R2-53 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

Tuesday 29 January 2008
R2-53 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

Monday 28 January 2008
R2-53 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

Props, Setting and Costume

Props
props we will be using for out thriller opeing seqeunce will be the scrapbook, this is a main feature in our thriller as we won't be doing any acting and out group will be relying alone on this book full of photos to tell the story of the film. Then the photographs will also be used a props stuck into the scrapbook.

For the death of Rian the props we are going to use will be candle tea lights surrounding his dead body, we will also cover his eyes with a scarf belonging to one of the girls.

Costume for our thriller is not designed to any specfic outfits, becuase we entend to only have photographs for the titles we will be talking a lot of photos, and beacuse the book is going to be made over a period of time then it is possbile that we may have to keep changing our coustumes to show that this has happend over a period of time.

Settting
We are going to take our photographs in as many possbile settings as posible, places we may take them could be in the town centre, Long Road and other places around cambridge. When we come to our filming we have not yet set a certain place where we might film the book, but we have some ideas such as in college grounds or prehaps at someone house in a room, where we can dress and change the rooms style to how we want the the setting to be, such as making the room darker.

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Sunday 27 January 2008
R2-53 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

TITLE IDEAS...

-'keep sakes'
-'keeping the memories alive'
-'the photos we took'
-'picture moments'
-'picture this'

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Tuesday 22 January 2008
R2-53 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

Shot list

Shot 1
Blurred shot coming in from doorway, into a room where the book is on the floor. open to back page

Shot 2
Move in to close up of the books back page.

Shot 3
First picture of rians character murdered on the floor

Shot 4
Goved hand turning pages back - you see pictures/ drawings of planning how rian can be killed

Shot 5
Turn back page to new image of obsessed scribbles of hearts and i love rian slogans/ pictures with his food wrappers etc maybe a few titles

shot 6, 7, 8.....
Turn back pages in simular way showing pictures of people and actions of us with ryan e.g picking up his tissues... maybe a few titles

3rd to last shot
happy friendly pictures of samantha, louise and charlotte with rian and other people all as friends laughing and having fun.

2nd to last shot
flick back page-see titles written eg names of producers etc

final shot
turn to front cover- the title of the film is written on the front.

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OUR IDEA

use the book to write our titles in- the book is our titles, the pictures get more and more violent, possibly an end picture of rian dead.

New and final idea

STALKING

example of stalking


Our idea

General plot

Guy- rian, being stalked by 3 girls- charlotte, louise and samantha. Ultimate goal is to kill him.
We act as his friends- he doesn't know who is plotting to kill him starts off we are just obsessed and infatuated with him then when he doesn't notice us as more than friends we get angry.

characters meet for first time with images of stalking book beeing shown- like previews of what will happen.

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What lies beneath


this is a good example of a supernatural take on thrillers- this could be a possible direction for us to take for our final idea (supernatural-ghosts and murder).

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Monday 21 January 2008
R2-53 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

possible ideas

Possible idea 1

Characters:
channel 1 news reporter
channel 2 news reporter
channel 3 news reporter
1 dead (fictional) important person (IP), and another dead character who is somehow connected to IP.
Murderer.
Possibly someone at seen of murder talking to a reporter.

Locations:
Room- appears to be a hotel.
Outside hotel


Plot:
News reports. every one is talking about murder of important person, (possibly a film/movie star).It is not known who killed them or why.

Possible idea 2

hotel two rooms, one with couple moaning about noise, other with murder taking place. couple complain of loud screams and music coming from the other room. They knock on the door to ask them to keep it down.
Possibly instead of hotel it could be a house, parents moaning about kids or people moaning about lodgers.

idea 3

spies talking about secret mission to bring down the worlds leading criminal mastermind, then use him to bring down other criminal minds against his will.

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Saturday 19 January 2008
R2-53 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

Opening sequence to 'The Ring'

The Ring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NmU8JQJgJc

Although the sound track is actually from The Ring 2 on this example, you still get a very good idea on the atmosphere that can be created- simply just by the music. The eery music sets the scene- providing an insight as to what the film is about. It creates tention and mood. You know something bad will happen.

The sequence itself gives just enough detail away to keep you watching and wanting more. Its mainly shot in black and white/grey which reflects a bleek atmosphere (no cheery bright colours, in most of it). The images are flashing ones (snippets) and tell a rough guideline to the plot- without giving to much away. The sequence is quite creepy and the titles flash in and out as though loosing electricity- makes it more scary and fits in with the scenes portrayed.

All of this is worth remembering for our own title sequence... Don't give too much away!!

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Friday 18 January 2008
R2-53 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

further look into our final idea(s)

First shot- newsreport - reporting on death of an important person, whilst other people related somehow to that person have gone missing.
TV cuts out or gets turned off/ goes fuzzy.
reporter recieves wrong footage- turns out to be murderers footage.
plug pulled out of wall.
flash backs- room with someone dead
letter- hate mail/ death threats- maybe see murderer writing the letter
dark room, small light beam coming through- dead on chair.

Tuesday 15 January 2008
R2-53 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

Brainstorm

Setting Ideas -

Hotel (rooms and corridor)
Lakes eg punting area, wimpole hall
House/garden
SuperMarket
Shopping Center
in the street
bedroom
bathroom/toilet
kitchen

Plot Ideas -

stalking
kidnapped
detective looking over dead body
missing- newsreporting on scene,view crime scene etc
'test a myth'- people trying to find out if a horrible event actually happened and end up in trouble
threat letters
whitness- someone wants revenge on them

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Analysing a students thriller project

Trapped -

The setting was eary by the weather and made it even spookier as it was a natural setting.
Sepia effects were used to make the shots look more like a thrille and lets the audience know what sort of genre the film is.

Camera shots were varied making it interesting to watch, some of these included, piont of view, arial shot and wide shots etc.

The music reflected the type of genre and the atmospheric ideals of a thriller. Running through woods alone adds the element of fear becuase the setting is familiar it makes it more relatable to the viewers adding tension and suspence.

The titles were made less effective as they werent bold and were unclear to see. The font type was white which is seen as a pure colour however in thrillers its more commen to use red or black as this is more suitable to the idea of a thriler.

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Monday 7 January 2008
R2-53 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

Welcome