Still to come:

Continued planning

Research from class

Own research/analysis of films - Phoonebooth, Se7en, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Panic Room and others

Cancelled plans for our thriller opening

Main idea - Following three people in a car park;

- A man in a car

- A man in a lift

- A woman walking

All these meet at the ending of the sequence

Setting - Modern day setting and clothing

Shot 1 - Camera from above a car, showing a pair of hands on the steering wheel, seen through the windscreen.

Shot 2 - Camera zooms out to a mid-shot, showing the full torso of the person. Face is covered by the sunblind.

Shot 3 - Long shot, camera pans around the car as the driver gets out and walks to the both. Face is covered by shadows.

Shot 4 - Black screen. The sound of the car-booth-lock opening. View from inside the booth as it is being opened. Cuts just before you can see the face.

The rest of the shots aren't fully planned yet, which order, etc...

Locations - Castle Mall; lift, car park, staircase. Filming has to be timed so that it's dark and few people. Either very early or very late.

Costumes:

- Man in the car: casual, dirty clothing

- Man in the lift: respectively dressed, black suit etc...

- Woman walking: something between casual-formal. Wearing high heals.

Props: The car(preferably a dark/black sedan)

Still to do:

- Continued planning and storyboarded

- Finding/creating a soundtrack

- Cast

- Get a dialogue with managers of Castle Mall

We decided to not use these plans for our thriller. Sam Cameron joined our group, and we decided to merge our ideas together instead.

Essex Boys

Directed by: Terry Winsor

Written by: Terry Winsor, Jeff Pope

Released: 14th of July 2000

Genre (according to IMDB): Thriller, Crime

Production: Granada Film Productions

Running time: 1hour 42min

Average IMDB-rating: 5.9/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ6Sp-3MKtQ (sorry, embedding is disabled)

Starting with what seams like a blackboard being scratched, the movie kicks off already during the opening credits. Accompanied by the non-diegetic sound of scratching and dramatic music it creates tense. It all stops, leaving only the black screen with a single white line. Which, creates a transmission between the opening credits and the film.

The establishing shot of Billy opening up the garage is lit by chiaroscuro lighting, which is a common feature for the thriller genre. The dark surroundings around Billy can be a metaphor the "dark/bad" life he experiences. The "clumsiness" and the fact that he actually seems happy could mean that he doesn't belong there and has yet to experience how serious the things he's getting involved in is.

The purpose of the voice over from Billy is to engage the audience and make him speak directly to you, while giving a very brief summary about Jason. It also helps make sure the audience know it takes place in Essex.

More to come