3 Potential ideas

A girl is followed

home by a

mysterious figure

Dressed in black

to indicate the

‘bad’ character Thriller

conventions

Water left running when

she brushes her teeth

Followed home from

school to her empty house

(parents are away)

Phone

continuously

ringing as she

attempts to walk up

the stairs

A young girl being kidnapped

Two girls approach

an ‘abandoned’

house

Two girls are out in

the village and find an

‘abandoned’ looking

house and approach

it

House is very dark and

the garden is overgrown

and not looked after

A dark figure is

seen in the

conservatory

Followed by a car

and the girl begins

to get anxious

The pool in the garden

is very green and not

looked after

A girl was stopped by a car

whilst a person asked for

directions

Final idea

We have chosen the idea of the two girls approaching the abandoned house as our final idea. We have chosen this as it allows us to include a large number of the thriller conventions as well as develop some of them. Our idea includes two girls out in the village when they find a house, which as far as they are aware is empty, and decide to approach it. They through the back gate to find an overgrown garden, as they begin to walk round they spot the swimming pool in the garden, they then notice the back door which is slightly open. As the two girls approach it, the camera shows a black figure walking towards it from inside the house. As one of the girls goes to open the door, the other girl notices this figure, showing a shocked expression.

We have chosen this idea as it will allow us to develop the common thriller conventions that would usually be found from this genre. Some of the conventions we have thought about to include: - Running water (the swimming pool in the back garden) - Shadows (the mysterious figure and the inside of the house) - Victim (typically a female character)

Cast list

Braedie Clarke – Victim- Lauren / Director

We have chosen Braedie to play this role as she does drama A- level so

is more confident in acting compared to the other cast members and is

happy to play the main role.

Amy Leahy – Victim- Lucy / Villian / Director

We have chosen Amy to play these roles as she is less confident in acting

and therefore two smaller roles would be better suited as she will not be

appearing on camera as much.

Pippa Rowe – Camera man / Director

Script

Scene 1: Lauren: Nothing exciting ever happens in this villageLucy: I know, it’s so boring *Both look around at the same house*Lauren: I’ve never really seen anyone come out of that house. Have you?Lucy: Hmmm… no I don’t think so. It’s a bit weird isn’t it Lauren: Yeh… Shall we have a look?Lucy: I guess we could? *Pause*Lucy: If nobody lives there it will be fine? Lauren: Yeh… I’ sure it is empty Lucy: Alright *Walks towards house*

Scene 2:

Lucy: Quick, there’s a swimming

pool!

Lauren: Why is it green?

Lucy: I knew it would be empty! I told

you it was fine

Lauren: Okay Lucy, I think we should

go now

Lucy: No, look! The doors open

*Lucy goes to open the door*

Lauren: Lucy…

*Shocked faces*

Locations

Our opening sequence of our film is set in the village of Yelvertoft, the

main set being the garden of a house in the village and the street

leading up to it. First dialogue

and action will

take place here

Props

A bag – Lucy is going to be carrying a bag in the first half of our

sequence as dropping this will allow for a ‘worms eye view’ shot

which we were unable to find an appropriate time to use this

shot type before hand. Also it is an item which she would

usually have on her.

Plant pots – There are going to plant pots placed in the garden

which will look dead as this will further portray the garden and

house as uncared for.

Costume list

Lauren will be dressed in black jeans and a light coloured top. We have chosen this outfit as it will fit into the ‘everyday’ wear which Lauren is most likely to wear. We have chosen black jeans so this will develop the thriller convention which the audience would typically recognisewith this protagonist.

Our final character

is our antagonist.

This character will

be dressed in all

black clothing, so

the audience are

aware that this

character is ‘bad’.

We have also

chosen these

clothes as the

antagonist will be

appearing as

almost a shadow,

and hiding behind

the girls in part of

our sequence.

Lucy will be dressed in a light coloureddress which will allow the audience to easily identify her as the second protagonist. However, she will be wearing black tights and black cardigan which will develop this thriller convention.

Shot listShot

Number

Shot

Angle

Shot type Shot description Shot

duration

1 Eye level Long shot Long shot of the house which fades into black 5 seconds

2 Eye level The title is shown on screen 3 seconds

3 Eye level Medium shot Showing Lucy and Lauren’s outfits so the audience can see they are the

‘good’ characters. Lauren starts the conversation

8 seconds

4 High angle Over the

shoulder shot

As they look, in the middle of the conversation, to the same house a over

the shoulder shot is used

5 seconds

5 Low angle Close up The girls feet as they walk towards the house 4 seconds

6 Birds eye

view

Medium shot As the girls walk through the back gate into the garden 6 seconds

7 Low level Long shot The girls enter the garden and walk round the conservatory 3 seconds

8 Eye level Medium shot Directly on the conservatory, showing the girls walk past and a black figure

behind them

4 seconds

9 Eye level Long shot As the girls enter the main section of the garden 5 seconds

10 Worms eye

view

Close up Lucy drops her bag directly next to the camera 3 seconds

11 High angle Long shot Lucy goes to open the door whilst turning to Lauren 4 seconds

12 Eye level Close up Lauren notices the figure standing behind Lucy 3 seconds

Lauren starts the conversation

with ‘Nothing exciting ever

happens in this village’. From this

the conversation continues.

A low level shot is used as

Lucy begins to feel confident

in what they are doing. This is

when the second section of

dialogue is introduced

This is when the

antagonist is introduced.

The girls do not notice

this figure, but the

camera (audience) does.

Shooting schedule Shot

number

Location Lighting Cast Director Shot angle Props Health and

safety

Shooting

time and

date

Contingency

1 Ashwell Lane,

Yelvertoft

Natural lighting

(edited to look

quite glum)

Pippa Eye level Plant pots Thursday 27th

November

Aim to start earlier –

dependent on the

lighting

2

3 Ashwell Lane,

Yelvertoft

Natural lighting Braedie and

Amy

Pippa Eye level Mobile phones, a bag Cars passing by Thursday 27th

November

Film in the middle of

the day to avoid

cars passing

4 Ashwell Lane,

Yelvertoft

Natural lighting Braedie and

Amy

Pippa High angle Mobile phones, a bag Cars passing by Thursday 27th

November

Provide artificial

light if possible

5 Ashwell Lane,

Yelvertoft

Natural lighting Braedie and

Amy

Pippa Low angle Cars passing by Friday 28th

November

6 Ashwell Lane,

Yelvertoft

Natural lighting Braedie and

Amy

Pippa Birds eye view Possibility of

falling of the

ladder

Friday 28th

November

7 House – back

garden

Natural lighting Braedie and

Amy

Pippa Low level Mobile phone, bag Saturday 29th

November

8 Back garden Natural lighting Braedie and

Amy

Pippa Eye level Bag Falling in the

swimming pool

Saturday 29th

November

9 Back garden Natural lighting Braedie and

Amy

Pippa Eye level Bag Falling in the

swimming pool

Saturday 29th

November

10 Back garden Natural lighting Braedie and

Amy

Pippa Worms eye

view

Falling in the

swimming pool

Saturday 29th

November

Production schedule

Pre production:

Saturday 15th November: 1 hour of planning

Tuesday 18th November: Pre-paring the set for filming

Wednesday 26th November: Filming

Thursday 27th November: Filming

Sunday 30th November: Filming

Post production:

Monday 8th December: Upload filming to computer and begin the editing

Tuesday 9th December: Edit

Wednesday 10th December: Edit

Thursday 11th December: Edit

Friday 12th December: Edit

Monday 15th December: Edit

Tuesday 16th December: Edit