Pre-production Planning

Pre-production Planning

Actors:

Main Anti-hero (Girl) - Connie Meek

Businessman – Christopher Gladding

Stuck up Girl – Lydia Murray

Urban Teenager - Jake Williams

Cyber-bully Girl- Sophie Mathieson

Person that Businessman bumps into (minor) - Kiara Eley

Locations:

Introduction of Anti-hero - Torquay Pier:
This location should allow us to generate some good establishing shots; the symmetry of the benches that stretch out across the pier will allow us to generate a sense of calm and normality before the upcoming intensity, and we will have space to play with for our extreme long shot.

Businessman Introduction - Costa Coffee entrance at Palm Court Torquay:
We just wanted a building in which our businessman could leave; by having it as a shop we don't reveal what his job is, just to stop the audience presuming that it affects his attitude. By having him come from a shop with an appealing beverage his rudeness has more impact as it's unexpected.

Stuck up girl Introduction- Torquay High Street:
We will use the High Street area for several shots. We hope it will allow us to generate a busy atmosphere that will add to the growing pace and intensity of the opening sequence. We should be able to get some effective focus pulls with people walking past the camera.

Urban Teenager - Stairway outside Green Ginger, Torquay high street:
These steps will allow us to generate some effective angles; we should be able to use the camera to portray the teenager as someone disrespectful by showing him from a lower angle. However, by  having the steps near the street we still have enough space to work with.

Cyber-bully Girl - Bench Shelter Torquay:
Using the shelter will give a simplistic shot. This will add some variety as the majority of shots take place in busy streets, and this contrast will provide more interesting viewing.

Lift - Torquay High street lift in Car Park:
We chose to use a lift as it seemed a realistic enough place for five 'strangers' to be in the same place at the same time. It's also a good place to build up tension as the tight area will make the viewer feel uncomfortable; however, the lift is large enough for us to film effectively.

Costumes:

Anti-hero - Normal teenager clothing, but well presented (smart casual): We don't want the audience to assume anything out of the ordinary until the end of the sequence. 

Businessman - Business suit (school trousers/shirt & tie (loose)/blazer from home): to address that he's a businessman of some sort and is going to/leaving work.     
    

Stuck up girl - Smart casual (blazer/ Chelsea boots (potentially)): we want her to appear normal, but well presented so that it justify's her feeling above everyone else.

Cyber-bully girl - Normal teenager (Jeans or skirt/ top/ jumper etc): her use of the phone will be her most important feature, we want her to appear normal.

 Urban Teenager - Tracksuit (Loose joggers and jumper): We want him to appear like he doesn't look after himself and this will encourage the viewers to dislike him.

Props:

Main girl - Mobile Phone

Businessman - Briefcase and Costa Coffee cup

Stuck up girl - Chewing gum

Urban Teenager - No props required

Cyber-bully girl - Mobile Phone

Timing:

As we're using actors who aren't in our media classes, finding times we can all film will be difficult. Our main days to play with will be Wednesday afternoon, and weekends. It is likely, to be effective in time management, we shoot with different people on different days if they're available; however, we must make sure that we keep continuity (e.g. with weather conditions).

Time Plan: