FMP 2019

1. Pre-Production
Matthew Burniston

2. Pre-production• What are you making?
– The concept for my product is a British crime drama, appealing to a predominately male audience, with
mature content – hopefully cover the mental state of criminals such as serial killers; as well as things like
depression and anxiety. I'll be working in three mediums – a short sequence, a title sequence and a poster
for the overall product – which would be a series broadcast weekly on TV. By including a sequence before
the title sequence – showcasing a murder, it will fit into the crime and drama section – as murder is a crime
and the way I'll be shooting all this is for the effect of drama, with the title sequence causing suspense as it
cuts its way into the end of scene, leaving the audience to think. In both my title sequence and poster, I'll be
using the expression's and poses of the main character/characters to help convey the emotions of the
episodes (-e.g. the drama,) whilst also using gritty and realistic colours to convey the lower and more serios
tones that would be seen throughout the series. If broadcast, this would be aired on late night BBC 1 –
fitting into the BBC drama department style – like such hits as - “Luther” and “Bodyguard.” It would also be
aired of a several weeks period, on a series on Saturday nights – at 54 minutes, per episode (so my audience
won’t be done after a full week of work and I’ll have their attention, whilst having them aired weekly will
allow for a week's whole suspense and waiting for the last episode to be resolved...)
• Why?
– Through this year (both in and out of college) I’ve seen the progression of my skills and confidence – in
things such as filming, prior to this year I hadn’t actually filmed anything and though I started of quite week
in things such as my Irn-Bru project, I saw some progression in my music video – which will play into my title
sequence and pre-title sequence; my photoshop skills – with the addition in things like - “Refine Edges” and
the - “Lasso Tool,” to efficiently cut around things; and I’ve finally learnt how to use the basics in Premier. I
want to work in these three mediums as I take interest in them – I very much like making posters in
photoshop, as demonstrated in my own time; I want to create the pre-title sequence in the hope of
developing my skills further as that’s something I’d like to do when I’m older – directing – especially a crime
drama; and I’d like to do a title sequence as I love seeing title sequence with the blended and well-crafted
imagery and I’d really have a go at go this – not to mention being able to compare this year’s to last year's
standard of work – by recreating and comparing last year's work – e.g. a poster and title sequence for a
crime series.
Reflection:

3. Pre-production• Who is it for?
– Male: Because stereotypically men are more drawn to violence and action than women my product will
appeal more to then in the sense this will be a more action driven crime drama – fitting more into the horror
and thriller genres. On top of this, from my surveys, I discovered that the majority of my audience were male
than any of the other genders.
– Primary Age – 16 to 20: This age demographic was mostly picked up from the questionnaires I did – being
the most picked age out of all the age groups. On top of this, because both the primary and secondary age
groups – it'll allow me to make my product for a mature-er audience, being able to cover more serios theme
and more frightening elements
– Secondary Age – 25+: This age demographic was mostly picked up from the questionnaires I did – being the
second most picked age range.
– Belonger: Being a tv series, this will apply for an audience that will constantly be tuning in to watch the
series as it goes on and it's also possible it could pick up and appeal further to a small cult following that
tunes in weekly?
– Middle Class: As a lot of the characters and cast in this production will fit into this class – thus adding a
relatability factor into my product.
• Where will it appear/on what?
– My main product (the title sequence and pre-title sequence – as part of what would be the series) will
appear on the BBC as BBC drama; with the poster being a different medium that doesn't go on TV, so it'll
appear in places like bus shelters and busses – with the intention of pulling them into my actual product.
Reflection:

4. Pre-production – Location Hunting:
Whilst searching for a bypass or something on the lines of a bypass (-
for the main location for that would featured in the pre-title sequence
scene and in the background for the poster,) I found what I'd consider
the ideal location outside The University Of York...
The reason for me choosing this location as it plays into the
expectation of dogy events taking place in things such as ally ways and
underpasses – whilst also having a lot of friends who are willing to
help out on campus – making this an easy set to get to for my cast and
crew (-e.g. my friends...)

5. Pre-production – Poster Planning:
As I'm going to have my leading protagonist to pose
against the underpass for my poster – I looked into
some differnet posses I could do? -

6. Pre-production – Script:

7. Pre-production – Scene Story Boarding:
Shot length: 00:01:00
Shot type: Panning - mid shot.
Screen time: 00:00:05
Action: People will be walking past the
other end of the bypass – establishing
the location more – leading into the
frame wipe out with somebody walking
by.
(This shot will also fade in and frame
wipe out.)
Shot length: 00:01:00
Shot type: Panning - wide shot.
Screen time: 00:00:04
Action: This will be a still shot
foreshadowing the scene of the crime,
whilst further establishing the location –
as cars and busses can be seen passing.
(This shot will frame wipe in, with the
rest being regular cuts until stated
otherwise...)
Shot length: 00:00:20
Shot type: Mid shot.
Screen time: 00:00:08
Action: This is the first half of the
victim/female character walking towards
the underpass – with a very slight look of
discomfort on her face...

