Characters for our Final Idea

The characters needed: One female robber and one male robber are needed for the main part of the shoot however for the beginning of the shoot we will need a bus driver. We have thought very carefully about who to cast as they need to look reasonably old therefore we were contemplating casting A2s or teachers. We decided to cast Carlotta Benat for the female part as she is good at acting and we are either choosing Gabriel Jackson or Ben Radcliffe for the male part as they to are good at acting and fit the role. 

Props for our Final Idea

In our opening sequence we are going to need around 10 main props for the sequence half for the inside of the container and the other for outside of the container, for example:

• Duffel bags x2
• Fake money
• A pistol x2
• A white van
In the container:
• A table, in the centre of the room
• Storing cabinets
• Bags
• More guns
• Random crates (things which seems to have been left behind)

We would get most of these from the school, for example the table, van, crates but some we would have to get from online, like, the duffel bags.

Location for our Final Idea

How many locations do you have: One location, a shipping container. 

What issues can you see straight away and how are you planning to overcome them: The shipping container is filled with random items, therefore we are going to have to empty it before the shoot.

How long do you intend to be there: All day 

Where is the set: The set is behind the media studio at school.

How are you getting there: Walking from the studio.

Do you have permission: "Yes we do".

Why this location: This location is key as it is a perfect hide out for the robbers as it is slightly run down, it is a temporary place and therefore a good place to hideout and not get caught.

Costumes for our Final Idea

We are going to only need three costumes (two similar and one different) as we have three characters and one of them is the bus driver. We are aiming to order these online, in store and we are are going to need to get them quick as my group and I have been informed that we start deciding filming dates the first week back after the Christmas holidays. If we are unable to get the clothes or find them online then we are going to have to use the clothes from the actors we are using in our sequence or our clothes from our own wardrobes. This won't come to a particular high cost as we will get the Balaclava from amazon (online shopping) and others from any shop that we can get a good clothes from and cheap. The clothes below have been chosen because, traditionally, where dark clothes in order to not stand out:

I have started to look at prices for the costumes. We could use our own black socks and shoes but it seems as if we would probably buy everything else for the actors in our sequence as we would like them to have everything the same. For the balaclava I have found one which we can buy for under £5 (M&G), and the hoody and the joggers would come to around £25-30 (ASOS).

Mood Board for Final Idea

New Thriller Sequence Idea

After pitching to all four teachers (Katie, my own teacher, Mike, another teacher for the year and Matt and Luke, who are the teacher in the studio and they overall have the final say of giving my group the green light) getting their opinions and their word of going ahead with the idea. 

The idea that my group and I have come up with is:
It starts with a white van pulling up to the shipping container and two men dressed in all black get out of the van and take out a couple of sacks of money shut the van. The two men are acting quickly and open the container and go in where they are quickly trying to stuff the money into different bags. The audience realise that they are accomplices but are not exactly in this together. Whilst they are stashing away the money, robber one is getting out his gun and putting it in his pocket. Robber two at this point seems oblivious. Then they exchange dialogue where robber one says "hurry the fuck up" conveying he is anxious and robber two says "I'm getting there" reasonably calmly. Tension is built up by the guy looking from the gun to the bags of money and back to robber two. Then robber one puts up his gun to robber two who is faced away from him but seems to be smirking saying "don't underestimate me" and then shoots him quickly. Robber two then takes both the transferred bags of money puts on a jumper leaves the container with all of the bags of money and just simply walks away.
My group and I have talked to Mike and my own teacher Katie about the idea and they both really like it. All we are waiting for is a "yes" from Matt and Luke. Once we get that we can start organising camera shots, angles, sound and mise-en-scene in our sequence.

Story Board for my Test Shoot

Mood Board

The Test Shoot

The full test shoot:

We used all different types of shots and movements. For example:

Panning - Panning is moving the camera lens to one side or another. Look to your left, then to your right

Tracking - Tracking is when the camera moves either left to right or front and back, while keeping the subject centred

Close-Up - This is to show shoulders and face to focus on one thing

Low-Angle - This is to show that there is a something to be afraid of from above

High-Angle - Tis is to show a kind of birds eye view of the scene (looking down)

We started setting up for our test shoot in the classroom that we work in every day. We move all the tables and put one under the whiteboard. On the table we got a ash tray with a fake cigarette in it, a laptop which may or may not represent a typewriter (our group hasn't decided yet) and an empty mug. Above the table (the whiteboard) we made a story board of how he has murdered around 4/5 blonde girls. 

At the start of the test shoot there was a pan across the whiteboard to show that some thing has happened and something is, possibly, going to happen. There is then a long shot showing the whiteboard with all of the information of the girls on it and the main character staring and observing the wall as if he is looking at memories or as if he is visualising some sort of future.

We then move from the long shot to a close up of his hands typing on his laptop, then to another close up on his face. We then moved back into the shot of his hands and the shot rises to his face again. He looks stressed from doing what he is doing. Stressed or nervous. He reaches for a cigarette.

He brings the cigarette to his mouth and tries to light it with his hand covering the flame. The lighter seems too be broken which doesn't seem to be working, he gets more and more agitated the moe he tries and fails to light it. He throws the lighter and cigarette and walks over to the board and starts rubbing the girls face and slams a piece of paper next to the girl with some sort of information.

He then looks back at the girls photograph and crosses her face out and put his jacket on as if he is going to do something to her. After he has put his jacket on he stares at the girl, kisses his hand, touches her face and walks away leaving the audience wanting to see what is going to happen next.

The music starts to become louder making it the primary element of the sequence at this point until the title of this sequence comes up: