Title of film

The title of our film is going to be ' Femme Fatale ' We decided to choose this as it has a number of connotations. It could mean a female assassin which links in with our story line. It could also mean somebody who lures men, which could be a twist in the story.

Film classification

Uc & U Classification
A ‘U’ film is suitable for audiences aged four years and over. U films should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror that may be involved.

Videos classified 'Uc' are particularly suitable for pre-school children and normally raise no issues of concern.

PG Classification

'PG' - 'Parental Guidance'

A PG rated film is suitable for general viewing, however some scenes may be found unsuitable for young children. The parent should decide whether a PG film is suitable and will not upset their child in particular.

12A Classification

12A rated films may be viewed by persons under the age of 12 but must be accompanied by an adult (in cinemas only). If the film is viewed in viewers own home, it is the parents decision whether or not to accompany thhe child.

12 Classification

No persons under the age of 12 can view a 12 rated film. Applies in cinemas, at home and to buying/renting DVDs with a 12 rating.

15 Classification

No persons under the age of 15 can view a 15 rated film. Applies in cinemas, at home and to buying/renting DVDs with a 15 rating.

18 Classification

No persons under the age of 15 can view a 18 rated film. Applies in cinemas, at home and to buying/renting DVDs with a 18 rating.

R18 Classification

For adults only.
May only be shown at licensed cinemas or sold at sex shops, and only to people aged 18 or over.


Our film age is going to be a 15. We feel that this is a good age as it contains violence and we wouldnt want to influence young children. Our group are all around the age of 16 and would be interested in the story line but not scared.                                                      

Location

Our first location is going to be a woodland allyeway. By having an alleyway it sets the scene and casused tension with the audience as they know something bad is going to happen. Alleyways are a common setting of thriller based films and are a very stereotypical place to base a thriller due to it being a dark, cold and lonley place. We thought that it would be a good idea to film down a dark alleyway as it will give of a good impression. By having a scary opening to a film it will intreage the audience.

Film actors & Costumes

In every film the actors need to look 'The Part'. As our thriller is based on a mystery killer we dont want people to see anyones faces apart from the woman at the end. Our characters need to look partly the same as it wont give away who killed who. But on the other hand they cant look completely the same.

Our first character; Linzi (Killer)

 She will be wearing grey hoody (With the hood up), a plain top on underneath(just showing) Dark trousers; either jeans or leggins with boots on her feet (any colour) as she is the killer she will be wearing gloves to cover up any finger prints on the gun. We will make sure that we can not see her face due to her being the killer.

                                       Our second character: Izzy (Victim)



Izzy will be wearing almost the same as linzi is as she is the victim in our thriller. She will be wearing a grey hoody (Like Linzi) but with a red body warmer on (We have chosen this as it will still look like she has a grey hoody on when the arm of the gun appears - noone will know who it was that got shot) she will be wearing black leggins or jean, and a grey pair of boots.



 Our third cahracter: Deanna




Deanna isnt in the film opening very long as she is the woman that watches what happens through her window. You can only see half of her, so she will be wearing a plain top with a brown cardigan over the top of her. You can also see the top of her jeans which are blue.





                                                          Character one's clothing: LINZI

Linzi will be wearing all of these pieces of clothing. She is also wearing gloves.

Character two's chlothing: IZZY

 Izzy will be wearing all of these pieces of clothing. The red jacket is to make sure that her and Linzi dont look identical.

Character three's clothing: DEANNA

This is the whole of Deanna's outfit as we can't really see much of her.

Props

No matter how long any film/opening is there will always be at least one prop. Props help every film describe what they are doing. Without props film wouldn't be the same. Props are probably one of the most needed things for a film.

Our props: 

One: Gun - This will be for the shooting scene.

Two: Black Bag- This is to show that one of the characters has put the body in a bag.

Three: Gloves- These are to hide the identity of the killer.

Four: Pillows- These are to stuff up the black bag to make it look like a body has been placed in it.

Five: Phone- This is for the mystery woman to call the police.

Possible Shooting Problems

In every film there is shooting problems and no doubt we will have a few problems.

Shooting Problems:

Natural Light: As we a filming in the night there wont be many problems but it will start getting darker so  this will result in to some of the filming wont be the same and it wont look realistic.

