Research Shooting Schedule

Date	Shot no	Location	Actors	Props	Things to ask for.
12 /2/12	13,14,15,16,17,18	Dads Office, Barkham (Inda's house)	Cat, Carly	Case File, Documents inside case file, Newspaper, Pills, Notepad.	-Camera - Lighting - Boom/ Microphone -Tripod - Dolly wheels
12/2/12	19,20,21,22	Bathroom,  Barkham (Inda's house)	Carly	Pills, glass of water,	-Camera - Lighting - Boom/ Microphone -Tripod - Dolly wheels
/2/12	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,	Sams garden	Carly, Cherish, Honey	Ball/skipping rope, plates, washing up stuff in sink, drawings on fridge, magnets, postcards	-Camera - Lighting - Boom/ Microphone -Tripod - Dolly wheels
/2/12	11	My house (Inda's house)	-	car	-Camera - Lighting - Boom/ Microphone -Tripod - Dolly wheels

Research Script

Script

Scene 1:

(Children laughing)

Sophie Harding: (walks from kitchen, out door to garden)

Charlotte: Mummy come here!

Sophie:  (getting closer to Charlotte, nearly picking her up) I’m coming!

(Fades to white, car screech, then fades to black)

Scene 2:

Dr Campbell: (spreads out case file on table, showing newspaper article of children in the car crash) How are you feeling Mrs Harding?

Sophie: (hesitate) I’m confused, why am I here? I’m fine.

Dr Campbell : That’s not what your husband told me, Sophie.

Sophie: Why what has he told you? Why have he been speaking to you about me?! And I’d prefer it if you called me Mrs Harding.

Dr Campbell: I think you’re very confused, and are not in a good place at the moment, the loss of your children is a very traumatic experience –

Sophie: (cuts her off) - my children aren’t dead, why would you say that?

Dr Campbell: (continues) what do you mean? Soph- Mrs Harding, you’re children died in the car accident.

Sophie: no, they didn’t, they’re alive, I know they are.

Dr Campbell: here, take these, they will make you feel more like yourself until our next session. (hands her pills)

Sophie: why do are you giving me pills? I’m not ill; I know my children are alive.

Dr Campbell: Mrs Harding, these are just precautionary, they will help you see things more clearly. You will feel better soon, I promise.

Sophie: (takes pills from her) (sarcasm) I can guarantee you, nothing is going to make me feel better, Dr Campbell.

Scene 3:

(brushing teeth, looks over at pills on shelf of mirror, continues brushing teeth, looks again at pills, stops brushing teeth, takes pills from shelf, looks in mirror, takes pills with water, puts pills down and looks again in mirror)

END.

Research StoryBoard

The story board will be used whilst filming and editing the movie to make sure we get all the shots needed. The story board will give us a rough idea of what we need to shot and what angles we to capture to put in the movie opening

Research Locations

For our media piece, we decided to use three locations that would suit our scenes:

The first location is the main characters kitchen, for this scene we used my friend Sam's kitchen  we thought this would be a good location as the window is placed facing the garden, so the character is able to look out onto the garden, the garden is also south facing, meaning that there will be good sunlight as we film.

The second location is the therapists office, for this scene we used my dads office, we thought this would look believable as a therapists office and would look professional and convincing. We found that the room had the lighting that we wanted; gloomy and not very bright.

The third scene is the bathroom, we decided to use my bathroom for this, as it looks like it would belong to a middle class family and suits the type of characters. The bathroom is also spacious enough for us to film with ease.

Research Characters

List of Characters:




Sam in her costume for the

first scene, which is a flashback .

We chose this coustume as it suggests to the reader

that she is a middle class, suburban housewife.

The 1950's style dress and brightly

coloured clothing shows that in the first scene

her flashback is a happy and cheerful time that she is remembering.

 

-          1.The mother Sophie Harding (30)

Married Steve when she was 19 and was desperate for children, she was overjoyed when she had Maisy and Charlotte. Has history of depression and anxiety, she is very happy in the marriage, but always has a fear of Steve leaving her. After her children are supposedly killed in a car crash, she frequently claims that they are not dead, and is referred to a therapist (Dr Campbell) by her husband.

Sam before...

Sam in costume for the second scene. This costume is when the
character is in the therapists office. Her dark costume and
ageing make up mirrors the ominous atmosphere in the second
scene and shows the characters state of depression.

                   

                                                         

-          2.The husband Jack Harding (35)

             Wants to leave his wife after 11 years of marriage, but feels trapped in the relationship because of the children, has been having an affair with Dr Campbell for 5 years, and refers his wife to her so she can be declared insane. Plans to leave Sophie for the therapist, and take the children with him; however Sophie is unaware of this. The husband is not in the opening of this film, so we do not have any before or after photos.

-          3.A therapist/physiatrist/ social worker Dr. Karen Campbell (32)

Can’t have children, and is having an affair with Steve. Steve refers his wife to her so that she can declare Sophie insane, and leave with Steve and Sophie’s children. She has a history of schizophrenia, however no other characters know this. 

Kat before...

Kat after in her costume for the second scene.
We chose this costume because we thought it showed that the
character would look professional and smart in a pencil skirt and blouse.

                                                 

-          4.Child 1 Girl Maisy Harding (10)

               Is closer with Sophie than she is with Steve.

-          5.Child 2 Girl Charlotte Harding (7)

               Is closer with Sophie than she is with Steve

Research Certificates Of Movies

Understanding of Certificated  of Movies as a Prezzi

Research Synopsis