Media Thriller Planning

Initial IdeasFinding an idea that we all liked was very hard. We created ideas we thought would be amazing but found ourselves realising there was a very small chance in us being able to pull it off. Some of ideas included a party scene where there was a girl who arrived not knowing anyone and she would just be talking to people and goes outside to take a breather. However, she hears a sound in the woodland area behind the house. But when she gets there she ends up getting abducted. This idea was inspired by the TVseries skins incorporating 2 episodes one including aparty that was all under backlight and everyone wearing neon and then another where a character goes into the woods and gets chased by a group of boys.

Final Idea

LocationsOur final decision on locations came when wandering around the city centre of Norwich. We found a small church by the Owl Sanctuary Pub that seemed very desolate and unused. We thought that this would be a good place to film some of the following scenes. Such as the POV show we used for following Harriet. When finding a bridge to use we decided upon the one that is by The Waterfront and Riverside as it seemed very industrialised on one side due to there being a new build and then very social on the other due to the restaurants and leisure activities. We thought this would be the perfect place to begin the following as it could seem as though Harriet was with friends.For the scene in the bedroom we used mine as it seemed like a very typical teens bedroom with posters all across the walls to reinforce the connotations in teenagers being ‘hobby centred’. For some of the establishing shots we used the underpass in Norwich as it seemed like a very desolate and urban scene, due to the lighting being very fake and it being dirty we thought that it would be good to use as it seems a very typical location for thrillers.

Location Shots

Character Profile – Rhiannon Erwin- HarrietThe cyber bully character that Harriet plays is a calm and collected person who doesn’t look like the type of person that would bully. This is similar to that of Pauline and Juliet from Heavenly Creatures.Her costume was dark but also included a coloured scarf that made her seem more innocent than what she actually was. The black of her costume gives connotations of death and mystery, but the yellow of her scarf can give connotations of cowardice. Harriet's characters name was decided to be Rhiannon, as this is a stereotypical villains name, for example in the book Candyfloss.

Character Profile – Kyra Blake - CharleyThe name Kyra means strong woman and light. This was what I aimed the character to show, even though to some she may seem as though she was the villain. In some ways she may be seen as an anti-hero such as Tony Montana from Scarface. My clothing was mostly dark however I wore white converse to connote the good intentions that my character had even if she killed Harriet's; by wearing converse I was also showing how my character was rather childish and inexperienced. The dark blue of my jacket represented the power that my character had.

Character Profile – Lilly Albert – ChloeThe name Lilly Albert connotes innocence and purity, being shown by Chloe as she takes her own life, from the cyber bullying that comes from Harriet's character. Her white shirt resembled her purity and her purple jacket connoted her independence and mystery.

Shot TypesThe different shot types that we experimented with were things such as:• POV Shots – to show the distress in Harriet’s character.• Extreme Close Ups – to show the emotion on each characters face. • Tilt shots – this was to show the disruption in the plot, and to also

make it seem disorientating. • High angle – this was to show the status of characters, those being to

show that my character was more powerful than Harriet's.

Example of a high angle shot