Finished!

We have finally finished our opening sequence to the thriller we made, called Fatal Mistake. The length of the sequence is 2:33, slightly over by 3 seconds but we had to cut a lot of the scenes out to make sure it fitted the correct time period. Overall, I am very happy of the outcome of the film!

Logo Design

Jordan designed the logo for our Film Production Company.

Codes and Conventions of a Thriller And Audiences For Thrillers

Codes and Conventions


The conventions of the thriller genre are to do with sound and editing, eg quick cuts and camera angle changes, music that gives tension and is passy when appropriate. It can be to do with lighting, especially the use of shadow. Mirrors and stairs are also conventions of thriller movies.

Phonebooth in particular is a thriller that does not play to the conventions, it avoids darkness and shadow etc. The one way to link it to standard conventions is to say that you hear and see the story from the killers point of view, you are made to feel sorry for the male protagonist and that you are told a story with the use of flashback and quick passed editing, otherwise the this film is unlike most thriller movies and avoids the main conventions and may even not be classed as thriller but psychological thriller as it plays with your mind rather than shows you like a conventional thriller.

Thriller Target Audience

The target audience for many thrillers is 18+ because they include a lot of violence and some psychological issues which can be disturbing for many younger viewers. There are usually warnings on films which state why it is rated as it is e.g. extreme violence or sexual scenes.

The audience which we are aiming to attract with our film is 15+. Our opening sequence will be rated this because the movie will contain aspects of violence, death and a character with psychological issues. Taking all this in account, we thought that it would be unnecessary to rate the film 18+ as it is not overly explicit.

Films with a similar target audience


'Vacancy' Directed by Nimrod Antal
'Silence of the Lambs' Directed by Jonathon Demme
'Se7en' Directed by David Fincher
'Fatal Attraction' Directed by Adrian Lyne
'Rear Window' Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Character Profiles

Stephen Pearce took the role on creating the Character Profiles. 

Geoff Ray Porter

Played By: Aaron Tuck.

Description: Geoff has a job as a delivery boy for the Bridgend branch of Pizza Hut, however recently he has become a very stressed, anxious character because due to company cut backs the security of his low paid job is under threat, he is likely to be made redundant by the end of the month, however having barely any qualifications it would be very unlikely he could get another job anytime soon.

Physical Description
Age: 27
Height: 5 foot 9
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Habits:Wears dark hoodies, smokes

Habits/Traits: He has a habit of looking downwards from all te me he spends textng or having his head between his hands thinking. On better days he is a loud shouty character who often laughs with friends he does have, smoking is a trait of his too.

Main Goal: To attempt to gain security with his job and one day quit smoking for good.

Method to Achieve Goal: To do his job to the best of his ability to tempt the managers into keeping him on, whilst looking into other jobs should the worse come to be.


Family Background: He comes from a broken family in Brackla, where his parents live apart, his father now lives in Sheffield whilst he and his mother still live in Brackla, the split happened when he was 6 he is now 21 but he faces being kicked out as his drinking, gambling and poor money are making her life very difficult.


Education: he attended Brynteg comprehensive age 11-16, he never went to primary as he didn't like the other children and often tried to beat them up (reflecting the anger disspated between his parents failing relationship.)

Personality: Geoff is normally a nice person, though recently he has become an irratable and temperamental character because of stress and facing redundancy, he is easily distracted by his phone. He is quite lonely as he has few friends because he is socially awkward.

Likes: Smoking, his pet hamster (mentioned but not seen in the film), his friends, his car, alcohol, gambling, gaming, eating KFC, lying on his bed not doing anything.


Dislikes: people who dislike his car, not being able to stop drinking/ gambling or smoking, having to do anything that involves a bit of effort.

   

Alice Freener

Played By: Sophie Roderick

Description: Alice is a well spoken person who tries to get on with everyone in her life, she is fond of animals especially dogs.
She lives in a small house with her dog, she is currently in Pencoed College doing her A levels so she has qualifications in case she can't be a hair dresser (being a hairdresser is her dream job.)

Physical Description


Age: 17
Distinguishing Features: Posh Accent
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5 Foot 6


Habits/Vices: She unintentionally has a habit of sounding quite posh.


Main Goal: To become a hairdresser and achieve her A levels and to haunt/ punish people for their       mistakes.

Method to Achieve Goal: N/A she was ran over by Geoff. Return to haunt people as a ghost..


Family Background: Alice has left home a year ago, she now lives in a small house with her dog, she is currently in Pencoed College doing her A levels so she has qualifications in case she can't be a hair dresser.


Habits/Vices: She unintentionally has a habit of sounding quite posh.



Education: 5 years in Coity Primary and 5 years in Pencoed Comprehensive.

Personality: Alice is a pleasant well spoken character who tries to get on with everyone (excpt slobs) she is a believer of a clean world and she absolutely HATES dirty things. As a ghost she is a vigilante who haunts criminals/ wrong doers for their mistakes.


Likes: Dogs, people with good manners, listening to music, hairdressing.


Dislikes: Slobs, people who drive too fast, dirt, fast food.

Storyboard

Stephen took on the role of creating the storyboards. Here are the first 2 sheets.

Filming

As filming has been put off for the last couple of weeks due to weather conditions and other commitments, we are finally filming our second scene tonight!

As one of our actors, Sophie has recently dyed her hair from blonde to brown, we may need to re-film the clips she already appears in.

Shooting Script

Fatal Mistake

by Lauren, Siobhan, Stephen & Jordan

Location: Church Grounds - Exterior

 Weather - Dry

The scene opening in a church yard. Aaron is sitting on the bench in distress, running hands through his hair. He is obviously upset/thinking.  He is holding flowers and starts to rip the petals off.

Location: Road in Pencoed Common – Exterior

Weather - Dry

This is a flash back from Aaron sitting on the bench.  A car is driving down a road, as a school girl is crossing. The driver is texting and doesn’t see the girl. He is too slow to break and hits the girl. Aaron get out the car in a panic but the girl isn’t breathing. He leaves her on the floor and runs away.

Location: Castle Grounds- Exterior

Weather - Dry

It cuts back to Aaron sitting on the bench and then all of the sudden the dead girl appears next to him.  He jumps and falls to the ground in fear. He looks back and she isn’t there. He gets up and runs into the castle grounds, as he is crossing the bridge he think he hears something so turns around. To his surprise there is nothing there he turns back and the dead girl is lying on the floor of the bridge. He stumbles back and she is gone. He runs over the bridge and through the Castle walls. The dead girl appears behind one of the walls but Aaron can’t see her. As he turns round a corner she is there, he falls against a wall and drops his phone by accident. He runs to the Castle tower and starts climbing the steps in a panic. Then the metal gate swings shut and he screams from the tower.