Filming results and storyboarding

Over the christmas break, I managed to shoot the chase scenes of our trailer. This filming session was much more successful, and most of the filming looked effectively dark but still maintained a higher clarity and picture quality.

The next step is now to film the other filler shots of our trailer. This includes some more outside shots of the supposed 'attacker' along with some more footage of the protagonist being watched. I've arranged another person willing to help out and feature in the trailer as the 'attacker', and my friend whose already done some filming with us is going to continue helping as well. So I'm going to organise some dates with them and finish the rest of our filming. The locations for the rest of the filming are more basic. We're using the college which we know well and outside my own house and in my car. So we have not scouted out locations for these shoots as we know them well and have in mind the appropriate places to film. However, for the shots including the attacker, we have had to think more carefully about props and costume in this case. We have decided on a long black coat, dark jeans and black gloves for him, as this will look effectively dark and mysterious in our trailer. The black gloves are important as they prevent fingerprints being left on the 'crime scene' and so are iconic of criminals and make the shot look more realistic and believable. We will have the attacker looking in the boot of his car for a weapon. Instead of using the very stereotyped gun, we have decided to have tools in the boot, which make it seem grittier and potentially gruesome, but when used in the trailer, it will be more ambiguous and leave more to the individual imaginations of the audience. So I've been looking through my dads tool box and picking out potentially dangerous and dirty looking tools, such as a hammer and wrenches.

I've prepared some additional storyboard/shot lists for the other components of the trailer. As we plan to switch between shots rapidly and not necessarily in a linear narrative in our trailer, we are not combining our storyboards, but instead will experiment with the most effective order in the editing stage. I have not included location photos in these shot lists/storyboards as opposed to the chase scene locations we know these places well and already know where we will film.

For the scenes of the attacker, we decided to film outside my house to contrast the thriller/action chase and attacker with the calm regularity of a quiet village street. This will both add a variation and contrast in setting but also present the idea of these attackers being hidden and disguised like any other regular citizen. A combination of mid range shots to establish the settings as well as POV shots of his actions to include the audience in the actions of this criminal.

Shot 1: A mid length shot shows the attacker walking away from his house

Shot 2: A mid length low angle shot, showing him about to open the boot of a car

Shot 3: From inside the boot I will film him opening the boot and a close up of his face looking in holding up a torch
Shot 4: Shots from over his shoulder, as his hand rifle through the tools and other props in the boot

Shot 5: A POV shot of him driving along

Shot 6: A POV shot of him following someone



For this part of the trailer, we will be showing scenes of the protagonist being watched in her day to day life. There will be very few of these shots and they will be placed at the beginning just to establish the theme, introduce the main character and add variation to the main shots.


Shot 1: A high angle shot looking down on her walking down the stairs

Shot 2: A mid range shot round the corner of a bookcase as she looks over her shoulder

Shot 3: A close up shot of her face through the bookcase