well, which is used in practically every slasher movie.
Improved release date

More Realistic Script.

Horror Slasher by James McCaig on Scribd

Revised Storyboard