Planning: Shot list ( Miss B)

Camera shot list

The camera shot list includes things like angle, shot size and movement that will be used when we are filming the thriller opening scene as a group. When filming this helps the person dealing with the storyboard, the directors and the camera operators so that there are less problems. Also creating the shot list saves time when filming and allowing the group to be more organised.
 

The shot list allowed the group to see what sizes, angles and movements that we could use in the thriller production. The shots enable us to select different ones to make the affects more interesting.

Planning: Micro-elements

Cinematography
In the thriller production that I will produce with my group I plan to use different cinematography techniques to make my production conventional to a thriller.
Firstly, I will use close-up, this will be used when the main character Amani is staring at his sisters dead body. This will show how he feels and his fear of what happened. The shot captures the characters reaction and emotions.
Also long shot will be used to show Amani and his sisters dead body in the same scene. This shot allows the audience to see the whole scene and the characters.
Medium shot will be used when Amani wakes up in the room and we can see his body moving, trying to move. This allows the audience to see the struggle the character is going through.  


High angle shot will be used when Amani is walking up the stairs and we see him from the top of the stairs bending down to touch the blood that he has noticed. The iconography in this scene will be the blood which shows that something has happened and makes the audience wonder and making them want to watch more to see what will happen next.


Panning shot can be used when Amani walks into the living room as he tries to find out what is going on.

 
Editing
Editing is another important section in the process of producing our thriller opening. We aim to use different editing techniques  

Fade to black is when on shot moves into another shot in an edit and does not confuse the audience.

Reaction shot: thinks she sees something

Slow editing: when clips are put together at a normal pace and this is to create fluency




Sound

Diegetic sound: sound, which is part of the film world. e.g music from a radio or jukebox.

Non diegetic: sound , which is not part of the film world. e.g. soundtrack, voice overs.

Off the screen sound : you can hear the sound but you can see where its coming from.

Planning: storyboard (Miss B)

Storyboards are drawings of the sequence of shots for a script. It helps to pre-visualize how the director wants the screenplay to be shot. It is very useful as a basis to communicate the director's ideas to the crew and the producers. Some directors would storyboard every scene  and camera angle to save money when they are on set. Storyboarding is mainly there to get a first idea of what the film will look like. It gives indications of the size of the shot, the camera angle and the sequence of the shots. It is rarely followed exactly but it is a helpful guideline during the shooting of a film.

Advantages of creating a storyboard is that it helps you see your own movie before you make it and make creative decisions early. Which allows you to save time. For example, it minimises standing around in set, minimise wasted shots, speed up editing and post. Also allows you to spot potential issues early. Help your cast and crew all see the same vision for the movie. It allows everyone to get involved.

 

 

 

 Here we can see the first 4 scene of our thriller. In these scene Amani who is the victim is walking up the hut and notices blood. He fears that some has happened but he doesn't know what. He carries on walking to see the door open as he follows the blood, we walks into the living room and notices his sisters dead body cover in blood. He stares at her pale face with blood everywhere. As he is in shock he doesn't notice the antagonist appearing behind him. He is attacked by the antagonist and hit on the head with a wooden stick.

 

 

When Amani is hit on the head everything goes black with edits and soundtrack playing. He is in a dark room on the floor. When wakes up we  see certain parts of his body moving. He opens his eyes and see his sisters ghost and tries to reach to her but he's too weak to move at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have spent a lot of time with the group to think about each shot and what to include. We planed each scene to be 10 seconds long and in total we have 12 scene, we plan to add a lot more scene when filming. This storyboard will save us time when filming as we now know what scene to film and what scene we could include. Also the timing allowed us to see how many scene we could include in two minutes. All of the team now has the same vision.

Planning: Pre-production paperwork

Pre-production paperwork

Production schedual

• A summary of exactly what is going to happen in your film schedual.
• This document should be given to everyone in your filming team and cast so they have all the information they need to about your thriller these include; times, dates and propps.
• Need to be easy to follow and understand by everyone in the team.
• It allows the team to be organised as they know what to do and when to to do it.
• It also allows the team to understand what to expect when filming, everyone knows their role.

