Fmp pre production

FMP: PRE-PRODUCTION
Adam Lepard

CINEMATOGRAPHY
I think that the cinematography for this film could prove challenging as it mainly consist of
bright colourful lighting in a dark setting which will require a lot of lighting equipment and
planning to make sure that everyone is visible. I think that something that makes the
cinematography more difficult to make is that the scene will look like its all in one shot so
there will be the issue of having all the lighting being in the right place to light up the rooms
and characters as much as possible. The lighting will consist of red, green and blue as these
are bold primary colours and they work as a reference to the Dario Argento films that inspired
my film. I think that cinematography will be quite important in my film as it’ll be what engages
my audience in the atmosphere of the scene through various visual aspects. I think that the
main thing that I want to express through the visuals of the film is a dark sense of paranoia
lingering in the setting and more importantly it should feel unnatural as if to imply that there's
something false about the party and that something more sinister is happening beneath the
surface.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
An inspiration to the visual style of my video will be 1977 Suspiria
which was a big inspiration for my FMP last year so I already have
some experienced replicating the colourful lighting however I want to
perfect the lighting in this project by creating a whole scene that takes
place in these visuals.
I think that the main thing that I need to do
when working on the visual style of the film I
need to make sure that I have every character
in the scene look distinct so that none of the
audience members get confused by who there
watching as the coloured lights can make it
difficult to distinguish who your looking at. I
think that I can solve this problem by choosing
actors that look very different in appearance.
No Body trailer 2019

CINEMATOGRAPHY:NEW PLANS
Due to the lockdown caused by the Corona virus I won’t be able
to use any actors other than my family members in scenes which
is why I’m taking a new approach to the cinematography in my
scene. I will have to remove the idea of making the scene a one
take tracking shot as this would only work with the spectical of
lots of things going on which I can’t do. Instead I’m going to take
a more normal aproach using various camera angles camera
angles and editing techniques. I’m looking to improve my works
technical quality due to the impact that the lack of actors will
have on my existing plans. Because I don’t have coloured
lighting gels availible to me I will likely have to

EDITING
Because I want the scene to all be in one shot the editing of the film
shouldn’t be shouldn’t be much of an issue however this isn’t the case as
my scene will only look like it all one take when actually I’ll be hiding cuts
in the camera movement and lighting changes when necessary so that I
can change actors into different outfits and settings. Doing this is important
as it means that I won’t need as many actors in my film so I don’t need to
worry if a couple of actors can’t make it to the shoot and it also means that
I can move around lighting and sound equipment meaning I can use these
hidden cuts to conserve equipment, actors and time. This makes filming
more simple as I can rely on these cuts to make sure that the shots still
look like they’re all one shot when actually I can get the best possible
visuals without needing to worry about running out of actors or equipment.

EDITING
Another important aspect of the editing process is
using colour grading to make sure that the visuals
are adjusted to look exactly how they should do as
you can make colours more vivid, brighter or
darker which is especially useful when working in
a dark setting like I’ll be doing. I think that I already
have a good Idea of how to edit the visuals of my
scene as I have tested out my colour grading in
the lighting test video that I made in my production
experiments. There will be a match cut at the end
of the one take which I will need to prepare well for
as I’ve learnt in my production experiments where
I attempted to make a match cut but it failed as
there was a continuity error but I’ve learnt from my
mistake and I will make a better plan for the shot
so that the cut works well.

EDITING
In my trailer I need to have a completely different editing flow than what I
have in my scene. After watching a lot of horror film trailers there are a
few editing techniques that become obvious which are used to either
intrigue or scare the audience. First of all I need to make sure that I can
make my trailer interesting without having any spoilers, this means
including any big reveals or character deaths in the trailer as this often
annoys the viewer as it makes them feel like they are seeing to much of
the film to make it worth watching as it ruins the surprise of seeing
something for the first time. I think that by including shots in my trailer that
allude to the fact that something bad is going to happen like I did in the
trailer I made last year then I can avoid trailer and create intrigue. Quick
cuts are used to ramp up tension and this is done towards the end of the
trailer where as the start of the trailer should be slow and good at giving an
idea of what the film will be about. Horror film trailers often make the music
go silent in moments of tension which I could also use as it does a good
job of creating fear and expectation of scares. Editing the trailer shouldn’t

I’m going to be making my own masks for the cult
characters in the scene I’m filming as I think that it’ll
allow me to make the masks as scary as I like so I
wanted to take a look at masks from different
cultures to get design ideas. African tribal and
theatrical masks have elongated and exaggerated
features such as wide smiles and large eyes which
make the masks look like distorted and deranged
faces.
PROPS: CULT/MASK DESIGN
AFRICAN MASKS

JAPAN
Looking at traditional Japanese mask you
can see that a lot of it is inspired by
folklore and demons. Japanese noh
masks are theater masks made to create
different facial expressions from different
angles. I think that the masks look creepy
as they seem uncanny which make them
look disturbing.

MEXICO
I had a look a Mexican and Aztec
traditional masks which are use for
carnivals and theatrics. What stood out to
me is that the masks are colourful as well
as scary which something that I could
incorporate into the masks I make as
they’ll fit the colourful nightmare that I’m

CHARACTER DESIGNS AND MOTIVES
Characters
name
Characters
role
Characters
outfit
Characters
motives
What the character will do in this scene
Matt A friend of the
protagonist
White t-shirt,
black jacket,
black jeans
He’s come to
the party to
have a good
time.
He has become a target for the cult after
spilling a drink. He is chased upstairs into
one of the bedrooms and killed off. He is
the victim in this scene.

