Preliminary task 1 planning

The Chase-Thriller

Task list: 

• Concept-done by Tiana, Mackenzie and Deborah

The chase is the title of our film. This title fits well with our film as it reinforces the fast quick pace shots used as well as the tone the film tries to create. Our film is filled with suspense and lots of unknown facts so the title plays along with having to almost "chase" your thoughts together whilst watching.

Our target audience are a matured audience who are interested in a good thriller.

(Mackenzie paragraph)

Plot synopsis (Tiana)

The shots taken will vary from many different close ups to extreme close ups, as we are trying to keep it very suspenseful, therefore not giving too much information by what is seen. For example, a shot will show only a gun, leaving the audience unsure what is to happen or what it might represent. A chase seen will be included where we will experience with the 180° rule, learning how to keep our shots heading in the same direction. We will also incorporate the use of the match-on-action technique, through our main character opening a door, this again will help us to learn how to keep continuity in our shots. In terms of lighting, for most of the film natural lighting will be used apart from the bathroom scene, where lights will be backlighting the character to get an effect of suspense with their shadow. The use of a flashback will be involved in our film. In this editing will be short quick cuts, keeping it fast pace, and a ‘chase’ to viewers. All linking back to the suspense we are trying to create with truly little backstory/information revealed to the audience leaving them uneasy and worried about what is to come. 

Below are some examples of the type of shots/lighting techniques we will use: 

 

(deborah Paragraph)

• Treatment-done by Tiana, Mackenzie and Deborah

(Tiana)

Two characters are in our film, one an innocent girl who has been malnourished and is weak for the time she has been held hostage, whilst the other character, who is still played by a girl, however her costume and manner is a lot more intimidating and scarier as she is the one holding the girl hostage. Throughout the film a tone of suspense is created and being the main mood set for the film. It is represented through close-ups, quick edits, suspenseful music, uneasy/unsafe locations, and the darkness/coldness of the bathroom scene. Camera techniques we are using include close-ups high angle shots, 180° rule, and match-on-action. All shots help create an airy uneasy feeling for the audience, which is very enticing for our target audience. Themes included in our film are innocence, weakness vs power, and hurt. Meaning behind the settings chosen includes a bathroom, which is dark, cold, and empty almost representing how the girl is left feeling after being held hostage, and the shed area as it looks abandoned with no life in it, again representing how the girl is being kidnapped yet is like forgotten by the rest of the world. Symbolism is used through a mirror as it is used to represent looking at her past, as the young girl flashes back to her kidnapping in the past. Our editing styles we will use will be quick cuts during the flashback, however long and slow cuts in the bathroom scene. Aiming to create a clear contrast between the two, and creating anxiety for the audience, waiting for something bad to happen. 

• Script-Mackenzie
• Storyboard-Tiana

  

• Shot list-Deborah

• Location recce-Tiana

• Props and costumes-Deborah
  Props & costumes by deborah liavaa

Props: The fake Blood

1. the ingredients 
2. the making of the blood 
3. the end result after heating it up & mixing everything together

Concept

The chase

We called it the chase to keep it simple, but at the same time give effect to its content and film making through the simplicity. its bold, easy to understand but at the same time gives the main idea while still leaving suspense in the tone on what really happens, drawing our target audience towards it.

My target audience: Mature audiences who can handle suspense as well as visual blood shots

Genre conventions:

Character: We start off by filming our main character (cast as Chanileze) as we get a close up, held hand camera affect of her feet stumbling towards the bathroom. we do this as our first shot to build up tension. As the character soon looks at herself in the mirror, we see her injuries and blood over her body from what our protagonist has done to her. as we see the shot of her in the mirror, we can see her distressed, worn out and exhausted body, staring at her own figure letting our audience in on her feelings. WE have also staged Mariah as the kidnapper.

Setting/Time: because this is our first ever film we are making, we have decided to keep things simple by filming during the day, however we will limit the amount of sunlight each shot gets to limit the sunlight in our shot. so we still get a suspenseful mood despite the time of day. we are filming in the bathroom because it has both a mirror, and shows the audience how she escaped and managed to find a place where she could hide and examine herself from the chase she just finished. When she is held hostage, we will be filming up by the container by a bunch of scattered things to add that extra sense of danger, eg, sharp plastic can hurt you. And for the chase we have chosen to film on flat concrete rather than a ridged hallway which would involve a lot of different camera angles and techniques, so we wanted to keep things simple for ourselves without adding extra complications.

Plot: The plot is based on our character who has survived being held hostage, when she then escapes and reflects back on her dramatic experiences through the use of quick flashbacks while she is looking into the mirror.

Props/costumes: the costumes we are using are all connected to the colour black, adding more suspense and danger to our film, and because we are not filming at night, we needed to make sure our costume theme still represents our genre of a thriller. WE are also using fake blood, and ropes that she is tied up in, symbolizing her own confusion as a character, and how she was metaphorically as well as physically tied into the situation.

Filming/editing: most of our camera shots arr fast, impactful, ad full of action, building up to the main scenes in our film. we are using a lot of close ups giving our audience a claustrophobic feel in our scenes, limiting there visual capacity in our shots. We will mainly be using a hand held camera to keep it intentionally wobbly. our transitions will also be fast.

Sound: We are using a boom into our flashbacks and we will keep our soundtracks suspenseful.

-Mackenzie

Treatment

Prepared by (DTM productions-this page produced by Mackenzie)

Date: 23rd February 2022

Details:

Our film will be 1 minute and 30 seconds, giving us to film the opening sequence of our thriller. We are filming on site for this one to keep it simple and the locations we have chosen are:

The main effects we will be using are fake blood, lighting, and the background
sound effects. we are also using a microphone which we are attaching onto the camera to get the sound of our character running/walking. there will also be a lot of close ups and hand held shots to add to the suspense

-Mackenzie

Mood Boards

mood boards pt1 by deborah liavaa

Roles everyone was assigned to:

Deborah

• Shot list
• Props & costumes
• Film Schedules
• Equipment final check
• Audio operator
• actress #2

Tiana

• Storyboard
• Location recce
• filming equipment organization
• Call sheets
• Lighting/Fleccie
• Location shot setup
• actress #1

Mackenzie

• Script
• early technical decisions for effect
• talent & script
• weather check for filming days
• Camera operator
• Director/time-keeper