Group: Planning for second shoot (Monday, 19th)

The following are shots we plan to film on Monday:

• A long shot, establishing shot of the greenhouse (as the first shot) - on Luca's roof
• High angled first section
• Close up of antagonist taking lab coat off hanger
• Low angle shot from within the plants, looking up at antagonist, who after putting lab coat on - moves towards the camera
• Re-do close up of putting glove on (do it slower, and underneath - low angle shot) (intercut with shot from further away) - ALSO make sure as to wear gloves on both hands as this was a continuity error on the first shoot, and "blood" under glove was noticeable, with a camera trick of the trade this can be amended
• Look up with mask on, CU of 'menacing mask'
• Re-do close up of trimming plant
• Extreme close up of pencil being picked up (canted angle)
• Shot from outside of greenhouse through the glass (low angle to make look sinister), antagonist notices a fly (continue the sound of the fly, get louder when reaction shot close up with eyes happens)
• Re-do close up of eyes slower
• Extreme close up of picking up scalpel, canted angle
• POV shot from the fly dying - looking up at antagonist, content with himself
• If possible - canted close up of dead fly being picked up, pan as he puts the fly into the petri dish, however this may be easier said than done due to issues with space.
• Re- do shot of cutting glove open and blood spurts out (do with actor wearing both gloves)
• After he chucks off glove - close up of blood splatter on nearby plant (replaces shot of blood drop on book)
• Extreme close up of blood seeping through the bandage (tissue)
• Just before he looks at book - long shot from outside showing movement towards book and turning of one page
• Attempt jar shot - of Billy approaching Brad; this is a plan to shoot through a jar as to distort the visuals and create technical excellence
• Possible shot - final shot, following antagonist murdering Brad; a long shot to close up shows him turning, walking towards the camera... and licking his bloody knife!! (keep his hands out of shot)

GENERAL NOTES: hold shots for longer: wait for a longer period of time before stopping the record button - it is better to have the ability to cut footage short in editing rather than a shot we want to include being shaky from camera movement in pressing the button. Also maybe re-shoot some of the pans as to reduce stiffness and create a more fluid movement.

Feedback from Ms Johnson
"Would be better without a bin, and furthermore plants outside greenhouse -  it takes away from the foliage inside and bins are never good from a mise-en-scene POV", camera movement could follow Billy or static shot from Billy's eye line??
All getting ready "glove stuff" should be very close, doesn't need to cut back to mid shot as we already know where he is. Some of getting ready is boring, uninteresting - split the action.
Towel is "too nice, too homely and too down to earth" BIN PROBLEM REPEATING IN SYRINGE ECU of drop
Tweezers - Called it
The part with the antagonist slicing hand is in a sense ambiguous, "what does it mean?" "is he collecting his blood? he doesn't do anything with it? Strange because he seems too methodical for this
CU of feet as opposed to long shot green house when walking out
Towel reduces scare factor, understands reasons but it would be so much more menacing without!

Plans for other aspects:
Font of titles - don't use the font used for Conservatorium (makes it more special), so use a more simple font - possibly adopt 'Napoleon Dynamite'(Hess, 2004) style and do the titles in pro-filmic effects. Furthermore they could be reflecting our antagonist's character as they do in 'Hannibal' (Scott, 2001) by being overly attentive, clean-cut, and precisely placed. We also think that to a certain extent they should 'interact' with the action and appear part of the set, potentially meaning as the camera moves the titles would not.


Updated 14/1