10. Film Schedule

Film Schedule

9. Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment Table

8. StoryBoard

Story Board

These are all of my shots planned out using a story board.

7. Planning Shots

Planning Shots

I decided to plan the shots that I was going to use for my thriller. This was done as I wanted the camera shooting to go as smoothly as possible and also as quickly as possible. This was because I only had the actors for a short amount of time. Planning the shots meant that time was spent efficiently. If I did not work efficiently then we would of ran out of time and this would of been very bad as I only had the actors for a short amount of time.  If we ran out of time then this would result in having to re-shoot another day. This could result in unprofessional looking shoots as the weather may not be the same on the re-scheduled day. This meant time was a factor when it came to shooting. This meant that by creating a storyboard of all of the shots I wanted to use we saved time.

This planning sheet is very similar to the planning sheet used for my thriller. It has different columns for different descriptions of the shot and for the order in which the shots are to be shot in.

Planning shots also meant that there would be no confusion on what the characters were doing and where the camera would be set up. All of the camera shots would of been brought to the shoot of the thriller and then it can be easily read and performed in order to keep things running smoothly and effectively.

6. Costume

Costume

When it came to customer I wanted my actors/cast to be wearing what a typical teenager would wear. This would be anything from tracky bottoms to jeans and a shirt. I wanted my characters to not standout as not being your average teens, so I gave my cast the option of letting them wear what they wanted as I needed it to look as realistic as possible. The only character that needed to be given something to wear specifically was the criminal/killer. I gave them instructions to wear a hooded item of clothing preferably black. This was done so that the killers identity was not revealed to give the thriller look and feel.

5. Casting

Casting

When it came to casting two teenage boys I needed to make sure that they looked similar to the age of someone being around 15. For this I cast two boys who were aged 16. 

The two people I cast were:

Male 1: Jake Afford

Male 2: Jack Tennant

 

I picked these two as they around the age of the character that I want them to play and I knew that I could rely on them both to be there when I needed to shoot the project. I also had to cast two other characters just in case the other two main characters could not for some reason make it to the shoot. the two people I settled for were:

Backup Male 1: Brandon Wright

 

Backup Male 2: Joseph Clough

I selected these two as they were both reliable if I needed them last minute and they were also the right age for the character role I wanted them to play.

I then told the two main characters what they would need to wear for the characters. Male 1 had to wear some jeans with a coat on and Male 2 had to wear some tracksuit bottoms with a standard jumper. I chose these costumes as I felt that this was exactly what average teenagers would wear when just having a casual kick about with each other. I wanted to give the idea that they wear just your average teens that happened to discover the dead body. This will be conveyed through the characters I have picked.