Saturday 6 February 2010

Time line of our thriller opening:





We decided to create a time line which was broken up in ten seconds for our 2 minute thriller opening. In our time line , with every ten second we included what kind of shot is going to be used and whats going to happen.

Props:

First scene: - mobile (40-50 seconds)
- bag (office bag to create character)

Second scene: - rope (on tania all through second scene)
- torch (for added light and for sian to use 100-110 seconds)
- duct tape (on tania all through second scene)
- eyeliner (on tania all through second scene)

Music:
First scene (0-60 secs) The music will be fairly fast pace but not too over the top as we want it to be quite casual but still with a sense of it being wary.

Second scene (60 secs) a sudden first beat will happen
(65 + secs) The music will stay in a faster pace to show the audiences it is a scary and vital part.

Timeline:

0-10 seconds: this is the opening shot therefore it will introduce the location and give a feeling of the genre of the film. Were going to have an establishing shot of the lift, so the audience will understand this scene will be in a lift.

10-20 seconds: the next shot will be a mid-shot of Yasmin our protagonist standing in the lift waiting to walk out.

20-30 seconds: This shot will be a long shot of Yasmin standing in the centre of the lift, waiting to walk out, she will be time conscience and this will be when all the credits will appear around her as a train of thought.

30-40 seconds: Credits continue to appear and Yasmin still is in the moving lift.

40-50 seconds: We broke this 10 seconds into 2 5 seconds because 2 short shots were going to be used again.

40-45 seconds: Yasmin walks out of the lift and she brings out and checks her phone. This will be a long shot of Yasmin walking out.

45-50 seconds: This will be a close up shot of Yasmin's phone and it will have a close up of the mobile screen which would appear to say "one missed call".

50-60 seconds: Once again we broke this 10 second shot into 2 short 5 second shots.

50-55 seconds: This will be a mid-shot of Yasmin with her phone replying back to the person who called her. The audience will only see her standing afar typing in her phone.

55-60 seconds: This will be a long shot of Yasmin walking away into the distance.

NEW SCENE

60-70 seconds: This half way point during the 2 minutes will have a change of scene and will not include Yasmin(the protagonist) but now the film will include 2 more new characters Tania (victim) and Sian (antagonist).

60-70 seconds: This shot will introduce Tania the victim in this film. It will be an extreme close up of her face. As she has been captured this shot will show the fear in her face, which will leave the audience wondering what had happened and why she is trapped?

70-80 seconds: A long shot of Tania being tied up in a dark, dull, dirty, deserted room. Tania will be placed in the corner of the floor looking very scared and worried. She will be tied up and it will clearly show the audience that she has been trapped and is being harassed.

80-100 seconds: We thought this shot will be quite detailed and intense therefore we expanded the duration to 20 seconds.

80-100 seconds: this shot is going to be a slow pan shot starting from Tania sitting on the floor in the corner , this shot will move around the whole room. We decided to use a pan shot so the audience can see and feel the sort of atmosphere throughout the film. As the pan shot moves around Tania around the room, there will be a voice in the background of Sian (antagonist) she will be leaving a voice mail in Tania's phone , then the camera will stop dramatically on Sian's face.

100-110 seconds: this will be a shot of Sian finishing off her conversation on the phone and then looking at Tania in a very evil way. This shot will be a low angle shot to connote Sian's power. Sian will be using a torch at this point for her role of being a powerless antagonist.

110-120 seconds: This shot will be a high angle shot, as previously a low angle shot was used to show Sian's power, this shot will have a high angle shot of Tania which shows the level of power each of these characters have and who is more superior. Tania will be placed on the corner of the floor looking very worried.

120 seconds : This will be a pitch black background and then the title of the film will zoom in slowly.

4 comments:

  1. P3-67 - We feel that you should have the timings in bold, we think you need to include sounds and props. You have met the conventions of a thriller by using many angles including; the low angle shot to show power to Sian and your language 'Antagonist and protagonist'. However as you didn't mention music we don't know how you are going to build tension. We think your time line is great idea and your ideas sound very exciting. good luck.

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  2. Feedback P3-72

    We think that you need to include more detail about props and setting to give us a better picture as at the moment we get a very brief picture of whats going on.

    You havent described sound, will you use diegetic or non diegetic for credits etc?

    You meet the conventions by making it very clear of the protagonist and the antagonist.

    Improvements would be to perhaps plan out a story instead of just the opening, it gives it backbone.

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  3. Feedback from P3-70
    We think that you need to add more detailed descriptions of the different conventions of a thriller. We think more detail needs to be added about the credits and we think that you need to make the credits appear in a more creative way to make it more interesting for the audience to view.
    you have a really detailed description of what happens in section.

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  4. Your ideas are good and well thought out. Including your time line with pictures was a good idea for strengthening your ideas. The description of each time slot is good but could be in more detail. You havent't mentioned how you are going to use sound in your clip. It would be good to know this as it would create a better image f what you are trying to create.

    P3-69

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