Visit to Our London Location

Myself (Beth Funnell) and our actor Scott took a visit to the South Embankment in London, to check out particular monuments which we think will be great to have in our opening sequence, so that the city is recognisable. We thought that the best well-known places consist of the London Eye, Big Ben and The Houses of Parliament. We also decided to go on the London Eye, to see all of these places and more, such as the Gherkin, from a higher level, and a birds eye view.We believe that its a great and also busy places to shoot our sequence, and therefore we have chosen this location for definite.

Here are some photos of our experience:

This is Scott and I on the London Eye, where in the background the bridge to reach Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament is visible.

This is us again, and this time the Houses of Parliament are able to be seen.

This is a photo I took on the London Eye from the highest point it reaches, of Big Ben. It is a spectacularly famous monument so it will be great to include it in our film opening. 

Costume Ideas

Our killer will be wearing a suit similar to this and shoes similar to the one's below. We have put our killer wearing this because we feel that this will make him look professional and also in thriller films, the characters look older and we think that by putting our actor in this costume, this will increase the look of his age.

Both our victims will be wearing black suits like the one on the left hand side because we again feel that this will help to make them look professional and older. This would also give the women the look of a independent business woman, not giving the typical stereotype of a woman victim.
Both women victims will be wearing black, flat shoes which makes them still look smart.

Influences on Ideas/Moodboard

Anamatic

This is our Anamatic, created purely as a series of pictures which last for the amount of seconds we hope the actual shot to take, and for us to get a slight idea about how we film our opening scene.

Permissions

Beckie, the other member of my group, emailed a couple of different people, to find out whether or not it would be appropriate for us to film in the areas we hope to shoot in. Use the link below to find out her responses.


http://danbeckiebeth-asmedia.blogspot.com/2011/12/permissions.html

Expectations of Thriller Vox-Pops

Thriller Audience Research of 3 Contemporary Thriller Films

Visit Beckie's blog to find out the audience's repsonses to the films Inception, Shutter Island and Hanna. This gave us an insight into which type of thrillers particular target audiences find appealing.

http://rebecca-gordon-media.blogspot.com/2011/12/thriller-audience-research-of-3.html

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