Film Idea Feedback

Q:"Where are you going to get the music from?"

A:"We are going to decide whether to do the music ourselves or get it from Youtube or Premier Pro."

Q:"I thought it's a very good idea and has a lot of potential."

Q: "The idea was very original and scary. It can be done very well and it's very clear it's a thriller. However, where are you going to get your actors from?"

A: "We are going to use our family members and friends who have acting experience as they have done A level Drama in the past."

Q: "Are you going to let your actors and actresses wear their own clothes or give them costumes?"

A: "They will be wearing their own casual clothes as it's set in a home and they will use their own make up as they have suitable make up for the film."

Q: "How are you going to record the scene when you need a crane to do it?"

A: "We are going to figure out what room we can do it in and practice the angles in the room until we discover how to do it."

To conclude, from this feedback, I learnt that we have a very good idea, however it is very complicated to complete. Therefore, we will need a lighting kit to help us with making shadows. We need to work hard on the camera angles and research the sound we need to use to make it tense for the audience. We have also come up with a back up plan if it doesn't go to plan.

Effectiveness of storyboard

The storyboard has allowed me to think in more detail of my sequence. It has enabled me to think about how I can create suspense and has also given me a better idea of the camera shots that I will use. It's enabled me to visually document and explain the storyline, and has made it clearer for me to understand the audience. It has allowed me to show how I can represent fear and vulnerability by looking at the shots on the storyboard. It has also given me the chance to measure the time of the sequence as I can test it out by doing it picture by picture.

Change of Film idea

This storyline will now be our new thriller idea. We have decided to change because we didn't have the suitable equipment to make the other film idea. Our new idea is:


1. Person wakes up after nightmare sweating and looks at the clock saying 3:17am (Close up shot, eyeline match)

2. Person calms down, deep breaths and wiping sweat off face (Close up)

3. Person lies back down and tries to go to sleep, but hears noises and shoots back up (Medium shot)

4. Person gets out of bed and puts on some clothes and slippers (Wide shot of room)

5. Person grabs a hammer from bedside table and clutches it (Close up of clutch)

6. Person walks out of room and nervously calls ‘Ben’ (Tracking shot)

7. Person is walking along hall, passes Ben’s room and stops (Close up looking at room)

8. Eyeline match of Ben’s room with door closed and sign of his name in children’s writing

*Non-diegetic music starts (tense horror music)

9. Person goes downstairs calling ‘hello’ (Tracking shot)

10. Searches the kitchen, and there’s nothing there (eyeline match of kitchen)

11. Person walks towards exit of kitchen, more relaxed (Camera in front when walking out)

12. Camera focuses on knives on the table in the background

13. Person about to step out but a ball hits their foot (Close up of ball)

*Non-diegetic music stops

14. Backs away, turns around and scary man is there with knife and hood is up

15. Bird’s eye view of house and diegetic screaming

Storyboard for thriller film idea

Sherlock Holmes poster analysis

• -In the Sherlock Holmes poster, Sherlock wears a hat and wears a suit. This may indicate that he is a detective and means business.

• ‘Nothing escapes them’ phrase suggests that there will be suspense and the film will be a mystery.
• The frame of the poster is metal, which signifies that the people in the poster are trying to catch people.
• The colours are very dull, showing that the film is about crime and mysterious.
• The man in the hat is looking confident, which implies that the two men are successful as he is proud of their work.
• Sherlock’s smirk suggests that he is a ‘good guy’.
• They are both wearing very old-fashioned clothes which suggests the film is set in the olden times.

Conventions of a thriller film

A convention is a way in which something is done. In this case, it's how a thriller film is made.

There are many conventions of thriller films. Most thrillers create:

• Anticipation
• Tension
• Anxiety
• Uncertainty 
• Excitement
• Suspense

The characters play a massive role in the thriller film. Most of the main characters are criminals, or may commit a crime during the film. This creates many themes such as crime and suspense, or maybe a bit of mystery.

The location also plays a massive part. Most of the film is usually set in a dark place to create suspense. The non-diagetic music played usually builds up a lot of tension. There are also many weapons used that are involved in the crimes, such as guns. Cars are also often used for 'getaways'.

Sub-genres of thrillers