Synopsis:
Name:The Wrong Move
Genre: Gangster/Thriller.
Blurb:Simon is 15. He got in with the wrong crowd and spends his life getting in trouble and running from it. Until one night, when they step it up a notch, and decide to rob a house. This time, Simon will discover that maybe running from the scene can prove worse than staying put.
Introduction:
Young boy robbing an old man’s house, old man returns home and catches him hiding under the bed. The boy’s friends who were outside have run off in fear of police getting involved.Beginning of movie:Boy has gone missing; police get involved as “missing persons” investigation. Crew members are told by the leader to lie about where they were, say that they weren’t near the old man’s house. Crew member returns to the house to watch the old guy and cover up their tracks of being there. Another crew member returns to the police to tell them what happened, police then question the old man, who claims the boy ran out of the house before he could catch him. The next day the boy turns up dead, and the old man and the leading crew member are arrested.
Middle of movie (4 Points of view):
Boys view: stealing, hiding under the bed, old man catches him, he throws the stuff back at him that he was stealing and runs out the house to walk home. Shadow grabs him and starts beating him, this is in a run down place near a river. Shadow then hides the body.
Polices view: gets a ring from parents, talk to people at the school, getting nowhere with the investigation. Question the old man and are suspicious of crew member as they find out he told everyone to lie about them being there. Arrest both.
Old mans view: returns home from pub to find boy in his house, tries to catch him and yell but boy runs out. He is stirred and starts drinking and falls asleep. Next day Police are asking him about the boy and how the boy is missing. He’s surprised. Answers and tells them what had happened and lets them search the house. He is rude because they suspect him. He gets arrested and is not happy.
Crew leader’s view: Been drinking, goes out to make boy rob a house. Drunk. They run when man returns, he stays and watches as a few minutes later the boy runs out. Angry. Follows boy home, when at river he grabs him and beats him yelling how stupid he is and he will get them caught. When the boy is unresponsive he panics and hides the body, swearing and shaking. Returns home, washes his hands and the next day tells his crew to lie about where they were. When police find out where they were he panics more, and when he is arrested he tries to cover it by swearing at the police.
End of the movie:Police find the weapon that killed the boy and fingerprint it. They tell both man and crew leader what they are doing to shake them. Old man is released and leader is convicted as his prints are found all over the weapon. Movie ends with prison door banging shut and seeing the lad through the letterbox opening, which is also shut. He had his head in his hands.
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Showing posts with label G321 Thriller planning. Show all posts
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Thriller Cast
The cast starring in our thriller are: CHARACTER'S NAME / ACTORS:
Simon --Ben Jones
Reason: We experienced a problem with our casting, someone dropped out at the last minute so we asked Ben to play Simon. He had the suitable look for the role so therefore we were pleased with our choice. He has an innocent face which Simon needs, as he was initially a good, hard working boy (at school). The way he dresses is influenced by the gang, for instance, whilst shooting our film, he wore a coat which was similar to the coat in the prop list. He was wearing a hat- like the one in the picture- which helps to hide his face, therefore hiding his identity. This is appropriate to the story, as they are going to be committing a crime.
Simon --Ben Jones
Reason: We experienced a problem with our casting, someone dropped out at the last minute so we asked Ben to play Simon. He had the suitable look for the role so therefore we were pleased with our choice. He has an innocent face which Simon needs, as he was initially a good, hard working boy (at school). The way he dresses is influenced by the gang, for instance, whilst shooting our film, he wore a coat which was similar to the coat in the prop list. He was wearing a hat- like the one in the picture- which helps to hide his face, therefore hiding his identity. This is appropriate to the story, as they are going to be committing a crime.
Jitmal -- Mark Wright Premachandra
Reason: Mark had the appearance and attitude to suit the character. At first we did not think he would be able to play the role, so we prepared for Jakob to play both roles, as the older guy wasnt going to show his face. Mark suited the role well as he smokes, has darker skin- which will help appeal the film to a wider audience. Mark wears more brighter colours (red) in the film, as we thought he was appropriately dressed in the scenes he was in. The group of young men are all quite unprofessional so this helps by Mark wearing usual and casual wear.
Older guy -- Jakob Montagu-Shaw
Reason: He's tall (which fits the character profile) and we generally thought he would be a good person for this role as he was willing to be in the film- acting and it was a good chance for him to mulit-task. The outfit which we thought of the man wearing was mostly to hide away any thing was most identfiable, for example, his face. We didn't give any information for the description for this character because it gave the character even more mystery- which we wanted to make clear. The questions created by this decision helps add to the sense of the film introduction being a thriller, as mystery is one of the main signifiers in thrillers. Even more, as the character is wearing dark clothes (hiding his identity), these adds to the mysterious.
Thriller location
The setting of our thriller needed to appropriate for the look of a middle-class, middle aged mans' house. The other locations around the house needed to help create mystery this was achieved by using dark secluded areas or busy local streets which created tension between the actors as they have to act more suspicious. The film was filmed in close proximentries as most of the shoting was done in one house. 
The two shots above are taken from outside the Mysterious mans house and are used in the planning of Simon's break in to the house with his gang, this is appropriate as stereotypically gangs of teenagers hang around on street corners. Also it used to show the man getting closer to returning to his house.
The two shots above are taken from outside the Mysterious mans house and are used in the planning of Simon's break in to the house with his gang, this is appropriate as stereotypically gangs of teenagers hang around on street corners. Also it used to show the man getting closer to returning to his house.This shot is of the front of the house, highlighting where the man's bedroom is on the top right with the lights on behind the curtain, this is significant becuase this is where the final scene in the opening takes place.
The door signifiers the man's arrival to the house and the shot from outside looking is straight away draws attention as the light from inside the house, is somewhat welcoming. The hallway also is important in the film as the man walks through it before he is suspicious to the break in to his house. There were a couple of mise-en-scene problems and one in particular we felt was not appropraite for the film and that was the fish mobile, which didnt fit the description of a dangerous Gangsta Man's house. There are also a number of family pictures which we decided we would leave in the shoting of the film becuase it helps to show the contrast between a man who can be a family man and a dangerous man who owns a gun.
Film Process
(Tues. 16th December)Our first attempt at shooting our film went accordingly, however when we had captured it on the editing software and began to watch it back, we noticed a few problems. These included: either the camera or computer had made the film blurry (more in other places) and the camera movements weren't smooth. The film seemed to be jumping making the flow of the film disrupted, which affected the overall piece. Even more, we discussed how "Simon's" outfit didn't look quite right but we rose above this by finding more suitable props for the character to wear. The next shooting of filming was more successful than the last, as we had another chance to re-think and improve our ideas (for shots and so on).
(Late December & Early January)
There was another more serious problem that arouse, a fatal error occured with the main pc we had our thriller filming on the hard drive malfunctioned cuasing us to lose a vast amount of filming. We attempted to retrieve the work we lost, but unfortunately our attempts were unsuccessful, consequently we had to start all of our work from the start, this included filming and editing. Although this put us behind, our teacher gave us an extension to complete our filming editing and the final evalution; this gave us the chance to improve our ideas and learn from our mistakes and hopefully using our experience create a better quality of film.
(Late December & Early January)
There was another more serious problem that arouse, a fatal error occured with the main pc we had our thriller filming on the hard drive malfunctioned cuasing us to lose a vast amount of filming. We attempted to retrieve the work we lost, but unfortunately our attempts were unsuccessful, consequently we had to start all of our work from the start, this included filming and editing. Although this put us behind, our teacher gave us an extension to complete our filming editing and the final evalution; this gave us the chance to improve our ideas and learn from our mistakes and hopefully using our experience create a better quality of film.
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Thriller introduction planning: ideas & so on
Initial ideas for film:
Idea 1: Man running down a road, away from something. Empty. Thinks he’s getting chased, but he isn’t actually. Police shows him CCTV of him not being chased, could be a massive conspiracy.
Idea 2: Man in suit walking down a corridor. Bangs into a room and starts searching. Another man in a chair and a woman in another on the other side of the room. After a clear messy search the angry man leaves. The man in the chair says “so where did you hide it?” and the young woman, smoking, just smiles.
Idea 3: Young people robbing an office, running out, one falls over, they all split up and run separate ways. The young one who fell over hides in the shadows. Phone starts vibrating; “Mum” comes up on the screen. A hand slides round the youth’s mouth and he drops the phone. The phone had been answered, lays on the floor with a faint voice calling out to the owner.
Idea 4: FINAL – “Gangsta’s” robbing an old man’s house, but he returns home and they run off except one is left there and gets caught inside the house with the old man, who is a “crazy killer”.
Films that have influenced your group:
1. KiDULTHOOD – Young teenagers, Gangster lifestyle, violence.
Idea 1: Man running down a road, away from something. Empty. Thinks he’s getting chased, but he isn’t actually. Police shows him CCTV of him not being chased, could be a massive conspiracy.
Idea 2: Man in suit walking down a corridor. Bangs into a room and starts searching. Another man in a chair and a woman in another on the other side of the room. After a clear messy search the angry man leaves. The man in the chair says “so where did you hide it?” and the young woman, smoking, just smiles.
Idea 3: Young people robbing an office, running out, one falls over, they all split up and run separate ways. The young one who fell over hides in the shadows. Phone starts vibrating; “Mum” comes up on the screen. A hand slides round the youth’s mouth and he drops the phone. The phone had been answered, lays on the floor with a faint voice calling out to the owner.
Idea 4: FINAL – “Gangsta’s” robbing an old man’s house, but he returns home and they run off except one is left there and gets caught inside the house with the old man, who is a “crazy killer”.
Films that have influenced your group:
1. KiDULTHOOD – Young teenagers, Gangster lifestyle, violence.
2. Layer Cake – Shot types (close up, mid-shot), Watching a particular character (young teen) and following him through the start, Location (urban city landscape), Shots fading out.
3. Sin City – Sound effects (siren’s in the background), Location (urban city landscape), Weather (Raining). 
What kind of thriller do you want to make? (Genre and style):
Genre: This film will have a few sub genre’s including; thriller suspense and crime thriller.
Style: The style of the film will be modern “Gangsta”.
What are you trying to achieve? (Themes or ideas you want to explore):
We would like our introduction to capture the audience’s interests and attention, so that it draws them into watching the whole film with interest. We want to explore the “Gangsta” theme along with the innocence of your childhood/teenage years.
What are you trying to achieve?
Themes or ideas you want to explore:We would like our introduction to capture the audience’s interests and attention, so that it draws them into watching the whole film with interest. We want to explore the “Gangsta” theme along with the innocence of your childhood/teenage years, by showing how a young smart innocent teenager can have their life turned around, and become a bad teen/villain, just by the people who he/she hangs out with.
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Thriller Character Profiles
Simon (main character)
Age: 16/17 years old
Hair colour: Light brown
Skin colour: White
Height: 5ft 9/10
Attitudes: Naive, clever, witty, quick- thinking.Background: Simon started off from a young age attending a boarding school, but never really fitted in. He was often getting into trouble and eventually convinced his parents to let him move school. At the start of his new school life, he was quiet and was slow to make friends, and didn't really settle in. Some boys in his year to decide to pick on him, and an older crew of boys notice and stand up for him. That is when he got involved in the wrong crowd and his life went on a down hill.Jitmal (Follower of the gang)Age: 17Hair colour: BrownSkin Colour: TannedHeight: 5ft 8/9Attitudes: Under the gang leader
Gang leader
Age: 19
Hair colour: No hair
Skin colour: Black
Height: 6ft
Attitudes: Has respect from the gang although he is not particularly nice to them. Left school early because he thought it was a waste of time, but has been at college for a while instead.Background: Distant with his family as they are often working throughout the day and late night. He has had to look after himself so he has become very uptight and self-centred as he is not usually around people. He often hangs around friends as they are more like his family.
Middle-aged guy
We have made no information as we want to make the older guy very mysterious that we do not wish to give anything away. The idea of him being mysterious is based on making the film intro have a mysterious atmosphere, as this is a classic thriller signifier. He will be kept mysterious as the camera will never show his face, only his silhouette.
Jitmal (Follower of the gang)
Age: 17
Hair colour: Brown
Skin Colour: Tanned
Height: 5ft 6
Attitudes: His status is under the gang leader and like his crew doesn't have an interest in school. He felt safer and fitted in with them because they didn't have many cares. He often has arguments with his family, purely because they are worried and think the gang is a bad influence.Background: Jitmal was brought up well but similarly to Simon, he fell into the wrong crowd, therefore he can relate to Simon more. He is not the main member of the gang, so he does not receive much respect from the gang leader or his fellow followers. He is more sensitive than the gang leader so he lets them push him into doing things he doesn't want to do. He is trusted by the gang.
Age: 16/17 years old
Hair colour: Light brown
Skin colour: White
Height: 5ft 9/10
Attitudes: Naive, clever, witty, quick- thinking.Background: Simon started off from a young age attending a boarding school, but never really fitted in. He was often getting into trouble and eventually convinced his parents to let him move school. At the start of his new school life, he was quiet and was slow to make friends, and didn't really settle in. Some boys in his year to decide to pick on him, and an older crew of boys notice and stand up for him. That is when he got involved in the wrong crowd and his life went on a down hill.Jitmal (Follower of the gang)Age: 17Hair colour: BrownSkin Colour: TannedHeight: 5ft 8/9Attitudes: Under the gang leader
Gang leader
Age: 19
Hair colour: No hair
Skin colour: Black
Height: 6ft
Attitudes: Has respect from the gang although he is not particularly nice to them. Left school early because he thought it was a waste of time, but has been at college for a while instead.Background: Distant with his family as they are often working throughout the day and late night. He has had to look after himself so he has become very uptight and self-centred as he is not usually around people. He often hangs around friends as they are more like his family.
Middle-aged guy
We have made no information as we want to make the older guy very mysterious that we do not wish to give anything away. The idea of him being mysterious is based on making the film intro have a mysterious atmosphere, as this is a classic thriller signifier. He will be kept mysterious as the camera will never show his face, only his silhouette.
Jitmal (Follower of the gang)
Age: 17
Hair colour: Brown
Skin Colour: Tanned
Height: 5ft 6
Attitudes: His status is under the gang leader and like his crew doesn't have an interest in school. He felt safer and fitted in with them because they didn't have many cares. He often has arguments with his family, purely because they are worried and think the gang is a bad influence.Background: Jitmal was brought up well but similarly to Simon, he fell into the wrong crowd, therefore he can relate to Simon more. He is not the main member of the gang, so he does not receive much respect from the gang leader or his fellow followers. He is more sensitive than the gang leader so he lets them push him into doing things he doesn't want to do. He is trusted by the gang.
Initial Ideas for what makes a thriller opening SUCCESSFUL:
- Originality/Individuality
- Mystery and intrigue
- "Hook" the audience - engage them
- Readable narrative - possible cliffhanger??
- Establish characters/settings/themes/styles
- Effective and clever editing
- Clear direction
- Steady camera work/shots
- Effective framing, compostion (rule of thirds)
- Effective mise-en-scene
- Lighting.
Thriller Script
Shot 1:Dim light, small lamp on in the room. Streetlight from outside through the window. Simon rummaging through a chest of draws, fast and hurried. Finds a gold watch that looks expensive.Simon: (whistles) S*** man! Simon stuffs the watch in his pocket.
Shot 2:Crew standing on corner outside, glancing at their watches. Street lamps light the street dimly in some places.Crew member 1: (moaning) Pfft, takes his time don't he.Crew leader: (Impatiently and slightly worried tone)I know man, what's the kid doing in there?Crew member 2: (Impatiently)I'm not waitin for this s*** much longer, that geezer will be home soon. I told you we should have gone in with him.Crew leader: (Quickly cuts into last comment, quite loud)And risk us getting caught? Nah you idiot!
Shot 3:Simon in the room, rummaging now in the wardrobe, he drops a load of boxes on the floor. Dim lamp still lighting the room.Simon: (Cautiously, worried, uneasily)F***! He searches through the boxes, looking for more valubles. His phone rings.
Shot 4:Close up of the phone, which shows "Mum" on the screen.Simon: (Talking across mobile phone, anxious, trying to finish conversation quickly)Hi mum...yeah...i'll be home soon...ok...love you, bye.
Shot 5:He hangs up and sighs with his head in his hands. He starts putting the boxes back.
Shot 6:Mans legs on the pavement, shoes clicking and cane on the floor. Streetlamps light the feet faintly.
Shot 7:Simon rummaging in more draws, slower, picking up small things and putting them in his pocket - mainly jewellery, dim lamp still lighting the room. He see's an expensive ring that looks special but puts it back into the back of the drawer.
Shot 8:Shot of the crew hanging out, with the old man walking up in the distance. The crew notice the man and watch him wearily.Crew member 3: (Worried)Is that the old geezer? The old man turns into a driveway.Crew member 2: (Shouting, worried)F***! thats him.Crew leader: (Realising it is the man's house)I'm outta here, f*** the kid!
Shot 9: The crew starts running away from the street, in and out of streetlamp shadows, they run to the end of the road, and split up, footsteps and yelling "bye" and swearing.
Shot 10: Close up of the old mans feet walking up to the door, and stepping infront of the door. Keys jingling and being put into the door.
Shot 11: Mid shot of the old man's body, footsteps and keys unlocking the door, walking into the house, streelamp light washes into the hallway.
Shot 12: Bottom midshot of the old man walking in from outside, door nearly shut, turning on a dim light.
Shot 13: Simon hears a bang from downstairs and looks around and freezes with a scared look on his face. The lamp is still on.Simon: (whispers, anxious, frightened) S***!
Shot 14: Old man hanging his coat and hat, still no veiw of his face, this is from behind, weak light of the hallway prevents any main features being shown.Old man:(Annoyed tone)B***** kids.
Shot 2:Crew standing on corner outside, glancing at their watches. Street lamps light the street dimly in some places.Crew member 1: (moaning) Pfft, takes his time don't he.Crew leader: (Impatiently and slightly worried tone)I know man, what's the kid doing in there?Crew member 2: (Impatiently)I'm not waitin for this s*** much longer, that geezer will be home soon. I told you we should have gone in with him.Crew leader: (Quickly cuts into last comment, quite loud)And risk us getting caught? Nah you idiot!
Shot 3:Simon in the room, rummaging now in the wardrobe, he drops a load of boxes on the floor. Dim lamp still lighting the room.Simon: (Cautiously, worried, uneasily)F***! He searches through the boxes, looking for more valubles. His phone rings.
Shot 4:Close up of the phone, which shows "Mum" on the screen.Simon: (Talking across mobile phone, anxious, trying to finish conversation quickly)Hi mum...yeah...i'll be home soon...ok...love you, bye.
Shot 5:He hangs up and sighs with his head in his hands. He starts putting the boxes back.
Shot 6:Mans legs on the pavement, shoes clicking and cane on the floor. Streetlamps light the feet faintly.
Shot 7:Simon rummaging in more draws, slower, picking up small things and putting them in his pocket - mainly jewellery, dim lamp still lighting the room. He see's an expensive ring that looks special but puts it back into the back of the drawer.
Shot 8:Shot of the crew hanging out, with the old man walking up in the distance. The crew notice the man and watch him wearily.Crew member 3: (Worried)Is that the old geezer? The old man turns into a driveway.Crew member 2: (Shouting, worried)F***! thats him.Crew leader: (Realising it is the man's house)I'm outta here, f*** the kid!
Shot 9: The crew starts running away from the street, in and out of streetlamp shadows, they run to the end of the road, and split up, footsteps and yelling "bye" and swearing.
Shot 10: Close up of the old mans feet walking up to the door, and stepping infront of the door. Keys jingling and being put into the door.
Shot 11: Mid shot of the old man's body, footsteps and keys unlocking the door, walking into the house, streelamp light washes into the hallway.
Shot 12: Bottom midshot of the old man walking in from outside, door nearly shut, turning on a dim light.
Shot 13: Simon hears a bang from downstairs and looks around and freezes with a scared look on his face. The lamp is still on.Simon: (whispers, anxious, frightened) S***!
Shot 14: Old man hanging his coat and hat, still no veiw of his face, this is from behind, weak light of the hallway prevents any main features being shown.Old man:(Annoyed tone)B***** kids.
Influences for our Thriller
Last lesson with one of my teachers, we looked more closely at our own thriller introductions- or the plans and ideas we had. One of the these certain things was: the themes of our thriller. The themes that are going to be obvious in our thriller is:
- Betrayal: as the young boy, Simon will be left on his own as the gang/crew run away after realizing that the mystery man is going into the house Simon is in.
- Corruption: stealing
- Mystery: as the mystery man is mysterious... the audience is not let in to who the man is, all possible questions arise once he enters the room. For instance, the audience will wonder what he'll do if he finds Simon, and IF he actually does, how he will react.
- Moral Ambiguity: Who is right and who is wrong... Simon will obviously be in the wrong but then it is not entirely his fault seeing as it was the gang leader who told him to do it.
Next, we looked at the styles of our thrillers, as a group mine decided that the style was gangsta and modern. It will appear modern as the style of clothing, speech/dialogue, possibly setting will be more up-to-date, rather than old-fashioned. The possibility of having the film in black and white is yet to be decided, but if it was, I think it would be a good contrast showing how there are different time periods combined.
The sub genre is gangsta as the gang are gangstas and are dressed in that particular style of wear and speak in that certain way.
The influences for our thriller intro is:
*Kidulthood and Adulthood are a great influence as the main characters are young teenagers going into their adult years. The characters are acting as though they live in gangster lifestyle but the truth behind them is that not all gangstas live in the same environment, some will have different life's' at home due to the fact that their families are different. This therefore makes it relevant to Simon's side of the story as he was at a private boarding school before wanting a different type of lifestyle.
*Football Factory is another influence because one of the characters is in someones' house and he is about to get caught without knowing.
*Layer Cake is another influence as the shots used are quite similar to the ones' we are planning to use. The locations we are planning to use will be relatively urban seeing as a common and easy thriller signifier is urban settings.
*Miller's Crossing, because the themes of deceit and loyalty.
*Sin City is our final influence seeing as the sounds in the background are very urban, and we may use similar sound effects. Another thing is the number of phone calls occuring and how you can hear the person on the receiver on the other end.
Thriller Meeting schedule
Meeting Schedule is:
Week 1 – Wednesday, Period 2.Thursday, Period 3.
Week 2 – Wednesday, Period 3.Thursday, Period 3.
Weekends – Saturday mornings, Café Nero’s.
In these first couple of weeks we focused mainly on planning, using mind maps to collect ideas regarding plot, narrative and themes. We discussed films which had influenced our ideas and in turn specific scenes, signifiers or conventions to help mould together a basic understanding of how our thriller would be. The next stage was to go through individual sections of creating our thriller in detail.
A list of what we were asked to cover:
IDEA STAGE- Initial ideas - Films that have influenced our ideas- Genres and styles - What we are trying to achieve ~ themes and ideas.
