Cast: Backups

Girl: Molly la Fosse

Molly would also approach the role well and would be easy to work with however, she may look slightly younger than what we planned in our pitch that's why she's not our first choice but we know agreed that we'd be happy to use her if Sophie's unavailable. 

Police:   Mike        (maths teacher)
             John        (theatre teacher)
             Lee         (theatre teacher)
             Steven     (theatre teacher)
             Nicki       (english teacher)



When it came to thinking about back ups for the Policemen it was hard because the number of staff who'd be able to take nearly all day off for the filming is limited but we thought of some other teachers who do also satisfy the requirements of the characters. As you can see one of the members of staff who we have named is female. Nicki is an english teacher but is also very theatrical and would be a valuable asset to the cast but our initial plan was to have just male police officers to satisfy the stereotype that men are the ones to handle the dangerous work. When I suggested Nicki to the rest of my group, they were hesitant but when I explained that I knew she'd be good and that we may not have any other options, they were quite happy to include females within the authoritative roles.

Detective: Nicki  (english teacher)

When it came to thinking of a back up for Mike, we struggled because we're so limited. Of course theres was always the option of hiring actors from outside of school but that also presents problems in case they cancel. We agreed that Nicki could also be the back up for this role. We chose her rather than any of the other back ups above because we thought that if we have a detective, they're already going to be wearing different costume, it wouldn't hurt to exploit that difference further and have them played as a female. 

Cast: Who we want

The girl:  Sophie Jackson

We picked Sophie because we know that not only is she a good actress and would approach the role well but also because she looks the right age and would comply well with our narrative.                

Policemen: Phil     (media teacher)
                 Adam  (media teacher)
                 Chris   (theatre teacher


We knew that we wouldn't be able to use students for these roles because they would look far to young. In the industry, they almost always use people far older than the character to play the characters because its more practical financially and in terms of hours. Because of this, it's become the norm to see actors older than the characters in nearly all media text. This is why we simply wouldn't get away with using students. So we knew the easiest option would be to use teachers. However, the problem presented with this was that our shoot would be on location and would likely take most of the day and it would be hard to get 6 teachers out all day. We decided to try and narrow this down and be think more practically as to how many teachers we'd realistically be able to get out of school. Phil and Adam are also media teachers and as they've been used in previous thrillers, it's likely that they'll be available. Chris is more of a gamble in terms of his availability but if he can we  would definitely want to use him. 


Detective: Mike Niland

Initially we wanted Mike to be one of our Policemen but when discussing the characters we realised that it may not be suitable to have him playing a policeman because he has rather long hair which simply wouldn't comply with stereotypical policemen. He suggested that he may play a detective, giving us more variety within the cast as well as then being able to have a larger cast, getting us closer to our original aim of having 6 officers.

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