Locations used

Location

Mental Asylum
The first scene in our film takes place in a mental asylum where Lucinda is staying. To create this scene, we wanted to find a room that looked similar to this or one similar to a hospital room. We checked out different rooms in our college and finally decided on using the health and social rooms in our college. This room had lots of items in it which did not stick to the theme of our scene, such as dummy's, cots and posters about the health and social course. There were also some items in the room which were appropriate for our scene such as a hospital bed and table and chairs so we left them in the room but changed their position. For the items which weren't appropriate for our scene we had to move and put back later.
-Image of room before-

In the finished location, we left the bed in the corner as we felt it fitted with how the asylum room would look. We moved the table and chair to the side so we were able to film the interview which would take place here. We replaced any posters on the wall with pictures of Lucinda's family/past to show that she is still thinking about them.
-Image of room after -

 

Lucinda's home/garden In the flashbacks, we see different clips of Lucinda's memory of her at home with her mum and sister. We decided to use Jessica's real home as the location to record this so that it looks the most realistic as possible and we wouldn't have to adjust it much. We firstly used Jessica's kitchen to record in and didn't adjust anything in this as the kitchen needed to look as natural as possible.
-Image of kitchen-

The next location at Jessica's house was in her garden so that we can see Agnus and Lucinda playing and a brief shot of her being kidnapped. We didn't adjust the garden much but took away anything which would have took the attention away of them both too much and added children's toys on the floor to show their youth and to make it look natural.
-Image of garden-

Kidnappers carTo film the kidnapper getting ready in his van, we used the location of Demi's car. We used a car so that we can do shots of him holding onto the steering wheel and pressing onto the pedal. We used the location of inside the car as it would be easier then using props outside the car of a steering wheel as it will look more realistic. We didn't change anything at this location as we wanted the inside of the car to look like an everyday persons which would not arise any suspicion.
-Image of car-

Costume, hair and makeup preperation

Lucinda

For my makeup (Lucinda) we wanted to make her look Ill and drained. We asked Robyn to come in and told her how we wanted to makeup to look. We told her we wanted Lucinda to look really pale which would make her look unhealthy and unwell. We also asked Robyn to enhance my bone structure to make my face look more hollow and ultimately make me look weak and fragile. Next, we asked Robyn to focus on my eyes. We wanted them to look sunken in very heavy. Robyn started by putting some purple eye shadow on the waterline of my eyes making them appear bigger. After Robyn applied the purple, she took a brown eye shadow and applied it under my eyes. This overall made my eyes look indented and the main focal point of my facial features.

 

Due to my hair being fairly long and naturally quite wavy, we decided to leave it natural. Although, my hair itself is quite thin, so, what we decided to do is comb the top of the hair making it appear quite greasy and backcombed the bottom of I making it appear thicker. We though that a middle parting would look better as my hair could hide part of my face making the character appear more mysterious.

Finally, we found a long white Victorian style nightgown for Lucinda's outfit. The dress was slightly oversized in essence made Lucinda appear frail and fragile. The dress looks like and old fashioned hospital gown which allowed the audience to identify that's she's mentally unstable.

 

 

Overall, I feel we achieved the look we was aiming for.

Psychiatrist

For the Psychiatrists makeup, we wanted to make her look older and very professional. Therefore we kept her makeup to a minimal and gave it a sophisticated feel. Firstly, we added a small amount of foundation to make her skin tone look even and smooth. Due to the psychiatrist wearing glasses, we came to the conclusion that her eyes will not be a focal point of her makeup so we added a small amount of mascara to her lashes. We then decided to put red lipstick on her lips as we thought it gave her an elegant look and made her lips appear larger and plumper. For the Psychiatrists hair, I placed it in a low loose bun and curled the strands of loose hair at the front, again making her appear very sleek and professional.

 

 

For the psychiatrists outfit, we dressed her in a white blouse with a skin tight pencil skirt and black tights. This made demi look older and sophisticated. The white lab coat helped us to identify that she was a Dr and made her look certified and trained. Finally, the black heals made her appear taller which completed the whole outfit.

 

Overall, I feel we achieved the looked we aimed for.



Translator

For the translator's makeup, we added foundation to make her skin tone appear even and smooth. We wanted to make sure that her makeup was subtle and neutral which would contrast well with her whole outfit so we added black mascara and a small amount of eyeliner to her eyes. This make them appear bigger and accentuates them. Purple lipstick was added to Jades lips to make her look professional and made her look very classy. For the translators hair, we put it in a long sleek pony tail, which allowed her hair to be pinned back from her face.

For the translators outfit, we chose a light brown blouse top and a black pencil skirt. Both colours were very neutral which contrasted well with her makeup. She also wore some black, pointed, sequenced  heals which made her look taller and older.

