Revised Shot List:

Title of film:

We have discussed a few different titles for our film. We wanted the title to catch people’s attention so it needed to be short, stand out and intrigue the viewer. One way we did this is by putting the title of the film into a different language. This automatically creates a kind of suspicion and confusion to what the storyline will be about. After deciding on that we needed to actually decide on what word to translate and into what language. We came up with three small words that were a possibility for the title. These were:

· Eve

· Thief

· Fire

We next decided on the language that we would translate the title into. We thought that French would be the best language because normally words translated into this language are at least still readable to somebody who does not speak that language. When translated the words are:

· Eve- Eve

· Thief- Voleur 

· Fire- Feu

Eve was then out of the question due to the fact when translated, it did not change. This left us with Voleur and Feu. After a few more discussions, we finally decided on Voleur. We think that this word represents what are film is and it would look good in the opening scene and on a movie poster. Due to the fact we chose this as the title we needed a reason for French to be used, this led us to creating a deeper plot for our Thriller. Eve's dad is going to turn out to be French, which ends up getting her into trouble with a French gang boss.

Locations:

Shooting technique:

For our Thriller movie we are going to use as many camera angles and movements as possible. These will shots such as: high angle, low angle, birds eye, close up and extreme close up. We will use movements like; panning, tracking and even shot reverse shot. I then had the idea of maybe using a slightly more original filming technique which is stop go animation. I saw the technique used in Doctor Who a while. This allowed the director to show a large amount of small details in a small amount of time very quickly.


 I thought that this would be a good idea for establishing the characters of Hazel and Cha Cha. It would allow us as the directors to show the small details about them that are significant to characterisation. These will be the shoes that they are wearing, the gun tucked into their suit trousers, their name tags, their ties and the gas mask that will cover their face. We all agreed that this will be the best way of achieving the best characterisation possible in such a short amount of time.
          In today's lesson Liam, Tobias and I had a practice at using this shooting technique. We spoke about how many photos we will actually need to take for this process to work properly. My camera can take roughly 3 photos a second, so I would need to move the camera slowly to ensure the amount of detail we want is captured and the sequence doesn't look rushed. The camera will follow an almost 'z' formation, switching between the two hitmen. This is the practice video:
This video took a while to edit due to the fact I had to edit the time each individual image lasted for. Most of the pictures lasted for 1/10th of a second  which is only a small amount of time. The most important parts where the small details will be featured lasted for 2 seconds. I think that this is a sufficient amount of time for the audience to register what the main details is in that shot. In total there are 55 photographs here. When I edited all the images together I added a sound clip in of a camera shutter to add to the effect of the stop go animation. The small sound clip really ensures that the audience know that every photo in the sequence has been taken individually.
          By testing this technique we now know that the sequence will actually work. It captures a high amount of detail and it will give contrast to the other shots that will feature in our Thriller. One problem with this technique which I found out when editing is that the process is very tedious. It took me close to about 45 minutes to edit this all together. This means that when doing this for our Thriller task it will probably take considerately longer to edit together. We will make sure the movement is smoother and that more images are taken. This means in total the final editing for this sequence alone will take probably just over an hour. We have decided as a group though that it will be worth it if we can pull it off perfectly.

Plot:

This post will include two sections. The plot for the opening of the film and the plot for the entire film.

Opening: Since the initial planning of our thriller we have changed the plot due to the filming being very impractical and slightly too ambitious. We kept elements of the original plot and extended on those. The original plot was:

For the plot of our Thriller task we have decided on the main part of the short film being an interrogation. The rough storyline we have come up with so far is that a girl steals a mystery item (which won’t be revealed)from a house. On the way out of the house she starts a fire to attempt to cover her tracks. She is then found and chased down by two ‘henchmen’. After being captured she is question about her actions and crime. The two henchmen don’t stick too their given instructions which results in a cliff hanger ending when an unknown character (the henchmen's boss) turns up and shoots somebody. 

This is featured in 'Planning for our Thriller task'

The scenes included in the original plot would simply be included in the later parts of the film, just not the opening. So the plot for the new opening is as follows: Eve is shown running at beginning but what she is running to or from is not revealed (build of suspense), then you are shown the two hitmen getting ready. Hopefully at this point the audience will get the connection and realise who Eve is running from. We will then show Eve stealing the mysterious item from an old jewellery box and then show a burnt down house to indicate that is what she has done to cover her tracks. We will then cut to a chase scene between Eve and the Hitmen until she finds an abandoned barn. This is where she will film herself saying what she thinks may be her final words, before someone finds her and we cut to black with a scream to create a cliffhanger. 

          This is the basic outline for what the plot of our opening will be. We think this opening will build a lot of suspense and use the generic elements of the thriller genre. We also hope that all the inertextual references that are included are noticed and help to create a sense of foreshadowing.

          The rest of the film: The rest of the film will be based around finding out what the Eve stole from the unknown boss, her interrogation and possibly learning the back story of Hazel and Cha Cha. The film would stick to using generic locations like dark ally ways and streets, wide open areas and other locations which create mystery or portray danger. The opening would be for the introduction of all the main characters and to initially grab the attention and focus of the audience like any other Thriller film. We want the opening to bring emphasis onto how dark and thrilling the rest of the film would be.