Changing and Developing

 We have been writing and drawing our developed ideas for our thriller opening title sequence. Some ideas have changed although the plot is still the same. We have cut out some bits that we felt were irrelevant as we came to the realisation that we aren't actually telling a story as it's impossible to fit a whole story into two seconds. But we are just introducing the audience to the film and dropping in hints towards the plot and the events to come. Our plot is a teacher, wanting to kill the prime minister. We feel this is really relevant in todays society as it explores the thought of completely normal people hiding their insanity.

*Finley and Hannah's ideas*
"1)The name of our production will appear and over the top will be diegetic sound of the interviewer asking the Prime Minister why he is deciding to visit the Chalfonts Community College; this image will then fade out menacingly.

2)We then open to a mid shot of the Prime Minister from waist upwards. There is a seconds pause to give the audience some time to understand the context of the shot (ie. news programme interview) then begins to speak with blood dripping down his face. However, neither interviewer nor interviewee react to this at all. 

3)Jump cut to a extreme close up of teacher with a sly creepy smile, although in the background the Prime Minister is still talking from within the television that our teacher is watching. 

4)Jump cut back to news frame, there is no trace of blood on him which comes to the end of the interview, shocking the audience as we realise the cruel intentions of our aspiring teacher. 

5)Pan out to teachers room which will be messy, strewn with newspaper articles, surveillance photos, alcohol, prescription drugs etc. and then cut away to the title sequence. The screen will display 'Directed By...' ; a distant husky laugh can be heard as this is displayed.

6)We will then have a montage sequence of him preparing for the assasination, intercut with the titles.

7)The scene will end with the teacher's oblivious wife calling from downstairs 'Dinners Ready!', reminding the audience of the double personality of the teacher. He then shuts the door, the camera zooming in on a dartboard attached to the back of the door, the Prime Ministers face stuck to the dartboard, a dart stuck in the middle of the Prime Ministers proverbial 'head', acting as a metaphor for what the teacher wants to achieve. We then cut to black, displaying the title of the film."

Characters and Casting:-

We decided on the characters costume as well as colour palette.

Prime Minister- Sharp suit and haircut, white shirt and blue tie (professional and smart)

Interviewer- Smart/ Casual suit, preferably smart hair.

Teacher- bedraggled/wasted look, suit, messy hair, round glasses which sit on the edge of his nose, maybe the colour green- has connotations of illness, lack of sanity.

Teacher's Wife's voice in background- won't need a costume as we only need the voice of her."
The writing within the quotation marks, I've taken from Finley Harnetts blog: http://finleyharnett.blogspot.co.uk/
 

At the moment this is our plan for our opening title sequence of our political thriller.
I'm relieved we finally have an idea, that we can develop and elaborate on. Our group are currently doing ongoing research and creating the scripting and storyboards.