Audience Feedback

Once we completed editing the thriller, we decided to show it to some people in order to gain some audience feedback. Initially we decided to gain feedback from members of our primary target audience, between the ages of 16-20.

The feedback from this age group was largely positive, with many commenting on the interesting storyline and the cliff-hanger at the end of the opening. The audience felt that the music was very effective in helping to build to a climax and also helped create tension. The feedback included positive remarks on the wide use of shots, as well as the setting and location, which they felt created a tense and eerie atmosphere.

We also decided to gain feedback from an older audience, and showed our thrillers to three teachers. Again the feedback was positive, with praise again coming in for the use of varied shots and the creation of tension and suspense with the choice of music. We showed the thriller to an English teacher who was impressed with the entertaining and interesting storyline throughout.

Based on the feedback received from the audience, we were very pleased with the music and shots that we showed in our thriller. We felt however, that the location and setting could have been better but were pleased with our emergency location that we had to use. At closer inspection, we also felt we could improve on the continuity in our thriller.

Laurence Ruthven

Final Thriller Opening - Desolo

Evaluation - What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from preliminary to full product?

For our preliminary task, we had to show that we could demonstrate the 180 degree rule, a match on action shot, shot/reverse shot and be able to edit the footage together to create the final preliminary task. The object of this task was so that we could understand how the camera and editing studio works, as well as gaining more of an understanding of what shots we could include in our final thriller.


From our knowledge of using the cameras for the preliminary, we decided that wherever possible we would use the tripod to help create steadier and smoother pans and tilts. After we had discussed what storyline we would have for our opening, we decided to include some varied shots in order to keep the camera movements interesting for the audience. We decided that we would include high and low angle shot to help establish power in certain characters and to add to the variety of shots in our opening.



Due to our location we found it difficult to achieve the high and low angle shots without using the tripod, but felt that the shots were successful in what we wanted them to achieve. We also didn’t use the tripod on the point of view shot, another shot that we wanted to included adding suspense to our thriller as well as a variety of angles and shots.



Laurence Ruthven

Evaluation-Describing our main demographic

After deciding to rate our film '15' we then realised the main demographic would be men aged 15-22. These would fit In the Emulator group when based on their VALS. We would be looking to appeal to a slightly different type of person outside the mainstream and popular culture as our film would contain the sort of theme that may not be overly enjoyed or acceptable for the majority of the public.

Other Films: The films that our demographic would watch would be other psychological thrillers such as Cape Fear, American Psycho and Se7en. The likelyhood is that they would enjoy other genres due to their age. The main one of which could well be the new influx of cult American comedy films such as Anchorman, Tropic Thunder and the Clerks films

Television preferences: The TV they would watch would again i believe involve American comedy shows such as Scrubs and Two & a half men. These are sitcoms that are widely accepted as very funny by this age band. They would also enjoy American cult cartoons such as South Park and Family Guy. This generation enjoys outspoken and controversial programmes and would therefore watch these two shows. The 15-22's have also been known to enjoy more mature drama based shows such as House and Skins. House is enjoyed due to the psychology involved and the intellegence and charisma of Dr House where as skins is another programmed aimed at this particular demographic as it tries to show a realistic yet entertaining portayal of this group.

Musical preferences: In general the group that are likely to be attracted to our thriller would like more guitar driven rock music as appose to popular chart music. Our average fan would ideally enjoy anything from classic rock to heavy metal aswell as any alternative genres in between. These are generally the sort of music listened to by young people who also enjoy thriller films. This music often contains darker and deeper themes which are not disimilar to the ones portrayed in our thriller.

Note. These people generally enjoy their role outside of the norm so an ammount of pride and passion is placed into their values and opinions which makes the thriller genre a favourite. As thrillers contain themes that are often disturbing and ones that would not be acceptable outside the thriller film enviroment.

Evaluation - How does your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

Jade Smith

Evaluation - What kind of media insituiton might distribute your media product and why?

A production company produces film and is responsible for the development and physical production. In earlier research we looked at various film institutions that could produce our film. We decided after our initial research that we would choose Universal pictures. Universal has produced many thriller films over the years including Jaws, Psycho, Cape Fear and Hannibal.
In our title sequence we showcased the actor’s names in order of the way they appear on screen. We also included the director’s name before the cliff-hanger at the end, allowing the full production credits to roll in the main title sequence that would follow the cliff-hanger.
Universal has shown a tendency in the past to release new stand alone films such as Cape Fear and Psycho. It is because of this that we chose Universal to produce and release our film as they have experience in dealing with stand alone films, with the potential for sequels based on the success of the film.

Laurence Ruthven

Evaluation - How did we Attract/ Address our Audience

Elliott Joyner

Evaluation -How does our media product challenge conventions of a thriller genre?

Evaluation - Technologies

Jade Smith

Brief

Our thriller opening sets up the story for the rest of the film. The opening starts with the shot of two detectives pulling up to what seems like an empty, run down building on a murky grey day. The scene follows them walking up to the building with a point of view shot from behind bushes to create suspense and intrigue for the audience. As the detectives enter and look around the building, flashbacks are included depicting the events of why the detectives seem to be at the building. As the detectives enter what seems to be a shower room, they discover pieces of evidence, including a kinfe covered in blood. As the opening builds to a conclusion, the flashbacks show the antagonist pouring petrol around a female portagnoist tied to a chair, before setting alight to a note. Here the opening cuts to the main title sequence, with the fate of the portagnist seemingly concluded.


Laurence Ruthven

Institutions

We researched different film institutions to see which would suit our thriller the best. We did this by looking at the films they had previously released and evaluating whether ours would suit the institution.

New Line Cinema

We researched New Line Cinema as they are a very successful film institution, founded in 1967. Though it initially began as an independent film studio, it became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996, and Warner Bros. in 2008. They operated several divisions including theatrical distribution, marketing and home video.

Films released by New Line Cinema of a thriller genre:
-Final Destination
-Friday 13th
-Se7en
-A Man Apart
However, through research we discover that these were some of few and that the majority of New Line Cinema's films are of a comedy or horror genre.



Universal Pictures

Universal Studios is a subsidiary of NBC Universal and is one of the six major American Movie studios. Its main motion picture production/distribution arm is called Universal Pictures.

Films released by Universal Studios of a thriller genre:
-Jaws
-Psycho
-Cape Fear
-Jurassic Park
-Hannibal
-The Watcher

We felt that Universal Studios would be a valid institution to produce our thriller as, although they make many comedies and science fiction films, they have a large repertoire which our thriller could fit into.

Paramount Pictures

Paramount is a American film production and distribution company, and the oldest existing one in America, constantly being ranked as one of the wealthiest institutions.

Films released by Paramount Pictures of a thriller genre:
-Bloodline
-Fatal Attractions
-Twisted
-Shutter Island

Although Paramount Pictures have made a broad range of films and have a lot of money to put into them, they have not made a huge amount of famous thriller films. However, their newest release 'Shutter Island' has been a success which could be a new turn for Paramount Pictures and our thriller could follow in it's footsteps.

Dreamworks

Dreamworks are an American production and distribution company, founded by the famous director Steven Spielberg. They have made more than ten films with box-office grosses totalling at more than $100 million each, making them a very successful institution.

Films released by Dreamworks of a thriller genre:

-Disturbia

-Sweeney Todd

-What Lies Beneath

After research, it could be seen that a lot of Dreamworks' successful films were animated and that there were few actual thrillers in contrast with the sub genres of thriller-horrors and science fiction-thrillers, but the majority of their films were also comedies. Therefore our thriller could possibly be produced by this institution but not as much as some others.

In conclusion after evaluating four main film institutions, we feel that our thriller would best suit being produced by Universal Studios due to their experience with the thriller genre and successful reputation.

Jade Smith

Poster for our Film

After coming up with a title for our film, we decided to produce a poster for our film. We decided to use basic colours, and decided on using white and red. Red is a colour that has strong connotations of danger and violence, elements that are in our film. We also had to come up with a tag line for our film, and used the title of our film Desolo, to help produce the tagline 'One Womans struggle to be found'. We decided to make the poster a teaser poster, so it only inlcuded the title, tagline and 'coming soon'.

