Shooting Script For Thriller Opening, Final Draft

Shot	Shot Description	Audio/Dialogue
1	POV shot, walking into a room and sits down facing a man behind a desk, Midish shot of man sat behind desk, starts being interrogated	Foot steps, Man speaking, “I knew you … Ha … Well I did know you before the accident”
2	POV shot of legs being dragged along, travelling backwards.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, “You only killed for the state, now you just kill for revenge? You’re an animal”
3	POV shot of empty room, mainly focused on the door (sideward)	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, “I remember that mission, we knew what we had to do it was easy, easier than 1, 2, 3,”
4	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	" but it was just after your daughter had been brutally murdered”
5	POV shot of legs being dragged along, travelling backwards.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, “You thought they were responsible, you took it to heart”
6	POV shot of empty room, still focused on door but camera starts to rotate (getting up)	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, “and you went after Belakov on your own personal mission”
7	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated, Man Stands up, shouts, then sits back down.	“You jeopardised the whole mission! “
8	POV as dragging stops and character (camera) falls backwards onto the floor.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, “You, I and McNeal were taken, tortured”
9	POV shot as man opens the door and enters the empty room	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, “But they took you away…”
10	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	“We thought you were dead …”
11	POV shot of character getting picked up to kneel.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, “Well you were dead…”
12	POV shot as man walks towards the camera (door shuts)	Heartbeat, Heavy Breathing and amplified door shutting, “You came back looking for answers”
13	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated, Pushes pictures over the table.	“And here they are”
14	POV shot as character gets shot (falls over)	Heartbeat, Heavy Breathing and Gun shot, “That’s him…”
15	POV shot of man grabbing character and shaking him	Heartbeat, Heavy Breathing, “WHY DID YOU DO IT! WHY WHY? (Echos, Discombobulated, background noise)” “you were right he did take your daughter, but he didn’t kill her…”
16	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	“our sources stay she’s still alive …”
17	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	“being held, but we don’t know where, if you wish to find her …”
18	POV shot of man walking away, eyes slowly closes	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, “You must take Belakov alive. That wont be easy …”
19	POV of man leaving as character falls back down, eyes slowly close	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, “He’s heavily guarded 24/7. He knows we’ll be coming, that’s why we need you cause after all…”
20	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	“You…Are…Dead!”

Narrative Script

I knew you … Ha … Well I did know you before the accident. You only killed for the state, now you just kill for revenge? You’re an animal. I remember that mission, we knew what we had to do it was easy, easier than 1, 2, 3, but it was just after your daughter had been brutally murdered. You thought they were responsible, you took it to heart, and you went after Belakov on your own personal mission,

(Stands up) you jeopardised the whole mission! (Sits back down)

You, I and McNeal were taken, tortured. But they took you away … We thought you were dead … Well you were dead, you came back looking for answers. And here they are.

Pushes pictures of Belakov across table

That’s him, you were right he did take your daughter, but he didn’t kill her, our sources stay she’s still alive … being held, but we don’t know where, if you wish to find her … You must take Belakov alive. That wont be easy … He’s heavily guarded 24/7. He knows we’ll be coming, that’s why we need you cause after all you … are … dead …

Roles for Final Thriller production

Acting Roles

Main Role (Person being dragged) - Zander Parkin
Bad guy - Morris James
Narrator - John Hughes (Me)

Directing and camera roles

Main Directing Role -  John Hughes

Assistant director - Morris James

Main Camera man - Zander Parkin

Sound and editing - Zander Parkin and John Hughes

Prop organisation - Morris James, Zander Parkin and John Hughes

Transportation

Zander Parkin - none needed, lives in Baston

John Hughes - Bus or possible getting a lift from relative

Morris James - Getting a lift off of a relative

Powerpoint

Shooting script for the Thriller Opening

Shot	Shot Description	Audio/Dialogue
1	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begging)
2	POV shot of legs being dragged along, travelling backwards.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
3	POV shot of empty room, mainly focused on the door (sideward)	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
4	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begging)
5	POV shot of legs being dragged along, travelling backwards.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
6	POV shot of empty room, still focused on door but camera starts to rotate (getting up)	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
7	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begging)
8	POV as dragging stops and character (camera) falls backwards onto the floor.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
9	POV shot as man opens the door and enters the empty room	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
10	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begging)
11	POV shot of character getting picked up to kneel.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
12	POV shot as man walks towards the camera (door shuts)	Heartbeat, Heavy Breathing and amplified door shutting, Narration
13	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begging)
14	POV shot as character gets shot (falls over)	Heartbeat, Heavy Breathing and Gun shot, Narration
15	POV shot of man grabbing character and shaking him	Heartbeat, Heavy Breathing, “WHY DID YOU DO IT! WHY WHY? (Echos, Discombobulated)” Narration
16	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begging)
17	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begging)
18	POV shot of man walking away, eyes slowly closes	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
19	POV of man leaving as character falls back down, eyes slowly close	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
20	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begging)

