Previous Year's Examples

Filming Schedule

Updates:

• Filming on 3/2/14 postponed due to unexpected weather conditions. The filming will instead take place on the 5/2/14.

• Filming yet again cancelled due to the wet weather. However the filming of the close-ups can proceed. Filming of the alley postponed to the 8/2/14.

Opening Sequence Location Ideas

 For our opening i thought that this alleyway would be good position to film it. Firstly it fits into our setting displayed in the storyboards, it's dirty, rundown and is a dead end, both for the alley and the victim.

The alley is also secluded meaning we're less likely to be distracted by members of the public whilst recording.

The set also comes with its own props! meaning less effort on our part. Of course we would still need to add a few more, such as the tape. On the downside it is unclean and could potentially requires a further investigation of the set as well a clean up.

The whereabouts of the alley is close to rose hill roundabout, by a block of flats.












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 I found a alley way near a local high school so it is in a safer area. it also has many angles allowing us to have many creative shots with angles and extreme close-ups.

 The actual alleyway itself is tidy and clear from any harm of objects that could be dangerous. This also gives us more space to lay our props in specifically places of the alleyway because of the amount of space given.

The Background of the shots are suburbia which fits into the sketches of the storyboard. it is also near a local park with a clear field so the 'victim' is able to be followed like in our storyboard.

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For our opening title sequence we have taken the idea of our crime scene to take place in an ally. Therefore, in order to prepare for our filming we had to establish specific locations that we were interested to film in and also set our storyline that would be appealing to the audience keeping them interested and one that also fitted the thriller genre. Taking into consideration the British market that our independent film our aiming towards, we used a local location in Carshalton. The local setting also is supported by our feedback from our survey that we completed with results identifying that viewers preferred to see a local setting for a thriller compared to an extravagant one.

Props list

Background Music and Sound Effects

I choose this as a draft or starting point for background music as it is calming however it still builds tension slowly for the audience by the use of the piano. I also think that we could are able to put sound effects over the backing track because the music itself is not over developed and complex so it wont be too manic like of an opening sequence if the sound effects were put over the piano.

 

I have chosen this as it sounds as more of realistic Gun shot rather than the actual hand gun sound effects it also has a steady continuous after effect of the shot which makes it more dramatic and i would like to put it in the first 30 seconds of the opening sequence before the audience is first visually introduced to the opening sequence. 

Titles and Credits

The titles and credits are the most important and necessary parts of a film or show, so it's important to get it right with the least important names leading up to the the most important.

Costume List