Location Shots.

Here is a still shot of where are establishing shot of our thriller will start. It will consist of fast and slow shots, going through the alley's of the market place. Making some of the shots being fast and occasionally a bit blury giving a sense of uncertainty and anxiety. these shots will continue till the camera finds the 'Spice Stall'.

Here are a couple of shots of what the parallel alleys in the market place look like. as you can see it is a very unnerving place, and you can immediately image it in a thriller film. the other shot is of the 'spice stall' it is a very freakish place as you may be able to see as it sells allot of strange herbs and spices, and is perfect for our thriller film.

Here is an idea of what the shot would look like for our establishing shot for the beginning of the train station scene. We have chosen to include a scene at Norwich train station because as you can see from the images above and below that Norwich station is unique. As it is a big building and has long platforms giving a thriller planner the perfect opportunity to get some amazing shots. Lighting at the train station is amazing as the train station leads out in to the train yard and given the right opportunity to get some amazing lighting involved in our shots.

By Finbarr Pine

Photo's Taken By: Finbarr Pine & Jasmine Dinnage.

Thriller Treatment

The film opens on a shot of man 1 at a spice stall; you would hear street noise general sounds, diegetic. He talks to the man and buys a brown package (drugs) then it cuts to a clip of a girl walking over the bridge with a brown package in her hands, not really knowing where she is going. The shot then changes and you see man 1 getting out of a taxi. Then he walks towards and into the train station. On the side of the building you can see man 2 waiting and leaning on the wall. Inside the train station you see the girl sitting at one of the round benches. Man 1 is then seen walking into the train station and looking at the timetables. Man 2 is seen in the distance but not focused on. Close up of the girl then you she stands up and walks straight into man 1 on purpose and she and him both drop the brown packages. She quickly picks his up pretending it is hers and walks away swiftly. He stands up and walks over to the toilets. You see a close up of the packet and he opens it to double check the package inside but man 1’s phone rings and stops him. Then a shot of the girl outside walking quickly to a taxi then man 2 is seen and the girl bumped into his shoulder and a slow motion shot is shown of their eyes looking at each other. A worried look is shown on man 1’s face and he hangs up only to have the phone ring again and he just looks at it and close up of the phone. Then man 2 appears next to man 1 and says ‘you should really answer your phone when I call’. The package is then exchanged and man 2 checks it. They then find that the package contains photos of the girl and not the drugs. Finally you see them both look up and look at the exit.
The sub-genre is tricky to define; it is a journey across the country with the characters in a sort of chase to retrieve stolen drugs. So it isn’t a detective/thriller but it won’t be as fast pace as a thriller suspense, although it is probably closer to being a thriller suspense.

Casting and Costume

Man 1 - Cameron
Man 2 - Ray
Girl - Matilda

Man 1 costume: Black leather bomber jacket
Dark jeans
Smart black shoes or Dark trainers
Scruffy hair

Man 2 costume: Black or Cream mack/anorack
Dark Trousers
Smart black shoes
Black trilby hat

Girl costume: Summer dress in bright colours
Long coat
Small pump shoes
Scarf

Props:
Two brown parcel bags
Two family photos
A bag of herbs/spices – supposed drugs
Train !!

Story Board For Preliminary Task.