Directors statement
This film is about the fear that consumes women when doing basic tasks like walking home
Moodboard
Mindmap
Inspiration
The inspiration for this idea came from a personal experience of mine from when I was approached by a car whilst walking to a friends house late at night. There is a large stigma around women walking alone especially at night and so my experience mirrors those of millions of women across the world. To add to this I was wearing a dress to go to my friends party but before I left I layered a tracksuit over the top so as to not ‘invite unwanted attention’. The society created stigma of women deserving violations of their human rights due to how they are dressed is a toxicity that affects all ages of women and is something that I feel still needs to be addressed as I know many men are aware of this big issue, having men in the past telling me that I’m ‘being dramatic’ for constantly checking around me for anyone suspicious and completely not understanding why I may walk with my keys in my hands when walking alone.
Cinematic Inspiration
Storyboard
Script
Location recce
Risk assessment
Floor plan
Crew list
| Job Role | Name |
| Director: | Shauna Smitherman |
| Producer: | Elisha Page |
| Camera Operator: | Abbie Mole |
| Actor #1 | … |
| Actor #2 | … |
Shot list
| Camera Shot | Camera Angle | Duration of Shot | Actors in shot | Location |
| Extreme long shot (infront) | Eye level | 00:05 | Girl & Boy | Yardley |
| Close up (infront) | Low angle | 00:03 | Girl | Yardley |
| Long shot (infront) | Eye level | 00:05 | Boy | Yardley |
| Medium shot (infront) | Eye level | 00:03 | Girl | Yardley |
| Extreme close up (eyes) | Eye level | 00:04 | Girl | Yardley |
| Close up (shoes) | Eye level | 00:02 | Boy | Yardley |
| Close up (hands) | Eye level | 00:02 | Boy | Yardley |
| Long shot (Behind) | Eye level | 00:05 | Boy | Yardley |
| Medium close up (infront) | Low angle | 00:03 | Girl | Yardley |
| Medium long shot (behind) | Eye level | 00:03 | Boy | Yardley |
| Long shot (side) | Eye level | 00:06 | Boy & Girl | Yardley |
| Medium long shot (infront) | Eye level | 00:02 | Girl | Yardley |
| Medium shot (POV) | Eye level | 00:04 | Boy | Yardley |
| Close up (phone) | Eye level | 00:03 | Girl | Yardley |
| Close up (phone) | Eye level | 00:04 | Girl | Yardley |
| Close up (sideaways) | Eye level | 00:05 | Girl | Yardley |
| Medium Close up (infront) | Eye level | 00:04 | Girl | Yardley |
| Long shot | Eye level | 00:04 67 | Wind chimes | Yardley |
Production schedule
| Date | Pre/Production/Post | Work |
| 13-17/01/2020 | Pre-Production | Checklist above |
| 15/01/2020 | Pre-Production | Pitch |
| 20/01/2020 | Production | Test Shoots |
| 21-22/01/2020 | Production | Shoots |
| 23/01/2020 | Production | Re shoots |
| 27-31/01/2020 | Post-Production | Editing |
| 4/02/2020 | Post-Production | Deadline |
| 5/02/2020 | Post-Production | Screening |
| 06/02/2020 | Post-Production | Festival Submissions |
| 10/02/2020 | Post-Production | Evaluation Theory |
| 11-12/02/2020 | Post-Production | Evaluation Review |
| 13/02/2020 | Post-Production | Evaluation Deadline |
Release form
Pitch
Most comments and critiques were based around our presenting confidence and so next time we just need to look more sure of ourselves when presenting
Questionnaire
I asked the following questions to 5 women and then 5 men between the ages 16 – 19
Do you feel safe being alone in public?
- No
- Sometimes
- Depends where I am
- No
- Only when I’m with my boyfriend
- Yeah
- Yeah
- Sometimes
- Yeah
- Most of the time
Do you go outside alone when its dark, if not why?
- Never, I feel like I would be attacked
- Only if I have to, theres a lot of dodgy people by where I live
- By my house like in my garden but otherwise no
- No because I’m lazy
- No I get a lift or don’t go
- Yeah
- As long as I know the way, only to the shops or going home from being out
- Yes
- Yes
- Yeah
Do you carry any form of protection when you go outside alone?
- Just my keys in my hand
- No
- Little can of pepper spray
- No
- No
- No
- No
- Yes
- No
- No
What is your biggest fear about going in public alone?
- Being attacked/ stabbed
- Probably kidnapping
- That I’ll be attacked or taken away
- That I’m gonna get killed
- Being followed
- Finding someone injured or hurt and not being able to help
- Large groups of people coming towards me
- Probably being attacked/assaulted
- Being stabbed
- someone mugging me
Men seem to be more confident when in public alone and take less self defense measures.
Experience accounts
I asked friends and family around me if they had any stories relating to the subject matter of being followed or attacked and below is what I was told.
“I was waiting to cross the road and a car stopped in front of me and was trying to persuade me to get into the car. My boyfriend who had to stay on the other side of the road came over and once they saw him they sped off” – 16 year old girl at the time
“I was walking to a pub at the bottom of my road and a car was driving slow next to me with a window open offering to give me a lift to wherever I was going and talking to me like a child, clearly he thought I was younger than I was. At this point I was a social worker so I told him that I had memorized his plates and he left cussing me out” – 26 year old woman at the time
“I was walking home from school and a man came to ask me for directions but after I gave them and walked away he started following me. I ran towards my school and he followed until I was close then he disappeared” – 15 year old girl at the time
https://www.marshall.edu/wcenter/sexual-assault/rape-culture/
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in 2015/16, around one-fifth of people aged 16 and over in England and Wales believed that they were either ‘very likely’ or ‘fairly likely’ to be a victim of crime in the next year
- Women have a fear of rape most often when at home alone or walking along a street, especially at dusk or after dark. In the book, The Female Fear: The Social Cost of Rape, authors and researchers Margaret T. Gordon and Stephanie Riger say that fully one-third of the women in their study reported worrying about rape once a month or more. These women said that the fear of rape is just something that lives in the back of their minds at all times, even when it’s not present in conscious thought.
- Some factors that trigger a conscious fear of rape in women include:
- Men who honk, whistle, or leer at them as they walk on public streets
- Poor lighting in parking areas or along streets and in the workplace
- Sexual harassment by an acquaintance or co-worker
- Sexually overt commentary by males about their body and appearance
- Obscene phone calls
- Several men with only one or two women in a group of strangers or near strangers
- Witnessing a man exposing himself or masturbating
- Men known to them or strangers that fondle and grope their body parts
- Stigma of rape exacerbates fear of rape because women fear societal scorn and blame if they are is raped.
https://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/rape/fear-of-rape-rape-phobia
Target Audience:
- Gender – women
- Age – 16-25
- Job – student at school/college/university
- Socio-economical – group e
- Area – most places that are shady to the public
It’s aimed at women aged 16 and over as this is the age where most people reported they experienced some type of verbal/ physical assault. I choose to say most places for the area, as its something that can happen anywhere and anytime. It is often places known as ‘shady’ where it happens but also can be trusted areas.
Behind the scenes test shots
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