Shot list

Mid/Long shot of car pulling up to the front of a mysterious building.
Tracking shot of inside the warehouse revealing images of women stuck to a wall and a knife on a desk.
Close up shot of images and knife on desk.
Close up shot of arm hanging from under some white sheets on some shelving.
Mid/Long shot of protagonist's girlfriend (actor Bethany Ryman) tied up on a chair in the warehouse.
Over the shoulder shot of antagonist (actor Dan Harris) leaving through a distant door.
Multiple long shots from diffent angles of antagonist (actor Dan Harris) leaving through a distant door
Mid shot of protagonist (actor Harry Thornburn) startling and waking up from a dream/flashback.
High angle shot of protagonist (actor Harry Thornburn) startling and waking up from a dream/flashback.
Close up shot of clock.
Long shot of the bedroom scene and the protagonist (actor Harry Thornburn) lying in bed asleep.
Point of view shot of the protagonist (actor Harry Thornburn) looking at a photo.
Tracking shot of protagonist (actor Harry Thornburn) going to the bathroom.
Mid shot of protagonist (actor Harry Thornburn) splashing his face with water from the sink and looking at himself in the mirror.
Over the shoulder shot of protagonist (actor Harry Thornburn) looking at himself in the mirror.
Over the shoulder shot of protagonist (actor Harry Thornburn) looking at himself in the mirror and seeing his dead girlfriend (actor Bethany Ryman) in the mirror.
Point of view shot of protagonist (actor Harry Thornburn) turning round to reveal there is no one behind him.

Shooting Schedule

Location Shots

 

Bedroom scene

 

Ariel shot of location 2, Warners is bourne

Second Location, Warners Factory

Questionaire

Please circle the answer/answers most appropriate.

What gender are you ?
Male / Female

What age range do you appear under ?
Under 12 / 12 – 15 / 15 – 17 / 18+

Do you watch thrillers ?
Yes / No

Do you enjoy thrillers ?
Yes / No

What type of thrillers do you enjoy the most ?
Psychological Thrillers/ Action Thrillers / Crime Thrillers / Mystery Thrillers / Religious Thrillers

What setting do you feel is best for a thriller ?
Abandoned Building / Historic Building / Everyday Setting / Woods /
Unknown or Mysterious Setting/

Do you like the introduction of the thriller to make sense or be mysterious ?
Make Sense / Be Mysterious

Do you like the thriller to make sense at the end of be left for the audience to interpret ?
Make Sense / Left Unfinished

Do you like gore in a thriller ?
Yes / No

What do you think are the three best elements to increase tension in a thriller movie ?
Flashing Images / Close Up Shots / Dark Lighting / Action Shots / Gore / Non-Digetic Sound (Background music) / Mystery / Sound Effects /

Do you prefer the newer thrillers being produced with newer technology ?
Yes / No / Unsure

How important do you feel a good creepy title sequence is to a thriller ? Very important / Important / Neither Important Or Not Important / Not Important /

Responses:

What type of thriller do you enjoy the most?

What setting do you feel is most apropriate for a thriller?

What do you think are the three best elements to increase tension in a thriller movie?

Thriller Pitch

For our first idea we wanted to show a little girl sat in an abandoned, derelict house with some old toys which have been worn with use. We also wanted to show flashback shots of when the child was younger and the times she had spent with her family. The montage of flashbacks would begin to pick up a pace until they reached a climax in which a quick shot of fire would be shown and an extreme close up of the little girls face.

Our storyline behind this is that the child’s family died in a house fire and she has been scarred by this ordeal, not wanting to leave the house of the toys which meant so much to her.

One of the props we wanted to use for this idea was an old dirty teddy bear with its head or limbs almost torn apart with the amount of times its been played with. Another prop of choice was either a music box or jack in the box. The music played on either of these would be non-digetic sound throughout the whole sequence. As there would not be any digetic sound after the home footage was shown. Finally our last prop would have been child’s spelling blocks and these would be also used to create our title sequence by spelling out the credits with them.

Our setting was an unused old barn house in Donnington, although we later decided that this wouldn't be realistic enough for what we had perhaps originally had in our minds.

Idea two begins with the audience seeing home footage and photos of a happy couple doing day to day things and living normal life’s; to contrast with this we would also show extreme close ups of a bloody knife and a warehouse corridor. In between these we would also show a panning shot of a wall in this warehouse, the wall will be completely covered with photographs and newspaper articles of mysterious murder cases.

These shots will merge in and out of each other until we hear the scream of a woman, this will then jump cut to a man who’s woken up from a bad dream. The man will get up, go to his bathroom and splash his face with cold water to clam himself down, only to then see in the reflection of the mirror the woman in featured in his dream. This will only be for a split second a quick jump cut will then show that the woman is no longer there and suggest she was never there in the first place touching on psychological emotions of the audience.

The props we would use for this would be a mirror, a bloody knife, newspapers for the title sequence and also a photo frame which would be placed on the man’s bedside table. The photograph will show a picture of him and the woman in his dream (his girlfriend)

 






We decided after looking at other thrillers we would set this in a normal day to day house to relate to the audience and show a conventional family, but then have something very unordinary occur.

We would also use the old Warner’s factory to shoot our flashback shots for the warehouse scene.










Idea three begins with a low shot of a man’s legs briskly walking along a street. He would be dressed in a suit with smart shoes carrying a briefcase, although this would be all we would see. He then pauses at a street corner where almost in sync to him a large black car screeches to a hold in front of him, once getting in and still unaware of what the mysterious man looks like we hear some dialogue from the mysterious man.

The dialogue is to give the audience an insight into the story and set the scene, all the while seeing only close up shots of certain parts of his face to keep his identity hidden. After the dialogue is over, the man will light a cigar and then blow smoke into the camera which will trigger the title sequence. For this idea we took inspiration from films such as 'Rock N Rolla' and 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’.

Props used in this idea would be a cigar, briefcase and the smart looking car which arrives on scene. We would also use some glasses to keep the element of hidden identity.

 

Here is the thriller pitch being presented to our peers.

Character Costumes

 

 

This is the idea for Harry's costume, we want to dress him very casually as this will match into the setting (a normal, everyday house). By using joggers and vest top it shows he's relaxed and isn't bothered about his appearance. This will also been shown through him just getting out of bed.

For Dan’s costume we felt it most appropriate for him to wear a suit. As you do not see this characters face. This therefore feels to us like he needs something to make him stand out and make him known to the audience in some way. Furthermore a suit is usually the sign of authority. As a serial killer, he clearly has power of the girls his kidnaps and this can therefore be shown through his attire.

Details of actors

 

Harry Thournburn
Harry will be the protagonist in our thriller opening. We chose to ask harry to be our main character as the image we had concieved in our thriller ideas of the protagonist was a young looking, ordinary man. Furthermore, as well as being a fitting actor for the thriller opening, Harry was also available, unlike many on a weekday.











Beth Ryman
Beth is the girlfriend of the protagonist (Harry) whom mysteriously died. Dan & I decided that I myself should play this part simply because it would be more simple. As the more people we incorperated the more we'd have to brief them, whereas I already know the themes that we want to portray through the opening. Furtermore I will also obviously be able to make filming.

Daniel Harris
Dan is the antagonist, although his identity hidden and we do not see his face. We decided that Dan would be able to play this part as we would only be seeing the back of him, walking away from the camera for a very short scene. Because of this we felt that there is not really much need to bring in another person for small part to play.

Prop Planning

□ Fake Blood
□ Knife
The knife will be a representation of the death of Beth. It will be shown clean and bloody almost as a 'before & after' without having to include a cheesy death scene.
□ Rope
The rope will be used to tie Beth up, we plan to do some extreme close ups on the rope to show to the audinence her entrapment.
□ Mirror
The mirror will be used quite cleverly in the way that we shall show harry looking into the mirror at himself one second, then the next Beth will also appear breifly in the shot for dramatic impact.
□ White Sheets
We will use the white sheets on the shelving. the white sheets will then be used to as if their was bodies underneath them.
□ Towels
To be used under the sheets for bulking up (the look of bodies)
□ Chair
□ Duck tape
To be used to tape Beth's mouth up
□ Newspaper articles
The newspaper articles will be pinned up on the wall, the will show the stories of people dying, along next to the photographs of the girls. This is a insight into the killers mind and his work.
□ Create our own newspaper articles
Our own newspaper articles will be incorporated to show the credits.
□ Photographs of different girls
□ Photographs of couple
□ Photo frame
□ Dirt
The dirt is a make up prop, which will be used on Beth when we see her in the mirror. Hopefully this will give the appearance of her looking not zombie like, but dead.
□ Clock
□ Coke cans
□ Pizza
We will use the coke cans, pizza and clothes to 'dress down' the bedroom scene, this will show the mess of Harrys life style. Eating rubbish and and not caring about his clothes chucked on the floor. Now his girlfriend has died.

Thriller Opening IDEA 3

Location Shots

Thriller Opening IDEA 2

Location shots

 

Thriller Opening IDEA 1

Possible Settings

Bourne, Abbey Road

 

Donnington, On the A52

Warner Brothers Company is a media institution based in California and New York, America. The company is also a subsidary of Time Warner who as of 2010, was the worlds second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue behind Walt Disney. Amoung thriller films suchas Batman/The Matrix etc. Warner Bros. are also involved in genres suchas; comedy, rom-coms, fantasy, adventure and so on. I belive that a company like Warner Brothers Pictures would be an effective intstiution to produce, distribute and market my thirller as they are reknown for producing well made movies which are popular with the public.
In some thrillers Warner Bros. have edited their logo so it is in sync with the movie itself.

Batman, The Dark Knight

Swordfish

BBFC

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) are company that employee a large amount of people who are in no way linked to the government, which provide legal classification for every single film sold in the UK.

Symbol	Name	Definition/Notes
	Universal	All ages admitted, there is nothing unsuitable for children.
	Parental Guidance	All ages admitted, but certain scenes may be unsuitable for young children. May contain mild language and sex/drugs references. May contain moderate violence if justified by context (e.g. fantasy).
	12A	Cinema only. Introduced in 2002.Films under this category are considered to be unsuitable for very young people. Those aged under 12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an adult, aged at least 18 years, at all times during the motion picture. However, it is generally not recommended that children under 12 years should watch the film. Films under this category can contain mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, moderate swear words, infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex references and nudity. Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sexual violence may be implied or briefly indicated.
	12	Home media only since 2002. 12A-rated films are usually given a 12 certificate for the VHS/DVD version unless extra material has been added that requires a higher rating.Nobody younger than 12 can rent or buy a 12-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game. The content guidelines are identical to those used for the 12A certificate.
	15	Only those over 15 years are admitted.Nobody younger than 15 can rent or buy a 15-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, frequent strong language and limited use of very strong language, strong violence and strong sex references, and nudity without graphic detail. Sexual activity may be portrayed but without any strong detail. Sexual violence may be shown if discreet and justified by context.
	18	Only adults are admitted.Nobody younger than 18 can rent or buy an 18-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category do not have limitation on the bad language that is used. Hard drugs are generally allowed, and explicit sex references along with detailed sexual activity are also allowed. Scenes of strong real sex may be permitted if justified by the context. Very strong, gory, and/or sadistic violence is usually permitted. Strong sexual violence is permitted unless it is eroticised or excessively graphic.
	Restricted 18	Can only be shown at licensed adult cinemas or sold at licensed sex shops, and only to adults, those aged 18 or over. Films under this category are always hard-core pornography, defined as material intended for sexual stimulation and containing clear images of real sexual activity, strong fetish material, explicit animated images, or sight of certain acts such as triple simultaneous penetration and snowballing. There remains a range of material that is often cut from the R18 rating: strong images of injury in BDSM or spanking works, urolagnia, scenes suggesting incest even if staged, references to underage sex or childhood sexual development and aggressive behaviour such as hair-pulling or spitting on a performer are not permitted. More cuts are demanded in this category than any other category.