P: Production Schedule

Date	Action	Equipment/ props	Location	Who
	Edit Film Poster	Mac Computers Photoshop C3	Media Room	All
	Final edit for Film Poster	Mac Computers Photoshop C3	Media Room	All
25/02/17	Film Sakkaku Location 2 – graveyard	Camera Lighting Costumes- white gown, boots sfx make up	Bow Graveyard	All   Husna, Aniqa
26/02/17	Extra day for filming location 2 if needed	/	/	/
27/02/17	Film location 1	Camera Lighting Costumes- white doctor coat, surgical gloves, mask, syringe. White gown Sfx makeup	Medical room cfgs - Harley grove	All Husna, Aniqa
28/02/17 –continuing till finished	Editing first draft Scene 1-9	Mac computers or laptops	Media Room	Husna
/	Editing second draft 10-22	Mac computers or laptops	Media Room	Aniqa
/	Editing third draft 23-34	Mac computers or laptops	Media Room	Naima
07/03/17	Feedback on editing	/	/	Year 12 media students
/	Final editing	Mac computers or laptops	Media Room	All
/	Recording for Radio trailer		Radio Room	All
/	Editing for radio trailer	Mac computers	Media Room	All

P: Feedback from individuals from the industry

My group and I pitched our ideas to individuals that work in the industry in order to gain critical feedback. Film score composer, Callum Macintosh and documentary cinematographer and editor at the BBC, Niraj Chag  gave us feedback such as that our storyline is too complicated as our storyline is a student being randomly picked to be kidnapped as one of mad doctors experiments which took place in japan, however this is not shown but the kidnapping is suggestive as the protagonist shows signs of struggle when waking up in a lab room through the shots of the flashback. The present narrative then takes place in the UK, where the protagonist is free from the chaos but the time and day from the escape is not revealed, as we want our film open to interpretation, having an active audience think out our film. What Callum and Niraj did not understand was how the film background is based in japan but the present in the UK, as it is like the narrative has something to do with teleportation.

Another point that was mentioned was that the narrative has no climax or build up, which we also agree with. We took these feedback into account and then as a group had another meeting. As a group we decided to clear up the narrative, we went through multiples of stages of changing our story completely until coming back to the original, and have only one female actor. The story line is based on illusions so to create a build up we decided to have the actor play both protagonist and antagonist, only to reveal the antagonists face at the very end, arresting enigma. We also decided to not include any Japanese background to it as it was too ambitious giving the fact we had no Japanese actors but we still continued to use Japanese horror conventions as part of our research as we wanted to challenge conventions. 

P: Contingency Plan - actors

We decided as a group to change our actors. As we have trouble sorting a day for filming on a day that our actors are free. So instead we no longer have a male actor but we replaced the character with a female actress who will play both protagonist and antagonist. This still follows our narrative as it’s based on the protagonist’s illusion. So having them have the same faces will create enigma and make the audience question which character is the other person’s illusion. It also goes against the conventions of having a male protagonist/antagonist, making our film female dominated.

P: Influences

In my spare time I enjoy watching short films and music videos, seeing the creative ways directors bring their vision to life. When planning on our narrative and how we are going to package it all together in terms of editing a lot of my influences came from these specific creative decision makers. 

Low Laundry 

I took an interest in Low Laundry's work, the editing and colour grading stood out to me the most and the creative camera shots. Seeing many of their work influenced my key scenes of the film. e.g. the camera shots for running, the quick pace editing, the red filters etc. 

David Lin Films

Although, this is not related to my coursework, but these videos gave me an urge to want to be able to create creative products using all types of technology. David Lin production made me take a interest in motion graphics and made me want to explore other areas or media.