Planning Our 2nd shoot:

The weather forecast for sunday 28th of february was that it would rain all day, and that the rain could change to sleet over the course of the day.

Everything was looking very unpredictable, so shooting the bits we needed would only work if the weather was the same.

So we had a group meeting and planned for the different weather situations.

-If the weather looked the same as in the test shoot, we would film all the shots of the 'bad guy' outside.
-If the parked cars on the road were the same as in the test shoot, we would film the shots of the 'bad guy' outside.
-If the weather looked the same as in the test shoot, we would shoot the shot of 'Matt' coming through the back door again.

If the weather was not the same as the test shoot, we will:

-Shoot the scene in the final room all again, extending the fight scene to make the 'bad guy' look like more of a trained assasin, rather than a thug!

Proposal Feedback:

Our proposal went well, and we passed with an A grade for the presentation and an A grade for the planning and idea.


The main area of focuses for thought and change were as follows:


- Will we be able to sustain the action-thriller style throughout?


- Change narrative slightly so that 'Matt' does not just trap himself in his own house, but rather runs upstairs whilst the armed man in making his own way upstairs.

Initial Idea's:

We were very quick to decide on the narrative for our opening sequence as a group. However, for the record, I will post an idea I had in my head before we decided...


IDEA 1:
- Starts with man running down the street.
- He is being chased by another man. 
- Both are running very fast and jumping over objects - like free-running.
- The first man runs inside a darkened house and hides.
- The pace of the film slows dramatically.
- The second man enters the house where he is hiding.
- All very tense as each guy doesn't know where the other is.
- Ending: first man gets grabbed unexpectedly from behind.


IDEA 2: (Idea formulated by myself and Tom P)
- Man wakes up in a strange house.
- He has been shot, but not seriously.
- He does not know where he is.
- Is on the top floor of a house.
- Slowly makes his way downstairs.
- He is hearing noises but continues downstairs.
- Ending: He gets to the front door, but at that moment is grabbed from behind and recaptured by the villain.

Music/Soundtrack:

As I'm looking at music production as my future career, I felt that it would be rewarding to attempt as far as possible to produce an orginal soundtrack for our opening sequence.

I have already begun to record ideas and possible soundscapes for our film, but it is a challenge to compose for film when your only reference is a picture in your head.

I am currently working on two different styles of music which will be evident in our action-thriller:

- A fairly fast paced but suspensful motif for when our main character is running in attempt to find an escape.
- A slower, more ambient and atmospheric soundscape for when our main character is hiding from the hitman who is moving through the house.

Shot Reference:

Having watched this episode of HOUSE earlier this year, this running sequence was fresh in my mind as it is very well shot and edited. On deciding on our main idea and seeing the shots of the location, I knew immediately that we could use the first 3 shots from this sequence.

Obviously, our film would not include the police car and policemen!

Initial Ideas:

My first reaction to the brief was that I wanted to make this film look good and to do so, reference successful shots from other films and TV.

From the go I had in my mind to do something which had a face-paced section in it. I was fortunate enough to be put in a group where we were all very excited about the challenge of doing something fast-paced.