Thriller spidergram

 

 

Thriller mood board

Risk assesment

Recce report

Storyboard

Props and costumes

Props

 

- Diana F+ and Minolta Camera

-Green Screen

-Laptop

-Scarf

-Dog lead

-Voodoo doll

 

 

 

 

 

Protagonist - played by Laura McLean - costume

- Casual clothes, big coat, scarf (red) and wellington boots. Just the normal clothes you would wear when walking a dog, casual yet practical. However, in this casual yet practical costumes, there are enigma codes which convey the potential occurrences in the future of the thriller. For instance, the red scarf and hat symbolise danger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antagonist-played by Charlie Boyden-costume

-The key to an effective and sinister antagonist is the feel of mystery. The costume will play a vital role into making the antagonist a mysterious, sinister and dark character by hiding away facial features. Consequently, this keeps the audience unaware of who the attacker is, therefore meaning the audience have to watch the rest of the film to discover who the antagonist is, and why he is there.

-Dark clothing blends in with the gloomy surroundings, therefore staying out of sight of the unaware protagonist, whilst the audience can see the antagonist thus contributing to the tension.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The costume will be relatable to a classic teenager; fashionable. Our target audience is from 16-25, therefore the costume would be more relatable to the target audience, making it feel more real, thus making the audience feel more vulnerable.

Audience profile and Treatment for Mr Grevor

Mr Grevor

Audience profile

16-25 year olds

Unisex

Students, casual workers

Multinational

Demographics - E, D, C1, C2, B and A. Enjoyable for people of all backgrounds. Full of enigma codes - sets up expectations and anticipation

Conventional thriller - not funny, dark, classic protagonist

Strugglers - they seek escape from reality

Explorers - they seek discovery. They will predict the course of events within the film

Relates to Seven in relation to; stalker; photos; notebook

Certificate 15  - this is because violence, blood and horror are main themes in our thriller and are not just brief encounters. Horror of strong threats and the threat of life occur throughout. This will appeal to our target audience because it will keep them intrigued in what is going to happen in the film. 

This is could be shown at; the open evening for year 11s and film and media awards.  

Treatment - Mr Grevor

It’s a normal day; Laura is walking her dog at the Brook when she sees Charlie in the distance under a tree. This alone is an enigma code expressing that Charlie has something to do with Laura. This opening sequence is from an outsider’s point of view. The audience can see what is happening to the characters but they are unaware of each other’s circumstances (dramatic irony.) 

The purpose of the film is to thrill the audience; build anticipation and to keep them guessing resulting in a satisfying ending. This opening sequence is act as a cliff hanger to draw in the audience without revealing the key events of the overall film. Using enigma codes in this opening sequence; the audience can gather suggestions to what the film involves.

Flashes of enigma codes come up as do the titles to hint to the audience what the film will include. 

1. Equilibrium (calm, walking dog, normal day, nothing suspicious)
2. Interrupt (cut to Charlie taking photos of Laura, cut to him in a room, close up of eyes)

The codes and conventions of a thriller which we are going to use are 

- antagonist (male)

- protagonist (female)

- enigma codes - props (scarf, dog, camera, laptop, dolls)

- don’t see the antagonist’s face 

- identity 

• lighting (shadows, hard light)
• music (scary, unpredictable)
• titles (flash of light,camera, then typewriter)
• sound (diegetic and non-diegetic)
• colours (red, danger, eye-catching) 
• mise-en-scene (dark, scary, unaware, unpredictable) 

Influences 

Our influences for our film include Seven (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman), Shutter (Joshua Jackson and Rachel Taylor). These are our influences because they gave us inspiration on what theme music to use, what camera angles to use, what lighting to use and it also gave us the idea to use old cameras for the effect of the flash noise as this would give the audience a jump. The film Mystic River is what gave us our title, its a very tense and cliff hanging film. We misunderstood the title and thought it was Mr.Grevor and this is why we decided to use this as the title for our thriller film. Memento, Seven and Shutter are also other films which gave us inspiration on using cameras, as they use polaroid cameras which also have a big flash and is very effective, for example we were watching the commercial and the flash gave us a big jump; this is why we decided to use cameras and flashes. The cameras also give the protagonist insecurity and make them feel like they're always being watched or stalked.

Initial ideas

Initial Ideas:

• Masks
• Dolls
• Fields
• Digging
• Vulnerable girl with dog
• Bloody hands
• Old house
• Boy with camera

Actors:
Laura McLean
Charlie Boyden

Camera:
Sarah Adnams
James Knuckey

We got inspiration from the film opening Seven because we liked the use of close up and enigma codes used suggesting that someone was planning something. We also liked the font style used for the credits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEZK7mJoPLY