Risk assesment form

 Risk Assesment Form for my project:

Floor plan for Film shoot

Before the shoot, I made notes on multiple things that would help me doing shoot. As I have ADHD, I tend to forget things a lot and As I was doing my project alone, I needed to make sure I shoot everything as I planned it so It also doesn't effect me in future doing the editing process.

  I wrote everything down, so I don't forget to take anything from my house like the main ingredients for the blood I had to make. I even wrote which scenes I had to shoot in a specific day. I made story boards for my shoot to help me in shot design. I added the time each clip should take and the background sound needed as well that would help me in editing. 

I also wrote what things I had to do when I reach there for Eg. Taking the extra shots without my actors present. 

The story Board I made also helped me a lot during the shoot as I used to look at it every-time I forgot what shots are left now and how they should be shot keeping in mind the editing.

Production studio logo

 

My name is Iqra Hassan Khan so now I know why my production studio is 'IHK productions'. I know, I know, I known I sound like a narcissist and self-obsessed kewl teenager who thinks using her name;s abbreviation would make her cool but let's just be honest, IHK sounds pretty cool. I did think of a couple of names before this but I mean, If I am doing my project alone, why not take this opportunity of naming my production logo 'IHK'. I used the colours yellow and orange as these colors represents hope, happiness and positivity and these words describe my personality. I plan on making a video in which production slides in to IHK and then attach it with my film opening.

Phone-ography Unleashed

 

 I shot the film opening with my IPhone 12 Pro. When we go to the videos option, we can record video on HD or 4K. I choose 4K resolution for the absolute best video quality.

Then we get an option of 24,30,60 fps. I record on 60 fps as 60 fps always make captured motion look very smooth. 60 fps captures more details compared to 30 fps and I wanted my video to be in the best quality possible.

Character Board #2

 

One of the actress’s outfit had to be pyjamas that you would wear at night.

Two outfits were shalwar kameez that is a Pakistani cultural dress that typical common women in Pakistan wear at their homes or outside their homes.

Another outfit was black shirt with blue jeans. Jeans are suitable for staying cozy and stylish.

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This is the colour pallete I followed for the women's outifts. Pink and red colours are said to be girly and feminine and I wanted to give this effect by choosing such colours. 

Character Board #1

 

 

I have added pyjamas in the outfit design as there are a lot of scenes where shooting has to be done at home so the actor needs to be in comfy clothes just the way people dress up at their homes. 

He is a 25 year old man who goes to the office to earn for his family so a formal wear was needed to show how he came home from office and is wearing his office shirt.

Jeans with a cotton shirt is a semi formal outfit as I have added pyjamas and pants there had to be a scene in which he is wearing jeans- an outfit that you would wear to look presentable. 

 

This is the colour pallette for the actor. The outfits will be of these colours. Colours like blue and black are mostly perceived as masculine and high levels of brightness tend to increase femininity so I wanted the actor to look really masculine.

Color Pallette

 

Two type of colour is pallets would be used as there are parallel cuts. For the Present, White to black colour pallets would be used. Black is the colour that shows darkness, white brings in brightness and grey comes in between them. These colours are often associated with life and death. 

For the past, a colourful colour pallets would be used. These are the colours opposite of black and white that would show their joyful times. A life filled with colours and happiness.

The Price of Creativity?

 

 

My budget was Rs.6000, and I had to stay within my budget throughout the project which I was confident about as I had already checked the prices of my food and props.

I did not have to pay for the travel costs of the actors as they came to the location themselves.

Rs.5000 was the budget for feeding my actors.

I had to make fake blood so I ordered the ingredients on food panda:

Corn Syrup- Rs.380

Cocoa powder- Rs.215 

 

Evidence of budget during production: 

(Note: My budget Limit did not exceed so I am kinda proud of myself) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prop Power

 

All props that were needed were very basic so they were already available at my house, the only thing that I spend money on was the fake blood. I brought all the ingredients and made it myself.

Location

 

For shoot, I needed 3 main locations- One would be a house(including a room, TV lounge and a terrace as attached above, for 3 of my scenes. The house that I choose was not very lavish. It was a house that would belong to a middle-class family who we can assume had a decent source of income by looking at the furniture. It was a 10- Marla house in PCSIR phase 2 that belonged to my mother's friend so I easily communicated with her through a phone call and she gave me permission to shoot at her house.

One more location was a park that was nearby the aunty's house so we could go there easily. 

The last location, I needed was an old traditional place to show in which areas my main characters live in. I had to take some shots of ‘Old lahore’ which is an old area that is quite famous in my city. It has some ancient buildings, without any modern look so It is a perfect location for a horror film.

Unveiling The Cast

Cast Requirements: I needed two characters for my film opening: one male character: 25 year-old man who plays the role of the husband and one female character: 22-year old women who plays the role of the wife. I tried finding them in my social circle as Otherwise I would have to pay them to be a part of my film And I am a broke teenager with 6000 rupee budget so I started to look around and found some male and female friends. I was very lucky to find have the right people as their looks and personality matched the persona of my characters. and Despite of them being extremely awkward and introverts who hates to be in front of the camera they surprisingly both agreed to do the shoot. (Let's not talk about how I bribed them before to be a part of my film but just gave them some good free food in return).

Evidence of correspondence and communication with the cast and crew: 

 

I messaged my male actor on instagram if he can be a part of my project and sent them voice notes explaining the entire story and what his role so they can act accordingly. My actor is in A2 and his mocks were right around the corner so I faced this one problem in deciding the dates of shoot but thankfully, we managed to decide on the dates in which both of us were free.

25 year-old man who plays the role of the husband .

 

Same goes for the female actress- through whatsapp

A 22-year old women who plays the role of the wife.

In short, I found the perfect characters for my film opening. The husband had a beard, looked like a 25 year old and a wife was an elegant lady who looked like a 22 year old. The man’s height was 5’10 and the woman’s  height was 5’6. Both of them had to come in the same frame in some scenes so this height difference was what was needed.  

Shot list

 

 

1.Disclaimer + IHK productions
2. Static Long shot of traffic- sound of cars and horns.

3. Static Mid Shot of a man making Kata-Kat- sound of busy street and Kata Kat

4. Static Low Angle shot of the buildings- sound of people, cars and utensils

5. Static Eye-level shot of the street- sound gets louder

6. Static Long shot focusing on the building's apartments

7. Static Long shot of the interiors of the house- Sound gets lower

8. Static Close-up shot of the water tap- sound of a water drop felling down

9. Static Close-up of the side-table- sound of birds

10. Static Point-of-view shot of fan moving- sound of it moving

11. Camera zooms into the Actor’s face

12. Zooms into the curtains- natural sunlight- background noise

13. Static close-up shot of the Actor

14. Close-ups of curtains 

15. Medium close-up of the actor

16. Parallel cut to a Two-shot of the couple

17. Close-up of cup

18. Match cut to over-the-shoulder shot

19. Two shot of the couple talking

20. Medium Closeup of the actor sleeping

21. Two shot of the couple playing ludo

22. Closeup of ludo- dice sounds

23. Over-the shoulder shot of the actress

24. Two shot of the couple playing ludo

25. Close-up of the actor sleeping

26. Long shot of a park

27. Two shot of the couple in park

28. Point-of-view shot of the actor

29. Closeup of the actor sleeping

30. Medium wide shot of the couple watching cricket

31. Two shot of the couple- cricket playing sounds 

32. Zoom into the tv with cricket playing noise 

33. Medium wide shot of the couple-

34. Closeup of the actor

35. Extreme close-up of clock - clock sound

36. Extreme closeup of actors eyes 

37. Close-up of the ludo 

38. Close up of actors lips 

39. point of view shot of the actor showing fan moving 

40. Closeup of actress drinking tea 

41. Close up of Clock ticking 

42. Close up of actors hands shivering 

43. Close up of actors lips 

44. Close up of actors face 

45. Two shot of the couple in park 

46. Close up of actors eyes 

47. Close up of clock ticking 

48. Static shot of side table 

49. Extreme close up of side table

50. Static shot of tap 

51. Close up of clock ticking 

52. Close up of actors hands shivering 

53. Close up of actors face 

54. Close up of actors lips

55. Mid- close up of actors face 

56. Point of view shot of actor 

57. Low angle shot of the actor 

58. Mid shot from the front 

59. Point of view shot of the actor 

60. Close up of the actor 

61. Showing the movie title 

Narrative Breakdown

I wrote a narrative break down to give myself an idea of how my film will turn out with the shots.

1. Actor is sleeping

2. He presses his eyes

3.He starts dreaming

CUT

4.Comes to give his wife a cup of coffee

5. She takes the cup

6. They both start talking while enjoying the view

CUT

7. He is watching another dream

8. They are playing ludo

9. Actress mixes and throws dice

10. Actress wins- smile on her face

11. Actor loses so he is sad

CUT

12. He titles on the other side

13.  They are watching cricket

14. Their country's team hit a sixer 

15. Show them cheering

CUT

16. Actor is still dreaming

17. Start mixing sound around

18. Start mixing shots around

19. Phone is ringing

20. He wakes up

21. He tries to wake up his wife

22. His wife is dead- Blood scene

Mood boards

 I made two Mood boards, One for the entire bed scene and the other for the one that would be appear after the parallel cuts. This one was for the shots inside the house where the lighing in naturally coming from the curtains and it's morning. I wanted to give a horror effect on this one.

The second one was for all the background scenes and even for the flashbacks. I wanted to shoot all of them in natural day time, and the setting and location that I have in mind also matches the mood board.