FILMING DAY 2 - Outside of Main House

Whilst having the majority of the clips, being within the house, I now I only needed clips of him exploring far from the house and also within the neighbourhood close to him. I felt like I got all the scenes that I need and managed to film everything that I planned to today. 
It was an extremely successful day. I managed to acquire a local house to film him gathering loot for himself and also getting my hands on a camping stove which is great as I did not think I was going to find one of those. Furthermore, I was also able to film in the abandoned place being Atherfield Bay Holiday Camp. It was perfect to film in as it looks very run down, giving the effect that the nuclear attack as done a lot of carnage. Having an abandoned area near myself was very helpful and will increase my production value to my short film.

FILMING DAY 1 - Main House

Today I filmed the majority of the scenes within the house, of the characters home. This was a lot of the short film as most of it is based within the house. Through the shots I filmed today we got a sense of the characters life and the audience will feel closer knowing him more. From my research, the shots and techniques I used were perfect for the scenes I did. I did various extreme close ups of his face to really emphasise his mood and to show his emotion due to the attack, which really expresses his emotions. Moreover, I filmed many shots, angles and movements which I hope fits well together as filming more angles and shot types should make the short film more interesting to watch visually. 
It was a very successful filming day that I felt like I got all the necessary shots and even more that I expected. 

Risk Assessment

As my short film is going to involve in abandoned places and outside at points I have to consider a range of potential safety risks that could be present on set when filming. I have presented it in a table as this method is very easy to identify the possible risks that could happen. Even though some of the options are for my awareness such as forgetting storyboards as I am directing, I still need to hand them out to my actors so they are fully aware of the possible risk that could happen. This will make them feel more safe.

RISK LEVEL 1(LOW RISK) - 5 (HIGH RISK)

Location Scouting

It is important to location scout to plan and get the perfect locations for the short film. This post will be dedicated to this.

Main house shots 1:
I need a house for the majority of the short film. As this is where he was whilst the nuclear war happened he is in there for the majority of the time and he will be in the short film as he does not want to expose himself too much to the nuclear substances. The main house being used may as well be my own house as this resolves many problems and it is easier to film in. This makes it easier for myself as I can use the props within the house that I would need such as pictures of him and the family. Moreover, all my camera gear is already in the house so it is a faster process filming and recording. 

Garden shots:
Also, I need to use garden shots for the flashback to get shots of him having fun with his family playing in the garden. To represent the amazing times before the nuclear attack. This will be shown in a dream where he will wake up and realise he is in the hard lonely reality. Using flashbacks is effective as it demonstrates how much he is thinking of the past and how much he misses it. The garden is full of colours of green which is a colour that is bright and will help elaborate the happiness, it will 
comparison to the dull scenes after he wakes up.


House shots 2:
I also need another house for shots of him scavenging for food and other resources, as he will be running low on food from waiting for the nuclear substance to reduce all this time. He only goes near to his house for the first few years then eventually goes further. My second house for the short film will be a friends or family house, most probably my gran's who lives next door so it is easily accessible to shoot there and bring the gear there and back. It will be a similar house to this, however I have a few options for my second house so it will not be definite.  

My street:
There will also be some shots of my street at the start to show the complete quietness of the surroundings due to the nuclear attack. It will be shown when he is going to the second house and also for establishing shots. My street is very quiet so it will be perfect to film with and of course it is reasonable as it is right next to my house and therefore not a huge effort of transporting gear cause I can simply move it in and out my house.


Atherfield bay holiday camp:
There are many abandoned places where I live, on the Isle of Wight. This makes it easier finding somewhere that looks derelict, worn down and abandoned. When looking for abandoned places to go, I found Atherfield bay holiday camp. This is near by myself so getting there is easy and cheap, and the actual place has been abandoned for years. It looks incredible as there are many abandoned areas such as a swimming pool, skate park, and other facilities within a camp. The place is perfect.

Car scene:
I also decided to use a car for a scene, of when he goes to places this would make sense of him using a car, to travel distance to find better resources. I will be using my dads car shown in this image as nothing needs to be rented so It will not cost any money at all which is great.

Actors, Equipment, Props and Costume

Costume
Face mask
Needed to reduce any chemicals of him breathing in as it is a risk, even though it is years after the nuclear war there are still substances within the air.
Normal/casual every clothes of protagonist and other actors
No special clothes is needed, just casual clothing. Casual clothing is used for other actors, being the family of the protagonist, as there will be flash backs of the normal times. However the protagonist is also wearing normal, casual clothing as its all the clothing he had in his house before the attack so he wouldn't have any other clothing.
Weapon
When he goes outside his house a weapon is defiantly needed in case of any gangs or dangerous people coming his way. This will be used to defend himself.

Props
Canned food such as baked beans and tinned fruit
Canned food is needed for some scenes. Canned food stay in date for a long time so it is the only food that is left after the nuclear attack.
Map
This is needed when he is trying to find a place to go to find kind humans and more supply for him to last longer.
Wine
I need wine as this is what was in the storage room before, a wine cellar with aluminium surrounding. Perfect for canned food and other resources to use after the attack.
Water
Water is obviously a necessity so this is in the storage room also, as you could not live without water.
Medical Supplies
You need medical supplies to survive in case you get injured or ill so this is also useful to have and will be needed in the short film.
Bedding
Where he sleeps in his shelter for the most being.
2 Camping stoves
This is what he finds when he goes to another house, camping stoves which do not run on electricity. And makes him survive for a lot longer.
Bag
When he is travelling to other places, a bag is needed for his items such as weapons, water, food and survival items.
Aluminium
This is what the room is covered in to make a good bomb shelter, before was used for a wine cellar.

Equipment
1080p Camera - Canon EOS 650D
A camera that is in high quality and HD is necessary. Visual is a very important aspect in he short film and it needs to be pleasing to look at - not unclear and in bad quality.
Tripod
Needed for still shots to make the shots look more professional and not irritating for the viewer to watch.
Editing software (sony vegas & final cut pro)
After the shots are filmed I would need something to edit all the clips together to make the short film be an actual story. Editing is very important and I already have very expensive software such as Sony Vegas and final cut pro so this will help me make the short film look professional.
SD card
Whats inside the camera and will hold all the footage.
Computer to edit on
Obviously I would need a computer of some sort to actually use the editing software. I will transfer the footage from the camera through a wire into the computer.
Microphone
I have a rode microphone that goes into my canon camera. This microphone will make the sound a lot more professional. Even though there is not a lot of dialogue in the movie itself, it is still important to hear what he is doing without any terrible background sounds. The microphone helps reduce the background sound as wherever direction it is pointed in it will be most loud in that direction. 
Lighting
Lighting is also very important. Luckily I do filming in my spare time and I have two large professional lights that will make the scene a lot better pure and visually pleasing. 

Actors
WARREN (Protagonist) - Survivor 
Warren is the main actor, being the survivor of the nuclear attack. You will hear his voice being narrated over the short film and we will be seeing his story of it.
Random strangers from gangs 
These will be shown in his nightmare briefly. Bad guys from previous trips when he went out to seek kind people like himself and supplies.
Family members
In one of the flashbacks his family are also in the scene to represent the normal times.
Another survivor
There will be another survivor at the end shown very briefly to make it interesting and end the suspense. It will leave us at even more of a cliff hanger however which is what I want it to be, make people want to watch more.

Description of Scenes

Scene 1: Nightmare - Inside houses/Outside 
The film starts with a nightmare that Warren Is dreaming of his past. We see him looking at the map from a distance looking very unhappy. Then it flashes backs of him circling areas on a map where he is planning to go to then we see horrible things happening to him in those areas. Firstly there is a flash back of him hiding whilst hearing gun shots by him, the next area he is getting chased then lastly a sniper is trying to shoot at him.This happens till much of the map has been circled, realising there isn't much hope left. We hear loud sniper shots at the end causing him to wake up as well as the alarm.

Scene 2: Present - Main House
It then cuts up to the present, Warren wakes up and gasps for breath from the nightmare, shaking. He turns to see that his wife is still there but realises it isn't a whole dream and that it is all reality. He then turns the alarm clock on, turns the light on and leans out of bed whilst grabbing a photograph of him and his family. He is looking very emotional, sitting on the end of the bed. He eventually gets up and walks towards the curtains and opens them whilst it fades to white, along with the day light to the next scene.

Scene 3: Flash back - Main House.
Now there is another flashback, however of the time before the nuclear attack. We see it cut to news programmes showing how surprised they are. Then scenes of him showing how prepared he was and the cupboard under the stairs being a storage of wine. Then as he is on about trump's victory, there is scenes of him flashing on the screen, then afterwards military scenes whilst talking about China and Russia. We then go on and start to see him getting ready for the attack due to his superstitions. We see him turning his wine storage into a nuclear shelter. 

Scene 4: Present - Main House
We begin to see his repetitive routine. We see how draining it has become for him without the right food and how lack of human contact has effected him. He has lost hope.  It carry's on from him after opening the curtains, he walks to the kitchen and begins to eat breakfast of tinned fruit and baked beans with water. Then a little shot of him rationing water. We then see him looking at the map of him looking at an area that he knows is safe and full of people, however he is debating as he has never gone that far.

Scene 5: Flash back - Local streets and neighbours house.
Whilst he narrates over, he ventures to his local area showing scenes of him scavenging cupboards of tinned fruit. Then in another house he finds two camping stoves which excites him deeply as he can now have warm food which will last him 6 months.

Scene 6: Present - Main House
Scenes of him around the house feeling hopeless and looking horrible. It shows how being lonely has affected him emotionally and mentally. He talks about his current state, being very personal and will make the audience feel sympathetic.  Whilst he talks about what he misses he is looking at past photos around the house and family recordings from the time in the past. He then beings to prepare for the large trip to the area where he thinks there are kind people and resources.  He beings to go to the area, talking about how he thought it was his last hope and yet it was still dead. Until, we see it cut to a scene where he sees a light go off. It cuts and ends leaving the audience wanting more.