Mood Board

Rough Idea

 Rough Outline 

Once we got into our groups we began thinking about different types of genres and films we had seen. We thought of what types of films interested us and why.  Then we each looked at our favourite film, what made it a good film to watch, why did it appeal to us and how did it keep us ‘hooked’ all the things that made a good opening to a film was what we needed to be thinking about to add into our own as we wanted our film to be a success too.

First we did a brainstorm so that we could write down all the different ideas we had this way we could look at what would work and what wouldn’t. Our group then agreed that our favourite story line was about a assassin hired to get a necklace that held a secrete from a girl.

This is just our first basic idea it will be developed further to make it more interesting.

We put a mind map together because we had so many ideas we wanted to see what we had, make sure we hadn't forgotten anything and also take out anything we really didnt need.

Questionnaire

Storyboard

This is our new storyboard for our ident, we made this one due to the lose of a group member. We decided to make the ident like this because it contradicts our whole film which is what we wanted to do with the ident to add a unpredicted twist to the start of our film.

Genre

How we chose our genre:

First thing was to decide on a film title. As a group the first thing we did was to get a rough outline of a story and then work on a title, we chose to go with the story line of the man trying to get this key etc...
so thought of a couple of titles but we decided that the ones we where coming up with where a bit off putting, didn't follow the story or had no relevance. so then we thought of the name "The Key" its short, punchy, mysterious and relates to our film.
The only problem i think that this could have is that in cinemas if someone saw the title "The Key" would they be compelled to go and watch without reading about the film.

I looked into action thriller films and what people would expect from them this is what I found:

"Action thriller: In which the work often features a race against the clock, contains lots of violence, and an obvious antagonist. These films usually contain large amounts of guns, explosions, and large elaborate set pieces for the action to take place. These films often have elements of mystery films and crime films but these elements take a backseat to action." - Wikipedia.

Now reading this short piece from Wikipedia shows me that people like a lot of action in there action thriller films but with myself and my group wanting to take a lean towards the more "mystery" factor to these films as well as keeping the "action thriller" concepts, we sort or put the two genres together.

Props and Costume

The props that will be used in the making of our film opening have been:

- knife (murder weapon)
- hair clip (to break in to the house)
- the key necklace (object the man is after)
- paints (to get the cut)
- Tri pod (for the steady shots we need)
- camera (to film)
- two tapes (in case of one gets damaged)

The costume's of the male and female in our film opening will be:

The female will be dressed in casual around the house clothes like jeans, top and a cardigan. As for the male he plays a mysterious role in the opening so he will be dressed in trousers, shirt, double breasted coat and smart foot wear.

We have chosen these costume's because we are trying to create a mysterious but thrilling opening  to our film which is why the male is dressed how is because you don't really know who he is or what he his doing so dressing him the way we have dressed him is the only hint because he looks like some sort of trained man who is breaking into a house?

initial idea

Brief:

The initial idea for our film, is that it is based on a thriller film similar to the Bourne movies or a James bond film, we chose this idea because we thought it would make for a good movie opening and with this chosen genre we can do a lot with it and leads to endless amounts of creativity.
We chose to do some sort of murder and a to leave the opening on a cliff hanger like the beginning of a chase for something.
The scenario we chose to use was to make this man who has been following this young women who has this key that the man wants. I think that it is a simple idea but can be evolved into a lot of different situations and endings.

Inspirations:

James Bond

Where I got our inspiration from was films like James Bond films where you have a secret undercover agent on a set mission to either obtain, save or kill someone we took this idea and we developed and twisted it into a undercover agent but in our case he has been employed to hunt and take the key from the possession of a young women.

Bourne

What I liked about the Bourne films is that they are mysterious, mind boggling and creative, I like the fact you don't really know what is going on in the film until it happens and you don't know who the characters are until the director or screen writer allows you to find out who they are, what's there purpose and what they are going to do?

Tomb Raider

In tomb raider films I always enjoy the same sort of story, there's an object/artifact that everyone is trying to get hold of and you never find out what this object can or will do until they have it! This is why i wanted to include something like this in our film to add to the drama, to add more and more different aspects of suspense.

The Key Edit number 3

This is the third edit of The Key production.

The Key

Finished the filming and the editing.

First Attempt

This is our finished film, it is still needing sound and a couple of reshoots in areas. All in all i think this was a good first go at our filming and editing but with a few simple changes i think that we could improve it. 

First filming session

We have recorded the first little bit of of opening scene of our film opening, we went out to Rebecca's nans house and recorded the first part of the hired hitman to walk across the front of the house as if to look like he is patrolling the area and keeping a eye out for people who could catch him in the act.

The next shot is of the man walking up to the door at the side of the house picking at the lock to gain entrance to house the camera angle at this point is a close up of the mans hand picking the lock and walking into the house.

we also record our dramatic scene of the women in the window looking out into the road, she is wearing the key around her neck we also show a close up of this.

This is all the recording we manage to fit in to this one session but we will be recording again when our next opportunity is.

Three act structure

Act 1, in the first act of our movie opening we will have a mysterious man breaking into a house which makes it clear to the audience that this man is clearly a criminal of sorts but are yet to find out his main crime.

Act 3, we will introduce a women to the scene and a key necklace, the man is now inside her house and is looking around for not only a weapon but the key. He finds the key around her neck and goes at her with the weapon.

Act 3, the man has attacked the women and taken the necklace, the closing shot will be of the women appearing to be dead but is left unknown as weather she is dead or just unconscious.

Who, What, Where, When and Why

Who are the main characters?

The main characters in our opening film will be a young women called Anne, she will be playing the rightful owner of this key until it is brutally taken from her. The second main character will the hired hit man who has been paid by a very powerful man (who remains unknown) to set out and find this key to bring back to his employer.

What is main storyline?

We played around with a couple of ideas when we where planning but the one we chose was a simple action, adventure thriller genre movie smilier to a Lara Croft film. In this opening it will start with a confusing but logical entrance to bring the audience in and wanting to know what is going to happen and where this will lead.

Where will our filming take place?

The location we have chosen to film in will be Rebecca's nans house, we have chosen this location due to the sort of house it is which is detached, open and old looking on the outside.

When will we start filming?

It has been hard for our group to arrange a exact date for the filming of our opening scene due to busy time tables and out of school plans but we are hoping to start recording early march.

Why?

Everything that we have planned all has a reason and purpose which means that if we follow our plans and ideas it will go to plan and hopefully be able to come together and create a descent opening to out film. the reason why we have chosen this storyline is because its a rather simple idea but where it lacks storyline we are hoping to make up with it by using camera angles to make it a more thrilling movie.

Treatment

The Key

By Conner Bradley

We chose the working title "The Key" because it has a action thriller sort of ring to it. The title fits well with our screen play because the whole purpose of film is about this mysterious key that people want what it unlocks.

Log line

The Key is a action based thriller starring Rebecca Blackledge as a young defenceless women who has been given a key in which has been left behind for her, also starring is Conner Bradley a hired man sent to obtain this key and what it unlocks with any means possible!

What is Narrative?

This is how a story is put together and set up into three different sections which are Act 1,2,3 or the beginning, middle and end.

Act 1- Is the initial characterisation, which means describing who the characters and what there purpose in the movie. We then have a set up of the movie and the problem is introduced into the movie. Problem could be anything.

Act 2- Conflict, this is where the problem is being faced but not solved. There is also a further development of characters.

Act 3- Resolution, This when the characters now solve the problem. The characters now change for example there personality's and the means.

Opening Scene

The opening scene for our movie is based on the genre of thriller. We have already discussed location, props, camera angles and mise en scene. The location of the scene will be at Beckie's nan's house because of the old looking house and the tree's surrounding it will make it perfect for the shots we are looking for.
The roles have already been given to each of us as a group decision it will be Anna shooting and myself and Beckie as actors.
The story line is simple; a women is looks through a window and she is crying while holding a key which is around her neck on thin chain, we then have a shot of a man standing in the distance behind a tree who is then walks closer to the house. Once the man is at the door of the house the women then moves slowly watching her back into a different room. She knows she is now alone and when she turns the man is stood there behind her with a gun, his hands are shaking and he pushes her to the floor. There is not a lot of speech in this scene apart from the man shouting asking for the key and her shouting back refusing to give him the key. He then panics and shoot her in the leg and he takes the key by force. The closing shots are of him running out of the house and into the distance.