Emma Phillips Foundation Production

From last years examiners report and thriller openings we have studied as a class, we have concluded that our thriller must be different to anything seen before, of which has avoided all cliche's associated with this certain genre of film (such as woods, stalkers etc). However, it must include conventions of which are typical and that have been discovered through independent research. Our target audience must also be clear, using questionnaires to gain evidence and analysing each result thoroughly.

We must also include within our blogs strong evidence of planning through materials such as storyboards, scripting and through detailed organisation of shooting days.Animatics (serires of stills made into a short movie) may also be included in order to give details about the scene we will film in.

For extra points, we may produce our own production logo in order to make the thriller more realistic.As well as this, we need to consider costumes, props and locations in great detail, as everyday objects and people doing everyday things will do nothing for the atmosphere and mood we wish to create.

Mise-en-scene also needs to be considered greatly. We need to dress every set we use, and ensure we do not make errors such as leaving equipment in the view of the filming, as well as ensuring characters look realistic and persuasive. Continuity errors must be non-existant, especially if we take longer than one day to film certain shots.

We must also find an interesting way to show credits, as stereotypical credit rolls are uninteresting and will fail to gain us the marks we require. Instead, we need to create interesting credits with stills/shots in the background- giving some clues to the rest of the film. Music also needs to be carefully chosen, however we may use the voice over we planned.