Assessment 6

Organization of Actors, Props and Costumes

The Actors in the scene will consist of Ellie Wright (Olivia Dawkins), Den Snowdon (Ben Smith) and Lawrence Arnold (Sean Farnsworth). Den and Lawrence are the murderers in the sequence, although their identity is kept secret due to the masks that they wear. We will purchase the masks ourselves and also the murder weapon used, which will be a knife. We will not require any funding for any of the sequence as it will be cheap enough to shoot.        

         Like I previously mentioned, Olivia Dawkins will play Ellie Wright, a female who works as a shop assistant in the off license below. Her boyfriend will not be present in the sequence but his name is Julius Jackson and is best friends with Den and Lawrence. Dennis Snowdon is played by Ben Smith and both him and Lawrence Arnold, who is played by Sean Farnsworth are the murderers in the sequence, although the audience will be oblivious to this. This will therefore create an enigma and keep the audience guessing who is the murderer throughout the whole movie. The characters are important in the sequence as without them, there would be no film.

         Ellie Wright will be wearing casual clothing, such as a vest, cardigan, jeans and plimsoles after she has came home after a night at work. We will use old clothing as they will be ruined by the fake blood we intend to use will stain the clothing. The murderers on the other hand will wear masks on their face which will disguise their identity. They will also wear black jeans, black vests along with black leather gloves and black plimsoles, as black represents both evil and death, and the mask will conceal the identity of the killers. Keeping the killers identity concealed is a major part of a horror movie, otherwise I believe the film would then become either action or thriller.

         The sequence will be filmed at Olivia’s flat as she owns one above the shop she works in. This has proven to be sufficient and is easier than renting a place out as it will cost more money. We will have to carry out a health and safety assessment of the building and location before we actually start filming, and also the flat will be perfect for the scene and effect we wish to portray in the opening sequence.