Group Narrative

My narrative post:

-Female victim- making it more sympathiable for audience

-Murder

-Kidnapped

-Cliff hanger

-Iconography( weapons like knives, representing danger) 

Harry's narrative post:

-suicide

-flash backs

-stalking

-plot twist, decides against suicide due to kind old women

-kind old women dies, clip ends, enigma

Caras's narrative post: 

- hidden indentity

- we see the antagonist but never their face

-stabbing

-cliff hanger

-his a psychopath

-bad childhood

-dark/deserted setting

-the killer kills those closet to her - so to strip her of friends/ family

-left on her own, we feel sympathy, clip ends, enigma

Final narrative:

-Suicide attempts 

-main scene, about to commit, bridge

-flashbacks towards why she is in this position (stalking, outside victims house, in schools, stalks family)

-kind old women saves her life

-the antagonist kills the old women, giving it a plot twist

The chosen theory I think is most relatable towards our own narrative is Tzvetan Todorov's theory as at the start of the story a disequibirim as the main character is about to commit suicide. This makes the start of the opening sequence effective as there is a sudden shock for the audience and then the audience can feel sympathy to the character as she is so upset with the way of her life that she feels the need to end her life by jumping of a bridge. During the middle of the sequence, there is another term in which Todorov uses called 'equilibrium,' which means everything is normal and back to as it should be. This is the part of our scene when someone who is seen as the saviour of the scene, convincing the girl not to kill herself. This makes the audience feel relieved as everything is good again. Then by the end of this opening sequence, there is another 'disequibrium,' as the saviour who helped the main character to not commit suicide, then suddenly dies by the antagonist. The antagonist is the person who led the main character almost to her death, as he extremely worried her by the stalking. By having an disequibrium at the end, creates enigma and suspense towards the towards the audience and creates tension. This also draws the attention towards whats going to happen next, intriguing the audience to watch the rest of the film. By having shock, tension and surprise within this opening sequence makes it an effective scene and by the audience eager to watch more, shows that the narrative was interesting and valid within the genre of a thriller. 

Risk Assessment - Miss Georgiou

Description of hazard	Prevention of hazard
Using a very dangerous, sharp knife	Make sure hand is secure to prevent it to drop and when running keep away from body
Being in a dark alley-way or forest	Making sure all members of group are cautious, bring spare lights to prevent any sort of danger
Pedestrians walk past while shooting which can ruin a certain scene	Make sure each time we are filming, no one is passing by and to make it obvious we are filming and do not want to be disturbed.
Battery draining when shooting	Make sure every time we shoot, camera has been charged to its fullest
Risk of falling in river	Stay stable, make sure actor is cautious and careful.

It is important to consider potentional risks before filming as a group member could get harmed and corrupt the whole schedule of filming, being left to postpone. As this is a thriller sequence, there will be things of iconography which could harm someone, for example a knife which could become a serious injury. This assessment helps us to be the most effective that we can be and to help us be more aware towards how we could put ourselves in danger or ruining filming.

The risk assessment will assist me with filming as it helps us a group be the most effective that we can, for example, making sure that our whole battery is charged before going out to film, this will help to allow us to get the best possible footage that we can on a specific day. We can prevent this by making sure everytime before we leave, that the battery is full or at an adequate amount to help to not ruin the filming time or anyone else's in the groups time. Risk assessments also help us to become more cautious while filming, which help us become more effective and organised as a group as we are away of our surroundings and equipment. We are more aware of our surroundings this way and then we become more careful instead of care free. 

Filming Schedule - Miss Georgiou

Shot	Date & time	Location	Content /action	Shot type & duration	Costume/ hair / make up	Iconography	Personnel	Equipment
1	Sunday 7th Dec	Buckhurst hill	Shows Brittany about to commit suicide	Long shot, zooming in 15 secs	Victim: casual clothes, natural make up	Bricks, bridge	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
2	Friday  28th	Chigwell	Showing victim in home comforts	High angle 5 sec	Victim: PJs, comfort clothes, messy hair, natural make up	TV, blanket	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
3	Friday  28th	Chigwell	Showing dangerous antagonist	Low angle 5 secs	Antagonist: dark hoodie	Bushes, window	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
4	Friday  28th	Chigwell	She sees antagonist	Long shot, shallow focus 5secs	Victim: PJs, comfort clothes, messy hair, natural make up Antagonist: Dark hoodie	TV	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
5	Friday  28th	Chigwell	Running to kitchen for a knife, antagonist disappears	Long shot, hand held 15 secs	Victim: PJs, comfort clothes, messy hair, natural make up Antagonist: Dark hoodie	Knife, kitchen	Actors	Digital camera, tripod

