Feedback

What do you think of the setting, does it work?

Group 1
'The setting works really well, very thriller-like'

Group 2
'Really good setting realistic-like a thriller'

Group 3
'Very scary! Works well!


Do you understand what is going on, is it clear? Explain?

Group 1
'Yes easy to understand, yet can still lead to a twist which is good for a thriller'

Group 2
'Easy to understand but it was quite long'

Group 3
'Yes-Tom is murderer and Martha is tied up then he takes her away and what does he do to her? :O'

Is there a set of camerawork footage that works well?

Group 1
'like the slow motion, before pann to the blood on the floor. the sequence to abandoned post, very good. variety of shoots, very good.'

Group 2
'The shot of her eye opening, and the one where he appears just behind her'

Group 3
'Pans from feet to head'

How do you think the audio fits with the footage?

Group 1
'Good soundtrack, only problem with radio. Good sound effects (Scream, feet and knife)'

Group 2
'Radio music is quite creepy, all works well'

Group 3
'Staic audio at the end works well with title'

What do you think of size/font/colour/ positioning of titles?

Group 1
'Bit too small, and unclear, but good font'

Group 2
'The end transition of title was really good'

Group 3
'Don't like where title is by Tom's head when he is at the scary table'

Rough Cut

Feedback from Rough Cut

Strengths

'Is good although the classical music needs to continue through Martha's shots'
'Good use of sound'
'Music fits really well'

'Setting is really good and effective'
'Location is good and fits well'

'Lots of different angles'

'Props are good'
'Excellent acting'
'Builds up suspence and the shocking ending is good'
'Lighting very good'

Weaknesses

'Shots of Martha a bit too long'
'Need to continue the classical music through out footage'
'Some shots are too long'

shooting

Things we are bring to the set:
Camera... Tripod... Dolly wheel

Props: Knives; ropes; chair; duct tape; Moped headlight

Costumes: Tom, Long Black coat, suit,
Martha, Jeans, Trainers, white top.

shooting

Credits List For Thriller Opening Sequence

A Retribution Productions Presents

A Jake Thornton-Bowen Film

Martha Glass
And Tom Philip

Costume Design Jennifer Dale

Art Direction Alfie Rodden

Prodution Design Ian Difranco

Casting By Steve Thorne

Film Editing Angela Copeland

Cinematography By Annton Freeman

Original Music Morgan King

Produced By Jake Thornton-Bowen
and Tom Philip

Directed By Martha Glass



STATIC

Location

Date for filming

We have decided to film on the 25/02/08, we have decided this date because 2 members of the group are busy til this date, we also now have permission from the owner of the location.

Fonts

Title

We have half-decided on the title of our project, we are now working under the name of "Static"

Creepy, eh?

Shooting

When shooting the sequence we will need to think about the following things:

Different range of shoots. If we are shooting a girl sitting in a chair tied up, use various sides of the room, use different angles of the person. close ups of the hands/feet tied to the chair.

Use slow panning to reflect a calm/creapy atmosphere. For example in the middle of the sequence when the vilan is prepearing the tools, the shots will be slow and pann across the room.

On the day of the shoot we are going to shoot extra footage because we need to make sure we have all the shoots before we leave the area, because it will be hard to go back to the site, as it is in a remote location, and the weather may change.

Props

First Final Cut.

This is our Anamatic.
Please do watch it... even though the beginning is really long and filled with music, which we made on 'GarageBand'.

This is just a basic outline of what our shots and going to include.

Storyline

Our storyline is pretty vague at this point because there is no need for indepth introduction to the characters beause we are only making the title sequence. But we are going to follow the storyline of most 'horror' thrillers with one character as the victim and the other as the psychologically deranged killer.

From the start of our title sequence you ot will be pretty obbious who is which character, but if we were creating the full film there could be room for a twist, like many other 'horror' thrillers.

Work in progress..

Our storyboard in underway in Final Cut. we're currently adding effects to illustrate the cmera movement we may use in our scene. And also trying to get the music in time with the aesthetic of the piece and editing it accordingly.
Next we're going to start thinking about Location and a name for our film. The scene looks to take place in some sort of decrepid barn, but we're debating the idea of the scene taking place in a forest (with a few minor changes to the script, in that case) or a large, empty warehouse. We also are thinking about the costumes required, as they are going to speak for our character's personality because there's no dialogue within our scene. And, how we're going to pull off some of our ideas expressed in the planned storyline of our scene. For example, the bright light shined from an uknown source into the protagonist's face.

Ideas

Ideas

Fast transitions between different rooms eeare feel.
Setting-Farm/barn room.

Room1-Martha (victim) in chair-Strapped to it and gagged.
Room2-Tom (vilan) preparing tools (guns,knifes,cheese wire,rope,pictures of Martha from afar)

Room1-Victime quick shots-eerae msuic, hypoventilating-Martha starting to panic after waking up.

Bright light in front of Martha, light in face, lights comes on when shes wakes, blinding.

Room2-Vilian slow panning shots happy upbeat music on radio in background slow shots of Toms eye/mouth/hand (not whole face)

Surface

structure/narrative- quick mood change, from sinister slow titles , blood in water in the background. to loud struggling between victums- quick fast camera angles and shots

THE CREW