31.4 Selection of 3 pictures

For the first photograph I picked a photo that didn't show much colour and objects. It's more of a simple photo that I tried to use negative space on for the main title sequence. I had a friend sit down next to me and face away so that the back of the head was facing me. The wind was blowing so that the hair was flying everywhere. This along with the negative blurry space of the tunnel gives the picture a certain atmosphere of loneliness and mystery as to who the person is. I selected it as it brings a sense of mystery to the scene.

This second photograph I picked I tried to use rule of thirds so that it could focus more on the boy and the graffiti right beside him. But it didn't work out so this was the outcome of that attempt and it turned out to be an okay photograph that I used in the final title sequence. The colour is a dimmer shade so that the atmosphere of the title sequence won't get ruined by bright colours.

This third photograph shows a model playing the main character role. Again the colour has been dimmed to fit the theme of dark pictures in the sequence. I had to aim the camera away from the light so that there would be less exposure in the photograph. 

31.2 Planning of Photoshoot

                        The Planning of photoshoot for TV show Unexpected title sequence 

.Specific media product photos will be used for Unexpected 

.Theme for photo shoot: Dark and eery.

.Revlevant equipment, props, costume: Canon camera, a studio for some of the photographs,tripod, and fake blood (special effect make up).
Costumes: Everyday clothing.

. Recce of shoot location:
I will mainly be shooting under the tunnel that is on the guided bus way in Cambridge. This location is safe to shoot in and gives a lot of natural lighting, which I need. This tunnel has a dark look due to lots of graffiti being drawn all over the walls. 

.Risk assessment:

shooting schedule:

Model Release Forms: 

31.1 (3 Different Photographers)

Photographer 1: http://erwinolafphotography.blogspot.co.uk/

Photographer 2: http://maryellenmark.blogspot.co.uk/

Photographer 3: http://sophiecallephotographer.blogspot.co.uk/

31.5 Edits and descriptions of 5 photographs

5 Edited photographs

In process.

                                                                  Photograph 1 Process

                                      

Final outcome 

Description:

For this edit I lowered the brightness and hue to create a more darker look to the once bright photo. I then lowered the contrast so that the colour wouldn't stand out and look odd with the darker background. The manual setting used for this photograph was a lower aperture to let less light in.

Photograph 2

Final Outcome

                                                                       Description:
                        For this photograph I lowered the brightness/highlight and the contrast so
        that the photo was much darker then the original. It matches the atmosphere of the series as the two models are acting the roles while everything is dark all around them, including themselves. For the original photograph I used a manual exposure mode.

Photograph 3

Final Outcome

Description:

I added more contrast to the picture to make it look more clear to the eye. 

I increased the brightness and hue so that the picture would come out more vivid. The original photograph was shot with f/11.0.

Photograph 4

Final Outcome

Description:

For this photograph I wanted the final outcome to look dark and creepy which would be hard to do. I tried to lower the lighting and increased the contrast to have this final picture. The originals max aperture value was f/5.3.

                                                                      Photograph 5

Final Outcome

Description: 

For this final photograph I only changed and redid the contrast and vibrance.

This last photograph wasn't shot with a manual as I was only testing the shot but i ended up liking it, so this photograph was auto.

16.4 pitch/show bible

Pitch

Show Bible

                                                                  TV Show Bible
                                                                    'Unexpected'
                                                       by Shannon McDonald-Doyle
.Synopsis of series
This concept is about a women called Julie Storey set in 1992 and how the series is from her point of view. It shows how she plans the killings for each person and how she decides to pick the next victim. Each episode will start with a flashback of her life before the killings. This will give the audience a chance to get to know the main character. Once in the 2/3 episode the main storyline will kick in. This storyline consisting of a struggle between the main characters mind and heart as she struggles to go through with one of her killings that involves a male she has known for some time. This male seems to switch some type of feeling inside of her to the point where she is conflicted about the situation. The end of the series will have her writing down the next name and all you will be able to see is the surname.

