First Copy of Film

This is the rough copy of our edited piece of work:

We have not added the sound yet and the font of the title needs to be changed to the one our audience chose.

Locations

For our thriller opening, our locations were:

Forest Row Park

Maddie's Landing

Maddie's Dining Room

Maddie's Attic Room (Without all the clutter!)

Props

We will not use that many props in our film, as the majority of it is set in an empty room. However in the room we will use a mattress on the floor as one of the only props, this signifies the dire situation our character is in and will reinforce the idea of her being a hostage as this idea is used in many kidnap thrillers. 

A significant prop we will be using is a van in the flashback sequence, the van is used by the kidnapper, we draw attention to this by using focus pull.

Another prop we will use in the flashback sequence is a swing in the park. this connotes childlike innocence and joy which will make our audience sympathise with Hope Hardy even more.

Another prop used is Maddie's laptop, which the kidnapper uses to watch the cctv footage on.

Sound

We have not planned for any Diegetic dialogue to be spoken in our opening sequence as it is made up of a girl alone in a room and a hazy flashback, so there is no chance to have our characters talking.

In the flashback however we will uses snippets of conversation in which we cannot make out is being said. Such as: the girl singing a nursery rhyme, a voice shouting her name, and a manic laughter.

Non-diegetic soundtrack will include simple piano music with long areas of silence which will connote the time dragging by, we will also represent this by having the Non-diegetic sound of a ticking clock. The music will reach it's crescendo when the title appears.

How to use focus pull

We are planning to use focus pull in our film to draw the audiences attention to the van, when it pulls up in the background outside the park. This will connote to the audience that the van is significant, and make them fear for the safety of the main character. In order to achieve an effective focus pull, we watched videos and tutorials on Youtube. Here is one of the best we found:

What is focus pull?

We have decided to use a Focus Pull for in the flashback when the van pull up behind the girl, this will draw attention to the van and the upcoming danger.

Above is a youtube example why focus pulls are used.

Animatics

Here is an animatic of our storyboard. This shows our initial shot ideas and lengths.

This is our animatic with a voice over describing the shots, it is not in real time.