Thursday, 27 February 2014

Titles and Fonts


We wanted our thriller to look professional, even though it is not on a high scale, so we decided to use a professional looking font.  We also wanted the titles to connote the dark tone of the plot.  Overall we wanted to target our audience through our use of titles and fonts, so therefore the titles should look sophisticated and easy to read.  Therefore, we could not use fonts such as Comic Sans or Curlz, or any other sans serif, unprofessional fonts.  Instead, we think that using a serif font, to broadcast the seriousness and connote thriller conventions, for example Book Antiqua or Imprint MT ShadowWe also wanted the focus of the audience to be on the action, rather than on the titles. In the end, we have decided to use Rockwell in bold and in CAPITALS, because it is simple, but will make a statement.

For example:
ALEX HETHERINGTON
SAM DUXBURY
EMMA BAILEY

Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Script


INT. OFFICE – NIGHT.

KAREN sat at desk. JOE walks in through door.

JOE
Right Karen, I’m off. The van keys are on the table downstairs.

KAREN
Okay, cheers, see you later.
JOE exits through door, leaves slightly ajar.
Loud bang from downstairs.
CUT IN
INT. WAREHOUSE – NIGHT.

KAREN runs to foot. Kneels to take closer look.
KAREN sees body, is visibly shocked.
Hear bang from other end of warehouse. KAREN stands quickly, turning around.
KAREN looks around, turning on the spot slowly.
Another bang. KAREN quickly turns around.

Another sound on the other side of the room. KAREN turns towards it,                        stops.  Sees van keys on counter. Runs towards keys. Another bang, quick reaction.  
Runs towards van.
KAREN
Start! Come on! Start!
CUT IN
INT. VAN – NIGHT.
KAREN gets in van, locks doors, and inserts keys.
CUT AWAY
INT. WAREHOUSE – NIGHT.
Engine starts. KAREN drives.  Doesn’t turn quick enough.
Fade to black. 

END.

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Shot List


1.       Establishing long shot of woman at desk working.  Low key lighting, her face is lit up by the computer screen. 
2.       Medium shot of the side of the girl sat at the desk.
3.       Close up on hand typing on keyboard.
4.       Shot of door, woman on left hand side as door opens and man walks through.
5.       Over the shoulder shot of woman looking up from laptop as man walks towards her.
6.       POV shot of man talking to woman from man’s prospective.
7.       POV Shot of him walking away from woman’s prospective.
8.       Medium close up of closing door.
9.       Match on action so as door closes, we see close up of door stopping an inch before it closes fully.
10.   Extreme close up of gap and man going down stairs.
11.   The medium close up shot cuts back to the woman working.
12.   Medium shot of her resuming work.
13.   As she hears a bang from the warehouse, a medium shot of her shows her turn to the door and pans as she slowly gets up and edges close to the door.
14.   As she gets closer to the door, medium shot of her looking at the crack in the door.
15.   There is a medium shot of door and girl walking through.
16.   Match on action into warehouse.
17.   We then switch to a POV shot from the edge of the warehouse from the killer’s perspective of the woman. Shot will be done using a hand held, rather than a tripod to ensure viewer knows it’s another POV.
18.   Close up of hands on balcony.
19.   Long shot of her walking down the stairs slowly.
20.   Close up of hand on banister.
21.   Reverts back to long shot of her walking down stairs.
22.   Long shot from corner behind girl as she walks down stairs and across warehouse.
23.   POV shot from killers perspective, with hand held.
24.   Medium close up of girl turning as she hears another bang.
25.   POV pan from woman’s perspective as she surveys the area.
26.   Medium long shot of woman as she surveys area.
27.   Continues previous POV pan shows van and mans’ legs.
28.   A shot from the other side of the van shows the man on the floor, and the woman looking at the shoe. We stay on the shot as she runs to the body.
29.   Zoom from medium long to close up of body as woman runs to man.
30.   Match on action long shot of her walking round van, reaching the body and bend over it.
31.   Shot from behind of woman leaning over man.
32.   POV close up of hands on body.
33.   Medium long shot of woman walking round van.
34.   Zoom to keys from long shot.
35.   Match on action of her running for keys, both long shots.
36.   Side shot of her picking up the keys.
37.   Medium long shot of her running for van and unlocking doors with keys.
38.   Medium long match on action shot of her running past dead man and opening door.
39.   Match on action of her getting into the van.
40.   Close up of the lock as she scrambles to put keys in ignition.
41.   Long shot from outside van.
42.   Medium shot of trying to start a van from outside van.
43.   Long shot from inside warehouse of her pulling out of parking space.
44.   Long shot of van driving away and out of warehouse.
45.   Black out.