Sounds research

One of my tasks of the group was to reaseach what potential sound could be used. In our thriller, there is a scene in which the character hears a noise and wakes up. The sound is designed to build tension, so to find suitable music i searched into google 'tention building music'. I looked through a few but wasnt really happy with any of them. So i decided to type isolation into google and scrolled few some films, I then looked at the music for these films and this was much more productive. Eventually i found a piece from the film Satantango that i liked, I then showed the others in the group and they all liked it

Prop list

Mens clothing:
hoodie (dark)
trackies (dark)
leather boots (old and dirty)
contact lenses
fake scars

Others:
small tent
duvet
pillow
string
tea making stuff
cigerette and lighter

Character development

As we have an idea we are happy with, we wanted to focus on smaller things to add extra effect when filmed. Firstly we wanted to develop the Character. We had some specefic ideas that included:
-Facial injury, such as scar with a different coloured eye.
-A weapon, eg. an axe.
-Boiler suit, scruffy run down.
-Beard.
-Very scared and scared personality.
-Clever.

We wanted these aspects of our character to give off the impression as if he is being hunted by something and he knows how to fight it off, however he has been injured once as we can see through the facial injuries. We are still yet to decide on what is hunting him, however we are thinking something along the lines of a viral outbreak that has killed off a large population of the world.

Plot narrative

Thriller opens with shot of man in tent sleeping, from his facial features, scruffiness and clothing we understand that he has been hiding in the tent for a while. Outside the tent there is a series of strings everywhere that is a trap. The man then hears a noise coming from the trap and wakes up to go and check it out, outside the tent he picks up an axe. We see he has a facial scar and something wrong with his eye. He walks to where the noise was coming from and stands by a door, as he puts his face to the door the noise stops and he raises his axe slowly. Big bang on the door followed by a blackout.

Shots

We then decided to develop each point and put a camera shot that suited it.

• The man is sleeping in the tent and a close up of his face
• A sound makes the man stir and wakes him up. From a close up shot fear is shown within his eyes
• Shot of the trap consisting of all the strings and one of them vibrating signalling there is something there
• Shot from outside the tent, his shadow being shown and we can see him picking up the axe
• He unzips the tent, close up of the tent zip
• As he stands up with the axe in his hand there will be a close up of his face showing facial scars and an odd eye (different colour) indicating he has been attacked by something
• He slowly approaches the door the bang from the door getting louder
• Close up of the mans face showing fear as he walks towards to the door
• Long shot of him walking towards the door
• Over the shoulder shot of him standing by the door waititng
• Extreme close up of reaction face when the noise goes off.

Storyboarding

In the last few lessons we have began to storyboard. This process consists of planning out each step of the sequence, this includes; the shot number, location, action, shot/movement, sound, lighting and edit transition. It also leaves a space for us to draw a small image of what is happening, this will give us an indication of time. After completing an initial draft, it came to our realisation that there were many fundamental parts in which we had missed.  This was helpful to us because it allowed us to creat a complete storyboard with no gaps. The next step for us was estimating the time each shot would take, this was important because the recommended length was between 2-2:30. Storybarding also helps you to select the pace of the action. This is because the climax of the sequence needs to be at the correct point, this needs editing.

Potential tension building sound

This soundtrack could be very useful for our thriller. I found it by searching 'isolation films' into goole and watching clips from the films that came up. This is one I found.