Thriller: Rough Cut

My Final Thriller Shot List

Final Thriller Opening Shot List/ Shooting Schedule

By Jake Austin

Due to problems with shooting and difficultys in organisation once there i have revised the shot list in order to comply with our location and what we have learnt from filming so far.

KEY:

Yellow = Shot type

White= Character in focus

1.    Dystopic panning shot of grey Norwich.

2.    Zoom in on a welcome to Norwich sign. Representing zeitgeist.

3.    Cut to close up panning shot of Shosanna walking to establish character and costume + panning to blend fluidly from the panning Dystopic city shot. Gets phone out as receives text from mule.

4.    Close up of phone telling her to its on.

5.    Cut to POV of villain in third man looking door way.

6.    Cut to Low angle close up of Shosanna’s feet going round corner

7.    Cut back to POV of villian with diegetic breathing getting stronger and beginning to follow Shosanna.

8.    Close up of Shosanna with villain in blurred distance – enigma.

9.    Cut to point of view of Shosanna as she approaches loan shark’s mule.

10. Cut to close up of loan shark mule slightly low angle.

11. Cut to close up of Shosanna as she recognises him and prepares (anxious) of what she is about to do. Villain in blurred distance watching the exchange.

12. Cut to establishing shot of the two of them as the walk to exchange.

13. Cut to close up of hands on exchange.

14. Cut to close up of mule shark as he smiles and walks away.

15. Cut to pan close up of Shosanna as she turns to underpass and walks down and lights her cigarette.

16. Cuts to worm’s eye of Shosanna further downhill to underpass. (villain visible blurred)

17. Quick cut to establishing from stairs before Shosanna enters.

18. Cut to bird’s eye as she enters underpass.

19. Cut to POV of Shosanna as she enters to underpass establishing location.

20. Cut to over the shoulder shot of villain with view of following Shosanna – diegetic heavy breathing.

21. Cut to close up of Shosanna rule of thirds with villain.

22. Cut to quick close up of Shosanna feet.

23. Cut to quick close up of villain’s feet as kicks can.

24. Cut to close up of Shosanna recognising she is being followed.

25. FLASHBACK: scene from shots 3-7 FROM SHOSANNAS POV.

26. Cuts back to real life: side on medium close up as pace of them quicken as he begins to chase her.

27. Cut to leaving shot of tunnel chase scene

28. Cut to prison bar chase shot as they run uphill

29. Cut to worms eye of feet as chase continues

30. Cut to long shot high angle of Shosanna running towards house.

31. Cut to close up of Shosanna as shows some relieve as she can no longer see villain and goes to open door.

32. Cut to close up of hands on door handle as gets home.(leaves the door slightly open)

33. POV with heavy diegetic breathing of villain seeing Shosanna take off coat and get out package (enigma).

34. POV of Shosanna as she grabs scissors and begins opening package. (Girl with the dragon tattoo opening).

35. Close up of hands opening package but with camera facing her face.

36. Pan up to close up of Shosanna’s face with villain in background at window (unaware)

37. Close up as she tips out contents with zoom on finger (hand visible with same nail varnish)

38. Close up of Shosanna’s face as she panics.

39. (Diegetic sound on window as shadowy figure of villain disappears) over the shoulder of Shosanna briefly seeing the figure and freezing.

40. (Diegetic sound of bang on door) cuts to close up of Shosanna’s face as banging continue and she freezes.

41. Fades out.

Thriller Final Idea Prezi

My final idea in prezi form whihc i prefer due to the simplicity yet professionality of it.

Possible music for our thriller

This song i think would be perfect for our thriller to be used in the sound bridge of diegetic sound from Shosannas headphones beginning in credits and fading out as she gets home inside and takes off her headphones to inspect the package. (silence therefore adding to the final suspense.) we have been told in class that the soundtrack can not be american, copyrighted or have lyrics in however i am suggesting this as the lyrics reflect Shosanna's persona and fits with Goodwin's theory. In the case that we can't use it due to copy right or because its american? I am considering getting some friends together and recording a cover of it which we could make even more fitting to the feel/tone of our thriller.

Thriller Planning: Our Characters.

Thriller planning: characters by

Initial thriller planning – Initial shot list

Initial thriller planning – Initial shot list

·         over the shoulder shot of summer (contemporary femme fatale character) (diegetic sound of headphones on summer) walking under a ladder (reference to third man-    )

·         low angle panning shot of summer round corner (feet)

·         summer point of view seeing Elliott approaching with the package (enigma)

·         Point of view shot of villain looking at exchange between Elliott and summer (Dan?) (audience not aware its point of view only a long shot) (see summer turn to camera (villain) but think nothing of it) (diegetic light breathing)

·         cut to close up of hands and exchange

·         close up of Elliott’s face as point of view of summer

·         cut to close up of summers face (close ups identifying characters emotions and engaging with audience) (film the shot turning to villain and seeing him but don’t include until convoluted plot comes in) (like in Jackie brown changing room scene)

·         back to point of view (villain) (diegetic light breathing getting heavier) panning as summer walks away and then follows

·         high angle if possible of summer walking further connoting vulnerability (showing villain following/shadowing her in the background

·         summer over the shoulder looking paranoid looking around a lot (going in to grafti underground bit connoting entrapment)

·         close up rule of thirds shot summers face (2 thirds) and villain following her in distance (the third part of shot(blurred using focus pull so everything but her face is blurred))

·         medium close up of summer turning around and seeing villain

·         back to close up showing summers emotions of suddenly realising she is being followed

·         Cut to flash back of exchange (blurred borders in edit to show its flashback focusing of centre action in mise-en-scene) replaying the exchange scene but including the point of view of summer seeing villain (realising it was him) instead of point of view of villain point of view from summer.

·         Long shot of villain turning (point of view turning and then following) and then following summer (including all action from scene in mise-en-scene) (explaining the plot)

·         (Back to normal time) close up of summer very afraid with villain visibly starting to run as summer quickens pace

·         Long shot tilted showing them both getting faster until running (quick zoom half way of villain getting something from coat) (enigma- weapon or something) back to long shot of running in panic as it fades out.