Film- Midterm Submission

Film- Shot List

Film- Script

In our film called, The Neighbor, Ally a privileged teen that has the perfect life with two perfect friends, Ashley and Sarah are faced with the moving in of a creepy neighbor named Patty, the familiar face of a girl who followed Ally home from a basketball game the other night. Patty starts to stalk Ally and her friends. She wants the perfect life of Ally and the first threat she establishes is the kidnapping of Sarah, Ally's close friend.

Film- Storyboard

On December 12th I began to work on the storyboard, while the shot list was created on December 14th we needed to wait for some shots to be evaluated on the shot list for the storyboard to finally be done on December 14th at the same time the shot list was finished.

I decided to create the storyboard because I was the more artistically inclined and chose to participate in the making of the drawings for the storyboard itself. Rachel, Chelsea and Meredith all contributed to find the most important shots and angles labeled on the top frame and I drew them out as well as adding descriptions to summarize the shot in the scene and its meaning.

Film- Schedule Filming

Our group filmed our short film on December 5th and December 6th. When scheduling our film, The Neighbor, we watched multiple horrors and thrillers like, The Boy Next Door, for inspiration to come up with our script. Our goals while filming our film were to play roles of the teenagers spots so the plot was clear and understandable. On December 5th we filmed the first scenes which were needed in the daylight so we got much of those done and out of the way. We did this because we needed all the scenes within the same timeframe with the amount of sunlight given. The next day, the 6th we shot the night scenes such as when Patty breaks into Ally's house and takes the picture frame of her and goes through her clothes. This was our first time we had produced a short film so we had mistakes such as in the beginning when Ally and Ashley were listening to Payphone by Maroon 5 in her room and the next scene she is still in the same place but not listening to the song anymore. After finishing filming we clearly understood our mistakes looking back and watches a few clips. If we were to do this again as a group we have a greater understanding of what to expect and how to handle things differently.

Film- Scout Locations

During December 3-7, my group and I planned out where we were going to film.

The house we chose to film at was Meredith's house because it a new nicer modern house. We were attempting to have the audience know that the main character, Ally, was a rich girl who everyone was jealous of because of her popularity and wealth, especially her new neighbor, Patty. My group and I had filmed most of the series at Meredith's because the film shows the girls having a fun time in a fun house when Ally parents weren't home.

My group and I decided to film in Meredith's backyard for an important scene as we believed it would look very creepy at night with Patty walking through the yard while Ally parents weren't home and neither were they. Also, the setting of the backyard shows the gates which dipict more realism because the gates are not that high making it easy to trespass if someone wanted to. This scene shows an example of responsibility when it comes to keeping your house secured and locked and also lets the audience know Patty wanted to sneak into Ally's house and was clearly stalking them.

The group chose the neighbors house to be Patty's house in the film as it is rundown and abandoned making it look more creepy and fit the role. The house matches Patty personality. By making this Patty's house it tells the audience they should fear her. It also gives a comparison to Ally's house and Patty's house side by side. Since both houses are located next to each other and they are on the same street it shows more of Ally's wealth when comparing the houses that are only a few yards apart from each other.

Film- Casting

Patty- She is an 17 year old girl who doesn't fit in and is obsessed with Ally. She gets jealous easily
and wants to ruin Ally's perfect life. She is a stalker as well as a psycho. We chose Meredith to play Patty because she is considered a good actress and has a crazy side to her fitting the role more.

Ally- She is an 18 year old privileged teen who lives in a nice upscale house. She has the perfect life and perfect friends. Ally can be judgmental of other people who she doesn't like. Rachel was chosen to play the role of Ally because she has a sassy side to her and has participating in main roles in prior short films created in school.

Ashley- She is an 18 year old girl and is Ally's best friend. She is very energetic and is just like Ally, also known as her 'twin'. I chose to take on the role of Ashley because in real life I am close friends with Rachel who plays Ally.

Sarah- She is one of Ally best friend and is very responsible. She has a job and works often. We chose to have Chelsea play Sarah because she reflects this role. She is also friends with Rachel and I in real life showing better connections.


When deciding who was going to be each character it was pretty easy. We easily decided Meredith and Rachel were going to be two very important characters with different personalities.