Unit 3 Silent Movie
Silent Movie
"Lock-down"
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is a 1922 German Expressionist Horror film directed by F.W.Murnau staring Max Schreck as the scary, blood sucking vampire. The film was unauthorised copywriter from the film Dracula made in 1897 by Bram Stoker.
For my group the theme around our silent film is horror and it is about a group of students and a teacher in class then an alert that there is a killer in our school and we all die and turn into a zombie except one student who kills the zombies and the killer and saves the school.
Planning:
To plan our silent film I gave everyone a job to do. I gave myself the job to find out what props we need, Alanna was on what kind of makeup we need, Albiona was on what costume we will need and Shadhut was on making the scene breakdown. After we have done that we decided on what our story line would be about, i gave the idea we should do it on a school lock down. Eventually we decided what would happen in each scene.
Scene Breakdown:
Actors:
Henok as Simon
Alana as Marie
Albiona as Miss Diane
Adina as Kathleen
Shadhut as Kiran
Scene 1 (The Nightmare)
(Camera Angle: Close-up shot)
Kiran is sleeping in his bed when suddenly he gets a starts
feeling uneasy. He then realises that he’s having a nightmare.
Kathleen starts to ascend from the darkness and starts to
strangle Kiran. He then wakes up in shock breathing heavily.
He looks at the time and starts to get ready for school.
Scene 2 (Bus Stop Scene)
(There are rumours spreading around the that there is a killer
roaming around town. There are no descriptions of the killer
nor is there any evidence towards anyone.)
(Camera angle: Long shot)
Simon and Marie are at the bus stop waiting for Kiran. Kiran
starts walking towards the bus stop while reading a
newspaper. It stated “Killer who escaped from jail on the
loose! So stay alert and please report if you see anything
suspicious” Kiran shows the newspaper to Marie and Simon,
but they start laughing at him and brush him off. The bus
arrives and Kiran puts the newspaper in his bag and enters
the bus.
Scene 3 (Classroom)
(Camera angle: Medium shot, Pan shot-sideways)
Simon, Marie and Kiran enter the classroom together along
with Miss Diane, the teacher. Kathleen then enters with a
cup of tea and hands it to Miss Diane. She then takes a seat
at the back of the classroom. Miss Diane then starts
observing the students. She goes from Marie to Simon, when
she reaches Kiran, she realises that he’s sleeping so she walks
towards him and claps her hands to wake her up. He then
wakes up in shock while dropping his pen, so starts looking
for it. Miss Diane then exits from the classroom and goes to
her office to enjoy her tea. Sirens start to occur making
everyone panic. So everyone hides behind chairs.
Scene 4 (Murder in classroom)
Kathleen then appears behind Marie and kills her. Simon and
Kiran shriek and run away from Kathleen. Simon runs to the
office to tell Miss Diane about what happened, but she
doesn’t believe what he says and just carries on sipping her
tea. Kathleen then appears behind Simon killing him with a
knife. Kathleen then heads towards Miss Diane with the knife
(scene blacks out).
Scene 5 (Fight against zombies)
Kiran is running away from the Kathleen and suddenly bumps
into Marie, Simon and Miss Diane, but they have turned into
zombies. He starts backing away from them eventually
bumping into Kathleen. Kiran notices the knife on Kathleen’s
hands and goes to snatch it off her. They both fight for the
sword, but Kiran eventually takes it away from her barging
her onto the floor.
Scene 6 (Executing the 3)
Kiran switches his focus to Marie, Simon and Miss Diane, he
lifts the sword and charges towards them. He kills Marie first,
then executes Miss Diane, then goes to behead Simon but he
blocks it with his hand. Kiran throws the knife to his other
hand and stabs Simon in the stomach killing him.
Scene 7 (Final showdown)
Kathleen gets up from the floor and notices that her troop
has been eliminated. She quickly gets up and makes eye
contact with Kiran. They both stare at each other and charge.
