CALL SHEET

This is the call sheet I used to hire out the filming equipment.

SHOT LIST

Here's the shots I used listed in chronological order.

CAST NOTES

I played the protagonist part of P.C Preston so I didn't have to rely on othe actors. For the stalker, I recruited actor Charles Babaloba(aged 18) from the college drama department as he already had acting experience, fitted the character description and was reliable!

TARGET AUDIENCE

I wanted to get a clearer understanding of my target audience. The age range my film is targeted towards is 15-25, both male and female. I decided to research my audience, so I created an online poll on my blog, distributed questionnaires and asked people who I thought were likely to enjoy my film about their likes and dislikes. This way I could analyze my target audience and understand exactly what they would and wouldn't like to see in a thriller film.

Name: Georgia Heighway
Age: 18
Occupation: Student




1. What do you think of thriller films?

I think they're exciting, usually you don't want to look but you have to!


2. What are the main things you like about thriller films?

The scary settings and the ones that have an unexpected twist or plot!I also like how they build up tension, you feel scared when someone is being chased or you know the victims going to be found!


3. What do you dislike about thriller films?

Blood and gory deaths


3. What are your likes and dislikes?

Likes - Dance, clubbing, going out with friends and performing in shows
Dislikes- Tomatoes and racism

WEEK 6

I filmed the second part of my opening sequence in a car garage - the torture scene.
After filming I then logged and captured everything on to a computer.
I also researched my target audience, asking questions on opinions, likes and dislikes associated with the thriller genre and distributed questionnaires.

THEORY/NARRATIVE CODES

This is is Roland Barthes, a French literacy theorist who his famous for his idea that a text is like 'a tangled ball of thread which needs to be unravelled to seperate the colours' meaning that if you pull apart the pieces of a text, the meaning behind it is a lot clearer. He was constantly questioning ideas and theories. He created the idea that there are five existing major codes that help us understand opening sequences. The Hermeneutic Code, The Proairetic Code, The Semantic, The Symbolic Code and The Cultural Code.

An example of one of his ideas: The Hermeneutic Code- parts of the story that are not explained, and are a mystery to the audience. This type of code is used to keep the audience interested and creates the enigma. This code is present in many detective films, creating suspense right until the end. Types of Hermeneutic Code are:
Snares- which deliberately avoid the truth.
Equivocations- which are partial or incomplete answers.
Jammings- which openly acknowledge that there is no answer to a problem.

OPENING TITLES RESEARCH

The film I have decided to research is 'Fatal Attraction' (Adrian Lyne 1987) which like 'SNAPPED', is of the thriller genre, with a 'stalker' sub-genre. Michael Douglas plays Dan Gallagher, a married man that has weekend affair which he thinks will be a no-strings attatched fling with editor Alex Forrest (Glenn Close).

Similar to the antagonist in my film, Alex is mentally instable, and dangerous. She is portrayed as a psychotic, she is seen in the trailer I have included in the blog threateningly running towards Dan with a large knife whilst screaming. She becomes obsessed with Dan and stalks him, making his life unbearable. Dan even makes amends to move away as Alex becomes more obsessive but she continues to stalk him and spy on his family outside their house. Alex becomes more and more mental, commiting crimes such as kidnapping Dan's daughter Ellen, trying to kill his wife Beth and the most famous scene, boiling Ellen's pet rabbit on the stove.
Alex's actions connote mental instability and a violent mind. The antagonist in my film, Gerard has a similar disorder. A seemingly normal boy with insprations to be a footballer slowly becomes obsessed with stalking and torturing people without realising.
The font of the title used is bold yet sinister. Fatal is written in red, connoting blood and danger. Attraction is written in white, as if to suggest the fling was suppose to be innocent and harmless. The poster has similar colourings and connotations, a black and white photo of the two lovers Dan and Alex is torn in half. Alex looks away as if she's upset that Dan can't be hers,or that she's hiding a secret, and Dan's hand clutching onto her visibly bears a wedding ring. The surrounding colours are black and red, again to connote danger, or a warning.

WEEK 5

This week I filmed my opening sequence to a thriller film. First I filmed the library scene, then moved on to the stairs by the college exit. I didn't record any dialogue. I used a storyboard to capture all the appropriate shots.