Credits

0:02 A Rar3 production
0:07 Aisha Halling
0:11 Monica Deol
0:22 REWIND
0:27 Holly Amy
0:35 Chetan Raja
0:40 Kajeni Bob
0:55 Nakul Rana
1:00 Ronak Shah
1:05 Music composed by Sarah Ann
1:19 Production designed by Anik Tail
1:28 Edited by Aroon Shah
1:52 Director of photography Meera Ali
2:03 Excutive producer Neam Singh
2:12 Sagar Rizwan
2:19 Story by Dina Rana
2:25 Directed by Nishal Singh

Planning: Changes made along the way

Having done my shots there were a lot of changes that was made. I decided to work individually when filming my shot because when I filmed with my group there were some shots that I was not happy with however, they were not happy to retake them. Therefore, I decided to work individually so each shot can be done to my preference. Moreover, the first change was my story board. Instead of having loads of peoples faces zoomed into that blurred I decided to only use one. The reason behind was because having to many faces can loose the attention of the audience. Therefore, by having one face it builds the excitement and chills towards the audience. Also, my shot list was interpreted. I decided to change some camera angles according to the shots because when filming I felt it was not appropriate therefore, adjusted it. Also, Included some more shots for example, at the end of my rough cut it ends with an eye. This implies that there is someone always watching the character however, because the eye is a close up it makes the audience think there is someone looking at them, therefore builds excitement.

Planning: Costumes research and ideas

I did some research on costumes too see what the significance of costumes are and found the costume identifies what type of class the character belong to, it also makes the audience view the character in a particular way for example, if the character wears a lot of bright colors and casual clothes it can indicate to the audience she has a very strong bright personality and is happy, also it can tell the audience she is working class whereas, if a character was to wear a suit he is more likely to be middle/upper class. Moreover, in "Se7en" the guy mostly wears suites, this tells us he is middle/upper class however, because i was inspired to them i thought i should change my costumes and see what the result would be. To make the character look working class, we decided she would wear a tank top. This would enable the audience to connect to the character because the audience that would watch my film, through my audience research, i conducted is working class. Moreover, the color of the tank top we decided should be black. The reason behind is because, the characters past is not a very nice past, therefore black is a solid color which links to death, and mysterious.


The image below represents a little brainstorm of some of the costumes we could have considered

Planning: Props and brainstorm

The image below shows some props and objects that we considered to use in our opening. The reason we did a brainstorm is because we could all right our ideas on what props/objects we think would be good for the opening and come to a final conclusion. Also, I did some research on other movies such as "Se7en" and "Memento" to see what props they considered as i was inspired by them for example, one of the props they use in "Memento" is a book. I found this very inspiring, therefore thought our film should consider a book, whereby the character whats down what she does, sort of like a diary. Moreover, props are important because it creates the atmosphere you want the audience to see from the directors point of view. for example, by having newspapers on the floor it shows us that the house is very messy and no one has been in their for ages perhaps.

Planning: Animatic

Here is my groups animatic of the story board of what will happen in our thriller opening

Planning: Story board

The story board is very important because it is builds guidance as to what each shot should look like therefore acts like a plan. Having done some research I found that all film producers construct a story board and the most successful thriller movies are usually the ones with a good detailed story board. Down below are evidence that I created a story board for my thriller opening.

These two images represent the whole story board.

This image shows when the character identifies the body, the camera shot will be a close up of the character so show the audience the characters facial expression. This will make the audience feel towards the character.

The book will be taken from a high angle and will also be a close up. This tells the audience that the book is very significant.

Planning: Shot list

The shot list lets me know what happening in each shot and what types of shot/camera angles will take place. The image below represents the shot list we made, this will help us know exactly what type of camera shots we will use and when, therefore, it also acts like a guidance.

Here is evidence of our shot list.

Planning: Location

There were lots of locations we could have in our movie, for example:

1. shed
2. house
3. garage
4. park
5. outside local area
6. near high road
7. dessert
8. sea side
9. alley way
10. supermarket


We decided that our location for our thriller opening would dominantly take place in a house. The reason for this is because i was very inspired by "When a stranger calls". It was situated in a house which makes the movie more realistic, connecting to the audience. down below are some pictures i took of the house i thought we should shoot the opening in. I decided that it should be in this room because the atmosphere is realistic and can connect to the audience room as it is very "typical".

Planning: Evidence of timings of footage, titles and soundtrack

Planning: Class feedback on pitch

Having done our pitch we decided to represent it to our class. We talked through each slide however, the teacher told us that our story was rather confusing due to the way we talked about it and wrote it, She told us to make is very clear to prevent any confusements. Also, by having feedback it enables me to have guidance as to what I should improve in order to attract my audience attention and make a successful thriller movie.