.Character bios
Julie Storey
Age: 23
From South London
Date of birth 17Th July 1969
Grew up in a good home with parents. Is a only child of recently deceased John and Louise Storey. She was medically diagnosed with PTSD at the age of 16. She now lives in her own flat from outside of the city centre. Has a part time job at the local coffee shop but doesn't really talk to many people. There was a childhood event that caused her to get PTSD which plays a role in her life style now.

Character bio
Jamie Evans
Age: 24
From South London
Date of birth 13Th September 1968
Grew up next door to a quiet family in South London. Was best friends with the little girl next door for 6 years until she moved. Lives in a big flat in the city centre with his husky. Works in a business office in town.

.Episodes (outline of 10)

Episode 1: The starting scene is of a little blonde girl running around a garden laughing and shouting for her mother. That scene quickly fades and the shot is now in a dark room with pictures scattered everywhere with paper and pens. There are now footsteps being heard from a distance travelling  towards this room with faint mumbling mixed within the sounds. The camera zooms into this persons shoes and travels slowly upwards till it reaches the hands giving you the idea that it’s a women and she’s now laughing while crossing a name out on a piece of paper. The scene cuts to police tape wrapped around poles with the sound of people talking and cameras going off. There will then be quick shot of a body, which then will disappear, and you will be shown flashbacks of the night before what lead up to that point.

Episode 2: This episode introduces the second main character, Jamie Evans. It starts off with him grabbing his things and leaving his flat for work. On his way he grabs a newspaper, which has the headlines of the murder from episode 1. The key scene of this episode is Jamie traveling to his family’s home that is outside the city centre and on a street that the other main character, Julie lives on. The shot will show her house with her sitting outside writing in a note pad and watching intently on the family greeting each other.

Episode 3: Scene outline It starts off with a shot of a guys feet running early in the morning with faint music playing in the background. This shot quickly disappears and returns with the darkroom that has paper flying everywhere like someone is throwing it in a rage. The camera will focus on one of the ripped up pieces of paper that was just thrown which will have a list of names, some scribbled out and some still neatly written. The next shot will be of police walking around the neighbourhood knocking on doors and questioning people of the previous murder. The ending scene will be of the police trying to piece together clues on the murder. 

Episode 4: Key scenes for this episode are;

. Getting more clues on who this woman could be as it shows her planning a murder.

. Julie watching Jamie while he stays with his parents.

. Flashbacks of a little girl and boy playing in the boy’s room and talking.

. Julie cleaning her house with bleach.

. Another murder of a young man. Different style of death to the first one.

Episode 5: Key scenes for this episode are;

. Showing the scene of the murder from episode 2.

. Flashbacks of the boy and girl. Starting to show who they are.

. Starting to show Julie's real colours.

. Showing more of the mystery women and the planning she does.

. Jamie getting paranoid.

Episode 6: Key scenes for this episode are;

. Finally showing who this woman is.

. Julie going out and helping the police.

. Showing Jamie being followed/watched from a distance.
. Flashbacks

Episode 7: Key scenes for this episode are;
. Blood being washed off of hands with a women laughing in background.
. Jamie running towards his parents home (Getting more paranoid).
. The police getting more clues and getting closer to the killer.
. Shots of the dark room with new plans taped to the wall.
. Flashbacks.

Episode 8: Key scenes for this episode are;
. Flashbacks of the boy and girl older. Giving you a sense of who they are.
. Pictures of Jamie up on the walls of the dark room.
. Another murder being added to the new list that is being made of murders from this new killer.
. This new body was someone who Jamie knew well which will hit home to him.

Episode 9: Key scenes for this episode are;
. Julie getting angry at herself over what she is doing to Jamie.
. Jamie finally recognising who Julie is.
. Julie gets questioned by police but manages to get of the situation.
. Flashbacks but of only the girl and her being involved in a traumatic experience which will connect with Julie's PTSD.
. Jamie getting taken at ending scene.

Episode 10: Key scenes for this episode are;
. Flashback who Julie in the hospital and getting told her parents are dead.
. Jamie wakes up in a field with dried blood on his head with no memory of what happened.
. Julie screaming and throwing objects around her house in a fit of rage with dried blood on her clothes.
. Police locking up the wrong person who has been framed.
. Ending scene is of Julie angrily writing 4 names down on a list who all have the same last name. 

Changes to name of show
I named this show 'Julie Storey' at first but it didn't appeal to me as it seemed to boring and long. This name wouldn't catch an audience appeal so I gave the name a second thought and came up with 'Unexpected' as it connects with the story of the show and is simple but catchy. This would be easy to remember and would stand out with all the other short named shows.

Location
I thought about the location for a while and thought South London in the 90's would fit in with the story. I didn't want a quiet atmosphere as it wouldn't fit the theme of the story. So both outline of the city centre and in the city centre is a fitting role.

16.5 feed back and Pre-Production / Production plan

. For the development on one of our concepts, Hollie and I decided to choose the concept I developed, called 'Unexpected' which was originally called 'Julie Storey' but was changed last second. The feedback that was given about this concept gave us good ideas about how we can explore the story and to improve it several ways .

What we've added are more characters, for example 2 ensemble casts of lawyers and police men. We also have cleared the storyline so that it isn't all over the place and lastly we have given each murder victim a story so that they each have either done something bad to the main character or someone else.

Concept

The concept of this show is that there Is a young woman around the age of 25 who is very psychotic and goes around killing men who she has written down on her ‘hit-list’. Her reason for killing each of the men on her list will be because the men have either done something bad to her (rape, abuse, forced her into something) or she has witnesses / known about them doing bad things to other girls / woman.

However, when she comes to one of her victims who is named Jamie, she finds it difficult to go through with the assassination of the man as she begins falling in love with him.

It will also be brought to the attention of the audience that Jamie did not in fact commit the crime that Julie had been accusing him of which causes conflict between the 2. 

First pilot episode breakdown

The pilot episode of the series will include the following…

·      Introduction to the main characters

·      A crime / murder

·      The main character facing a problem with a man which leads her to kill him

·      Background on the main character

Timescale

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Date

·      Pre-production started in November 2015 and finished in January 2016

·      Filming for the pilot episode will be shot during the last couple of months of 2015 through to the start of 2016

·      The pilot will air at the beginning of October 2016

·      The whole series will be aired at the end of October / start of November 2017

Launch date

The first episode of the series after the pilot will be aired in late October 2017

Length of episode

The length of each episode will be roughly 45 minutes; this is because it is a long enough amount of time to be able to cover a large amount of the story line yet it isn’t too long that people will get bored or wont be able to watch the episodes due to them being too long.

When will it be shot?

The pilot episode will be shot at the end of 2015, ready to air at the start of October 2016.

Characters

Julie Storey

Age: 23

From South London

Date of birth 17Th July 1969

Grew up in a good home with parents. Is a only child of recently deceased John and Louise Storey. She was medically diagnosed with PTSD at the age of 16. She now lives in her own flat from outside of the city centre. Has a part time job at the local coffee shop but doesn't really talk to many people. There was a childhood event that caused her to get PTSD which plays a role in her life style now.

Jamie Evans

Age: 24

From South London

Date of birth 13Th September 1968

Grew up next door to a quiet family in South London. Was best friends with the little girl next door for 6 years until she moved. Lives in a big flat in the city centre with his husky. Works in a business office in town.

Lawyers

Age: varies

From South London

There will be an ensemble cast of different lawyers during the series as the series is going to be crime based and our main character is a murderer.

Detectives / police men

Age: varies

From South London

There will be a number of police men and detectives who will be investigating the cases of the different murders that will have taken place. 

