update

Location

We are going to be shooting our footage in a private farm that a member of Esme's family owns. Therefore we will have good access to it. From what Esme has described it seems like it will be the perfect place to shoot our footage, as it has the stoned roads which will create a good sound as the car travels over it. and there are barns which we can use to drag the body in. As it will be very dark when we shoot our footage this will add to the 'spooky' effect. as we don't all live near each other it will mean arranging ways of getting there and taking the camera out over a weekend but that shouldn't be a problem.

Sound

We are going to make a soundtrack for our sequence in garage band, we want to use a lot of piano in it to create suspense. The soft sound of the piano gives the impression that everything is okay, but with sudden, louder/harder notes it makes the audience jump. When i think of pianos i imagine them sitting in an old house covered in dust, as today they are not as frequently played as they used to be. although we are going to produce a soundtrack we will have it on quite low, as we want the audience to also here the diagetic sound of the car as it travels over the stony ground. I think this will work well and create more tension. We will also hear the engine of the car running as the man gets out to take the body into the barn, and then the door shut behind him.

Acting?

As our sequence is quite 'secretive' and we are not letting the audience know too much we are not going to have any 'actors' as such. We will have a driver of the car, which will probably be either the owner of the car or Tom, but no-one will know the identity of the character as his face will not be shown. This will leave the audience in more suspense as they will want to know who the driver is, what he looks like, and what he is doing? these questions will make them gripped from the opening and then they will want to continue watching the film to find out the answers.
we will also need a body. Which could be played by any of us. Again the identity of this person will not be shown and they will either have something covering their face or shots will be taken of the rest of their body, leaving the head out.

Problems?

We are very pleased with our idea and think that it will work well. we have found a car which we can use, and have an appropriate place to shoot our footage.
One problem which we think may occur is the fact that we are shooting at night. Although we are going to be using light from the car headlights as our main source of light, we are still a little worried that it will still be quite dark, and we have been warned that the cameras we are using do not film well in the dark. We will try and produce as much extra light as possible, maybe from another car, but we do not want it to look too 'artificial'. If we were to film our footage during the day then it would not have the same effect, so we will have to do all we can to ensure we get the best possible results.
If it was to rain on the day of filming not heavily but just slightly, this could give a really nice effect,especially as the driver drives into the road, we could focus on the windscreen wipers.
This is not part of our idea, as we obviously cannot predict the weather, but if it was to rain slightly we could use it to our advantage.

Shooting.

We have not as yet picked a specific day for filming as we need to all get together to arrange a date. We are either hoping to film on a week night after college, or a weekend, either a Friday or Sunday night. We will discuss this as a group when we are all together.

Props and Costume

To make the sequence still seem quite ordinary, we will have the driver dressed in casual clothes, such as jeans and a jacket. We have decided to do this as if he was wearing say a black cloak and long leather gloves etc, it may make it seem too over the top and unrealistic. the driver we are using will also feel more comfortable in his own clothes.
The 'body' will again be dressed in ordinary everyday clothes which may have a blood stain on? We may also use a cloth with blood on which could be dropped on the body by the driver, to set somebody up or something.
The only other props we will need, will be the car, and the camera. the barns will obviously be at the location. Also we may need to buy a padlock for when the driver leaves the barn.