Pre- Production- Preliminary Task- Shooting Schedule.

Shooting schedule

Contact Details for crew~
Emily Wilson (Camera) - 07810222847
Ruth Cooper (Lighting) - 07949740076
Ashleigh Hughes (sound) - 07519076992
Locations~
Sawtry community College, Sawtry Forest and my house.
Technical Requirments~

• Camera
• Tripod
• lighting equitment
• Torches
• Music sterio
• SD card

Scene Breakdown
Scene 1- Forest scene- She is running from something through the forest
Scene 2- Main Hall scene- Shows her sister and her Dancing, showing her becomeing very distressed about images that she is seeing in her head of her sister lying lifeless on the floor
Scene 3- House scene- Various shots of how she plans out her night, still showing that she has got something troubling her, she then gets a phone call from her sisters friends saying she's ill at a party and she needs to pick her up
Scene 4- Car scene- Fraya (her sister) is lifeless on the floor, miah has hit her thinking it was the man and cradles her dead body

\( not in order of scenes)

Pre-Production- Preliminary Task- Production schedule.

Production Schedule 1- Thursday

Production name~ Individuality

Film Location~ Sawtry Forest
Crew cast call time~ 4.30pm
Setup start time~ 4.40pm
Setup finish time~ 4.50pm
Shooting start time~ 4.55pm
Shooting end time~ 5.40pm
Property requirements~ Lighting, costume 2 (for Miah)

Film Location~ My house
Crew cast time~ 9.40pm
Setup start time~ 9.40pm
Setup finish time~ 9.50pm
Shooting start time~ 9.50pm
Shooting end time~ 10.15pm
Property requirments~ Candles, mobile phone, towels, costume 1 (for Miah)

Production Schedule 2- Monday

Film Location~ Sawtry Community College (main hall's stage)
Crew cast time~ 3.35pm
Setup start time~ 3.40pm
Setup finish time~ 3.50pm
Shooting start time~3.50pm
Shooting end time~ 4.15pm
Property requirments~ Costumes 1 (for Miah and Fraya), Lighting, Music sterio, Music

Film Location~ Sawtry
Crew cast time~ 8.00pm
Setup start time~ 8.05pm
Setup finish time~ 8.15pm
Shooting start time~ 8.15pm
Shootind end time~ 9.00pm
Property requirments~ Costumes 2 (for Miah and Fraya), Lighting, Car (headlights on), fake blood

Pre-Production - Story board

Pre-Production - The script

INDIVIDUALITY

DRAFT 1

FADE IN

1.  EXT. FOREST- NIGHT

(The forest is dark and damp, it’s about 10 at night and the light is slowly being drained as the shadows loom and grow covering the small narrow pathway that winds through the forest floor. The forest is thick with no open space for miles you can only assume she is a long way from a road.)

WIDE SHOT to show her running through the forest

Miah (V.O)

My name is Miah Ann Sheer. Everything around me is so silent its strange because inside I’m screaming at the top of my lungs but no one can hear me no one will help me … [BEAT]

CLOSE UP of Fraya’s lifeless face

Frayyyaaaaa… Fraayyyaaa… (Whispered in a low voice)

Miah (V.O)

I can hear him getting closer, I can feel him watching me. I can hardly breathe, I must stop. I’m no longer afraid of him, I know I must face him I know I must face the truth [BEAT]

CLOSE UP as Miah slowly closes her eyes

2.  INT. KITCHEN- DAY- *FLASHBACK*

(There is a large Pantry and a small frightened girl cuddling a teddy bear sat cross legged inside. The pantry door slowly closes and the little girl (Miah) is submerged into darkness)

Miah (V.O)

Four years old … I was four when my sister locked me in there. I was finally found 14 hours later after my mother finally got home from work and followed my muffled cries. It’s funny how something so little can damage you for life, damage a friendship, a connection between two sisters, I can certainly say we were never the same again.

3.  INT. CAFÉ- DAY-*FLASHBACK*

(The café is almost empty apart from a man sat by the window; you never see his face only his figure looking out. Miah takes him his coffee.)

