StoryBoard

Voice-mail Script

1. Dad 
"Hi Frank, it’s dad I’m just calling to check up on you. I’ll be coming to pick you up this weekend for the match. How’s your mum, she hasn't returned my calls. See you on Saturday mate."

2. Friend

 "Oi its Brandon why didn't you come to the cinema today. I was waiting for ages you idiot. I watched it by myself man I looked weird. Text me."

3. Boss

"Alright Frank, where you been? It aint like you to not show up for a shift at the garage. I’ll be cuttin’ your pay unless you call me back soon mate."

4. Dad (Again)
"Frank, why aren’t you answering your calls?! Your mum isn’t either. I’m really getting worried call me!"

• Each voice-mail message will last approximately 10 seconds, bringing the whole voice-mail play time up to 40 seconds
• 'Frank' will be shown to place his phone on a table begin playing the voice-mails and during these 40 seconds, Franks will be shown to be at the sink (washing the plates and hammer), then shown to be walking up the stairs
• Once he reaches the upstairs, a hand will be shown dangling from the bathtub with blood dripping from it and at this point the voice-mails will finish.

Planning-

Mood board

(Catherine)

This basic mood board reflects the overall concept of our thriller opening for 'Frank'. The main colour template is black which conveys the darkness of the story line but also the hollowness and emptiness of Frank's personality. The protagonist has dark brown hair and will be dressed in an all black costume throughout filming. Additionally, in order to create a psychologically damaged and acutely tired character we will make sure to use extremely pale foundation on the actor's face and red makeup under his eyes. Lighting will also aid his appearance as the darker light will cause his face to appear whiter. The dark lighting is exceedingly important as it will hopefully create a sense of tension so that the audience are dropped into the unknown.In terms of the most important props we will need fake blood, a bloody hammer, cleaning products and a phone which will  deliberately offer clues to the development of the story line. The location of Max's house is quite simplistic, however, we did not want to use too many locations which would confuse an audience. We will be filming both inside and outside his house in the evening so that there is some natural light pouring in from the windows.

Location

Location: Max's House

Since we will be shooting at 's house, we will have full accessibility and permission to shoot without having to worry about permission (this would be a problem if we were to shoot in an airport as its against security). In addition we also wont be distracted or delayed by public interferences which means that we can quickly film and get as many shots as we need to. 

The outside of the house is perfect for an establishing shot for our actor to walk towards the house, its open space gives a lot of natural light which means that we wouldn't have to use artificial light which would now make it more naturalistic. 

The hallway can be filled with natural light but will need some artificial lights at points to bring out the actor, but we might need to use the darkness since it would create a tense and mysterious atmosphere. A problem may occur when trying to track the actor into the house as we would need to keep the camera steady as we walk over steps through the cramped hallway which therefore may take more takes to get right.  

The kitchen is very spacious and also has a lot of natural light so the need for artificial light might not be needed. Also the space would give us chances to get very good camera angles of the scene and able us to give great variety's of close ups for example the sink and counter top. 

The last scene on the upstairs hallway doesn't include that much natural light which would be good since we need to create a gloomy and mysterious atmosphere at this point to leave our audience wondering and confused. this does also give us a chance to first see our actors face when he walks into the bathroom and turns round to the audience for the first time. 

Production logos 

From these well known production logo's, we can see that the basis of the logo is to have the production name with an image or shape of some sorts. For example the 20Th Century Fox is piled up in stacks whereas Legendary Pictures has a memorable shape above the name. we then decided that for our own production company it would have to be memorable by audiences so we have decided to produce this:  

Planning- Costume

(Catherine)

Our protagonist and only character is an 18 year old male who has a deep rooted dark personality and is somewhat psychologically damaged.  In order to reflect this through his appearance we have chosen dark clothing that would not draw attention to him in a public place. We also wanted to keep the character's costume a modern 2015 style which coveys the time our thriller is set. 

A black long sleeved shirt  

The color denotes strength and authority; it is considered a symbol of both evil and grief. The long sleeves were chosen over short sleeves as his arms may                   still be bloody from the murder and so he is intentionally   trying to cover them up as he goes into a public setting.   This is the only piece of clothing we will have to purchase for our actor as he doesn't own a black long sleeved t- shirt.

Black skinny Jeans
The color, again, is to reflect Franks's dark personality and evil nature. We chose skinny fitting jeans over baggy or flared jeans as this particular style conveys male teenag

fashion in this day and age. Our actor already owns a pair of black skinny jeans so there is no need for us to buy any.

Black Dr. Martens 
The reasoning behind the use of Doc Martens is so that when the actor steps of broken glass frames he will not be injured as the shoe is sturdy and strong. The color will be black and there is no need for us to purchase the boots as the actor already owns them.

          MAKE UP
          The makeup for our character will be fairly simple and               subtle. We do not want to obviously show the audience             that our character is a murderer  with a dirty and bloody           face. Instead, we will apply pale foundation to his under             eyes to reflect how long he has been awake trying to             murder or conceal a body. We may also draw very small cuts on his face with a thin eye liner.

Technical- Three Point Lighting (group)

In order to film the opening of our thriller movie we need to take into account the lighting we will be using. Therefore, we explored different lighting techniques, particularly three point lighting which consists of key light, fill light and back light.

Key Light

This is the main light. It is usually                                                                                                                   the strongest and has the most                                                                                                                 influence on the look of the scene.                                                                                                                   It is placed to one side of the camera/subject                                                                                                   so that this side is well lit and the other side                                                                                                 has some shadow.

Fill Light

This is the secondary light and is placed                                                                                                           on the opposite side of the key light. It is                                                                                                     used to fill the shadows created by the key.                                                                                                 The fill will usually be softer and less bright                                                                                                 than the key. To achieve this, you could                                                                                                     move the light further away or use some spun.                                                                                             You might also want to set the fill light to                                                                                                     more of a flood than the key.

Back Light

The back light is placed behind the subject                                                                                                   and lights it from the rear. Rather than                                                                                                   providing direct lighting (like the key and fill),                                                                                                 its purpose is to provide definition and subtle                                                                                       highlights around the subject's outlines.                                                                                                       This helps separate the subject from the                                                                                             background and provide a three-dimensional look.

Group Pitch

Audience Feedback

 most important piece of feedback was the name of the movie. We struggled to come up with a fitting name before our pitch and so it was stressed that we quickly need to find one which will give the impression that our film is a thriller. We therefore began to discuss names such as destruction, decimation and bloodbath.

We were also advised to remove the scene where an arm is hanging out of a bloody bath as this would be too much action in one short opening and will reveal too much of the film. Although we originally thought this would create a tense atmosphere, we rethought the idea and are no longer featuring dead bodies in our opening as there will be too much going on.

We also had the idea of a diegetic background noise of voicemails. However, as our protagonist is a teenage boy, he will instead be checking the voicemails on his mobile phone rather than the house phone as young teenagers do not typically check their house voicemails.

We also had the suggestion to begin with tense music in order to establish the thriller genre at the start of the opening.