Recce Photos for Possible Locations

This picture of the actual woods it could just be the wood or forest. It could be the path to the secret spy base or again a meeting point. This area would be great for an ambush or chasing scene as it could be repeated from a different angle to make the path look longer. This could also be in a different country such as Russia or even some secret island in the pacific or even a different planet if it was a sci-fi thriller. This is one of the most film locations in Wem.We could use this alongside the one above as if we are only going to use close ups on the one above it would mean that we could make our own geography of the places . Its quite possible another group may well use this area to shoot so the location above could be used when this one is unavailable. However this location is good for long shots and extreme long shots as well.





This picure near the woods looks like an abandoned run down quite area.It would be an exellent spot for secret meetings .However when using this position we would only be able to do mid shots and close ups  otherwise it may give the location away.It would be good for a crime scene and we could have a two shot of news reporters here.

This picture of Wem's main street is great . The street could be used as a large city's outskirts or as the acual city center itself. The moving traffic and people all act as props and extras making our film even better  This area is great for establishing shots. 

       

Continuity Exercise

In this exercise we filmed different types of shots and edited them together. The real reason behind doing all this was to try and spot various continuity errors, for example the scene where we see max shooting the agent with his coat (supposed to be a gun) and then in the following shot we see him wearing that coat. Obviously in the real film this wouldn't happen as we would have various props to use but it shows how important continuity. We used the town hall gallery which was quite good as a spy drop off cafe like what they use in most spy films. The cars and lorry's and people walking in the background of the town hall scene make it look as thought it is a busy city street and the people and vehicles are like extras and props . Also the filming of the backstreet seemed like a good secluded spy location for our filming i think that both of these locations could be used in final thriller film.We have got a mixture of different shots such as close ups , over the shoulder shots at the beginning which was very effective for the talking dialogue between characters.We have got some mid and long shots and also some pan during the part in the cafe . close ups would be particularly effective when the parcel was being handed over . 

Audience Research

Below is a video of two teenage boys (Jack Blacklaus and Will Wardle). We created this video in order to research what type of thrillers a younger audience would enjoy as they are our target audience, asking them questions as to what we should include in our film. Through this process we have taken some of the ideas given and have adopted them into our final film.

Treatment

This is the treatment for the new film we will be making.

The outline of the film.

Pipeline is a thriller set in an industrial city where an enemy spy infiltrates a government water control area hidden in a downtown cafe. The enemy spy drips a poison into one of the water supply centers the spy attempts to poison the other supply centers . Two british spies are sent out to eliminate the enemy spy network sand save the day from the water crisis.

Analysis of Thriller Openings

Reservoir Dogs -

http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/04/17/reservoir-dogs/

From the opening of Reservoir Dogs we can tell that it is a 'gangster' film, we can tell this from large group of men in dark suits and sunglasses which has connotations of power and importance. They are looking serious and smoking cigars highlighting the gangster lifestyle, the narrator also suggests something about "The Partridge Family" which could either be the group in the sequence or a rival family.

We see the 'gang' walking towards some cars with close ups of each of the characters faces followed by the actors name in slow motion, they have an heir of confidence and swagger about themselves almost as if they where about to create mischief. Even though there is no use of weapons or violence in the opening, the characters seem very intimidating this creates a sense of enigma as to what they are doing and where they are going.

The titles in the opening are a smart, golden colour which adds to the gang culture and seriousness of the film, with gold having connotations of wealth which inturn has connotations of power.

Risk Assessment Form

A risk assessment form used to assess your activities and their implications for the safety of those who are helping both film and act in our Thriller opening. When conducting the risk assessment, we had to consider all the likely hazards, who may be harmed and also the property that may be damaged.

Soundtrack

Here is a link to a sound track that i have worked on by using the Garage Band software. This is what the Garage band software looks like , on the left we have got the instrument tracks being used which are a Rock kit , strings ,flute and a bass guitar. The drum kit was used to create low heartbeat sounds to create tension and movement in the piece, the strings were added to create the classic thriller sound track.
The flute was used on a test track at its normal pitch however it didn't sound right at all in the setting of the piece making it sound slightly medieval and not modern like the film that we are creating.I lowered the pitch of the flute to make it lower than what it could naturally sound ,creating a pedal drone beneath the strings also building tension and adding depth to the mood.






     http://soundcloud.com/alevelmediamax/film-song-media
 - Here is the link to listen to the soundtrack which i have added to a website called Sound-cloud so that i can put the music onto my blog.