Laurence Ruthven Jade Smith Matthew Simmons Elliott Joyner

Poster Analysis - The Strangers

Throughout the process of planning our thriller, we decided to research film posters to get a detailed idea of what a thriller should be like. We decided to research into the strangers because of how our thriller idea is very similar. In the poster we see three masked figures towering over the two main characters. This immediately tells us that the the film is going to be a horror/thriller because of how it creates a sense of danger and demonstrates the typical stereotypes of the antagonists. The poster also has a range of colour. The clolours consist of dark reds and browns which insinuate very normal surroundings. This is used to create a sense of irony because of how the clothes are the complete opposite to the type of thriller it is.

By Elliott Joyner

Poster Analysis - Se7en

To create a successful thriller, you have to research other thriller films to learn about what settings and what characters are best for a thriller. I have decided to take a look at a poster of the crime/thriller Seven. The poster shows us the main characters on either side with very serious and determined faces. This immediately tells the viewer that they are going to be very serious about catching the killer. It also tells the viewer that the film is going to be a crime thriller and gives the viewer an idea of what to expect. The poster also shows us the seven deadly sins. This is a powerful symbol to use on a poster because of how it creates suspense and danger, and also creates a sense of mystery because of how it links in with religion and the unknown. The background of the poster is seen to be on fire. This indicates back to danger and also symbolises hell which links in with the seven deadly sins. The poster also consists of a range of colours. The colours that are shown are black and a dark shade of yellow. These colours are very dark and often associated with evil.

By Elliott Joyner

Editing Diary

2nd April 2010

We uploaded the footage of the originals day shooting in the editing suite at school. This included the footage of Matt and Charlotte, as well as the detectives inside the building. Once the footage was uploaded we used the Pinnacle Studio software to edit with the footage that we could, including the scenes with the blood in the sink. Once we had edited these scenes, we decided to take a closer at the music. We decided to use the music Black Widow and Things to come from the website http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ and added this onto the footage. We included stings from the track Black Widow to help create tension and suspense in the film.


5th April 2010

We uploaded the final pieces of footage from the second day of filming which included all the detective scenes outside of the building. Once this had been uploaded we finalised all the pieces of the film to create an opening that was 1 minute 47 seconds. We then showed the film to our media teachers, and gained a positive response from them. Once this has been completed, we burned the footage onto a disk to create a hard copy and then transferred the film onto our blog.


Laurence Ruthven

Title Sequences Research

Title sequences are an important element of any successful film, and are going to be included in our opening for our thriller, so we decided to undertake some research and explore some title sequences to previous films.

We drew alot of inspiration for our thriller from the film 'Se7en'.


In this particular title sequences, there are shots of a person shaving off their fingernails, close ups of maps, images of people and book pages that all create enigmas for the audience, and are iconogrpahy closley associated with the murder/thriller genre. The typography also matches this iconography. The music matches the physchological thriller that the film is with its eerie and stringy soundtrack.In terms of these title sequences, we drew inspiration to relpicate a similar iconography in our thiller opening.


The following title sequences are from the comedy-drama film Catch me if you Can


In these title sequences, moving images are incorporated with the typography and create a smooth and flowing title sequences that suit the pace of the film, and its comedy/drama style genre. Colours and music again add to the pace of the titles, and suit the genre of the film well.


The following titles are from the James Bond film 'Goldeneye'


The title sequence is an important and symoblic element of any James Bond film, and in these particular title sequences are significant because it contains images which reflected the politics of the world at the time, a theme that is present throughout the film. The title sequences also contain many images of women,and violence, two themes that are the make up of any James Bond film and reflect the action genre of the film.

After editing the final piece, we decided that we would include details such as the actors and directors names but as were ending our opening on a cliffhanger, the film would then go into a full main title sequence such as the ones shown above.


