Group Planning - Miss Georgiou

Group Planning

My group members include Emma Allen and Cara Jackson, the group meetings we have are essential to ensure that we are communicating our ideas and getting a plan that pleases everyone. It also gives the group a clear view into how we are going to film the clip and how we will prepare ourselves. It will mean less mistakes and will mean the filming will run a lot smoother.

During our first meeting on the 13/10/14 our whole group had to decide on a group narrative. We discussed ideas and concepts which we had developed through our individual narrative. We ended up with a compromise and a final idea of all our ideas combined. This included various points from all of our individual narrative; Cara developed the idea of hidden identity which is a vital factor in our clip and builds up an enigma throughout the sequence, also Emma had the idea of a cliff hanger which furthermore adds to the creation of an enigma. I added to the final narrative by creating the central idea of a suicide, this was assential to the plot of the film as it is now what the clip shall be based upon. During this meeting we also discussed a brief outline of the charcters, the settings and the different ways in which we could present this theme of suicide.

The next thing we did is planned the cinematograohy that shall be used within the film. After getting a clear view of the plot of the film this was made a lot easier as we knew how to present each character. The camera angles used was key to this. We each had a large contribution to the cinematography used within this clip. Cara had the idea of using high and low angles to present the antagonist and the victim as being inncoent and mencing. Emma built up the idea of a reaction shot, this is used to highlight the emotions of the character, therefore building a relationship between the characters and the audience. My contribution top the cinematograohy was the use of a close up. This is done to elaborate upon significant events and items within the sequence. This helps to exaggerate the improtance of certain events.

Following this we next planned the mes en scene in the clip. This is the preparation and presentation of the setting and charcters within the film. We had plan for various different scenes with the film as it consists of many different flashbacks which are seperated into different sets. We each had an even contribution to the task as we went through the scenes one by one. The first flashback was decided to be in the victims home comforts as she gets stalked from the antagonist outside the window, next was the flasback within a forrest as she is walking back from school and finally the last flashback is shown in an alley as she is coming back from going out with her friends; this is used to show her paranoia.

Another dicussion held within the group was based on the sound used within our clip. We decided upon various different sound techniques used througout the different scenes in the film. The main, most effective examples included parallel sounds used in the second flashback, contrapundal sound used in the first flashback and various different uses of digetic and non-digectic sounds throughout the clip. The use of contrapundal sounds to create an innocent presentation of the victim was suggested by Emma, this was incorpriated straight into the sequence as it helps greatly with the relationship built between the characters and the audience. Another way of building a relationship between the antagonist and the audience is through the use of parallel sound to highlight the antagonists aggressive actions making the audience feel furthermore frightened of the stalker. Lastly there was the use of non-digetic eerie music. This was suggestic by Cara; the effect it has is that it builds suspense leading up to key events, making them more shocking.

I think group planning was a very effective process as it allows us to become more familar with each concept and how it will engage the audience. It also helps prepare us for when we are going to film, giving us more confidence towards what we are filming and why we are filming. This will also show within our sequence as you would notice that everything will now be more professional and purposeful, which will make easier for my group and our filming skills.