Media Studies Preliminary Task 1 Planning

Media Studies Preliminary Task 1 Planning- Pill Productions

Luci Crawford

We decided to name our Production 'The Hitman' as the plot is based on a man who has been hired to kill a man by a woman with power in a high up position.

This was the original brainstorm for our group:

And this was the second and final brainstorm after we decided to change up some of the effects we were planning to use:

This is the shot list for when we film on Thursday the 27th of February:

For costumes:

The first character is the hitman. He'll be wearing a dark grey suit with a red or blue tie. We made this decision because the colour red represents guilt and regret, and the colour blue represents sadness.

This is in contrast to his grey suit because grey represents calmness, being neutral and emotionless. However, when he flashes back to the crime he did and we see him washing his hands we see that he is not completely emotionless and may even feel regret for what he did for money.

        
The second character is the lady who hired him. She is wearing an official looking tracksuit, and a dark blazer. The dark colours add to the mysteriousness of her character- the darkness of her clothes could reflect the dark shadow hiding her face. The black in her costume also represent her power and the evil side if her.

 

For props:
Fake blood will be needed as the hitman cleans blood of his hands, and a pool of blood is shown underneath a cubicle in the bathroom. We chose to use the blood because blood signifies death, danger, and violence. It also adds a tension and shows the audience that the man has done a bad thing. The following is a video of the recipe I'll be using to create the fake blood.

A black hoodie will also be used as a prop, not necessarily as a costume piece because the hitman doesn't wear it, but he does put it in a black bag showing that he was wearing a disguise when he entered the building where he committed the murder. The hoodie adds more verisimilitude as it shows the audience that the hitman didn't just walk in and walk out again, he had a disguise to get to the bathroom which makes it more believable. This is what the hoodie will look like, unmarked and black in colour, however it will be scrunched up as the hitman grabs it.

                                       
The last prop we'll be using is a kitchen knife. This represents how the hitman is new to the business as he doesn't have the proper equipment. The kitchen knife helps to tell the audience why the hitman is so remorseful and nervous about what he's done. A proper torture knife would be a signifier of danger, violence, and death, however a kitchen knife would signify a mum cooking dinner, so it contrasts the man with the knife almost as if hes just quickly gone to his kitchen or his local supermarket to get his weapon. The knife will be shown when he cleans blood off it after we have seen him clean off his bloody hands.  

                             



   
I did the weather check for my group, we have windows in the office we are using and are planning on creating a dark atmosphere by pulling the blinds. The weather on the 27th is cloudy, which means the sun won't be too strong or come through the blinds too much or ruin the effect we are trying to create.

I was also in charge of creating a callsheet for my group. This also has the film schedule attached to the bottom as I was assigned to that also:

Levi Wijohn

For our Preliminary task 1 I was tasked with the lighting so i searched some YouTube videos, the second video is a basic overview of lighting effects, the first is more specialised it is 3 point lighting.

I was also responsible of gathering the talent:

- Zach playing the Hitman
                                       

                                             


- Isabelle playing the boss
                                             

                                                          

On the Day we will need:
- the camera bag
- sd card
- camera tripod
- Lighting bag
- Camera mounted light
- Sound Kit
- Back up camera bag

Priscilla Chhour

The is the storyboard for our film called 'The Hitman'. 

Camerawork

Principles of the continuity plan:

• Match on action will be used when the hitman walks into the room from the hallway

• 180 rule will be used between the hitman and the hirer when they are sitting in the room across from each other. 

• Shot-reverse-shot will be used when the hirer slides the envelope across the table towards the hitman and the hitman taking it from the table. It focuses on the reactions of the hitman and the hirer.  

Location:

For our film, we needed to film at two locations this being a room and restroom for the meeting scene and sink scene. The meeting scene is between the hitman and hirer. We needed the room to be in low lighting to create a dark ambience. For the Flashback scene, the restroom was an important setting because it should have presented him as feeling remorseful for the murder of a person which is seen through him washing the blood off his hands along with the clues given throughout the clip. 

Office:

Originally we planned to use the office room.  

We decided to change the location to the salvation room because it was unavailable and was a great distance from our other location, the bathroom. 

Switching location of office room to the salvation room:

Match-on-action will be used here. The hitman will walk down this hallway and enter the room through this door. 

Match-on-action will be used here. The hitman will open the door and enter the room. 

                                             

Practising the 180-degree rule. From the position of the hirer. The hitman will be the focus. 

Practising the 180-degree rule. From the position of the hitman. The hirer will be the focus. Only one side of the hirer's face will be seen. A shadow is on the other half of her face. This hides the identity of the firer creating a mysterious feel.

Toilet:

Practising panning camera from top right to bottom left where the pool of blood will be.  

This is how the office room is imagined to look like:

This is how the restroom is imagined to look like:

This  is the list of who was assigned what for our group: