Cast: Confirmation

Cast: First Ideas

Possible actresses for:

The girl:

- Sophie Jackson

- Molly La Fosse

- Flora Macangus

- Jenny Lewis

- Cecily Thomas

- Mia McCallum

- Elise Bugeja

- Emily Burn

Policemen:

- Mike Niland

- Dave Fonseca

- Phil

- Chris

- Adam

Corpse:

Andrew Jensen

Aidan Murphy

Mood Board

This is the first mood board that I created based off of our opening. This collage of photos represents the asylum and the mentally unstable nature of our main character trying to disorientate the viewer all in one still image. It will be interesting to compare mood boards with the rest of my group to see how each of us approached the task and also see what elements of our thriller each of us have explored.

Storyboard: Final Work

Here is a video compiling all the drawing for our final storyboard.

Storyboard: Process

Creating a storyboard can be quite a hard and stressful process when trying to do it as a group. It's always best to organise the work into sections, dividing the work load between us. Our first idea was to split the narrative up into three sections so we all did some of the drawing and writing. However, neither Hale Hoe or I felt confident in the drawing so we found other ways to divid the work. Harry was happy to take on the job or illustrating our storyboard whilst Hale Hoe and I did the writing and annotations of the narrative so that when on set, we understand what the drawing represent. Whenever Harry finished a page of drawings, Hale Hoe and/or I would annotate it.

I also made lots of notes on other aspects of the written work, this included props, cats, costume and location. The notes that I made summarised each conversation about the said topics that we had, allowing Harry to be able to continue with the storyboard whilst still being able to keep up with the groups written work.

Storyboard: What is it?

Storyboarding can seem like an unnecessary extra step when creating a film but is actually one of the most useful tools when it comes to the production of your film.

One of the reasons why it's so useful is because its the bets way to share your vision. A storyboard is a visual mock up of you film that allows you to share your ideas with others without any misunderstanding so the idea is clear and visually exciting. When you have a storyboard, you can

show people exactly how your video is going to look like. This makes it much easier for other people to understand you idea correctly.

Also, when you storyboard a film, you're essentially setting up a plan for production and post-production because your storyboard includes all the shots you'll need, the order that it'll be laid out in and how the visuals will interact with the script or general plot so you know exactly what you'll need to film on the shoot avoiding any chance of forgetting shots and how you'll piece it together according to your vision.

Storyboard: Shot List

It is important to have a storyboard as a visual representation and organisation of our thriller and the shots we will take but a shot list is just as valuable. The shot list includes all the shots that are needed in an order that allows us to get the most amount of work done in the shortest amount of time. It wouldn't make sense to film a long shot of the police's entrance, break all the equipment down and move to a close up of the girl because that's far too time consuming. So, the shot list would not only state types of shots needed but also the order that they'd be filmed in mist efficiently. The shot list was a collaborative project within our group, Harry, Hale Ho and I all pitched in.



- Number of Shot
- Location
- Shot Type
- Camera Movement
- Shot Description (subject, action, lighting, etc.)

Shot 1
Carpark
Mid-Shot
Handheld
Woman starring into the distance surrounded by cityscape

Shot 2
Carpark
Close-Up
Handheld
Profile of woman’s face, she is panicking and looking down

Shot 3
Carpark
Extreme long-shot
Drone
Above woman, reveals a dead body

Shot4
Carpark
Extreme long-shot
Drone
See woman facing forwards still in panic

Shot 5
Carpark
Establishing Shot
Static
Fuzz light, and police siren

Shot 6
Carpark
Close Up
Static
Police running up stairs

Shot 7
Carpark
Long Shot
Tracking
Move towards the door, go to the left

Shot 8
Carpark
Close Up
Handheld
Police Officer Kicks door

Shot 9
Carpark
Close Up
Static
Woman turns her head to look at police

Shot 10
Carpark
Long shot
Tracking
camera walks through the door towards the woman pans left toward the standoff between police and the woman

Shot 11
Carpark
Longshot
Handheld
Police aim at woman and woman aims back 

Shot 12
Carpark
Close up
Handheld
man in shock, looks towards the dead body

Shot13
Carpark
Eye-line match, close up
Static
Foot of dead body in foreground, girl and police officer in background

Shot 14
Carpark
Close Up, straight on 
Handheld
Girl aiming gun at police officer panicked

Shot 15
Carpark
Midshot, profile
Static
Police officer, aimed, reassuring girl she is going to be ok

Shot16
Carpark
longshot
tracking
Camera travels between the police officers and girl

Shot 17
Carpark
Close up
Handheld
Girls gun, shaky hand

Shot 18
Carpark
Close up
tracking
getting closer to police mans gun

Shot 19
Carpark
Close up
Handheld
Girls face, crying, nervous

Shot 20
Carpark
Over the shoulder
Static 
Policeman reassuring the girl she is going to be ok

Shot 21
Carpark
Profile, Close-up
Static
Girl begins to calm

Shot 22
Carpark
Long shot
Static
Girl’s face in bottom corner, calmed

Shot 23
Carpark
extreme close up
static
carries on into next shot

Shot 24
Carpark
extreme close up
Static
Girl closes her eyes

Shot 25
Carpark
Close up
Static
Girl lower her gun (close up of the gun)

Shot 26
Carpark
Close up
Static
Girl Puts gun on the floor

Shot 27
Carpark
Close up, profile
Static
Girl accepts her fate, she is enlightened

Shot 28
Carpark
Midshot
Static
Puts her hands behind her head

Shot 29
Carpark
Longshot
Static
Police in the foreground, she has her hands behind her head

Shot 30
Carpark
Extreme long shot
Drone
Like police helicopter shot of her

Target Audience

As a class we've not really discussed the target audience and how they influence a lot of modern media. It's important that whilst developing and eventually filming our thriller, that we consider the target audience and think about how their stereotypical interests could effect our narrative. Certain target audiences are larger than others making them more appealing to the industry because you're going to maki more money if you appeal to more people. Obviously, in our thriller we're not thinking about how much money we're could make but we m=need to think about who we're trying to appeal to.

When discussing the age range that we think our thriller will appeal to, Harry initially said 21-25 but I questioned that because I thought it was too old. I believe that people aged 21-25 years old would play a large part within our target audience but we agreed that 15-19 was more suitable. We also agreed that our film would be targeted more towards males because there a strong action elements within it and stereotypically men find violence more appealing than women.

Feedback from group pitch

After pitching our concept to our teachers we were given the green light but were given some additional tips. For a start they questioned why our location was the schools view point, why not have a grander location? It was suggested that we films our thriller on the top floor of a car park. By doing this we would instantly be creating tension and would easily find the contrast between a busy location and yet isolating location. This was an idea that we definitely agreed with and thought it would also boost the production value of our thriller.

The next piece of advice was to consider the effect created by what weapon the main girl has. If she has a gun then yet again the tension would be increased massively however, I thought that logically it wouldn't make sense for her to have a gun. In the days before this scene, the main girl and the person who died would have been scavenging for clothes, food and other supplies. If she has a knife then logically she would have found one in any kitchen whereas a gun she would have to know where exactly she could get one and yet still keep it a secret to her companion. We came to the decision that a knife would still create tension, not as much as a gun however we have to stay true to our narrative. 

The last main discussion was about the number of policemen we would have. With such a location as the top floor of a car park, we felt that we should have as many as possible to portray the danger that our protagonist presents. 

I was quite nervous before pitching our idea in case we didn't get the green light but after getting more advice and making the decisions that we did, I feel a lot more confident with our options now and I can really picture our thriller now. I'm very excited to get it all started.