T1-29 THRILLER ROUGHCUT

Shooting location

We will be shooting in a couple of locations. We will also film in a back up location in case our forest shoot isn't very effective.

• A Forest or some woods
• A bedroom
• A backup location

We will be shooting on Wednesday at 17.00.

Animatic Feedback

We had a lot of mixed feedback from our animatic sequence.

• Good Shot range
• Felt very actiony
• Good use of close ups
• Hard to understand what was happening
• Music does not fit very well

We plan to try some different music and the music will be changed to fit with our sequence.

THRILLER ANIMATIC

Images

Ink in Water.

Ink in Water


We plan to use this sort of imagery for our title frames.

Shot List

Shot1 * Medium shot of John sleeping in his bed.
Shot2 * Close up of John waking up from a nightmare. (Shocked expression)
Shot3 * Extreme long shot of John in the woods.
Shot4 * Medium shot of John starting to run from Smiler.
Shot5 * Over-shoulder shot of Smiler in the trees.
Shot6 * Low angle shot looking up at John and Smiler dropping out of a tree.
Shot7 * Extreme low angle shot of Smiler dropping out of a tree.
Shot8 * Medium shot of John running with Smiler in the background.
Shot9 * Over-shoulder shot of the forest from Johns point of view.
Shot10 * Reaction shot of John panting and exhausted from the chase.
Shot11 * Extreme close up of Johns eye.
Shot12 * Long shot/medium shot of John from behind.
Shot13 * Medium shot of Johns reaction to his phone ringing.
Shot14 * Close up of John reaching for the phone.
Shot15 * Extreme close up of the phone. (Text says "Smile")
Shot16 * Over-shoulder shot of John reading his text message.
Shot17 * Reaction shot of John. Smiler can be seen over John's shoulder.
Shot18 * Medium shot of Smiler pulling his gun out.
Shot19 * Close up gun being loaded.
Shot20 * Medium shot of John turning around.
Shot21 * Extreme close up of Smiler pulling the trigger.
Shot22 * Long shot of the gun being fired .
Shot23 * Medium shot of John sleeping in his bed.
Shot24 * Close up of John waking up. (Shocked expression)

Costumes

Balaclava * Smiler
Lumberjack coat * Smiler
Boots * Smiler
T-shirt * John
Jumper * John
Jeans * John

Prop List

Gun * End of chase scene.
Mask * Killer
Mobile phone *

Thriller Ideas

Thriller conventions:
Blood
Black & white
Darkness
Masks / Mistaken identity
Guns
Chase
Nightmares
Mystery
Confusion

Thriller Names:
Smile

Production:
Keyhole Productions

Analysis of Surface opening sequence

Surface Opening sequence. (student sequence)

I had a look at a couple of the student openning sequences and decided to analyise this one because it caught my attention. I thought the title sequence was affective from the start and looked proffesional. The transition from the titles to the footage was impressive and sound effects were well placed and very effective at points of transition. I also find that similarly to Se7en the sequence uses mainly close up shots or extrem close up shots; and similarly the same effect is reached. The angles reduce the viewers understanding of what is happening in the shots.

I found that the end of the sequence was highly effective mainly because of the sound effect and scream go really well with the title in the last couple of shots.

Credits List

A .......... Production presents
A .......... Film
(Cast1)..........
(Cast2)..........
(Cast3)..........
Costume Design by ..........
Art Direction by ..........
Production Design by ..........
Casting by ..........
Film Editing by ..........
Cinematography by ..........
Original Music by ..........
Produced by ..........
Directed by ..........
(Main Title)..........