Titles

I began to plan how my titles are going to look and playing around with After Effects. I found it really hard because i hadn't ever used it before. I added the text, changes the colour and added some lightning.    

I tried to go for the stereotypical red against black to show the thriller genre. I played around to get to this and i like the simplicity of the font. My next step would be to try and add some diversity to it, maybe make it move a little. 

Weather

Forecast for Friday

We considered filming on Friday but by the time we finish school and get there, we would have missed the sunset lighting so we considered filming saturday instead.
We wanted to start filming on saturday but the weather forecast predicts sleet from 11:00pm to 1:00am, Friday into Saturday. It wouldn't be much of a problem because it wouldn't set, however, we didn't want to take the risk of filming in wet weather incase the equipment gets dirty. Also, incase we have to film on two different days because it may break the continuity.

Postponing the Shoot

We decided to postpone the shoot because it has snowed a lot more than we thought it would and has begun to set. Looking at the weather, I don't think we're going to be able to shoot because it will be hard to shoot scenes with tracking in the snow. This also intervenes with health and safety because we could slip while filming and we don't want to damage any equipment.
We'll see how the weather turns out for next weekend too and decide whether or not its suitable.

Characters

Here are all the characters we will be using in our thriller opening with a brief description of them and the role they will be playing.


Name: George Schena
Age:17
Role: An agent who worked with the government agency and has now gone rogue. He is shown to be helping the main female character gain confidential information that has be stolen from the government.
Why he was chosen for the role: George was chosen for this role because of his mature look and personal style. Him and I worked through the planning process together so he had an insight on what the character should be like, which made him suitable for the role.
Costume: Black coat/jacket with black trousers and smart black shoes

Name:Leena Tulsidas
Age: 17
Role: She is a main character and is also an agent gone rogue who used to work for the government agencies. She is after the confidential information for her plan which is not shown in the opening.
Why she was chosen for the role: Leena was chosen for the role as we wanted to challenge representations of action thrillers and have a woman play the role of the main character in comparison to the typical male agent. Leena's ethnicity also challenges certain types of representations commonly used throughout media as brown women are less often places as a main character.
Costume: Black Coat/jacket with black leggings and black ankle boots.


Name: Mitul Yadev
Age: 17
Role: Government agent who is trying to retrieve confidential information and capture the female agent gone rogue.
Why he was chosen for the role: Mitul was chosen for this role because he is fairly short yet built (body wise). We thought he would be perfect for the role because him and Mrushad (second agent) go well together and have the stereotypical look, both being built but with the height difference.
Costume: Black Coat/jacket/Hoody with black trousers and black shoes












Name: Mrushad Halai
Age: 17
Role: Government agent who is trying to retrieve confidential information and capture the female agent gone rogue.
Why he was chosen for the role: Mrushad was chosen for this role because he is Quite tall and built (body wise). We thought he would be perfect for the role because him and Mitul (other agent) go well together and have the stereotypical look, both being built but with the height difference.

Costume: Black Coat/jacket/Hoody with black trousers and black shoes

Filming Tomorrow!

We're really exited to film tomorrow but the wether has forecasted snow tomorrow. Its snowed little already but hasn't set very much which would still be suitable for shooting. We'll see how it actually is tomorrow and decide whether we can still film on the weekend or if we should postpone the shooting date.

Producers

I began researching some producers of independent films to find our more about their producers and who would be suitable to distribute our thriller opening. I narrowed my search down to two production companies that would be suitable for my film; Pathe and Vertigo.

Pathe is a British production company that specializes in independent films. It is involved in all aspects of film-making, from production and development through to international sales and distribution. Pathe is the worlds longest established film company, and now encompasses a diverse range of media and entertainment interests.                         

www.pathe.co.uk

They are a trustworthy company and are promising with their productions and distributions of such successful films such as The Queen, The Iron Lady, Slumdog Millionaire, chicken run and many more.

Vertigo is known as the leading British independent film and distribution company. They currently make more films per year than any other film company. They go into almost every genre such as thriller, comedy, horror, family films and many more which makes them so suitable. They take pride in their breaking new talents and emerging creativity. 
The company finances/ co-finances for a variety of budgets. It is the co-owner of Protagonist Pictures, although its films are not exclusive to the company.
Protagonist Pictures is commercially minded and thrive for creativity as do vertigo making it perfect for independent films.
Vertigo films seems to be most suitable and shows wonderful successes considering their flexibility. They have been part of production and distribution of very well known and successful British films such as StreetDance 2, StreetDance 3D, Horrid Henry, The inbetweeners, The Kings Speech and many more. 

www.vertigofilms.com

After researching about the two production companies, we decided to choose Vertigo Films to Produce our thriller film.

Target Market and Audience Research

I began looking on the website to see what age group out film would most likely be rated at. We want it to be available to a wide audience but it has to meet certain standards. I started off looking at 12A and 12 to see what the difference is and what can be included in it. 12A means that anyone aged 12 or over can go and see the film unaccompanied. the A stands for 'accompanied' and 'advisory'. Children younger than 12 may see the film if they are accompanied by an adult (eg, someone over the age of 18), who must watch the film with them.

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However, just because children under the age of 12 may see the film with an accompanied adult, the film may not be completely suitable for them.

The website of BBFC was really useful as it answered all our questions on what we can include in our film opening.

After looking at what 12A may contain, I thought of looking at the age rating up (15). I saw what the age rating of 15 may include and I think it suits our target market considering our film. The 15 symbol indicated that no one under the age of 15 may see the film or buy/rent a hard copy of it.

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The film may contain strong violence, frequent strong language, portrayals of sexual activity, references to sex, nudity, drug taking etc.