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Monday 8th December
Treatment
In todays lesson we dicussed putting together our treatment and came up with a list of things we need in it. This is my treatment for our thriller opening, below are picture of actors, locations, props and costumes we will use during the filming of our thriller opening.
Actors & Characters
Locations
Props & Costume
This is the location we've chosen for our first crime scene, it's a classroom at our sixth form. We've chosen this location because it's appropriate for what our character is going to be doing (schoolwork) in the scene. We also chose this location because we want various locations in which people are killed so that the audience feels on edge because they're not safe anywhere.
We've chosen this location as our second crime scene, this is one of our team members living rooms. We've chosen this again for a varied location but also because it's practical as it's a large room we can shoot from multiple places and find an angle that we think looks best. Its also practical because it's not too far away from our sixth form so we can access it quickly if the need arises.
This is our fifth location, it's inside the car on the driveway in which we'll be shooting. We chose this so our audience can get closer to the action and see more detail and therefore feel more anxious because of this.
This is the location we've chosen for our first crime scene, it's a classroom at our sixth form. We've chosen this location because it's appropriate for what our character is going to be doing (schoolwork) in the scene. We also chose this location because we want various locations in which people are killed so that the audience feels on edge because they're not safe anywhere.
This is a note book and pen that our first murder victim will be using at the first crime scene.
This is a note book and pen that our first murder victim will be using at the first crime scene.
As the murderer.
As murder victim
As murder victim
As the murderer.
Titles & Credits
We chose our locations based on these things;
1. Suitability of location
This is how suitable the location was for what we wanted to film. So when we decided on a car scene we knew we had to pick a location that it's likely a car would be in that the murderer could get to. Hence why we chose a driveway.
2. Opportunities for filming
This is when we can film in the location. By choosing one of our own driveways it means we can use it at anytime because it belongs to us and we won't have to stop using it because it's somebody elses property.
3. Size of location
This is obviously the size of the area we're filming in, we need a large enough area to comfortably film in. But not one that's too big so we can still ensure continuity by keeping check of everything going on around us when we film.
4. Setting up time
This is how long it takes us to position props and move anything we need moved in order to film. Setting up time would have to be short if we're using public property or we're using someone elses property (with permission) Especially if we only have a certain amount of time to film in.
5. Access to cast, crew and actors
Obviously all our cast,crew and actors will have to be able to get to the location with ease. In case of emergencies where we have to film anything again or film anything we missed.
We chose our actors based on some of the same things as we chose our locations with.
Their suitability for their role, when they're available for filming and ease of access to get to our filming locations. However we also wanted to get a range of ages within our opening so we can appeal to a larger audience and include a wider range of ages for audience satisfaction. Because our audience is predominantely female (as shown from our audience research) we chose to use a dominantly female cast. This is also partly due to the lack of males who agreed to be in the film, they appear to be less willing to play a character onscreen.
This is one of the few locations we decided against using. We decided not to use this location because we wanted our murderer to walk past the window and we couldn't do that with this location because it was upstairs.
We also decided against using the walks in Lynn for our park scene because it would be extremely hard to find a time in which it was empty enough to film and also due to the lack of control we'd have over things that could cause continuity errors.
Chosen Locations
The Original Spider DiagramThis is the rough copy of our actors and characters brainstorm. | Actors and Characters Spider DiagramThis is the neat(er) version of our actors and characters spider diagram. Pink highlighter is ideas we decided against, green is our chosen ideas. The green pen is our reasoning for our decision. Black pen is reasoning for not choosing something. |
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This is a mind map of ideas we did when we dicussed props, costumes and make up.
This mind map contains the final items we plan to use in our opening. We chose these things because they fit into the thriller genre and they're relevant and practical for what we plan to do in our opening.
Font 1 (Not used) | Font 2 (Not used) | Font 3 (Not used) |
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Chosen font | Why chosen font |
This is a short video that we made when we were considering our fonts. It shows font movements we are considering using in our opening for our thriller.