Cutaway Shot list

Number	Location	Description	Action	Props	Actor
1	Outside the house	Zoom in to show the house.	Zoom in	No props	Abbie
2	Bedroom	Shot to show magazine covers x2 to show different magazines and the bloody hand prints and claw marks.	Close up	Magazines	Abbie
4	Living room	Shot to show lose up of the pages x5 with quick editing as she is flicking through the pages quickly.	Close up	Magazine	Abbie
9	Stairs	Shot to show her walking up the stairs and to show titles on the wall behind.	Close up/ side view	No props	Abbie
10	Stairs	Shot to show facial expressions.	Close up	No props	Abbie
11	Stairs	Shot to show her stopping on the stairs.	Tilt	No props	Abbie
14	Bedroom	Shot to show girl walking through the door.	Mid shot	No props	Abbie
15	Bedroom	Shot to show alter-ego.	Close up	No props	Abbie
18	Bedroom	Shots to show the alter-ego coming towards the camera.	Extreme close up x5	No props	Abbie
18	Bedroom	Shot to show the teenage girls eyes.	Extreme close up/ graphic match	No props	Abbie
20	Bedroom	Shot to show the alter ego ripping the poster off the wall to show the title.	Close up	Poster	Abbie

Typography

To create the typography for our titles we used the website "www.dafont.com" and chose 5 different styles of typography for our main thriller title. Every style of typography we chose is distorted which suits the theme of our thriller which is psychological. The story behind our thriller is quite dark and sisnister, and I feel that the typoghraphies chosen show this.

1. The first typography has as a typical "Arial" style which as a group we thought could show the normal aspect of the teenage girls life and personality. However it does have lines which distort the title which could represent the girls "alter-ego" character and show the disruction of this "alter-ego" to the girls life.



2. Typography two is similar to the first but instead this looks like it hs been smudged or effected. which could relate to the "alter-ego" and how it has distorted the normal teenage girls mind and the way in which she thinks.



3. The third choice of typography has letters which are in a normal style but are not in a straight line and the end of the letters have small "sharp" looking flicks on the. To us, the sharp flicks could suggest the sinister and deadly feel which we wish to achieve from our opening thriller sequence.


4. Typography four has been distorted using a white coloured shadow behind each letter. This links to our thriller as we are using magazines which are going to be ripped up and the white shadow behind the typography is similar to the ripped up paper which we will be using. We liked this option as it could suggest the "alter-ego" and how she is lurking behind the normal girls personality.


5. Typography five is similar to four but instead has a shadow of lines behind it. This gives a similar effct to four where the alter ego is lurking inside the girls mind and controlling her personality.




For our pitch we created a poll so that our peers who were watching could vote for the typography they prefer and which they feel would be most effective as we needed to gain opinions from our target audience. Here are the results from this poll:




This poll revealed to the group that the most popular typography choice was the fourth style. As a group we feel that this is a good choice as it reflects the story behind our opening titles sequeunce. At the beginning of our opening, we plan to have the normal teenage girl reading magazies, when she then hears unusual sounds coming from upstairs. She investigates the sound to find the "alter-ego" charcter on the floor in her bedroom surrounded by ripped paper and magazines. Typography four suits this because the white shadow behind the lettering corralates with the ripped up magazines which will be used. As this typography has a "type-writer" feel to it, it is typical of the thriller genre as it is used in many crime and mystery thrillers.

Lighting

Lighting

On the day of filming we will check the lighting because if the weather is cloudy and dark we will need to make arrangements for it, such as making sure all of the lights in the house are turned on to make sure it is not dark and the shots come across good and effective on the camera. However if the weather turns out sunny and bright then we will not need any lights on.

In editing we may be putting an effect over the shots to make the film look different and fit in with the conventions of "film noir." If the weather on the day is dark, depending on how it comes across on camera we may not turn the lights on. as we want the opening to feature natural light to make it look more realistic to the audience and make it look more mysterious.

The lighting in our film is similar to "Se7en" as it is dark to create a mysterious effect and to create suspense and tension for the audience. As you can see in the screenshots below, the use of the dark lighting in the opening title sequence of "Se7en."     