 

Overall, I feel we achieved the looked we aimed for.

Character Profiles (Lucinda, Translator, Kidnapper)

Lucinda

Name: Lucinda Wilson

Age: 17

Occupation: None

Character Traits: Lucinda is a very disturbed and twisted young girl who sees the world from a very pessimistic point of view since the kidnapping of her slightly older sister Agnes. She is currently residing at a psychiatric ward in which she is isolated from others as she is seen as a threat to society. Her hair is very long and dark and often masks her appearance. Her eyes are sunken in and her skin is very fair due to her treatment and mental illness. She is full of vengeance and will do anything to get what she wants - to see her sisters kidnapper dead. She is unresponsive to others and is extremely introverted, with no desire to contact any other people. She is stuck in a negative mind with nothing to think about but the revenge she so desperately seeks.

Played by Jessica Shutt

 

The Translator

Name: Emma Walton

Age: 21

Occupation: Translator.

Character Traits: Emma is a very kind young woman who is new to her field of work. She is slightly inexperienced so she seems slightly nervous when in Lucinda's presence. She is seemingly very helpful and aspirational and appears as if she is happy to help despite the scenario. Although not much older than Lucinda, we can see that she is more more stable in her life and has clear goals and ambitions for her future. She appears very neat in her appearance and is also rather organised. She is very polite and seemingly quiet, but she is hoping to aid the psychiatrist in dealing with Lucinda's inability to speak.
Played by Jade Donnellan

The Kidnapper

Name: Walter Murray

Age: Now 52

Occupation: Engineer

Character Traits: Walter is a seemingly normal middle aged man but with a much more sinister agenda. During the kidnapping of Agnes, nobody had suspected his involvement. This is not his only kidnapping either. He is a serial kidnapper who has killed every one of his previous victims, however, he has never been caught. He is popular in the neighbourhood and is a working class man with a rather stereotypical background. He lives alone since the apparent death of his wife, Sandra, so he is sympathised with throughout the town. However, as he seems to have no real motive for Agnes' kidnapper, we assume he does this for his own sick and twisted pleasure, which makes him all the more malevolent and disturbing.
Played by Glyn Shutt

Character profile (Mother, Agnus, Psychiatrist)

Character profiles 


Name: Linda Wilson
Age: 38
Occupation:   Teacher & Lucinda's mother 
Character traits: 

 Linda is the mother of the Wilson family. Linda is a strong, stubborn, intelligent and her life centres on her efforts to keep her family safe and stable. She has extremely strong maternal instincts but her single-minded focus on getting Lucinda back to normal, after the loss of her older daughter, causes her to become unobtrusive which exists at the expense of her marriage as her wall that she builds around her family begins to collapse. Even so, she has a deep and abiding love for all her family, though she does not always know how to show that love.

Lisa Shutt- Actress playing Linda Wilson

Name: Agnus Wilson
Age: 14 
Occupation: Pupil & Lucinda's older sister
Character traits:

Aggie is a ten-year-old girl who is the youngest in the Wilson family. She has bright blue eyes and light brown hair. She is quite tall for her age with sharp features showing of her facial good looks.  Aggie's abduction is the real reason why Lucinda has been affected. Before her kidnap, Aggie was a bright, funny, and a lively young girl but her disappearance has questioned the person she is now. Her bond with her younger sister is what keeps Lucinda strong and determined to find her. Aggie is a very well brought up girl who is always over protective over her younger sister Lucinda. 

Name: Caroline Smith
Age: 29
Occupation:  (Lucinda's) psychiatrist
Character traits: 
Miss Caroline is a much organised, patient worker and aims for the very best in her career. She is Lucinda’s psychiatrist and tries her best to make Lucinda talk to her about what’s troubling her out by communicating with her. Caroline is an outgoing caring person who makes the most out of everything. She is a caring and a sympathetic person. She is always interested in wanting to learn more about her patients and always keeps informed and up to date with the progress of her patients through her colleagues. She always makes sure that she spends enough time with patients to understand how their psychiatric disorder is influencing their lives and overall health.

Demi Cash-Actress playing the psychiatrist 

 

Risk assessment

Risk Assessment

 

We took this risk assessment to make sure it was safe to use the locations and any props in our film. We found out that there was a risk with moving the expensive furniture in the room and a risk with some of the props but overall with precautions it is safe to record our film.

 

 

 



Shot List

Shot List

 

 

 

 

 

StoryBoard

This is our brief storyboard of how we expect our final  outcome of our film to be. In our storyboard we have briefly explained what we want to be shown on every shot. This will help us to start our film without having to think about what to do for every shot. By doing this storyboard we have managed to make every shot flow fluently as possible by connecting to one another.