Post-production contribution - Production company research

Steel Productions Company (Made up company)

A film production company is in charge of producing/filming, developing, and distributing a film.

The film production company that will produce our thriller opening will be ‘Steel Productions’. ‘Steel Productions’ are a well known British film production company who specialise in producing films in the UK on a low budget. Moreover, ‘Steel Productions’ have experience in producing and distributing films, as they produced their first product/film in 2002 (when they were founded), in which they have grown as a company, and made many more films. In addition, ‘Steel Productions’ products/films appeal to a British audience (national audience), rather than an international audience, as I believe they have many similarities to production companies such as Warp Film and Film4 productions.

I believe ‘Steel Productions’ would be a perfect film production company to produce and distribute our thriller opening, as they fit our thriller openings needs/requirements (appealing to a British/national audience, and being produced/filmed on a low budget). Furthermore, I believe our thriller opening would get more recognition by being produced and distributed by ‘Steel Productions’ rather than a film production company such as Universal Pictures, as Universal Pictures produce their films on extremely high budgets, in which our thriller wouldn’t get any recognition. 

Production contribution - Behind the scenes photos

This is the camera our group used to film our thriller opening:

This is the tripod our group used to help keep our filming steady:

Behind the scenes photos:

The picture above is of Caner Ozkan getting ready to film our thriller opening.

The picture above is of Aaron Cochrane and Caner Ozkan getting the tripod and camera ready, to start the filming process.

The picture above is of Loucas Nicolaides getting the camera ready to film Aaron Cochrane.

The picture above is of Aaron Cochrane acting in our thriller opening.

The picture above is of Loucas Nicolaides filming Aaron Cochrane in our thriller opening.

The picture above is of Caner Ozkan filming Aaron Cochrane in our thriller opening.

The picture above is of Caner Ozkan filming in our thriller opening.

Commentary on how filming went

During the filming process, we believe the use of the tripod provided by Mr Ellerington made our filming more smooth and steady (as the tripod keeps the camera steady, when the camera is screwed on to the tripod correctly).

Furthermore, filming took longer than expected, as we had to film many different takes/scenes, in which filming had to take place over two days (on the 18^th of March, and the 19^th of March). However, we had to re-film our thriller opening due to the feedback we received from Mr Ellerington, in which we used Mr Ellerington’s feedback and re-filmed on the 5^th and 6^th of April.

Moreover, before we started filming, we allocated roles to each group member, in which Aaron Cochrane’s role was to act in our thriller opening, Caner Ozkan’s role was to film our thriller opening, Dimitri Ioannou’s role was to take behind the scenes photos and direct our thriller opening, and lastly, Loucas Nicolaides’ was to act in our thriller opening and film a few scenes of our thriller opening. 

Production contribution - Shooting schedule (Known - Group thriller opening)

Location	Shot number	Description of shot	Camera angle, and movement	Equipment	Props and characters	Crew members
Interior of the house	1	The mobile phone is ringing.	Close-up	Camera and tripod	Mobile phone
Interior of the house – Kitchen	2	Dave Stone is talking on the phone.	Medium shot	Camera and tripod	Mobile phone and Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Kitchen	3	Dave Stone walks out of the kitchen.	Tracking/panning movement	Camera and tripod	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Exterior of the house - Driveway	4	Dave Stone is looking through the window, outside of Alex White’s house.	Long shot	Camera and tripod	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Exterior of the house - Driveway	5	Dave Stone is looking for a key to open the door.	Medium shot	Camera and tripod	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Exterior of the house – Driveway	6	Dave Stone is opening the door.	Over the shoulder shot	Camera and tripod	Key and Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Doorway	7	Dave Stone is now in the house.	High angle	Camera	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Living room	8	Dave Stone is looking around the house.	Medium shot	Camera and tripod	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Living room	9	Dave Stone walks into the living room and closes the curtains.	Tracking/panning movement	Camera and tripod	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Living room	10	Dave Stone is holding a letter with his wives name on it.	Close-up	Camera	Letter and Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Living room	11	Dave Stone is holding a letter with his wives name on it, from another angle.	Medium shot	Camera and tripod	Letter and Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Living room	12	Dave Stone is looking around the house.	Tracking/panning movement	Camera and tripod	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Living room	13	Dave Stone picks up a photo of his wife and Alex White.	Medium shot	Camera and tripod	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Living room	14	Dave Stone is holding the photo and the house phone.	Medium shot	Camera and tripod	Picture, house phone and Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Living room	15	The house phone is ringing, while he holds the phone and the photo.	Over the shoulder shot	Camera and tripod	Picture, house phone and Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Living room	16	Dave Stone goes upstairs.	Tracking/panning movement	Camera and tripod	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Passage, upstairs	17	Dave Stone is upstairs.	Tracking/panning movement and close-up	Camera and tripod	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Passage, upstairs	18	Dave Stone is opening the bedroom door.	Close-up	Camera	Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Bedroom	19	Dave Stone finds a necklace he bought for his wife.	Close-up	Camera	Necklace and Dave Stone	Aaron Cochrane
Interior of the house – Stairs	20	Alex White enters the house.	High angle/point of view shot	Camera	Alex White	Loucas Nicolaides
Interior of the house - Stairs	21	Alex White picks up the letter Dave Stone found.	Tracking movement	Camera	Letter and Alex White	Loucas Nicolaides

The shooting schedule above provided our group with a clear vision on how we wanted to film our thriller opening, in which we had each of our shot numbers written down with the camera angle/movement we wanted to film.