PRE-PRODUCTION which included:-Meeting schedule -Synopsis of film -Detailed storyboards -Character profiles-Location scouting/decisions on locations -Cast auditions/choices-Shooting schedule -Deciding on props.
The pre-prodcution stage enabled us to get a detailed understanding of how our thriller was to develop and gave us the ideas to start the penultamate stage of our thriller which was shooting. Many from the list above were decided before the start of shooting although some subtle changes were made during the shooting stage an example: there was a change in the cast, the actor of Simon was changed and i believe the thriller as we didn't have one actor playing two of the main roles. The cast auditions were easily completed as most of the actors were selected from our friendship groups and i decided as i knew the roles the best as i created them i would also act in the thriller. Also with a limited cast needed selection was never a problem as there are only 4 characters in the opeining of out thriller.
The shooting schedule is:
6th December, 4pm - 6pm;
16th December, 4pm - 5pm;
17th December, 4pm - 6pm;
12th January, 5pm - 6pm;
21st January, 4pm - 7pm;
our final filming session: 23rd January, 4/5pm
As you can see the shoting took place during the winter period wihch mean't we could start filming relatively early around 4pm and still get the atmosphere we needed. The main reason for the choice of time for our filming was to have it done in darkness this helped add the effect of mystery in the location and the characters are less easily recognisable. We had to do more filming than expected and many of the dates in January were extension dates due to some technical errors we came across in the editing the first time round of our thriller. Although this put us a little behind on our deadlines it was not a massive problem as it allowed us to recalate on the first piece of filming and improve and develop our skills and ideas resulting in a better thriller second time around.
Week 1 – Wednesday, Period 2.Thursday, Period 3.
Week 2 – Wednesday, Period 3.Thursday, Period 3.
Weekends – Saturday mornings, Café Nero’s.
In these first couple of weeks we focused mainly on planning, using mind maps to collect ideas regarding plot, narrative and themes. We discussed films which had influenced our ideas and in turn specific scenes, signifiers or conventions to help mould together a basic understanding of how our thriller would be. The next stage was to go through individual sections of creating our thriller in detail.
A list of what we were asked to cover:
IDEA STAGE- Initial ideas - Films that have influenced our ideas- Genres and styles - What we are trying to achieve ~ themes and ideas.
PRE-PRODUCTION which included:-Meeting schedule -Synopsis of film -Detailed storyboards -Character profiles-Location scouting/decisions on locations -Cast auditions/choices-Shooting schedule -Deciding on props.
The pre-prodcution stage enabled us to get a detailed understanding of how our thriller was to develop and gave us the ideas to start the penultamate stage of our thriller which was shooting. Many from the list above were decided before the start of shooting although some subtle changes were made during the shooting stage an example: there was a change in the cast, the actor of Simon was changed and i believe the thriller as we didn't have one actor playing two of the main roles. The cast auditions were easily completed as most of the actors were selected from our friendship groups and i decided as i knew the roles the best as i created them i would also act in the thriller. Also with a limited cast needed selection was never a problem as there are only 4 characters in the opeining of out thriller.
The shooting schedule is:
6th December, 4pm - 6pm;
16th December, 4pm - 5pm;
17th December, 4pm - 6pm;
12th January, 5pm - 6pm;
21st January, 4pm - 7pm;
our final filming session: 23rd January, 4/5pm
As you can see the shoting took place during the winter period wihch mean't we could start filming relatively early around 4pm and still get the atmosphere we needed. The main reason for the choice of time for our filming was to have it done in darkness this helped add the effect of mystery in the location and the characters are less easily recognisable. We had to do more filming than expected and many of the dates in January were extension dates due to some technical errors we came across in the editing the first time round of our thriller. Although this put us a little behind on our deadlines it was not a massive problem as it allowed us to recalate on the first piece of filming and improve and develop our skills and ideas resulting in a better thriller second time around.
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