In Today's Lesson

Today the teacher presented my group's animatic to the rest of the class.

The animatic was quite unclear, but the feedback was mixed. Some people liked the ideas and would like to see a film with a similar USP (Unique Selling Point). However, members of the class and the teacher disliked the idea of drug-abuse, thinking it was a bit strong. We shall soften some of the themes involved because of this.

The Animatic

As forementioned, we will take the opinions and feedback of the teacher's and class' into account.

In Recent Lessons

The past few lessons we have been taking photos on Photobooth of our hand drawn story board and editing the clips to plan how would choose have them in the final piece. We have also included transitions from clip to clip, such as fading in and dissolving out etc.

We then made a rough piece of music on Garageband to fit the story of our thriller. We were running out of time so the quality of our soundtrack is poor but we like to think it still fits our project. We are thinking of using this soundtrack as a base for our final sequence but we need to add sound effects and use diagetic and non-diegetic sounds too.

On Final Cut we added the soundtrack to our clips and perfected any notable mistakes. We now have a rough idea of the storyline of our opening sequence's general look.

Plot Synopsis

It's December 2066 and Simon Greenhill (Dom Vickers) has found himself in a difficult situation. Drugs, drink and no money have brought him a life he never ever wanted. Living in poverty, he has become a subject of interest for crazed psychologist/scientist Hugo Brentt (Oliver Eagle-Wilsher). Unknown to the unemployed Greenhill, he is being watched by brentt and his associates.

As things start to get progressively worse for Greenhill, he ends up taking an overdose. He takes as many pills as he can find to end his awful life there and then, but it fails. He awakes in a hospital bed and meets the man who has ruined his last few months. In a fit of rage he escapes from the hospital and makes a run for the city border.

On his way, he is confronted by Brentt who warns him that he has been infected with a lethal virus that lays dormant until Brentt gives the order and activates it remotely, destroying Simon from the inside out. Brentt informs Simon that if he chooses to resist the experiments the doctor wishes to perform on him, he will activate the virus.

Greenhill is forced to comply and returns to the lab where Brentt runs some hideous procedures, both on Simon's brain and his looks are warped as a side effect. Eventually, Simon refuses to be experimented on any longer. Whilst being transferred to yet another test, he breaks free of his captors and runs to the city walls. Once again he is confronted Brentt, who is much less sympathetic and decides the final test is the virus test that will eventually kill him.

Brentt informs simon that he has 12 hours of life remaining and that he is not a concern of his anymore. Simon sets about planning his revenge in the limited time he has left. He raids brents office and steals some confidential files, including the one containing information on the virus. However, Simon is to be disappointed, as the file does not contain the the chemical name of the antidote.

On closer inspection, Simon does find a potential way of revenge against Brentt. He passes on the virus to him, by seducing him, after finding out that Brentt has a love obsession with him, the reason he showed such an interest in the first place.

They both die in each other's arms. The End.

Initial Ideas

Initial Ideas
Male protagonist
Drug addiction
Murder
Kidnap
Scientific experimentation
Mad antagonist (female)

Props
Syringe
Bed (+pillow)
Table
Photos
Bin
Bin bag
Door
Glass table
"Cocaine"
£5
Pathway
Baseball bat
White light
Hospital bed


Costume
Boxer shorts
Bracelet
Socks
Black trainers
3/4 Jeans
White t-shirts
Black glove

This Is Us...

THIS IS OUR GROUP :D

Are we not GREAT?

Professional Video

This is a professional video of a thriller sequence. It is from the film "Momento" where the sequence is reversed instead of running in sequence. It first shows a polaroid of what is to come in reverse with the titles running in the correct way. This idea faces the audience with confusion. They dont know why the photo shows a dead man, and are intrigued, and then later on in the sequence, it shows us how something like this came about.

Its a clever way of making the audience think about the sequence and to make them put the parts together afterwards. The basic idea is, if you dont watch the title sequence carefully, you wont understand it. This is why we like this example the best and could well use it in our own thriller sequence.

Student Video

To edit.