Weather conditions:  The weather may affect our filming as we may be filming over a different amount of days. One day it may be sunny and then another night it could be raining. This will affect our filming because the weather would have changed. It would look un-professional due to the weather.

Producing the same shot:   Producing the same shot may go wrong as people feet may not go in time. in order to make the shot look real we need to take duplicate shots.

Shooting schedule

To complete our media production we had to make a shooting schedule ready for our shooting day. In this schedule it includes: the frame numbers, shot description, location, date, required time to shoot, actors and props that are needed.
Below i have inserted a shooting schedule that I have made.

Structure

Our Story Board.

We are filming our thriller down a alley way. We feel that this is a good idea because you get a good feel of the atmosphere that we are trying to create.

It will be easy to film down a alley way as there is plenty of room to more and try different angle shots out.

It is also a typical stereotypical sence. The audience will imdently interact with wht is going to happen or what is going to happen.

In the first camera shot we are doing a CLOSE UP shot from behind the first character. We are following the characters footsteps from behind her. We thought it would be a good idea not to revel who the character is to cause tension.

The second camera shot is once again a CLOSE UP shot from behind the second character. Like the first shot we are filming from behind the character and following their footsteps.





We keep CROSS-CUTTING for about four shots. Each shot last between 10 to 20 seconds.

The third shot is a CLOSE UP shot from behind the one of the characters feet (But you can see the other characters feet, so its like a OVER THE SHOULDERS SHOT but the camera is aimed at the  feet instead.) to show them approaching each other.

The fourth shot shows that they are approaching each other. Whilst this is happening the camera is tracking up each of their bodies but not showing their identity. This builds up tension  for the audience as they don't know what is going to happen or what has happened.

The fifth shot is a OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT; both characters have hoods up so yet again it doesn't show their identity. An OVER SHOULDER SHOT is a good shot to use as it shows the first characters POINT OF VIEW.

In the Sixth shot someone raises a gun.
But we don't know which one of the characters has raised it.

In the seventh shot there is an EXCHANGE OF DIALOGUE:
Character one: " Why did you do this too me?
Character Two: "Its too late"
This causes tension because we don't know what has happened between the characters. But will we find out?

In the eighth shot the gun appears again but this time the gun is pulled, but as an audience we don't know who has pulled it so it causes mystery.








 In the ninth shot there is a BLACK OUT, then a BANG followed by a scream.
By having a blackout it causes tension as the audience doesn't know what has happened, or who has died & if they have died?

In the tenth shot there is a picture of a black bag being dragged through the dirt...but who's body is it?
The camera is following the bag but yet again we don't know who is dragging the bag.

In the eleventh shot we do a JUMP SHOT (Causes tension as it takes the spot light of what just happened) to a mystery woman stood in a window looking out at what just happened. She is holding a phone in her hand and says "Police please!" but she says it in a sarcastic way... like she knows something.  

In the twelfth shot the woman that was standing in the window has now turned around (Slowly) and smiles at the camera. This causes tension as the audience really doesn't know what is happening.





          THE END. 

Introduction

We are making an opening sequence for a thriller film for a practise project for AS media. Before we film the opening sequence we are going to plan every detail of the film. We are going to make a storyboard, shooting sequence, plan who will be in the film and what each character will be wearing, the location of the filming, the title of the film, the target age group of the film, the genre, camera shots, possible shooting problems, and finally we will film, and then write our evaluation. In our film we will use different camera shots such as Long shots, Close up shots, Crosscutting shots, Jump shots, Extreme close ups, over the shoulder shots and Eyeline match shots. We will get a soundtrack to put over the filming to create the suspense in the film, and then when we've finished the film we will write the evaluation to talk about what we did well and what we weren't happy about with the filming and planning.

This is a picture of an alleyway. It is similar to the one that we will be filming down. 

By having an alleyway it kind of sets the of a thriller. It shows the audience something bad will happen. 

Our Target Audience

We feel that our target audience should be between the ages of 12 and 15. We feel that this age is a suitable ages as most thrillers are between these ages. 


Reason why films should have an age limit. 


children wont get influenced by the violence of the films whereas older teenagers understand that it isn't like reality. Sometimes it may disturb people.