Script

We decided not to use a script because our opening is a chase and does not require speech, because you do not often hear dialogue during a chase because they are running, and also because it is a thriller the silence adds a dramatic effect to what is happening.

Shooting schedule

Storyboards

Casting

For casting we chose to just include people that are in our group to be in the film. We decided to do this because we know that there will be no problems with getting to the filming location, because everyone in our group should be in because we intended to film during the lesson. This is so that we are all in and can just get ready and go and not have to chase people up or worry about whether or not people can come film when we want to. We chose Drew to play the PI because he is the tallest out of all of us, so it gives the impression to the viewer that because he is the taller character he has more power over the others. We also thought that it would be good for Drew to play the PI because he said with the costume we need him to have, he said he already has the majority of what is needed for it, so we thought based upon this it would be good for him to play the PI. I was chosen to play the criminal (guy getting chased) because out of the three I am the smallest so it would make sense for me to be running because it seems as if I would not be able defend myself against them so it makes sense for me to run. Also I could jump the stairs and climb through different parts of the car park making the chase more interesting making it look more interesting but also show the desperation of the guy trying to run away. Another reason me and Drew were chosen to be the two characters was because I do drama this year and Drew did it last year, so we could possibly present the characters better giving a viewer a clearer idea of how they are feeling.

Titles

We chose to use these two fonts because they are both large bold fonts that will stand out on the screen and would be likely to catch a viewers attention when watching the film. They are relevant to the thriller genre because like in most other thriller films they are big and would be the main focus of the shot, which is what we need them to do. We will probably use both of these titles in our opening sequence to have a bit of variety when our opening sequence is happening, which will probably work to good effect because it could help highlight the importance of each title, depending on what it is. Titles from www.dafont.com

Fonts

Character descriptions

PI:
gender: male
age:30
Personality: A very stern character, that helps people in times of need. Not afraid of anything.

Occupation: Has been working as a PI for 6 years and has gained a lot of experience in this time.

Looks: He is roughly 6"2', with brown hair, medium build and has no defining marks or tattoos.

Danny (criminal):
gender: male
age: 20
Personality: Is a good man, but can be persuaded to do bad thing, if he needs to. As he lives alone he works just to keep himself afloat, this means that he is not a people person and likes to keep to himself.

Occupation: Works as an engineer, but as he does not get a lot of money from this, he has had to join a criminal group to make enough money.

Looks: Roughly 5"10', medium-long length hair, small build, with no marks or tattoos

List of props, costumes and location

Props:
Coin for P&D machine
Car

We chose these two as our only props needed because they are relevant to our sequence as they would be necessary in a car park and enable us to take a variation of shots using these.

Costume:
Pi- all black suit, smart black shoes, brown trench coat worn over suit, fedora hat.
Policeman- police officer suit
Criminal- grey trousers, trainers, t-shirt

We chose to the put the PI in these clothes because it makes it clear to the audience he has a lot of power because he is in a suit, but there is also a sense of mystery about that character because it wants to make the audience want to know why his identity is hidden by the at and big brown trench coat. The policeman is obviously dressed in a police suit because it makes it obvious to the audience who he is. We chose to put the criminal in fairly casual wear because it contrasts to the other two but also does not give too much away about him, but the story will help to make it clear to the audience who he is.

Location:
Car park, Sutton

We chose a car park because it is quite a dull, dark place which is not very nice and pleasant,which suits a thriller because they often incorporate quite dull, grim colours. This also helps us with the chase sequence because we can use the stairs in to show he is going up, but also enables us to use the cars to weave in and out of creating interesting types of shots.

Shot lists

Like most thrillers we are going to use dominantly close ups, long shots and mid-shots to enable an audience to have a clear view of the setting and the characters body language and feelings through seeing their face. However, we do want to try and use shots like high and low angle when the beging, because we are going to be using stairs in our sequence, so we felt if we incoroporated these shots it would be very interesting because it is enabling you to see what is happening through a different perspective and vary the shot types because you do not often see these shots. We also want to try an over the shoulder shot, but have it so that when this shot is happening we see person near the camera from the front, so it is the front of the shoulder, and have it so we can see a figure behind them. We wanted to do a shot like this because it is different from a normal over the shoulder shot and gives the effect that the person is unaware of what is happening behind them. Another shot we decided we wanted to try to incorporate in our film was a match on action at one point because they are very effective shots to use, and can make it seem more interesting becuase there is a variation as to what is happening rather than just having it all as the same for a shot period. We are going to have a point of view shot at the end after we see the guy jump off the edge; the shot will be through the etes of the PI running over and looking at the body over the edge. Another shot we are going to have is at the start an extreme close up of a foot as it steps out of a car to add the sense of mystery because the viewer will not know who it is stepping out and what they are doing.

Sound

Sound effects:

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=22416 (heartbeat)

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=27151 (water dripping)


Sound tracks:

Cops and robbers

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=58963

Synopsis

At the beginnning of our film we chose to show the opening sequence as the ending and work our way through the film revealing different points of the storyline working back towards this event, we show a member of an orgainsed crime assiciation get dropped off at a car park believing he is going there for an important drug deal. As he goes into the car park he gets suspicious of his surroundings and begins to glance around, he notices a policeman blocking the exit. He then looks round again and see's the exit's have all been blocked off and that it is a trap to arrest him for his crimes. He triesto get away by running through the car park but is being chased by a PI. After this has happened they reach the top of the car park and the criminal seeing he is going to prison jumps off the edge, killing himself. Later in the film you find out that the PI was hired by police to find a man linked with several crimes in the area. As he investigates the criminal the story of the criminals life is revealed to us, showing that he was not always involved in crime and that he used to be an engineer, but needed money fast to pay his bills so it's revealed to the audience how he got involved with crime. As the story goes on we see that he is part of a large crime group and we see how he slowly moves up the ranks in this group after each job that he does. However, by the time he has moved to the top the PI has arranged this fake deal to catch the criminal, in which we see the opening sequence again after seeing how different events led up to this happening.

Initial ideas

Possible shooting locations

I feel that an alley or a car park would be two very good shooting locations because they are two very deserted but empty locatoins. I chose these two because they are very easy to access to be able to film at these locations and they are also quite dark, gloomy mysterious places. They also are very good because you could put wwriting on the walls of these in an opening sequence which would look clever, but also be very effective because it will seem as if it was already there but links in with our title sequence well.