1st Animatic

1st Animatic

This is our first Animatic, all the shots in this animatic are exact in length of time to what they will be in the final film and in chronological order to the film.

Opening Script

Opening Script

Dan, Harry, Tom

Antagonist:
Why did you do it?

Protagonist:
He murdered my wife. I saw no other option, he had to pay for what he had done. I had remembed his car registration so when given opotunity, I rammed him off the road. He ran. He knew it was me. I gave chase but unfortunately for him he was to slow.

Antagonist:
Where did you put the body?

Antagonist:
You better start explaining more, or I will kill you where you sit!!!

Protagonist:
After his unfortunate tumble, I dragged his body towards some thickly covered bushes. No one will find him for a while...

Locations

Before we start to film we will need to decide on certain locations to film.

Below are the different scenes we will need a different location for.

- Interview scene

- Chase scene

For the interview scenes we will need a blacked out room with sockets available for lighting. The blacked out room isn't decided on yet although there are black rooms  at college in the performing arts studio which we could us. 

We could have a similar setup below, with these features. 

The above setup could be one we use, with the table and 2 chairs. We would also add a light to put on the table and also black the room out to create the blacked out room effect. The light would illuminate the characters faces when we film the shot reverse shots. 

An example of the sort of light we could use is shown above, this sets the typical interview room stereotype as it's often seen in older films with interview scenes. 

For the next scenes (Chase scenes) we will be using the local park near the college. It's a 5 minute walk away and therefore is ideal for our use. 

The park has quite a few paths running through woodland so again it would be a great place to film. 

As you can see from the Image above, it's a recreation ground so it's suitable for filming. It also has multiple paths which go into forest area away from the main footpaths. This area would be ideal for our location as we will be able to film without getting in peoples way. 

It's also idea because it's so near to college and also the train station in Haywards Heath, which is very convenient for everyone as it's easy to get to from both the college and places further away via the train station. As you can see in the picture below the route from college to the park is very simple and only takes 5 minutes walking. 

Health & Saftey

 

  

Health & Safety

Tom Peacock 

 

Whilst filming our thriller opening we will have to consider health and safety throughout.

 

This is particularly important when we film certain scenes from our thriller for example when we are in the dark interview room and also while we are filming the chase scenes.  

For the chase scenes, we will be in the local park and therefore need to take into consideration some of the following health and safety hazards.

- Mud 

- Animals 

- Slippery paths

- Falling branches

We'll have consider the things such as mud and falling braches especially during filming in this location because of the recent weather we've been having. Getting covered in mud or falling over in mud while holding equipment could end up in no filming being able to be done and damaged equipment, which is something we want to totally avoid. 

Falling objects should be taken into consideration as well because of the recent weather conditions. We could expect falling branches or small amounts of debris due to the stormy weather we've been having lately. 

This in fact is especially important because recently there was a big tree that fell down in the park, which is still blocking one of the pathways, so the reality of something like that happening is very high.

Slippery paths we may also have to take notice of while filming, especially during the chase scenes. It's important to consider this aspect because of how dangerous slippery paths can be. We don't want anyone to fall over, however telling if a path is slippery or not is quite difficult so therefore we will just have to be careful whilst filming and walking to location.

The final thing which we have to consider in terms of health and safety is the animals in the park, which may be running around off their lead and away from their owners. 

Although most dogs are well trained there may be a few that decide to pick things like the camera bag up and run away with it or jump up at some of our filming crew. It's not as serious as the others mentioned but still is important to take into account while filming.

The Story

                                                                    The Story

By Harry, Dan, Tom

 

 

The story begins with an integration between the protagonist and the antagonist in which the protagonist explains what he has done. The protagonist explains that he killed the man he killed because he had murdered the protagonist wife. The protagonist then explains what happened when the protagonist wife was murdered he saw the murderer get into his car and then drive off in a hurry.

 

The protagonist  then went into his house to discover the door had been kicked in. As he goes into his house he sees his wife's body then he realised that he saw blood on the murder's coat. Luckily the protagonist remembered the number plate on the car. A month after this happens the protagonist is driving and spots the murder driving ahead of him he then rams his car off the road and into a wood the murder then gets out his car and runs into the wood.

 

The protagonist peruses him while he is explaining how he killed the man flashbacks occur which show the protagonist chasing and killing the murderer. In the flashback we see the protagonist running after the murderer and when he eventually catches up with him and stabs him to death. The next day the protagonist is walking down the road and gets dragged into the back of a van. He then ends up at the interrogation.

 

 



Plot Opening

Plot Opening

Dan, Harry, Tom

The scene will start off with a first person of the protagonist sitting tied up in a chair behind a table, facing towards the door in darkness. The camera then switches to a extreme close up of the antagonist flicking a switch to turn on a light. The light will then be turned on to the right of the protagonist this shot will be a first person view as the protagonist gets blinded by the light and will slowly get used to it.

The antagonist then comes out of the light to slowly sit down on the other side of the table. The antagonist will then ask the question "why did you do it?" It will then flash back into a murder which the protagonist has committed. During the flashback the interrogation dialogue will carry on over the flashback explaining what he did at the same time as the flashback. In the flashback there will be a chase scene the protagonist will be running after an unknown to us male running away for an unknown reason, to the audience. The protagonist eventually catches up to the male, leaps on him and stabs him to death. The cuts during this scene will be fast to match the pace of the action which is unfolding.

After the flashback has finished and has come back to present time, the shot type will be birds eye view. The antagonist will then stand up from his chair and start to walk around the protagonist without saying a word. As he gets behind the protagonist the shot will then go to a medium shot looking at the protagonist being tied up from behind the chair. The antagonist will then get behind his chair push it under the table and lean over the table towards the protagonist and stare at him for a couple of seconds with a shot reverse shot of them looking at each other.

After the shot reverse sequence of shots the antagonist will then say "Where did you put his body?" "You better explaining more, or I will kill you where you sit." Another flashback will happen while the protagonist explains further the events of the murder while the scene shows the protagonist  dragging the male into some deep bushes then walking away from the scene of the murder.

Checklist

Checklist



Dan
Harry
Tom
Everyone




-A completed storyboard for the entire opening (preferably having used ‘post it’s), including initial ideas about title placing. 

-This needs to be made into an animatic of approximately the same length as the final film will be (shots to be timed carefully) with a voice-over explanation and embedded onto the blog.

 

- a synopsis for the whole film narrative from which this will be the opening (about 100 words)

- the script for any dialogue

 

- list of roles (see pre-production planning advice)

 

- images of locations and decisions about locations

                                 

- prop research and justification in terms of character and story

 

- health and safety, including risk assessments for filming and use of equipment.

 

- lighting decisions.