Midterm Submission

Our movie was inspired off of cheesy horror/thriller movies, specifically ones where there is a murderer on the loose killing lots of people. We mainly stuck to close ups and point of view shots in the film, especially when the murderer was stalking the victim, which is when the static wind noise played. We decided to do cuts back and forth during conversation to mimic what real movies do, it just adds a nice ascetic to the scene. The cut to black in the end also referred to the victim being killed. Overall, we stuck to a mysterious and suspenseful tone in the film, and we feel that is expressed in the final product.

Shot List

Storyboard

Scout Locations

This is the office space where we could show Miller working hard on the criminal case with Aiden and Gabby. While this is just a classroom, I feel that it looks enough like an office to provide a good representation of one. We could also possibly turn the lights off and use that for a night time scene in the office.

This is the image of the outside office that we will open up the movie with. It is the side of the cafeteria/our classroom, but I think the modernistic look is very nice and looks like an important building that could be an office.

Movie Script

This Movie is a cheesy suspense film, almost a parody. It follows an office detective as he gets stalked and killed by a suspect he's investigating.

Casting

Office Worker 1 (Miller): This is a stressed-out office worker who is obsessive over the Donovan Walter case, and ends up meeting his fate because of it. Miller is best fit to play the role because he is stressed out a lot so he can put that into a character. 

Office Worker 2 (Aiden): This is a relaxed and funny office worker who is good friends with everyone in the office. Aiden is best fit for this role because we have a real friendship so It will show in the film. 

Secretary (Gabby): This is the kind, office secretary that helps everyone around the office with deliveries, cases, and everything in between. She is best fit for this role because she’s nice and helpful in real life. 

Donovan Walter (Aiden): This is the masked, cloaked murderer who takes Miller at the end of the film. Aiden is best fit for this role because he is tall and being tall can present a menacing demeanor.  

Schedule Filming

For the scheduling of the filming, we are filming in chronological order of the events in the film. We want to film an exposition, a rising action, and the ending of the opening. We will post more during filming.

Day 1: We started by filming the scenes in the office by going into the back room and filming a conversation between the two characters. It went okay, but the interactions seemed a bit awkward. We will fix that scene later.

Day 2: We reshot some of the conversation yesterday morning, but there is still more to be done. However, I filmed the part where the murderer finds me in my house last night, and I feel like it went relatively well. I feel like I should keep it the way it is, but I’ll see what the class thinks.

Day 3: Filming is done for now and I moved on and finished editing the film. Overall it turned out pretty good for a 3 day process. Aiden and I will definitely reshoot and re-edit some things in the future before our final submission.