Costume/ Prop list - Actors

The theme of our opening is Tracking. Therefore the image we are going for is slick, sophisticated business men. Therefore their attire and props will have to reflect that image upon the audience. To do this we are going to use the following actors in the following attire.

Protagonist:

Jacob Grimshaw - Black trousers, White Shirt, Black tie, Long Black coat and a bowlers hat.

- Jacob has the perfect image for the lead role. He has sleek black hair and is of a tall skinny build. He also happens to suit the business image perfectly and looks convincingly professional in his given attire.

Trackers:

------------- - Black trousers, Black tie, White shirt.

We have chosen this costume to help portray the sleek business man look we are aiming for with all three trackers.

Shop Keeper:

Sara Cracknall - Black skirt, White shirt, Name badge, high heels.

We have chosen this look to make sure that Sara blends in as a genuine shopkeeper whilst maintaing a business like look. We chose to use Sara for this role as she is an actual shop keeper for WH smiths on the weekends so was able to gain us access and  play the role convincingly. 

Amended shot list

Shot List

Tracker

Person A: Protagonist
Person B C D: Antagonists
Person X: Computer Guy and Voice of Caller

Basic Profile Stats to include:
Name:
Age:
Skills:
Years known to be active:
Evidence Against:
Missions Failed:

• Production company
• Black screen
• Tracker appears typed in, Central in stereotypical thriller font.
• Zoom in from behind a Person X using a high tech laptop
• Person X POV of the screen
• Clicking a file to open
• File loads
• Search comes up
• Types in T R A C K E R S
• Person Bs Profile opens
• Jump shot to Person B buying a newspaper
• Pause as he exits the store and folds the newspaper under his arm.

Actors Name Appears across screen

• Jump shot back to Person X POV of computer screen

Hear him press Spacebar

• Person Cs Profile Opens
• Jump shot to Person C Clearing Table outside a Café.
• Pause shot as Person C looks up towards the camera

Actors name appears across the screen

• Jump Shot Back to Person X POV of computer screen.

Hear him press Spacebar

• Person Ds Profile Opens
• Jump shot to Person D down a street smoking.
• Drops cigarette on the floor.
• Pause shot as Person D stamps it out and looks up.

Actor name appears across the screen

• Jump shot Back to Person X POV of computer screen.

See him Click the logo in the top left corner of the screen

• Search comes up
• Types in T A R G E T
• Clicks Search
• Profile appears
• Instructions are typed across the middle of the entire screen – DESTROY
• Zoom back to shot of the back of Person X head.
• CU of Person X reaching for his phone.

CUT TO

• Panning Shot of street

Person B,C and D all in Shot - LS

• Panning stops at a shot of Mans Feet.
• Tilt Shot from Person A’s feet up to torso
• Person A POV of watch

Actors name appears as watch make

• Person A’s phone Rings – Cutting all background music.
• CU of Person A taking phone from his inside Jacket Pocket
• CU of person A’s face answering phone

‘RUN’

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This is The amended version of our shot list. we decided to re-do our shot list after discussing our initial ideas with our subject teacher. He suggested that our filming intent was far too ambitious and virtually impossible to do well with the size of our production team and the equipment available to us. After taking his comments into consideration and examining our shot list thoroughly we agreed that not only was it ambitious, but was quickly forming the demeanor of an action movie as opposed to a thriller. Taking all point into account we concluded that it would be most effective to keep our opening as the ending and incorporate more technical features and imagery typical to that of a thriller and finally to cut out the chase scene altogether.

Location

Audience Research

Thriller Opening - Brainstorm

Certificate Rating - BBFC

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is the organization responsible for the classification of film, dvd and some music/video games within the united kingdom. Under the Video recordings act 1984, all videos must be classified. All videos and games rated by the BBFC receive an official and legally binding certificate, along with "consumer advice" detailing references to sex, violence and coarse language. If a certificate specifies that a film or video game is not suitable for someone under a certain age, then only people of an appropriate age may buy it. The difference in ratings is directly relevant to the themes and content of the media.'Bad', 'strong' language and sexual content can earn a film a more restrictive certificate, though BBFC policy states that there are no constraints on language use in films awarded an 18 certificate.

Certificate 15: suitable for people ages 15 years and older. Can contain, horror, violence and strong language but only in moderation and when it can be justified by the text. Controversial issues such as child abuse and rape, are also acceptable but only when they are represented suggestively. Also nudity is acceptable for use within a sex scene but has to be limited concerning content. finally it can contain strong language and heavy violence.

Certificate 18: suitable for people aged 18 years or older. It is basically recognized that all persons of 18 years and older have the right to view any form of content in any volume. However exceptions include the promotion of dangerous acts and in some cases portrayal of sexual assault which could endorse assault. Finally all sexual scenes must be justified within the text.

Our group have decided to base our opening around the certificate 15 rating. This will enable us to appeal to a far less restricted audience. Also our group are all of the age where our primary viewing is of the certificate 15 genre. This means that we will be able to relate and recognize the codes and conventions with far more ease and accuracy that with that of an 18 certificate.