Miah (V.O)

I work part time at the café down the road he’s always there on my shift, the table by the window, he’s almost become a part of the furniture but no one else notices him only me. I’ve never actually seen his eyes, but I know he watches me. This is the last day I worked; he touched my hand gently as I gave him his coffee. The touch of his skin against mine was what I’d always feared, it made him real. I couldn’t move, my feet frozen to the ground by the dead weight of fear.

I closed my eyes as I saw him slowly beginning to turn his head towards me. I didn’t want to see his eyes, I opened mine and he was gone…

VARIOUS SHOTS to show their hands touch and her eyes closing

4.  INT- STUDIO- DAY-*FLASHBACK*

(The studio is a wide open space, one of the walls is covered in long mirrors. Miah and her sister practice their ballet here every night)

CLOSE UP as the music is turned on

VARIOUS SHOTS as they both dance around each other silently showing their feet and body’s twisting and turning but never touching

Miah (V.O)

Ballet is everything to me, my future, and my chance to be free to leave the harshness of the world around me. It’s the one time I can get away from him to stop his steer. Me and Fraya dance here every night, so close together yet so far apart without a single word being said or a reassuring glance towards each other. The silence is normal.

MID SHOT of fraya’s lifeless face and someone’s legs walking slowly up behind her from out of a car

Frayyyaaaa… Fraya I’m sorry.

MEDIUM/ CLOSE UP as Miah stops dancing and looks up crying, Fraya continues to dance around her. (music gets louder and then suddenly stops)

5.  INT. THE HOUSE- NGIHT *FLASHBACK*

VARIOUS SHOTS as Miah carries out her normal evening, takes her ballet shoes off, washing her hair, closing the curtains, looking in the mirror and climbing into bed.

CLOSE UP as she closed her eyes

(The phone rings)

CLOSE UP as her eyes opens quickly

Miah (V.O)

I got the call around 11, your sisters ill, you have to come get her. Yet again Fraya is off partying trying to drown her sorrows of our useless parents showing no interest into our lives by downing alcohol and wishing her life away, the usual.

6.  EXT. THE ROAD- NIGHT *FLASHBACK*

WIDE SHOT as head lights of the car are turned on

Miah (V.O)

I went to find her, I was coming to get you Fraya …

7.  EXT. FOREST- NIGHT

CLOSE UP of her eyes they are fully closed until you hear the scream and then they tears roll down her cheek she never opens her eyes

Miah (V.O)

I could see him, in front of me in the middle of the road. He started to turn his head very slowly I was about to see his eyes, they were deep brown, I was captivated in his steer but then I realised those eyes… they were mine.

CLOSE UP of Miah’s eyes opening

Miah (V.O)

I swerved, BANG, I hit him. But I heard a scream, a girls scream… Fraya’s scream.

8.  EXT. ROAD- NGIHT *FLASHBACK*

(the empty road is near a forest, there is a single car and Miah is slowly climbing out. Fraya is lying lifeless on the floor, Miah walks towards her)

LONG SHOT as Miah climbs out the car and walks slowly towards Fraya

Miah- Fraya? … Fraya? (gasps as she sees her and runs towards her cradling her body)

MID SHOT as Miah cries, cradling her sisters lifeless body

Miah (V.O)

There never was a him, only me. I realise that now, but it’s too late, I’m so sorry Fraya I thought you were him… I thought you were me.

9.  EXT. FOREST. NIGHT *FLASHBACK*

CLOSE UP of her face she smiles

Miah (V.O)

You’re wondering why i’m alone in this forest? … I ran, and I didn’t stop I couldn’t stop, I’m dangerous, there coming to get me, the demons are closing in.

FADE OUT.

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Nina Sayers (The Black Swan)- 

Nina's character in the black swan reminds me a lot of my character Miah. Nina's hobbies are doing ballet and her compassion and dedication for her dancing is what drives her crazy. Like Nina, Miah is a ballet dancer who uses her dancing to escape from the outside world and let herself go and be herself. Miah's main emotions are nervous and fragile which is very similar to Nina when she is the white swan, who appears innocent and very vulnerable. However when Nina is the black swan she becomes aggressive, intense and very sexual when she dancers which is completely different to Miah who never gains that sort of attention and her dancing is always perfect which is what Nina always strives to have. It's also questioned that my character Miah is having hallucinations which is causing her to believe she is being followed, which is similar to Nina who is fighting another side to her personality. Nina doesn't have a sister and seems very middle class however Miah is very upper class and has a sister who is closely linked to the main plot of the story.

