Animatic

This is our animatic. We took stills from our storyboard which we created in Storyboard Quick 5 and placed them in final cut to create this animatic. This is the sequence that our film will be when we have finally created it.

Shooting Schedule

Here is shooting schedule, this shows everybody where to be and when. This document was produced on Microsoft word. By having a shooting schedule your group and actors can be more prepared and get the shooting done on time.

Similar research - Dead Ringer

Dead ringer is another thriller that uses the theme of twins and revenge. The difference is that it is two brothers instead of two sisters. Dead ringers introduces a psychotic theme that isn't as strong in our film, our film is more about sibling rivalry.
We did not copy this films titles but they are the same as ours on our film also suggesting the similarity between our two films.
Our settings are very different to Dead ringers (1988) as their film is set mainly in a hospital whereas our film has a more homely feel as we are mainly set in a house.

Related Films

This film has a similar treatment to our film concerning twins and underlining hate and revenge.

Similar research

There aren't many films which have the same concept as ours. We found a really good example of a similar  film, its called single white female.

  Basically the girl 'Hedy' used to have a twin sister but she died at a young age. 'Hedy' then blames herself for her sisters death and proceeds to find herself another 'twin'. 'Hedy' answers an advert from annie who is looking for a roommate, and slowly becomes annie by copying her hairstyle, clothes and lifestyle. Annie finds out that 'Hedy' is really called Ellen and has killed previous girls who she wanted to be 'twins' with. Annie must escape from 'Hedy'/Ellen before she too is in danger.

   This is similar to our film in the fact that its about twins and jealousy and almost revenge. 
Another film that we have found is called Dead Ringers, this is about twin brothers who ultimately suffer from psychotic tendencies. It is again similar to ours as in the film the two brothers compete against each other and rival each other. This is a good film to compare to ours as the themes in this film are very similar to the themes in our film.

Props

This is our list of props that we will need throughout the film.

Locations

For our film we need 3 main locations; a kitchen- this needs to be quite a big range of space as we need to fit all the equipment and everybody in there to film.

our second location we will need a road; this needs to be really quiet with no or hardly any cars around as the audience does not know where the girl is heading.

For our last location we need a bedroom, this should be a medium to large size as again we need to fit everybody and all the equipment. 

The kitchen on the left would be too small for our shot as there is not enough room to get all of the equipment and we wouldn't be able to film the shots efficiently.

The kitchen on the right would be okay but its a bit too narrow for what we want. the length is great but the width is not.

The kitchen that is at the top left would be a perfect size for us to film our shots, there's plenty of space to get everything in.

Certification

All classification certificates are issued by the BBFC since 1984. They review, rate and censor movies, t.v and promotional material.

    A certificate 15 is classified normally by strong bloody violence and sex. Anyone under 15 cannot see this movie or rent it. Our movie would probably be certified at a 15 as there is a scene with blood and a scene with poison which could be unsuitable for children younger than 15. I don't think our film could have a higher certificate as it doesn't include scenes or images graphic enough. Normally kids start to watch thrillers after the age of 15 as gory horror films are popular with that age range. By giving our film a certification of 15 we can include 3 more year groups into our target audience.

Storyboard

A storyboard shows you what is happening in each shot/scene, frame by frame.

Costume plot

In our film we want to use binary opposition so our costumes must reflect this by being opposite. We want Lily(Good twin) to wear white/ light colours as she represents goodness.

On Ivie(evil twin) we want dark clothes so the binary theory works.

We want ordinary clothes that are comfortable but smart, and both outfits have to be pretty similar.

Simple jewellery and make up will be used to finish off the look.

Also the actors hair must be slightly different when playing the opposite character.

Script

A script is a document which tells you what type shot you are doing, what's going on briefly in the shot(story), The dialogue that is spoken and any non or diagetic sound that will be used.

Treatment

Dead Ringer
A treatment is the prose or the story of your film. The treatment is the first thing you will normally see or read before you watch the film. 

Binary opposition

Binary opposition is a pair of theoretical opposites. For example male-female, black-white, yes-no. normally one of the two opposites assumes a role of dominance over the other. 

    In our movie we are using many examples of binary opposition as it plays a big part in it.

Our first example is our two characters who we will dress in black and white, they are twins so this will exaggerate the differences between the two girls. Their names are also an example of opposition theory as the 'good' twin is named Lily - after the flower with its meaning pure and innocent while our 'evil' twin is named Ivie - also after the plant poison ivy which gives the impression she is evil and dark, the exact opposite of her twin.

 Our titles will also reflect the theory, our film will be named DeadRinger, it will be reflected like a mirror image and the one side will be black with white shadow behind it and the other side will be the opposite colours.
Binary opposition can create mood and tension in a film using little effort, black and white are the most popular colours that are used to demonstrate binary opposition, black insinuating mystery and the unknown, a restless emptiness whereas white contrasting heavily insinuating goodness, heaven and purity.

Split edits

A split edit is a transition to a clip that brings its audio and a video in at different times. it is normally used when transport is involved eg you hear the car horn before you see the car. An L cut and a J cut are also known as split edits.