The Finished Product

After countless amounts of time planning, filming and editing we reached our final product.

Editing Storyboard

Shot/Editing:	Length of time:	Music or sound:	Why we did this…
Fade in to first credit of white text with black background.	2-4 seconds long.	Non-diegetic music/beat.	To show the production team and to add and build up suspense and mystery.
Shot from the inside of the moving vehicle filming outside the passenger seat.	2-4 seconds long.	Non-diegetic music/beat.	Give the audience a little understanding that someone’s driving a car somewhere along with the non-diegetic music which creates mystery and suspense.
Fade in to the second credit/title –white text and black background.	2-4 seconds long.	Non-diegetic music/beat.	To show the production team and to add and build up suspense and mystery.
Shot of the rear window inside the car showing the driver’s face whilst driving.	2-4 seconds long.	Non-diegetic music/beat.	To show the audience the main character in the thriller who will appear throughout the film and have an effect in it. But due to the short time and no dialogue of idea who is he and where is he going builds mystery and suspense.
Fade in to black background where the film production or distribution title will appear in white.	2-4 seconds long.	Non-diegetic music/beat.	To show the production team involved in producing and distributing the film and to add and build up suspense and mystery.
Shots through the passenger and main window as the driver are driving.	8-12 seconds long with cuts in between and appearance of actor’s names (bottom left hand-side).	Non-diegetic music/beat.	Shows a sense of place and location for the audience, especially of the view of the Wembley Stadium.
Black	2-3 seconds long.	Silent.	Creates suspense and tension of why did it just go black and what will happen next?
Inside the warehouse of the two robbers (disguised in monkey masks and armed with a crow bar and a small axe) breaking into the compound.	4-7 seconds long.	Non-diegetic music/beat, diegetic sound along with the diegetic sound of the alarm going off.	The audience understand what is happening in the film and the music and sound creates tension and the alarm going off sound creates a fast pace.
A wide shot of the driver in the car driving up to the location and turning around waiting for the robbers to come out. (We used a jump cut in the scene when the car makes a U-turn as this built up the pace of the film).	4-7 seconds long.	Non-diegetic music/beat with lower volume sound of the alarm bell.	This is where the audience understands that the driver has a connection to the robbers.
Shot inside of the compound of the robbers with the bag of jewellery escaping the compound.	3-5 seconds long.	Non-diegetic music/beat with higher volume sound of the alarm bell.	Builds up tension and anticipation of the robbers escaping.
A panning wide shot of the robbers leaving and running to the car which then drives off.	6-9 seconds long.	Non-diegetic music/beat with lower volume sound of the alarm bell as well as diegetic sound of the car driving off, the door closing and the robbers yelling “let’s go, go!” and police radio.
Into black with Primate title shown.	2-5 seconds long.	Alarm bell with police radio in conversation.

The New Idea

Influences of our plot idea:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8LFltdEjYg - (Drive Robbery Scene)

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQEYQ2ccY6c - (The Town Robbery Scene) 

Our New Location

For our new thriller idea most of the filming will be of the driver on his way to the compound, where he will be picking up the two robbers and so the location for this will be en route to the destination.

These are the locations of where the robbery takes place as well as the escape scene.

We are using these places as they are located in an urban area that seems like it is part of and industrialised sector due to many construction sites surrounding it. This establishes the scene and  because the compound is in a much less centralised area it shows that there would be something valuable inside

New Thriller Storyboard

We have recently made a new storyboard due to how our first shoot day went. This storyboard will include links to the film DRIVE and has been planned much more thoroughly so we get the best footage that we can.

More Research About Films Similiar to our New/Old Thriller

Our group made this Prezi to finalize the similarities our thriller has towards films such as Drive, so we used this evidence so that we can link it towards our new thriller.

Our First Footage (With Editing) and Why we Decided To Change It

This was our first edited piece of footage. As you can see it isn't complete and there are many errors. Firstly we didn't get enough footage and the location was a back up so it was all improvised. Secondly we did not have access to the building so we couldn't film inside. Also we didn't have a full understanding of how to edit a video to a standard quality so our cuts weren't smooth resulting in a shaky video. We were careless with the camera and accidentally deleted imperative footage that was worth writing about which resulted in a lot of time wasting which aggregated our group. Overall we came to a conclusion and decided to come up with a new idea that had a similar plot, same characters but a different location with a tweaked synopsis.

Account For Shoot Day 1

Shoot Day 1

Firstly our group left the ideas quite late so when it came to the actual shoot day improvisation was needed. First off the day started when we all met up and put together the equipment, tested the cameras and got the van. We had our storyboard implanted within our mind so we knew what we wanted to do but disappointingly we knew it wouldn't be enough so we had to come up with some last minute ideas. Our actors were male teenagers one we knew was cut out for the role as drama is his hobby so that gave us an advantage but the other actors were inexperienced in this field but knew exactly what they had to do, so therefore I couldn't of been that hard.  We all drove to the car park and started from there. The driver had an angry look to him making him seem fierce which was perfect as we needed our cast to maintain that thriller feel of our film. It was a grey day so the light was quite dull and gloomy which linked with the robbery emphasising the scene to make it much more life like and not unrealistic.

 Location: We had located our thriller in a car park, originally we wanted it to be deserted but because we filmed at the Saracens home ground it was very busy. We found a place behind a building where we were able to film, it was surrounded by loads of cars, patches of grass and some concrete slabs.

Props: We only had two monkey masks so we were unable to fit all three actors into one shot so we improvised by using cuts to different monkeys. We had some fake weapons that really emphasised the robbery making the surroundings dangerous as well as setting the scene. We didn't bring a bag as we forgot so instead we used the tripod case to improvise making it seem like a rare mineral was encased inside it. Overall we portrayed a lack of commitment and care as we didn't thoroughly plan what we needed in terms or props for our thriller.

Sound: We included many diegetic sounds such as the tyres screeching as well as cocking the gun. The sound of the van creates the tension as it shows how big the robbery was going to be and that getting away as soon as possible was imperative. As well as this there was the diegetic sound of the gun cocking increasing the tension as it shows how important the robbery is therefore they have to take certain precautions.

Conclusion: My role was to film as well as guide the actors. We worked well as a group but we didn't stick to the storyboard so there were a few disagreements. As well as this we were inexperienced when it came to the cameras and I had to climb a tree just to get a good panning shot of the van leaving. Consequently due to our lack of experience we re-watched the clip on the camera and recorded over it., All in all I wasn't happy with our effort as it was last minute.

Luckily we had a new idea!!!