Story Board

Story board for our thriller opening

 

 



Risk assesment form

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk Assessment form for our opening thriller

  







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One page pitch

One page pitch

As part of our work that goes into our thriller opening scene, my group had to write a one page pitch and then present it to our teacher in a video. The picture below is our written one page pitch.

Production Tips

Production Tips

 

1. Pre-production
2. Production
3. Post-production

 

Storyboards

 

A well planned storyboard should give you:

• Settings
• Shots and settings/ lyrics
• What characters/ actors will be needed in those settings
• What props/ costumes are needed in those settings
• An idea of timings

Location/ setting

 

• Do a recce!
• Plan your time there to the hour (especially if it costs to get there or there will big variations in lighting/ environment)
• High streets should be fine: shopping centres need to get permission - be polite, explain the purpose and again, plan in advance!
• Take into account health and safety considerations

 

equipment and props

 

• Make, beg, buy, borrow (don't steal)...
• Make a list of what you need and tick it off as you require it
• Be specific but not too ambitious
• Book out what you need for the shot

 

shooting

 

• Plan for weather
• For most of your shooting try and shoot for fewer longer periods rather than lots of small chunks
• Shoot 5-10 times more footage than you need
• Its good to watch it back but don't waste time constantly watching stuff back. If your not sure if a scene is good- shoot it again
• Don't delete footage- some might be useful
• Do plenty of cutaways
• Use plenty of shots (multi-camera shooting is a possibility if planned well)
• Get the footage off quickly and label it all carefully
• Use the clapperboard if necessary to help with this
• Back up your footage
• Film 5 seconds before action and 5 seconds after cut
• Use tripods - handheld shots are difficult and often look sloppy
• Practise tilting and panning with tripods
• Start the plan well before the shot so you get some clean movement and finish after
• Film in as light a location as possible

 

Shooting and post-production

 

• Doesn't have to be 'shoot the film' the 'edit the film' if you are well organised
• Don't view post-production as 'clearing up the mess' - think in advance about what effects, sounds or tilting you want and work out how to do them. This will also help with your filming

Audio

 

To get the right audio, film as close up as possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Se7en Textual analysis

Se7en textual analysis 

The link below goes to my textual analysis of the film Se7en.

Link to my Se7en textual analysis

Red Lights Textual analysis.

Red lights textual analysis

The link below leads to my textual Analysis of the opening scene to the show Red lights.

Red Lights Textual Analysis

Screenplay

Screenplay

Screenplay's are like scripts, however they include camera shots as well.

The screenplay is made and completed before the storyboard.

When writing a screenplay/script -

• Include the location, setting and time of day.
• Introduce key characters and include a short description of who they are/ what they look like.
• Include key dialogue between characters and details of their actions and expressions.
• Include details of where the camera is in each scene.

The role of the screenwriter
They provide the blue print for the creative input of the Producer, Director, Production Designer, Composer and Editing, cast and crew. They should write so that whoever is reading it imagines how the film will look on screen. The screen writer should make it fit with the principles of dramatic construction. They have to produce creative writing to strict deadlines.

Screenplay from Jaws-
The screenplay for Jaws is slightly different to the actual opening scene. For example in the screenplay there isn't any dialogue when both Chrissie and Tom Cassidy are running to the sea. However in the actual opening scene they are shouting to each other. Another example of differences between the screenplay and the opening scene is that in the scene where Chrissie gets attacked by the shark, the screenplay makes it seem a lot shorter than it actually is. For example in the Screenplay it doesn't say that Chrissie gets thrown into the buoy however she does in the actual opening scene. However there are similarities, for example Tom and Chrissie both running down to the beach and Tom struggling to get one boot off.