Location recce

• A summary of the location that you have decided to use for your thriller.
• This document should be given  to everyone in your filming team so they all have the information they need to about your location.
• Need to show visual information and discuss your reasons and choices for your location.

Risk assessment

• An analysis of your location, and you need to identify what risks might arise and how you plan to overcome them.
• This document should be given to everyone in your filming team so they alll have the information they need to about your location and risks. This is a legal document.
• Need to show an analysis of your location and calculate risks.

Client release form



 

• A legal document that discusses the terms and agreements for any actors in your thriller.
• This document should be given to everyone who will be a part of the cast.
• Need to show an analysis of your location and calculate risks.

 

 

Location release form

• A legal form that discusses terms and agreements for the company/council/ people that are allowing you to film in their location.
• This document should be given to company/ council people to show that you have agreed to the terms and conditions.
• Need to show that you have understood your and their rights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planning: Character presentation ( Miss B)

Character presentation

 

 

Name: Amani

Character role: Amani is the character who walks up the hut following blood that he sees on the floor. When he comes to the enterance he realises the door is open and notices his sisters body on the floor of his house. This leads him to have different thoughts and he wakes up in a dark room seeing his sisters ghost.

Costume:Day to day costume

Make-up and hair:Pale make up with lens.

Body language and facial expressions: Scared, looks possessed.

 

 

 

Name: Sister of Amani/ Ruth

Character role:

Costume:Dirty, blood used to show that she is dead

Make-up and hair:

Body language and facial expressions: Still and emotionless, with her eyes open

Name: Antagonist

Character role: The antagonist kills Amani's sister and and hits Amani on the head in his house.

Costume:Dressed in black

Make-up and hair: Hidden identity, we only see the characters chin and below.

Body language and facial expressions:  We see his hand and feet moving slow this creates fear.

 

 

 

 

 



Planning: Final idea

 

Theme:

Genre: Thriller

Sub-genres: Horror, crime and action.

Characters:
Amani
Little sister
Antagonist


Title: That One Night

Mise-en scene:
Iconography:

• Blood
• Wooden stick

As a group we have come up with our final idea. Amani is the victim who is going home which is located in Enfield South Street. He unlocks the main door to enter the building. While walking up the hut Amani realises blood on the stairs. He doesn't know if the liquid on the floor is blood or something else so bends down to touch it. As he realises that what he just touched is blood he has a fearful facial expression and body language of not knowing what to do. He carries on walking and following the blood on the floor and when he reaches the door to his house he notices that the door is unlocked. When he walks into the house he heads to the living room seeing his sisters dead body covered in blood. At this moment he is stood still in shock and concentrated on his sisters body. He doesn't notice the antagonist behind him who hits Amani with a wooden stick on the head.

 

The antagonist appearing from the back of the victim will be a breath taking moment for the audience as they will find out what the character is doing behind Amani and where he came from. This scene will also create shock and suspense for the audience as they would have many differnt questions in their minds of the antagonist and amani. The face of the antagonist will not be shown as he has hidden identity. This adds mystery to the thriller. It is also conventional to a thriller.

 

Moreover, the camera will fade to black and Amanis body will be flashed to the camera. Amani is wrapped up in a ball in the corner of the dark room. This means that the antagonist has put Amani into darkness and when Amani opens his eyes, he comes across being in a dark room walking up next to his sisters ghost. He tries to reach to his sister but hes too weak.

In the dark room everything that is going on happens in his brain and his sister fades.

Amani starts to move his body when he is on the floor in the dark room. Then Amani faints.

Finally Amani wakes up in the house and wraps himself in a ball, loses control of himself.

