Title Sequence Storyboard.

Locations.

Location one: Abandoned Location/Drama Underground Rooms

This is the place in our story where the character Lily will be kept captive by Ebony and where a section of our opening sequence will take place. We chose to use this location because it looks very unused and dingy to give it an authentic, believable look that will make sure that our opening sequence doesn't look unrealistic or tacky.

Location two: College corridor

This is the place in our story where the girls meet for the very first time and will spend a lot of their college time together, and it also is used in a section of our opening sequence. We used this location because within our story the girls meet within college outside a lesson and so by using a real college corridor it gives our film a realistic look.

Location three: Robyn's kitchen
This location will only be used briefly within our title sequence. We chose to use this location as Ebony slips a pill into Lily's drink while she's having tea at her house within our story, so we thought that by filming at one of our houses we would be able to achieve a realistic, authentic look of two girls at one of their houses. 

Thriller Reviews

Here are some film reviews that are similar genre to our film-

Similar Film: Captivity.

Short Plot Summary
"A man and a woman awaken to find themselves captured in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them psychologically mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed."

I chose to compare our film to this as it includes the aspects of abduction and psychological torture as our film does. One of the people in this film that is captured is drugged, and the person in our story who is abducted is also drugged, meaning both the characters and the audience are initially unsure as to who abducted them, showing plot similarities between our film and Captivity. A contrast between the films is that the captive woman frees herself from the situation whereas the captive girl in our film is saved by her friend.

This is the trailer for Captivity. It makes good use of the aspect of mystery by not revealing who is keeping the people captive, as our title sequence will do. There is also a shot of someone's legs being dragged away, which is also a shot we have decided to use within our title sequence. The titles make good use of scratchy, distorted looking fonts to demonstrate the thrilling genre, and we intend to use the same style of font, too. This trailer focuses more on using jumpy, adrenaline pumping music that will thrill you and scare you, whereas we've decided to focus more on eerie sounds that will thrill you in a way that isn't necessarily scary in a jumpy manner, but in a way that makes you anticipate something odd and unexpected.

A review of Captivity from rottentomatoes.com reads, "Plunges the viewer almost directly into its nightmarish scenario," and shows that it is effective to create a storyline that a viewer could throw themselves into and relate with the characters' feelings and motives, meaning they become more involved with the storyline and therefore more eager to find out what happens next and will then be more likely to enjoy the film. We have touched on the aspect of our storyline being relatable to our audience as the characters within it are college students and these will make up the majority of our audience, meaning they could maybe relate with specific characters within our film and so become more involved with their choices of actions and their emotions.

Risk Assessment

Film Genre- Quesionnaire Video

Our Questions were:

1. Whats your favourite film genre?
2. Would you watch a thriller? 
3. What do you think makes a good thriller?
4. How often do you go to the cinema?
5. If you enjoyed a film at the cinema, would you buy it on DVD?

Possible film distributor.

we want our film to have a audience of teens (13-19), therefore we thought that having a small independent British film distributor would be the best option for our film. we decided to research into possible distributors and listed the possible ones. After this we then thought that because the film 'This is England' was such a big hit with this sort of audience, we researched into that and decided that the distribution company 'optimum releasing' was the best distributor for us.

http://www.optimumreleasing.com/

 
Since its inception in 1999, Optimum Releasing has steadfastly adhered to one mantra: supporting filmmakers with a vision, and bringing these visions to the widest audience possible.

From Michael Moore to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, and Gus Van Sant to Guillermo Del Toro, the company - a UK-based, all rights company servicing the release of feature films across Theatrical, Video, Television and Online media - has therefore acquired a reputation for a dynamic, marketing-orientated approach to distribution; while the formation of Optimum Home Entertainment in 2004 has seen the company move into the DVD and video market, releasing over 60 titles in its first year of operation alone.

The company has enjoyed success with a wide range of films including key US Independents such as Gus Van Sant's Palme d'Or winning Elephant, acclaimed films Roger Dodger and Igby Goes Down and the groundbreaking Academy Award nominated American Splendor. Not forgetting Oscar winning films such as Spirited Away and Nowhere in Africa.

Optimum Releasing has consistently supported emerging filmmaking talent such as Alejandro Gonzalez Inarrittu (Amores Perros), Guillermo Del Toro (The Devil's Backbone) and Fabien Bielinsky (Nine Queens) as well as established filmmakers such as Oliver Stone (Comandante), Gus Van Sant (Elephant), Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11), Jean-Luc Godard (Eloge de L'Amour) and Michael Winterbottom (9 Songs). The films feature an impressive array of acting talent that includes Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Bill Nighy, Jeremy Irons, Claire Danes, Paddy Considine, Isabella Rossellini and many many more.

Documentaries have always provided a key element in Optimum's output with films as varied as Lost in La Mancha, Biggie and Tupac, Dark Days and nature documentary Deep Blue. The company's work in this field culminated with the 2004 release of Michael Moore's Palme d'Or winning polemic Fahrenheit 9/11. Grossing in excess of £6.5 million at the UK box, the film has become by far the most successful documentary feature of all time.

Celebrating classic cinema has always been a big part of Optimum Releasing. Titles such as The Third Man, This is Spinal Tap, Breathless, Spirit of the Beehive and Whisky Galore hold a deserved place in the Optimum catalogue and sit alongside new British cinema such as Dead Man's Shoes, Lawless Heart and Born Romantic.

With a commitment to developing Optimum Releasing in the future the company will be further exploring its activities through Production, Optimum Home Entertainment whilst also looking at new means of distributing filmed entertainment.

Music

This music will begin when the brick hits Ebony. I decided to pick this piece as it begins with a sharp banging noise, which will make it sound more dramatic. The rest of the music will then carry on in the background which gives off a mysterious vibe, due to the creaking sound affects in it.