After improvements were made to plan

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Improved Thriller Plan

Photos of cast

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Location (night time)

We chose to photograph our chosen location in both daytime (natural light) and night time (artificial light and shadows)….

Location Conventions (daytime)

Storyboard

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Storyboard

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Storyboard

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We created a detailed storyboard on both a physical hard copy and an animated copy. This has helped massively …….Are approximate total timings for each frame on the storyboard add to 1 and a half minutes which gives us room to make possible alterations on the day of filming and editing.

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‘I cant wait to go to the sea life centre’

‘We need to buy a ticket’

‘Oh yeh’

The antagonist will be wearing mostly black. This will include a hat which is a prop. The hat will be a black beanie hat. This supports the Hermit Nickel theory in which the bad characters wear darker clothes and the protagonist wears lighter clothes to reflect their good/evil personalities.

Props

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We are using a phone when Emile Keeway checks the time to show his concern that his friends have not returned. We are using a phone instead of a watch to show the more modern times and to relate to the target audience of teenagers and to reveal to the audience that this film is set in the modern day.

Props

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Antagonist: The antagonist, Emile Keeway, will be in all black. This is a very cliché concept in thriller films however we have used this idea as it strongly supports the thriller conventions and the antagonist will only be visible in the shadows at the end of the tunnel for a short time at the end of our two minute film. In addition to this, we have included a red herring type character in our production. This will add tension and confuse the audience which will make them more engaged. To enhance this effect we will also make the red herring, Granary Laceboot, wear all black too. The Helmut Nickel theory is so widely used and identified that the viewers will automatically think that Granary Laceboot is the antagonist whereas she is in fact just an unknowing passer by. Both protagonists, Ronny Pudding and Johnny Radical will be wearing light coloured clothes as this typically fits with the thriller conventions to reflect there personalities, similarly to how the antagonist will be wearing darker clothes.

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Pre/post production schedules

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Health and SafetySpectro Pictures

Our filming location for our thriller film will be at Long Buckby train station. Therefore there are some safety issues that need to be addressed before we film there. Firstly there is the danger of the train tracks and people falling onto them especially if it is slippery and there are wires or leads lying around. As a result of this all of the people participating in the production have been advised to wear suitable footwear with substantial grip but it must also fit with the thriller conventions. Furthermore, non of our filming takes place next to the tracks except for one short shot to minimise the risk of anyone falling on the tracks. In addition to this the stairs leading to the platforms can be quite dangerous as they can be slippy in wet weather conditions. Therefore we have advised the cast to be safe when using the stairs. As we are filming in a public location we must also take care of the cast as we will be amongst the public.

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Titles font/colours explorationSpectro Pictures

Picture of several different fonts for words present in titles. Try different styles/colours. Get picture of tunnel and other still photos and put fonts over them