Laurence Ruthven

Title for our Thriller – Desolo

After completing and finalising the idea of our opening to our thriller, we decided to discuss the title of our thriller. We analysed the concept of our film, and decided that the title should reflect the narrative of our film, which involved a hostage situation, murder and psychological antagonist. We also decided that the setting of our film, which is an abandoned, derelict house, could also be used for inspiration in our title. After some discussion we decided that we should name our thriller Desolo, which is Latin for Abandoned.

This title has strong connotations for a thriller film, evoking themes of fear, crime and murder. It also relates well to the setting for much of our film, a setting that will feature prominently throughout the film. The title also evokes images of a protagonist, in a perilous situation that he/she has to overcome, setting a possible narrative for the audiences who are about to watch the film.

Laurence Ruthven

Sound Research

In order to research the most effective ways that sound is used in thrillers, we felt that the best way would be to look at successful existing ones, to draw inspiration from.

Final Destination 1

(2000) Directed by James Wong.


The incidental music used in 'Final Destination 1' is effective because:
-The use of the loud strike of thunder immediately puts the audience on edge by shocking them
-The soundtrack consists of overlapping low toned, slow paced melodic sounds and very high pitched ones. This ties in with the rest of the film in the sense that the events seem normal and calm, however very dramatic and lethal things are actually under way
-There is use of pleonastic sound of a sword or knife when titles appear on screen, these may be used because the sound of a weapon has connotations of blood and violence which foreshadows the gruesome events that take place throughout the film
-One of these pleonastic sounds are also used when the shot of a fan is shown with high volumed diegetic murmuring sound of wind and the blades which is coming from it. This is effective because it could be seen as resembling the engine of the plane which is the main event of the entire film
-All of these sounds fade out when dialogue begins to start the storyline.

The incidental music in this film is used to create an eerie atmosphere, however it can be seen that it also effectively sets certain audience expectations that the film will consist of gore, drama and death.

Cape Fear
(1991) Directed by Martin Scorsese.

The incidental music used in Cape Fear is effective because;

-The sound of running water is used in the title sequence in order to make a link between the name 'Cape Fear' and the fact that it is the river which is a key aspect of the film

-The soundtrack initiates with a sting which automatically sets a dramatic, tense atmosphere for the audience

-This then continues into calm, melodic tones until an image of an eagle appears (which has threatening, violent connotations) when the soundtrack dramatically increases in volume and drops in pitch.

-Intensity is portrayed when the sound builds both in pitch and pace, turning into what sounds like a drum roll and then striking, high volumed chords are played with the image of someone under the water. This draws great attention and sets the audience expectations that the river will be linked with danger in the film.

-The image of an eye shutting is accompanied by very quiet, soft music for a few seconds which may aim to signify death of the person under water

-The soundtrack fades out and is replaced with dialogue, making the speech seem very important

-Strong notes are played, varying in pitch leading up to a strong, striking sting when a man comes into the shot. This immeatiately sets an impression that this character is, like the music, strong and powerful and the audience are invited to know that he is a key character in the film.

-The loud, diegetic sound of the iron gates shutting behind this character draw great attention to the setting of a prison, creating the enigma of why he is in prison and was he linked to the person under water featured in the title sequence.

We felt that the soundtrack used includes a vast variety of quicky changing, fast paced notes which successfully create tension and suspense for the audience. The vast amount of stings also effectively draw attention to certain images and the character.

Jade Smith

Shots and Camera Angles

In the production of the story board for our thriller we were able to concentrate on both the size and angle of each planned shot, which we felt was very beneficial as it gave us a clearer idea of how effective we can make the opening sequence, in the way we present each shot. We decided to consider what kinds of feelings we wanted to provoke in the audience (fear, nervousness) and the subconsious implications that we wanted to give them (the character's feelings/danger), and how the angle and size of each shot would effect these things...

• We decided to use a wide shot in order to establish the setting because this size would allow us to show the entire house and perhaps some of it's surroundings of trees and overgrown bushes. We also felt that this is the most efficient way of immediately creating an enigma as the shot will be of a house which appears to be damaged and abandonned, by choosing to shoot this as a wide shot we hope to make the audience intregued as to what has happened here or what will happen in the following sequence.


