Selecting a Day To Film

Selecting an appropriate time and date for filming our thriller is essential to ensure that we can create a film in the time given and so that all scenes can be shot as needed. There are many variables that affect when we can and cannot film which include the weather, other commitments (work or previously organised events) and if we can physically get to the location on that specific day. I work on Saturday's so immediately this has become a non-viable day and although all four of the sixth form students could film during school hours/free periods, one of the main acting roles is being played by a girl who attends a primary school so any scene's involving her will not be able to be filmed during school hours. Because of this, it will probably not be possible to film on any weekday because it still gets dark at about half 6 which means that it would not enable us enough time in the light of day to fully film all of the scene's.


It is important that we try out best to film all of the scene's on the same day or during the same weather to ensure continuity during our film. For example if we filmed some during daytime and then suddenly it turns into a night time, windy and rainy setting then it would confuse the audience.
As a group, we have decided to film on Sunday 27th March because it is a date when all four of us media students and the young actress will be available to film. We have decided to start filming from midday to ensure that we will be able to capture every scene that we need during the same day and to a high standard. This date will enable us time to re film any scenes if there is any trouble when it comes to editing the thriller. Despite this, filming will be subject to weather on the day and if  there is adverse weather condition's then we will have to immediately organise a rescheduled filming day.


Thomas Steer

Final Location

This is the location that we are going to use for the chase scene in our thriller. The way in which the forest is laid out allows us to use a perfect variety of shots such as amazing establishing shots and extreme close ups. The props such a barbed wire at the location add to the eerie feeling which should be portrayed in the thriller. The lake and marsh lands also enhance the mood that something bad is going to happen.


Alex Cirino  

Casting

To make our thriller as scary and realistic as possible, we have recruited certain people to make this happen. We have recruited a family member of the cast to play a main part in our opening. James' cousin, Katie, is 9 years old, and will be chased in our opening. By having a young girl as opposed to a teenage boy creates more of an enigma. In some horror films, the girls are sometimes the villain or represent evil, it contrasts the fact that young girls may be innocent, so you don't expect it from them. We have taken into account our performers in terms of costume and mise en scene

Tom Smith

Final Costume Design - Young Girl

We have decided on a final costume for our victim. As she is a young girl we have chosen pure and innocent colours such as white. We all got together as a group, sat down and discussed which costume would be best for the young girl in order to create a scary and natural look to the film. The plain white dress is fits the scenes perfectly because it makes the girl seem vulnerable and alone. The battered teddy bear as a prop for the young innocent girl help makes the opening to the thriller alot more scary. We are going to purchase the costume and props from amazon.co.uk because it is a trusted website and the props have good reviews from previous customers. We will use first class delivery to make sure that the costumes arrive on time for filming.

By Alex Cirino

Final Costume Design - Villain

We have decided on a final costume for our villain. As a group we sat down and discussed which costume would be best for a villain in order to create a scary and suspenseful film. The plain white costume is good because it hides the identity of the person chasing and makes the audience ask questions about their motive and who they are. As their identity is hidden, it furthers away from a normal human because emotion of the character is not revealed. We are going to splat some fake blood onto the costume to improve the prop.

We are going to purchase the costume from amazon.co.uk because it is a trusted website and the props have good reviews from previous customers. This ensures that we will receive the costume in time for filming our thriller. Overall, this costume will work well in our film because it will make the audience ask questions about the film early and the viewers will feel scared for the small girls well being.

Thomas Steer

Adapted Idea

We have changed our original idea of a male being chased by another male. This is because this would not have created the impression we wanted and we feared that it would look like two friends chasing each other around rather than being able to believe the film and what is going on. We have chosen to include a young girl in a white dress being chased by a large male. We think that this would improve the films appeal because the audience feel that a young girl is vulnerable and scary if she is holding a small teddy.

We were going to film in a forest in Kelvedon hatch originally but when we went there to investigate and assess the quality for filming, we decided that it would be better to film in a forest in Shenfield for various reasons explained in the image below.

Thomas Steer

Demographics and Psychographics

Demographics are the characteristics of the target audience. This data is used mostly in marketing, and we will use it to help market our film in the most successful way. Commonly used demographics include gender, race, age, and location.

Choosing the right target audience is one of the most important aspects of marketing a product. We need to decide what the consumers needs and wants in order to cater for everyone in the right demographic. As a team we will need to decide what the best ways are to help promote our thriller, in order to market towards the right target audience. There are a number of different ways in which major film companies promote their films. These include: Trailers (on TV and on YouTube), Posters, Reviews in Newspapers, Cinema Adverts and in magazines.

The demographic we aim to market towards is of an age of 15+, this is because the elements in for film matches the guidelines set by the BBFC. By using the BBFC Rating guideline it helped us understand what rating our film would be and to ensure we didn’t break any rules and offend people during the film’s making and showing.

Here are the demographic breakdowns:

A: Higher management, bankers, lawyers, doctors and other professionals.

B: Middle management, teachers, creative and media people e.g. graphic designers etc.

C1: Office supervisors, junior managers, nurses, specialist clerical staff.

C2: Skilled manual workers, plumbers, builders.

D: Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers.

E: Unemployed, students, pensioners, casual workers.

Here are the Psycholgraphic profiles:

We are looking to make our film fairly psychological, so everyone can relate too it, by doing this we don't cut out any groups who may potentially may want too see the film.


James Kinsella-Brown & Tom Smith