What We Need For Each Scene. Rhiain

Bedroom Scene

Location:
- Charlies bedroom
Essentials:
- Camera
Actors:
- Josh - played by Charlie
Props:
- Photo frame
- Family photos
- Bed

Hostage Scene

Location:
- Container at college
Essentials:
- Camera
- 2 LED lights
Actors:
- Mum - played by ?
- Hitman - played by Jake
Props:
- Baseball/cricket bat

By Rhiain

Further Altered Ideas. charlie & rhiain

Rhiain and I have been thinking and it will be difficult if not more of an inconvenience to have a small girl in the piece as we were aiming for would be difficult to work with, so we intend to change the gender of the child and up the age of him, also this is still to be determined but we may cut the child out of the script all together but we are unsure so with our next update of planning we shall have decided weather to cut the boy or not. 


Charlie & Rhiain.

Altered Ideas

We have been throwing ideas around and an opportunity for a more effective location has arisen obviously we know that we might of had some difficulties filming a thriller sequence in a shed, as the emotion form a shed might give off the wrong signals, so on the campus grounds we located a large metal container usually used for storing art pieces that might just be perfect for a hostage scene.


Charlie!.

The idea for the the opening sequence

Our idea is to portray a man who has lost the love of his life and his child. He has been through a rough time as he knows it is his fault that he has lost them. He is a man that is heavily into drugs and has to make a life changing decision.


Dialogue

• Josh recieves a phone call.
• Josh answers the phone.
• "Josh this is your last chance" - Man who kidnapped the family.
• "I don't have the money" - Josh.
• "DADDY!" - Son
• "I love you J..." - Wife
• Wife stopped suddenly as her voice is stopped by the sound of 2 gun shots.
• "Goodbye Josh" - Man who kidnapped the family, man then hangs up.

By Rhiain

Dialogue and Sound

In the beginning sequence of our film there is no dialogue except for the character yelling and screaming inaudibly. the inauditblility of the scene is key, a well planned technique that will really help solidify the emotional elegance of the sequence. the fact that he is screaming at the top of his voice desperate for someone to hear his distress however we cant, we can see his desperation however we cant hear it, which will really amplifies the silence and will make the sequence emotive and powerful.


There is then a flashback of the man on the phone to his wife and children. A sound bridge will be used to link the action together. At first we'll just see the man in the room as before and here the phone call (diagetic sound, echoey sound to show flashback),but then halfway through the phone call the flashback happens and we see him on the phone to his wife and child just before they're killed. again, this confusion of sounds, and the order in which the sound are heard will further disorientate the audience which is a key aspect of a thriller film, the audience expect to see disorientation, they want a break from reality, but a believable break, nothing that is un-true, therefore the effectiveness of the edit choices we have made will entice the audience into this unorthodox scene of mayhem and danger.


Sound and Dialogue script

• Happy, fast paced music, contrasts with manic action shown and creates enigma, again creating a sense of confusion and madness as to why such a upbeat happy track is playing in contrast to the intense negative emotion (Non-Diegetic)
• Josh yelling and screaming, crashes and bangs as he throws things, this represents the normal human behaviour that one would participate in in such circumstances (Diegetic)
• Telephone rings (Diegetic)
• Voices of woman, child and man (Diagetic)

By Colette & Charlie :)

Roles

Rhiain - camera work
Charlie - acting and directing

Thriller Synopsis

The film is about a man called Josh. Unknown to his wife and child he relies heavily on drugs to survive and lead a normal life. He is living a relatively normal life- until he gets involved with the most dangerous drug dealers in England. Unable to pay for his latest fix the dealers take his wife and child as an alternative payment instead of the money he owes them. At first he's determined to get his family back but his dedication to his business led him to make a life changing choice between the ones he loves and the drugs he craves even more.  By the time he realises that he's made the wrong decision he tries to rescue his family but instead ends up in a brutal fight with the gang leader. By the time he reaches his family he's too late to save them confirmed by a final phone call in which his wife and child speak to him moments before they're murdered on the spot.


By Colette :)

Possible Setting for Thriller Films

• Usually set in Urban settings
• Streets
• 'City' Houses

However, we're quite limited with urban settings as we all live in relatively rural areas which could be quite tricky. Rural settings are usuallly used in horror films rather than thriller and we need to be careful that our thriller opening doesn't move too far into the 'horror area.'


By Colette :)