Background Music

These are some of the websites I have been looking at which most are copyright free. This was mostly just to research and get a rough idea of the music I wanted to use for my production and then ask a friend to create something similar. From the research i have gathered I think I will need 2 or 3 different soundtracks for the beginning, middle and end as I want to build the tension up slowly towards the end of the production

Lighting Research

As my production will mostly be set indoors i will be able to play around with the lighting and mise en scenes more easily.

The three point lighting technique is a standard method used when creating productions and for photography. It is a simple technique which forms the basics of most lighting systems in filming.

Key light
This light is one of the most important lights, its function is to highlight the main subject

Fill Light
The fill lights purpose is to lesson the contrast and shadows around the subject, by being angled differently to the main key light. It usually is softer than the key light.

Black Light
This light is placed being the subject to illuminate it creating a silhouette or to create separation or the subject and background.

High Key 
This is often used in comedies as it brightens and enhances the sense of liveliness or dramatic scenes

Low Key
This creates a more shadowy effect and usually darkens the scene. They are usually found in thriller or horrors.

Risk assessment

Hazard	Persons who may be hurt	Property which may be damaged	Risk controls already in  place	Risk assessment LOW, MODERATE, HIGH, EXTREMME	Further action required to control risk
Someone being run over by a car (Road safety)	Actors, driver	Car	Wear a seat belt and be sensible on the road	Moderate	Make sure the actor and the car a safe distance apart
Glass cup breaking	Actors camera man	Glass cup	take caution or use a plastic cup	Moderate	If the glass breaks clear it away carefully
Falling down the stairs	Actor	n/a	Hold onto the banister	Low	Hold onto the banister and be careful when using the stairs and the falling over scene
Tripping over while running	Actor	n/a	Be aware of your surroundings	Low	Be aware of your surroundings

Naming My Short Film

I already had an idea of what the production would be called as the whole narrative is based around events that the protagonist has already experienced in a dream so i wanted the film to be something along the lines of Deja Vu. I used an online thesaurus to come up with more words around the word premonition.

Out of the words i have came up with i feel that 'The Premonition' works the best and suits the style of my film which is a slightly unconventional film.

Conventions of a short film

Breif Outline of my Plot

The beginning of my narrative will start of as a montage of events of a normal day and a car crash at the end. The main protagonist instantly wakes up and assumes he just had a nightmare. As the character gets up a heads downstairs the beginning credits will appear. The main character then gets himself some breakfast and as he runs the tap to get a drink, he has a small flashback of his 'dream'. As he thinks nothing of it he continues to get himself a drink and puts the glass on the table. He then accidentally knocks the glass over causing the drink to spill on the floor and as the drink is in free fall time slows down and he has another flashback of the 'dream'. Again he doesn't really realise what is going on so he continues his normal day of life and heads back to his room. On his way to his room he trips over a book and once again he has another flashback of him tripping and falling down the stairs but as he goes back to reality he prevents himself from falling down the stairs as he knew what was going to happen. The protagonist picks up the book and the front cover has the woulds deja vu on it, he then starts to realise that his dream is coming to true. He then grabs his laptop and starts researching about his condition. As he researches he finds out that he can try and simulate his dream to remember the rest of his dream before it happens and save whoever gets hit by a car. As he starts to remember parts of his dream he finds out that the event is close to his house as he recognises street sign in his vision. He the runs out of his house and looks at his watch to see how much time he has left to save the person from being hit by a car. He gets to the same street sign in his vision and has a small flashback to prove it was the same street sign. As he has nothing else to go on so he looks around frantically to see if he can see the car but as he looks around someone bumps into him with headphones on and walks past him. As the main character then realises that this person was the guy that gets hit. He then runs to try and catch him up but before he catches up, he sees the car that hits him turn into the road he is on. As the main protagonist attempts to call for the character with the headphones he obviously doesn't hear him or the car. The character with headphones starts to cross the road without looking and the car continues to build up speed. This is then the moment where the character decides to be the hero and save him risking his own life or the villain by letting it happen, but before he makes a decision it cuts to black and all you hear is a car breaking and someone being hit leaving the audience to decide what happened and who died.

Location Pictures

For the ending of my film I needed to find a small quite road near my house and I found that this road would work well. As its a small close there isn't usually many people walking down and doesn't have a lot of traffic so I wouldn't disturb many people.

Also in the top left image there is a street sign that I might end up using for a flashback to his dream so he knows he's close to the next event from his dream

Other than this location the only other location I will need is my house.

location for filming

Most of my narrative is set in a house so I will be using my own house for filming however I do have one at the end where I need to find a small road and street for filming the last scene. I have some ideas for locations but I will need take pictures and upload them to my blog. As Im  filming in my house will need to be careful for continuity issues and make sure there is nothing in the background of shots so the audience won't get distraction from the main action. Sound isn't going to be an issue for the house scenes however the last scene is outside so I will need to be careful with wind and the quality of sound.

Story Board(First Draft)

Character Profile