Characters

Name: Emilija Rybakova

Role: Alice (Present younger sister)

Alice is a young curious 10 year old girl. Her relationship with her sister is slightly strained which makes her prefer to spend time alone, but she knows when Kate is being serious and listens to her when she shows authority in important situations. She was reluctant to move to the new house and leave her friends behind, but did not get to have a say in the matter.

Name: Simona Rybakova
Role: Kate (Present older sister)/ Past older sister

Kate is Alice's 18 year old sister. Since their mother is always busy with work, Kate has had to assume the role of mother and help rake care of her sister. She is still however, a teenager, and enjoys those rare and precious moments when she can act like one. Kate has a hard time showing Alice that she does care for her and that she's not just taking care of her because she has to, but their encounters usually end up as ill misunderstandings.

Name: Tara Cox

Role: Wise Old Lady

The Old Lady is a life long resident of the town and knows many things that others have tried to keep secret. She was possibly a former member of the cult, or was just aware of their actions, but chose to stay in the town when the cult dispersed. Others just see her as just a crazy old lady who lingers in the town and is usually avoided.

Name: Arlene Rafferty

Role: Emily (Past younger sister/ spirit)

Emily was a child that lived in the present sisters' current house. Her family were part of a cult that her older sister discovered had evil intentions. The sisters tried to escape but were caught and Emily had a curse put onto her to kill all those who went against the cult, which led her to kill her older sister. The cult moved on leaving Emily behind in the house. Her spirit was never able to rest and to this day continues to haunt the house and target people who choose to insult the cult.

Seeing as the story is about sisters, it would have been great if we could get an actual pair of sisters to play the necessary parts. Both me and Tara Cox had sisters, but Tara’s sister is the same age as her, so it would have been unrealistic to pretend that one was younger when they look the same age.

I also had a sister and she was about the right age. The only problem is that she is the same height as me, so when shooting will take place, she might have to bend her knees or slouch; and I will have to wear shoes with thicker heels to make myself look taller. Other than that, she was the best candidate for the job because of her more childish face and the fact that we look like each other, making the sister relations look more believable.

The part of the Old Lady was originally planned to be played by Tara’s mother, but she will not available during the days when shooting her scenes is planned. To overcome this issue we decided that Tara could fill the role. When the old lady features in the film her face is predominantly hidden by her hair and a scarf and Tara changes her voice to sound more raspy. This way she should be able to pull of the role.
Tara chose her younger cousin Arlene to play this roll. One reason being that we used her cousin’s house as the main domestic location for our filming. Furthermore her cousin is the right age and size to play the role of the young girl who happens to be possessed  Her character will feature mainly at the beginning and end of our trailer as she is a very important character relating to and reflecting the main narrative of our film. Arlene will be to able to play this role well as she is not required to perform any sort of strenuous acting. 

Sound and Soundtrack Ideas

Until we get at least half of the trailer editing out of the way, sound and soundtrack editing will not play a massive part. However, we already have ideas about what kind of soundtrack we want at certain points of the trailer and what sort of sound effects to use that could help intensify the trailer.

v     When analysing trailers, I noticed that most use a sound effect of a heart beating to help build tension towards the end of the trailer and sometimes right before the sting. We will probably use such a sound in our trailer during the shots of the older sisters running through the forest as a way to build tension and make the audience wonder what they will come across.

v     At the start of the trailer we would use some light but uneasy non-diegetic music to create the impression that even though nothing has gone wrong yet, something is building in the shadows.

v     To signify that the equilibrium  has been disturbed, tenser non-diegetic soundtrack will start to play after some sort of sudden stab sound that may possibly be diegetic. 

v     For the sting, it will either be complete silence, or a lone not playing to reflect the tense atmosphere right before another stab of low bass, that could signify release of the tension. 

v     Throughout the trailer, some sounds in the footage might be made louder to help make a bigger impact or made quieter to get clearer dialogue.

'www.youtube.com' and 'www.silenthillmedia.net' are some of the websites we will use for sound resources.

These are examples of the type of audio we might use in our trailer.

Magazine Mock-up

This is the mock-up of our film magazine "Final Cut" featuring our film on the front cover. I chose the name "Final Cut" because when I was looking at other film magazine names, they all mentioned either the word film or something to do with the film industry e.g. "Total Film", "Premier", "Empire" i.e. film empire. These magazines' mast heads are also no longer than 2 words, therefore I didn't want my mast head to be more than 2 words also. "Final Cut" means the final perfected version of a film before it is displayed to the public. So in a way, this magazine has been perfected and will be dispersed to the audience with the newest info on up-coming films, reviews etc.
The "Cut" of the masthead is on a clapper-board to create a stronger link to the film industry, and help make the mast head more unique and memorable. However, it may end up taking attention away from some of the sell-lines and make the cover look messier and less professional. When editing, I will try out other ways of displaying the "Cut" that can display the clapper-board style, but will not pull away too much attention; if the mock-up's idea will not work out.

