Thriller Rough cut

Please bear in mind....
we have no soundtrack.
we need to do titles.
we still need to film more footage
and we haven't arranged clips or done any editing.
Thank you and goodnight.

In today's lesson all other groups viewed our rough cut and this is some of the feedback we received...

STRENGTHS:

• Good variation of cinamatography
• The low angle shot was well thought out
• Good use of props
• Good use of close ups
• Good setting and scenary
• Looks like it would be good when finished

WEAKNESSES:

• No audio
• Un-clear narrative
• no titles
• no sound
• unsure of what is happening
• clips move too fast
• need parallel editing.

We're soon going to make an action plan...

In This Lesson

This lesson is the deadline lesson for our rough cut.

Seeing as we only have around half an hour of unedited footage, we will certainly not have a totally clear view of the final product, but it will give a good idea.

If there is enough time after we have produced the roughcut, we will go out to film some more.

First Day of Filming

In our opinion, today has been extremely successful. We have 47 minutes of footage, of course, not all useable, but including a few good ideas. a video montage of our day, and some of the outtakes will be posted later on tonight.

We did not stick to our storyboard/animatic exactly, as there are other locations to shoot and some shots did not go to plan. We didn't expect them all to though, so the group wasn't entirely let-down.

Today was very fun, and has proved that once again, our group can work very well together and be able to finish the work in hand whilst having a laugh too.

Recently in lessons, members of the group have been very distracting/distractable, but the seriousness of the task is settling in. We are quite proud of the footage caught today and we really hope that the teacher/the class will be too.

Location Shots (2)

In today's lesson we went to look at potential locations for the hospital scenes. We used the college's medical room to creat a realistic effect and we also used to sports changing rooms in order to get a similar effect. The medical room was most effective for the hospital scene whereas when Simon sees the white light the light in the changing rooms are more suitable.



Dom Vickers and Anna O'Hanlon

Medical Gloves

Taps Running in the Medical Room

The Fold-Down Bed

Contraption For Lifting People (Looks Scientific, eh?)

Light in Medical Room (In Our Opinion Not 'Laboratory-Like' Enough)

Anna O'Hanlon Wearing Medical Gloves (Antagonist Will Wear These For the 'Experimentation' Scene.)

Scary Alley-Way at College (Could Be Used)

Changing Room Lights (More Laboratory-Like :D)

Shooting Dates

We have arranged the date on which will film. We plan to collect a lot of footage, which will cover the most part of the sequence on Monday 18th.

The camera will be in our posession from Wednesday 1pm - Tuesday 9am.

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.

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