Opening Scene Narration(AG)

Opening Scene Narration 

In the opening of our thriller it will start of by showing a teenage girl in her bedroom on her laptop whilst on the phone to her boyfriend holding the phone against her shoulder with her ear. This shot is going to be a mid-shot as we want it to look like the camera is from the laptop screen. The girl will be dressed in white as this shows innocence and purity which fits with the conventions of a thriller, as instantly the viewer will be able to assume she is the victim. The bedroom is going to be dark which will be low key lighting, with a lamp in the corner and the light from the laptop projecting onto her face. This shot will go on for a few seconds of her speaking, this is when the credits will cut in. They will be against a black screen with white type writer writing as it will appear as if she is typing them out. While she's on the phone she mentions to her boyfriend that her mum has gone out on a date, shortly after she hears a door close in the hallway and assumes it is her mum coming home. She calls out mum a few times with no response and tells herself she is being paranoid. After this she carries on with her conversation but is interrupted by a sudden disconnection with her phone, laptop and lights but finds the hallway lights still appear to be on.This is still going to be mid-shot but with different angles. As this happens she starts to get shooken her up, which she then decides to go out in the hallway and check if anybody is there. For this shot we are going to use a tracking shot from behind then move to the front and film as she walks towards the camera.

Finding no body there she makes her way into the bathroom. Using a bathroom is conventional because they have the use of mirrors and the sense of isolation which the character is feeling in that moment. She splashes water from the sink in her face and wipes it with a towel. This makes her eye make up smudge which will be effective as it emphasises the fact she's scared. Reassuring herself she mumbles 'your just being stupid, no ones here, i'll call mum and it'll all be fine'. As she trys ringing her mum it fails as it appears to be the wrong number when she knows its not. Starting to panic the door behind her slams on its own. Just as this happens we will use an extreme close up of the top half of her face as she gasps and looks towards the door. This is where we are going to build up the fast pace editing to build the tension. Rushing out the bathroom door out into the hallway she starts to walk slowly towards her bedroom door. We are going to follow her from behind walking towards the bedroom. When she gets to the door we will use a close up shot of her hand pushing the door open. All the lights in the bedroom are still not working, so as she steps foot into the bedroom she is facing a wall in which she see's a shadow of a hand appear grabbing her shoulder. This is where we are using an over the shoulder shot to we can see a part of her and the shadow on the wall. Jumping around towards the camera her face will look terrified, with wide eyes, make up smudges and scream whilst looking in the camera. Obsessed will appear on screen just after which is the title to our thriller. We have decided as a group to end it this way as it sets an enigma to the audience, which is conventional to a thriller film and builds the suspence leaving them to wonder what or who it is.

Risk Assessment(AG)

Risk Assessment

In the table below we created a risk assessment to analyse the potential risks that could happen and how to prevent them. This is important to consider as we should be aware of what could possibly happen whilst filming our thriller. This will be used as a guidline as we will take precautions to avoid these hazards from happening.

 

HAZARDS	PREVENTIONS
Background noise	We will make sure know one is in the house so the filming of our opening scene will not be disturbed.
Low Battery on Camera	We will make sure that the camera is fully charged before filming, if this happens we will have a back up lead.
Lighting	As we are setting our opening in the nighttime we will have to make sure the setting is dark as we are filming in the day.
Tripod	When using the tripod we will make sure that it is set on even ground so will not oppose a threat to anyone.
Objects	As we are filming in a house we made sure all objects were out the way so no one tripped over while filming.

 

Filming Schedule(AG)

Filming Schedule

In order to make our thriller film correctly and organized we have made a filming schedule that we will follow. The reason we created this was so it can help structure us for filming and when it comes to it, it will be much easier. It shows when we will be filming, the loaction, who will be in the scene and what shots we are going to be using.

During the filming of our thriller, we decided as a group to change a few things in our filming schedule which we thought will make our opening improve. We changed a few camera shots, for example whilst the victim was checking out in the hallway for something she heard before we decided to use a tracking shot instead of a mid shot to show how the victim is feeling at that moment in time by following her movement as she does.

Filming schedule

Shot	Date and time	Location	Content	Shot type and duration	Costume/hair/make-up	Iconography	Personnel	Equipment
2&4	21/11 13:30	Bedroom	A young girl (victim) is seen talking on the phone whilst on laptop	Midshot	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up	Laptop,phone	Victim	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape
6	21/11 13:45	Bedroom	The light of the laptop turns off	Midshot	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up	Phone	Victim	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape
7	21/11 14:00	Bedroom	The camera is now further away showing the victim on the phone	Zoom out	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up	Laptop,phone	Victim	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape
8	21/11 14:15	Bedroom	The phone connection is lost	Panning shot	Victim	Laptop,phone	Victim
9	21/11 14:30	Bedroom	The camera follows the victim as she walks from the bedroom to the bathroom	Tracking shot	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up		Victim	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape
10	21/11 15:45	Hallway	Victim checks every room	Tracking shot	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up	Doors	Victim	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape
11	21/11 14:45	Bedroom	The victim is seen from behind as she walks through bathroom door	Tracking shot	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up	Door	Victim	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape
12	21/11 15:00	Bathroom	The victim is seen splashing her face with water	Close up	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up   Reflection – a black shadow	Mirror	Victim Stalker	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape
13	21/11 16:00	Hallway	Close-up of victim’s hand pushing the bedroom door open	Extreme close-up	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up	Door handle	Victim	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape
14	21/11 16:15	Bedroom	Victim walks into bedroom	Long shot	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up		Victim	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape
15	21/11 16:30	Bedroom	A shadow of the victim is seen with a hand reaching from behind (suggestive of the antagonist)	Low angle shot	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up	Bed	Victim	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape
16	21/11 16:45	Bedroom	A flashback of the stalker stroking the bed quilt	Close-up	White night-time clothing Hair down and straight Natural make-up	Bed quilt	Stalker (focusing on hands)	Camera,tripod,batteries,tape