• We have included many close ups in order to place attention on certain objects/characters' actions. The things that we will shoot as close ups include a car wheel pulling up (to make the audience intregued about who is in the car and why are they there), a suitcase of objects (to provoke interest as to who it belongs to and what the objects inside are for), a trail of blood on the floor (to create a fearful, concerned atmosphere about who's blood it is and who caused it to be there), the victims face (to portray her own fear which would ideally cause the audience to fear for her) and a match (to create suspense and an enigma in the sense that the audience do not know what the outcome of lighting the match will be at the end of the sequence.
  
  
• We have included the use of a low angle shot in order to portray the powerful, confident characters of the detectives when they are in society and civilization which comes from their sterotypical gender and occupation. This will be shot as they exit the car and the person filming will kneel on the floor to achieve a low level position successfully.
  
• As the detectives step onto the property by walking up to the house, a high angle shot will be used in order to set the impression that they have now become vulnerable and to foreshadow danger (this is because the following sequence will portray the tragedy of what had happened in the past inside this house). In order to achieve this shot, the person filming will position themselves in one of the upstairs rooms and will film through one of the windows.
  
• After researching the aims and expectations of a thriller, we have decided that it is extemely important to continue creating suspense throughout. Therefore we have incorporated the use of a point of view shot to create the illusion that someone is watching the detectives and ultimately setting the impression that something dangerous is connected with the house and that the detectives are putting themselves in a vulnerable position by entering it. To achieve this shot, we will deliberately make the camera unstable and slightly shakey through a handheld movement, however we have recognized that we should be careful not to let this shot appear like a mistake and that we simply have a poor filming technique. We will also attempt to find a position where the shot can be filmed from behind a bush (to give the illusion that someone is hiding) but also so that the detectives can clearly be seen.
  
• We have also decided to use an extreme close up in order to portray the victim's intense feelings of terror and helplessness. We will do this by inluding mainly her eyes in the shot which will hopefully display deep emotion so that the audience will sympathize and fear for her as her life is at risk in the storyline- we feel that this is really important because causing the audience to have feelings or emotions due to the action on screen will ultimately make our thriller successful. An example of an extreme close up which has influenced our decision to include one is the one featured in 'Cape Fear' as pictured.

Jade Smith

Diary of Second Day Shooting at Shenfield Cricket Club

We arrived at Shenfield Cricket Club, Chelmsford Road in Shenfield on 30th March 2010.
Our aim for this day was to shoot the outside shots which we had been unable to do on our first visit as we had no access to the car and limited time available.

9:00AM: We decided to shoot the shots which included the car first so that it could be taken home as quickly as possible for convenience.

The weather had panned out in our favour as we wanted a dull, miserable setting to set the tone for the thriller through pathetic fallacy.

We set up the tripod and, to protect the camera from rain, held an umbrella over it.

We then shot the car pulling up into a parking space, which only required one take, we then shot Laurence as a detective stepping out of the car and looking out at the setting. This was a low angle shot which we decided to use to depict this characters power in the real world. However this required two takes because we found difficulty in tilting the camera to his head level in time for him to shut the door and get a short shot which we wanted.

9:10AM: When this shot was completed Elliott's sister was able to take the car home so we moved on to the other outside shots. We had storyboarded an establishing shot of the building as a wide shot so we could show the whole of it, and when we arrived at the location we decided to shoot it from the back of the building so that we could shoot from across the field because there were some cars parked at the front. We felt that this would take away the mystery of the establishing shot and add reality, whereas we could achieve an isolated effect from the back because it looked alone and away from civilization (considering our title which translates as Abandoned.) We shot this for about 10 seconds so that we would have lenience in how long this shot would be shown and also considered that the inevitable sound of wind could effect some parts, so in doing this we could avoid this as much as possible.

