Planning

Brief breakdown of scenes.

Man waiting

Woman 1 meeting him

Passing documents

Woman 2 taking pictures

Woman 2 puts camera down email bit

Man receives email in the morning with a cup of tea. 

Rings Woman 1 ( don’t see Woman 1 receiving the phone call)

Puts phone down looks at time on the email

Clock saying half an hour before meeting time (film clock for half and hour)

Walking to meet scene, on the train and roads ( flickers of the time moving)

Café scene… puts picture across the table…. Dialogue

Equipment

Camera
Tripod
Microphones (boom mic)

Tape

Battery

Backpack

Props

Photograph - Man and Woman 1 swapping the document. 
Red ring - Woman 2 to show her identity.

Documents - The piece of information swapped between woman 1 and man.

2 Computers - To send the e-mails. 

2 Phones - Conversation between man and woman 1.
Watch - for the man to look at when he is meeting woman 2. 

Hiding place (bush)- where woman 2 takes the pictures.
Cup of tea
Laptop
Clock
Brown envelope

Man

Woman 1

Woman 2

Costumes:

Man 1 - smart wear to show importance. Suit, shirt, tie. Possibly a briefcase to go with it

Woman 1 - Dressed in black to show mystery. Smart wear to show importance. High heels to go with it.

Woman 2 - Red nails and lipstick to show danger. Glamourous - important. She will also wear a ring to represent her as you wont always see her face. (iconography)

Woman 2 - dark hoodie when hiding in bushes so that she is not seen.

Woman 2 - big coat. Although she is important, she is working undercover and trying not to draw attention to herself. Her importance will be shown in her actions, character and type of shots.

The 3 main characters' names are never revealed in our opening so that it adds to the mystery of the scene - creating an enigma.

Character Profiles:

Man 1 - A teacher who has a secret identity that is a mystery to the audience. We decided to do this as it makes the audience relate to the thriller in some way as a teacher is a very normal, yet important job. This creates the illusion that he is an average person and when the audience sees that something abnormal is going on, they feel included in the secret. His job also gives the impression that he is intelligent.
Woman 1 - A mysterious character who appears briefly to give the man the document. The way she acts and is dressed makes her seem like a very important character as she looks like a sophisticated woman with power. The audience would immediately take an interest in this character as she goes against her gender stereotype, yet it is a convention in thrillers for this to happen - making her role more interesting to watch.

Woman 2 - A woman with power. The iconography of the red nails, lips and ring give the audience the impression that she is glamorous (though dressed casually) and dangerous. She also goes against the female stereotype as she is not weak. She is also mysterious as the audience has no idea of what her occupation is or who she works for. She comes across as the villain immediately as she is manipulating the man to get what she wants.

We decided that it would be best to use just our group as the characters in our thriller opening because we know each other and are all reliable. We will share out the filming equally between us.

Actors/Actresses:

Jack Smart (Man 1)
-Fits the role well, young attractive male.
female thriller audiences will be more likely to
watch if main character is young and fits a
typical male stereotype.
-Enjoys acting and has had acting experience
so he will be easy to work with.
-Part of our group.
-Reliable.

Hannah Mellows (Woman 2)
-Fits the role well, young blonde glamorous
female. Male thriller audiences will be more
likely to watch if main female character visually
fits a conventional female stereotype.
-Has had acting experience and will be easy
to work with
-Part of our group.
-Reliable.

Sophie Banks (Woman 1)
-Fits role well. Young, dark hair, mysterious
looking, sophisticated. A male audience would be
more likely to watch.
-Enjoys acting and has had experience, therefore
would be easy to work with.
-Part of our group.
-Reliable.

Sound and Script:

We do not have much dialogue in our opening as we want to build suspense with a combination of silence and intense music. The narrative is quite simple. Our dialogue creates enigmas and gets the audience thinking - wanting to know more about whats going to happen. We thought about adding a voice over of one of the characters in the beginning explaining whats happening, but decided against it as we thought it would give too much away and prevent the audience from working things out for themselves, therefore engaging in it more.

There is no speech in the passing documents scene or the email scene as we want the audience to focus on the action. There will be the sounds from the shot (diegetic sound) - including footsteps and the camera sound. We will also add the sound effect of a ticking clock and layer other non-diegetic sounds to build up to the climax of the dialogue.

When the man receives the e-mail

Man 1 : They know <----- creates an enigma - who are/is "they"? who is he speaking to on the phone?

Through the walking shots there is no dialogue as the suspense is built through non-diegetic music which will build up with layers and should give an industrial gritty feel to it. We will keep the diegetic sounds of the roads in the background but the music will be most prominent.
In the cafe scene, we have dialogue:
Man 1 - How did you get this? ([pause] woman 2 smiles) What do you want from me?
Woman 2 - You know exactly what I want... <----- creates enigma - what does she want?

Location
Corner of a road with bushes preferably opposite - where the information is passed on and pictures are being taken. 

Cafe - where man and woman 2 meet.

Train- Showing woman on the train on the way to meet the man.
Roads - to show the woman 2 and man walking down to meet each other.
Editing suite - where the e-mails are being sent. (good lighting)

Storyboards: