Innocence

Planning- Thriller Opening Pitch (Video)

Planning- Location Confirmation

Email Confirmation of Our Location

This is the email of confirmation that we could use the Red Hall for our thriller opening. We payed and booked our available time slot so that we could use one or more of the rooms available to us.

BBFC Research

BBFC: The British Board of Film Classification

What do they do?
In order to protect children from unsuitable and even harmful content in films and videos and to give consumers information they might need about a particular film or video before deciding whether or not to view it, the BBFC examines and age rates films and videos before they are released. This independent scrutiny prior to release ensures the highest possible level of protection and empowerment.

What are the BBFC age ratings?

U- A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. However, it is impossible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at this lower end of the category range

PG- PG stands for Parental Guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. A PG film should not unsettle a child aged around eight or older.

12A and 12- Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult.

15- No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a 15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age

18- Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.

R18- The R18 category is a special and legally-restricted classification primarily for explicit works of consenting sex or strong fetish material involving adults.

What factors affect the age rating a film get?
There are many factors that affect the age rating of a film. One of these is how much violence is in the film. Another factor that affects the age rating is how much sexual content is in the film. Foul language and nudity also come into play with affecting the age rating.

What age rating would you give your thriller opening and why?
We would give our thriller a rating of 15. This is because that is within our own age range. Also we understand what works best and what doesn’t work best in our own age range. 15 also seemed an appropriate age range for our thriller as it is going to have the correct amount of content in it that will not be rude or have a lot of violence in it.

Planning- Original Storyboard

 

Original Storyboard for Thriller Opening

Planning- Soundtrack Ideas

We liked the first soundtrack because it is sinister and confusing so it would be good for a thriller because it would help create the sense of enigma by creating the tension so it engages the audience so if we decided to drop the tension for effect then it would help.

We also liked the second soundtrack because it was more horror than thriller so it would make the audience scared and alert so we could used this idea to make the opening affective. We would like to find or create a soundtrack that combines the aspects of both of the sound track so the audience is scared but still alert and holding on to the tension that has been created.




We have decided to go with this soundtrack because it has a mix between the two because it has the aspects of the first one as in the drum hits and the deep sounds mixed with the high sounds creates a sinister feel because it is confusing and is out of the ordinary. it also has aspects of the second because it has a horror thriller feel and makes the audience alert.

Also on our thriller opening we will use 'Garage Bound' to make different pitches of violins at peak moments in the opening, to add extra suspense. We find that 'Garage Bound' will be useful as we can create some of our original ideas and add them into where fits the best.

Planning- Shot List

Shot List

Shot number	Details of the shot	FX	Shot type
1 Scene 1	Ident appears ‘SceneScreen Productions’	Dandelions flying away	Mid/close up
2	Image of the house	Blast effect in slow motion	Midshot
3	Words ‘death’ and ‘present’	Blast effect on top of picture; slow motion	Close-up
4 Scene 2	Blood trail along the floor	Blast effect	High angle point of view
5	Following the rope going down the stairs	Blast effect with slow motion	High angle
6	Shots of hand and ‘staring’ on screen	Blast effect with slow motion	Extreme close-up
7 Scene 3	Following the rope leading to a name on the leg (Bailey Danahar)	Blast effect with slow motion	Extreme close-up
8	Continuous rope leading to the door handle	Slow motion on top of blast effect	Extreme close-up
9	opening of door from the opposite side of the door	Blast effect	Long shot
10 Scene 4	Following the rope into the room with a shoe on the rope	Blast effect and slow motion	High angle canted shot
11	Name of Becky Boyfield on neck injuries	Slow motion with blast effect	Extreme close-up
12	Cut to door opening and continuing with following the rope	Blast effect and slow motion	Door-long shot Rope-extreme close-up
13 Scene 5	Newspaper shot ‘all over’	Slow motion and blast effect	High angle panned shot.
14	Following an arm with ‘Scott James’ written in the wound	Blast effect with slow motion	Close up
15	Rope shot leading to Becky coming through the door	Slow motion and blast effect	Close up-panned leading to Becky which is a long shot
16 Scene 6	Rope over to the door leading to Becky and seeing the body	Blast effect	Close up pan leading to long shot
17	The body	Slow motion	Pan of whole body leading to a close up
18	Zoom of Scott into a corner	Slow motion blast effect	Long to close shot
19 Scene 7	Scott grabs Becky	Slow motion	Mid shot
20	Scott’s hand is over the dead body	Slow motion blast effect	Close up
21	Scott disappears then the title ‘innocence’	Fade into black but still in slow motion and with blast effect	Mid shot

Planning- Auditions