6	Friday 28th	chigwell	Walking home from school	Long shot 5 secs	Victim: School uniform	Trees, path way, school bag	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
7	Friday 28th	Chigwell	We see the presence of the antagonist	Extreme close up 3 secs	Victim: School uniform	Trees, path way, school bag	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
8	Friday 28th	Chigwell	The stalking is emphasised	Long shot shallow focus 5 secs	Victim: School uniform	Trees, path way, school bag	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
9	Sunday7th	Chigwell	Showing her emotions	mid shot, shallow focus, zooming in  5 secs	Victim: School uniform	Street lights, isolated setting	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
10	Sunday 7th	Chigwell	The mysterious runner is coming towards Brittany	Long shot 5 secs	Victim: formal dressing	Running clothes, hand bag	Actors	Digital camera, tripod

11	Sunday 7th	Chigwell	When runner runs past Brittany, a sense of relief	Panning 5 secs	Victim: formal dressing Runner: bright running clothes	Running clothes, hand bag	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
12	Sunday 7th	Chigwell	Shows Brittanys emotions, stalker always plays on her mind	Extreme close up 5 secs	Victim: formal clothing runner: bright running clothes	Running clothes, hand bag	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
13	Sunday 7th Dec	Buckhurst hill	Showing her emotions before death	Mid shot 10 secs	Victim: casual clothes	Bricks, river	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
14	Sunday 7th Dec	Buckhurtst hill	Carol persuades her not to jump	Mid shot/ tracking 10 secs	Carol: neutral knitwear colours victim: casual clothes	Bricks, surprise	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
15	Sunday 7th Dec	Buckhurst hill	Carol and Brittany form a bond	Long shot/ two shot 20 secs	Carol: neutral knitwear colours victim: casual clothes	Bond, bridge	Actors	Digital camera, tripod

16	Sunday 7th Dec	Buckhurst hill	They hug and now Brittany is happy	Mid shot 5 secs	Carol: neutral knitwear colours victim: casual clothes	Bridge, pathway	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
17	Sunday 7th Dec		Steves POV, watching the two girls form a friendship	Hand held 10 secs	Carol: neutral knitwear colours victim: casual clothes	Casual clothes, bricks, hand bags	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
18	Sunday 7th Dec	Buckhurst hill	Brittanys reaction to Carols murder	Close up 5 secs	Carol: neutral knitwear colours victim: casual clothes	Shock, suprise	Actors	Digital camera, tripod
19	Sunday 7th Dec	Buckhurst hill	A different camera angle of Brittanys emotions towards this death	Long shot 10 secs	Carol: neutral knitwear colours victim: casual clothes	Knife	Actors	Digital camera, tripod

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Sunday 7th Dec

Buckhurst hill

Shows death of carol, then dramatically ends

Zooming in 10 secs

Carol: neutral knitwear colours victim: casual clothes

Knife

Actors

Digital camera, tripod

Filming schedule is important to have, especially when you are in a group to make sure everyone knows exactly what to do for each individual fraction of the opening sequence. This also helps make us effective as we can plan what would be easier to do a certain scene, for example the start and the end scenes filmed done on the same day as they link. This helps us to be more organised and effective with our opening sequence. It also benefits us when we are editing our chosen fractions for our opening sequence, to get an insight what kind of sound we would like to use for our non diegetic sound and what kind of editing method we would use to help make the scene build more tension, shock and suspense.

As a group, we followed most of our filming schedule except at the end where we had to change some of the scene to make sure it made more sense towards the audience but with only minor changes. We tried to do each scene in order to make sure there is no confusion and tried to stick to the plan of iconography. We had to so,eti,es change around our actual plan due to some days of cancellation due to other things going on. As a group, we also had a lot of trouble with the camera, as the memory card would not work, was not fully charged etc. Due to these little errors, made it impossible for us to film and therefore resulted to having to postpone.

We decided to conduct this assessment to help us to plan ahead when are are going to be doing a certain scene and what kind of time, to make sure we are organised with our times and that we are not having to postpone a scene to another day due to he early nights we have in the winter, which was suppose to be a day time scene.