Base-9Victoria, Ellie, Ella and Melissa

The Treatment

Two spies are after the same piece of information about a

potential threat to England.

The first agent arrives at the station and sits down, placing an

important briefcase down on the floor, cut to stylized shots

of passports, newspapers, pictures etc. then cut back to a

narrative close up of the briefcase being taken without them

noticing

Type of Thriller

This thriller’s sub-genre is action, as it can appeal to a larger

audience.

We have been inspired by aspects of other film openings such

as; The Taking of Pelham 123, se7en, Enemy of the State.

We’re using the theme of urban life with the trains as shown

in the taking of Pelham 123

Audience Our chosen sub genre is action, we think this was a good choice as action tends to appeal to most audiences ranging from teens to mature adults as it brings an essence of excitement and adrenalin to the audience which is needed in order to have a successful film. The use of mild language, weapons and violence is much loved amongst the younger generation. Targeting this demographic will aid our film in terms of marketing as social networking sites such as Facebook, twitter etc. are useful for wide range promotion and attracting a larger audience overall. We were inspired by a number of films such as Taking of Pelham, Collateral which we have previously re-made, and Se7en. These are good films to look at as our film in comparison is quite similar in terms of location and method of creating a sense of "Thrill." For example; in Se7en Stylised imagery is used throughout the entire sequence. It appealed to us because along with the distorted soundtrack left us feeling eager to know what these images mean and how they are relevant to our narrative. We will attempt to re-create this however tweaking a few area's to make it relevant to our own narrative.

Taking of Pelham takes advantage of their location in order to give the opening sequence a unique feel to it; as the trains moved along the rails the titles followed creating a train like effect.

Our Audience

We’re aiming our film at 15-25 year old, young people have a

fascination with thrillers an action films in the present day

therefore we can use this to our advantage and aim our film

content towards them.

The suspense and location will appeal to our audience, as

young people are used to travelling around in public places

and it’ll give them a connection to the film and make them

feel like they know it.

Locations

We’re filming at Kings Cross Station, Angel Station and

City & Islington College.

We chose these locations because they suit our storyline,

which will help us set the right scene and atmosphere in the

opening sequence.

Mise en Scene

Rest of the pictures are on the blog..

Storyboard

Sound

We’re getting station (trains) and speech sounds to show

location and build up suspense

Upbeat but intense music to add thrill.

Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Pitch Stylized

filming

Station

sounds,

Filming at

station

Music

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Editing,

checking

clips

Filming at

station (re-

takes)

Filming

at train

station

Risk AssessmentFilming in a dangerous train station- Stay behind the yellow

line.

Be aware of pick pockets, equipment safety, our safety, others

safety on platforms.

Our Skills

We’ve learnt how to edit sound into our clips, and titles.

We’ve been able to work together as a team and use the

camera and tripod safely and effectively.

We’ve also learnt how to structure our blog and keep it fresh

with new content.

Another skill is using final cut pro to our advantage and

being able to edit our clips together in a professional way

Institutions

Paramount Pictures – They’re known for over 8000

productions and distributions within the film industry,

therefore we have people with experience and we can get our

film out there to the best it can be.