Lighting and Equipment List

Before being able to go out and shoot I need to think carefully about what equipment I need to take with me onto the set. As I'm shooting my film at night one of the most important things I need to think about is lighting as it needs to be light enough so that the audience can see what''s happening on screen but dark enough to provide the kind of atmosphere I want within my film (dark and foreboding).
I want to light my film in a number of ways. The first is with a warm firelight during the bonfire scene. This will contrast to the darker shots shown at the beginning and connote that the scene by the fire is of a typical teen party with no real tension or fear until it is portrayed through the dialogue.
During the bonfire scene I also want some electric lanterns carefully placed around the group as this will increase the levels of light in the shot and ensure that the viewer will be able to see what is going on. I can also use one of the lanterns or a torch during the telling of the 'curse' where I will ask them to underlight themselves with as this connotes that they are trying to scare the others.
I want the actors to use torches and take the lanterns with them when they all split up and are in the woods. This will create a colder and more foreboding light and cast intimidating shadows which will all  create tension.
 can also use the bonfire to create tension too as when the two protagonists come back I want the fire to have died down which makes the whole setting seem more foreboding and again create tension.
I also need to bring equipment such as cameras to film it with, shot lists and storyboards so I know what to film, props for the shots that I need, scripts for the actors, additional makeup incase some smudges or comes off and warm clothes as it's filmed at night.

Therefore my equipment list is:

• Lanterns
• Fuel for the bonfire
• Torches
• Cameras
• Tripod
• Scripts/storyboards/shot lists
• Warm clothes
• Props such as alcohol cans etc.