New Blurb

'Ever wonder what's lurking right beneath your nose during your evening pint? No its not your bear belly! How about a nostalgic, cadaverous, incorporeal being out for revenge.
The best things come in small packages... well, so they say.
Eve returns to the place where her friends were murdered a year ago. The evil spirit in the cellar claims her friends and family as its next victims.
Will she be able to preserve her sanity, and more importantly, the lives of her friends.

Final Choice of Actors and Storyline...

The Ghost:- Danielle Burns.
Boy One:- Kane Guichard.
Boy Two:- Blayze White.
Girl One:- Danielle Guichard.

What locations do they appear in?

The Graveyard:- Danielle Guichard.

The BeerGarden:- Danielle Guichard.

The Cellar:- Danielle Burns, Kane Guichard, Blayze White & Danielle Guichard.

We decided that all of the characters would be seen in the cellar at least once to make it the place where all the action tends to take place.

The storyline that is going to happen within the opening is that the two boys are going to be seen in the cellar and then murdered by the ghost. Also the girl will be scene in the graveyard to create enigma, and then walking to the cellar and then in the cellar with the ghost stood behind her.

Feedback

- There are some shaky shots which could be re-shot.
- There needs to be smoother transitions between the shots.
- Work on the sound and find some suitable music for the graveyard scene.
- There are gaps which need to be filled in - with what? These will be filled with shots of the ghost on the cellar stairs.
- Link the scenes clearer with more footage.
- The connection needs to be clearer between the characters in the cellar and the character from the graveyard.

From this feedback we have found out the bad parts of our production, by knowing these we are now able to improve upon them so that the end product will look much better overall. We will use smoother transitions and try to work on the sound to make the music more suitable for the scene it is played in. We will get more footage to fill in the gaps, we already know what we will be filling these gaps in with. The people who gave the feedback didn't think that the connection was very clear from characters, we therefore will attempt to make this clearer however not too clear as we like the enigma that this creates, also we like the shakey shots used as they help to add to the emotions felt by each individual character. I'm glad we got this feedback as now we can work on these areas which have being pointed out to us.

Risk Assessment.

The Graveyard.
Slippery Grass - All people on set will wear sensible footwear.

The Cellar.
Wet Floor - Someone will attempt to dry the parts of the set which are able to be dried, and all people on set will wear sensible footwear.
Steep Steps - The people who have to walk down the steps will take care when doing so, any equipment which needs to be taken down will be carried by no less than 2 people.
Low Ceilings - People and equipment will duck or be lowered when under the lower ceilings. Safe foam will be put around the pipes that hang down. Danger tape will be put up so people know when to duck.
Crates and Barrels - These will be secure so that they can't fall and hurt someone. Except the props which are used, these will be handled in a safe way.

The Beer Garden.
The Gate - The gate tends to get stuck and someone could walk into it, the person opening the gate will make sure it starts to open before walking through.
The Ramp - The ramp towards the door sometimes slips or becomes slippy so people will take extra caution when going up the ramp or walking towards it.
Broken Bottles - There may be broken bottles around the beer garden so someone will be sent round to clean them up before shooting begins.

By doing this risk assessment before the actual filming we will be more organised when it comes to the time to film. This is because these risks can be sorted before and during we set up to film, therefore when we start to film there will be no need to stop to prevent a risk.

Stills of Location.

The Graveyard:-

This is the grave which we used for the first part of the film. However we will have to Photoshop over the details on the grave as these are not the same as what our characters grave details would be. 

We chose the grave closest to the front as it helps set the scene with you able to see the other graves behind the one we use. 

We filmed a bit of our two minute opening like this too, but we are going to have to Photoshop the grave again as you can still see the name and details which don't make sense to the film.

The Cellar:-

This is the step which the ghost stands on when she says "hello". In the room past the stairs is the area where the basket falls.

These are the steps which all of the characters walk down at some point in the two minute opening.  

This is the area of the cellar where most the footage is shot. Including the rolling of the barrel. We chose this area of the cellar as you got the best view of the steps from this angle which is where the ghost stands. At the end of this there is a fan which makes a lot of noise, this was picked up by the micro-phone and will hopefully add to the location.

The beer garden:-

This is where a character walks through the gate and then through the door into the pub. We were going to film this in the market place in view of the front of the pub instead of here, but we decided to chose the side view of the pub as it was easier to organise how many people were in the shot and what the micro-phone would pick up. This meant there wouldn't be as much traffic noise.

In the two minute opening you don't actually see this door, you only see the pathway which leads up to it. And someone walking up to it, but the camera stops filming just before.

Change of Idea

We have had to change our idea once again because of the actors which we weren't able to get together at the right place and time.We weren't able to get one of the main actors who was the 'sister' so we've had to change the sister to a boy. And then the older brother to a younger girl because we were unable to find someone to fit the criteria for the actors we were going to have.