Preliminary planning

Timeline.

We created a timeline so that we could stay on track and plan what we needed to do. 

Music emails



Because we are using music created and owned by different bands we emailed the bands directly to ask if we could use their music so that there would be no copyright issues within our thriller opening.

This is an email to the band Asking Alexandria:

 



This is an email to the band Daughter:



Props & Symbolism

Props & Symbolism

• Lamp
• cork board
• suicide note
• slender man research
• girls ring
• phone
• photo (on phone)
• desk

Lamp

The lamp created the creepy artifical light - symbolic that all pure and goodness has gone from his life - reflects misery and tragedy.

Cork board

The cork board held all the research and info, this shows their relevance to the event, they are held above his head to symbolise that the situation is bigger and more powerful than him.

Suicide note and research

These are put on screen blatantly to show that he needs them to figure out whats going on
we also do a zoom in panning shot so the audience can see specific words such as 'death' and 'the angel of death' etc. The suicide note gives a hint to the audience about the events that have happened prior to this part of the story - symbolic of him desperately trying to catch up.

Ring

The ring we use is feminine, to show it belonged to his dead girlfriend.
The ring symbolises eternity due to its cyclical shape, showing that he will never forget her, or stop looking for her ; this is reinforced when he picks it up and looks at it, the camera then zooms in to signify its importance .

Phone & photo

We included a mobile phone as it incorporates the time era (present day) as he uses it for the text and also to look at the photo. The photo of the boy and girl helps explain what hes doing, it also shows his longing and mourning of her, it also shows regret, guilt, anger and fuels his desire to find out the truth.

Desk

The desk we use it red - this symbolises his love for her and the danger that she was put in, and that he is putting himself in. It is also symbolic of death and the nature and danger of his research, he's going down a dangerous road.

Camera angles.

For our thriller opening we have decide to use different camera angle to create different effents.

• Low angle shot - we use this when the girl walks out of the room after an argument with the boy, this shows her vunrability.

• Over the shoulder shot - we use this when the couple are having an argument to show reactions to what is being said. Also to look over the boys should to have eye line match on his research.

• Shot/reverse shot - We do this when the couple are arguing to show each of them and to establish which one holds the most amount of power in the conversation at the time.

• Framing shot - we use this twice. The first time is on the boy at his desk doing his work to show his importance. The second is on the girl when the couple are arguing this shows she is important throughout the entire thriller opeing.

• Panning shot - We do this to follow the boys movement so the audience can follow what is going on and the task that the boy is doing.

• Zoom in/out - this shows what the audience must pay attention to and also allows us to show more detail.

• Point of view shot - we use this when the gilr is reaching for the boys shoulder, this shows the audience her intentions and what might be about to happen.

Costume analysis.

Audition script.

We chose to write up a draft script for auditions of our characters fighting. This is due to how vital it is to establish the on screen chemistry and flow of our actors as it is the only part of our opening where we see both our characters interacting with each other - so these auditions gave us an idea of how the real thing could/should look.