Thursday, December 13, 2012

Hostage Idea

 
In this sequence right in the beginning there was a scene of tight up hostage that inspired us for our thriller idea.

Soundtrack for our film

I think I will be able to create soundtrack for our thriller. I am going to create typical action building tension music track using GarageBand program on my laptop and for the epic end I asked Gill to create a dubstep track. He agreed to give me rights for his own music.

Change in Cast



Mike will be playing second guard
Because we can't use any of A2 students we had to change our main character and one of the guards. We want to use Maxim because he is good looking and he had experience of being in front of the camera. He is nice to look at on the screen that is good point for action thriller movie.







Wednesday, December 12, 2012

I found this short film on Vimeo. It was directed by Eric Ramberg and Jimmy Erricson. This is futuristic action genre and involves idea of crime and terrorism. It all happened in 2021 so technologies are different from ours. They use cold colours in their picture to indicate time period as well as in for example "Total Recall" 2012
I would like to admit that costumes in this film will fit into our movie. To make our guards look older (they are from AS) we will provide them scarfs and sunglasses.
We will probably use same colours in our thriller to make picture look more cold and brutal.
 
 

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Screenshots (PILOT)


Wide shot to show the location and guardians in the woods + establishing shot of winter forest

Close up of main guard talking to prisoner

High angle shot of the prisoner

Mid shot of guard passing the gun

Tracking shot of hand holding the gun


Low angle shot from prisoners point of view


Close up of guardian pulling a trigger

Then it will follows by match on action shots of sniper girl looking through sniper gun on them from above.












 

Idea of AS Triller ending

 Idea of the end of our thriller came up to my mind. I think it will be interesting to end our sequence with main character running on the road like this:
I found this picture in the enternet and it's probably from music video, but this shot suits our idea and will make it more interesting to watch. We can film it from the back of the car driving away from the actor.

But of course in winter





 Couple of the other simular shots thit inspired me for this idea:
"Hunger Games"2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Hostage Rescue


Sniper Girls

France shooting: Four dead after gun attack on British car in French Alps near Grenoble


Three people were found shot dead inside a British-registered BMW following a gun massacre that also left a male cyclist dead and a young girl fighting for her life at a French alpine beauty spot near Chevaline, in the French Alps.

The latest on the France shooting can be found here

Three of the bodies were found inside a British-registered BMW estate car, while the body of a male cyclist was found nearby in what was described as a “dramatic” crime scene.

The girl was found seriously injured next to the car when emergency crews arrived at the woodland car park near Chevaline, close to Lake Annecy in the French Alps.

Items found in the car suggested that the victims were British.

A British cyclist is understood to have discovered the bodies at 3.50pm yesterday, and is now helping police despite being badly shaken.
 
One police source said the cyclist had “stumbled across a massacre”, adding that the dead appeared to have been victims of a “deliberate assassination”. Cartridges found at the scene appeared to show that the gunshots came from outside the vehicle.
The Foreign Office said that it was investigating the reports in order to dispatch staff from the nearest British consulate in Marseille to Grenoble where the young girl was in hospital. It could not say for certain if the victims were British. The British embassy in Paris was liaising with UK police.
One theory being investigated is that the occupants of the car may have been targeted because they were in an expensive vehicle, and were tricked into pulling off the road before robbery turned to murder. Police believe the cyclist who was found dead may have tried to intervene when he witnessed an armed robbery taking place.
Eric Maillaud, the investigating prosecutor from Annecy, said: “Two men and two women are the victims. The car is a British-registered BMW estate. One of the male victims was a cyclist. He was found near his bike in his cycling gear. The other man was in the driving seat of the car. The two women were in the back of the car.
“It is a dramatic crime scene like we see on the TV. There is a large number of gun cartridges at the crime scene.”
A police spokesman said a “young girl probably under the age of 10” was airlifted to hospital after being “seriously injured by gunfire”. The spokesman added: “We are looking at the possibility that the three dead people in the car and the young girl were all from the same family. A full multiple murder investigation is under way.”
No firearms were found either inside or near to the vehicle, the officer said.
Firemen who were the first officials to arrive on the scene found the three bodies in the car, which had bullet holes in the bodywork.
 
 
Didier Berthollet, the mayor of Chevaline, told a local newspaper that “the victims were not from the village”. He added: “We have never seen such horror on our doorsteps before. The police have interviewed everyone in the village hoping to find a witness. There are only 70 homes, so it didn’t take them long.”

Residents reportedly saw a white car leaving the area at speed between 3pm and 4pm. The car park in the Combe d’Ire forest, which is four miles from the nearest house, is often used by walkers who leave their cars there before setting off. Earlier this summer the Foreign Office warned British tourists driving on the Continent that they were regarded as “easy targets” by gangs which staged accidents to make them stop before robbing them. A French police officer said: “It’s the time of year, the thieves go for tourists who they see as rich.”

Lake Annecy is a popular Alpine resort and attracts thousands of British and foreign tourists every summer. The second largest lake in France, it is marketed as a place of “serenity and relaxation”. Known as the “Venice of the Alps” the area is popular with cyclists, water skiers, hikers and campers.

France recently tightened its laws on illegal firearms amid a worrying rise in the use of guns by criminals. In July a gunman using an assault rifle shot dead two people and injured five at a nightclub in Lille after being turned away. In March, Mohammed Merah, who claimed to be linked to al-Qaeda, killed four people at a Jewish school and three soldiers in southern France. He was killed after a 32-hour siege in Toulouse.

This influenced our idea because in this situation no body knows the killer and that it looks like shooting scene in movies. So like in our thriller murder will get away and woun't get punished. Also the motive of this murder wasn't cleare as well in our movie there is cleare motive but audience won't know aout it. Murder in our triller will be unecspecteble, as well as in this situation so it will be realistic.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Guards

We whant Mike as a main guardian because main guy needs to be older then the others. Also he has quite loud voice and his Canadian accent will help.










We choose this two boys to be our guardiance because they are Russian and they have accent that we need.
Anri and Misha.

Mike Lazarenko as the prisoner

We choose him because we think that he will look great in the shot. Audience should feel sympathetic to him.

 

Monday, November 26, 2012

Lilya 4Ever

Fast pace. Police car. Running. Different emotions. Main character looks desperate.
 

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Swedish Trailer

We can say that this is thriller because the pace of shots is fast so this movie involves action. We've seen dead body and blood, therefore there is murder and violence in this film. Also there was shooting and we've seen guns that signifies action thriller genre. There was shots of photos that shows us chasing and stalking in movie. Colours in this trailer are dark and cold that transfers misteriouse and dangerouse atmosphere inherent for this genre.
 

Something that enspired us...

 






Our Prelim Task


Thursday, November 22, 2012

Shot By Shot (AS Thriller)


Suggesting shots (Scetches)




Analyse Casino Royale Title Sequence


In the very beggining there is typical bond movie begining therefore even without the name we know what this film is going to be about. Blood drains from the top of the scree that signifies death and danger. The it follows by animated sequence of James Bond killing and chasing people. The name of the owner of the Bond comes first, after the name of the main character Daniel Craig and only after this we see the name of the movie "Casino Royale". Through the whole title there is cards and casino theme that likes back to the name of the movie.

Casino Royale Titles



Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Se7en Title Sequense

Se7ven
Opening credits of Se7en have now gone down in history as one of the most iconic and influential opening sequences of the 1990’s. In early years film produsers desided that opening sequense should not distract you so that the audience only receive the information they need. Kyle Cooper had slightly different point of view, that's why his titels is iconic now.