Task 10: Filming Schedule

Me during filming.

As having a developed skill of filmmaking, I planned that initial filming would last a day due to the opening scene being under 2 minutes. My college had recently broke up for the half-term holiday, this provided me with the perfect time to film. The 7th of April was chosen as the day to film due to all the actors being available and the weather being sunny with a few clouds. If did not get all the shots I wanted, the actors were prepared to return the next day for re-shoots.

7th April: All actors are needed for this day of filming, the same can be said with the props and equipment.  All scenes are too be filmed unless any major problems occur. Filming will follow the sequence of the narrative to provide my actors the world as their characters.

If any major problems occur during the initial filming, the production will resume filming the following day, 8th April.

Task 9: Risk Assessment

Type of Hazard	Severity of Hazard	Likeliness of Hazard	Steps to avoid it
Tripping over the camera tripod	6	5	Make people aware of the tripod
Cars speeding down residential streets	10	2	Make people aware of the road and use the correct technique when crossing the road
Falling debris from abandoned sites	8	2	Make sure people are aware of the danger and possibly wear hard hats
Strangers	7	1	Make sure to be weary of strangers and call for help if anything happens

Task 8: Storyboard

Task 7: Camera Movement Pratice Shots

Task 6: Costume

Costumes from Hall98

Task 5: Actors

Task 4: Location Reece Shots

Locations from Hall98

Task 3: Props

There is only 2 real props used in my thriller, which are a Chevrolet Aveo and a bag.

The Chevrolet Aveo is a car, the Chevrolet is a key part of the narrative. The car will be used to transport the kidnappers to meet the victim and eventually used to kidnap him. The car in question is owned by Harry Lowe, one of the actors, this is prfect as it means I will not have to rent a car out for the thriller. The car is black which is also good, as it means it is less visable and noticable.

The other prop used in the thriller is a simple black bag. The bag will be used in the narrative to kidnap the victim. The bag is often used in other thrillers, so victims cannot scream or seen who is kidnapping him.

Task 2: The Narrative

A man leaves his house and locks his door, puts in his head phones and starts walking. At the same time 2 men are driving in a car, destination: unknown. Eventually the car approaches the man, who stops and looks at the car. The driver winds down his window revealing that he's wearing a balaclava, upon seeing this the man runs of frightened. After a short time running, the man stops to take a break. As he turns a bag is placed on his head and the kidnappers drag him into the boot of a car. The kidnappers then drive off.

Task 1: Brainstorming

These are the ideas that I came up with when thinking of the narrative of my thriller opening scene. The first idea I came up with was the "Killer's Routine", the idea is very basic and unoriginal so I decided not to peruse that idea any further. As I am re-submitting this coursework, my original idea had the same narrative as the "Botched Robbery" idea, the idea was appealing as I had all the work I had previously done for it and all I had to do was improve it. However, I wanted a new slate so that idea was scrapped. The third idea is "Man in a field", this idea would have very little plot but would have a variety of camera shots and editing to make up for the lack of narrative. Though, in the end I thought the idea was too basic. Finally, the winning idea was "Kidnapping", I feel like the thriller genre is rife with murders and serial killers so I decided to peruse a different crime and ended up with kidnapping. I feel that this idea has the greatest potential to be a cracking opening scene of a thriller.