Poster Mock-up

This is a mock-up of our film's poster. Other features might be added such as reviews company logos to make look more realistic, but this is the basic layout and image we will use. The position of the date has not yet been decided, so we will try out all our composition ideas when we are editing.
The name of our supernatural horror film is "The Entwined". When we were thinking of what to call the film, we looked at the theme and characters of the film. It orbits around sisters and the relationship between siblings. It's also about the protective instinct and trust and how the past is mirroring the present.
We then thought of words that would fit in well with these themes. Other names ideas we had were "Siblings", "Pray for Her" and "The Cult" but we thought that these reveal too much about the film's plot. We chose "The Entwined" because it did well in referring to the relationships between all the sisters and how the past is connected with the present in a vague manner, without giving away the narrative. It also works well because many other horror films have the word "The" at the start of their titles, so it helps make the title and it's appearance on the poster look more realistic and professional.

Call Sheets

 These are the call sheets we handed out so that everyone involved would know what scenes we were shooting at what time. They also show them the decided location and what costumes the actors will be wearing during those scenes.

2pm – 6pm

ST PRODUCTIONS ‘THE ENTWINED’ DAY 1 4 hour day

Date  10th November Unit Call: - Transport: Car pick up Breakfast call: Not provided Lunch call:  Not provided Locations: Main domestic location-  Harrow Wealdstone.

Date	Time schedule	Location	Scenes	Costume
Sat 10th Nov	14.00 – 14.15pm	Main domestic location	Car drop off – Entrance to the house	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Brown jacket and denim jeans.
Sat 10th Nov	14.15 – 14.30pm	Main domestic location	Alice leaving her bedroom and entering the loft.	Emily – grey hoodie jumper and denim jeans.
Sat 10th Nov	14.30 – 15.00pm	Main domestic location	Entering the loft and discovering Alice with the box.	Emily – grey hoodie jumper and denim jeans.
Sat 10th Nov	15.00 – 15.30pm	Main domestic location	Kate sees Alice taking out the contents of the box	Actors: Simona - light blue sleeveless jumper and denim jeans Emily – grey hoodie jumper and denim jeans.
Sat 10th Nov	15.30pm – 16.00pm	Main domestic location	‘Ghostly figure’ standing outside the window and Alice looking at her.	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Brown jacket and denim jeans
Sat 10th Nov	16.00pm – 16.30pm	Main domestic location	Kate putting cups in the cupboard	Simona - light blue jumper and denim jeans
Sat 10th Nov	16.30pm – 17.00pm	Main domestic location	Kate cleaning the mirror and then seeing the ‘ghostly figure’	Simona - Blue strap shirt and denim jeans
Sat 10th Nov	17.00pm – 17.30pm	Main domestic location	Scene where Kate and Alice leave the house.	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Brown jacket and denim jeans.

Start – 12.00pm Finish – 16.00pm

ST PRODUCTIONS ‘THE ENTWINED’ DAY 2 4 hour day

Date  11th November 2012 Unit Call: - Locations: Main domestic location Breakfast call: Not provided Lunch call: Not provided Transport: Car pick up

Date	Time schedule	Location	Scenes	Costume
Sun 11th Nov	12.00. - 13.00pm	Main domestic location	Kate entering the loft seeing character of Alice	Simona – Light blue sleeveless jumper and denim jeans Emily – grey hoodie jumper and denim jeans
Sun 11th Nov	13.00pm – 13.30pm	Main domestic location	The car drop off and entrance to the house take two. For more shot variety.	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Brown jacket & jeans. Arlene – Light blue/white night gown.
Sun 11th Nov	13.30pm – 14.00pm	Main domestic location	Scene where Emily is standing outside the house and then she is spotted by Alice as she curiously looks out her bedroom window.	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Brown jacket & jeans. Arlene – White night gown with face painted white
Sun 11th Nov	14.00pm – 14.30pm	Main domestic location	Simona is cleaning the mirror and Arlene (the possessed girl) unexpectedly appears in her view point.	Actors: Simona: Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Light blue/white night gown. Arlene – White night gown with face painted white
Sun 11th Nov	14.30pm – 15.00pm	Main domestic location	Kate is putting tea cups away	Simona – Light blue sleeveless jumper and denim jeans
Sun 11th Nov	15.00pm – 15.30pm	Main domestic location	Kate and Alice leaving the house	Simona – Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Brown jacket & jeans.

