Progress

Today we are doing the script for the opening, and plan to film next week.

We have to still purchase a few prop items , including a police badge before we start filming, this will be done over the weekend. For the filming we are going to use two locations of the gym toilets to do the mirror shot and behind the stage to do the seat shot.

Locations

Our original idea in the bunker was scrapped because we couldn't use the filming location, so we looked for different locations. We made a short film but it wont upload, it has two possible locations, including a staircase and a gym washing room. We feel that both show useful aspects we could use in our thriller opening. Especially the mirror in the changing rooms because it links in with our idea of the se7en opening with the shirt and tie. The staircase adds the darkness to the thriller opening and also gives us the opportunity to film Tom walking down the stairs to the hostage.

Filming practice

These are two shots that we have done to experiment with. They give us an idea of what some of our shots will look like in the final piece.

Mise-en-scene

Props
Mirror, Shirt & tie, trousers, Torch, chair, rope

Costume
Character 1
Shirt & tie, trousers, formal police man


Character 2
Hoody & jeans


Setting
The setting will be a dark cold, underground room.

More Ideas

This is an idea from are opening, when the character is doing up a tie, looking in the mirror. This screenshot is from the film Se7en, it also does give the idea of some mystrey to whats happening. In our opening we could also have the police badge shown in this shot (which is still to be made)

Location influence

This is a scene from the film Saw. The scene is based in a bathroom, similar to one of our location ideas. Like in Casino Royale, this scene was a main influence when trying to choose on a location that would be suitable for our opening sequence.

Location influence

This is a picture from the scene in Casino Royale, which is similar and a main influence to our idea for our opening. In the picture is a man in the centre of the room being interrogated, it is set in a bunker with little lighting, which influences one of our location ideas.

Film ideas: Silence of the Lambs

One of our ideas is to have our antagonist messing with the protagonists mind, creating a psychological thriller opening. One of our main influences for this idea is Hannibal Lecter (played by Anthony Hopkins) from 'Silence of the Lambs'.

Timeline

This was the timeline that we used and created to help place in the titles and order the shots of the opening.

Paper Work

This is the cast list.

This a storyboard of the shots we want to get while filming.

Filming Locations

These shots above have created an almost 'bunker' look as a possible site for shooting, to create that undercover, suspense feel. We would use lighting techniques as well as various camera shots to create tension for the audience as well as incorporating diegetic sounds to add that 'chill factor' and keep the audience on the 'edge of their seats so to speak. The idea for this type of location came from the torture scene in 'Casino Royal' where they are in a ship bunker

This is a simple prop idea that will be added to the shot and eventually play a key role within the scene

the shots above are trying to create an alternate feel from the bunker shots previous, for the audience in that we took our inspiration for this setting from the Saw film's, supplying an almost perilous, no-hope scenario for the character whilst still sustaining the theme of a thriller. we thought this an effective area to help emphasize our title 'misconception' as some audience members would look at this setting and view it as a simple room, whilst others may identify the similarity between it and the film inspiration we took it from; by which time they should have identified the theme/mood of the shot. again, as with the bunker shots, we will incorporate different camera angles and shot types as well as diegetic sounds and lighting techniques to add effect.

Film Titles

We created our titles for our thriller in Photoshop. We used several fonts and colours to add to the drama of the writing. Below are photos of the titles being created in photoshop and the final titles together on one page.

We feel that the end result of this mixture of different fonts, sizes and colours adds to any suspense that we will create in our film. The main title really stands out from the rest because it is in a completely different font from the rest.

Progress

Today we are looking at fonts for the titles.

We are also going to create the final idea for the film.

Fonts that we ahve come up with include:

• Trajan pro

Different titles within the film will obtain various sizes and fonts to emphasise various moods that will be incorporated into our thriller, for example 'a Measham film'.

We are also researching various font style idea's on a renowned site called www.freephotoshopfonts.com

This is one idea.

The photo below shows two of our ideas in photoshop whilst creating the titles. The mix of two different fonts in one title works quite well we think and adds to the mood of the video

Moodboard