8. Pre-production – Scene Story Boarding:
Shot length: 00:01:00
Shot type: Person of view shot.
Screen time: 00:00:04
Action: We see a perspective shot of the
underpass as the woman walks towards
it.
Shot length: 00:00:20
Shot type: Mid shot.
Screen time: 00:00:05
Action: This is the first half of
the victim/female character walking
towards the underpass – with a very
slight look of discomfort on her face...
Shot length: 00:00:03
Shot type: Panning – close up.
Screen time: 00:00:03
Action: The camera pans in slowly as the
female character digs around in her bag
for her phone.

9. Pre-production – Scene Story Boarding:
Shot length: 00:00:03
Shot type: Close up shot.
Screen time: 00:00:03
Action: The phone is rinning in her hand
– revealing an unkown number's calling
her and cauising to think about
answering the phone or not – eventually
swiping and picking up the phone.
Shot length: 00:00:03
Shot type: Close up shot.
Screen time: 00:00:04
Action: The camera focsuses on the
woman's eyes taking up both a confused
and concerned look on it – staring at her
phone.
Shot length: 00:05:00
Shot type: Mid Shot.
Screen time: 00:07:00
Action: From a distance a woman can be
seen talking on the phone, with a quick
adjustment in focus revealing a dark
figure with a knife- r.

10. Pre-production – Scene Story Boarding:
Shot length: (However long the lines
are.)
Shot type: Mid shot.
Screen time: 00:00:05
Action: The woman is still talking on the
phone (talking the given lines,) beofore
quickly ending the call and continuing to
walk again.)
Shot length: 00:00:03
Shot type: Close up.
Screen time: 00:00:07
Action: The first shot of the killers legs
passing fastly down the same trail as the
woman before.
Shot length: 00:00:10
Shot type: Mid Shot
Screen time: 00:00:05
Action: This is the second half of
the victim/female character walking
towards the underpass – with a very
slight look of discomfort on her face...

11. Pre-production – Scene Story Boarding:
Shot length: 00:00:03
Shot type: Close up.
Screen time: 00:00:07
Action: The second shot of the killers
legs passing fastly down the same trail as
the woman before.
Shot length: 00:00:05
Shot type: Mid Shot.
Screen time: 00:00:01
Action: A re-take of the last shot with the
woman walking – only this time with the
introudction of the killer walking behind
her and finally pulling her back with
chloroform over her mouth.
Shot length: 00:00:05
Shot type: Mid Shot.
Screen time: 00:00:03
Action: The woman starts struggling as
the killer clasps the rag to her mouth
(taking up the majority of the screen –
showing there control over the woman)
as she struggles

12. Pre-production – Scene Story Boarding:
N/A N/AShot length: 00:00:05
Shot type: Extreme close up.
Screen time: 00:00:03
Action: The woman stuggles to keep her
eye's open as she's intoxicated by the
chloroform.
Shot length: 00:00:04
Shot type: Mid Shot.
Screen time: 00:00:03
Action: A witness smoking near by spots
the events and calls out nervously to the
killer
Shot length: 00:00:04
Shot type: Wide Shot.
Screen time: 00:00:02
Action: The killer get up from over the
body, steps over it and walks towards the
witness – shushing them as they do it.

13. Pre-production – Scene Location:
This is a colour
quardinated map of my
films shoot – in which
will later be applied to
my shot list to show
where the filming will
take place.
For my shot list I will be
taking taking the shots
from my story boards
and oder them
acorrding to the block
I'll be filming in and
when within that.
Shoot Blocks
 The first shot of the killers legs passing fastly down the same trail as the woman before [Close Up Shot]
 This is the first half of the victim/female character walking towards the underpass – with a very slight look
of discomfort on her face [Mid Shot]
 We see a perspective shot of the underpass as the woman walks towards it [Wide Shot]
 This will be a still shot foreshadowing the scene of the crime, whilst further establishing the location – as
cars and busses can be seen passing [Mid Shot]
 The camera pans in slowly as the female character digs around in her bag for her phone [Close Up Shot]
 The camera focusses on the woman's eyes taking up both a confused and concerned look on it – staring at
her phone. [Close Up Shot]
 The woman is still talking on the phone (talking the given lines,) before quickly ending the call and
continuing to walk again) [Mid Shot]
 From a distance a woman can be seen talking on the phone, with a quick adjustment in focus revealing a
dark figure with a knife – rack focus [Mid Shot]
 This is the second half of the victim/female character walking towards the underpass – with a very slight
look of discomfort on her face [Mid Shot]
 A re-take of the last shot with the woman walking – only this time with the introduction of the killer
walking behind her and finally pulling her back with chloroform over her mouth [Mid Shot]
 The second shot of the killers legs passing fastly down the same trail as the woman before. [Close Up
Shot]
 The woman starts struggling as the killer clasps the rag to her mouth (taking up the majority of the screen
– showing there control over the woman) as she struggles [Mid Shot]
 The woman struggles to keep her eye's open as she's intoxicated by the chloroform [Extreme Close up]
 The killer get up from over the body, steps over it and walks towards the witness – shushing them as they
do it [Wide Shot]
 People will be walking past the other end of the bypass – establishing the location more – leading into
the frame wipe out with somebody walking by [Wide Shot]
 A witness smoking near by spots the events and calls out nervously to the killer [wide Shot]

