16th April: Practice Filming day
17th-21st April: Further planning
23rd April: Filming
24th April: Review footage
25th-26th April: Any necessary reshooting
27th April-11th May: Editing and sound production
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Friday, 10 February 2017
Character Profile- Mary
Character Fact File
Name: Mary Maloney
Age: Early 30s
Gender: Female
Mary's Story
Mary is the breadwinner of her and her husband. An independent, cold woman, she resents her husband for holding her back in life. We based our Mary off Roald Dahl's Patrick. Mary cheats on her loving husband with another woman and only tells him after a long time. She is murdered by Patrick after he finally snaps.
Casting Mary
We were limited when it came to options for casting Mary. Our only option was to cast an A Level drama student who had some experience acting. However this experience was in stage acting, not TV or film acting, and so filming Mary's scenes took longer than we would have hoped.
Thursday, 9 February 2017
Character Profile- Patrick
Character Fact File
Name: Patrick Maloney
Age: Around 35
Gender: Male
Patrick Maloney is based on Roald Dahl's original character. Our decision to base our media product off Dahl's story made planning much less complicated than it could have been. Our decision to swap the roles of Patrick and Mary meant that we actually based our Patrick off Dahl's Mary.
Patrick's Story
Patrick Maloney is an unemployed house husband to his wife Mary. He has no children and relies on his wife for company, income and support. He adores his wife but she is completely indifferent to him and resents his constant nagging. After his wife tells him she has been cheating on him, Patrick snaps and murders his wife. His genuine adoration for his wife becomes and act he puts on for the detectives that come to investigate his wife's murder. Patrick changes from a subservient, meek house husband to an emotionless killer in a matter of minutes.
Casting Patrick
As we are A level students, our options were limited when it came to casting Patrick, as we had no budget or access to actors. Luckily, one of my group had a cousin who is a professional actor. He agreed to play Patrick, and he fitted the character perfectly- he is 31 and we had him grow a moustache to further fit. His acting experience not only affected the portrayal of the character positively, he was also able to give us directing tips and make sure our shots were as accurate and continuity driven as possible.
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