Police Raid

Police Raid Outfits

• For one of our scenes we have a police raid on Martlet Lodge where around 5 policemen/woman barge into the house, finding Graham Harvey in the mental asylum and taking him out.

As we don't have actual police costumes we need to create costumes that are as authentic as possible so the scene seems more realistic.

In this picture it shows a police raid where the police are wearing all black. We won't be using riot shields or helmets as props as we aren't trying to create a violent police raid as Mr Harvey won't have any weapons on him in Martlet Lodge.

We will need to have our characters wearing dark black clothing and big black boots if possible,  however we can't expect all our actors to own this type of clothing so we are going to have to get the costumes as close as we can in this short period of time we have for them to be filmed.

Here in a video of an actual police raid. We won't be able to use items to break through windows in our location as it isn't owned by us so we will need to have the shot of the scene showing medium close up's from behind the police officers so we can't see any damage being caused to the building however the audience will get the feeling that this is what is actually happening.

The scene of the police raid won't be very long, they'll be walking in to find Graham sitting on his old patient bed smiling to himself. In this scene we will be using tracking shots to follow the 'police' through the building and up the stairs until they find Graham without showing shots of their faces.

-Megan

Primary School Permission

Part of our film takes place in a Primary School, so I made contact with my previous Primary School asked them if we could have permission to use their reception area to film.

Waiting for confirmation

Beth

Risk assessment on Martlet Lodge

Martlet lodge has a lot of risks that will need to be checked out before filming can take place.

Martlet Lodge

The first risk is getting across the fence, this involves climbing through a hole without getting any splinters, long trousers and jumpers will need to be worn. These clothing items are essential as we will be around a lot of stinging nettles before we make it to the back of the house. At the back of the house we will need to climb through a window without glass. Loose glass could be sticking out of the window and therefore we need to be very careful, and defiantly with looking after an 11 year old while in the building. Wearing a pair of gloves may be an idea.

There is glass on the floor on the ground floor due to smashed windows which have now been boarded up, safe shoes need to be worn so that glass can't go through the bottom of them, leather shoes would be most advisable.

The ceiling has many holes in where the boards have fallen down, there is a very low chance of any more boards falling out but we'd need to be wary about where the ceiling looks worse as if some ceiling came down on our heads it could be very damaging. This is a risk concerning both floors of the building however the first floor ceiling seems much more secure than the lower floor ceiling.

The floor is very uneven in certain places so we need to be careful where we are treading as not to trip over anything. The floorboards are all in place however the ground floor is full of old loose wooden panels that scatter the floor. Also, as the building hasn't been cleared out since it's closure in 2007 many old tables and chaires are starting to rot away and broken pieces of furniture fill quite a lot of the spaces. In the kitchen and the old clinic the floor has no floorboards and is very muddy underneath which is quite sticky mud so we need to be careful where we are treading when around these areas.

The old clinic is still full of medical equipment like syringes and needles so we need to be careful not to touch these in the unlikely case of contracting any illness or diseases. 

Some parts of the building are very dark due to wood being used to board up some windows that are broken so we need to make sure we bring torches and also have the right lighting equipment for our film so it won't be in complete darkness. 

Stairs

There is a 'caution steep stairs' sign so we need to be careful when walking up and down these however the stairs are completely stable and secure compared to the floor everywhere else. These stairs can be a bit slippery when rain gets in through the broken windows so we need to be walk up them slowly rather than any running which could cause injury.

Even though the electricity has been turned off in the building we need to be careful around the mains electricity box and around loose wires that have been cut to stop electricity passing through as they can be dangerous if there is any high voltage around any open wires. However, in an outside workshop room the electricity has been rewired so the lights and heating now works in there, this may have been a room that the builders used while they were closing down the building. 

Seeing as we are entering the building, people before and after us will have too so it'll be advisable for us to walk around in groups of 2 in the unlikely event there is someone else in there as it's a perfect place for squatters to go due to the beds and is quite warm. However, I've been in there many times and I have come across no one else in there before. 

We need to be careful when transporting our camera, tripod and lighting equipment into the building and around it so it doesn't get broken. We will need to find a spot to place the tripod where the floor is flat and there's no worry that it'll fall over at any point.

As a lot of patients old documents are still in there we need to be careful to get none of there personal information in shots by accident as it is a breach of their privacy as we have no permission. 

We can't take anything from the building as it's not ours and is illegal to do so, everything should be kept where we found it or if moved, placed back as soon as we are done. 

-Megan 

Location

Outside View

Outside View

Front View

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

We tried multiple times to get a hold of the owner of our first location idea, Linden House, however we kept getting passed round to different companies and now we are in our filming stage and need to sort out our location.

However, as we're running out of time I started to explore other possibilities to locations that would fit the setting as a psychiatric ward/hospital where Graham Harvey is found, in the same room he was assigned to 7 years before. I came across this building just down the road from me that is an old sanitarium where patients were kept that had tuberculosis a couple of years ago. 

This building is easy to access and doesn't require permission to be entered as long as nothing is disturbed or taken from the building while we are there.

The building is very secure, however health and safety risk assessments will need to be carried out due to their being a lot of rubbish scattered on the floor downstairs, and there is a lot of broken glass around.

Becky and Beth drove to the location on Thursday the 26th of February, and the entire group will return on Friday the 27th. The location fits in perfectly with our plot and so we would really love to be able to film there.

Megan and Beth

Follow-up Linden House call

I found a number on Linden House advertising the security company that looked after Linden House and called them up and left my details with them and I'm hoping they'll get in touch with the owner for me and get back in contact with me so we're one step closer to having an opening for our film. 
Bad editing quality on my Ipad and ill voice..

Megan

Interrogation Scene

This is an interrogation scene from a Palestinian film that came out very recently. 

This scene is set in a police station like ours will be in Haywards Heath Police Station.

I like how the lighting is used in this clip because the background is dark to make is seem more intimidating and the characters stand out more. Even though we can't understand what they're saying we can tell from their facial expressions what they are feeling.

I want to use the shot reverse shot technique that is used in this scene to make it seem more dramatic. The close ups of the guy lets us see that he feels tense, but he is trying to hide the look and seem innocent. He looks calm in the scene which Graham Harvey will also look in our film opening as he doesn't have anything to hide and admits everything. 
I also like the idea of having silence surrounding the characters rather than non-diegetic music being played for the audience as it makes if seem more tense and realistic.  

Megan

Bruised Make-Up

The Character Iona is beaten and killed by her father and therefore would have bruises on her body, including her face. So to make the opening of the film seem more realistic I have tested make-up styles on her face to create the illusion of being bruised and battered by Graham Harvey

I did her bruises using the make-up displayed in the picture. I used a variety of purple and brown eye-shadows and lipsticks to bring out definition in the bruises. 

Iona's full face bruised

Bruised eye

Bruised Cheek

                          Bruised face                  
                   

-Megan