Appropriate Technical Competence

In our movie thriller we applied many different types of technical competence such as;
Holding a steady shot- we used this in our thriller film as it gives/ adds an affect.
Using a variety of shot distances- we used this in our thriller as it gave a meaningful view. We mainly used this shot when we would show the killer (Edwin) walking/ running from afar getting closer. I think that by using this shot it connects the characters together. i.e. In a jungle if we were to see a Lion from afar and then a Zebra, the audience may get the feeling that something bad is going to happen.

Constructing The Production

On Friday 1st May, I and my group all met up in our media class and discussed what we had done since we began our filming. We talked about and discussed what we still needed to accomplish. However due to the little amount of time that we had left (the due date for our work) we ended up changing our storyboard plan to Love Lockdown.
(Below is the new plan for our storyline Love Lockdown)
Cast
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin)-(guy who is in love with Sarah Jane)
· Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan)-(main character)
· Cassandra Phillips (Tobi) -(friends with the Sarah Jane)
· Madison James ( Karishma) -(friends with the Sarah Jane)
· Quincy Johnson (Ian)- (Sarah Jane’s boyfriend)

Instrumental
· Love lock down –inspired by Kanye West↘ Piano-Garage Band
Scene 1
· Cassandra Phillips, Sarah Jane Osborne and Madison James all walk in together in the park to head to the funfair and meet Quincy Johnson (Ian)
· After they walk in Cameron Thomas (Edwin) walks in behind them
· Cassandra Phillips (Tobi), Madison James ( Karishma), Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan) and Quincy Johnson (Ian) all walk inside the funfair
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) walks in behind them and starts to search for them
· Cassandra Phillips (Tobi), Madison James ( Karishma), Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan) and Quincy Johnson (Ian) all go the same ride
· After the ride is finished Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan) and Quincy Johnson (Ian) decide to go home
· Cassandra Phillips (Tobi), Madison James ( Karishma both say goodbye to Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan) and Quincy Johnson (Ian)

Scene 2
· Industrial shot of the ride that Cassandra Phillips (Tobi), Madison James (Karishma) are both going to go on
· Cassandra Phillips (Tobi), Madison James (Karishma) go and pay for the ride
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) follows after them and pays for the ride to get on the same one
· When the ride ends only Cameron Thomas (Edwin) comes off
· Cassandra Phillips (Tobi), Madison James (Karishma) don’t come off the ride ( this shows the audience that they have died)
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) walks out of the funfair with Cassandra Phillips (Tobi), Madison James (Karishma) belongings
Scene 3
· Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan) crying beside two graves
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) walks over to Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan) to comfort and console her
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) takes his coat off and gives it to Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan)
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) umbrella flies away as the wind blew it
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) goes to pick up the umbrella
· Quincy Johnson (Ian) walks by and hugs Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan) and then they walk of together
· While they’re walking Cameron Thomas (Edwin) coat that he gave to Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan) fell on the floor
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) looks in anger as they walk away
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) kneels down and picks up the coat and smells the coat
Scene 4
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) walking into his house
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) goes to his room
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) Has a picture of Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan) with Quincy Johnson (Ian)
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) Scribbles the picture out of Quincy Johnson (Ian)
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) pulls a knife out from under his pillow
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) puts his glove and coat on and walks out his room
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) pauses on top of the stairs
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin) then holds the knife up in the air
THE END
The reason why we changed our story board again was because, we had so many ideas that we wanted to fit in our thriller however, due to the limitation of how long the thriller could be (2-3 minutes) we were unable to fit in our ideas and, decided to leave it at what we had done.

The Funeral Scene and Filming The Shrye Scene

Yesterday (Monday 27th) we all meet up in order for us to film our funeral scene. this is when
Cassandra Phillips (Tobi)
Madison James ( Karishma) were buried at their funeral, as Cameron Thomas (Edwin)-(guy who is in love with Sarah Jane) had killed them on a ride at the funfair. there were no difficulties when it came to filming this as, everything that was suppose to happen did. in our group we were even going to edit the scene to make it seem as if it was raining. Luckly for us it did rain that day which, went perfectly with our scene.

Today after school at 5:30 we all went out to Edwin's house ( Cameron Thomas (Edwin)-(guy who is in love with Sarah Jane). we went round there so that we would be able to film the following scene;
Mid-shot-him sitting down (in a room)
· Red candles, roses, red cloth, lights around the table (a shrine)
· Holds picture of Sarah Jane Osborne
· Holds picture and her scarf (to remember her smell), hair (softness)
· Close up on shrine- Sarah Jane Osborne picture, scarf, hair
On Wednesday 28th we will then be editing what we have filmed.

