This is our finished ident image .

Costumes.

The cast is going to be Louka, Kizzy, Mari and Gabi. We are all going to act in the opening and all going to film, there might also be some of loukas friends in the background to add more of a fear factor of violent youths, also because more youths will look more intimidating.
Louka and his friends will wearing hoodies and tracksuits, we will be using mise en scene to create tension and suspense typical of a thriller because cant see who the boys are.
Kizzy, Mari, and Gabi will be wearing typical casual clothes.
The influence will be the phobia of violent youths.
The credits will be running through the opening, we are not sure about the font yet, we are still deciding.

Today we are still thinking about when to film, because we dont all have the same frees as each other, so we need to work out a suitable time that fits us all.
Kizzy and Gabi are looking for pictures for our ident, this is our logo for our production company.
They have been searching things like Mr Team Alex, to see what comes up in Google images.
We our also thinking about the plot of the opening, because we came across a problem with, why would kizzy and mari run out the house if they saw someone with a gun, they would most likely call the police. We came to a decision that they will call the police and we wil play police sirens in the background, and louka and his mates will run, leaving gabi on the floor.
Gabi is also doing the storyboard for our opening, she is drawing the pictures, and writing a description underneath each one.

We finally decided that we would create a crime thriller, because we noticed that many thrillers being made were relevant to the fears and phobias represented in the news and media. For example, the fear of the government turning against people and the fears many people have today of gangs, knife crime and youths. a recent thriller playing on this idea is 'Harry Brown'.

Music

We then brainstormed the music for our thriller opening, we thought about the different ways in which music could enhance the suspense created with the camera work, for example using childlike,clssical and happy music to put the viewer into a false sense or security only to use loud bangs, screams and other sound effects to shock them.We looked at the 'afterschool'trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGFbWhlVezo

Further ideas

We also had the idea of taking snapshots on a digital camera of mobile phone , this would create an innocent image, which would mean we could play around with the idea of putting something eery or unusual in the background to unease the viewer creating the feeling of isolation that is commonly used in thrillers.

Thriller ideas

we are thinking of the theme of our thriller, either psychological, political. Also kizzy thought of making i animation, but we thought animation wouldnt be as scary as real life.
A New idea is making it like the blair witch project, from a first person perspective, because this creates more tension, and a scarier atmosphere.
Another idea was filming some of the scenes on a mobile phone, because this would create an amateur effect and feeling of innocence.

Definition of a thriller

In this lesson we all brainstormed what we thought was the definition of a thriller; we thought of examples such as, butterfly effect, the number 23, silence of the lambs and the misery. Collectively we decided that the main features of a thriller was the feeling of isolation,they usually start of slow paced to build tension and suspense, taking the idea of using people everyday fears and phobias to mentally unsettle them.

preliminary task 2010

Due to the unfortunate weather conditions, not all members of the group could get to lesson. So Mari and Gabi had to work with Becky from another group to make the preliminary video.

Evaluation:
There is a continuity problem in this video, as in one of the shots our teacher is sitting in the background, and then in the next shot he is not there.
The 180 degree rule- this is very important. It refers to an imaginary line which cuts through the middle of the scene, from side to side with respect to the camera. Crossing the line changes the vierwe's perspective which may confuse the viewer. For this reason, crossing the line is avoided. In this preliminary task we followed this rule.

preliminary task 2010

Today we are planning our preliminary task. We are thinking of where to film it and have decided to film it in the corridor of the G block. Mari and Kizzy will be the two characters in this task having the conversation about the Christmas holidays. This time we will follow the 180 rule, as in our previous preliminary task we broke the rule. Also this time we will think about our positioning so that it is easier to film.
Here is the script:
Kizzy: hey Mari, you ok?
Mari: Yeah not bad thanks,you?
Kizzy: Yeah I'm good. How was your christmas?
Mari:It was great. How was yours?
Kizzy: It was good thanks :)