Kathleen goes to punch Kiran, but he dodges the attack and
finishes Kathleen off.
Scene 8 (It’s all over...Or is it?)
Kiran starts breathing heavily and looks around. He darts his
eyes all over the place realising that everything has finally
come to an end. He smiles towards the camera and gives a
thumbs up. All of a sudden, Marie, Miss Diane, Simon and
Kathleen start rising from the dead. Kiran starts to sense that
something isn’t right, so tilts his head slowly and starts to
scream. (everything blacks out.)
Problem Solving:
The first few problems is on what the story line should be about, everyone what a good idea but as we only could pick one we choose so all agreed to do my ideas a school lock down. Another problem was who would play what roles in the silent film, so to make things even we put all the characters in a hat and everyone picked a name there where 3 students and 1 teacher who later on in the movie would play the zombies for the exception of one of the students who would play the hero and there is a killer posing as a fake student.
Evaluation:
What went well?
My group and I have done one half of the silent movie what involved most of the makeup. For the makeup we used multiple colours of eye shadow and fake blood which made the scenes more realistic. For the costume we wore our own clothes. For the props we decided that we were going to use: a fake gun, a fake sword, tables, chairs, a cat mask, textbooks, a phone, a teacup and saucer and a bottle of fake poison. We used a huge range of props to help the audience understand what is happening in each scene.With the overall performance we worked will as a team and were open with the filming students giving us positive criticism to improve the quality of the the film. As the director of our team I had to take initiative for my group to get our group the best movie possible. I also took charge in helping the filming crew understand what is happening in each scene.
"Lock-down"
Research:
During our lesson with Rob we looked at two different silent films. The comedy silent film is called the Cure and Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror.
The Cure is a 1912 silent film written by Charlie Chaplin and staring John Bunny and Flora Finch. But unfortunately John Bunny died 3 years after the show had started and because of this tragic event a new show was created was called "A Sure Cure For Pokeritis." The show was about a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on his weekly poker game. It was one of many short films produced by Vitagraph Studios.
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is a 1922 German Expressionist Horror film directed by F.W.Murnau staring Max Schreck as the scary, blood sucking vampire. The film was unauthorised copywriter from the film Dracula made in 1897 by Bram Stoker.
For my group the theme around our silent film is horror and it is about a group of students and a teacher in class then an alert that there is a killer in our school and we all die and turn into a zombie except one student who kills the zombies and the killer and saves the school.
Planning:
To plan our silent film I gave everyone a job to do. I gave myself the job to find out what props we need, Alanna was on what kind of makeup we need, Albiona was on what costume we will need and Shadhut was on making the scene breakdown. After we have done that we decided on what our story line would be about, i gave the idea we should do it on a school lock down. Eventually we decided what would happen in each scene.
Scene Breakdown:
Actors:
Henok as Simon
Alana as Marie
Albiona as Miss Diane
Adina as Kathleen
Shadhut as Kiran
Scene 1 (The Nightmare)
(Camera Angle: Close-up shot)
Kiran is sleeping in his bed when suddenly he gets a starts
feeling uneasy. He then realises that he’s having a nightmare.
Kathleen starts to ascend from the darkness and starts to
strangle Kiran. He then wakes up in shock breathing heavily.
He looks at the time and starts to get ready for school.
Scene 2 (Bus Stop Scene)
(There are rumours spreading around the that there is a killer
roaming around town. There are no descriptions of the killer
nor is there any evidence towards anyone.)
(Camera angle: Long shot)
Simon and Marie are at the bus stop waiting for Kiran. Kiran
starts walking towards the bus stop while reading a
newspaper. It stated “Killer who escaped from jail on the
loose! So stay alert and please report if you see anything
suspicious” Kiran shows the newspaper to Marie and Simon,
but they start laughing at him and brush him off. The bus
arrives and Kiran puts the newspaper in his bag and enters
the bus.
