28/7/14

We got a few things filmed today, we only have two class lessons left so we are going to have to film after school because our rough cut is due in week 3. I liked the first idea a lot more than the one we are doing now so I'm not really enjoying this assignment. We have 3-4 scenes filmed and there is a couple more to film and next week I will start editing mine to hand in on wednesday.

23/7/14

My group has had some issues because we have had people away so we need to change our story, we have decided to change the story to be about a man who is cheating on his wife, he receives a letter in the mail and his wife ends up finding it...she tries to kill him but it results in him only having amnesia.

24/6/14

We encountered some problems today as Ellythea & Serena are away and we need them in the interrogation scenes. Instead of filming today Mikayla & I had to organise our shot list more. Last lesson Ellythea was the only one to save the footage that we shot yesterday so we couldn't start editing what we did yesterday which would have saved time next lesson. There are only 7 lessons left so hopefully everyone is here for the rest of the lessons so we don't waste any more time but we will probably have to use time after school to finish our film.

23/6/14

We wasted some time setting up our lighting but we finished our first scene where the mistress and husband are out having coffee and his wife walks past and notices them together holding hands and drinking coffee. Next lesson we will be filming the interrogation scenes and start putting those videos together and seeing how well our film looks so far.

Story Boards

Shot List:

Plan/Start of script:

Plan:

•       Wife (Femme Fatal) Ellythea sees her husband Mikayla with another woman Isla , out in public, holding hands.

•       Wife Ellythea pretends to be husband Mikayla and invites mistress Isla over by phone

•       Mistress comes to husbands apartment unaware of the femme fatale. She is shocked to see the femme fatale waiting for her in the apartment instead of the husband

•       Wife Ellythea kills the mistress Isla, strangled…seen in reflection

•       Witness Alex walks in on other woman Isla being strangled by wife Ellythea

•       Wife Ellythea convinces witness Alex to not tell anyone the husband what she has seen

•       Body is found by detective Serena,

•       Detective Serena integrates husband Mikayla, wife Ellythea and witness Alex about the murder

•       Wife Ellythea and witness Alex blame it on the husband Mikayla.

Characters:

1.      Ellythea Wahlstrom is - femme fatale

2.      Serena Vanstone is - the detective

3.      Alex Elliot is - the witness and the “side” guy

4.      Mikayla Kersten is - the husband

Script:

Husband and Mistress: Sitting at cafe holding hands and laughing with one another

Femme Fatale: watches through the windows of the cafe then turns to walk away

Femme fatale: arrives home through the front door (now night time), looks around the room and dials the mistresses number and invites her over

Mistress: comes through the door to the husband and femme fatales apartment to see the femme fatale waiting on the lounge for her arrival

Femme fatale: walks over to the mistress and begins strangling her (seen in the shadows of the wall)

-    mistress drops to the floor dead -

Witness: comes through the door to see the mistress dead on the floor (worked with the husband and explains how he was only there to pick up files for work) “I-I’m sorry - I just needed to pick up some files for work”

Femme fatale: tricks the witness into keeping quiet about what he saw and asks him to help move the body

Detective: comes to look for clues of the murder (since she knew the husband he…

Detective: … interrogates the husband, wife and witness about the murder. Sits them all down in the same room at separate times

-    To femme fatale: “Where were you last night at 11pm?”

-    “Were you aware of the relationship your husband had with this woman?”

Femme fatale: “No, i had no idea. Last night at 11pm I was at home, pouring myself a glass of wine to ease the long day of work.”

Detective: To husband

-    “Where were you last night at 11pm?”

-    “When was the last time you saw her?”

-    “Did your wife know about the relationship you had with her?”

Husband: “I was at the office, working late… The last time i saw her was when I met her at the cafe to talk. She didn't know about us, theres no way she could find out anyways.”

Detective: To witness

- “Where were you last night at 11pm?”

-    “Did you know your boss was cheating on his wife?”

Witness: “Uh no, I had no idea he would do this. He loves his wife! Last night at 11… I went home to pick up some files for work…”

*We could have flashbacks of what they are “supposedly” doing at this time whilst their voice plays over the top*