The first draft of the black candle script

 

The black candle mood board :

 Mood Board for The Black Candle 

Props:

Black Candles

1. The Candle projects the entity entering the house and also represents a dark eerie atmosphere.

2. Convention used is Mise-En-Scene.

3. The Candle will be used in the circle of salt and will be in the beginning of our first two minute shot as we film the candle of salt.

Rose Petals

1. This image has a symbolic meaning and represents passion and love, the spiritual meaning of the rose petals would mean God's love at work and this shows that there has been a lot of passion and love and  effort used to cast a spell.

2. The convention being used is a Mise-En-Scene

3. The Rose Peats will be scattered around the candles creating the salt circle and they will also be used when the house owner has left the house leaving his note behind.

Village Broom

1. The village Broom symbolises protection and spiritual cleansing. The meaning behind the broom is to sweep all the bad fortune away and protect against evil.

2. The convention used here is Mise-En-Scene.

3. In the film we will be using the village broom as a prop to show our audience that we are cleaners and we have arrived for cleaning, until we come across an unspoken entity.

Salt ( Circle of Salt )

1. The salt symbolises purification, usefulness and Value. However in our short film the salt represents the circle of salt which is the circle that has allowed the entity to enter the house.

2. This convention is a Mise-En-Scene

3. During the film we will come across the circle of salt in many different shots, this is because the circle of salt has a big role in our film and it is the starting and ending to every entity to ever be involved in the spiritual realm.

Costume Ideas

Village suits

1. This is the outfit that all three girls in the short film are wearing. However it wont be the exact outfit but the outfit would most likely be similar to the outfit in the picture above. All three girls will be wearing a bandana to cover their hair in a form of respect and will be representing Turkish village girls.

2. The convention used here is Genre

3. In the short film all three girls will be wearing an outfit similar to this outfit to represent the Turkish village girls as they sweep down the house.

House Owners Outfit

1. This image represents the houseowner of the house that the three Turkish girls will be working in, The house owner is a man who is very creepy and has a hat on him at all times he does not wear the same above outfit on top but a similar outfit to the image above. 

2. The convention used is Genre.

3. The House owner is a very creepy man who allows the three girls to work for him.

Locations

Hainault Forest

1. The symbolic meaning for this picture is potential danger, mystery and other worlds. This picture is our location for the short film and this will be shot in Hainault Forest allowing us to get a better view and better camera angles in our shots, this place is not going to have any public citizens around us.

2. The convention is  Mise-En-Scene

3. In the short film the girls will start off by teleporting from the forest into their reality world, however the girls will be unaware that it even happened to them.

Meriyem (Meri) House

1. The symbolic meaning for this picture has no meaning however it is supposed to be a mansion which has been left unattended by the owner of the house, the use of meristem house is to show that the house is an unattended mansion. 

2. The convention is Mise-En-scene 

3. In the short film the girls wakeup in the bedroom and the house owner has activated the curse towards the end of our short film.

My own full evaluation

 

My own full script reflection

 

Annotated own script

 

Evidence logging rushes: use and discard folders

 

In this image, I am going onto my opening sequence file where I dump all the content taken including images and now I will be sorting that folder out:

           

In this image, I have selected new folder as I am making two folders named as use and discard:

I then select, grab and drop all the footage and images that will be used into the used folders and discard folders: 

I then have an organised two folders so when editing or needed pieces of footage, props or images, They are all in one place. This makes it ready for me to gab and waste no time. 

Rushes log

Clip no.	Clip Duration	Clip name	Clip Description of action	Use/Discard?
1	9 seconds	Bed scene	Raima and Meriyem sleeping in bed	use
2	7 seconds	Wakeup scene	Meriyem and Fajar trying to wakeup Raima	use
3	15 seconds	Waking up Raima	Fajar trying to wakeup Raima	use
4	11 seconds	Mirror Scene	Fajar in the mirror	use
5	8 seconds	5 more minutes of sleep	Meriyem trying to wakeup raima	use
6	9 seconds	Walking in forest	All three girls enter forest	discard
7	5 seconds	Skipping in forest	The girls  skipping in the forest	discard
8	8 seconds	Enter House scene	The girls outside the house	use
9	9 seconds	Walking up to the house	The girls walking up to house	use
10	10 seconds	Walking into the house	Meriyem complaining about the house door	use
11	8 seconds	Enter house	All three girls enter the house with notice of them walking in	use
12	9 seconds	House owner appears	The House Owner shows up at the door	use
13	5 seconds	The girls gather in corner	The girls complain about the house owner being creepy	use
14	11 seconds	Raima walks ahead	Raima finds a letter on the staircase which has ashkim written on it.	use
15	24 seconds	Raima calls the girls over	Raima calls the girls over to read the letter	use
16	4 seconds	Fajar has a reaction	Fajar has a reaction towards the letter	discard
17	5 seconds	Fajar reaction redo	Fajar has a reaction towards the letter	use
18	1 second	Fajar facial expression	Fajar face reaction towards the letter	use
19	5 seconds	Salt and candle	Candle and salt zoom up	use
20	5 seconds	Salt and candle pt2	Candle and salt zoom up on the fire	use

Evidence following health and safety guidelines

 

Evidence using the planning material:

Here is evidence that I was using the story board during the process of filming our opening sequence: