Filming schedule and risk assessment - Miss Georgiou

It is important to have filming schedules with in thrillers because they help organise and structure the co-ordination of the film. As a group we thought that it was important to have a structured plan of what we were going to do.

For example our filming schedule consisted out of different times in which we would shoot each angle. For example at 4pm we were to begin filming the sequence of the girl getting ready and also an establishing shot of the street so that the audience can gather and interpretation of the urban build of the area. Secondly we would record the scene when the audience see her interacting with water, we would all have a understanding of how each sequence would be filmed and also at what times each should be shot. We believed that if a strict filming schedule was implemented in our clip then it would eliminate any possibility for mistakes. Then we would film the short scene when the girl is walking down the street, we planned as a group to stick to our schedule to make sure that we were spending a sufficient amount of time on each scene. After we would film the sequence of the girl walking into the forest towards the lake. Next we would film the remaining scenes left in our clip. After we thought we had completed everything we would go through our recordings to see where we feel needs improving, this would help our thriller clip as there will be less mistakes and will flow more easily.

As a whole I feel as though the filming schedule provided our group with a sense of clarity amongst all of the people involved in the film. Filming schedules make films efficient as they're able to glance at the schedule and see when they need to film each scene of the play. It is also less time consuming as the people involved are working quickly to ensure that the film is completed on time.

Opening Scenaration - Miss Miller

1) Write up a DETAILED recount of your narrative/group storyboard
2) Include a summary explaining how and why certain elements (look at a few) will help make your sequence better/more conventional

In this post I will mainly be writing up a detailed recount of my storyline/narrative and write how I believe it will be conventional to the thriller genre. I will also be including a summary explaining how our thriller is conventional to the thriller genre and elements that could make our sequence more conventional.

Our narrative is based around the idea of a girl being possessed, it starts off by the girl putting make up on, we thought of starting with this innocent iconic opening mainly because we thought it would be conventional to the thriller genre as it would be an example of iconography and also the girl would be young and blonde which are also conventional to the thriller genre. The fact that it would start with such an innocent, lonely girl doing an average act (applying make up) would build to the relationship between both the audience and the characters as they would sympathise with the situation. It would also add to the shock when eventually she shows evidence of her possession.

As the scene continues we see glimpses of evidence which would all suggest her overarching possession of water, the fact that the audience see small evidence of water it would remind the audience that the girl is far from normal. It would be conventional to the thriller genre as it creates suspense amongst the audience as they know that it is building up to a climax. The water will be poured out of the glass onto the floor, it would be poured onto the floor to emphasise the idea of water being destructive and harmful. So the realism of the situation grows with significance because the audience find the idea of a young girl being possessed makes her seem abnormal and creates empathy. When the climax eventually arrives the girl has travelled to the lake through her overpowering water possession.

As the scene progresses we tried to incorporate the idea of typical thriller conventions such as low key lighting we thought to include this idea as it emphasises the iconography of the young girl because the dark lighting, will make the girl seem brighter because what she is wearing. This will make her seem more powerful and therefore will add to the already established relationship between both the audience and the characters because it will make her possession seem more individual and will add to the sympathy.


As we started editing our thriller clip we decided that we would need to re-arrange/alter we decided that there was a few things that we needed to add in order to make it more conventional -

Removal of watch - Initially Robyn came up with the idea of dropping a watch into the lake to lake to resemble the strength of the possession and the fact that its inevitable and time will not cure it.

Planning opening credits - Miss Georgiou

Our thriller film:
Actors- Robyn Tansley
Director- Domenico Martini
Title- The Water Bells
Music- Harry Fagan
Costumes- Robyn Tansley
Editing- Domenico Martini, Harry Fagan, Robyn Tansley
Production- MartiniProductions
Producer- Domenico Martini
Writing- Harry Fagan
Co producer- Robyn Tansley

In films the opening credits are shown at the very beginning and list the most important members of the production. They're usually proposed onto a black screen to emphasise the importance of them, often along side music or theme music to give an idea of the plot. The main reason credits are incorporated into films are to include and award credit to the director, production company and the actors. Opening credits are also useful when establishing the genre of the film because they're able to perceive the general ideas of a thriller film.

In our research into planning opening credits we looked at the film 'Se7en'. We wanted to know the order in which the credits appeared so that we could make our sequence realistic and professional. The order was: Production company, director, actor, title of film, actors continued, casting, music, costumes, editing, production, camera operator, co-producer, producer, writing and the director again.
When watching the opening credits we realised that a lot of low key lighting was used and also basic and easily accociated colours. Such as red for blood and black for mystery and danger. These techniques are conventional to a thriller because they create suspense and tension amongst the audience. The credits are portrayed onto a white background because they can show a clear differentiation between good and evil. There was also hidden identity used within the sequence because it emphasises the mysterious of the film, it also builds a relationship with the audience they're intrigued to who the killer is. The hidden identity also adds to the establishment of the genre, also the jerkiness of the credits adds enigma to the clip as well helps establish the genre to the audience.  These conventions would make our opening sequence more conventional to the thriller genre as it would make the audience immediately associate our thriller with a typical thriller. The fact that dismal colours were used would create both tension and suspense amongst the audience as they can clearly see that there will be a scary storyline. The colours would also make our main character seem more innocent and vulnerable as she is being portrayed as evil but yet looks like a child which are often harmless. The audience feels a stronger bond because they feel empathy for the character meaning that they don't want anything bad to happen to her.


Another film that we analysed the opening credits for was 'The Black Swan', we seemed to notice that music used is particularly relevant and appropriate to the genre of the film. The opening credits are written with charcoal this connects with the music being played as when the tempo increases the speed of the writing the credits. When the writing slows it creates suspense and tension as the audience are anticipating something to happen. We also noticed that the title appeared last this may suggest that its the most important aspect of the credits. Dark colours make up the majority of the clip so when the title is revealed in white, it shows that there is a underlining clarity between good and evil. This is also evident when the credits slowly fade out letter by letter, this would make the audience think that a theme of mystery is portrayed in the film and keep the audience engaged.