Storyboard

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

Group Members: Carl Palmer, Freddie Taylor, Alanta Tarling, Alexandra Malerich

                                                                                              

 Location: Fairlop Waters Country Park

Hazard	Person(s) at Risk	Likelihood of Hazard 1 – Extremely Unlikely 5 – Extremely Likely	Severity of Hazard Outcomes 1 – Very Low Risk 5 – Very High Risk	Risk Level (Likelihood + Severity) 2	Measures to Take to Manage Risk	Risk Managed? Y/N
Might/probably will be very muddy	Everyone	1/2	1	2+1 / 2 = 1/2	Do not spend too much time on the grass	Y
It might rain and/or snow	Everyone	3	2	3 +2 / 2 = 2.5	Try to film some of the film inside, or at a dry place.	Y
The dog doing something dangerous	Freddie and camera	4	4	4+4 / 2 = 4	Make sure that Alex is always with the dog so nothing bad happens.	Y
Other people in the park running into us (kids)	Everyone	4	1	4 + 1 /2 = 1/2	Always be aware of our surroundings	Y

Contacts

Emergency Service:            999 or 07832382876: Freddie’s mum
Robert Clack School:            02082704222
Other Contacts:            `020 8500 9911: Fairlop park rangers

Shot List

Costumes and Props

Costumes and Props

Character Name: Alex
Costume: casual dog walking outfit no glossy clothing /matte finishes black gloves	Props: Dog lead Dog collar Handbag USB Fake gun x2
Character Name: Freddie
Costume: Black clothing gloves black scarf	Props: Car Laptop
Character Name: Carl's hand	Dog
Costume: gloves	Props: Collar Treats Squeaky toy lead

Location Sheet

Production Schedule Location Visit Sheet Film Title: Writers: Alex Malerich, Alanta Tarling, Carl Palmer, Freddie Taylor Producer: Alanta Tarling Director: Alanta Tarling Date:

Rough Sketch/Explanation of location and key points to note We will be filming in this park and will also be using the car park for the car scene. The grassland area will be mostly used as it will be used for the start scenes and the chase scene. The car park will be used for the car scene in where Freddie gets in the car. Access to location via: Car Name and number of location contact: Fairlop Waters, Forest Road Barkingside, Essex, IG6 3HN How to find us. Tel: 020 8500 9911

Health and Safety Issues to note: ●      Risk of falling over because of slippery ground.

Potential Filming Problems: ●      Dog might not co-operate ●      The ground could be wet and muddy. ●      Weather: rain, snow etc.

Additional Notes:  (map of area/weather forecast etc)

Thriller Recipe and Conventions

What is a thriller? 

A thriller is a broad genre of film, literature and television which can be split up into different sub genres.


Characteristics/Aspects of a Thriller

There are certain things that happen in a film for it to be called a thriller. For example, thrillers are meant to create suspense and make the audience really think. Thrillers also usually have fast paced action scenes where a hero must overcome the villain and his evil plans. There are also certain devices that are used in thriller films which help create suspense that is needed. Some devices that are used are:

• Red herrings
• Cliffhangers
• MacGuffins
• Enigma

A red herring is when the audience suspect that something is wrong or something is going to happen but it doesn't end up happening.

A cliffhanger is when you leave a situation without a clear and definitive ending making the audience wanting more to see what actually ends up happening.

A macguffin is a device in the plot line which first seems very important but in the end, nothing really happens and the situation doesn't really advance.

An enigma is when the hero has a difficult problem and has to solve a mysterious problem before overcoming the villain.


Thrillers also usually take place in foreign cities. The heroes in thrillers are usually ordinary men who find themselves stuck in a situation which they must sort out or they are hard men who's job it is to sort out villains. The heroes in thrillers are usually male but recently, more females have adopted the role of being a hero in a thriller. The problems that happen in thrillers are usually aspects like murder, assassination, terrorism or political themes. A climax to a thriller is usually when the hero finally overcomes the villain and his plans and saves everyones lives. A thriller can be defined as that they give off "fearful excitement". If it thrills the audience, it is known as a thriller.


As thrillers can have many different sub genres, Hitchcock famously said thrillers allow the audience to "to put their toe in the cold water of fear to see what it is like". This is true because thrillers are supposed to make the audience feel that they are actually in the film. A sub genre is when you have one main genre which another kind of genre in the same name. Examples of sub genres for thrillers are:

• Action Thriller - Contains lots of action scenes. Fights, explosions, guns. There is always a clear enemy and lots of violence occurs. Race against the clock scenarios are also common. Examples of action thrillers are James Bond, Bourne and Terminator.

