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.

Preliminary Task

Story Board