Treatment

Our thriller outline:

• Rakim receives call from Ahmed to come and do a favor for him
• All of which occurs whilst Rakim is playing a game that involves blowing objects up (foreshadowing)
• Rakim makes his way to Ahmed's home where he picks up the goods from Ahmed
• Ahmed gives him instructions to deliver the goods to his close friend Saeed
• Rakim takes the goods to Saeed outside an empty station exit whilst being watched by a mysterious figure 
• Camera cuts to a groggy POV shot from Rakim who has been hurt whilst being kidnapped by the mysterious figure 
• The mysterious man questions Rakim on prior events that led to a bombing
• The figure gives Rakim an ultimatum
• Cuts to typography 

What resources we will need

• Camera 
• Stand
• Video editing software
• Spare bedroom
• A black bag
• Access to a home
• Mobile Phone
• Games Console
• Television
• Access to a formal room

Locations:

Jordan's bedroom

Kasper's driveway and living room

Clockhouse train station

Harris Academy Beckenham's conference room 

Sound:

Batman Soundtrack 

Justification of ideas:

Our editing which creates the sense that our opening consists of a set of flashbacks that refers back to the interrogation scene. The soundtrack that we used only adds to the suspense of the thriller as they dynamics and instrumentation only begins to increase throughout the piece only adding to the drama. We used a combination of lighting in order to show the personalities of different characters. We believe that the frequent changing of scenes helped us to also achieve the aim of showing flashbacks.

Shortened Edit of London's Burning

Camera Shots/ Angles

Here we used a shot on the television of the character Saeed playing a violent console game where the character can be seen to be blowing up various different objects, a foreshadowing scene of what is to come.

In this shot we used a medium long shot from behind one of the characters when he was opening the door. We believe that this was effective as the window on the door slightly blurred the audiences vision of what the character may look like and also his features, we believe that this and the combination of the dark lighting helped us to achieve the ideal atmosphere needed for a thriller film, also helping us to follow the mise en scene. When editing this scene we used blurred some of the images within the scene to make the scene feel as if it was a flash back.

In this shot we used a medium close up to identify a new character. We filmed the character behind bars, as if almost this also a foreshadowing event as it is later found that this character and two other were involved in criminal activity. The contrast was also tinted lighter as when researching how different colours affect people, we found that colours such as amber, red and yellow suggest danger, thus we took the initiative to tint the scene orange to suggest fore coming danger.

Here we used a medium close up of the side of the mysterious hooded figure, to conceal the identity of the character so the audience are not completely aware of who this character may be or what his alter motives may be.

Here we utilised a point of view shot of the mysterious detective who has his head on the table, during this shot the camera was swaying to indicate that something was wrong with the character, suggesting that he may have been attacked. On the far right we had some natural lighting coming in through the window but not completely. Here we wanted to suggest that the character may already feel as if he is in prison during his interrogation. The mysterious detective once again has his face planted downwards, as he is trying to conceal his identity .

In this shot we attempted a low angle shot to partially show the detectives face, whilst also managing to partly keep his identity concealed.

This shot utilised a close up shot of the character Saeed, as he is given a proposition on whether or not to work for a secret service to conspire against his own associates. We wanted to capture the character's facial expressions and emotions when given this information.

 In order to keep the audience constantly involved within the opening we also decided to use a fast paced panning shot which followed the phone as it was passed along the desk, as the character Saeed becomes aware of what his actions have led to.

Mise-en-scene

Lighting

Call Sheet

Rakim's House Scene

^17th December

Jordan's House

2:00-3:00 PM

Actors needed: Jordan

This will be our initial shots involving an actor known as Rakim, the shots are likely to be part of our opening 

Costume: Home clothing

Casual clothes will be necessary in order to fit the character of Rakim who is a young ‘urban’ teenager. This includes colorful sports tops, tracksuit bottoms and other sports apparel.

Interrogation scene:

December 20th

Harris Academy Beckenham

2:00-5:00 PM

Actors needed: Andrew and Jordan

Andrew will need to wear a suit in order to follow the usual conventions of a detective in order to give our audience a true representation of his character. Jordan must be in casual wear (jumper and trainers) also as he must follow the provisions of an urban teenager.

During this day we will be filming the entire interrogation scene with varying angles, test shots and even interviews. We will be using lighting that may vary in order to give us the opportunity to follow the mise en scene of crime thrillers.