Shots

We then decided to develop each point and put a camera shot that suited it.
 
 

• The man is sleeping in the tent and a close up of his face
• A sound makes the man stir and wakes him up. From a close up shot fear is shown within his eyes
• Shot of the trap consisting of all the strings and one of them vibrating signalling there is something there
• Shot from outside the tent, his shadow being shown and we can see him picking up the axe
• He unzips the tent, close up of the tent zip
• As he stands up with the axe in his hand there will be a close up of his face showing facial scars and an odd eye (different colour) indicating he has been attacked by something
• He slowly approaches the door the bang from the door getting louder
• Close up of the mans face showing fear as he walks towards to the door
• Long shot of him walking towards the door
• Over the shoulder shot  of him standing by the door waititng
• Extreme close up of reaction face when the noise goes off.

Plot narrative and narrowing down

As our idea was a bit vague, we got together in a meeting and wanted to narrow down our ideas. We wanted the thriller to open filming the man in the tent, showing his facial features and his overall scruffines to indicate that he has been in the tent for a while, also to strengthen this idea we wanted to have many props such as empty food packets and plates. To indicate the man is hiding from something and trying to catch something we wanted to focus on the series of strings acting as the trap and have several shots of the trap with titles over the top, following the trap. We then want the man to suddenly wake up as he is hearing the trap going off, he will then get out of the tent and find an axe to use as a weapon. Slowly we want the character to walk towards where the sound is coming from, building up masses of tension until he reaches the door where the bell is going off where he will slowly reach for the door handle then there will be a loud noise followed by a black screen with the title of our film.

Character List

We decided someone to suit this role, would be adam grant, our media teacher. As he was able to grow a beard and would fit perfectly for other aspects. 

Other films

 28 days later:

One of the films that inspired us to use the idea of an a apocalypse was 28 days later. The theme that we liked in the film was that everything was run down indicating that everyone was dead and society run down. However we wanted to add our own twist to it, which is why we used the tent inside etc... however the picture above is nothing like what our set would look like so we would have to find alternatives to create the effect of an apocalypse. 

Again even though this shot is filmed outside with more space and a more recognizable area, the things that tell us that it is an apocalypse are achievable, such as the litter on the floor. This is exactly what we are planning on having around the the tent.

Character Development

As we have an idea we are happy with, we wanted to focus on smaller things to add extra effect when filmed. Firstly we wanted to develop the Character. We had some specefic ideas that included:
-Facial injury, such as scar with a different coloured eye.
-A weapon, eg. an axe.
-Boiler suit, scruffy run down.
-Beard.
-Very scared and scared personality.
-Clever.

We wanted these aspects of our character to give off the impression as if he is being hunted by something and he knows how to fight it off, however he has been injured once as we can see through the facial injuries. We are still yet to decide on what is hunting him, however we are thinking something along the lines of a viral outbreak that has killed off a large population of the world.

Group Ideas

Within my new group we have come up with one particular idea that we are happy with and want to develop. It opens with a man in a tent, we get the impression that he has been in there for a while as he is very scruffy. Outside his tent is a trap which has many detatched strings coming off, also on a wall near him is loads of photos of 'something' that is hunting him, so the audience gets the impression he is being hunted. The opening sequence will follow the man seeing the trap going off and goes to find out what it is, we are still yet to develop this idea.

Group Change

As one student from our class has left, our groups have been cheanged around. My group now consists of Owen, Frankie, Mima and myself. We work well together and develop our ideas using everyones inputs.