Opening To Thriller - Main Production

I am working with Hannah for the main production of an opening to a thriller film.

Friday 21st November we started to plan our thriller. We decided on possible casting for our film, locations, props and ideas for clips to be shown.Casting; Charlotte (me) - girl main character (name still to be decided), Lucy - ghost type girl, and extras; Hannah, Luke, David, Helena, Amy, Lewis H, Lewis M, Tom B, Tom C, Jenny, Georgie, Max, Charley, Siobhan. There may be more but we haven't asked people to do it yet, so far me, Hannah and Lewis M are confirmed to be in it.

Locations;
The bathroom, bedroom and kitchen inside Hannah's house.
The woods in blaby.
Winchester Road.
Whetstone Church. (we will need to ask if we could film there).
Possibly the drama studio in Countesthorpe Community College. (that would need booking if we decide to film there).
Ollie Park.

Props and things we need;
Tap, Mirror, Clock, Brush, Kitchen, Knife, Blonde Wig, Dark brown/black Wig, Make-up and Make-up bag, Wardrobe, T-shirts, Trousers/Jeans, Skirts, Shoe, Mobile Phone, Bed, TV, Water, Ketchup, Trees, Bike, Flashing Lights from the Drama Studio, Glow sticks, Metal Fence and Gate, Swings, Round-a-bout, Blonde Wig, and Gravestones.

Tuesday 25th November we carried on planning what clips we would have in the opening sequence, and started on the storyboard. We also came up with names for the production companies which are, Black Forest productions and Film Club productions.

Wednesday 26th Novemeber we decided to just draw out all of the clips on the storyboard (we have have only drawn some though) and then after we have them all we will decide what order they will go in because at the moment we are still gathering ideas together.

Thursday 27th Novemeber, Helena, Amy and Lucy are also confirmed to be in our opening to a thriller production.

Monday 1st December through until Friday 5th December we carried on drawing out our storyboard.

Friday 5th December we also planned the title for our thriller. We made a mind-map for it but i will list our idea's on here.

Friday 12th December, Georgie and Jenny are confirmed to be in our opening to a thriller production.

Thriller;

Psychological;
- unstable.
- Neglect - past - abandoned.
- Memory - blurred.
- Mentality - disposition.

Whisper

Veridical

Dark;
- Hidden.
- Shadows.

Supernatural;
- Haunted.
- Ghost.

Abstract

Mendacious;
- Deceitful.
- Deceptive.
- Dishonest.
- Duplicitous.

Hannah and I decided to call our thriller The Mentality, which means an 'irrational way of thinking'. We decided on this name for our thriller because our main character experiences several things which 'play with her mind' such as hearing voices and seeing weird girls appearing. We also drew inspiration from other thriller titles such as, The Ring, The Others, The Grudge, The Interpreter and The Usual Suspects. We also decided that our title would have more emphasis in it if we had The infront of Mentality instead of just Mentality.

Storyboard for Thriller Opening:

I asked a few people to write down on a peice of paper what they thought of the storyboard for our Thriller opening. I would scan it onto here however you wouldnt be able to see the comments clearly.

Audience feedback for thriller opening;

"Mysterious and draws the audience in to question what has happened" - Pheobe.

"Looks very tense, the short scenes build up the sharp tension" - Amy Potts.

"Tense - want to see it!" - Tilly.

"The suspense is killing me" **** (and a half *) - Mark Lomasney.

"Good" - Jordan.