Edit - Teaser Trailer

Fallen Grace - First Edit - Teaser Trailer from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

Audience Feedback Questions

Target Audience - 1. What is your overall opinion of the trailer 2. Would you go and see this film 3. Do you find the storyline interesting and does it leave you wanting to see more 4. Would you like us on facebook or follow us on twitter? 5. Do you like and think the soundtrack is appropriate 6. Do you like the characters and find some relatable 7. Do you find the characters realistic 8. Could you easily identify the genre of this trailer Emma’s Camera Club – 1. Which technical elements in “Fallen Grace” did you particularly enjoy? 2. Would you go and see the film?

Getting the Explosion

For the explosion, we asked Emma's friend Ted who works for local company Lancashire Militia. They are fully licensed to handle, create and use explosions, and do so in a safe environment. Due to being a friend of Emma's, Ted agreed to let us film a few explosions at his house for free.

Website Photoshoot - Emma, Tom, Abi

Explosion Evaluation - Abi

For the explosion, we did two shoots. One in daylight and one and night. This served the purpose of being able to see where we could improve in preparation for the night shoot. we first had a text explosion without Clare in shot so we could see the size of the explosion and get used to the noise it makes. This also allowed us to adjust our camera to ensure we get the best possible shot. We then filmed two more explosions once figuring out where the best place was for Clare to be, and deciding that she should kneel down (though that wouldn't be obvious to the camera as it was a medium close up) and then fall once she hears the expolosion. This was very succesfull as noone (except for me in the practice shot) made any sound during the explosion, and were all stood at a safe distance. After watching the footage back,we saw that Clare's fall did not seem realistic and that it perhaps would be better having her run and then fall like she had been pushed by the force of the explosion.

Final Explosion - Abi Tom and Emma

Final Explosion from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

Night Explosion Graded Rushes - Abigail Tom and Emma

Explsion Shots (Night) - With Lancashire Militia from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

Explosion Graded Rushes Practice - Abigail Tom Emma

Explosions (Rushes) Shoot 1 from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

The Forrest Graded Rushes - Abigail Tom Emma

Forest Scene Rushes from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

The Hill Graded Rushes - Tom Emma Abi

Hill Scenes (Rushes) from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

The 2nd Shoot - Abigail

For our second shoot, we filmed in the basement of Emma's dad's work office. We decided this was an ideal location as it is quite a run down old basement, so it was perfect for filming where we imagined Grace to be tied up after she had been kidnapped. There are also no windows and only one light suggesting exclusion from the outside world. When I arrived, Emma and Tom where already setting up the camera and I was told to go check on Clare and her makeup. I then went downstairs to help position the lights, as we had the large film light and we needed to ensure that it wasn't in shot. We also got a cloth and cut it up and covered it in fake blood and brown eyeshadow to make it look scruffy and dirty, to "tie" Grace up in with the chair. We however left one clean for hygiene reasons and we needed one to gag Grace with for continuity, as if she really had been kidnapped and was able to make sound, someone could hear her cry for help.

