Monday 23 January 2012

Changed Script for Thriller

Phil and I, decided that the dialogue for Alison who is playing the President's Personal Assitant doesn't sound urgent enough and very cliche. Between us we spent about an hour and a half coming up with new lines for Alison to see if it could make the Thriller more belieavle than it already is. Some of the lines that we came up with are:

  • "We're doing all we can sir!"
  • "This is a new type of threat./We’ve never seen an attack on this scale./But the entire network has been infiltrated."
  • "How the hell could they have done this?"
  • "Britain and France are in the loop Germany are being briefed as we speak."
  • "We don’t know what we’re dealing with here, Sir."
  • "Every agency is working on this."
  • "We're goona need your full cooperation to deal with this threat!"

The line that I end up choosing as the final one, will be the one that I voice record onto my animatic.

Locations of our Thriller

We are shooting all of our media thriller on Thursday of this week and all on campus. However, it will be shot in three different locations.

Our first location will be the corridor in the basement of Hurtwood House. This location will be used to shoot the president and his 'personal assitant' walking towards the briefing room.

Our next location is Dave's (head of students) office, also in Hurtwood House. He location will be used as the briefing room itself and it where the majority of the President's dialogue will be said.

Our third and final location is the studio in the lower buildings of Hurtwood. In there we will use the green screen to create the images of the other world leaders. After shooting, the shots from this location and Dave's office will be edited together so that the dialogue fits and makes sense.

Tuesday 10 January 2012

Props List For The Thriller

What We Can Retrieve

  • Clipboard - Rymans
  • Glass for water - Home/Hurtwood
  • Miniature American Flag - Internet
  • Red Ties (X2) - Primark
  • Mont Blanc Pens (Black) - Walter
  • Make up - Sarah or Genevieve
  • Video Camera - Walter
  • Top Secret Stamp - Internet
  • Brown Folder - Genevieve

What We Would Like The School To Retrieve

  • All the correct furniture for the scenes. E.G Tables and Chairs for the conference room. Much of what we need we can already find in the school so it's more a question of being able to use these good when we need them. For example, we will need one of the computers in the editing suit for the hacker scene.
  • Ear pieces - Drama Department
  • Green Screen for the different world leaders - Studio

Our Cast For Our Thriller

Every actor of the cast for our thriller is a member of the Hurtwood House Staff. The four actors we have are:

  • Audrey: who will play the French Prime Minister.
  • Ted: who is playing the English Prime Minister.
  • Roy: who is playing the President of The United States.
  • Alison: who is playing the Personal Assistant to the President.
We have chosen these actors because we feel that they best fit the roles of the characters that we have in our thriller. We decided not to go with any of the students from the school because their physical appearance wasn't old enough to match with the stereotypical view of world leaders.

We have also made sure that the actors in our thriller have the right dress code for the recording of the scene. The male actors will be wearing suits with white shirts, red ties and polished black shoes. The women will be wearing neatly cut black suits with black skirts and an open collar. The president will have a shiny American Emblem badge pinned to the chest of his black suit.