2. Initial Ideas
Action
Thriller
Final
Piece
Guy being chased
• The setting would be in
a woods.
• There would be a lot of
crushing things etc..
• Quick cuts of shots
rising suspense.
• At the end he is
surrounded.
The masked figures
• Have lots of actors in
masks in the wood.
• Lots of flashes
cuts of shots.
A house raid
• A house is ambushed
by police
• A face shot of each
of the people being
arrested
• Continues to show
the title sequence,
sound. Etc..
• Focuses on the
neighbourhood that
the people live in.
9. Cast
Cast- Sadie, Eve, Pedro, Jamie, Declan, Jack B, Lauren, Alex, Ben, Paige, Caryce,
Jasmine, Cassie, Amann, Iffy, Ayan
The reason why we decided to pick quite a few people is because when we are
filming in the woods, we need a few people wearing masks to better the
increasing amount of suspense within the opening and to make the whole
opening more interesting.
In the first few seconds in the opening sequence every single character will be
shown with their masks on, so they will all be unknown, the only character that
will actually be shown is Sadie, we decided to pick her as our main character
because she is blonde which makes her seem really innocent, and being
surrounded by all these masks will have a bigger impact and create more
suspense.
In the opening sequence the first shot is just of the woods with no one t be seen,
all the cast members at this point will not be involved. After a few seconds the
main character will appear then all cast will then be involved. If we were to start
with all the cast being involved it could come across as quite intimidating and too
much going on at once.
If we were to create the whole film we would include more characters that are
actually seen and not just masked people. The reason for using just one character
and the rest masked is to create huge suspension and make the audience
intrigued before the film has started.
10. Sound
Mostly non- diegetic music because it is ominous and it increases the tension and
makes it more anticipating. For the diegetic sound we are going to have heavy
breathing from the main character which is Sadie and the breaking of twigs and
rustling of leaves as she is running through the woods. This in itself increases
tension and anticipation.
We are not sure if we will be able to actually hear the diegetic sounds when we
are filming. So, to avoid this problem we will make the sounds of the leaves and
twigs when filming and later on edit the sequence to make it louder and more
effective.
Most of the diegetic sounds we want in the film, we want from what the camera
picks up. This is because we want it to seem more realistic and natural, because if
the sounds are edited in it will make the film look more false and unprofessional.
The non diegetic sound that we want ( the background music) will be edited in
during on of the last steps. This is so it makes it easier for us to base the music
around the footage that we already have.
Maybe when the film is about to start we add the music so the audience know
that the opening scene has finished and the film is about to start. This allows a
definite ending to our opening scene.
11. Font
When the opening titles appear on the screen we are
thinking about having the colour of the font to be a bright
colour as this will act as a binary opposite between good
and bad. We want the colours to be bright because we
will be filming when its pitch black we need something
that will stand out from the background.
On the last screen where the title actually appears we are
going to have a black background because it will
foreshadow death as they are dark colours and the bright
coloured font would represent the innocence of the main
character Sadie and also the relationship between her
and the masked people.
12. Key Elements
Before we started planning our actin thriller film we looked at certain key features that most action thriller films
conform to and these are the ones that we have used in our action thriller film as well.
• Silent pauses- this will be used when the masked people are standing there with no movement, and also after
Sadie is running it will go silent before the next part of the film starts.
• Low lighting- Our lighting will be low as we will be filming just before it goes really dark, being in the woods
which means we will be using natural light.
• Fear- Sadie fears when she's running in the woods and all the masked people are standing around her. She will
fear throughout the whole story to discover what is going on when spooky things start to happen to her because
the masked people have some sort of power that controls others as to why Sadie Fears throughout.
• Weather- We want it to be a cold evening because it will have a better effect, if when Sadie is running and when
she stop and is out of breath, she is breathing out smoke then it creates more of a suspense to the overall
opening scene.
• Heavy Breathing- This is used when Sadie is running which shows that something has either happened to her or
she is trying to get away from something. This would also be used throughout the whole full film as something
will always be happening to Sadie, she needs to get away so she will be continually running to get always from
these strange masked people.
• Chase Scenes- Running away from the weird masked people.
• Eerie Music- this will be used is we decide to put a soundtrack throughout the opening scene.
• Blood- Blood can be used on the masked peoples hands and faces which will cause more suspension and make
the audience more focused and intrigued what is going to happen next.
• Weapons- these are what the masked people will be holding, they will be holding everyday items like knives.
• Open Setting- the film will be set in the woods where Sadie will be running and trying to get away, having an
open setting will be more realistic as she could be running rom anywhere trying to get home.
• Abnormal/Paranormal Activity – All of the unusual activities that take place in the woods and the possessing of
the children.
