Props

Here at LNC, we've been breaking the bank with all the props we need to make our teaser trailer as riveting as possible. Unfortunately, due to our current ages, neither of us have any childhood toys lying around the house so we made a trip to Poundland and purchased the most fun yet gruelling props available.

Here's Some Pictures Of Our Purchases:

This Here is Ursula's signature Bat which she uses on her victims. It's a soft toy and we thought that the bright designs splashed all over it really emphasised the childhood aspect of our storyline.

The Ball is essential for allowing us to travel around with our child. It is red in colour and bouncy again to highlight the significance of youth in our trailer.

It was hard to find the Candy Bracelets we needed for our main character. The bracelets are a clue left by Ursula once she commits her crime so we didn’t stop looking until we found them in the weirdest of places...Claire’s Accessories :/

For our set design, we need to put blood on our props to give the audience subtle hints as to Ursula's actions. We purchased many varieties of Fake Blood and will experiment with each of them on the most realistic purchase.

The Skipping Rope is another clue in our trailer. Supposedly one of the toys used on one of Ursula's victims, it will be filmed as background scenery, bloodstained.

The bloody Knife will not be shown in much detail as we are using it for Ursula to scrape across the railings as she follows her next victim. By hiding the content of her hands, our viewers will be wondering what it is that she is doing and for this reason, they will be more shocked when they find out what she does.

This is the Birthday Cake that the lonely childhood Ursula will be seen holding and then blowing out at the beginning and ending of our trailer. This is to show that Ursula has been trouble from an early age.

These are the various items of Ursula's Costume. The Lacy Gloves are a feminine alternative to cover up her fingerprints once committing her crime. The Bracelets are a collection of which she leaves on her victims as a sort of souvenir. The Sunglasses are to ensure that we never see the full face of Ursula and her facial identity remains hidden.

Nikkie's make up

Believe it or not but Davids' make-up was not planned the slightest, infact the amazing idea sparked from Davids' little head himself.

She started off by using the fake blood make-up kit to create the illusion of a nose bleed, Creative, aye ?
which amazingly looked believable ..
Aaaah Nicks, work of art is just amazing!!



After applying the illusionary nose bleed, David came back in and insisted we added a black eye, and boy was it a greaaat idea :D!!







And because of Davids' greaaat idea and Nicki's great work of art..
We were all satisfied and got greaaaat images..

LNC's Key Concepts

Poster scribbles

The time has come for us to start planning our poster properly. Thanks to our images, we already have a pretty good idea on how we want our poster to look but there's no harm in a little experimenting ;)

This Poster for the movie Salt is of a less traditional layout. The main character is pushed to the far right with the images providing her location blurred. This allows the audience to not only focus on the main character image but on the text also which emphasises the A-List Star, Angelina Jolie. We tried this in our sketching with our character to the far right and a blurred background of a playground but we didn't believe that this was dark and menacing enough to suit our trailer. Along with this, our film is not based on A-List celebraties and so such a big bold font highlighting the name of our main character will not have a huge effect on the turnout as the audience will not already have an idea of what to expect from her.

We ♥ this poster. The image of a strong striking female is emphasised in the lack of distraction in a background and the pure close up. The colourscheme is also very simple with a jet black background acting as the character's hair and white text. We will try and emulate the black background created by our character's hair...However, if this does not work...we will use a black sheet as background. In terms of colourscheme, whilst our background can be black, our text must be colourful for the childlike theme. We will have a tagline along with our website advertised on the bottom to have as little but important text as possible.

Storyboarding

Synopsis Of Playtime

Ursula Montgomerry may appear to be an ordinary female but this is far from the truth. Beneath her glamorous exterior lies a messed up and twisted individual who seeks revenge in the most inhumane manner!

Childhood is supposed to be a time of happiness, innocence and youthful activities. Childhood is the one time in life where personalities are developed, friendships are made and lessons are learnt. Childhood shapes your life and creates the person that one should be in the future. Ursula Montgomerry never shared this experience. Ursula's childhood was one of much loneliness, little happiness and an almost non existent development of friendship.

Abandoned as child and frequently mocked by her peers, Ursula developed a persona shaped from torment and neglection. Her childhood was not normal and this is reflected in her behaviour. Ursula seeks revenge on all the children that isolated her from the joys of childhood. Ursula marks it as her time to play and with her childhood enemies being older and easier, Ursula seeks revenge using present children that share similarities with the personalities of her tormentors.

By luring innocent souls in with invitations to play with herm Ursula uses toys to torture children to a premature death. Each time Ursula carries out this procedure she lets go of that much more of her childhood memories. This may be her idea of fun and games but is this what you call Playtime?

Ratings

Our Film will be rated as a 15 and in order not to breech any of the Terms and Conditions that the British Board of Film Classification has set. These requirements are listed below.
Suitable only for 15 years and over
No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity
Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex
Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.