Thriller Task: Shot List

This is our shot list for our thriller opening.

 

 

Shot Number	Type of Shot	Duration (S)	Description
1	Long Shot Pan	2.00	A shot of the area.
2	Mid Shot Still Shot	2.00	A shot of the protagonist against a wall.
3	Long Shot Still Shot	3.00	The car driving up the road, towards the camera.
4	Close-up Still Shot	1.30	The protagonist searching through his bag.
5	Mid Shot Pan	2.30	The car driving through the main gates, past the camera.
6	Mid Shot Still Shot	2.30	The car stopping and a soldier walking in front.
7	Close-up Still Shot	1.30	The protagonist’s possessions.
8	Close-up Still Shot	2.00	The guns used by the soldiers.
9	Mid Shot Still Shot	2.00	The protagonist putting things into his bag.
10	Mid Shot Tracking Shot	3.30	The soldiers walking with their guns, away from the camera.
11	Close-up Tracking Shot	3.00	A soldier searching the area.
12	Mid Shot Still Shot	1.30	A torch being shone through a window.
13	Close-up Still Shot	2.00	The protagonists hand gun.
14	Mid Shot Still Shot	1.30	The soldiers opening the door of a container unit.
15	Mid Shot Still Shot	1.00	The soldiers walking into the container unit, towards the camera.
16	Mid Shot Still Shot	1.00	The soldiers walking into the container unit, away from the camera.
17	Mid Shot Still Shot	1.30	The protagonist hearing the soldiers.
18	Mid Shot Tracking Shot	2.00	The soldiers moving through the compound.
19	Close-up Still Shot	1.30	The soldier giving orders to the others.
20	Close-up Still Shot	1.00	A soldier running through a puddle.
21	Mid Shot Still Shot	1.30	A soldier taking cover behind a wall.
22	Close-up Still Shot	1.30	The protagonist loading his revolver.
23	Mid Shot Still Shot	2.30	The soldiers preparing to breach the door.
24	POV	1.00	The soldiers going into the building.
25	Mid Shot Still Shot	1.30	The soldiers going into the building.
26	Mid Shot Still Shot	1.00	The protagonists stuff is gone.
27	Close-up Tracking Shot	1.30	The protagonist running away.
28		3.00	The main title.
29	Long Shot Still Shot	3.00	A family house, titled “One Week Earlier”.

 

 

We are filming long duartion shots so that we can get the best bits but we will cut them down to around 1 or 2 seconds.

This is what we are going to film and what shot types we will use, which will help us know what we need to film on the day so that we don't waste any time. However, we might take more shots depending on what effect it creates and if we want to capture something else.

Thriller Task: Sound

For our thriller we are going to have music over the top and we aren't going to include a lot of diegetic sound. However, if we do include diegetic sound it will be the sound of the car and footsteps.

Music
The music that we use will be slow and quiet at the start but it will increase in pace when the vehicle appears. The music will remain at a fast pace until the soldiers enter the room and find it empty, in which the music will slow down slightly. The music volume will also follow this pattern of quiet to loud to quiet again. 

The music will consist of mostly string instruments throughout and drums when the speed builds up. We will not have any vocals over the top of it. There will be a mixing of pitch with the string instruments which fits the typical thriller conventions of music because
it creates an unsettling atmosphere.

The violins will create a high pitch screeching noise which will be unpleasant to the audience and it will create the effect that something bad is about to happen. The drums will be loud beats and they will start off slow, then get faster and then go slow again. This also creates the effect that something bad is going to happen and it also emphasises the power in the soldiers when they move through the building. 

The music that we are going to use is going to made by our friend who has experience in making music.

Music -

Diegetic Sound
There will be very little diegetic sound throughout our titles. This is because we don't want the audience to feel like it is part of the actual film and not the titles. The diegetic sound that we will include will be the sound of the car pulling up to the building and also when the soldiers are moving through the building. We are doing this because it will immerse the audience in the scene more. If we do include this sound, we will make it quiet and only have it every so often.

Thriller Task: Casting

For our thriller we had to cast for the role of the protagonist. We had 5, 16-17 year old boys audition for the part.

Here is the auditions.

 

The first audition was by Joseph. His audition was very exaggerated and we didn't think that he would be a suitable actor for our thriller. 

The second audition was by Matthew and it was very poor and it was clear that he did not want the role. Therefore, we didn't choose him.

Next was Sam's audition which was exaggerated but we thought that he could tone it down a little and be more serious. 

Owen's audition was also exaggerated and we did not think that he look the part. 

Finally, Archie's audition was funny which would not be suitable for our thriller.

In the end we decided to give Sam Hargrave the role of the protagonist. The reason that we chose him was because he was the most convincing and he has previous experience in acting.

Our Production Company

Burton Productions

Created with Padlet

Our Pitch

Typography
We have 5 possible typography styles to use for our thriller.

We did a Polleverywhere to get feed back on the best typography. The majority of people said that they like the 4th style.

In the end we chose to use the 28 Days Later (number 4) typography for our titles because it was the best looking one and it will help to create a good effect as it is similar to the destroyed building and the protagonists destroyed life.

 

This is a recording of our pitch that we presented to our class.

 

Our pitch was not very good as we were a little unsure of what to say which affected what we told the audience. Therefore, they didn't understand the concept too much. However, when it was explained again to individuals they understood the idea and they really liked it.

Thriller Task: Timeline

This is our timeline for our thriller.

The first part of the opening titles are going to consist of mainly long shots of the area and abandoned building. This is where the first titles will appear.

The second part of the titles will feature slow pans through the building corridors and rooms. This will help to give a mysterious feel about the setting which  makes the audience feel uncomfortable because anything could happen around the corner.

The third bit of the titles will to introduce you to the protagonist in a room. The actors name will appear on the screen. It will then show his survival gear and then his family photo. We are only going to feature quick 1 to 3 second long, close-up shots of the items because we don't want everything to be too obvious and to be too boring.

The next section of the titles will show the man standing with his back to the wall and the vehicle driving up to the building. The soldiers will exit the car and will move up and through the building. The shots will again be close-ups of the man, soldiers and the vehicle.

The final part of the titles will show the business man entering the room and picking up the photo. A car engine will be heard in the distance and a shot will show a dead driver on the floor with the car driving off in the distance. The shots will still consist of close-ups of certain parts of the props and the business man's face. The screen will go black and show the title 'On The Run' in a torn/damaged typography.

Linking this to another film

The reason that we have chosen to do this genre (Action/Thriller) is because it shows a deserted and quite location drastically change to a loud and lively place. For example in our film we will have a hidden place with abandoned building that the man will be hiding and from out of nowhere there will be a truck pull up with men wearing all black with guns to hunt down the man. 

I would link our film opening to 'Guns of Navarone 1961' because it shows a quite abandoned temple that has been left in ruins because it has had war or a gun fight and has left the area in a bad way and now is damaged because of what has happened in the past.  It is not the same as ours but it shows how quite places can change in such a short period of time.