Characters
name
Characters
role
Characters
outfit
Characters
motives
Lucy Cult member
and party
attendant
A stained
white dress or
t-shirt
She wants to
kill off Matt as
she has
spotted an
opportunity to
isolate him
She starts by aggressively insulting Matt
for spilling his drink on her and chases
him through the house. She forces him
upstairs where another party attendant
pushes him into a room where he is
locked in. She is the antagonist of the
scene

Characters
name
Characters
role
Characters
outfit
Characters
motives
James protagonist Black t-shirt,
red jacket,
blue jeans
He is at the
party to find
love and is
unaware of
the more
sinister
motivations of
the party.
James is distracted by Rose who has
taken him away from Matt and the rest of
his friends so that he won’t find out that
the cult can kill off Matt in secret. Once
matt is killed the scene ends in James and
Rose sharing a drink.

Characters
name
Characters
role
Characters
outfit
Characters
motives
Rose Cult member
and love
interest of
James
Rose wears
red to show
that her
character is
similar to
James
Wants to
separate
James from
where Matt is
getting killed
She takes James into the kitchen in the
opening shot and after Matt is killed Rose
and James are shown drinking together.
She is aware of what's happened and
James is not.

Characters
name
Characters
role
Characters
outfit
Characters
motives
Farther Cult member Ritual Mask
and robes.
Carries a
knife
Wants to
sacrifice the
party
attendants
that aren’t
part of the
cult
In this scene Farther kills Matt once he is
locked in the bed room. He is the horror
element of the scene and the main killer in
the film.

MUSIC: TRACK IN THE VIDEO
In my production experiments I made a track to see if I
could get back into the practice of making music and
this was easier than I thought it would as I managed to
make a track that sounded right for the atmosphere of
my production so I wanted to use this track for the
music in the scene that I’ll film. I can make this track
longer during production so that it fits the scene. I want
the music to sound like it’s playing at the party so I’m
going to try and make the sound change as the
characters go into different areas of the house which
can be done by making the music more quiet, ambient
and giving it some reverb so it sounds more distant as
characters move further away from the source of
sound. I wanted this track to sound synthy, loud and
dark which I think I’ve managed to achieve and if I
need to fix any issue I will do so in production.

MUSIC: TRAILER MUSIC
In my trailer I want the music to feel fast paced and energetic so that it
makes viewers hearts race as they listen to it. The music should sound
kind of similar to the music used in my film scene so that there's a
consistency to the sound of the film, I can do this by including similar
instruments and notes but using them to create a different beat. I want the
music to slowly progress in volume and intensity so that it’s gripping to
watch, this also reinforces that this is being advertised as a horror film. If I
want to used a track that already exists I could do a dark sounding horror
remix of a song like what was done in the trailer Us (2019 Jordan Peele)
where the track “I got 5 on it” was remade to make it sound more scary
and suspenseful. I think that before I do anything like remixing a song I will
have a go at making my own track as this way I will have more control
over what the song sounds like.

TRAILER: FONT
I came across the font Linear Beam which look interesting as it was
missing small stripes so I thought that I could use this in a way where I
could make the title out of multicoloured uses of the same word and I
layered them ontop of each other. I wanted to use red, green and blue
for the title as these will be the primary colours used for the film. I think
this font would work as it has the disorientating colourful qualities that I
want to explore with the aesthetic of my film. I gave each layer of the text
a bit of transparency so that the layers blend an create a sort of glowing
effect. I like this title design as it looks sinister and colourful so in a way it
does a great job of summing up my film.

MOOD BOARD: STAIRCASE
This is a collection of images that show
what the staircase setting will look like
with the locations that I have available. I
was basically looking for average
staircases as this is what it’ll look like. I
found a few images where the

MOOD BOARD: STAIRCASE
If I had a larger budget and could
afford to film in any location I would
want film a spiral staircase rather than
a normal staircase as I think that
doing a tracking shot that followed a
character up the spiral would look
quite cool and add to the over the top
disorientating style that I hope to
create. Unfortunately I don’t have
anywhere where I could film a spiral
staircase.

MOOD BOARD: BEDROOM
I want the lighting in the bedroom one of the characters
stumbles into to be entirely red as red strongly implies danger
due to it’s connotations with blood and fire. As this is room
where the character will be killed off by the cult I want it to
feel dangerous and tense, the lighting will flash, as a warning
and the music will be distant, almost silent to create a sense
of atmosphere and anticipation of a threat.

MOOD BOARD: KITCHEN
I want the kitchen to be lit with either a green or blue light it’ll be
a place of danger as it’s where the main character could be
getting poisoned so I think that a green light could give a sense
of sickness. It’ll be where the scene ends so I want to finish the
scene leaving people wanting more.

COLOURS SCHEME
In my scene the colour scheme will be a mix of red,
green and blue as this will be the different colours of
lighting that will be used. This colour scheme is
inspired by Dario Argento films such as Suspiria and
inferno as I think that it looks really great aesthetically
and it can be used to great effect. One of my favorite
moments from Suspiria is when the red lighting
seeping into a green room is used to show someone
dangerous entering the room and I think that it’s great
because the lighting represent danger and that’s the
sense I want to replicate in this film. As the lighting is
going to be the main colour scheme of the film I think
that it say a lot about the atmosphere of the film, it’s
disorientating and vivid, it feels exciting and
dangerous.

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