Risk Assessment

Before we began filming we took a risk assessment of the area we would be using for our film to make sure that it would be safe for all those involved to work in, so no-one will end up injured or hurt in anyway.

Our Idea

A small group of young adults go camping in a woodland area, having done this numerous times the thought of anything going wrong vanished from their minds. But before long they become the targets of a psychopathic killer and their fun camping trip becomes a fight for survival. The suspense builds up as to who will be the strongest and survive. But what they didn't know is that this isn't the first time the psycho has targeted people, as years before the exact same thing happened to another group of adults in this location. This was the anniversary.

Character Profiles

Name: Jenna Mason
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Played by: Eleanor Murphy
Why?: We chose Eleanor to play the part of Jenna for our film opening because of her drama skills in which she used well for her part. Seeing as the flashbacks were from her point of view you don't see her, however we show her in a break down of what has happened using a variety of different shots.


Name: Laurie Redmond

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Played by: Rosie Busby
Why?: We chose myself to play the part of Laurie due to me being fairly small and vulnerable which is some of the characteristics of the character so it fits in perfectly.

Name: Peter Fisher

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Played by: Fin Triggs
Why?: We chose Fin to play the part of Peter because he's shy and quiet which his character was also.

Name: Michael Winters

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Played by: Matthew Neal

Why?: We chose Matthew to play the part of Michael in our film opening because he has good drama skills- perfect for the part of his character who is quite dramatic and bubbly.

Name: Jack Livington

Age:19

Gender: Male

Played by: Nick Talbot

Why?: We chose Nick to play the part of Jack, the murderer in our film opening because he's fast and good when in playing a sinister character. You don't see him often in the opening sequence, and you never see his face.

Photographs of location

These are photographs of areas in which we would could use in our film opening. The location is perfect for our idea of young adults camping in a wooded area. The effect of these photographs help us with our idea of being alone and away from any civilisation- that they are completely alone.

Living locally to this wood I visit it reguarly which gave me thought of this being the best place for our film opening to take place. It is a large area so no doubt we may not stick to the photographed locations. It is perfect to film in with higher ground so you can have the camera on a tripod at the top of a hill facing down, and have the actors running below so you  can get an overall shot of what's happening.