Scene 3 (Classroom)
(Camera angle: Medium shot, Pan shot-sideways)
Simon, Marie and Kiran enter the classroom together along
with Miss Diane, the teacher. Kathleen then enters with a
cup of tea and hands it to Miss Diane. She then takes a seat
at the back of the classroom. Miss Diane then starts
observing the students. She goes from Marie to Simon, when
she reaches Kiran, she realises that he’s sleeping so she walks
towards him and claps her hands to wake her up. He then
wakes up in shock while dropping his pen, so starts looking
for it. Miss Diane then exits from the classroom and goes to
her office to enjoy her tea. Sirens start to occur making
everyone panic. So everyone hides behind chairs.
Scene 4 (Murder in classroom)
Kathleen then appears behind Marie and kills her. Simon and
Kiran shriek and run away from Kathleen. Simon runs to the
office to tell Miss Diane about what happened, but she
doesn’t believe what he says and just carries on sipping her
tea. Kathleen then appears behind Simon killing him with a
knife. Kathleen then heads towards Miss Diane with the knife
(scene blacks out).
Scene 5 (Fight against zombies)
Kiran is running away from the Kathleen and suddenly bumps
into Marie, Simon and Miss Diane, but they have turned into
zombies. He starts backing away from them eventually
bumping into Kathleen. Kiran notices the knife on Kathleen’s
hands and goes to snatch it off her. They both fight for the
sword, but Kiran eventually takes it away from her barging
her onto the floor.
Scene 6 (Executing the 3)
Kiran switches his focus to Marie, Simon and Miss Diane, he
lifts the sword and charges towards them. He kills Marie first,
then executes Miss Diane, then goes to behead Simon but he
blocks it with his hand. Kiran throws the knife to his other
hand and stabs Simon in the stomach killing him.
Scene 7 (Final showdown)
Kathleen gets up from the floor and notices that her troop
has been eliminated. She quickly gets up and makes eye
contact with Kiran. They both stare at each other and charge.
Kathleen goes to punch Kiran, but he dodges the attack and
finishes Kathleen off.
Scene 8 (It’s all over...Or is it?)
Kiran starts breathing heavily and looks around. He darts his
eyes all over the place realising that everything has finally
come to an end. He smiles towards the camera and gives a
thumbs up. All of a sudden, Marie, Miss Diane, Simon and
Kathleen start rising from the dead. Kiran starts to sense that
something isn’t right, so tilts his head slowly and starts to
scream. (everything blacks out.)
Problem Solving:
The first few problems is on what the story line should be about, everyone what a good idea but as we only could pick one we choose so all agreed to do my ideas a school lock down. Another problem was who would play what roles in the silent film, so to make things even we put all the characters in a hat and everyone picked a name there where 3 students and 1 teacher who later on in the movie would play the zombies for the exception of one of the students who would play the hero and there is a killer posing as a fake student.
Evaluation:
What went well?
My group and I have done one half of the silent movie what involved most of the makeup. For the makeup we used multiple colours of eye shadow and fake blood which made the scenes more realistic. For the costume we wore our own clothes. For the props we decided that we were going to use: a fake gun, a fake sword, tables, chairs, a cat mask, textbooks, a phone, a teacup and saucer and a bottle of fake poison. We used a huge range of props to help the audience understand what is happening in each scene.With the overall performance we worked will as a team and were open with the filming students giving us positive criticism to improve the quality of the the film. As the director of our team I had to take initiative for my group to get our group the best movie possible. I also took charge in helping the filming crew understand what is happening in each scene.
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What should we improve upon?
In my group we should improve upon our costumes as we are in a school scene we should wear school uniform as suggested by the director but on the day of filming some people did not bring there uniform so we could make sure everyone understands what they have to bring and what day they have to bring it in, for example when we film on multiple days. Also we should improve on the makeup as most of it was on one side of the face and sometimes you can't see the makeup. In addition to this we should improve on doing thinks a little faster as we don't have a lot of time to film so we need to as a group to be able to work faster.
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