• Conspiracy Thriller - A conspiracy thriller of which a hero stands up against a large group of people/organisation. 

• Crime Thriller - A crime thriller usually contains a lot of suspense and involves police who also try to be heroes and stop the villain. These thrillers are fast paced and often contain murders, robberies, chases and shootouts. The plot is usually simple as the thoughts are usually put on the action scenes.

• Disaster Thriller - A disaster thriller is where the main problem is a natural disaster such as a volcano, earthquake, flood etc etc. The film usually follows the plot of how people deal with the aftermath of the natural disaster. 

• Drama Thriller - A drama thriller is usually a slower paced thriller film which concentrates more on character development. They usually contain dramatic plot twists.

• Erotic Thriller - An erotic thriller is a film based on erotic themes. 

• Legal Thriller - A legal thriller is when a hero is usually involved in a court case against a villain and the trial usually involves harsh consequences.

• Medical Thriller - A medical thriller is when a hero works in the medical industry and is usually a doctor/nurse and the plot is usually this hero trying to solve this medical problem.

• Political Thriller - A political thriller is when a hero must save its own government from any potential problems

• Psychological Thriller - A psychological thriller is when the conflict between the hero and the villain is emotional and mental rather than physical. This involves the hero leading to doubt himself and having to overcome his own mental problems as well as the villain.

• Spy Thriller - A spy thriller is when a hero is a spy for an organisation and must deal with problems it may have with another organisation using secret techniques without being caught. A popular example is James Bond

• Techno Thriller - A techno thriller is when technology is explained in great detail to the audience and is made important to the audiences understanding of the plot.

• Religious Thriller - A religious thriller is when religious themes are often the main point of the film and they are to be dealt with.

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

Day	Scene	Location	Equipment	Costumes	Props	Cast +Crew
1 2 3 4 5	Opening Theft Chase Downloading Set-up	Fairlop Park - - Car-park/ Car -	Mono-pod Mic Camera Tri-pod	Casual black clothes Black gloves Black hoodie Black gloves	Ball/treats/dog lead/collar Small Handbag Dog collar Laptop/USB/Car 2 prop guns	Alex +Dog +Mum Malerich + Freddie + Alanta + Carl

Treatment Sheet

Treatment

Group Roles Cinematography: Alanta Tarling Mise-en-scene: Alex Malerich Sound: Carl John Palmer Editing: Freddie Taylor

Title: Tag Line: Don’t judge a dog by its collar.

Synopsis: ·      Alex is walking dog ·      (Extreme opening, black screens with credits) ·      Freddie (thug/spy) steals Alex’s handbag with USB inside ·      Dog runs after Freddie (dogs collar has a GPS tracking on it) ·      Dog chase thug/spy ·      Freddie gets to his car, put the USB into the laptop ·      Alex is tracking her dog with GPS from her phone ·      While Freddie is un-coding USB on his laptop ·      Freddie realises it was all a setup and he’s actually looking at his own file ·      Gun shot appears from behind his car seat ·      And a hand from the car window with a gun as well ·      Screen goes black and we hear 2 gun shots

Key Genre Conventions: McGuffin: USB/Laptop Red Herring: Dog’s Collar

Christmas Holidays Activities

During the christmas holidays, we had planned to film 3rd January- 5th January but we was unable to start filming our thriller opening due to severe weather conditions and forgetting to stick to the plans.

Production Meeting.

We have decided that we will be meeting up to film tomorrow. We will be meeting outside school at half past eight, and then we will be going to the park to start filming our thriller opening.