Storyline / episode breakdown

Episode 1: The starting scene is of a little blonde girl running around a garden laughing and shouting for her mother. That scene quickly fades and the shot is now in a dark room with pictures scattered everywhere with paper and pens. There are now footsteps being heard from a distance travelling towards this room with faint mumbling mixed within the sounds. The camera zooms into this persons shoes and travels slowly upwards till it reaches the hands giving you the idea that it’s a women and she’s now laughing while crossing a name out on a piece of paper. The scene cuts to police tape wrapped around poles with the sound of people talking and cameras going off. There will then be quick shot of a body, which then will disappear, and you will be shown flashbacks of the night before of what lead up to that point.

Episode 2: This episode introduces the second main character, Jamie Evans. It starts off with him grabbing his things and leaving his flat for work. On his way he grabs a newspaper, which has the headlines of the murder from episode 1. The key scene of this episode is Jamie traveling to his family’s home that is outside the city centre and on a street that the other main character, Julie lives on. The shot will show her house with her sitting outside writing in a note pad and watching intently on the family greeting each other.

Episode 3: (Scene outline) It starts off with a shot of a guys feet running early in the morning with faint music playing in the background. This shot quickly disappears and returns with the darkroom that has paper flying everywhere like someone is throwing it in a rage. The camera will focus on one of the ripped up pieces of paper that was just thrown which will have a list of names, some scribbled out and some still neatly written. The next shot will be of police walking around the neighbourhood knocking on doors and questioning people of the previous murder. The ending scene will be of the police trying to piece together clues on the murder.

Episode 4: Key scenes for this episode are;

. Getting more clues on who this woman could be as it shows her planning a murder.

. Julie watching Jamie while he stays with his parents.

. Flashbacks of a little girl and boy playing in the boy’s room and talking.

. Julie cleaning her house with bleach.

. Another murder of a young man. Different style of death to the first one.

Episode 5: Key scenes for this episode are;

. Showing the scene of the murder from episode 2.

. Flashbacks of the boy and girl. Starting to show who they are.

. Starting to show Julie's real colours.

. Showing more of the mystery women and the planning she does.

. Jamie getting paranoid.

Episode 6: Key scenes for this episode are;

. Finally showing who this woman is.

. Julie going out and helping the police.

. Showing Jamie being followed/watched from a distance.

. Flashbacks

Episode 7: Key scenes for this episode are;

. Blood being washed off of hands with a women laughing in background.

. Jamie running towards his parents home (Getting more paranoid).

. The police getting more clues and getting closer to the killer.

. Shots of the dark room with new plans taped to the wall.

. Flashbacks.

Episode 8: Key scenes for this episode are;

. Flashbacks of the boy and girl older. Giving you a sense of who they are.

. Pictures of Jamie up on the walls of the dark room.

. Another murder being added to the new list that is being made of murders from this new killer.

. This new body was someone who Jamie knew well which will hit home to him.

Episode 9: Key scenes for this episode are;

. Julie getting angry at herself over what she is doing to Jamie.

. Jamie finally recognising who Julie is.

. Julie gets questioned by police but manages to get of the situation.

. Flashbacks but of only the girl and her being involved in a traumatic experience which will connect with Julie's PTSD.

. Jamie getting taken at ending scene.

Episode 10: Key scenes for this episode are;

. Flashback who Julie in the hospital and getting told her parents are dead.

. Jamie wakes up in a field with dried blood on his head with no memory of what happened.

. Julie screaming and throwing objects around her house in a fit of rage with dried blood on her clothes.

. Police locking up the wrong person who has been framed.

. Ending scene is of Julie angrily writing 4 names down on a list who all have the same last name. 

Resources and Equipment

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Key crew

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Budgets

 

Legal and Ethical issues

There could be some Legal issues as there will be illegal behaviour during each episode, this behaviour could cause upset to some viewers. There could be ethical issues also due to the illegal behaviour, but everything involved in this show will be done tastefully and as sensitively as possible.

Contingency plans

The contingency plan for our schedule would be a back up for when something doesn't go smoothly or has to be changed to another time. We would have to have back up locations, equipment and on call crew and cast.