Filming schedule for Wednesday

11.00 - 12.00 - shots from Easthill - sea and old town



1.00 - 2.00 - shots of neighbourhood



3.00 - 4.00 - shots of extra characters (family)


5.00 - 6.00 - shots of road in darkness

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Location development

I filmed birds flying in a group above the pier, this will go with the voice over as I want my main character to be talking about the importance of freedom. I am using the birds as a symbol of being free.

Character development

My secondary characters are,

• The girls mother
• The detective

The focus of those two will be on the mother as I want to shoot a lot of scenes of her reaction to her daughters kidnap. Close ups of her face, looking out of the window.

I need to create scenes of the kidnapper going about his daily life.

• Going to the shop
• Gardening
• Hobby?

Also need scenes of the girls daily life.

• her hobby
• relationship with her mother
• relationship with friends

I also need a scene where the two main characters pass eachother before she is taken to show the tension and reaction from the kidnapper as she is close to him and his emotions towards her.

Shots from the Lovely Bones

I like these shots from the trailer for The Lovely Bones and I get inspiration and ideas for my own trailer from them. I like the shots of the murderer as they always hide his face and this is the sort of camera shots I want to use when filming my villain, as I do not want his face to be shown. I also like the close up of Susie's mother crying. This shows her true emotion and gives away the genre of the film (drama) straight away. My favourite shot is of Susie looking around her school locker, it looks like she is looking over her shoulder and it scared.

Film synopsis feedback

'Genre Horror, psychological horror maybe?
Villain needs to be explained and explored more to make more of a psychological film.
How will it end? a damaged person escapes, moves on, but always looks over her shoulder? Villain gets away?
Are their reasons behind the hostage?'


'Thriller psychological?
Enigma - will she escape? Why does he do this?
Will we get insights into their pasts. Does she get taken early on - if so, most of the drama is how they interact. Look at kiss of the spider woman
End - could be good if 1 kills the other? Or if he becomes completely destroyed by her?'


'Genre - thriller, horror
Remind me of Lovely bones
Mise - dark, disturbing
Appeals - narrative
Want the film to end - justice, neighbour caught and girl safe.
Trailer foreground - neighbour holding her hostage
Questions raised - What happened to her? why is he doing this?'


'Thriller, horror
How will you film this?
Lovely bones, tortured
Dark features and artificial light
develop conventions - will she die?
I would want her to escape but perhaps only just - maybe attempted murder? a bit different'


'The genre is drama/realistic, thriller
I'd want the film to end on a good note - escapism.
Inspirations - the lovely bones
Sinister feel about it.
Intense mood - plays with all three conventions - mood, character, narrative'


'Horror, thriller
Sense of community about neighbourhood? or strong feeling of no.
Need detail around main character. Why is he obsessed?
Questions need to be asked to draw audience in the trailer.
Ending - woman breaks free, challenge conventions.'


'meant to confuse audience?
Ending - do we know what happens?
Do we get justification for what he has done'

This feedback shows me that I need to think more in dept of my villians personality and work on how I will portray him. Also explain in the trailer why or how he came to be obsessed with the main character. Most of the feedback suggests that the audience wants the girl to break free, but as this is a physchological thriller so I want the audience at the end of the trailer to not know if she breaks free or not.

Thriller films

Thriller films are all about creating suspense, excitement and tension. Thrillers give the audience anticipation and terror. Hiding important key pieces to the mystery of the film are important to create a thriller film.


Crime thrillers mainly involve kidnaps, ransoms and revenge. Psychological thrillers usually involve mind games, obsession and stalkings. These two types of thrillers interest me the most in my trailer.


Thrillers usually keep the audience in suspense throughout the whole film building up to a revealing climax. Usually the threat or 'evil' character is hidden and unseen throughout the main body of the film until dramatic scene before the end of the scene when usually it looks like there is not hope of escaping from the situation. This gives thriller's mystery and tension.

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