Last day of filming

We managed to finish all of the filming on Friday the 5th February which meant we didn't need to continue on Monday. Me and Austin went to the hotel earlier to get all the equipment set up and in our costumes. When Harvey got there we filmed the first few scenes as we had filmed he last scenes before. Harvey then had to leave before we had finished filming but as Austin was the only person still in the film so i filmed the last scenes. Now we just need to capture and edit the film.

What we achieved

In the lesson we didn't achieve everything we wanted to. I finished the filming timetable and Harvey and Austin finished the storyboard so now we just need to upload it to thr blog

Ciro

Filming Timetable

We have already had one filming day on Saturday 27th march, on this day we made sure we had all the equipment we needed and we got some of the filming done. Our next filming day will be Friday 5th march, during this filming session we will try to complete all the scenes that we need Harvey to help in. We will also try to get all of the scenes in the reception done. we will start filming at 11 and will finish filming at 12:30. Me and Austin will be there earlier and finish later to get out all the equipment and then put it all back. We will also try to do more filming at the weekend if it is needed. If we do me and Austin will go to the Hotel on Sunday 7th march at 3 and will finish at 7, Harvey can't come on Sunday, this is the reason we will try to Finish Harvey's scenes on Friday.

lesson plan

In the lesson today we planned to finish the storyboard and write out filming timetable on the blog. Harvey decided that he would do the storyboard while i decided to write about the filming timetable. Austin was doing some more blogging and thinking of out camera angles for each shot. We were planning to finish all of these things by today.

Main Costumes

Waitering outfit- Ciros working clothe, we used this costume for the scene when the receptionists help the hitman to his room-Harvey Ciro

Main Props

Radio- we are using the radio in the hotel to get a diegetic sound of superstitious by stevie wonder this could be in comparison towards the hitmans state of mind

Duffle Bag- the duffle bag will contain the assasins laptop to make it look like the bags full we put a pillow inside it. we will see a shot of the assasin getting his laptop out

the hitmans weapon- we got given this prop by ciros uncle PINO
its an air rifle we had to choose between this or a shot gun but the shotgun was innappropriate since it was real- Harvey Ciro-Austin

First filming session

on the 27th february we made a trip to the hotel to plan and hopefully film some of our project first hand. We began by Checking off the equipment that we had to see what else we needed. After this we found some of the props that we didn't have when checking them off eg. Suit bag, rifle, holdall, tripod. We went searching for suitable props and Ciro's uncle lent us His air rifle.

We then took still images of some of the angles we are planning on using for our film. We did this from the first shot and followed the route our main character is going to take through the hotel and to his room. We have made use of a fisheye, being the video from the CCTV cameras. The reason we are taking the images from the CCTV cameras is that we thought it would be a different angle and we thought it would make it look realistic.

We just had enough time to start filming and we decided to film the end sequence first as we had a room available in the hotel for us to use.

Ciro, Austin

Fonts

Here are some fonts that we thought would look good for our title sequence and credits:

What makes a good thriller?

A good thriller should make the audience feel like they're participating in a film rather than spectating. A good thriller will make the audience experience emotional disturbances for their enjoyment because they don't experience it first hand, this is called thrills. Viewers enjoy thrillers because they can enjoy the thrills in the safety and comfort of their chairs.
Horror films are different to Thrillers because they are more about extreme aversion rather than thrills. Horror films create an unnatural excitement and feature gore and un-emotional horror.
Thrillers are generally whole hearted and many believe this is why the thriller genre will live on while the horror genre will die.

filming tips

1. Think about different shot types.

2. Organisation- time- decent shot list tick it off as you go along.

3. Think ahead about credits, where will they go.

4. Stick to your storyboard if possible.

5. Shout out shot number before each shot/take.

6. Lights, camera, action.

7. Sort out roles-swap if necessary.

8. Think distance for camera and sound.

9. Lighting, test.

10. Perform.

we have already decided on some of these, one of the things we have decided on is the roles which we have chosen.

Ciro

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is what regulates films in britain, the BBFC rates each film's content under its relevance to plot and how appropriate it is for what age group/audience.
The BBFC rates films into the following catorgories: U PG 12 12A 1518 R18.

15:
15 rated certificate usually allow moderate violence, gore and sexual activity. However not in explicit circumstances and it must be of relevance. Drug taking is not banned however it cannot be promoted to be seen in a positive way.

We have decided that our thriller will be a 15 rating. This was decided after researching films that were used as the inspiration for our thriller. A few of these films are:

The Bourne trilogy-12

Shooter-15

Hitman-15

Valkyrie-12

These films all have a similar plot in that there are assassinations and political influences. Although the Bourne trilogy is only rated a 12 there is a lot of violence and we think that it is between a 12 and a 15.

Austin

Actors

we chose to just have the three people in are group acting in our media project. we are going to have three different characters in the opening scene that we are filming. The first will be the receptionist who will be acted out by Ciro, the second is a guest, the reason we have added this person is to add realism to the scene, the guest will be played by Harvey. The last character will be the assassin who will be played by Austin. We might use some other people as extras but none of these will have speaking roles.

Ciro

ideas for Props

Palm tree(s)



Sniper
-were using sniper/guns to show that violence is involved , and that makes it clear than someone will be dead


Briefcase
-We need briefcase to hide the sniper, preferably a metal case or just a normal business briefcase


Harvey,Austin,Ciro

Main Plan

Location: Sorrento Hotel, Cherry Hinton Road

Sub Genre: Action

Ciro as Receptionist/Waiter
Harvey as Target
Austin as Hitman

Credit Fx: Register form, on computer screen

Props:
Suits
Waiter's outfit: Shirt and tie, Burgundy waistcoat

Thriller

A thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television that includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres. Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains.




Ideas for our Location

We were thinking of using Ciro's Hotel

Sub genres:
Horror -
action
political

Ciro, Austin Harvey

Idea!!

i thought we could do a sequel to our first preliminary task and that this time the argument from the first preliminary could be resolved.

- Ciro