Planning: Pitch

Here is a presentation of our pitch in order to distribute our thriller movies to other companies by showing our initial ideas of our thriller movie.

you're next ... on Prezi

Planning: How my opening fits with genre and audience with examples:

Genre: My opening movie genre is a thriller because it is a Psychosomatic thriller. It is
about a character who has amnesia, who is currently involved in crime. Therefore,the protagonist is always portrayed as a victim and the victim is suffering. Moreover, Memento is a thriller film whereby the character suffers from amnesia. therefore, this is evidence that my genre is a thriller movie.

Audience: My thriller opening fits with my audience because they are are middle class people who will go to the cinema on a Saturday/Sunday to watch movies. The character in my opening is of working class however, my target audience are also middle class, therefore, they will be more engaged as there is a clear differences how each class lives. 

Planning: Target audience

 Identifying the target audience is one of the key to successful movies. By identifying my target audience I will be able to see what types of images, footage, costumes, and graphic ect my thriller movie can consist off.

In our group we were influenced by "Memento" and "Seven" therefore, our thriller movie is a combination of both movies. One way I identified my audience research is by looking how other movies and magazine identify there target audience, for example http://www.nme.com/mediapack/. This tells me who exactly the target audience is and why. 

To define the Target audience there are range of factors this depends on for example 

• Age
• Location
• Gender
• Income level

Plot - Ending

For our ending I did a bit of market research and got peoples opinions of what ending they preferred what be most suitable for our thriller movie. The options I considered are:

1)The antagonist helps the protagonist move on with her life

2)The  protagonist finds out that the helper is the antagonist and in order to get rid of him she has to go an ancient house and burn the body of the antagonist which is hidden in the basement. By doing this, it is an old tradition that the antagonist will disappear as he is a ghost. Moreover, along the way there are a range of obstacles and clues which lead her the ancient house and in the end she is successful.

3) The protagonist finds out the antagonist is the betrayer but falls in love with him therefore, cannot do anything but commits suicide. 

4)The protagonist finds out that the antagonist is the betrayer, and tries to get revenge but the antagonist kills her. 

Picture of my research in a tally chart; The image below tells me that my target audience would prefer the ending of the plot to be what is stated in number 2. I can use this information to make my movie according to what the audience wants as they will be the ones paying to watch my movie, therefore, it is very important to identify the audiences opinion and taking them into consideration.  

Planning: Mood board of initial ideas including inspirational shots

Inspirational shots

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Planning: Initial planning ideas ( Brainstorm)

Here we decided to brainstorm all the types of ideas we could consider, we did this to help us identify what our main idea would be. Moreover, by having a lot of ideas from each other it helped us identify the best one. We firstly took into consideration the plot. The plot is what the main story is going to be about and what happens (Narrative) therefore, the image below represents the ideas. An example, of an idea we cam up with that the image below represents is that the victim gets caught, and the plot could consider a voyeur. By identifying loads of ideas it broadened our mind.

Planning: Photographs of group planning ( More detailed brainstorm)

The image below represents a much detailed brainstorm of ideas that our thriller movie should consist of. We included the names we might take into consideration for example:

Your next
Rewind
Preach
Watch out

We wrote down all the types of titles we could have and them decided to choose one as a group that would be very interesting. We decided to choose "Rewind". The reason behind was because rewind indicates that the thriller movie has something to do with the past. The title itself contains suspense and makes the audience want to know what is it that happens in the past to the character/s.

We also included the types of themes we'd consider for example:


psychosomatic
murderous passion
Psychological thriller
Innocent on the run

This would enable us to make our plot and understand our thriller opening by choosing one and challenging "deary's methods.
As you can see there are loads of ideas we came up with and we then as a group decided to make out plot ect and choose explain why we chose it amongstt each other. To conclude, I found that brainstorming ideas within our group was very useful cause we gave each other ideas and communicated very good, however, if i were to do this task again one thing I would change is consider the costumes too.

Plot - Psychological thriller/Supernatural

Plot:
Girl wakes up with amnesia in a random room crosses names including her own unknowingly. Realizes she has killer people - trying to work out why - she knows they have hurt her. The person who has hurt her the most is herself. Someone helps her along the way however, climax is formed as the helper is the betrayer. Antagonist finds out. 

The ending is one of the most significant part of the movie, we have a lot of ideas for the ending therefore, will consider a questionnaire and interview depending on our target audience to help construct a appropriate ending that the audience will remember. Moreover, inorder for this to happen one of the factors we will have to consider as a group is who our target audience are. One way I will do this is by watching a range of thriller movies that consider Psychological thriller such as phycho, and supernatural thrillers to view who their target audience are and what is target audience is best suitable for my Thriller movie. 


The reason I chose this plot is because  it engages with the audience as it creates a lot of tension, excitement and builds an enigma for example, why is the antagonist in a room covered with pictures?