Our project ideaaaa

 Hey there blog! I'm so excited to finally be able to share what Marissa and I plan to be our big film opening!! (Eek!) Here's our plot and hopefully we can make our vision a reality.

Our story takes place in a forest at sunset. As the scene opens two people, a girl in a red dress, and a boy in a white shirt are walking the forest trail. Some flirting and chit-chat between the two will insinuate flirting, meaning the viewers will assume they are on some sort of date. One line Marissa gave the idea for was "If you can catch me, you can get that second date." Then, the girl runs off into the woods. As the boy chases after her he falls and hits his head, falling unconscious. 

Once he wakes up, he sees the girl crouched near a tree, her back facing him. He taps her on her shoulder in a playful way. As she turns around, the camera focuses on her face, which is old and disfigured. The girl lunges at the boy and we only see the shadow of the girl on top of the boy. Sounds of flesh and blood are heard while this scene plays. Finally, the camera focuses on the girl's face as she smiles at the camera with vampire-sharp teeth, smearing the blood away from her face, and suddenly becoming beautiful again. 

 

You might be asking yourself, "How are you going to pull this off?" Here's how!

We plan on filming our project in Markham Park, at night time. But, filming at night or in a dark area is especially hard to get the lighting right. Using the resource given by my teacher here and using other websites linked below Marissa and I will have to get creative with lighting aspects. Since we will be filming on iPhone we're also going to utilize Apple's night mode to see if it's any help.

In order to make one of our characters old or disfigured looking we'll be using SFX makeup. When doing further research, I found using prosthetics would be especially helpful to add extra skin. Using eye shadow to make shadows and blended skin will add to the realism. Here's a helpful tutorial I looked over:

The sounds of flesh and blood will be done using foley sounds. We want to make disturbing squishy sounds. I was thinking of doing this by using slime or maybe using gelatin and liquid hand soap! 

I believe our project will be a success and I can't wait to put all of our ideas into action :)

CoverClap. (n.d.). All you need to know about SFX makeup. CoverClap. https://coverclap.com/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-sfx-makeup

Film Camera Course. (2012, January 11). Filming without lights. https://filmcameracourse.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/filming-without-lights/