Featuring photos

These photos will be used in scene 2 shot 1 and 2, they will help give the film a move authentic feel. We wanted the photos to look like crime scene photos which could suggest that the character is a detective. This also indicates that the film is a crime thriller. We aim to try and create a type of montage of the character looking over these photos as we think it will be an interesting technique to add to our opening sequence.

Call Sheet

Call sheet

28th February 2010
Day 1 of 1
crew call time: 11-4

Location 1 - The shed (Melbourne.)
Shooting begins 11:30am

Location 2 - Laura's house (Royston)
shooting begins 3pm


Scene 1: Location 1

Cast:
Ellie
Alie
Giggsy

Prop list
fake blood
rope
Chair
Mouth gag
boiler suit
knife
cloth


Shot1: close up shot of Ellie in shed (location1) low light effects. ellie is coming around and confused , need to show her unease and confusion.
Shot 2: 2nd close up on Ellie's hands bound behind her. needs to show ellie struggling as she realizes shes in danger
Shot 3: extreme close up of Elli's eyes, showing fear
Shot 4: Establishing shot of shed ( inside) and Ellie alone in the darkness.
Shot 5: medium shot, point of view shot of from ellie. Alei laying on the floor
Shot 6: medium shot of girls in the shed in uneasy state.
Shot 7: Extreme close of up Ellie's face eyes closing.


Scene 2 location 2

Prop list:
Boiler suit
Newspapers and photos
Case files.
Torch


Shot 1: close up of case files on desk with Ellie looking over them.
Shot 2: Ellie looks over a specific picture then gets up.
Shot 3: Over shoulder shot of door swinging open from garage, Ellie walks into kitchen to investigate
Shot 4: Long shot from corner of dark garage follows Ellie through the darkness.
Shot 5: 360 pan around her keeping her face in the middle of screen
Shot 6: medium shot reveals guy in boiler suit standing int he door way holding a cloth
Shot 7: Close up to Ellie's face guys attacks her.
Shot 8: long shot, stranger drags ellie through the kitchen
Shot 9:Pan down from ellies face to her feet and fade out

scene 3 Location 1
Shot 1: cut back to extreme close up of Ellie's face in fear.
Shot 2: point of view shot of stranger from Ellie.

(Heart beat and fade to black)

Location pictures.

We found the location where the main part of our filming will take place. We feel that this
particular location fits well with our storyline and looks appropriate setting for a crime-thriller.
These pictures show the abandoned shed where the criminal hides his victims.

Thriller Film Practise

The task for this project was to produce a video in which a character was tied up, creating a sense of claustrophobia through the use of the camerawork, chosen location, editing and sound.
Our film had to include these shot types:

• Close-up
• Extreme Close-up
• Mid Shot
• Long Shot
• Pan
• Slow Zoom In
• Point Of View
• High Angle
• Low Angle

My role in this project was as Director/Editor. This means I had to assist the rest of my group in the directions for what we wanted to do for our film. I also had to edit the footage we collected together in Final Cut.
Overall I think we completed this task well as our footage and soundtrack all fit together, and create the atmosphere, sense of panic and fear of the unknown that was required.

Costumes for the opening sequence

We decided that our criminal/murderer is going to be dressed in a boiler suit and bandana to hide his identity. This uses the convention; fear of the unknown.

The title of our thriller.

After throwing around a few ideas we have agreed to name the title of our thriller scrutiny.
We thought scrutiny was an appropriate name as it means:

1.	a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.

2.	surveillance; close and continuous watching or guarding.

3. A close and searching look.

We felt that the meanings of these words fits what the full story line would be about. We also like the fact its not a commonly used word.

Final outline of our idea.

Now we have created our story board and shot list we have a clearer idea of our opening sequence will include.

We have changed and improved the storyline, making it more clear for the viewer.
Our sequence will start with a girl who comes around from being unconscious. She finds herself tied up and in mess, looked in an abandoned shed. As she wakes up she looks around the shed and see a girl on floor, who looks half dead and in a bad state. During this section we will show most of the credits.
Shortly into our sequence she has a flash back showing how she ended up where she is. The flash back starts off with a montage of her looking at case files about a murder. After the montage she gets up and goes into a kitchen to find the garage door mysteriously open. She slowly walks into the dark garage to check it out. She then stand still and circles on the spot. When she reaches back to her original spot and stand still a man appears behind her in the back ground. The man then slowly walks towards her and grabs her, putting a cloth soak in chloroform over mouth. When she is unconscious he drags her body away.
After this the flash back ends and goes back the original setting. The first thing we see is the girl looking at the floor and then fully opening her eyes as we hear someone entering into the shed. We then see the murder and as he slowly walks toward the camera the shot blacks out and the title of the film relieved.

Soundtrack for an opening sequence

We needed to recreate a soundtrack for an opening sequence, which needs to keep to the genre.

This is our soundtrack with the opening sequence film. we used fade transitions to make it sound smoother. We also used sudden noises to add an uneasy feel to some parts if the clip.

Props

Rope
The rope will be use to tie up the victims

A cloth soaked in chloroform
The criminal will use the cloth to knock out his victim.









A Knife
This will be used by the by the criminal and will be used a scare tactic.





The Chair.
This will be what the main character is tied up to.









Fake Blood.

Analysis Of Panic Room Title Credits

I think the credits in the opening title sequence of Panic Room are very interesting and unique. They start off with the 'Columbia Pictures presents' in front of a city skyline, setting the scene for the thriller. Then throughout the rest of the sequence many different clips of the city are shown again outlying the setting of the film, New York, but with the names of the actors/actresses and production cast being shown in large letters against the side of numerous different buildings, with the text matching the colour of the architecture. At certain times they are even raised in the air in the middle of the street, looking like very large floating words, as the text is 3D.
Then the title of the film 'PANIC ROOM' comes up with the camera panning along the title, which is against a mirrored building, seeming as though it is the name of the building, and as the building is mirrored there is a reflection of the cities buildings. The camerawork ranges from birds eye shots of the text, to at level shots, giving us different views of the buildings, almost as if we are being taken on a tour of the city.
The sequence ends with the directors name in front of another city scape view overlooking Central Park, again showing us the setting is New York, leading us to the clip of the characters.

Homework focusing on titles.

Catch Me If You Can titles.

The opening title sequence to catch me if you can is done totally in animation; this allowed the editors to add the titles and credits in an interesting way that is sepreated from the action. The opening sequence is kept very lively wtih the credits constantly changing in sync with the animated pictures and characters. The use of nice simple clean text that is kept the brightest clour seen makes the titles and credits a noticable aspect of the sequence. The credits also dominate what happens in the sequence. They also use an interesting technique by having bleeding straight lines coming off the letters to the top or bottom of the screen.

In our opening sequence to a thriller we intend to add the credits in with the live action. we will add techniques like fade and blur to bring the words in and out of shot. we alos intend to use a font that looks creepy and fits in well with the setting. Our credits will say the usual things such as "directed by", "produced by", "make up and costume by" and "featuring". However we are still undecided on a title for out thriller but will add at it at the end of the sequence.