Moll (Inception)- 

Moll played the wife of a man who travels into the subconscious through peoples dreams. She is dead in the film but subconsciously takes over and entrances him into making him believe she is real. I mainly took how Moll looks to help create my character. She is beautiful yet seems to be effortlessly pretty rather than making a huge effort. Miah is like this in the way of how she wears her hear of her face, flattering her features and making her skin seem almost flawless. Also the way she is desperate for routine, which is key in my character's life. However the difference is shown in their emotions Moll can be incredibly aggressive at points to others where as Miah would never usually hurt a fly.

Maggie Grace ( Taken)- 

Maggie plays the daughter in Taken when she is kidnapped when on holiday with her friend. Maggie appears very vulnerable in the film and through out relies on someone to help save her. Miah is very similar needing someone to rescue her as she is very fragile however their is no one their to help her. Also Maggie plays a girl who is at a very similar age to Miah although their interests are very different and so are their morals. Maggie's are very outgoing and careless where as Miah doesn't go out much or experience much of an 18 year olds usual lifestyle. Miah's dress sense is very similar to Maggies character though very simple and child like. The main difference between the two is that Taken's character has a lot of caring family behind her, hence her dad sets of to save her from the kidnappers. My character Miah doesn't have anyone to talk too.

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Miah Sheer

Title- Miss

Full Name- Miah Ann Sheer

D.O.B.- 22nd February

Age- 18

Height- 5ft. 5

Weight- 8st

Shoe size- 5

Hair colour- Blonde

Eye colour- Dark Brown

Ethnicity- White, British

Occupation- A dancer

Sexual Orientation- Heterosexual

Marital Status- Single

Appearance-

She usually dress's well and always puts in a lot of effort in what she wears, often showing skin off appearing confident on the outside. She is effortlessly pretty and doesn't have to take a lot of time on materialistic things like makeup and expensive clothes. She has short blonde hair which is usually seen down apart from when she dances which is placed in a tight bun on top of her head sweeped away from her face showing how simplistic her style is.

Family, Friends and life-

Miah and her sister have mostly brought themselves up. Miah lives with her sister, mum and dad, they are very wealthy and to her parents life is all about money, meaning that there is little time for anything else. When Miah was younger she would spend time with various nanny's but none would stay for long, some would say Miah was possessed by a devil and that she was evil. Miah never has connected to anyone in her family and rarely sees her parents who make little time for her. Miah doesn't have many friends due to her being so uncomfortable and shy. People would describe her as the "Freak". She dances at the studio where she practices her ballet and then goes home before it gets dark. This is routine for Miah she rarely does anything differently.

Relationship with her sister, Fraya Sheer-

Miah and her 16 year old sister, Fraya are not the closest of sisters mainly due to an incident when Miah tried to push Fraya out of a top story window. Miah was only 8 and Fraya 6 but she swears she doesn't remember it and that something bad was trapped inside her. Fraya is said to be the party queen, holding house parties whenever their parents are away which is more than often. Fraya takes time in her appearance doing different styles with her hair, wearing makeup that makes her stand out and clothes that show off every curve. She's bigger than Miah and is frightened of the other side of Miah that comes out sometimes.

Fears-

Miah is petrified of this so called thing inside her and is scared of hurting her sister as the urges she gets sicken her.

Qualities-

Miah's best qualities is her kindness and compassion for dancing. She is also very beautiful but she doesn't know this. Miah's worst qualities would be how shy and nervous she can be, she sometimes appears to be very vulnerable and innocent but other times can appear careless and horrible. She had become very paranoid about the thing inside her who apparently trying to take over her. Miah and her sister have been learning ballet since they were 4 or 5, it’s the one thing Miah can do to escape her world.

Over the last few weeks i have developed a character that is very simplistic yet interesting. I wanted a character that i could develop a dramatic and complox storyline around without over powering the plot. Miah reminds me of 'Nina' in the black swan, i wanted her to appear different from other people yet normal with things that where happening in her life.

My character is built on the judgement that my thriller will be psychological with different opinions on whether Miah is actaully seeing the man at the window or if he is just a fragment of her imagination that is spirling out of control.

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The film 'Misery' was produced in 1990 about a famous novelist (Paul Sheldon) who is rescued by an obsessed fan who keeps him to cure her overwhelming loneliness.

Paul Sheldon


Is a famous novelist of a book about Misery Chastain, however he decides that he wants to branch out more so creates a new manuscript of an unrelated novel. The opening scene shows him finishing this novel in a snowy cabin where he doing an almost ritual with a glass of champagne and a cigarette alone. He places his manuscript into a tattered manuscript and when he leaves here for Colorado he is caught in a blizzard and his car comes of the road and crashes. Paul is rescued by Annie Wilkes who takes him home where he is bedridden as he has broken his legs and has a dislocated shoulder.

As the film goes on we begin to find out what Annie is really like and Paul is shown in a very desperate and helpless state as he is completely incapacitated. The more he learns about Annie the more he wants to escape and get away but his injuries are holding him back so instead he realizes he must manipulate her instead. He does this by showing how grateful he is for saving him and giving her respect that she adores. He knows that Annie is helplessly in love with him and will not do anything to hurt him, until she realized he tried to escape. She breaks his legs so they have to re heal yet again meaning Annie is able to keep him bedridden and 'her's' for longer. He is normally however very good at keeping control of her anger and knowing the right things to say to her to keep her content.

Attributes-

Very patient 

Kind, warm hearted man

Respectful

Normal, middle aged novelist 

Famous

Wears formal clothing (before the crash)

very committed into his work

Morals and Ethics-

Pauls work should be rewarded how he commits his time and dedicates it to him novels shows what sort of man he is. He is very respectful and usually a cheerful man and would never hurt anyone unless he was in danger of them himself. He also enjoys his own company and being alone. He can also tell what makes people happy and therefore can manipulate them.

Annie Wilkes 


Annie is shown as a women in her 40's who lives in a small town in Colorado. She lives in a very isolated part which is often snowed in leaving her stranded and alone. She appears very sweet and genuine, she rescues the protagonist (paul) from a car wreck when he swerves of the road. She is shown 'nursing' him to health and seems determined to make him better. The two of them begin to connect and have a friendly relationship, paul is obviously very grateful for her hospitality and care. From the beginning she makes it known to paul and the audience that she is a huge fan of pauls novels which he has written over the years. She says at one point 'i'm your number one fan!'. As a person Annie dresses neatly and wears a cross round her neck which symbolizes her religious morals. Annie at first seems to have a desire to help people but as Paul begins to get suspicious when she declares that she was following him the day he crashed in the blizzard he begins to get desperate to get out.

Annie ties him to the bed to keep him in her immaculate house. However he escapes from his room that he has been kept in for months and realize's her worrying history. Her husband had died and this explained her desperate loneliness and need to be with someone. But even more worryingly, Paul found an article in a scrap book saying that she used to be a nurse and has killed many newborn babies. She had spent time in prison but with no real evidence was let free.

Annie's desire to keep Paul with her to cure her loneliness becomes incredibly desperate and begins to spiral out of control. From the beginning of simply helping him to the end where she very nearly murders him all so she can keep him to herself. When she read's Paul's novel that he has written she doesn't like the ending, showing how obsessed she is with the main character misery she burns the whole novel and demands he write another one. This shows a completely different, much darker side to her that is scary and very unnerving.

Attributes-

Hopelessly romantic

Incredibly lonely 

a very diverse personality 

Religious shown by the cross she wears

Large, 40 year old

Sometimes seen as joyful and smiley 

Other times is seen as menacing and frowning deeply

Loses her temper quickly with a very short fuse

Morals and ethics-

At the beginning of the film her morals are shown by how much she cares and gives her hospitality and time to Paul when he is injured and in need of help. This was obvious for her intention, however one thing that becomes very relevant is how lonely she is. This is shown by her isolated immaculate house and her neat yet dull clothes. With nothing left in her life due to her husband dying she wants to become someone else, to escape from her world. That's when she pick's Misery from pauls novels who is in a romantic relationship. This is were her desire for Paul comes in. I don't believe she wanted or expected it to get so out of control, however, she never truly thought it out due to her not having much in her life left to care about, which then leads to her caring for paul to get him back to health.
She also demands respect from paul, Paul plays on this to prolong his murder and keep her wanting him alive, so that he can plan an escape and get away from her.