Ideal Cast

Main Character:

Tom Hardy 

•  Looks rough but also professional when dressed in a suit.
• Iconic and popular actor

Police Men:

Russell Crowe and Alex Pettyfer

• They look strong and serious
• Well known actors 

 

Back up casting

Main character: 

Ezra

•  Looks old enough, professional and experienced. 
•  He is also a theatre studies teacher so would be a good actor which is important as our thriller is completely focused on the main character.

Police Men: 

Jake and Etienne

Casting

Main character: 

Gabe Jackson

• He is a younger man who the audience will sympathise with however he looks old enough to look professional and experienced. 
•  Easy to get hold of.

Police Men: 

Adam and Mike

•  We wanted a middle aged man or a younger male who looks older than they are.
• They are also easy to get hold of so we will not have a difficult time trying to get hold of them.
• Looks able to handle a gun and explosives

Our storyboard

Main Characters Costume and Makeup

We were thinking about having this character dressed in a black suit trousers with a white shirt and a black tie with black work office shoes.

The shirt would have rips and holes, his tie would be falling off, which shows the audience that he is a professional however has been caught and beaten.

To make this look seem much more dramatic we decided to add some blood and cuts to his head. 

We would order the suit from amazon or eBay as they are cheap websites that would be able to supply us with exactly what we are looking for.

If the costume (the suit) did not turn up on time for the shoot them we could supply black jeans and a button up plain shirt, so the character still looks start.

We have chosen this costume because we wanted the character to look professional and well dressed however we wanted rips and cuts to make him seem battered and hurt so the audience immediately feel sorry for the character.  

Cost:

All of these items are from eBay because that was the cheapest website that would sell me items at a reasonable price.  

Police Men's Costume and Makeup

We wanted the dress the policemen in a black polo shirt with black loose trousers, so they are easy to move around in. We would have ‘police’ printed on the shirt so it is obvious who the two characters are. They would also be wearing black boots. Underneath the shirt they would be wearing something that looks like a bulletproof vest for protection.

I think we would get this costume from either amazon or eBay, as they are cheap websites.

The back up for this costume would be black trousers and black t-shirt and if possible a florescent vest over the top. 

Cost:

All of these items are from eBay as it is a cheap website and the price would be a lot lower than other shops. 

Bruising Makeup

Make up-Wounds and Cuts

Final Look

Our group chat for my thriller group

 These are some minute meetings that I sent to the rest of the group. Then we were discussing where and when we were going to meet the next day to finish some work.  

Institution For My Thriller

I think the institution that would produce my film would be something like Warner Bothers. This institution specialises in every type of movie so my thriller would be well produced. However this company is very large so I feel my movie may get lost within the stronger movies in this institution. So I believe my particular film would be smaller than others, which maybe not be a bad thing but it may not be very successful.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=heat+trailer

Other films from Warner Brothers that are similar to mine would be ‘Heat’. It is very action packed and full of action and suspense. 

My film I think would follow the institutions ethos because it is a thriller and warner brothers are good at creating tension. However because Warner Brothers is a very successful institution all movies are normally high budgeted and I feel like my particular movie will be a low budgeted movie with some big stars that would catch the audience’s eye.  I think my product would look very good on the warner brothers website because it would be full of action and power.

I think pre-advertising it by creating posters and a trailer would make the money for this movie. Then once the film has been produced and published to the public money would hopefully be made by pre ordered tickets and ticket sales. Also from interviews and DVD sales and anything that has the movie printed onto it like posters. Also if the movie came out onto sky movies for example the customers would have to pay £3 to rent and maybe £8 to buy. I don’t think this movie would be exposed in a big cinema for example the Imax but it might be shown in smaller cinemas like The Odeon. 

If my film was to be produced I think I would get a budget around £50million or less. As I think this movie would need money for explosives and some special effects.

Warner Brothers is an institution that highlights all types of genres of film. Normally films made by Warner Brothers are high budgeted however looking on their website I see a couple films I do not recognise and they have not had a large budget to produce them.

 

 This particular institution does not direct a specific audience; their audience’s change according to the film they make unlike Walt Disney who only make children’s films. Examples of movies that have a similar audience to mine is ‘Heat’ which is directed at viewers over 15 years.  Another film produced by Warner Brothers that has the same audience is “John Wick’ it is very action packed and full of dramatic scenes.

New Scene Outline

To begin with we have a man who is tied to a water pipe (the ones you see in a factory) at the beginning of our shoot he is unconscious and he gradually wakes up and comes around, as he does this the camera shows us the bomb which is tied around the man’s body with a timer on it that is counting down from two minutes. Gradually he becomes more and more aware of his surroundings with this the ticking of the bomb increases in volume. We then hear the background noise of the factory for instance machinery and muffled foreign voices, soon after this comes the gunshots from above him. The man’s mouth is taped shut so that when he tries to scream for help we just hear muffled breathing. The camera pans around the room showing us oil drums, dirt and old pots of paint everywhere. To end with a police officer and his backup team (2 or 3 men) are banging on the door oblivious to what is on the other side and the man again tries to shout and warn them but they slam open the door and we see them storm in however being cautious of the trip wire on the floor one police man goes over to the victim to remove the tape covering his mouth, which then unfortunately triggers the bomb and we hear a high pitched ticking sound increasing in speed then a sudden blackout leaving the audience in shock.

Answers to targets:

1. We have decided as a group that we will look up bombs used in movies and how they are wired up and shown on screen.

2. This is shown in our new outline.

3. We have decided to add backup (2/3 men) plus the original policeman.