Animatic

This is our animatic storyboard, each shot we have adapted when we were filming due to lighting restrictions.
 

Final Production Logo

This is our final production logo we decided to use this as we wanted to use a mysterious still to the logo this is shown to the colour red which connotes danger mystery and death. The picture behind the at production logo is what's going on in the actual scene behind, we were lucky enough to have a background at this time which was red, in one of our shots. We came up with the name Panic Production as we looked up words in a thesaurus that are associated with sinister, as a group we thought the alliteration of panic productions would stick in the minds of the audience through the P sounds. Although this is a simple production logo we thought we would stick with the natural idea as we didn't want the production logo to take away from the actual overall view of our thriller. I believe that this is an effective production logo as it clearly shows that we are only an independent film company that doesn't have the mainstream budget, but we could become well known through the use of a simple idea. 

Proof of making our thriller music

These are a few images of me making our thriller music and looking specifically at the different instruments that you can hear within the opening.

First look at our old filming.

Before we came up with our final idea for our thriller opening we didn't have a complete different storyline and a different approach on how to film it. We thought an abstract idea based around the hit show "Dexter" would be a really good way to approach this type of thriller. However it became very difficult because we didn't have any narrative and our storyboard wasn't really helping with what we were wanting to achieve, in the end we decided it would be best if we filmed a whole new thriller opening that took and naturalistic approach. In the clip below this is the beginning to the old thriller we were shooting, the editing for this thriller was a lot easier because we knew the direct effect we wanted it to have on our audience. This old thriller had a specific target audience of those who liked violence and crime and wouldn't appeal to our target audience of 16+

Thriller Questionnaire

As a group we decided to ask the following questions to get inspiration and feedback for our thriller opening.

1) What things would you have in a thriller opening? 

2) What stands out to you when watching thriller openings?

3) What would be the plot in your thriller film? 

4) What type of lighting would you use? 

5) What props and costume would you use? 

This also allows us to gain information on our target audience but we could ask further questions to lead us to more direct answers on our target audience.

Location analysis

Filming for our thriller has allowed us to use a variety of outside locations. The first place we used to start our filming was Kelsey Park, the issue we found with Kelsey Park was that it had very restricted lighting, because it is surrounded by trees but that is what we wanted, so we faced a major issue straight away. The good thing about using Kelsey Park one of the locations is we can use the facilities they have in our thriller opening. The bridge used in one shot was filmed in Kelsey Park, and we also managed to get enough light to shine on the trees around, which allowed us to create the perfect shot.

The other location we have used is Crystal Palace Park; we found that there is a remote area which resembles a woodland area.  As a group we thought that this would be good location to use, because it makes it look mysterious and empathises way would she go in there. We thought that this could link to her naïve behaviour thinking she is superior to everyone else.  The hardest part about filming in Crystal Palace Park was the filming inside the woodland area, which made it difficult for the tripod to stand, leaving us with shot that weren’t focussed.

As a group we wanted our thriller to be based outside because, it would be quite different to stereotypical thrillers that are usually set in the city.  However we couldn’t film in the countryside so we wanted our location to represent the countryside, to have a different take on thrillers. The best part about filming outside is we can create shadows from the lighting, so it looks like more than one person. However the lighting is the hardest part for us to cater to because there are limited times that we can film in, before it becomes too dark.

Shot list

A variety of shots have been used, to create mystery and tension within the opening and the narrative being performed.