Research&Planning - Character Roles and Locations, Shot List & Script

Actress - Bethenay Longley 

Seeing as we decided to film at Beths house, it only seemed right for her to be the protagonist too. It was easy for her as there was nothing she was unfamiliar with, (with regards to setting) so she was able to be herself and act the best that she could. Also, she was most willing to be the actress as she offered.

Camera - Anika Rahman (Me)

I liked getting hold of and using all sorts of cameras, but this one was one i had never come across. However, my knowledge on cameras was pretty basic therefore found it easy to understand this similiar one. The only difference was it was very heavy!

Editor - Licia Johnson

Licia was able to adapt and get used to using the Mac before all of us, therefore we decided it would be best if she became our film editor.








Locations

Originally we thought of doing something drastic and brainstormed ideas about going to places such as Central London to film. However due to limitations and contraints, this prevented us from taking the cameras out after school hours and keeping them overnight. Also this would have been highly time consuming as we could film in areas closer to us without the need to travel so far. Finally, we decided the best place would be at Beths house, specifically her bedroom as it conforms to our changed storyline and she lives closer which would save us a lot of time.

Equipment / Props

Main equipment we will need are;
> a camera to film, 

> a phone for the shots where Licia calls Beth, 

> a hammer-like object for when Beth is bashing the pills to make a ‘potion’.

Costumes 

The clothing will be up to the personal decision of the actor and actress as we want a portrayal of realism in the film opening., we do not want it to look too set up and fake.

Shot List

• Tracking shot into the room
• Close up of Beth’s eyes
• Close up of mouth (heavy breathing) 
• Close up of pictures on wall
• Black and white shots of past
• Coloured shots of the present
• Birdseye view of beth falling on bed
• She releases her inner anger out by dashing objects off the surface of a side drawer
• Point of view of object being thrown towards camera or wide shot of room and a slammed door is left to end the scene (and end our film)

Storyboard for 'Behind Closed Doors'

Script for 'Behind Closed Doors'

Audience feedback so far on our pre-production ideas

“It sounds like it will be really good, can’t wait to see it”

“If I saw a trailer or heard about an insane girl wanting to kill her ex I would definitely want to watch it”

“The name ‘Behind Closed Doors’ is simple but still ambiguous and kind of threatening.  It’s nice, I like it”

“You won’t be able to do much in just one room, maybe consider more than one location. But if you have really good ideas then go for it, it might turn out to be effective.”

These comments make our opening sound very promising, so we are sticking to our idea.  We considered using more locations, as the last comment suggests, but the way we have planned and imagined our opening to be we think that we can make it work using a single location.  It would also provide less hassle for us.