RADIO SCRIPT

We decided to change our radio script to make it simpler, with only 1 person, and to a man. This made it sound more professional easier.

Mans voice: Polie have reported an incient in Saint Rethoms woods in the Streatham area. they are advising memebers od the publi to steer clear of the immediate vicinity until they know more.
On to the weather, there are clear skies today and low humidity.

This adds mysetry to the situation and gives a bit of bakcground information to the next scene. However, it poses questions, such as : Do they know about this warning and are there anyway? Did they go there because of the warning? Are they unaware of any incident and got unwillingly caught up in something?
Also, what was the incident? This gets the audience intrigued and draws them in.

We added in a mention to the weather to make it reognisabley like a radio, and also to contrast with the scary notice given before. It could make the audience forget about the scary notice and think of nicer things until they are thrust into the horrible situation in the woods.

In order to make it sound more authentic for our clip we decided to edit in on garage band to make it sound recognisabley like a radio reporter.

CHARACTER MISE EN SCENE

Many horror films have female lead characters. Although this character wouldn't continue to the rest of the film, we decided to make her appealing to draw in the audience. We chose a blond actress- typically the hair colour of female leads in a horror film. Examples of this ARE Drew Barrymore in Scream, and Dial M for Murder

We chose generic 'cool' teenager clothes, as our film was aimed at teenagers and we wanted to appeal to them. By choosing red for the shirt and the hat, we had more colour to show up, as our film was quite grey due to the lighting. We decided to give the actress a hat, coat and bag to make it look as though she was planning on staying in the woods for a while, which would pose questions about her situation. The white shoes (although covered in mud to show she had been in the woods for a while) showed up in the darkness, so the feet could be seen, which are important, as she spends alot of her time on screen running. we also put dirt on her face to show she'd been running through the woods.

ACTOR AND OUTFIT

Many horror films have female lead charactrers. Although this character wouldn't continue to the rest of the film, we decided to make her appealing to draw in the audience. We chose a blond actress- typically the hair colour of female leads in a horror film. We chose generic 'cool' teenager clothes, as our film was aimed at teenagers and we wanted to appeal to them. By choosing red for the shirt and the hat, we had more colour to show up, as our film was quite grey due to the lighting. We decided to give the actress a hat, coat and bag to make it look as though she was planning on staying in the woods for a while, which would pose questions about her situation. thw hite shoes (although covered in mud to show she had been in the woods for a while) showed up in the darkness, so the feet could be seen, which are important, as she spends alot of her time on screen running. we also put dirt on her face to show she'd been running through the woods.

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Radio Script

Dan: We're going to cut from this to go to Louise for some breaking news.

Louise: Thanks dan. there has been a reported incident in Saint Reathoms woods in the Streatham area. Police have issued a statement asking people to steer clear of the immediate area until they know more. Back to you Dan!

Dan: Thank Louise

PREPARING FOR FILMING

We wanted to warn the people near-by and the woods we were going to that we would be filming there, so we emailed the council about it. This is a copy of the text in our email

We are AS level media students at Graveney School, and we identified The Rookery as the place we wanted to shoot our film. However, we would have to be there after sunset, so we wanted to make sure you were aware we were there. Our film involves big lights, and scenes with screaming and people running. This was just to warn you in case anyone was concerned. We are also writing notes to hand through people’s doors that live around the area to warn them.
Thanks,
Joely Holder, Maria Kakoulli, Louise Fisher, Jake Lovelace

PREPARING FOR FILMING

For our film, we knew we'd be filming in the woods in the dark so we'd need a light. At first, our idea was to have light coming from the hand held video camera in the film. However, we discovered that the camera didn't have this ability so we needed to hire a light. Originally, we wanted to hire a generator and use the school's lights. It turned out the only generators that could be hired out were petrol run, and there were health and safety issues with us using these. Instead, we were given a large electric light to use.