No Country For Old Men

No Country for Old Men  (2007)

 

Directed by: Ethan Coen

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin

based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name

The film is about an ordinary man who gets his hands on a fortune of which he keeps in a satchel. This enforces a cat and mouse chase of where Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) attempt to chase down and kill this ordinary man Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin). This chase ensues in the desert landscape of Texas. The chase is followed all the way by Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones)  The film uses the themes of fate and circumstance while also focusing on the villains evil driven plot.  Anton doesn’t let anyone or anything get in his way of trying to chase down Llewelyn and kills anyone who gets in his way. His signature weapon is a captive bolt pistol which causes instant death. He is able to track Llewelyn down using a tracker that he has and that attracts him to Llewelyn as he has a sensor in the satchel in the bag of fortune. Anton kills Llewelyn but still isn’t able to get his hands on the money. This happens as Llewelyn planned to give the money to his wife so she could run away with it, but Anton was able to find Llewelyn and kill him before it happened. The wife then comes home and finds Anton in her bedroom and he asks for the money of which she doesn’t have. He then flips a coin to decide her life and asks her to guess of which she continually refuses to give an option. We then see Anton leave the house on his own leaving that scene on a cliffhanger to see whether the wife died or not. Anton then drives away and is severely injured in a car accident and just walks away from the scene. The film then ends with Sheriff Bell retiring from sheriff duties and shares a dream that he will be reunited with his deceased father one day.

Setting: From the setting, we can immediately see that the film is going to be some kind of western film. This is because of the desert landscape. The opening starts off with a sunrise which makes the scene become lighter. The opening scene then shows lots of empty areas with lots of grass and bushes. Nothing much really happens here which could suggest that there is a calm mood to the film and that nothing will go wrong. This could also suggest that the scene is almost too quiet and something is destined to go wrong.

Sound: Most of the sound that we hear in the opening scene is the voice over from the sheriff. He tells the audience of how he is a sheriff and how is father and grandfather were also sheriffs. He tells us that he is proud of his lifestyle. The sheriff then tells us a true story about a man who killed a 14 year old girl. The sheriff arrested him and sent him to the electric chair. The villain told the sheriff that he had been planning to kill someone for as long as possible and that if he got caught, he would kill again. The sheriff says that he doesn’t understand the villain’s motives. He also says that he wouldn’t want to deal with this man because he wouldn’t understand him. This suggests that the villain in the back of the police car is a mysterious man and the audience are intrigued to find out more about him.

Costumes: In the opening scene, we see two characters. We see a policeman/sheriff and the villain. We can tell this because of the costumes. The policeman/sheriff is wearing a policeman outfit and has a police car. We know that he is a good guy in the film because of this as he is doing his job in arresting a criminal. The other character is the villain of the film. His costume suggests this because we see that is a wearing a black coat which would suggest evilness and mystery. This tells the audience that the villain will do evil things in the film.

Characters: We get introduced to the villain straight away in the film. Even before we see him, we get the voice over from the sheriff that says how he killed a 14 year old girl and if he was ever turned in, he would kill again. This already suggest that the villain is really evil and horrible and has no remorse about anyone who he cares. We then see how the villain is getting arrested (turned in) and this sets out the tone for the rest of the film. The audience would know that he will kill again in this film because the sheriff said that, that is what he would do. This sets out the tone of the film and we learn that the villain is the real bad guy in this film. It differs from other thrillers because we never usually learn about or see the villain at the start of the film and we are usually introduced to them in the middle of the film.

  

 Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem)

Anton is a hired hitman and we learn that he has little feelings or emotions. We learn that he has no remorse or care when he kills his innocent victims. He doesn’t let anyone get in his way of getting what he wants and will kill anyone that attempts to get in the way or is in the unfornate position of being in his way. He kills so much that we almost see that he gets a weird satisfaction of killing so many people. He also likes to play games with his innocent victims which decide their deaths or not. For example, in the scene where Anton is in the gas station and he asks the shop owner to guess the flip of a coin to decide his fate. From this, we learn that Anton is a sick, evil man and likes to play games where the highest of stakes are involved. This just adds to the mystery and evil intentions of the villain. In the picture above, we see Anton with his signature weapon, captive bolt pistol. He uses this frequently all throughout the film to either kill people or to open doors which are locked. From this choice of weapon, we learn that Anton is a no nonsense man as he likes things to be done quickly and instantly as this weapon kills people and opens doors instantly. Also, throughout the film, we see that Anton doesn’t say much. This instantly creates suspense as we never get to know his as a character and what his intentions are. This also creates the effect that he is a no talk, all action guy and just gets on with the job in hand. Anton constantly wears an all black costume which suggests that he is always evil and will never return to being a nice guy. He also often speaks in a sarcastic tone which shows he doesn’t care about anyone but himself and finds that killing people is all fun and games for him. He also walks round and does his actions with a manner of confidence as he is never shown to be worried and always has a grin on his face. This shows that he is confident is what he doing and has no worries whatsoever that he will fail the task in hand.