Thriller Conventions from my research

Contingency Plan

Contingency Plan Name: Seyi and Michael Production:

Potential problems and how to overcome these problems: Things on the floor- To overcome this we would check the area were the chasing scene would to avoid injury. Bad weather- film during a time when the weather is suitable for your film. Others walking while filming- look for a place to film that is more likely to be quiet and less people there.

Costumes and Props

Costumes and Props

Character Name: John
Costume:	Props:
Character Name: Business Man.
Costume: Suit, Tie, Shoes.	Props: Bag, Phone, Coffee and Tea.
Character Name:
Costume:	Props:

Shot List

Shot List
Scene	Shot Number	Description
1.Close up of café. 2.Inside the café. 3.Close up on the bag. 4.Medium shot of John sitting down and taking the business mans bag. 5.Long shot for some of the chase. 6.Red herring close up for when the worker taps John.	1 2 3 4 5 6	1. We are going to do a close up on the café in the beginning. 2.We are going to how a camera view of the café. 3.The props will be using is the bag and is the important prop to make the thriller exciting. 4.We are going to have a medium shot of john sitting down because its also important to make sure this thriller. 5.We are going to have a long shot for the chase which would make it more interesting instead of having a lot of close up shots. 6. The red herring will be close up so we make sure the examiner knows what we are doing.

Production Schedule Location Visit Sheet

Production Schedule Location Visit Sheet Film Title: Lost And Found Producer: Director: Seyi And Michael Date: 20/11/12

Rough Sketch/Explanation of location and key points to note Access to location via: To go there you could just walk or take bus 150,128,173,175 Name and number of location contact: fiddlers cafe-686 Becontree Avenue Becontree Dagenham RM8 3HD‎ 020 8984 1122

Health and Safety Issues to note: ●      Keep all wires away from others ●

Potential Filming Problems : ●      Others walking while filming ●      Not being allowed permission to film in places ●      Bad weather Things on the floor.

Additional Notes:  (map of area/weather forecast etc)

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

Day	Scene	Location	Equipment	Costumes	Props	Cast +Crew
Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four	Cafe Shop	Dagenham ,Essex Cafe	Camera Microphone Tape Tri Pod	Suit-shirt and ties.	Business bag, Phone Coffee/Tea Food	Seyi Michael and others.

Animatic

These were drawings which showed what will have in out thriller.

First picture: A picture of the cafe and the business man with the other main character

Second Picture: Business man has left his bag

Third Picture: The other man character's bag left at the cafe.

Fourth Picture: The other main character has the same bag and puts it on the table not realising theres another bag which is the same as him.

Fifth Picture: there is a chase scene, with the the man with the bag being chased

Sixth Picture: The man with the bag is found but cant get away as there is no way out.

Survey Analysis

                                                                 Survey Analysis



1) Do you know what a Thriller is?

The proportion between the amount of people who knew what thrillers were and who weren't too sure was the same with 42.9%. Not many people didn't know what a thriller is. The percentage was 14.3%.

2) Do you like thrillers?

Most people kind of knew what thrillers were with a percentage of 57.1%. Second was that people did completely know what thrillers were with 42.9%. No people voted that they did not know what thrillers were.

3) What do you think makes a good thriller?

Fast pacing action was the clearly the most voted with 57.2%. The second two most voted were non stop violence and a contrast of more than one thriller.

4) What thriller sub-genre do you like?

The majority of people voted action thrillers with 66.7%. 16% of people voted for horror thrillers and another 16% voted for science fiction thrillers. This has helped me realise that we need our thriller to be an action thriller

5) How often to you watch thrillers?

Most people said that they watch thrillers once a month. Second most voted was once a week.

6)what's the worst thriller you've seen?

Most people voted for Mission Impossible. This could be because mission tends to go over the top with action. This has also helped me understand that in my groups thriller, we shouldn't put too much action into the thriller.

7)Whats the best thriller you've seen? 

Most people voted for the batman films. This could be because batman films might give more of an excitement and thrill to the audience.
  

Survey Results

Survey Results

Focus Group

Idea One: Lost and found:
2 Members of the government are chasing a teen which holds important secret information in a usb which has been lost by the two government members. The two members of the government are willing to go through desperate measures to get the usb back in safe hands.

Idea Two: Lost and found

This adea is very similar to the first one but the series of event happen from the present to the past. Two members of the government are about to catch a teen who has found their usb. Then the scene cuts to how the teen found the usb.

We asked the group a few questions.
  Which idea do you think is better?
do you think it would be good if we use a cliff hanger?
do you think it would be better to film in day time or dark?

The people felt that it would be better to record in day time. This was because they felt that if you film when it is a little dark, it will look very dark in the film. They felt that the first idea was better because it makes more sense and we will know what one of the characters are after. They also felt that it would be good to do a cliff hanger because it will make people want to want to carry on watching the film.

Change of idea / Treatment

In class me and Seyi went over our focus group and thought our idea was not good enough so we thought that we would change our Idea. The idea we are currently doing is below.

Treatment

Group Roles Cinematography: Seyi Mise-en-scene: Seyi Sound: Michael Editing: Michael

Title: Lost And Found Tag Line:

Synopsis: A business man is in a coffee shop he then drinks some coffee before he goes but then realises he is late so then he forgets his bag. Then john mistakes his bag for the other business mans bag. Will john will be able to get away from the business man even though the guy is willing to go though desperate measures.

Key Genre Conventions: Red herrings- a random person comes us to john and saids that he forgot his pen but the thinks that the person is back to collect their bag. Actions scenes- there will be lost of fast pace action when the business comes back for his bag.