Starting Thrillers - Planning (Monday, 08/02/2010)

Today, we decided on our groups for the main thriller task, and I chose to work with Shaun Cutts (http://shauncuttsthriller.blogspot.com/) and Alexandra Fox (http://alexandrafoxthriller.blogspot.com/). We began brainstorming potential ideas for our thriller, including mind maps and a rough draft of a story board. We discussed location and character ideas, along with potential mise en scene, sound and casting.


Mind Maps:

Storyboarding (rough draft):

As well as this planning, we also discussed some problems we may encounter, such as leaning too much towards the 'horror' genre, and being too fast paced. One worry I had was that it would look too much like a trailer, or too unrealistic if there was too much blood, as in a horror film. We agreed to re-discuss some of our options in order to make our film the best we can.