When this shot was completed, we decided to shoot the detectives leading up to entering the house. This consisted of a long shot of the two walking towards the camera and the building, and then for continuity reasons, we shot them walking further from the back so the audience could see the door. We shot each of these for roughly 5 seconds as we were aware that they would only need to be shown for a few, as they would work together as a short sequence after editing. We had previously shot the detectives actually walking through the door on our first visit as we were aware that we would not have access to keys the second time. However, we still needed to shoot a high angle shot as the detectives got close to the door. We decided to use this to show, in connection with the low angle shot, how they had now become vulnerable because this location is abandoned as they were about to inspect the horrors of a torture scene. In order to achieve this, Matthew stood on the top step of the doorway and held the camera high above his head. We had planned to stand on top of the wheelie bin which was situated outside, but due to the weather we felt that this would risk our safety so rethought our actions. Although we were unable to use the tripod so risked a shaky shot, we were aware that we only needed to hold it still for a maximum of 2 seconds as it wouldn't be shown for long in the thriller. But to overcome this, we replayed the shot at the location to ensure that we had suitable footage.

9:20AM: The last shot of the day was a point of view shot to give the effect that the detectives were being watched when entering the house, to add to the thrilling and tense effect on the audience. To achieve this shot, Jade stood behind a bush and handheld the camera to give the effect of realistic movement, whilst panning the detectives' movements. We also ensured that, after a few seconds of filming, we would quickly move the camera towards the bush to give the effect of the person wanting to hide and not be seen by them for some reason, to create an enigma.

Jade Smith

Diary of Shooting at Shenfield Cricket Club

We arrived at Shenfield Cricket Club, Chelmsford Road in Shenfield on 18th March 2010 at 11:30AM.

11:30: We decided to use our story boards to film in chronological order, so as not to confuse or end up forgetting vital shots. However, we did shoot all flashbacks first as Charli, the victim character, had to leave sooner than the rest of us. So Charli got into costume and we smudged her lipstick and mascara to give the impression that she has been crying from distress and may have already been through a lot. We also used make up to give Matt dark eyes to give him a more rough and unpleasant appearance.

11:45: The the first shot we filmed was the flashback of the victim and kidnapper walking up the steps as she is forced through the door. We had to do a few takes to get good results, and aimed to get more footage that neccessary so we had more to work with in editing. To achieve this shot, we used a panning movement using the tripod.

We then filmed the shot of the kidnapper forcing the victim down the corridor. To achieve this we had the camera on the tripod, situated behind the characters so that we saw the action from behind, and this would allow us to view the corridor as well. We shot their entire journey to the end of the corridor, so that we could then take the best 3/4 seconds in editing.

The next flashback we shot was of the victim tied to the chair, with the kidnapper circling her. We set up this shot by placing the chair in the middle of the shower room. We also put some fake blood on her dress, and a knife that Matt would hold in his hand in a threatening nature. We used the tripod, and only needed to move the camera slightly to include all of the action of the shot.

12:10: For the next shot, we only needed Matt. We set up the shot by putting fake blood all over a sink after ensuring that it could easily be washed off without leaving a stain, and we put the bloody knife in aswell, we then put the blood on Matt's hands and placed a towel on the side for him to use in action. It was key for us to get this shot right as the towel was white so would already be blood stained if we had to reshoot it. Although we realised that we could possibly move the towel into a different position if it was completely neccessary. Luckily, it went well and we filmed Matt wiping his hands on the towel for about 10 seconds to have more footage than needed.

We then directed Matt to hold the bloody knife in his hand and we filmed this as a close up, and slowly tilted the camera. We also used a tripod here to keep the camera steady.

12:20 We then directed Charli to sit in the chair again and we set up the camera as a long shot to include all of the action. We then filled up a petrol can with water to give the illusion of petrol, considering health and safety issues. As we recorded, Matt circled Charli whilst throwing the water over the floor as she made a struggling action to move away.

We then placed the petrol can next to a drain and allowed so that the water was left dripping down it. We filmed this as a close up for about 7 seconds, knowing that we would only need to use about 3.

We had also previously written a small note and brought a lighter to set it alight, whilst baring in mind the health and safety issues surrounding this. We zoomed in to this shot with the camera, to keep it away from the fire, to achieve a close up and as we recorded Matt set the edge alight.

12:35: After the flashbacks were finished, we were able to film the detective scenes. The first shot we filmed was of the two walking through the door to complete a match cut, We shot this from inside the house and used a panning motion on the tripod.