I MAC VIDEO

First Filming

ON THE 21ST OF MARCH WE STARTED TO FILM OUR THRILLER VIDEO . WE WENT TO PARSOLE PARK TO DO OUR FILMING. THE PEOPLE THAT STARRED IN OUR FILM WAS TOBI, KARISHMA, JORDAN,IAN, AND EDWIN. WE ALSO HAD SOME EXTRA HELP WHEN FILMIMG BY THE HELP OF ALMA. WE STARTED FILMIMNG AOURND 12:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE ALL MET UP AT THE PARK AND SETTED UP ALL THE EQUIPMENT. HOWEVER OUR SCRIPT THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE (OUR STORY PLAN) HAD CHANGED.
( the bit in red is what we changed- the new scenery)

Love Lock Down
Cast
· Edwin-guy who is in love with the girl(name not decided)
· Jordan-(the girl)
· Tobi-(friends with the girl)
· Karishma-(friends with the girl)

Instrumental
· Love lock down –inspired by Kanye West↘
Piano-Garage Band

Reality
· Working at Burger King
· Sees “the Girl” and her boyfriend walking in the mall
· Mid-shot-squirting ketchup on burger
· Ketchup bottle breaks
· Goes to wash the ketchup off his hands
· Steam of water comes up
· FLASHBACK
Flashback
· Flashback in black and white
· Tobi and Karishma picking/mocking Edwin on the train
· Tobi and Karishma meet (the girl) and her boyfriend
· Scene night-Tobi and Karishma and the girl and her boyfriend go to the funfair
· Silhouette figure of Edwin (low key lighting will be used to produce a sharp contrast of light and dark areas on the silhouette.)
· Tobi and Karishma paying to go on a ride
· Close up on Edwin going to pay for the same ride as well
· Only Edwin comes off the ride (as he has killed both the girls on the ride)
· Close up on (Edwin) coming off the ride with Tobi and Karishma’s items
Reality
· Still washing his hands
· Low angle mid-shot- looks at his hands (Edwin)
· Begins to wash vigorously
· Steam forms
· FLASHBACK
Flashback
· Black and white
· Graphic match-steam
· Panning shot- grave yard shown
· Edwin standing on the other side opposite “the girl”
· Approaches “the girl”
· Wants to comfort her but scarf blows away
· Turns to pick up the scarf
· Sees “the girl” with the other guy ( her boyfriend) walking and cuddling
Reality
· Puts his hands in his pocket
· Takes picture out of the boyfriend
· Takes picture and throws it in the fryer/burn/stabs knife on the picture
· Mid-shot-him sitting down (in a room)
· Red candles, roses, red cloth, lights around the table (a shrine)
· Holds picture of “the girl”
· Holds picture and her scarf (to remember her smell), hair (softness)
· Close up on shrine-girls picture, scarf, hair
· Close up- on girl applying make up on in the mirror
· Silhouette goes past
· Girl turns around shocked/scared
· Breathes really heavily
Close with closing credits

The Naming Of The "Thriller Action" Film

After we had finished our preliminary exercise, we then started to plan and look at what we were going to do for our “Thriller Action movie” that we’ll be directing. We came to the conclusion that our “Action Thriller” will be called “Love Lock Down”.

Love Lock Down

Cast
· Cameron Thomas (Edwin)-(guy who is in love with Sarah Jane)
· Sarah Jane Osborne (Jordan)-(main character)
· Cassandra Phillips (Tobi) -(friends with the Sarah Jane)
· Madison James ( Karishma) -(friends with the Sarah Jane)
· Quincy Johnson (Erron)- (Sarah Jane’s boyfriend)

Instrumental
· Love lock down –inspired by KanyeWest↘ Piano-Garage Band

Reality
· Cameron Thomas is working at Burger King
· Sees Sarah Jane Osborne and Quincy Johnson walking in the mall
· Mid-shot-squirting ketchup on burger
· Ketchup bottle breaks
· Goes to wash the ketchup off his hands
· Steam of water comes up
· FLASHBACK

Flashback
· Flashback in black and white
· Cassandra Phillips and Madison James picking/mocking Cameron Thomas on the train
· Cassandra Phillips and Madison James say bye to their friends (Sarah Jane Osborne) and Quincy Johnson
· Scene night- Cassandra Phillips and Madison James walking down the street looking back while linking arms
· Silhouette figure of Cameron Thomas (low key lighting will be used to produce a sharp contrast of light and dark areas on the silhouette.)
· Close up on hand raised in the air (Cameron Thomas)
· Close up- Cassandra Phillips and Madison James screaming
· Cassandra Phillips and Madison James on the floor dead
· Ribbon

Reality
· Still washing his hands
· Low angle mid-shot- looks at his hands (Cameron Thomas)
· Begins to wash vigorously
· Steam forms
· FLASHBACK

Flashback
· Black and white
· Graphic match-steam
· Panning shot- grave yard shown
· Cameron Thomas standing on the other side opposite of Sarah Jane Osborne
· Approaches Sarah Jane Osborne
· Wants to comfort her but scarf blows away
· Turns to pick up the scarf
· Sees Sarah Jane Osborne with the other guy (Quincy Johnson) walking and cuddling

Reality
· Puts his hands in his pocket
· Takes picture out of the boyfriend (Quincy Johnson)
· Takes picture and throws it in the fryer/burn/stabs knife on the picture
· Mid-shot-him sitting down (in a room)
· Red candles, roses, red cloth, lights around the table (a shrine)
· Holds picture of Sarah Jane Osborne
· Holds picture and her scarf (to remember her smell), hair (softness)
· Close up on shrine- Sarah Jane Osborne picture, scarf, hair
· Close up- on Sarah Jane Osborne applying makeup on in the mirror
· Silhouette goes past
· Sarah Jane Osborne turns around shocked/scared
· Breathes really heavily

Close with closing credits

(VIDEO COMING SOON)