Preliminary Task 1 Planning

Preliminary Task 1 Planning

Basic Plot:

our original ideas
inputting conventions that would suit our style

An evil boss type of character would walk into a room and interrogate a victim then he'd walk out the room and have his henchmen deal with the said victim. We planned on following as many thriller conventions as we could. such as darkly lit rooms, weapons(guns, knives, etc) 

Characters 

Boss(no bow tie)

Henchmen

we were going for a classical villainous look for the boss and his henchmen. Wearing dark colors which suggest danger and mystery, a common convention of the thriller genre. The boss is going to wear a black suit with a white shirt and black pants and shoes, a high-class man. His henchmen will wear just a black shirt and pants to match the theme and to clearly distinguish them from the boss especially in dim lighting.

The Victim is to be shirtless wearing just pants and to be tied around a pole the aim is to make him look weak and helpless. the aim was to make him of a lower class than the boss character. Ella was in charge of organizing costumes. 



Location
Our first location was to be an empty room with a pole in the center for the victim to be tied up on. the room worked well for us as it had flexible lighting so we could make it as dim or as bright as we liked. Our plan was to have the room dimly lit so that we could convey a sense of mystery, however, the room had a lot of foot traffic outside meaning it would interfere with the sound. 
Addison was in Charge of finding a Location and soon found a workshop that had a similar feel of an abandoned underground warehouse which works well for our thriller as it fits a common convention of an isolated place giving the viewer the feeling of being alone and there being no one to help.

an unconventional door.
  still meets the brief and suits the conventions well as it is dark.

rundown and messy.
undesirable conditions.

 Script

this was our original script with our original location. The stage directions had to be edited to fit our new location. However, the actual dialogue didn't need changing. the dialogue was only supposed to be two lines and so we decided to keep the actual topic of conversation vague to add mystery, a fairly common convention of thrillers. It hides the true intentions of either character and somewhat forces the viewer to make their own judgments.  

updated script for the new location

lighting plan

this was the original lighting plan for our original location but we changed our location and so our lighting plan is going to change as well. We have to fit the lights down a long passageway without obstructing the actors walking.

Equipment Required
\\- Camera
\\-Tripod
\\-Lighting Gear
\\-flecky
\\-Sound Gear
\\-Boom Pole

Principles of Continuity
~match on action
~Shot reverse shot
~180o rule

\\~Match on Action
is a film technique where the editor cuts from one shot to another and the second shot matches or continues the first shot.in our film, match-on-action will occur when the villain bangs on the garage door then it cuts to the door opening form the inside. Also when the villain signals the henchmen it cuts to the henchmen walking towards the victim.

\\~Shot Reverse Shot 
Refers to when a character looks at another character(or object) then it cuts to the other character or object looking towards the first character. or our film this will occur during the dialogue between the villain and the victim, with one shot showing the villain squat next to the victim and talk to him and the next shot showing the victim tied up responding.

\\~180o Rule
a basic guideline of keeping the camera on one side of an imaginary axis between two characters, the first character is always frame right of the second character. This allows the viewer to visually connect with what's happening in the background of the scene and not have to worry about changing scenery in the background. this rule will be followed in our film as in the conversation scene we intend to stay to one side of the axis.