Prelim Task

For the Prelim task we were put into groups and had to pick out a genre. I was put into a group with Jess and Jamie and the genre we picked was Documentary.
The initial thought was of difficulty but after some thought and research we decided to do the documentary about serial killers because this enabled us to involve aspects of horror and thriller.
We did some research into the most famous serial killers of all time. We found some horrific stories but the one that stood out the most was the story of Leonarda Ciancuilli - The Soap maker of Correggio.

http://www.the-line-up.com/9-female-serial-killers/

This link shows the website that told the stories of the female serial killers and told the story of Leonarda Ciancuilli. Leonarda was an Italian female serial killer who murdered 3 women between the years 1939 to 1940. Once she killed the women, she boiled the bodies down to soap and made the blood into cakes which she fed to our neighbours.
This interested us because it was different from the usual serial killer stories.

We decided to use the story and adapted it to our documentary. We wanted a reconstruction of the story with a voice over of the facts about her life.

After the research we created 2 storyboards. One of the storyboards was a storyboard of the reconstruction and what parts of Leonarda's life we were going to show.

The second story board highlights the camera shots for each scene. We wanted to combine different shots in the task. 

After the research and storyboards were created, we decided to plan in depth the scenes and write out a improvised script. The script showed the conversation between scenes and how the scenes would flow with the characters involved.

We then made a list of what props/costumes were needed for the task. We did this because we wanted to plan correctly and in depth what was needed to make the task successful. 

We also created a Production Diary. This included details of what work was done and how long it took.