Test shot evaluation

This is the first shot that the audience will see in our film, we think that this will be effective as it introduces the character as a shady type and makes the audience curious as to where the antagonist in the film is going

This test shot worked very well, first of all, we learnt that we will need good lighting inside the car for this shot and that it will look very good as the first shot of the film when filmed with a good camera and some better camera work and angles. we will work on the camera angle closer to the film shooting day. This shot will put focus on this character and build the tension to seeing him later on in the film

Location Recce

The location of the film will need to be considered, as we will need to get from one location to the next, but within this keep continuity, so the film keeps it's tension which will be ruined if the audience notice continuity errors. The location also needs to be accessible to my group and be a place that the audience will recognise and relate to.

The location of the first scene will be in the car park, this will be at night, so the lights in the car park will add the to the effect of it being a shady deal. However this will be hard to obtain when there are no people in it, therefore we would have to email the owners to see if we can use it after closing time.

Location 1-Car park

The location will at maximum take our actors 15 minutes to get there, this is ideal as well as the equipment is located a 5 minute drive from the location, there will also be no continuity errors from the car park to the canal as they are directly next to them

Location 2-Canal

Casting Callout

Protagonist

We are currently casting for a male protagonist aged between 15 and 18, who is between the height of 5"10 and 6"1, they will need to be quite dominant and at audition improvise a short scene. They will need to have strong athletic abilities and be any ethnicity.

Antagonist

We are currently casting for a male antagonist who is middle aged and of a height of 6" or more. The audition would include improvising an exchange between another character and this character, this will be done in a shady manner. The character must be dominant, be able to assert authority well and be of any ethnicity.

Extras

We are currently casting for 2 male henchmen to play a minor acting that are of middle age and of a height above 6". In audition the actors will need to improvise a dominant walk with a package and a small scene in a car.

Character archetypes mind map

Structure

The narrative structure of our film will be linear, this is because we feel that this will be easier for the audience t follow, to grasp the story line and the narrative of the film. It will also be easier for us to create tension in the film, because if you had the start of the film at the end, the tension that is created all the way through the film would be given away at the start of the film as there is more mystery throughout the film as to where it can end up and the paths that are taken to get there.

Representation

Costume
For our film, we will use very smart clothing, such as suits for the gang members, then we will use quite casual wear for the main protagonist, this represents the separation in class between the different type of characters, with the gang members looking like the Mafia in their suits and the protagonist looking like an average teenager, this will have an effect on our audience, being predominately teenage boys, over the age of 15 this will make them feel as if they can do as the teenager has just done in our film.

Setting
The setting of our play being a dark an empty car park represents the shadiness of the situation, putting emphasis on the fact that what the gangs are about to do is out of the ordinary and is undercover. This then moves on to the canal, which is where the chase happens, this could symbolise the danger of the situation and the courage of the teenager stepping in to stop the deal 

Lighting

The lighting in the film will be natural lighting from the car park and the street lights along the canal, from this you will be able to denote the danger and seriousness of the deal, this is from the lighting from the car park, the car park will be derelict, so maybe have some flickering lights on the ceiling, these lights will also be gloomy so it will add a atmosphere and tone of danger to the scene 

Genre

The genre of our film will be Thriller, with the sub-genre of Action, this sub-genre of thriller includes films such as The Dark Knight, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Casino Royale, these are all very entertaining films, which is one of the reasons that we picked this genre and sub-genre, another reason for this genre is that there is a high level of tension in the genre, which we believed that all the people in our group are very good at capturing, and we think that it will be our best fit for filming and editing.