Thriller Questionnaire

1. What is your favourite movie genre?

2. What do you look for in the opening of a movie?
3.  If you had to choose a Thriller sub-genre what would it be? i.e. Crime-Thriller, Psychological-Thriller

4. If you had to choose, what would be your favourite Thriller movie?
5. What do you like about that movie? i.e. the tension it creates.
6. Where do you personally think is the best place to shoot a Thriller Opening?
7. Have you ever turned a movie after 5 minutes? If ‘Yes’ why?
8. What would you want to happen in the opening to a Thriller movie, in order to keep your attention and to keep you asking questions?

Costumes

This costume would have been perfect if we had decided to a Noire style 'Dective-Thriller'

Shot design?

We thought this shot was particularly effective because it was of a smartly dressed killer, looking kind of casual, in front of a neon sign, showing it is in the city. This was effective because he is in main focus and you do not know where or who he is preparing to shot at. 

Prop

Rural Setting

Lionsgate Entertainment

Lionsgate entertainment, one of the biggest film and movie distributor in the world. It produces and distributes hundreds of movies every single year. Founded in 6th June 1997, by Frank Giustra. Lionsgates has became renowned for their action and Thriller movies. Distributing movies like 'Blitz', 'Limitless' and 'The Dark Knight'. Thus making them now the leading Thriller movie distributor in the world. After selling off there sub distribution company 'maple pictures' Lionsgate has been able to focus 100% on there manly action films and there edge of your seat thrillers. Therefore making them a no nonsense, straight down to earth distributor.

Lionsgate would be a good distributor for my thriller because they distribute hundreds of Thriller movies each year, so people generally know what they are buying when they buy a Lionsgate film, therefore only the people who wish to watch thrillers will buy a Lionsgate film. All of the Lionsgate films normally focus upon the male audience, so you know when you buy a Lionsgate movie its gonna have some pretty manly things in the movie such as car chases, guns and other manly things, but also some of the movies entail a sense of confusion which almost every good thriller has and therefore my thriller will involve a crime and a massive sense of confusion therefore making it a crime thriller which fits in perfectly with Lionsgate main movie genre. So Overall Lionsgate would be a great distributor for my Thriller because they focus mainly on crime thrillers and also they are the biggest thriller distributor in the world, so therefore it is the perfect distributor for my Thriller.
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Preliminary Task Evaluation

We started the task with a major flaw in our plan, the classroom we had intended to use was in use, therefore we could no longer use that room for our Preliminary task filming, so we had to find another place fast and adapt the storyline to that place, which turned out trickier than we thought it would be.

We finally settled on the school library, we then had to adapt our storyline to the library, testing our improvisation skills.

By having to improvise with no plans or anything, we found it really hard to stick to rules like the 180 degrees rule. We managed to stick to the rule fine until we reached the dialogue part, were I made the mistake of putting the camera on the wrong side of Stephan in the 'Over the shoulder shot,' it didn't really effect the continuity of the film but people with a keen eye realised the problem that we managed to miss during the filming and editing stage.

We also had a problem with sound and lighting because half of the film was shot outside. We had to try and compensate for the silhouette effect the sun gave when caught at the wrong angle, causing no end of problems. Also because we were outside we had a problem with the wind distorting Stephan and Evan talking, but no matter how much we tried nothing work so they just had to speak up and hope for the best. This tested our knowledge of lighting to allow use to make rash decisions in where to put the camcorder and we overall got some pretty good shots.

But the main problem was that when we got to the editing stage, we realised that we didn't have enough shots but we made do with what we had and the good shots made, an overall, good Preliminary task.

Overall we made a good Preliminary task and showed knowledge of the criteria. We showed good filming skills and had no continuity errors. So overall we had worked well together on the Preliminary task, apart from the fact that I was left to direct, film and edit all of the task by myself.
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Location For Thriller Opening

Long and abandoned stretch of mud road