Narrative action list Created by Ben

1. Begin with two Establishing shots of picturesque forest, over the top we hear the sound of someone running
2. The boy (Boy 1) then enters the frame
3. The camera follows him as he runs through the forest almost as if he is being chased.
4. His expression is distraught, and filled with panic
5. intense music begins to grow, along with siren sounds
6. As we see his expression more clearly as he is running, a flash back cuts in
7. It shows another boy (Boy 2) laughing at Boy 1.
8. Cut back to Boy 1 running, are now begin to realise he is running away.
9. He stubbles as he tires and begins to break down
10. Another flashback; shows boy 1 pushing down boy 2
11. Cut back He is now crying, and clearly scared and angry
12. He hits his own head, as if to get the thoughts out of his mind as we cut to another flashback
13. The music reaches a peak as we see boy 1 swing a log towards boy 2
14. Music and sirens reaches a peak
15. Echoed screaming from boy 2 can also be heard
16. On impact the camera cuts out
17. Title reveal.

Character list and description

After we had finished making our storyboard we understood how characters should look like.

In this scene we need only two people:

• The main guy, who is running through the forest;
• Another guy, who is shown in the flashback scenes.

We decided that our main character should be about 17-18 years old (A2 student). Tall and sporty so that he could run without any problem for a whole day.

As another character would be only in small scenes it is not so important to have him with particular physical characteristics. The only important thing is that we want the characters to look like they are both same age.

Main male: Male, 18, white, average height/weight

Second male: Male, 17/18, white, average height/weight.

First Cast list with actor possibilities

Our first cast list consists of two possibilities for each character...

Main Character: Harry Lawtey/Max Boast
Second Character: James Purdy/Ollie Tennant

Story board first draft

Here is our initial storyboard showing a basic overview of our narrative

First thoughts on Set? or Location?

We have decided to go for a location to give the feeling of a natural environment compared to filming in a studio. Our chosen location is a forests for our opening title sequence because we want to create a sense of isolation to be portrayed to the audience, this is because of the narrative of the actual film, this wont take long to find the perfect location as we are surrounded by forest in the surrey hills.






This is the the ideal location for the opening title sequence because it is natural forest that the audience can imagine being in.

The picture is a forest studio which doesn't look quite as natural as an actual forest and natural is what we want which helps us clearly identify easily that the location is the right way to go.

Research for opening title sequence

I like the shot at 0.49 to 1.01 its is a 360 degree shot, showing the forest in the back round but always keeping the attention on the character to help create suspense as it is suggesting that there is something going on in the forest. This would fit nicely into our opening title sequence as there is the same sort of situation going on, the fear of someone else being in the forest with you.

We love the shots in this scene they are incredibly interesting, and offer lots of different angles and perspectives of the action which is going on. I particularly like the shots where the camera is following the character from behind other trees, almost like another person, watching on, for example at 0:40.

Another shot which we find interesting and exciting to watch are the slow motion sections for example: 0:48 you can see the man bend down to grab his riffle, although our character may not be reaching for a weapon we could perhaps use this editing technique as our character looks back over his shoulder at his abandoned crime scene.

At 0:53 there is extreme slow motion of the character as he leaps over a log, this makes it seem epic and has a massive impact on the audience as they can appreciate the intensity of the scene, this also creates a more interesting perspective on the scene and adds a twist, so that it isnt just plainly a man running through a Forrest.

The last section I find very exciting and interesting is at 1:51, we see a  medium close up shot of the man from a profile view, once again in extreme slow motion, however this time the music completely stops, and it is silent. This has a massive impingment and is very alluring.













http:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CztxQIn5ZhQ

Groups thriller ideas- created by Ben but discussed by the four of us

Idea 1: Embers

• Begin with slow motion flashes of someone screaming in a forest, flashes of fire and water. As the tension reaches its peak, fast cut to a close up of a mother, breathing heavily, accompanied by a doorbell, change to slow motion, music kicks in. Police at the door, without audio they tell this mother the bad news that her son has commit murder in slow motion to an epic song, she breaks down.
• The whole film tells the story of a family that has broken apart: thus the name 'Embers' (The remains of something that burned strong

Idea 2: Room 7

• Opens with a man waking up in a room, it is cold and bleak, He is dazed and confused, lots of intense close up, with slow movement of his head, after a few seconds he properly wakes up, he is out of breath and scared. He realises he is in danger. He stands up and walks over to the wall, where there are scratching saying things such as “Help Me!”…. “Your going to die in here”… He looks at his distorted reflection in a smashed mirror. There is also a table with scalpels and surgical equipment on. We see the mans fear. He slowly walks towards it, there is a key hole, he bends down to look through the keyhole, pause for a few seconds, suddenly an eye appears through the key hole, shot of the door which says “Room 7”