Actors

We only had two actors for our film these we my partner and a very close friend of ours this way we could trust everyone to be serious about filming. Also we only used two characters so that the attention could be on the protagonist and the audience woulnd't be be concentrating on other actors.
Frankie Duck - Drug dealer (Protagonist)












James Bradford - Unknow masked man (Antagonist)

Props

For our two minute intro film we only have one props this is:

Frankies Phone

We tried to have as little props as we could because we wanted to keep the focus on Frankie as a character to create suspense and have full focus on this one character and the situation he is in

Questionnaire

To get an opinion from my target audience i am going to ask them to complete a questionnaire so i know what to include in my film and what will grab the audiences attention. I am going to ask people to fill out my questionnaire who like the genre thriller, i will also make sure that they are a certain age range which will be 15-30 year olds. I know from my own knowledge that this is the age range which people usually watch thrillers. The people I am going to ask to complete it will be thriller fans between 16-30 years old. I have also chosen this age range because audiences are attracted to the film if the main characters are the same age as the audience.

These are the questions which will be on my questionnaire. I will ask 5 people to fill out my questionnaire. 

Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
        Yes                       No

What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
________________________________________________________

What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
________________________________________________________


What is your favourite Thriller film?
______________________________________________

Why?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Changes to our Story

Me and Frankie decided for our story that we would have three different locations these would be Swan Meadows, Waitrose car park, and Radwinter. However, after recording the first scene it came to our attention that it was over 40 seconds long which was quite a long time seeing as we only have 2 minutes to record the whole intro. We decided to keep this scene but to not have the Radwinter scene as it would be over 2 minutes long and the story wouldn't make any sense. This was a good idea because in the first scene we see Frankie almost running away from someone this creates a lot of tension, also in the Waitrose scene at the end we see Frankie dazing off into a deep sleep he then sees a blurry vision of a masked figure, this will make a great ending to the film and make it have a lot of tension. We both agreed on doing this and we though it would benefit us the most.

Location

Me and Frankie have decided to record in two different locations these will be the Swan Meadow, and top of Waitrose in Saffron Walden. These are some of the pictures we took whilst recording. 

This is a picture of our opening scene, where we see Frankie running towards the camera 

This is a similar shot to the first one instead it has been turned 180*, which means that Frankie will be running away from the camera 

This is a shot of our location at the Swan Meadows, in this scene we see Frankie running away from something 

Narrative

This is our narrative, it will tell us the story line of the film and who is the protagonist and the antagonist. 

Storyboard

This is our Storyboard, it will remind us of the shots we take and every detail of the scene such as duration of the shot and the dialog that is included. 

Thriller Genre

As I had chosen thriller as the genre of my opening of a film, I decided to get a defintion of thriller to make sure that I am creating a film to the correct genre.

Definition
A genuine, standalone thriller is a film that provide thrills and keeps the audience cliff-hanging at the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. The tension usually arises when the character(s) is placed in a menacing situation, a mystery, or a trap from which escaping seems impossible. Life is threatened, usually because the principal character is unsuspectingly or unknowingly involved in a dangerous or potentially deadly situation.

I got this information from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)

After reading this information I now know what to included in my 2 minute intro film.

Genre Decision

Me and Frankie Duck have decided to choose thriller, as the genre for our two minute intro film. The reason for this is because this is what interests us the most and we think it will be thrilling and fun to make. Also most of our ideas fit in with the thriller genre. It also isn't a very complicated genre and would be rather simple to film.

The Hills Have Eyes Title Sequence

00:14 Peter Locke Presents
00:18 A Film by Wes Craven
00:23 The Hills Have Eyes Title
00:25 Starring Susan Lanier
00:31 Starring Robert Houston
00:33 Staring Martin Speer
00:38 Also Staring Des Wallace
Russ Grieve
John Steadman
00:45 Also Staring James Whitworth As Jupiter
00:48 Also Staring Virginia Vincent as Ethel Carter
00:50 with Lance Gorden, Micheal Berryman
James Blthye, Cordy Clark
Brenda Marinett
00:57 Casting Gus Schirmer
01:00 Music By Don Pecke
01:04 Directer of Photography Eric Suariem
01:08 Produced by Peter Locke
01:11 Writen and Directed by Wes Craven

Saving Private Ryan

Similar to The Green Mile an intro where a person relives a certain part of their life. I have chosen this because it's a clear example of what story line i would chose to go by in my intro to a film.

Crank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv_UN2p5Da4

I was unable to embed the video due to copyright laws, I searched the whole of YouTube trying to find one to embedded but couldn't find one. I just had to use this intro because it was a perfect example of what I want my intro to include.

This isn't a movie. However, it is a clear example of what I would like my intro to include: a scene of someone in a deep sleep remember things that happened that night and in the early morning dealing with the consequences of what happened that night.

The Green Mile

A intro to a film where it shows present time first, then throughout the rest of the film relives the main characters (Tom Hanks) life.