Behind the Scenes

This is our project's Behind-the-Scenes. I (Kenneth) did this.

Filming Schedule

This is the filming schedule for our project. We did this together.

Scene	Date/Time	Location	People	Equipment	Other
All	18 January 2024, 17:30	Taman Festival Bali	Maxine, Shannon, Kenneth, Bams ( possibly another dude )	Drone, Camera, Phones, Laptop, Car	Few other actor props to make it more immersive

Location Scout + Risk Assessment

This is the Location Scout and Risk Assessment for our project. Max and Shannon did these.

Location
Address:	Taman Festival Bali, Padang Galak No.3
Scene:	All scenes (camp, chasing, etc)
Advantages of location:	It's abandoned and can give the scary atmosphere that we are looking for. It is close to school
Disadvantages of Location:	May rain, may have bugs or snakes, no roof. May have to work around tourists
Alternatives:	one of our houses
Risk Assessment
Risk:	Who is at risk:	How to avoid risk:	High, Medium, Low risk:
1. dangerous animals	everyone involved	assess surroundings first	low
2. Rain	everyone involved, equipment	Check the weather app before we actually go there,  determining what date we are going to film in.  Use a cover for the equipment that is not in use, take an umbrella	Medium
3. Rocks and Pebbles, tripping hazard	Everyone Involved	To remove the rocks to decrease the risk of tripping or falling when filming the actors or when the camera person is filming	Medium

We struggled to find an appropriate location that delivers the mood we're trying to achieve in our film intro. But fortunately, after some more research and discussions, we decided to go to the place where I and my previous team went for shooting the ad project last term. Taman Festival Bali has the spooky abandoned buildings and massive forest, which should work great for our project.

Screen Test

This is the screen test for my group's film intro project.

This is the screen test. We did this as a class. We all participated to say a line from various genres.

Most people did not take the test very seriously, while some other are mostly too shy or nervous to act in front of the camera. I personally think it's a good start. Next time, I will probably ask them to do the test in private so they won't get distracted.

Screenplay

This is my group's screenplay for this term's project.

Scene 1

Actors: Max, Bams, Kenneth

Characters:

Max as Max

Bams as Greg

Kenneth as Kenneth

Killer:

[In the forest, fire crackling. Shot cuts to inside the tent. 2 Teenage boys and 1 girl playing an ouija board.]

Kenneth: I'm hungry, I'm gonna get a snack real quick

[Kenneth gets up and goes to the car to grab a snack, potato chips]

[killer kills Kenneth]

Max: its been like 10 minutes, where is he?

[Bams gets up to go look for Kenneth, sees snack on the ground, Kenneth nowhere to be seen]

Bams: what the-

[Max's scream can be heard from the distance, cuts to black and title]

(if need extra scene)

[scene cuts to intense music, atmosphere, shaky camera, dim lighting, and running, max/bams hiding from killer from behind the pillar]

Max: (heavy breaths, POV shot with shaky camera and flashlight.)

[killer suddenly grabs Max from behind, camera falls to the ground facing to the right of them, allowing just a limited distance for the killer to be seen dragging max]

Max: yells are muffled with cloth on mouth

This screenplay helps us evaluate all the props we will need to prepare before the day of shooting. This also provides with a better visualisation on our plans for this film intro.

Storyboard

This is the storyboard for our team's project: horror film 2-minute intro. Shannon did the storyboard.

Below is the rough sketch of the plans for our storyboard. It was then redrawn with more details added as we had some more ideas and changes. As an example, we initially planned to shoot in a forest and have the story be about camping. However due to difficulties finding a location that we wanted, we decided to shoot at an abandoned place, instead. This new place is much closer to our homes and can still deliver the uneasy atmosphere that we were looking for.

Rough sketch:

This first process was important because we needed to put our ideas on paper and this rough storyboard helped guide us create the more in-depth storyboard below.

Detailed sketch:

We put in too much time making the first 4 shots, so we decided to simply the drawings slightly for the later shots.

After some discussion with the group, we decided to make scene 6 a little longer and add another scene before the title screen, so shot 7a was later added.

This storyboard helps us plan things more effectively and have a clear guidance when doing the shooting.