Final idea

The final idea we chose to film was "Anybody home?"

We chose this because although our other ideas were good we felt as though this was, not only easier to do, but there was more little things we could implement.
These things include smashed glasses, and some creative shots often used in thrillers.
In addition to this, "Anybody Home?" appeals to a larger audience as more people can relate to something simple like an intruder as oppose to a football match.
Furthermore, we thought more people can empathise with sam who is just returning home from a day out.

Production meeting 2 : Making the collage

Today, we made a collage of photos that we took of our lead actor sam. The purpose for this was to make it look like sam's character was being followed. In our film Sam will be looking at the collage when the intruder attacks.
This is an important component of the story as it shows that it isn't a coincidence that the intruder chose sam. It also shows that the killer has some skill, which leads the audience to believe that he is a threat. Also, it is a good distraction as the audience doesn't expect the attack then. While they are focusing on sam's expression or the collage, a loud noise along with frightening scenes will remind the audience they are watching a thriller.

Initial ideas

White Hart Lane

This an idea that involves Sam Howlett going to a football match as if he was vlogging the event. Something happens that causes panic and luckily sam is there to film the event.

Anybody home?

This idea is Sam returning home from a day out, however he soon discovers he isn't alone in his house.

Production Meeting 1

The roles are as following:

Alex Maloney : Cameraman
Sam Dumbleton: Director
Sam Howlett: Actor
Shamma Mukandsatsama: sound

This is when we assigned the roles. We thought about the characters, location and shot types. We developed three ideas for a thriller opening.

My Production Team

My production team consists of myself and three others.

Sam Howlett
Sam is the main actor in the group. He helps out with sound whenever he can.

Sam Dumbleton
Sam is the camera/ sound man. He also helps me to create the ideas for plots and shots.

Shamma Mukandatsama
Shamma is also a camera/ sound man that sometimes fills in roles in our films.

Alex Maloney
I am The main ideas man for the group. I also do camera work and acting.

Evaluation of Preliminary task

In our preliminary task we was trying to tell the story of a 'hit man' who is getting the job to kill someone. The story shows the meeting of a rich and powerful person. A lot of the backstory is left untold to leave suspense for the audience. I think the camera work we used was fairly good. The only issue with that was the shot where the camera goes around the hit man's face. In thought this was a very good idea. However where we was filming made it difficult as it was a very small area, this meant it was hard for sam, our cameraman, to circle me with the camera. Other mistakes we made was still hearing someone shout "action" in the background at the start of the film. This was a mistake that should have been corrected when editing. The good elements of the film was the way that the film flowed. This was due to the way in which we edited it. For example putting certain scenes after where they was originally supposed to be. This lead to a more natural feel to the film. The improvements we could make are to do with the film and plot in general. Mainly the setting. It is quiet clear we are filming in a school. Even though it is supposed to be the office of rich and powerful business man. if we were to film this now we would make it more obvious that shamma is powerful and dangerous by the setting and miss-en-scene.

Preliminary Task

This my Preliminary Task, "The Hitman"