14. Pre-production – Colour:
Because I'm attempting to create a BBC drama I'll be
sampling/mimicking a colour grade of an official BBC
product I feel fits.
Based on Luther, this will be the color grading and
scheme I'll be following in the pre-title sequence -
and a loosely modified one in my poster? The
clours used in this is made up of a lot of beiges
with some uses of greens and oranges – whilst
also using a spectrum of tones – although avoiding
whites to often be replaced with a range of
bieges...
In my experiments, I really like the colour and style of
this poster I tested on. The colours are made up of
range of faded purples – used in the shadows; with the
use of lime green in the lighter tones. Unlike the colour
grade I took from Luther the tones and colours in this
piece will consist of more faded tones, with the
aplicance of stronger pulls of colour in things like
shadows and highlights.

15. Pre-production – Style Sheet:
Link:
https://www.dafont.com/adlinnaka.font
This will be the font I will be using this font for the
logo of my product – fitting in will a lot of other
BBC drama logo that I'd researched on Google
images. A lot of logo are simplistic enough to work
in just a singular colour (such as black or white)
and often being left as quit plain (less abstract) -
however very readable.
Link:
https://www.dafont.com/ace-sans.font
As I want my logo to stand out, I want to use a less bold font to help
make my logo stand out more from all the other text – as I will be
planning to use other text through my production.

16. Cast and Crew
Role Person
Camera Operator
(Pre-Title Sequence)
Matthew Burniston
Photographer
(Poster Photoshoot)
Tamazeir Chowdury
Camera Operator
(Title sequence)
Jullian Wilcox
Woman
(Victim Character + protagonist of
scene)
Tamazeir Chowdury
Serial Killer
(Character)
Sophie Schulze
Witness
(Breif Appearance)
Robyn Stal
James Taylor
(Series Lead/Protagonist)
Matthew Burniston
Back Up Actors Callum Tuff, Lilly Morris and John
Bateman.

17. Resources
Equipment/ Props/
Costume needed
Locations needed
All black or dark clothing – killer's costume Underpass – outside York Uni
White arts and crafts masks Minister
Rubber gloves York Bridges
Prop knife York station
Phone and unknown one to call it
Handbag? - if not a woman's coat or
jacket with pockets (as a compromise)
Business woman's wear? - if not student
wear (as a compromise) - victims costume
Long grey coat, white shirt, smart shoes,
black trousers and a tie – for the detective.
Hivis-jacket.

18. Contingency Planning
Potential Issue Solution
People may drop out, fall ill or just might not
just show up – whether they're an actor or part
of the crew.
It's always a good idea to have backups for the
cast – especially when a lot of the characters I'll
be using in my piece are replicable. On top of
this, it's also a good idea to ask people in
advance and who'd be willing to participate.
I might not have enough space on my
camera to film.
Make sure the SD card is clear – before I use it
and take what footage I can off the card on to a
computer or laptop when I can.
I could loose footage or files because of
corrupted files or by accident.
Ensure that files are saved to a safe place –
at all times, whilst also making sure to have
a back up copy also saved somewhere
safe.
My camera doesn't have a good
enough aperture to film in the dark.
To avoid such an issue, it could
be recommendable to film to film on greyish
day, then add additional effects to the colour
grade to make it appear like night – but also
take some potential reference photos to
support this.

19. Health and Safety
Potential Issue How will the issue be
avoided?
There could be glass on the floor when the cast
member need to pretend to be the dead corpse
of their former character.
To prevent this hazard, constantly check the
for dangers – especially when a cast
members need to lie on the floor and if a
must – absolutely ensure the floor is
cleared to a safe standard
Someone could trip over and injure themselves
or twist their ankle.
Bring a first aid kit onto set and keep an eye out
for uneven ground to warn people.
When walking backwards with the camera, I
can't see where I'm going – which could lead to
injury.
Have extras keep an eye on where you're
walking and call out for you when there's a
potential hazard or someone's walking towards
me as I am – I will also wear a hivis-jacket to
warn people.

20. Production Schedule
Day/Lesson Tasks
Friday (03/05/19) • Late Night – Film-Shoot
• Late Night – Photo-Shoot
(In preparation for the following the weeks – in production.)
Tuesday (07/05/19) • Select my favourite picture out of those taken.
• Create a Logo for my product (which will both be applied in the
poster and title sequence.)
• Piece together the poster from the selected picture and logo –
with applied editing of colours and lighting effects.
Wednesday – Friday (08/05/19 -
10/05/19)
• I'll edit together the footage for my pre-title sequence together
with music and additional audio if needed?
• I will apply the intended colour grade to my product and additional
effects (such as the frame wipe.)
• I will also be using the studio to film character parts for my title
sequence.