 

Planning: Mise-en scene Mr LSH

Mise-en-scene

Setting

The thriller production that I will be filming is going to be filmed in two main locations which include the following; house which is located in Ponders End and Oasis academy Hadley drama room. We will have scene in the hut of the flat, when walking up the stairs and in the living room of the house. The darkness of the drama will create mystery of what's going on. But the darkness and the emptiness will represent the unconscious mind.

The response I hope to create from my use of settings are that the audience could establish that its a setting that would be conventional to a thriller, and they would react to in the  relevant way depending on the setting for example they would feel the sense of being worried when the scene was in a hut and Amani notices the blood on the floor.

Iconography
We plan to use a various range of iconography that would be relevant and conventional to a thriller. We would have reference to blood throughout the scenes.
Also Amana's sisters body would be covered in blood that she has been killed brutally.
 

The response I hope to create from the use of iconography would be that the audience would be aware of the strength of the antagonist and what he is capable of doing anything to the victim in order for the audience to feel sad for the victims.

Costume, hair and make-up
Amani who walks into the flat and see his little sisters dead body. In this scene we will make sure that Amani's make up makes him look pale as he is in shock and scared of what's going on. He will be wearing lighter day to day costume and when compared to the antagonist who will be wearing all black the audience is able to identify the victim and the antagonist easily. The sister will be dressed in white to show her innocence.
 

The response I hope to create from the use of costume would be that the audience would be able to acknowledge the victim and the antagonist by the use of costume as the antagonist would be wearing darker clothes in relation to the victim.

 

Facial expression/body language:

When the victim realise what's going on they start to have a worried and anxious facial expression as different camera sizes are used to show the emotion of the Amani when he stares at his sisters body and in the last scene him sitting down in the corner of the room at home.

 Body language of antagonist would be calm and give the sense that he would be in control over the victim. On the other hand, the body language of the victim would be shown as weak and defensive against the antagonist.

The response I hope to create from the facial expression and body language would be that through the use of facial expression and body language the audience should be able to tell that the victims are in trouble and that the antagonist is in control.

 

Lighting:

 

As the location of the scene is a house and the drama room natural light and some technique light will be used to make the scene more clear to the audience.
 

Planning: production roles

Planning production roles are significantly important to make sure that the groups thriller production goes smoothly.
Camera operator: this is the person who films the scenes, this individual would work alongside the storyboard organiser and the director to take instructions from them about how to operate the camera. Such as what shot, angle and movement to use at the specific scene or time. They should create which shots which are effective to use for the thriller genre and not to confuse the audience by using  the appropriate camera techniques.

Actors: these are the people who are getting filmed, they act as the characters desired in the film, they work with the film director to get instructions on how to be feeling and how they should be positioned in the scene. Their job is to play a convincing character.

Sound technician: the sound technician is the person that creates the specific sounds that are relevant to each scene. They have to work with the storyboard organiser to decide the type of sound to use. They make sure that the sounds are effective to the audience.

Editors: These are the people that edit the scenes. They would work with the storyboard organiser and also the camera operator to decide the parts which would require cutting, and what type of montage to use and what sequence of shots should be used. They would make sure that the cuts they use do not confuse the audience and that they are effective for the thriller.

Film Director: This is the person who is in charge of everything that goes on in the thriller but mainly controls the character, he/she makes sure everything is effective and reflect the film producers ideas. Moreover, they control all the elements of mise-en scene. They work with the whole team and makes sure they are pursing in the producers aspirations.

Location manager: This is the person that chooses the location of the scene, he/she makes sure that the location would be conventional for our thriller, and also he/she would have to work with the film directors to decide what time of the day and what area to set the scene at. This is to make sure that they have the best place to film the scene at the correct time to enhance the impact the scene has on the audience by choosing appropriate scenes so they can relate to making the audience more engaged and interested in the scene.

Storyboard organiser: The storyboard organiser is the person who creates the film on the storyboard which displays all the other workers of the film in rough idea of what's going to happen in the scene, they make it relevent to a music video. It implies the shot number, cinematography, actors involved, editing style narrative, dialogue and duration of the scene to give the workers a more detailed guidline and a general idea of what they are meant to be producing. The storyboard organiser would make it as detailed as he/she can so there would be less work to do on the day of shooting.

Each member of the group has specific roles in the production.

Gizem is one of the camera operators in the production of our thriller. She has to work alongside with the storyboard organiser which is Hazal and the director which is Amani and Hazal.

 The storyboard organiser and the director would give Gizem instructions. However, Gizem is also in charge of lighting and sound that is used in the production of our thriller.

 When working with sound Gizem has to communicate well with the storyboard organiser to be able to choose the most appropriate sounds to be used in the production. This will allow us to create suspense and tension for the audience and allow them to feel the characters emotions. Gizem is also one of the producers.

Asli
I'm in charge of the costume& hair, Producer and I also operate as one of the camera operators. I have to make sure all of the scenes in the storyboard is shot in the best angles and its filmed well. Also I have to work with Gizem who also is one of the camera operators. I have to take instructions from Amani and Hazal as they are the directors. Moreover,



On the other hand, Hazal has three roles in the production which include the following: Director, editing and storyboarding.
As shown we have two people working on lighting which is Gizem and Hazal. As the editor Hazal needs to work with both of the camera operators and the storyboard organiser.  This would allow the editor to edit the scenes appropriately.

Finally Amani has two roles which includes the following: Location manger and director. As the location manager Amani has to make sure that he chooses the most appropriate place to film the thriller. Also as the film director he is in charge of everything but he must make sure that the scenes reflect the producers ideas which is Hazal. He has to work with the whole team.

Planning: Opening Scene narration (Miss B)

Opening Scene Narration

 

Introduction
In a group of four we were able to discuss different ideas that each member of the group came up with for the thrill production that we will be creating. This section allowed the group to create a well structured thriller opening which allows the audience to understand what is going on and feel the emotions of the characters.

The first scenes going to be a group of friends being loud and joking about on the empty streets of Enfield Town. In our group we have decided to chose a Halloween theme. This allowed us to come up with different ideas. At the start of the our thriller a group of friends which includes three boys and two girls dressed in different Halloween costumes walking in town going to a Halloween party. The group of friends are either being followed by someone or they are being tricked. When talking to each other they remember that they have done something bad last Halloween in the same place and this may be the revenge time. The friends joke about thinking that so much time has passed on and it was pointless thinking about such thing. As they carry on in the empty streets in town at midnight they start to hear something weird. They all stand still and stare at each other as if they are questioning each other of what the noise is but they don't dare to make a sound. Our thriller movie ends with a cliff hanger so the audiences are left with so many questions in they're head. This allows the audience to feel to watch more to find out what would happen next.

Planning: Initial ideas (Miss B)

Initial ideas of the group

In a group of four we had to discuss the ideas that each of us came up with. We listed down all of the ideas and this has given us so many ideas that we could include in our final idea for the thriller production. Overall we have decided to use different parts form each members idea to put together in our final idea. For example from my idea we may take the CCTC idea and from Amani's idea we are planning to use the gang or making this a group of friends.

 

 

My idea:

Narrative: One of the employees of the school watching the CCTV  footage everyday after school. He starts to see something appearing in some of the classrooms. There are no clear footage of what it is as there are cuts. When the employee goes to check, there is nothing but a empty class room but with blood on the walls and tables moved around. In the following seven days seven students goes missing from the school. The find out that the employee was acting innocent and he was actually the killer.

Title:Missing Seven

Sub-genre: Crime

Characters: Employee of the school who checks the CCTC, the seven students.

Narrative structure:

Location: School

Iconograpy: blood 

Costume of character: The seven students are dressed in school uniform with blood and mud all over them.The employee is dressed  in a black suit and he has no hair.

