Beginning to Plan For Final

 We thought it would be a good idea to explore possible hybrids for our thriller, we did this because it meant it would be easier to narrow down a short storyline and not get too confused with that the theme was. Action thriller was our preferred hybrid so we wrote about how we narrowed it down and why we liked it and agreed that we would start thinking about further ideas and finally a storyline.

We mapped out the different sections that we needed to plan including: Main storyline, our inspiration, the use of the car and then the ideas of setting acting, shots, angles and editing. Our inspirational thriller films included - Phonebooth, Kill Bill, Silence of the Lambs, Collateral, The Firm and the Bourne Series. We listed down the shots we needed to include throughout to show our filming abilities and knowledge, we want to include: Establishing shot, Master shot, Close up, Long shot, Extreme long shot, Low angle shot, High angle shot, Crane angle shot, Wide angle shot, Panning shot, Tracking shot, Framing shot, Point of view shot and Two-shot/Three-shot. The setting we want to use is St. Georges Hill - there are a lot of windy roads and it will be dark and quite isolated at night. Myself, Meg and Jo are going to be acting and taking it in turns with the camera along with Amelia who will film the Three Shots and other shots too. We thought using the car would be quite a different thing to do, however we then discovered a following group were using a car too. This doesnt matter though, the car allows us to experiment inside and outside lots of different shots, we can then see what will work and what wont when it comes to editing this.

In this image is a very basic story board we created after brainstorming ideas. We will extend on this using more ideas and accurate planning to make sure it will fulfil everything within the 3 minute restriction for an opening of a film. The basic idea for a story is:

- In the car driving down a road at night singing and dancing and being silly.

- Someone drops a CD (this is used as the distraction) and the car hits something.

- The two people get out of the car to see what has happened.

- They then discuss what they can do (argue and worry)

- The last box we left blank, this meant we had room for thought and improvement.