The 1st Shoot - Abigail

Our first shoot took place on Thursday the 31st of October. This was during the half term holidays, and so we came into school to film the scenes required there as this would mean that there would be no external interruptions or disturbances. The first scene we filmed was in the school hall - the assembly. We started by setting up the equipment - lights, camera, tripod, dolly and sound. While doing this, we waited for our extras and actors to arrive by the time of half 10 which we had given them. This allowed us half an hour to set up the scene, which also included decided where to place the chairs which would create the impression that there were more people present than there actually were. One crew member, however, failed to turn up to the shoot, making our job more difficult as we then had to also take on the roles of arts director. As the cast arrived, I checked their costume and makeup, ensuring it was suitable for the character they would be playing. After checking that the lights, camera, sound and dolly were working and in the right place, we filmed our first shot, the tracking shot of the students watching the teacher. We did this by repeatedly going back and forth on the dolly, as we knew we could cut the long shot we filmed down to the best track when editing. We also had Grant read out his lines for the actors and extras so they would be able to produce the appropriate facial expressions for his speech. We also asked them for specific actions, such as eye contact with each other and looking suspicious. Next we filmed Grant actually making the address, and decided to go with a low angle to connote power. We then filmed the next scene of the three main characters walking down the corridor. We set up the dolly so that we would be tracking backwards while the characters walked towards us down the corridor. We also placed all the extras behind them so that there would be no obstacles when walked. We struggled at first as the speed of the characters walking was much quicker than the speed of the dolly moving back. In the end we decided to ask the characters to walk very slowly, which fits as they are walking to class. We filmed this a couple of times to ensure that we had a good shot. We then also recorded a wild track in the corridor in which everyone was there but had to be deadly silent. We then gave our extras and actors a break while we set up the next seen in the classroom. We chose a large classroom so that all extras, actors and equipment would fit, and also one with large windows so lots of natural light could come in. We then called the actors back up and set the props around them, giving them all notes with annotations on, pens and pencils, and bags at their feet. We told each of them to act as though they don't care about what they are being taught, except for Clare who we wanted to appear very engaged in the lesson. We also wrote about English Language theorists on the white board. The first shot we filmed was a tracking long establishing shot from the back of the classroom, to show a change of scene and also a change in the atmosphere, as this was before Clare got kidnapped. We then also filmed a tracking shot from the front of the classroom to establish that our three main characters were present and to show that Grace actually wants to work. We then cut back to a shot of Grant, again at a low angle as he still has power over the class. Next, we had to film Clare dropping the a highlighter and then picking it back up with her mind. We decided the best way to do this was to film her drop it twice, and reverse on of the shots so it looks like it's coming back into her hand. We then filmed shot reverse shots between Clare and Grant, showing his reaction to what he saw and Grace's fear that someone has found out her secret. The final thing we shot was Sophie angrily throwing a chair, the context behind this being that Grace has been kidnapped, and in Zara's eyes no one cares, influencing the lines "Nobody cares! Why does nobody care?!" We wanted to show her emotions and the active aggressive personality of her character in this shot, so we thought throwing the chair was a good way to do this. We picked a room in college where the least damage was possible, which also had good chiaroscuro lighting. For safety reasons, we told all the extras to wait outside, and we filmed in the opposite direction to the chair being thrown. We filmed this twice to ensure we were happy with the outcome, however we wanted to stay safe and so kept to only filming it twice.

The 3rd Shoot - Abi

Our third shoot took place at the East Lancashire Fire station. We had been told that we would be given half an hour to film as they would be working and so could not afford to take too much time out of their day. We agreed on the time of 10:30 with the fire station and arranged to meet at 10:15 in order to set up cameras and not waste any time. Once we arrived, we had a brief meeting with the Firemen in which they asked us what kind of footage we wanted. We agreed on the Firetruck coming out of the station with the sirens on,and then the Firemen cutting off the door of a crashed car, which was already at the Fire station as it was used for training purposes. We also had to be prepared for the Firemen to get called out to a real fire at any time, however as it was a Sunday morning, we were told that would be unlikely. We then went across the road to set up the cameras and figure out the best position to place them for framing while the Firemen changed into uniform and started up the truck. We only had one chance to get this shot so we had to make sure we got it right. To do this, we set up two cameras either side of each other, one that I operated and one that Tom operated. We decided we should first shoot the fire engine coming out of the station. We went across the road and got ready to shoot, we started filming as soon as we saw the doors lifting, rather than when we saw the truck coming out, as we didn't want to miss anything. The firetruck went around the round about once, and we filmed it as it left and then stopped, as we didn't need or want a shot of it coming back into the station. Once they came back, we consulted with the Firefighters on what we could film next, and they had two wrecked cars that they said we could film them cutting the door off and getting the equipment out of the truck. We thought this could work as it could create an enigma code, getting the audience to wonder who was in the car, how it crashed and how hurt someone was or even if someone was killed. The firefighters first got the out of the truck and got the equipment out, which we filmed twice so we could chose between the best shot. We where then told it would take approximately ten minutes for the door to be cut off a car, and obviously this could be only done once, so we decided I should be on a camera on a tripod, focusing on the door and panning, and Tom could walk around the car with a camera filming different angles of the door and filming other aspects of the car like the broken glass. We filmed the cutting of the door which went very successfully, and we ensured that it was not visible that actually no one was in the car. I think this shoot in particular went very well as our hardest task was ensuring that we could film everything we wanted in the once chance that we got, which we succeeded in.

The Party - Abi

For our 3rd shoot, we filmed a pretend Christmas Party at my apartment. This was done on a Wednesday night as most of us finish college early on Wednesdays. We asked for extras via facebook, however most of the extras we asked we the same extras from the first shoot, we did ask more people for continuity. We had about 12 extras in total. We bought drinks and snacks to make the party seem realistic, and had a CD so the extras had something to act to. We first told them to act natural and we would walk around filming, however we also asked for some specific shots. These included Grace and Charlie talking at a table, an argument between Grace and Charlie, the extras dancing in a circle with me filming in the middle in a circular motion and me lying on the floor with a camera while the extras released party poppers over the camera. We also needed to film an argument between Grace and Charlie and Grace getting kidnapped by her teacher. We decided to film this in the car park under my apartment as it has quite an eerie look and plenty of places for Mr Eastwood to hide behind. We decided he should be concealed behind a pillar next to where Charlie and Grace. While this was happening, I set up the crane on my balcony ready for the final shot of the crane coming down and us seeing through the door. This also meant I could watch over the extras. I also told the extras they would be needed for another half an hour and so to start contacting lifts home while they were waiting. We then filmed the crane shot and was finished. I think the most difficult part of this shoot was figuring out where we should place the film light, as it was quite large in a small crammed apartment. Especially when we did the crane shot as we had positioned it directly infront of the crane, so I needed to look through the camera and tell Emma and Tom where to place the light so it was not in shot.

With films, issues are bound to arise. We had originally planned for filming in a Chippy to gain a couple of shots of our three main characters to show the equilibrium before the disruption. However, do to permission issues, this is no longer able to happen.

Production Companies - Abi

These are the production companies we chose to use for our trailer. Broken Coal productions is the production company of our director Emma Taylor. We decided on Spyglass and Dreamworks as these are both known to do thrillers however Dreamworks still are known to do films for younger people so therefor still hitting our target audience. Films tat Dreamworks and Spyglass have done that are similar to ours include: I am Number 4 (Dreamworks) The Lovely Bones (Dreamworks) Disturbia (Dreamworks) The Tourist (Spyglass) Abandon (Spyglass) Wanted (Spyglass)

The Poster

This is the final edited poster design. We decided on the colours black and white for the text as they are a common binary opposition of thrillers and would also stand out against the coloured background. The position of our title "Fallen Grace" was placed next to Grace's face as this aligns with the Rule of Thirds and so the audiences attention would be first directed to the title and Grace's face, which are the key elements of the poster. We also have the names of two of our actors underneath the title, which would help sell the film to people who like their work, but the name of our main actor, Clare Fletcher at the top as this is the most common place for actors names and it's over her head so people will clearly know that the girl in the poster is Clare. This is again a selling point for people who like her work. Underneath this, we have the film awards that the film achieved, again a selling point, and would be the next thing that the poster's audience would look at. At the bottom we placed the additional production information at the bottom of the poster as this is the most common thing to do and it is the last thing the audience will look at. This also included the age restriction of the film which we decided should be a 15.

The Next Shot List - Abi

SHOT LISTS Café Scene 1. Mid shot of all three actors at table eating 2. Mid close up of Grace smiling/laughing (20 Minutes) Field Scene 1. Long shot of Clare and Sam walking and holding hands 2. Close up of hand holding 3. Mid shot of piggy back 4. Mid close up of piggy back, focused on Clare’s face (45 Minutes) Forest Scene 1. Close up of Clare’s feet running 2. Close up of Clare looking scared 3. Mid close up of Clare turning around in fear (45 Minutes) Helicopter 1. Close up of buttons being pressed 2. Close up of buttons being pressed 3. Mid close up of buttons being pressed 4. Mid close up of view outside helicopter window, over the shoulder (1 Hour 20 Minutes) 30 minutes travel from helicopter to Chippy 5 minutes travel from Chippy to field No travel from field to forest Total estimated time for Chippy, helicopter, field and forest – 3 hours 5 minutes Explosion 1. Long shot of explosion and Clare running (done with multiple cameras from different angles) (1 Hour)

Thank you - Emma

Thank You - Fallen Grace House Party Rushes from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

We decided to make a video thanking our extras and actors and anyone else who helped out. This included shots that may not be included in the final piece.