finalise for our thriller

          We have come up with many different ideas, but have now finally come up with the final idea for our thriller, having confirmation from the media department. The new idea consists of a seemingly wealthy driver but is forced to look bad from the audience's persective. Then a group of older looking students dressed as army troops come to attack Ted as they are portrayed as being good. Tracking shots and the use of cross cutting between Ted and the soldiers (good and bad). We will follow different soldiers as they hide in the bushes and then eventually they will force the car to stop. Our inspiration came from films such as The Expendables and the A-Team. However we are looking to add more of thriller aspect to it, make it more serious and not over the top.

further changes on our Thriller

At first we wanted to have a car travelling down a dark road, alone, with children in the back. A man was going to appear and shoot them. We rethought our idea and realised that we probably would not be able to incorporate this into an effective thriller sequence. We then decided to change our idea but still keeping the car idea that we originally wanted.

 

We have now decided to change our idea completely. We are going to have a car (Black Range Rover) driven by Ted, driving down the road, we will be showing closeup cross cutting between Ted, the car, and a group of elitists army soldiers from Russia, hiding down the road, waiting for Ted.

 

The main reason for changing our idea was that we thought we could more successfully put together an action scene rather than trying to film in the dark and successfully build up suspense in a way in which we had not really thought of. So by doing this new idea, we have now decided to name the thriller "YURI" because the film will be based upon the leader of the army group, who is called Yuri, and it will be about how they, being mercenaries, go around murdering anyone they are told to.

 

For our main character Yuri, we are going to use one of the A2 students who we believe will be a very effective actor for playing the role of a Russian leader.

Changes to our thriller ideas

At first we wanted to have a car travelling down a dark road, alone, with children in the back. A man was going to appear and shoot them. We rethought our idea and realised that we probably would not be able to incorporate this into an effective thriller sequence. We then decided to change our idea but still keeping the car idea that we originally wanted.

We have now decided to change our idea completely. We are going to have a car (Black Range Rover) driven by Ted, driving down the road, we will be showing closeup cross cutting between Ted, the car, and a group of elitists army soldiers from Russia, hiding down the road, waiting for Ted.

The main reason for changing our idea was that we thought we could more successfully put together an action scene rather than trying to film in the dark and successfully build up suspense in a way in which we had not really thought of. So by doing this new idea, we have now decided to name the thriller "YURI" because the film will be based upon the leader of the army group, who is called Yuri, and it will be about how they, being mercenaries, go around murdering anyone they are told to.

For our main character Yuri, we are going to use one of the A2 students who we believe will be a very effective actor for playing the role of a Russian leader.

Shot by shot breakdown for our thriller

1. Close up of Elite group 's weapons and equipment
2. Closeup of Yuri's facial expression, symbolising his power and status within the group
3. low angle shot with a static camera of the car approaching then passing by
4. medium shot of Ted driving the car, introducing who the driver is
5. high angle shot of him trying to change gears, and him swaying - signifying he is drunk
6. longshot of the sniper setting up to make his shot on the tyre of the car
7. closeup of the shooter looking determined and aggressive
8. Close up of the shooter in front of him preparing for the aim of his shot
9. scope shot, we can see where the sniper is aiming at (POV), at Ted, then his aim drifts off to the tyre of the car
10. Close up of the sniper actually firing at the tyre and held at this shot for longer, for the viewer to hear the tyre puncture and not see it to avoid complications in post editing
11. Medium interior shot of Ted swerving
12. close up on Teds facial expression looking worried, disorientated and puzzled
13. POV with a slow shutter speed of Ted indicating he's drunk used until he gets out of the car
14. In the same shot he stumbles and falls
15. Half way through his fall an over the shoulder shot of an elitist is used to see the remainder of Ted's fall to the ground
16. OTS shot of Yuri looking at Ted, and then we see Yuri turn round and look past the camera, towards his group of elitists to tell them to move in
17. tracking shots of the group running towards Ted
18. closeups of each man and their facial expressions indicating who they are and their order of importance and them all communicating to each other
19. cuts to Ted, his drunk and blurred vision is what we see on the screen through the POV of Ted, there is a clear contrast between the shots we see of the elitist group running and Ted being vulnerable
20. cuts to a black screen, with muffled sound then the sound becomes clearer and you can distinguish the sound of footsteps coming closer and closer
21. camera shot opens up looking at the sky, then we see Yuri's face and he points a gold Desert Eagle in the face of Ted
22. as he pulls the trigger the screen cuts instantly to black then we hear the sound of the gun shot and the name "YURI" slams onto the screen with a metallic sound
23. for the dot on the "I" there will be a gun shot and the dot will be like a hole made from a bullet with a metal sound.

props for our thriller

Firstly, we have decided to use a black Range Rover for our car. We wanted to have a car which symbolised the driver's class, upper class - successful businessman type of man, who is probably an important figure, the reason for him being murdered.

Secondly, for our costumes, we are going to dress Ted, the driver, in suit but with his jacket off and his tie off and top button undone, this is becuase we want him to look quite rugged and drunk, which he is. For the soldiers, we will try and get some Russian army-type uniforms for them to wear, and for Yuri, the leader, we want him to be wearing a different hat, to symbolise his importance in the group and so we can distinguish which person he is.

For the weapons used by the soldiers, we will use airsoft guns of the same type, to show how the members of the group are equal, however Yuri will have a large pistol, showing his importance, and signifying how he is different from the others in the group.

 

Survey on thriller

Favourite thriller & Why?

What do you look for when watching a film.

               We manage to do the survey on 'what do you look for when watching a film?' and 'what is you favourite thriller and why?'  the reason for this is we wanted to find the reason of what make people go to cinema and see the film, what makes them want to watch it. so we can use the answers to devolop our thriller ideas.

initial ideas for thriller