Day one filming.

Today I began filming, using one of four settings I have chosen; my bedroom. Although this isn't the first shot that will be shown in my movie opening; I began with filming the notice board I had created as Arabella's - consisting of notes, drawings and a porcelain doll she kept. I also filmed the photograph's Arabella kept of herself and Cynthia. Both shot's featured a very similar camera composition; panning from left to right - at a reasonably medium close up shot - in order to specifically show certain items. When panning across the notice board with the camera, I struggled to show the whole scene and the props included in that scene; meaning I had to pan backwards and forwards which unfortunately looked quite untidy and caused the camera to shake slightly, therefore it took several times to get it exactly how I wanted it. When filming the photo's, I didn't want to include the background therefore I made my bedroom pitch black and used the small light on the camera, meaning the photo's only appeared when the camera got closer to them and the light shone on them, which I think has created a really good effect. I am happy with my filming today, and tomorrow I will continue to film a few more shots to put together with what I have filmed today.

Props.

I shall use various props throughout the movie, as characters aren't shown extremely often - there is a frequent show of Arabella's possessions, like:

A porcelain doll which shall appear on the notice board, as well as a glimpse of it that appears when various photographs of Arabella and Cynthia are shown:

The frequent show of the porcelain doll will create an idea that it's a significantly important possession of Arabella's. On the notice board we read 'she listens to me' with an arrow to the doll. The food colouring is one of the main props I will use, particularly in Shot 3 when the food colouring is being poured and spread into the bath, below is the food colouring I will use.

I have also created this (below) with the food colouring, which has been a last minute idea - and appears toward the end of the movie. This hint's that Arabella is writing with blood, confessing her sins about 'the voices'.

Lastly, another prop I will be using is this notebook - that shall be portrayed as Arabella's diary, (title) featuring all of Arabella's thoughts that she has whilst suffering with schizophrenia. This prop helps viewers to understand the child's mental state which results her in 'killing Cynthia'.

Location.

I have chosen several locations to film, one of the main being the woods. I was planning to use the woods when showing Arabella at the end of the movie, however I found a suitable place at the bottom of my garden that I wish to use.
Here are some images of the main settings that will be shown during the movie:
The playroom wall:

Above is the part of my garden that I wish to use toward the end of the movie. I prefer this location compared to the woods I originally planned to use, as it is a smaller space where Cynthia is found, emphasising her secluded loneliness.
However, I have still used the woods, which is larger space that allows me to feature the swish pan camera movement:

Here is part of my bedroom I used when showing the girl brushing her hair in the mirror. I think this setting is really effective as I can film from an over the shoulder shot which will be seen in the mirror in-front. I chose this particular part of my room as the colour of the curtains (pink) is very stereotypical for a young girl, which also signifies a sense of innocence, which is in fact very deceiving.

Below is the bathroom where I want to record Shot number 3, with the blood/food colouring being poured into the bath. Although you don't see bathroom as a main setting in the movie - you do see the bath, as shown below:

Shooting script.

Shot number 1:
Grassy floor in the woods.
Shot location:In the woods.
Camera angle/composition:Close up, seen from the victims viewpoint.
Possible editing:Black & White colour. Fast motion editing.
Shot number 2:
Panning of the woods from left to right.
Shot location:In the woods.
Camera angle/composition:Swish pan, seen from the victims view point.
Possible editingBlack and white colour.
Shot number 3:
Running bath with blood dripping and spreading into the water.
Shot location:Bathroom.
Camera angle/composition:High angle shot gradually zooming into the water.
Possible editing:Production company title appears in black text.
Shot number 4:
Chid-like drawn images on a wall.
Shot location:Playroom.
Camera angle/composition:Medium shot slowly panning across the images
Possible editing:Fade into next shot
Shot number 5
Notice board including notes and destructive drawings, and porcelain doll are shown, as possessions of Arabella's.
Shot location:Bedroom.
Camera angle/composition:Panning backwards and forwards varying from mid-shot/close-up on specifically important items on the notice board.
Possible editingNames of cast on screen in black text.
Shot number 6
Various photographs of two young girls (Cynthia and Arabella) are shown hung up, as possessions of Arabella's.
Shot location:Bedroom
Camera angle/composition:Medium-shot panning/gradually zooming.
Possible editing:Director & Producer title appears in black text
Shot number 7:
Cynthia running in the woods/looks back at the camera.
Shot location:In the woods.
Camera angle/composition:Continuously tracking Cynthia as she runs through the woods at a medium-close up shot.
Possible editing:Slow motion tracking, possibly in black and white colour.
Shot number 8:
Black screen, zoom into Cynthia sitting in the woods/Cynthia suddenly looks up.
Shot location:Woods.
Camera angles/composition:Close up shot tracking Cynthia
Possible editing:Fast motion, dark lighting.
Shot number 9:
Arabella's diary is found, and opened revealing what she has written that concludes the opening we've seen in the first 8 shots.
Shot location:Bedroom
Camera angles/composition:Mid-shot zooming into close-up shot of the writing.
Shot number 10:
Diary closes and reveals the title 'Arabella's diary'
Shot location:Bedroom
Camera angles/composition:High angle shot zooming into the text shown at a close-up shot.

Story board.

I have created a brief storyboard to show step by step how my movie opening may appear. When I begin filming I may change the order in which all of these are shown below, however if I do - I will reorder and update my storyboard.

Cast.

Although there are two main characters in the film (Cynthia and Arabella), both parts were played by one person; Beth Giles.

Beth appears in the movie, as shown above as Cynthia. Due to Cynthia being the innocent, naive character, Beth will be displayed in this part of the movie with natural make-up and costumes to ensure she maintains a simplistic and mediocre child-like look. However, the images below portray Beth when she appears as Arabella, who obviously needs to be portrayed in a more sinister and some what evil way.

As you can see there have been a lot of make-up changes to Beth for her to appear like Arabella. I made Beth's face look a lot paler, accentuating the dark circles formed around her eyes - I also used dark eye make-up between her collar bones and on her jaw line to emphasise her bone structure (which I noticed were distinctive in Black Swan). Finally, I put food colouring on parts of Beth's face too - hinting at the blood which the audience could presume may be Cynthia's!