Individual Treatment:

Mr. Barton also asked us to write an individual 25 word treatment.

In order to write a 25 word treatment i need to get familiar with one actually is so as well as reading the directions on sir's blog i did some research.

Here is a website, i found a useful explanation of a treatment here:

http://carltonross.tripod.com/write_treatments.html

Here is an example of a 25 word treatment:

My 25 word treatment:

Name: Justice Kills The Cop.

Plot: A naive detective comes to regret his biggest achievement when a notorious gang leader, sent down for murder escapes thirsty for revenge.

My story-line is very much like seven because of the revenge element in seven, the murderer wanted to teach the victims a lesson for commiting one of the deadly sins.

It is also like Memento because there are revenge elements in that also.

Brainstorm:

Mr. Barton asked us to produce 3 brainstorms as a group to the three Scenarios that he proposed.

Here are the Scenarios:

We all produced a brainstorm each. I chose to create a brainstorm for the "Crime thriller scenario".

I used the website www.bubbl.us for this.

Here is my brainstorm:

Mr. Barton also asked up to research Thriller that we think are like the one we brainstormed for.

I used the The Internet Movie Database website (www.imdb.com) to find photos and posters on the films I researched.

My brainstorm is a little like Seven, although Seven is a psychological Thriller is does have elements of crime thriller in it and i think my story-line is like Seven's because the murderer in Seven murders to get revenge on the people who are committing some of the deadly sins. 

Memento is also like my brainstorm as the lead character is seeking revenge.

Why completing this task I learnt that you have to think about certain details when thinking up a thriller story-line in order for it to make sense. I was constantly thinking, does this make sense? Is it to complicated to film/act or understand? Is there elements of suspense? Will it appeal to the target market?

I feel that my story-line would be more effective if the budget for our production was higher.

The actors would need to be in there late 20's.

In the end we decided to go with Katie's idea for a Psychological Thriller. This is because psychological thrillers are easier to film on a lower budget, her idea was great and effective, we all agreed strongly that we would like to film it.

Here is the brainstorm for Katie's idea:

9 Frame analysis:

The scene opens with a man in a kitchen tiding from what looks like breakfast, he then dresses and there is a close-up of a police badge which informs the audience that the man is a police officer. The scene then goes to a close-up of of a dead body and the officer on scene explains that witnesses heard screams and gun shot then nothing. The detective who name is now revealed to be Detective Summers

Company Logo's:

In order for our final sequence to look professional we were asked to create a company logo. I was allocated this task and created to for the group to choose from.

These are the logo's:

Logo 1 -

Logo 2 - 

The group chose logo 2 as it looks better and is more relevant to a thriller. This is because the mysterious man and the fog are two conventions of a thriller.

Reservoir Dogs Title Sequence Remake:

Mr. Barton asked us to remake the title sequence for Reservoir Dogs in order for us to get used to using the cameras and to give us an incite to what filming our final idea will be like.

This is the re-make:

http://youtu.be/_36tRAyIWSY

These are the roles each person in the group were given:

Katie: Directed and communicated with the actors, Titles Map
Connie: Directed, Titles Map
Frankie: Filmed, Shot list
Chloe: Edited

When filming this sequence I learnt that it is important to rehearse properly, to communicate with actors efficiently and to organise props effectively.

Things i would do differently:

I would ensure all props are present, that the actors have seen the original sequence before the shoot so that they have a good idea of how they should be acting, and that the actors and camera have both rehearsed.

When it comes to making our final thriller opening sequence i will take what i have learnt on board and ensure that our sequence is rehearsed by at least once preferably twice by actors, we should also ensure that the actors have seen the animatic in order to give them an idea of how the sequence should look. As well as making sure the camera-man is aware of how to film the scene by test running the camera three times before filming each shot. We should also make sure that all props are organised before the filming dates and the responsibility of carrying/making sure props are present on set is allocated to a group member. 

Reservoir Dogs: Script.

In order the to film the title sequence from Reservoir Dogs we needed to needed to plan out what was happening in every shot and the about of seconds the shot lasted. This task was hand written for practicality, we took it on the shoot with us in order to know which shot we were filming.

Whilst doing this we writing this we also figured out what the shot list was and what props were needed.

The actors provided some of the props as did connie.

Here is the script we made:

Group Meeting: 1st Nov

As we are making the final sequence as a group it is important that we meet up regularly to discuss what we should be doing. This is what went on in this meeting...

This is a group meeting to say who is doing what and what needs to be done in order to complete research.

Frankie: Iconic Directors. Frankie must finish and post her work on Ionic Directors, she will be doing a video of present the information.

Chloe: History of Thrillers. Chloe needs to complete and post her work on History of Thrillers. This will be presented in a movie.

Connie: Typical Thriller Synopsis. Connie needs to complete and post her work on the Typical Thriller Synopsis. This will also be presented with a video.