Location planning

We decided the location we would like to film our interrogation scene would be in a class room at our school. We chose here because it is one of the few locations we have easy reliable access to that looks like a stereotypical police interrogation room. We will have easy access as it is a room that is not often used especially not after school hours. There will be no problems in regards to filming in there as there will be plenty of room to maneuver our filming equipment.
Although the majority of our clip will be set in the interrogation room we have also considered St Georges park as a location where we can film our murder scenes as few people would go there and it fits in with the convention of killing occuring in isolated forests.

Visual depiction of scene.

We decided to draw a visual depiction of how we thought one of the scenes in our production may look

Story board.

Team roles.

Me and my partner in this production Liam Gauge have and will continue to equally divide the roles of this production. We shall both equally play the role of camera man and director of the production. we individually made our time plans. we both engaged with seperate focus groups to effectively get the broad thoughts of many people whilst being time intensive.

Actors.

In our production we will feature:
Thomas Winchester-police officer-We chose Thomas as he has had much previous acting experience as well as being a tall dominant character and would play the police officer well.
Karl Dixon-criminal-We chose myself to be the criminal as i have had previous experience with acting as well as a rugged look which is easily relatable to a criminal.
Liam Gauge-hidden killer- We chose Liam as he also has had previous acting experience and has a mysterious air around him perfect for a elusive mysterious character.
Claire Rammelkamp-Sarah Lawrence (victim 1)- Claire has proven to be an excellent actress and has played the role of a victim in previous productions and so would fit the role perfectly.

Prop list

The props we will use for our production are:
Desk.
Chairs.
Folder.
Pictures.
Handcuffs.
Costumes:
                Police officer-suit+tie to look proffesional.
                Suspect- casual and slightly worn clothing.
                Victims- dirty unkept clothing.

Equipment list.

As a small production company without much of a budget, we will have to use the resources as we get them, for example we shall not be able to afford any lighting equipment so we shall have to use natural light throughout our production.
For our production we will be using this equipment:
A camera.
A tripod.
A dolly.

Preliminary filming task.

Mind map of original Ideas.

Timeline to work by.

Focus group feedback thoughts.

After looking through our feedback that we have received, we have decided to attempt to incorporate elements of what we discovered about their views on Crime thrillers into our production.
Our first question of "What do you associate with the film genre "Crime Thriller"?" yielded great results. through examining our results of this question we've decided to include:
Flashback's to murder- We want to include this into our production as it is an effective way of drawing in the audiences attention and also sets up a deep understanding that this is a crime thriller.
Interrogations- This we also decided to include as it allows an understanding of each of the characters as well as also giving a feel of the genre.
Dramatic music- This allows to get a feel of the events very effectively.

Our second question of "What makes Crime thrillers entertaining?" was also closely examined in regards to our results. Because of this we've decided to put in the following:
Mystery- This builds an ambiance of suspense which causes the audience to be enticed to continue watching. Which also meets 2 of the desires of the group "easy to get sucked in to" and "suspense"

Our final question was likely one of the most vital of them all as they will allow us to develope on previous productions within the genre giving the audience exactly what they want from a film as it was "What do you think could improve/advance the film genre "Crime Thriller"?" so we will include:
More background on characters and victims so that the characters are easily to relate to and allows you to full understand the character and why they do what they do.
We will also include more in depth motives as to why the killer does what he does giving more of a back story to the production.

Script and stage directions.

Man 2 - Are you ready to talk?

Man 1 - I told you i didn't do it

Man 2 - How do you explain your fingerprints at every single crime scene?

Man 1 - I didn't do it!

Man 2 - Maybe you've forgotten, Why dont you let me jog your memory

Man 2 takes folder places it on table and opens it to reveal offical looking documents and pictures of three bodies and one (missing) girl.

Man 2 - Sarah Lawrence - Chocked to death
              Margret Cranson - Stabed in the chest... 17 times
              Carly Stuart - Bludgened to death

             Where's The 4th Victim?... Where's Kirsty Colden!

Focus group feedback.

After devising the genre of our film to be a crime thriller. We deduced that the target audience for our film would be men aged from 16 - 40. With this in mind we organised a focus group consisting of people who fall wtihin this category.
We asked our participants a few vital questions to aid progression of our research, taking notes on our participants responses.
What do you associate with the film genre "Crime Thriller"?

• Crime scene investigation
• Flashback's to murder
• Interrogations
• Dramatic Music
• Sirens
• Serial Killer
• Dark/Ominous

What makes Crime thrillers entertaining?

• Suspense
• Mystery
• Easy to get sucked into
• Intriguing Development
• Plot Twist and Turns

What do you think could improve/advance the film genre "Crime Thriller"?

• Increased action
• More Background on killers and victims
• Characters that are easy to relate to
• More indepth motives

What do you expect to see in the first 2minutes of a Crime Thriller?

• Bodies/Victims
• Murder
• Discovery of Body
• Itroducing 1st Victim
• Introduction of Dectective/Protagonist

Textual Analysis of the "Goodfellas" opening scene.

The opening sequence of Goodfellas presents the audience with an impression of the plot, foreshadowing the nature of the events to come. The opening sequence sees a gang brutally kill a man and introduces the central character through a voiceover and camera framing. To begin with, camera angles and movement play an important role in the displaying of events whilst complementing the setting of the tone to the movie. The first shot displayed to the audience is a tracking shot of a moving car. Typically, a tracking shot follows the action and eventually pulls backward from the action. However, this opening scene denies this convention, tracking onward past the moving vehicle.