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Opening Sequence

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We have now decided on a name for the film we are making the opening to, it will be called Departed which relates to a train departing from the station because the girl leaves her brother on a train and it is a play on words because it also refers to dead people being described as the departed.

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Animatic Improvements

Costumes

We have chosen these costumes as we want the characters of James and Sophie to look like regular teenagers so they will be wearing normal clothing like jeans, a top and a jacket to fit this criteria. When in the detective's room, James will be wearing darker plainer clothing to look more formal and fit the tone of the scene. The detective himself will be wearing a shirt, tie and blazer to look like a professional police detective. This is conventional of the thriller genre because in most other thrillers the detectives/police wear smart clothing, for example in The Silence of the Lambs. It is also conventional in thrillers that most of the other characters wear casual clothing which will also appeal to our target audience and make them more relatable as the young people of our target audience wear clothing similar to that of the characters.

Props

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Locations

Changes to Casting

We have decided to make some changes to our casting due to the fact that Sarah Broadbent will be unable to film when it is convenient and according to our shooting schedule. We decided that the film may work better with a male protagonist as this is a convention for films of this genre. As a result, we have changed the main character of Jennifer Beckett to a 17 year old boy called James Beckett who will be played by Sam Witheridge.

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Shooting Schedule

Casting

    We have decided to cast myself and Chris as Sophie and Detective Ryan as it will be convenient for filming and we both fit the appearance, age and gender of our respective characters. We have cast Sarah as the lead character Jennifer as she is a drama A-Level student so will make the character seem more convincing to the audience.

Animatic Feedback

Chosen Font

Fonts

Distribution Company

We have chosen Vertigo Films as the distributor for our film. They are a British distribution and production company founded in 2002 which since its inception has produced 28 films and distributed 35 more, including thrillers like Pusher, Retreat and London To Brighton.

We have chosen this distribution because we feel like they reflect the British independent identity of our film due to the fact that they are a British company and produce films themselves so reflect a British identity very strongly. The fact that they distribute thrillers means they are suited to the genre of our own film and means it is likely that they will share our target audience, young people. Vertigo Films pride themselves on bringing new talent into the film industry such as up and coming directors which is perfect for the low-budget, independent film we are producing. 

25 Word Pitch

Our film will be a psychological thriller; we have chosen this sub-genre of thriller because we think it will be the most achievable and most able to be executed professionally given the limited budget and resources we have available to us.
We have decided to make the film's storyline about a young female protagonist aged 16/17 who witnesses the death of her sister when she falls in front of a train and as a result suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder so cannot remember anything about the incident. Throughout the film she is being questioned by a detective about what happened and slowly her memory is triggered by small details, like a picture of the train station she dies at, so she starts to uncover the truth about her sister's death and eventually finds out that she was actually the one responsible.

Survey Results

Initial Ideas