Start – 14.00pm Finish – 20.00pm

ST PRODUCTIONS ‘THE ENTWINED’ DAY 3 6 hour day

Date  14th November Unit Call: -  Transport: Car pick up Breakfast call: Not provided Lunch call: Not provided Locations: Within the area of Harrow Wealdstone and Stanmore

Date	Time schedule	Location	Scenes	Costume
Wed 14th Nov	14.00pm – 15.00pm	Main domestic location	Kate arrives back from the church – Alicehaving tea	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Grey knitted hooded long sleeved top and jeans
Wed 14th Nov	15.00pm – 15.30pm	Main domestic location	Kate warns Alice tells her to leave	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Grey knitted hooded long sleeved top and jeans
Wed 14th Nov	16.00pm – 17.00pm	Main domestic location	Kate finds the cult necklace on the chair/ throws it out the window	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans
Wed 14th Nov	17.00pm-18.00pm	Main domestic location	Kitchen scene / Figure out of the window – Emily and Simona leave the house	Simona: Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Brown jacket and jeans Arlene – White night gown, white face paint
Wed 14th Nov	18.00pm – 20.00pm	Main domestic location	Shot for the sting – Arlene sitting at the table with the cult necklace placed beside her hand.	Arlene – White night gown, white face paint and white short socks

Start – 11.00am Finish – 16.00pm

ST PRODUCTIONS ‘THE ENTWINED’ DAY 4 5 hour day

Date  17th November Unit Call: - Transport: Local underground trains Breakfast call: Not provided Lunch call: Not provided Locations: Uxbridge and Ickenham

Date	Time Schedule	Location	Scenes	Costume
Sat 17th Nov	11.00-11.30am	Ickenham	Establishing shot of the church that features in the trailer	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans
Sat 17th Nov	11.30am-12.00am	Ickenham	Conversation between Kate and the ‘old wise lady’ in the church yard.	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Tara – Knitted ‘granny’ jumper worn with a scarf over the head - face mostly covered.
Sat 17th Nov	Travel to Uxbridge: 12.00 – 12.30pm 12.30pm – 13.00pm	Uxbridge	Flashback scene - Simona running through the bushes over the shoulder shot	Simona – Silver jacket and denim jeans
Sat 17th Nov	13.00pm – 14.00pm	Uxbridge	Flashback scene – Kate running through the forest in a night gown.	Simona – Silver white gown and braided hair Props – Fake blood used on the silver kitchen knife
Sat 17th Nov	14.30 – 15.00pm	Uxbridge	Flashback scene – Close up shot of a knife stabbing in downwards motion towards the ground	Props: Fake blood used on the silver kitchen knife
Sat 17th Nov	15.00 – 16.00pm	Uxbridge	Kate running at the camera and abruptly stopping to look at something.	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans

Start – 16.00pm Finish – 18.00pm

ST PRODUCTIONS ‘NAME OF FILM’ DAY 6 2 hour day

Date  28th November Unit Call: - Locations: Uxbridge Breakfast call: Not provided Lunch call: Not provided

Date	Time schedule	Location	Scenes	Costume
Wed 28th Nov	16.00 – 16.30pm	Uxbridge forest	Flashback scene - Elizabeth laying on the ground after being attacked by Emily	Simona – White nightgown with black shoes
Wed 28th Nov	17. 00 - 17.30pm	House located in Uxbridge	Kate hearing the whispers scene	Simona – Black jumper and denim jeans
Wed 28th Nov	17.30 – 18.00pm	House located in Uxbridge	Kate opening the door and walking in on Alice	Simona – Black jumper and denim jeans Emily – Grey jumper and denim jeans

Start – 12.30pm Finish – 13.00pm

ST PRODUCTIONS ‘THE ENTWINED’ DAY 7 0.5 hour day

Date  2nd December Unit Call: - Locations: Domestic location Breakfast call: Not provided Lunch call: Not provided

Date	Time schedule	Location	Scenes	Costume
Sun 2nd Dec	12.30pm – 13.00pm	Main domestic location	Car drop off re- take	–

Start – 16.30pm Finish – 18.15pm

ST PRODUCTIONS ‘THE ENTWINED’ DAY 5 1.45 hour day

Date  21st November Unit Call: - Breakfast call: Not provided Lunch call: Not provided Locations: Within the area of Harrow Wealdstone and Stanmore

Date	Time schedule	Location	Scenes	Costume
Wed 21st Nov	16.30-16.45pm	Main domestic location	Kate entering the kitchen Alice having tea	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Grey hoddie jumper and jeans,
Wed 21st Nov	16.45-17.00pm	Main domestic location	Kate telling Alice they must leave the house	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Gray hoddie jumper & jeans.
Wed 21st Nov	17.00-17.30pm	Main domestic location	Kate picking up the cult necklace off the chair	Simona - Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Gray hoodie jumper & jeans.
Wed 21st Nov	17.30-18.00pm	Main domestic location	Leaving the house Alice sees possessed girl out of the window	Simona: Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily –  Brown jacket & jeans. Arlene – White night gown with face painted white and hair down
Wed 21st Nov	18.00-18.15pm	Main domestic location	Kate stumbling out the front door in panic	Simona: Silver jacket and denim jeans Emily – Brown jacket & jeans.