Ideas for Thriller's poster

Lately we have been discussing the distribution and the presentation of our film. Poster is a great tool of marketing and at reaching our target audience. Since our film is scientific and quite mysterious, we will adapt the colors of beige to represent the sandy Nevada desert as Area 55 is located there and the title will be colored in red to represent the thrill and the danger the charter will face in the movie. Since our character is "fresh-faced" and not known to many audiences, the poster will concentrate on the concept of the film, putting actors on the background like in posters "Monsters". The titles will be placed in a similar way to "Cloverfield" with the name of the film being on the bottom and placing a catchy phrase that vaguely intrigues the audience on the top of the poster.

Thriller Prezi

Copy of Copy of Thriller on Prezi

Prop List

Prop List for “Adjustment bureau 51“

1)   One people carrier type car (Blue school espace)  

2)   Rubbish (Junk Food)Eg. Pizza boxes, sweet wrappers, McDonalds boxes and drinks bottles.

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)   Blankets and pillows

4)   One Soda can (Coke Cola)

5)   Camping gear Eg tents, sleeping bags.

6)   Piles of Conspiracy books with titles like “Who’s Watching” the “NASA conspiracy” and “Conspiracy 365”

   

7)   Ticking watch

8)   Car Radio

9)   Area 51 sign

10)      Gas mask  

  

Sound for our thriller

This morning, on Youtube, I stumbled upon the famous Inception soundtrack created by Hans Zimmer. I thought it was so empowering but at the same time it was melodramatic and I had a lot of sympathy for it. The melody made me think of our main character, his life, the choices he makes and how his final decision will change his life forever. He is a hero in our story, but a tragic hero. This heartfelt music would suit our sequence consummately. 

Searching for the Character Identity

·     White Caucasian

·     Looks like someone who likes comic-con. Is wearing a superman T-shirt

·     Chubby
·  Is very Americanized

·     He has travelled to English countryside from somewhere very far

·     His clothing includes baseball cap and old trainers

·     Beard?

·     In his 20’s or 40’s. 

·   Doesn’t care about his appearance 

Thriller Research: Adjustment Bureau

When researching film "The Adjustment Bureau" one of the techniques you notice straight away is the door portal. I like the way portal can take you anywhere and after the first two times director introduces it, the audience stops questioning it and just goes with it. It feels like a liberating thought to me. It is also very enjoyable and has a deep meaning if you think about it enough.

Second Production Meeting with Matt

On 14th of November, 2012 we had our second meeting with Matt discussing our final idea for our thriller opening sequence. New details were introduced for example in order to make "making steps" scene more interesting and spooky, our main character will be holding tape measurer while counting the steps. This will give the audience more information who the character is. Also characters actions have to be precise in order to deliver to viewers the importance of his mission.

The Narrative Action for our Thriller Sequence

·      Establishing shot of countryside

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Changes to shot of a car, alone in the empty sad car park

·      Shot of a rugged man, overweight man. Establishes main character.

·      The shot pans around the car to show a backseat full of rubbish (junk food) and pillows. This represents that the main character lives in his car because there is only one thing he truly cares about and it’s Area 51.

·      There is a shot of him reaching for a soda can, he drinks it fast to show that he is both nervous and impatient.

·      We Pan to the left, slowly to show huge pile of books on conspiracy theories

·      We focus the camera on the titles of the books which go like “Who’s watching” “The NASA Conspiracy” and “Conspiracy 365” (Extreme close-up)

·       The man looks at his watch, the audience hears the accentuated ticking noises.

·      There is another mid-shot of the man, the ticking noise is still there

·      Close shot of his hand reaching for the radio, he tries to find the channel but no matter what channel he turns, there is no signal. The audience hears the noise of buffering

·      The man looks at his watch again. Then reaches to get out of the car.

·      He gets out of the car and looks around

·      He begins to take steps in the forwarding, marching direction. He counts the amount of steps he makes. He knows exactly what he is doing and where he is going.

·      There is a close up of his feet taking small and steady steps

·      There is a long over the shoulder shot of the man as he stops his steps.

·      He reaches up and presses with his both hands on the air like there is something there. It is a close mid-shot.

·      He is finally able to break the invisible barrier and open the portal that leads him to AREA 51.

·      From looking inside the portal, we see a deserty area which represents that it is settled in the deserts of Nevada.

·      Rough editing transition. There is a close shot of the “WARNING AREA 51” sign.

·      There is a long shot of him putting his oxygen mask on and preparing to make his way through the portal

·      The portal begins to close behind him but the camera (like a form of evidence) is still fixated on the disappearing figure who is now lost in the desert scene.