Shot lists

Here are our two shot lists we planned for filming. By doing these shot lists we can make the filming process faster as we now have a clear idea of what camera shots to use and when.

Character Profiles, Casting Ideas, Location Scout and Rehearsal Schedule

The next task we did was our character profiles, casting ideas, location scouting and rehearsal schedule. Doing this enables us to be organised and clearly see the structure of the filming process to limit any unrealistic goals/disruptions.

Script

Here is our script we created for our opening, this will help our cast and crew identify the roles and characteristics the characters portray as well as the structure of our opening/narrative.

Planning Synopsis

These are our planning synopsis' and our original ideas.  They include our narrative ideas and codes and conventions, we also have detailed descriptions of our characters and what we have represented them as and why. From these ideas we can get a broader idea of what our characters personality will be like and also how they are involved in the narrative and the equilibrium/disruption.

Survey Responses

Here are the graphs of our results from our surveys we conducted on Google forums:

These results help us draw conclusions that we can take on board and use for our own film opening to ensure it attracts our target audience and therefore this survey was very useful.

Mind-map of our opening

The next task we had to do is create a mind-map of our opening including codes and conventions such as stock characters and settings alongside themes and narrative ideas. We used Bubbl.us to create our mind-map and doing this task was helpful as it means we can clearly see the ideas we have and this will make it easier to incorporate them into our opening along with other research/ideas.
Here is our mind-map;

Mood board

Here is our mood board for our chosen genre (psychological crime thriller); we included examples of films of the genre, codes and conventions and also aspects thats the audience enjoy.

Documentary

We have created a documentary that highlights and explains the codes and conventions of our chosen genre to contribute to our planning and preparation for our film opening. We have also added our audience research and analysis' from other psychological crime thriller openings to see what the common themes are. You can watch our documentary below:

Focus Group

Alongside our survey, to gather more audience research we conducted a focus group asking them:

1) What characters do you expect to see in a psychological crime thriller?

2) What do you expect to see in the opening?

3) What do you like in general about the genre?

4) What makes any film interesting?

We recorded some interviews and you can watch them below: