Preparations for media shoot

1. Research and Planning
For 102
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2. Set design
�As you already know, our set will take place in two locations; Peaslake House and the studio.
�In Peaslake we are planning on laying down a floor which looks like stone or concrete, to
connote the feeling of a cold, empty and echoing corridor.
�The rooms of 101 and 102 will be created by using the flats form the drama department.
�We will do this because we want the rooms to look tiny and cramped, with not even a bed
for them to sleep in.
�There will be nothing else in the room except the child.
�The operations room will be created in the studio as we can do it in better detail without
disturbing people’s rooms.

3. � The operations room will look like this:
This light hanging
from the ceiling
will be one of the
still shots
There will be a bed in
the operations room
which clearly hasn’t
been cleaned for a
long time as there are
lots of blood stains.
The operations table will
have different tools and
flasks/jars on top to use
for the close-ups.

4. Problems…
� With a set like this we may come across a few problems, such as the corridor wideness, or how ‘homely’ Peaslake
House actually looks.
� However, we will be able to change the way that the corridor looks when editing, to change how dark it is, and
making it seem more miserable.
� Another problem that may occur is the fact that we don’t have any real blood so we are going to have to find a
good quality fake blood to use on the bed and in other places in the operations room, so it is realistic.

5. Why we are building this set.
� We have decided to keep the set fairly simplistic, but using detailed stills to relate the room that the audience are
shown at the beginning with the room that 102 enters by the end.
� Using the studio instead of Peaslake for the operations room will work better because we can create the exact room
we want without disturbing people’s belongings.

6. L0CATION for 102
Thriller opening sequence

7. How many locations do we have?
• We are planning to shoot in two different locations
• Peaslake house – we are using a corridor to film the part when the patients are
transported from their rooms to the operation room
• The studio at school – here we are going to construct a room which is going to be the
operation theatre. Still shots of this room will be shown at the beginning and at the
end there will be a shot of the whole room. Linking the beginning and the end of the
sequence.

8. Potential issues
• Both locations are inside so weather will not be a problem
• However we have not visited the Peaslake site so we don’t know it is completely
right, but Issy lives there and thinks it is suitable

9. Timing
• We will need to split our day between the two locations.
• The bulk of the sequence will be shots in the Peaslake corridor so we will spend
more time there
• The studio will need more planning time as we have to construct a room we like.
Once it is set up the filming time should be short.

10. Where are the locations?
• Peaslake house – Lawbrook Lane, Peaslake, GU5 9QW
• Studio at school – Hurtwood House, RH5 6NU
Peaslake House
Studio at
school

11. How will we get there?
• We will get to Peaslake by minibus with our actors and our camera equipment.
• We will get back on a minibus and then set up in the studio and film.

12. Why these locations?
• We wanted a long, slightly creepy corridor to film.We want this to create a suspenseful
atmosphere in our sequence, Issy thinks that Peaslake will be an appropiate place to film
• We are using the studio so we can create our own dirty scary operation theatre
• We will be building a door frame to enter

13. Permission to film?
I sent this email to the housemaster of
Peaslake, Adam Grant. Asking for
permission to film in his house.

14. Props for 102

15. Types of prop

16. • Debakey forceps- These forceps are small in order to hold open
a wound where an organ can be taken out.
• Forceps – These are larger forceps that are used to take out larger
organs. the use of having both larger and smaller forceps in the
operating room leaves the audience questioning what kind of
procedure is being carried out.

17. • Medical bowl- this is used to collect blood. having this in the
operating room shows the audience that blood will be shed and
the procedure will be gruesome.
• Surgical sheets- These sheets are used to protect surfaces from any
blood spill. they may be used in my opening sequence depending on
what surfaces we are allowed to use. If the surfaces are metal; my
group and I world like to leave it bare to show that the 'hospital' is
grimy and unsanitary.
• We are able to obtain these props as Honor’s parents are doctors. If necessary she can get my hands on scrubs
and other medical equipment. These will be effective as they will make the opening sequence more believable.

18. Shot summary
• Our sequence opens using parallel editing, between still shots of various unidentifiable
surgery equipment and other eerie objects such as a slightly flickering exposed lightbulb,
and of a pair of men’s feet walking.
• A slight pan upwards from the men’s feet will reveal a pair of feet hanging between them,
of a small girl that they are carrying; her ankle has a hospital band around it - with the
number ‘101’ printed on it.
• We track the characters’ movement through the corridors for about twenty seconds -
highlighting the expanse of the building that they are in.

19. • As we pan up further, holding the shot that follows the movement of the two men and the girl, we see
them enter a room with ‘101’ printed on the door. Once they have entered, the camera pans to directly
across the corridor, showing another door, with ‘102’ printed on the door in the same block characters.
• This shot of the door holds for a few seconds, and then we see the two men come into frame so that
they are both facing the door, with the door still visible in-between them, creating a symmetrical shot
which signifies the order and control of the setting. (Symmetry will be used at several points to highlight
this)
• The camera then cuts to a shot of three feet again, much like the opening shot, but the pair of feet in the
middle are walking rather than being carried this time, and the ankle band has ‘102’ printed on it.
• Our camera pans up again, to show the three figures walking, and we show several close-ups of the girls’
eyes and face.
• We then see the three figures stop at another door, this one with no marks on the outside. When the
door opens, the two men enter and the young girl enters reluctantly behind them. the camera moves
slowly towards her, and we can see in the background the surgical equipment and lights that we saw
through the parallel editing at the start of the extract.

20. • As the camera moves closer towards the room, the door starts to close, and as we are about to enter
the room, the door slams shut. On this sound of the door slamming we will cut to a black screen
instantly, and the number ‘102’ will fade into vision.

21. Costumes
• Two sets of blue scrubs for each male doctor - heavily blood stained - Honor can get these from
her parents, and we will use fake blood for the staining.
• Two simple medical robes for 101 and 102 - we will add ‘wear and tear’ to the robes - such as
blood stains and rips - Honor can get these from her parents as well, and we will use fake blood
again for the robes.
• Back up for doctors - lab coats from the chemistry lab
• Back up for 102 and 101 - normal clothes, but disheveled and ruined (we will ask for clothes that
we can damage)

22. Costume
pictures

24. makeup
• Eye makeup for 101 and 102 to make them look completely exhausted - like they haven't slept in
weeks.
• 101’s robe will open at the back - showing a recently stitched-up scar running down her spine.
• Back-brushed hair to make it look unwashed and unkept
• .All visible skin made to look ‘dirty’ with fake dirt

25. Makeup
pictures