Our thriller idea was about some sort of transfer deal going wrong, between George and a group of people, and somehow he gets beaten up over it. When we had the class discussion about all our ideas, I liked the thought of reversing the roles, and having myself in it as part of the exchange to bring in a female audience since it was just going to males before. Therefore I was thinking that George does the deal with me and few people that are with me, but it was actually a set up to back stab him. And the following was our plan, but seemed too complicated, so we went another route.
Shots
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Characters
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Location
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Camera angle
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Lighting
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Camera movements
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1
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George
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Behind a house
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Long shot to allow audience to discover George's vulnerable state.
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Natural, dim, cloudy day
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panning
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2
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George
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same as above
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Close up of him laid on the ground.
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same as above
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zoom out
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3
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Nature, Liam, George, (2 other people)
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Anglia Square car park
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Over the shoulder of George observing us.
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same as above
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Pan & tilt
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4
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Nature, Liam, George, (2 other people)
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same as above
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Low angle of the group, then worms eye view
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same as above
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Pan & zoom out
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5
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Cliff hanger
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Current & Final Idea
After a great deal of discussing and consideration, we decided to go with a different idea entirely. Liam came up with a more classic interesting simple idea that included the whole group. The idea we're going with now is three friends (a boy, and two girls) go back to my house, my parents are away, and a creeper (boy) who is conspiring with the guy friend of mine to take advantage of me and the other girl, is awaiting our arrival to my house, where the betraying will happen.
Shots
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Characters
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Location
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Camera
angle
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Lighting
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Camera
movements
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1
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Liam
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infront of the house
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close up of his shoes
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panning
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2
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Nature, Emilie, George
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same as above
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vanish point & worm's eye of the car arriving
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same as above (headlights)
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panning & zoom out
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3
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same as above
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garage
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long shot of 2 people getting out
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(inside car light)
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Pan & zoom in
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4
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Emilie or Nature
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inside the car
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long shot of her staying in the car
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same as above
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same as above
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5
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George and Nature or Emilie
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living room
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over the shoulder
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computer light
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zoom in
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6
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Nature or Emilie
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living room
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high angle then low angle searching for torch
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ambient phone light
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panning & tilting
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7
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same as above
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inside house
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medium
close up
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torch
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tracking shot
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8
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Liam, Emilie, Nature
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garage
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long shot of Liam picking girl up out of the car
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torch & car lights
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zoom in
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9
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Liam and Nature or Emilie
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same as above
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close up of girl being dropped and dragged around a
corner
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same as above
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panning
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10
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George
and Nature or Emilie
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same as above
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over the shoulder of girl backing up into George
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same as above
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zoom out
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Cliff hanger
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same as above
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same as
above
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medium
close up of relization and George aggresively slapping the torch out of
girl's hand
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same as
above
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same as
above
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I like your idea of giving a female character a strong role in your thriller, this challenges generic stereotypes. I posted the following on Emilie's blog:
ReplyDeleteYou initial idea indicates understanding of thriller conventions but your plot idea is not firmly based enough on reality. Try to create something within your own experience rather than an idea which may not be convincing.
Think about how you used the argument in the Preliminary Task and use this idea of a confrontation linked to jealousy which becomes all consuming or a problem with bullying on face book that gets out of hand.
Not on Emilie's blog but for you to think about.
The use of your bicycle in your preliminary task would be a great prop - cliff hanger - somebody has messed with the breaks on your bike.
Focus on colour too, (this came off splendidly in your prelim task) Tarantino uses highly saturated colour but then these scenes are juxtaposed with transitions to very dark scenes. For example Jackie Brown - "the killing of Beaumont (by Ordell Robbie" in a waste ground in the dark! Watch the clip on you tube.
This post has been updated and officially sorted out finally!
DeleteThanks for the updates on your planning. The exam board like to see the development of planning and how ideas can twist and turn. Looking forward to looking at it in class tomorrow. I like your photographs of your working practice....this is a splendid way to log your ideas.
ReplyDeleteIn order to strengthen your planning I suggest you link your planning to other thriller films, crime dramas, news stories etc that have inspired your ideas. You can upload clips, screen shots, and examples of specific locations, camera angles and movement etc. This is very important - Tarantino consistently makes inter-textual references whether with character/s, sound track, dialogue, locations, action, costume, characters' names etc. There is a shot in "Django Unchained" which is almost a carbon copy of a shot from "Gone With the Wind" (1939)!
ReplyDeleteObviously only make these references if they're appropriate.
This is filed under G321 Thriller Research could you re-post under G321 Thriller Planning. Thanks Nature.
ReplyDeleteWhen you link planning to researched films/TV dramas you need to explain what specifically has inspired you. For example you say planning is inspired by "Essex Boys" - could you please explain what aspect of Essex Boys. Lighting? Costume? Locations? Action? Props etc.
It is good to reference films that inspire research but you need to be specific, use clips or screen shots with captions.
Please repost this under G321 Thriller Planning, thanks Nature.
ReplyDeleteNature please repost without delay as advised in my post on 1st January.
ReplyDelete