Filming update- Day 2

Here we are filming the chase scene for the first flashback of our opening thriller sequence. We chose to shoot this scene in a dark alleyway because they are a commonly used location for stereotypical chase scenes, because of the connotations they have. Dark alleyways have connotations of crime, fear and threat.
We decided that protagonist would be wearing jeans and a coat, to make them seem like any other young adult, so our target audience can associate with them, and relate to them. In addition, we decided that the antagonist would wear a black coat, which signifies evil and death, and a red bandanna that signifies danger and violence, as red is the colour of blood.
We kept really close to our shooting script, although we did add a few shots which we thought would improve our film.

Filming update- Day 1

Here we are filming the longest scene in our film, where the protagonist wakes up in a field. We also filmed the flashback where the protagonist is given the parcel and the scene where the antagonist is tortured. In these scenes the protagonist is wearing black trousers and a white t-shirt to represent the divide between good and evil in the film. The colour white indicates that the protagonist is innocent and helpless, like a child.
We kept all of the scenes as close to the shooting script as we could, and only added an extreme close up of the gunshot wound, as it looked really realistic, and we added a midshot of a shadow of a man stabbing the protagonist, because shadows are a key part of thriller movies, and conform to the genre stereotypes.

Ident developed ideas- Moral Multi-Media

Ident preliminary ideas

My ident ideas

Will's ident ideas

For our Moral Multi-Media ident, we wanted to highlight the divide between good and evil, and this is reflected through the colours white and black. Whilst white has positive connotations, black has negative connotations. Nearly all thrillers centre around the relationship between the protagonist(s) and the antagonist(s), hence why our ident uses two colours with opposite connotations. The colour white represents the protagonist and the black represents the antagonist, and they are both come together in the ident to reflect how the antagonist and protagonist always face each other at some point in a thriller film, and usually fight. The choice of colours also reflects the name of our company, 'Moral multi-media'. The word 'moral' is all about right and wrong, hence why our logo used white and black.

Our Puzzle Productions ident is supposed to reflect how thrillers are like jigsaws. The audience do not see the full picture until near the end of the film, where the last pieces fall into place. Thrillers are often based around mystery, with the audience being given small clues throughout the movie as to what is happening and why it is happening. It is not until they receive all of the clues and see most of the movie that the whole plot makes sense, like how you can't see the full picture of a jigsaw until the last piece is put into place. In addition, thrillers are usually puzzling and confusing, with lots of intricate plot points that all add up to form the plot. The audience don't know what is happening and are confused by what they are being shown, and have to try to solve the mystery of what is going on, like a puzzle.

Detailed Planning

Photo storyboard

Storyboard

Shooting Script

Final ideas