Prop List

Prop List

A props list is important so that when shooting the characters always have the props they need during the correct scenes.

Prop	Character that uses it	Scene needed in
School Bag	Girl	Shot 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9
School Folders	Girl	Shot 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9
Letter from the school	Stepdad	Shot 6, 7 and 9
Painting done by child	Child	Shot 8
Picture of child	Dad	Shot 7
Red Car	Stepdad	Shot 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9
Suitcases	Dad Mom	Shot 1 and 2 Shot 8

Addressing The Evaluation Questions

After our film is completed we will have to answer a set of evaluation questions, therefore we need to make sure that whilst we are making the film we have an answer to all of these questions.

What thriller conventions will be used?
We have decided that the thriller conventions we are going to use are;
-The fear of the unknown
-Colour conventions to show good and bad characters
-The villain is a male
-Chilling music to create tension
-Stalkers.

What thriller conventions will be developed?
The thriller convention we have decided to develop is the fear of unknown, we have decided to exemplify this convention because we believe that by doing this we will be able to get across an eerie feeling. Recently the convention of the male characters being the villains has been challenged alot, so we have decided to stick to the traditional convention.

What thriller conventions will be challenged?
We have decided to challenge the convention of using props such as knifes or guns, we have done this because we believe that it will add to the mystery of the film if such props arent used. We are also not using a chase scene as we want the film to have more of a slow spooky feel, rather than a fast paced horror feel.

New film idea.

New Idea
We have came up with a new idea which will be alot easier and less confusing than the old one. We have solved the problems of location and characters as the new idea will be set just outside the school gates and will involve teenagers, which are easier to find as actors than adults.

The idea of our new film is as follows...

A girl being watched by a man whilst walking out of an after school detention with her friends, she leaves her friends to approach her stepdad waiting for her. The man watching her is in fact her real dad who keeps having flashbacks of his time with the daughter before her mother left him. The teenage girl has an argument with her stepdad, the whole time her real dad is watching, causing him to become enraged.

We believe that this new idea will be easier to film and that the audience will understand the situation the characters are in. We also believe that by choosing this idea over our old one we will end up with a better quality film. We have discussed our new idea with Mr Hood and he agrees that it will be easier and we will have a better outcome.

Final Treatment

This is our final treatment, we have made a slight few changes from the first plan which include some more flashbacks in the middle of our film. The treatment is important because without the treatment we wouldnt know the story or the plot, the treatment then allows you to write the script and many other things, so this is important. The conventions of a treatment are things such as what the characters look like and what the say, where the story is set, the plot and a few background details.

Also-
Font- Courier. If any other font is used the treatment will not be read.
Font Size- 12.
Average about 40 pages long for a full film.
Present tense.

Treatment Final Draft

Animatic

This is our completed animatic.

Due to our change of idea we were behind before half term, and the sound on our animatic is not complete, however, we have checked the timings of all our shots and it will fit into the two minutes we are allowed are film to be. We will put it on our blog when it is done. Also, myself and my group need to get together and decide when we can all get together to film and where so as soon as the shooting schedule is done that will also be on here.

Our Final Script

Dean Becky Laura Jess

This is a copy of our final script.

Location Research

This is our location research for our film, there are many different locations we could use for our film for example in a house, or in the woods. All these different locations create certain atmospheres for a film, we are using a school for our film idea as it can be easily used, and also a house for a flashback scene or a small cell like room< we are also doing an establishing shot of a prison, we are thinking of using Bloxwhich Prison as is it near and has been able to allow people to film there before, this would be our establishing shot during our film. In thrillers many locations are usually used, some of these include, houses, hospitals, woods, forests, schools and many other buildings.

These are some images of locations from thrillers.

This is an image of Bloxwich police station which we will be using in our film.

The pros of using this location is that it sets the scene for people and makes them think that someone in our film has been in prison, it is easy to access, and we are able to film here.

The cons of using this location is that there may be background noise as traffic goes past, and also people walking by may get in the shot and could get in the way of the public.

Location Reasearch on Prezi

Final Presentation Of Treatment

We presented our treatment to Mr Hood and had a very lengthy discussion about it. It was said that there were no actual issues with our treatment, however, after discussion we have decided to add a back story to the father. We want to imply to the audience that he is a dangerous man without using dialogue, therefore we are going to add a scene at the start with him walking out of a prison, however, we will have to pick costumes carefully to show that he is in fact an ex-prisoner rather than a prison officer.

Mr.Hoods opinion is important because he is going to be marking our work, and has had a lot of experience with with media and work before, as a result of his feedback we have changed our treatment so that the plot is easier to understand and the film will be easier to produce.

Screenshot Of Storyboard

This is our storyboard for our film, it contains screen shots of what our shots would look like and the text is what the people would be saying. The purpose of a storyboard is to tell and help people when you are finally filming our film.In our film we are using quite a lot of point of view shots, from the fathers point of view. Also, we are using a few shot reverse shots to show the argument between the stepdad and the girl.