Shot Plans

Risk Assessment

(Irena's Work)

Props

Staircase Scene:

• Broken bottles
• Broken picture frame
• Flowers
• Vase
• Scarf
• Clothes/jewellery
• Anniversary Card

Bedroom Scene:

•  Red lipstick
• Red nail varnish
• Clothes
• Earrings
• Perfume
• Rings
• Mascara
• Shoes

Costume

In our thriller we wanted our costume to be representative to everyday life to add to the verisimilitude of our thriller, although we added extra touches to give the audience an impression of who the character is. The main female character is going to wear black jeans, a black top and a blush pick faux fur coat. The all black basic outfit creates a sense of mystery and darkness, which hints at secrets and deception, which I thought went well with the entire thriller genre. The outfit is comfy and casual, although the fur coat added over the top creates a sense of luxury and feminises the character as well as demonstrating power.

As for extra touches, we wanted the character to apply her makeup throughout the opening of the thriller, to allow the audience to gain an almost concrete idea of who she is. The character is going to be wearing a dark red lipstick as well as expensive jewellery to demonstrate that she is a strong, independent women. I think that this style of costume is perfect for our targeted audience because it is young, playful and yet still remains quite everyday.

The other character in our thriller, won't have his outfit on show as he will be half buried under the duvet sheets, however one of his arms and legs will be visual and so we also needed to take into account what he was wearing. We decided to dress him in all black to create again a sense of mystery and imply secrets. The colour black could also used to represent death and darkness which is typical in the thriller genre. We were thinking of adding a trickle of fake blood down his hand, however we thought that this touch might have made our thriller boarder onto the horror side, and we also wanted to keep the narrative fairly ambiguous as to not give to much away right at once.

Recce Shots

Below are different recce shots that we took from each of our houses, We will compare the pictures and decide which location would be best to film each scene. We don't have to film every scene in the same house so having multiple options will make sure that we have the most suitable location.

    

These were the recce shots for the shots that will require a dressing table and mirror. We will not be using the third location as the mirror is to large and doesn't have a table underneath and so wouldn't work well with our concept. We liked the first shot but we thought that the lighting was to yellow and there isn't enough space around the desk to be able to film. Therefore we are going to shoot the mirror scenes in the second shot seen above, as it has good natural lighting and has a large mirror and desk with enough room to film. 

                     

For the scene where a bed is involved we wanted a double bed, therefore, the location in the first picture isn't suitable. We did like the middle shot and thought that the décor in the room would compliment the narrative that we are going for, however the room doesn't have the right layout that we wanted, so we chose shot 3 for the location as it had good natural lighting and the double bed was in the perfect position behind the dressing table and mirror. 

          

The stairs scene is a crucial part of our thriller and so the decision of where to film was well thought out. We decided not to film in the fourth location above because we wanted a more neutral coloured carpet and a banister that could be seen through. We liked the first and seconds shots because of the banister, however the lighting is a bit yellow as there is no natural light. Therefore we are going to film in the third shot location as during the day there is a lot of natural lighting, it has a neutral carpet and has the type of banister that we wanted.


      


We are going to have an establishing shot of a house at the beginning of our thriller opening, and so we needed to pick the most suitable location. From the third we really liked how the trees framed the shot as it adds and eerie wintry atmosphere, however we were looking to film a detached house to create more of an isolated feeling. We liked the isolated look of the first location however we thought that the surroundings appeared dull and boring, which won't catch the audiences eye. Therefore we are going to film in the second location because the house is detached but can still be seen to be in a suburban neighbourhood and has greenery and a long drive which we think will look great on camera.

 

                                                                                                 



Storyboard

(Completed by Lucy, Irena and Mollie)

Filming Schedule

This is our filming schedule for the next 2 weeks, we are trying to film only on 2 days as we have a limited amount of days when everyone including actors are free to film. We are filming for both days in the early afternoon so that we have a good amount of daylight to film in. Even though we have a limited time to film both scenes I think that we will be able to film everything in time as we are spreading the filming evenly and aren't changing location at all in each day. We do have two different locations but they are filmed on separate days.


Equipment List

• Tripod
• Reflectors
• Camera
• Lights

Establishing Shot

In my thriller I want to have an establishing shot at the beginning of the scene to set the scene and automatically create a tense atmosphere. For the establishing I want to have a shot of a house, so that the audience know where the events are happening. When analysing other students thrillers from previous years I found an establishing shot that I liked of a house with white titles across the screen, so I want to recreate a similar shot in my final thriller.
This is the shot:

Questionnaire Analysis

Narrative

Actors

Actors

Girl: Marisa Onorati: We chose Marisa because we wanted a woman who would make a strong, powerful women who could be cold and austere. The ideal person to play the character Lola is a feminine young women who still remains slightly innocent to appeal to all audiences.

 

Dead body: Jordan Brightmore: We chose Jordan because we needed a masculine hand and arm which will appear sticking out from underneath the bed sheets.

 

 

Brainstorm

(For my final thriller video, I am going to be working in a group of 3, with Irena Mileva and Mollie Ridgard)

Mise-en-Scene
Initial Ideas