Advantages of the idea: One advantage of the idea is that it shows obsession. Allows the audience to watch more and find out who the killer actually is.

Disadvantages of the idea:One disadvantage is that it is in a school. The idea may have been better if it took place somewhere else like a library or a hospital.

 

Hazal's idea:

Narrative: A lady sleep walks to her daughters bedroom and kills her daughter by biting her neck the young girl dies in her bed. When the mother goes back to her to sleep, she has flash backs of it. She thinks its a nightmare. She goes to her daughters room again to check. However, her daughter is dead. She starts to hear voices, ' You killed your own daughter'. Her daughter daughter disapears and there is no sign of her. No body believes her and she is taken to a mental hospital and she has attacks, at the hospital and she ends up finding a way to kill herself as she can no longer take the pain.

Title: Lady asleep

Sub-genre: Psychological Thriller

Characters: Mother, Daughter, Doctors and family friends.

Narrative structure:

Location: House and Mental Health Hospital

Iconography: Blood, sharp teeth, Cross necklace

Costume of characters:  The mother wearing a black nightgrown.

The daughter is dressed in a white and pink striped pajamas.

Advantages of the idea: The idea of the mother being the killer and her sleep walking allows the audience to wonder if she actually commited the crime or if someone else did. This creates mystery and fear. Also it has clear structure allowing the audience to understand who is who and what is happening.

Disadvantages of the idea: The idea of the mother killing the child  and not knowing that she killed her may be confusing for the audience as we only see the mother being the antagonist. If the mother states that she hasn't killed her daughter then who did. There are questions that haven't been shown and this may confuse the audience.

 

 

Amani's idea

 

Narrative: Well educated boy who is successful with good friends and family around him. He is led on the path to destruction after his brother is killed by a gang. He takes revenge on the gang by wiping out each member but the futher he goes the deeper into darkness he gets and the more he finds ouy about his brother. He finally finds out that his brother was the gang leader and he was killed by an enemy gang who wanted to take revenge. The opening scene is the brother on the floor in blood and we see a gang of boys running away.

Title: Revenge

Sub-genre: Action Thriller

Characters: two brothers, two gangs including about 5 boys in each gang present in the gang scenes.

Narrative structure:

Location: Street

Iconograpy: knife, blood, two different gang coloured symbols.

Costume of character:

The brother who is well educated in a casual jean and white top showing that he is normal guy minding his own business and also that he is someone innocent.

The brother who died in black t-shirt and tracksuit and blood all over him.

The gang members in dark coloured t-shirts and tracksuits with different coloured symbols like hats or gloves that show they are member of a certain gang.

Advantages of the idea:The idea is well written. It has a flowing structure and allows the audience to understand what is going on. Simple characters and costumes used to allow the audience to identify who is who in the action thriller.

Disadvantages of the idea:The filming of the gang members may become difficult as there are alot of people. The location of the thriller could become challenging as there might be people outside who may think the arguments are real between the two gangs.

 

 

Gizems idea:

Narrative: A mother has killed two daughters of hers as her husband cheated on her. The mother has flashbacks of her killer her two daughters which makes her go crazy and she acts like a psyco so she ends up in a mental health hospital which then she starts killing her doctors.

Title: Kill2r

Sub-genre: Science Fiction

Characters: Two daughters, husband, mother and the two doctors

Location:House and Mental Health Hospital

Iconograpy:  Blood, knife.

Costume of character: Mother dressed in brown t-shirt and jeans.

The husband dressed in a black suit and white shirt.

The two daughters are dressed in similar colours pink and white dresses.

Advantages of the idea:The advantages of this thriller is that the structure isn't so confusing as the audience would easily understand what is going on. The idea may mean that some of the audience could related that they went through the same mind set as they were cheated on too and  this would create a relationship between the character and the audience.

Disadvantages of the idea:One disadvatage of this idea is that it may become too difficult to actually show the audience why the lady decided to kill her daughters and not her husband.