                     
                               

Company Ident for our Thriller/AMOA productions

This is our company ident for AMOA productions. It is hand drawn by one of the members of the group and will be used at the beginning of our thriller opening title sequence. This ident does not move like the other big production companies idents do as we though it would look better and more effective if it doesn't. The ident features the name AMOA which is our company name made up of the initials of our last name. It also reflects the thriller genre as the tree is creepy and mysterious looking and the image is unique and nothing like any other production company's ident.

This company relates to film 4 for as it is unique and we create indie film similarly to film 4. m

Story Board for Alter-Ego

Duration of shots:
Shot 1 - 4 Seconds
Shot 2 - 3 Seconds
Shot 3 - 6 Seconds
Shot 4 - 4 Seconds
Shot 5 - 5 Seconds
Shot 6- 3 Seconds
Shot 7 - 4 Seconds
Shot 8 - 3 Seconds
Shot 9 - 4 Seconds
Shot 10 - 5 Seconds
Shot 11 - 5 Seconds
Shot 12 - 3 Seconds
Shot 13 - 4 Seconds
Shot 14 - 5 Seconds
Shot 15 - 5 Seconds
Shot 16 - 3 Seconds
Shot 17 - 5 Seconds
Shot 18 - 3 Seconds
Shot 19 - 5 Seconds
Shot 20 - 7 Seconds

Job Roles

It is important that every person has a job role in the production as then every piece of work can be completed efficiently. Without job roles nothing would get done and no one would know what they were doing within the group.

Kelsey McPherson - Editor - Kelsey is good for this role because she has had previous experience with editing software. She has also received positive feedback from past editing projects. In the planning Kelsey did lighting, analysis of the pitch, the props. and the shot list.

Holly O'Connell - Director - I am suited to this role because she is good at explaining her ideas and organising groups of people. In the planning I did the job roles, clothing, filming schedule and the shot list.

Elle Abrahams - Producer - Elle is good for this role because she is organised and is good at creating ideas, she is also good at organising a team of people. In planning, Elle did the location, risk assessment and the shot list.

Georgia Allman -  Co-Producer/Make-up - Georgia is suited for this role because she is creative and has good organisational skills. In the planning Georgia did the storyboard, shot list and make-up.

Auditions for the Role - Alter-Ego

For our opening title sequence "Alter-Ego" we got four different girls to audition for the role of the antagonist, however as there is only one person acting in the thriller, the two characters in the sequence are going to be played by the same person. The first shots we are going to be filming are when the girl is "normal" and an ordinary teenage girl. Then after this has been filmed we will change the actors make up to make her look more "evil" and sinister so she can portray the character of the Alter-Ego. All the actors who auditioned acted the same part from the thriller opening, which is the shot where the alter-ego girl is on the floor in the corner of the room covering her face and then slowly looks up into the camera. As a group, we decided this as the audition piece because it was very serious and we needed to make sure the actors could do this without losing concentration and laughing. As we filmed the audition outside when the ground was wet from the rain the actors stood up instead of being on the floor.

Kezia Smith -  Kezia auditioned for the role of the girl in the alter-ego opening sequence. Kezia has had previous experience in acting and has previous acted in many successful theatrical shows and performances. It was clear to us that she has prepared for the audition and was keen to get the part. She showed good acting skills and could portray the character well and therefore we chose her for the part.

Alex Storey - Alex was another girl who auditioned for the character in Alter-Ego. Alex is studying drama at A Level at the minute and similarly to Kezia has experience in successful theatrical performances. From the audition and talking to Alex we gathered that she was not confident in performing the darker more sinister character in the opening. Also due to other commitments Alex would not be available for the day of filming.

Leona Bilby - Leona auditioned for the character in alter-ego. Her performance was effective towards the start but at the end she began to laugh. This means that we may have found it hard to work with Leona as they would need to be comfortable enough to express the character without laughing or feeling nervous.

Claudia Wilkie - Claudia auditioned for the role of the girl in alter-ego. However Claudia found it hard to take it seriously and laughed towards the end of her audition. This lead to us deciding not to use Claudia as we would need her to be serious whilst filming to portray the character effectively.