4. Mise en Scene
Green – Used to represent how the
protagonist is envious of people
who have interesting lives. The
globe represents how he hasn’t
experienced the world and has lived
in his own bubble.
Red – The protagonist has red
bedding and wears a red tie as
foreshadowing and as a warning.
I included stereotypical ‘man’ things to
show he is a single man living alone. I
included a lone toothbrush, razor and bar
of soap in the bathroom, all matching in
colour. I also put sports and comic
paraphernalia in the bedroom.
5. Structural Breakdown
• Act I: Protagonist gets up and repeatedly goes to office job (montage
sequence), showing repetition of his life and little enjoyment in his work.
Searches ‘change your life’ into search engine, Ad for social experiment
pops up. He clicks it.
• Act II: Protagonist gets chip implanted into temple that allows him to see
how much time a person has left to live with a clock above their head. He
uses this power to save a woman with a rapidly approaching death from
being hit by a car (therefore increasing her clock by 43 years)
• Act III: Protagonist sees his own clock, stating 00days 03 hours 11 mins 03
seconds (decreasing) and panics. Moves to room where he is sat in front of
mirror watching the time decrease, surrounded by envelopes (one says
‘Mum’ on the front etc) his clock is now just seconds. It counts down and
screen goes black, then he awakens back at experiment clinic, chip removed
from head, doctor says it was part of the experiment. He expresses how
when thinking he was about to die he regretted not doing enough with his
life and vouches to do more.
15. Production Group Info
Crew/Cast member Contact info Roles
Ethan Payne Ethan-Payne@student.yorkcollege.ac.uk Crew member, helping with
shoot on 1st day of filming.
Providing transport for cast
and crew on 1st day.
Frankie Hall Francesca-Hall@student.yorkcollege.ac.uk Crew member, helping with
shoot on 1st day of filming.
Leah Taylor lpt@tiscali.co.uk Cast member on 2nd day of
shooting and crew member,
helping with shoot on 2nd day
of filming.
Jack Higgott Jack-Higgott@student.yorkcollege.ac.uk Lead cast member on all three
days of filming.
Phoebe Steen Phoebe-Steen@student.yorkcollege.ac.uk Potential cast member and
crew on 3rd day of filming
Molly Turgoose Stunt driver on 3rd day of
production
16. Risk Control Measure
Slips, trips and falls while using
equipment/looking through
viewfinders.
• Ensure you are familiar with your
surroundings, any planned
movements and that the location is
safe.
• Any camera movements should
employ a spotter for the camera
operator, directing the movement
safely.
Manual handling carrying
equipment
• Do not carry/move equipment
beyond your comfort level.
• Request help when transporting
equipment/share amongst crew.
• Adhere to manual handling methods
for carrying items.
Lost/stolen equipment • Do not leave any equipment
unattended.
Electrical equipment,
extension/data cables and plugs-
electric shock
• Do not touch any equipment that
appears faulty and report it to the
tutor/technician.
Lost/stolen props • Do not leave props unattended
Pets becoming tripping hazard / risk
to pets at home location
• Keep pets in safe place away from
filming environment.
17. Risk Control Measure
Travelling to and from location in
car.
• Ensure kit is safely stowed in car boot
• Ensure crew and cast wear seatbelts in the
car
Food and liquid around equipment
could cause damage.
• Ensure crew keep food and drink away from
set
• Keep camera in bag when not in use to
prevent liquid damage or food getting into
lens
Filming by a road could cause
accident or injury
• Ensure cast and crew stay away from the
curb
• Be aware of surroundings at all times.
Filming in the lab may cause
exposure to chemicals
• Do not touch anything inside lab that isn’t
part of the film’s props and costumes
• Ensure all lab equipment is towed away
before filming.
18.
19. Production Schedule
Day Scene Location Props Cast/ Crew
Thursday 17th
14.40-16:30
Act ! Scene !!
Act III Scene IIII
Office – Appleton
Roebuck
Office attire (Jack),
pile of paper,
computer.
Jack (Actor),
Frankie (Crew),
Ethan (Crew &
transport)
Friday 18th
14:30-16:30
Act !!
Act III Scene !
Lab in York College Office attire (Jack),
Professional attire
(Leah), Lab coat,
Clipboard, Chip,
Hazard signs
Jack (Actor), Leah
(Actor), Ethan
(Crew)
Saturday 19th
13:00 onwards
Act ! Scene !
Act III Scene II & III
Bryony Road,
Harrogate
Crowberry drive bus
stop, Harrogate
4 x Office Attire (Jack),
PJ’s (Jack), Cereal &
Bowl, Briefcase, Car
(Molly)
Jack (Actor), Leah
(Crew), Molly
(Crew/Driver)
26. Production Log: Initial Edit
I started by putting all of my footage into a folder labeled ‘TLM
Footage’ (TLM being an acronym for The Last Minute) and
dragging it into my empty adobe premiere pro sequence. I
docked the file with the footage inside to the side of my
workspace to allow me to easily see and sort through the
footage and audio as I needed to. I used the preview window to
help with the selection process of which shots to use and which
parts of each clip to include. I then dragged them onto the
timeline to create the first sequence. I then watched it back to
get feedback from my peers and decided to go through and
tighten up the sequence, making it more concise in order to
hold the attention of the viewer with more rapid editing. I went
through and brightened a lot of the footage that was filmed
indoors using the Brightness and Contrast tool in premiere,
keeping the balance between brightness and contrast to ensure
the footage doesn’t get too grainy. I used slow motion to build
suspense. I did this by selecting a clip and using the
Speed/Duration tool. I added a soundtrack consisting of royalty
free music converted from youtube and synced it up to be in
time with the music. I used audio transitions to fade each song
in and out to make it seem like a natural progression within the
film and to indicate a change of scenery. I had to alter the audio
gain of the dialogue clips and music to make them compatible
without one drowning out the other. The audio for the dialogue
had to be cut and editing multiple times to make different takes
seem like the same audio track and sync up exactly to the
mouths of the actors.
27. The sequence with the scientist had to be shot on a
green screen due to lack of availability of any science
labs in college, meaning that I had more to do in post
production. I decided to have the scene take place on a
plain white background to create a more dreamlike
environment and create a more sci-fi feel. Once all of
the clips were assembled and I was happy with the
sequence, I then right clicked on each clip with a green
screen background one by one and selected ‘replace
with after effects composition’. This opened Adobe
After Effects with the clip already there to edit. From
this point I used the effects search panel to find
Keylight and drag it over the footage. Using the colour
picker, I experimented selecting shades of green from
the background until the chroma key was the least
distorted, then edited the screen gain level until the
background was clear. I then used the path right click >
create null > solid and made a white null shape, which
I then laid behind the chroma key’d footage to create
the effect of the characters existing in a white space. I
then lifted the brightness and contrast of the footage
to accommodate the new brightness of the
background and make it more realistic. I did this on all
of the clips featuring the green screen, trying to keep
them as similar as possible in the process.
Production Log: Chroma Key
28. Production Log: Special Effects
To create the effect of the chip implant, I got an image from
Google and edited it using adobe Photoshop and the warp tool.
Once I was happy with how the chip looked, I saved it as a PSD
file. I selected a clip which needed the chip implant in it and
went right click > replace with after effects composition. When
in after effects, I dragged the PSD file over the footage and
shrank the image down to the size that I wanted it to be. I then
dragged it over the actors temple. I originally tried to motion
track the image to one spot but the spot that I needed to track it
to would never appear on the background, so I resulted in key-
framing the position of the chip by the second and trying to get
it to stay as close to the actors’ temple as possible. To create the
numbers, I used the motion track tool and created a text solid
that would follow the subject. I used a font from dafont.com to
create a sci-fi effect, which I originally coloured blue but then
had to change to red to make it stand out against the bright
background. I pre-composed the text and opened it in a new
after effects window, I key-framed the text as a subject, changing
the final number on the countdown clock to one lower after
every second, like a real clock would. I also key-framed the text
to move a little more than it had with the motion track, using the
3D camera and key-framing the position and angle of the text.
Once I had added all the special effects to the film, I then
returned to premiere pro and colour corrected it all again,
ensuring that there was a stable tone across each shot. I did this
by adding an adjustments layer and putting affects on it, then
editing any individual shots to match.
30. Soundtrack Planning
• Diegetic sound – I will be using a lot of diegetic sound to make my film
seem more realistic. I am going to try and use as much diegetic sound
as possible and use a sound recorder when filming to capture the
sound. Background noise is key in my film to allow the audience to feel
what the character is feeling and the situation they are in. I will use
sounds such as an alarm clock, car driving and braking and taps
running.
• Non-diegetic sound – I would like to incorporate a musical soundtrack
at some point but I’m not sure how I’m going to implement it. I would
need to find royalty free music for legal purposes or to make my own
soundtrack. I am considering putting on light background music
throughout the film and fade it out and in around any extended
periods of dialogue.
• Dialogue- I would use a sound recorder and match up the dialogue
with the visuals in post production. I would also be recording sound on
the camera, therefore allowing me to have multiple copies and one
that exactly matches the lip sync.
