Costume research

When researching the costume my main character should have I found that you either go from one extreme to the other. What I mean by this is that in 'The Book of Eli' he's id wrapped up in many layers in order to keep warm and for protection. In '28 days later' and 'I am Legend' you can see they don't have many items of clothes on and Will Smiths only sense of protection is his weapon. I feel that depending on the type of apocalypse your film has, will depend on what type of costume your main character will wear. I personally think that I will place my main character into a costume similar to I am Legend as they have similar aspect in how the apocalypse started.

Location planning

In order to get a good idea of what locations suited the post apocalyptic genre I first had to study some post apocalyptic films. The film I studied the most was The Book of Eli.. In its opening scene it has a dense very dark green forest. This helped to set an ominous vibe throughout the scene. I felt that because my film has taken so much inspiration from The Book of Eli that a forest setting would be good as well.

However when my group and I started planning where to film we also had the idea of filming in an abandoned building just like the buildings the characters in 28 days later and up in. we look at places like clipstone pit or the B&B just near the Fox and Crown in Mansfield. However we chose to do most of our filming in the woods near the A38.

Film producers and their websites

Movie websites from Betsy-Jo Warren

Practice shots and framing

These are the shots me and a group member filmed whilst trying to practice framing, zooming and keeping a camera in focus at different distances. We kept every shot within the theme of post apocalyptic in case one turned out well and would have the potential to be used within my final film opening

Weather for filming

This was the weather forecast for the week we wanted to film. As you can see it was a cloudy day which is what we wanted in order to create that dull lifeless tone throughout my film. However I knew that we wouldn't be able to film in the rain so that was our deadline to get all of the shots done.

Film opening storyboards

I was commissioned to create storyboards analysing different film openings, Mad Max and Wall.e being post apocalyptic, this being important as that is my chosen genre. These will help me when creating my post apocalyptic film opening as I have a structure to follow and can see if there are key codes and conventions to follow.

Storyboard

This storyboard shows each shot that me and my group planned to film, This was so that when it came to filming, we would know exactly what we needed to do. Eliminating the risk of changing our ideas and not including the needed codes and conventions, and not filming all of what we need.