To follow on from this, we stood in a doorway opposite the corridor so that we could postion the camera far enough away for the detectives to move through at a suitable distance. We filmed for about 10 seconds here.

We then moved the camera to the shower room to film the detectives entering it. We filmed this as a mid shot and, when recording, Elliott moved to the door and Laurence joined him.

This shot would lead to the next in the sequence, with the next shot being from the detectives point of view. To achieve this we stood in the doorway where the detectives had been seen, and shot a close up of the chair which we had previously positioned in the centre of the room.

We then filmed the detectives looking at eachother, stepping through the door and looking to the sink. For continuity, we then filmed them from behind walking over to this sink as a mid shot using the tripod. This was the last shot that we filmed of the day, and like the others we filmed more footage than we needed to give us more to work with in editing.

Jade Smith

Shooting Schedule

Date - 18/03/10
Location - Shenfield Cricket Club
Time - 11.30am - 2.30pm
Scenes - All scenes
Actors - Laurence, Elliott, Matt and Charli
Production - Jade Smith
Props-
Jade - Camera, Storyboard,
Laurence - Blood, Tripod, Knife, Notepad, Tape,
Elliott - Petrol Can, Chair

Thriller Script

Script

Detective's Scenes

Detectives turn up at Shenfield cricket club in black fiesta.

They walk slowly towards the main entrance, where lawrence turns and scouts the surrounding area before entering.

Once the detectives are in the club, they walk slowly towards the corridor.

They then walk down the corridor single file.

Elliott: Boss

Elliott calls to Lawrence to show a chair with blood and petrol stains.

Lawrence then moves towards the blood stained sink where the antagonist's knife is laid upright soaked in blood.

Victims scenes

Flashback of Matthew pushing Charlotte through main entrance.

Matthew then leads Charlotte down the corridor very hastily and pushes her on to a chair.

Matthew then circles the victim with the knife intimidating her and showing his presence.

Matthew then pours petrol around Charlottes chair.

The thriller then ends with a close up on a secret note being burnt and dropped to the ground.

Elliott Joyner

Research into Shenfield Cricket Club

Due to the problems we had finding a venue for our thriller, We decided to carry out some extra research to make sure Shenfield cricket Club was the right place for our thriller. We carried out our research in the form of taking pictures, we took pictures of the inside of the club and the outside so we had a good variety settings that we could use.

This picture shows in great detail the scenery that surrounds the club and also creates a sense of isolation because of how the field is empty and bare.

This picture shows the flagless, flag pole. The group showed considerable intersest in this picture because it leads the viewer to believe that the building is abandoned and not looked after because of how the flag pole is bear.

This picture shows the front of the club house. The picture is effective because of how we can see right through the windows into the lonely club house.

This picture shows in detail the width of the club house and also the equipment shed at the end. It is effective because it shows the viewer the dimensions of the club house.

This picture was taken in the showers. It shows an isolated drown surrounded by dirty, forgotten tiles. It is effective because it creates a sense of mystery and also leads the viewer to believe that the house is poorly looked after.

This picture shows a clean white sink. This is ironic because of how the rest of the clubhouse is old and dirty. It makes the viewer believe that the sink has been washed for a reason.

This picture shows in detail the showers. It is effective because of how it gives the viewer a good idea of what the conditions are like.

This picture shows in detail the long, mysterious corridor. It is effective because of how it thrills the viewer and creates a sense of danger.

This picture shows on of the changing rooms in the club. It is effective because of how it is in poor condition and looks nothing like a changing room.

This picture shows the view from the front door. It is effective because of how it shows the begginning of the long corridor and a slight look into one of the lonely, mysterious changing rooms.

By Elliott Joyner

Storyboards

Due to having to change the setting location, our storyboards needed to be edited aswell. As a result the storyboards above had to be remade, (for example, we added in shots using a white door and a drain that were available at the Shenfield Cricket Club location) and the storyboard below wasn't used at all because of the difficulty we would have had without certain props that were already in the Hutton Mount house, (for example the suitcase.)

Jade Smith, Laurence Ruthven, Eliott Joyner, Matthew Simmons