New Storyboard for Thriller

New Storyboard

 

 

We have developed our storyboard considerably since our first draft. We had to alter and change many of our ideas so that they fit together to form a flowing sequence. For example, we realised that we could not just cut straight from a large segment of the politician to another large segment of the girl, but instead cut short clips together to suggest the idea that both events were taking place simultaneously. As well as this, we refined shots so that we had a specific idea of what we wanted to create. For example, we worked on the washing hands sequence for a long time, until we were satisfied that we had the right combination of shots. We also realised that there were gaps in our sequence, such as the fact that the girl needed to jump off something to hang herself. Therefore, we had to introduce her carrying a chair and multiple shots of her standing on the chair in order to build suspension.

 

I am happy with the way our storyboard has turned out because it shows that we are beginning to finally pure our ideas together.





Prop List for Thriller

Prop List:

• Rope (noose)
• Chair/stool
• notebook
• a biro
• official documents
• gold pen
• envelope
• desk
• block of soap
• watch x2
• Bible



Costume List for Thriller

Costume List:

 

 

Male Politician:

 

- plain white shirt

- tie

 

-black suit trousers and jacket

 

-polished black shoes

 

-watch

-belt

-ring (signet)

-handkerchief

- cufflinks

-neatly combed hair

- Beige overcoat

 

 

Young Girl:

 

-mom jeans

 

-baggy t-shirt

 

-big woolly knit cardigan

 

 -converse

 
-colourful bright socks

-hair  in plaits with a headband 

-watch           

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

Character List For Thriller

Character List:

 

 

 

In our thriller we only have two characters present.

 

 

Male Politician:

- Around 40 years old
-5ft8
-English
-Fair short hair
-Well-built



Young Girl:

-16-17 years
-Blonde
-Small


Filming Exercise

Filming Exercise for our Thriller

In order to get an idea of what our thriller would look like, we filmed a very rough outline of our sequence and edited it together. This is a very rough idea as we were not doing it in our preferred locations or had the actors we are going to use and we did not have some necessary props (the noose, the notebook or the harness). However it did help us develop our piece, as while filming we found out that some shots worked while others didn't. This means that we can now do some more story boarding, and continue to perfect our sequence. 

Research for our opening sequence

Research for our opening sequence:

In order to get a feel for the type of shots, costume and sound used in a political thriller we researched other films that used certain techniques that might be effective in our own thriller. 

(Just looking at the first 2 minutes of this clip)

Here, the characters are dressed neatly in suits, but the three piece suits seem to be the most official looking so would be more appropriate to use one for our politician. Also, the papers are in big paper folders, which again would work well in our thriller. The hair is neatly slicked back, which again makes the men look more official. Furthermore, there are no close up shots used in this extract which creates a barrier between the audience and the characters, thus suggesting that they are of a higher status. Our group was not planning on revealing the politicians face during our extract, therefore this co-insides with the idea from this extract.

Another film we looked at was The Ides of March.

This scene helps to establish the tone of a political thriller. The quick cutting is the most effective technique used here and would help raise tension in our own thriller. 

Research for our opening sequence

Research for our opening sequence:

Looking into other aspects of our thriller there is the scene from The Aviator that includes a hand washing sequence.

Here the director cuts quickly between a close up of Leonardo Di Caprio's hands and then to his face and then back again. This establishes a link between the actions he is doing and how they are making him film. The use of soap here is key and would be a really good idea to use in our thriller. Also the birds eye view shot looking straight down into the sink is effective, and would work well in our thriller.





Another poignant hand washing sequence is in the film version of Macbeth.

Unfortunately, I could not upload the video onto my blog, but in the sequence we see Macbeth wash his hands in a basin. What was effective in this sequence, was that the speed of the hand washing became more intense as Macbeth felt he could not get rid of the blood on his hands. This would work in our thriller well and would help build tension.