Sound Idea

I created this sound idea on Garage Band by using a copyright free sample from Soundcloud and editing it to fit the flow of our trailer. I kept the beginning of the track much smoother and slow paced so that it fit with the first part of the trailer which is linear.

Through drawing ideas that we discussed as a group, I took songs such as Lose Yourself by Eminem and Human by The Rag 'n' Bone Man as inspiration for this piece:

Conventions of the thriller genre

Before creating our trailer, we needed to do some prior research into the code and conventions of the thriller genre to successfully demonstrate to the audience the genre of our trailer.



Iconic Thriller Directors on Biteable.

A2 Updates

Talent scouting

Edward Monteith

Henry Curties

Samual Wastell

Thomas Malkin

William Calver

Casting

Mood Board

Shooting Schedule

Date	Time of Day	Location	Characters	Shot Required	Prop Required	What Happens
7/12/16	Evening	Odeon Car Park	Aubi	Wide Shot	Car	Aubi driving away upset/angry. After Charlie’s death.
7/12/16	Evening	Odeon Car Park	Aubi and Charlie	Wide Shot Two Shot	Cars	Charlie tries to steal a car and then Aubi pulls up and tells him to get in.
12/01/2017	Evening	Pool Room	Jack, Luca, Harry, Aubi and Charlie	Close ups Cut Ins	Pool table and Bottles	Bottles clinking
12/01/2017	Evening	Pool Room	Charlie and Jack	Two Shot	Pool table	Potting the balls.
12/01/2017	Evening	Pool Room	Jack	Mid Shot	Pool Table	Potting the black.
12/11/16	Evening	Tunbridge Wells	Luca	Mid shot	Champagne Bottle, Boxers	Lucas yelling and raising the bottle in the air.
26/11/16	Night	Party	Lucy and Harry	Two Shot Over-the-Shoulder Shot	Lights	Harry grabs Lucys face and she pushes him away.
	Night	Horsmonden Lake	Jack, Luca, Harry, Aubi and Charlie	Wide Shot	Rope, bucket and beer	All the boys are messing around and then Harry gives Charlie the rope
	Night	Horsmonden Lake	Charlie	Mid Shot	Bucket	Charlie looks uncomfortable and stands on the bucket
	Night	Georges House Bonfire	Aubi	Close up of face	Fire	Looking in the fire, blank face
	Night	Georges House Bonfire	Luca	Close up of face	Fire	Looking in the fire, blank face
	Night	Georges House Bonfire	Harry	Close up of face	Fire	Looking in the fire, Upset
	Night	Georges House Bonfire	Jack	Close up of face	Fire	Looking in the fire, upset
19/12/16	Afternoon	Somerhill School	Jack, Luca, Harry, Aubi and Charlie	Mid shots	Pen, ties, watch, money, prefect badge	Individual shots of each character doing different things.
19/12/16	Afternoon	Somerhill School	Jack, Luca, Harry, Aubi and Charlie	Wide Shot	Ties and prefect badge	Slamming doors open and walking down the steps.

Research into Teen Suicide

Suicide rates differ between boys and girls. Girls think about and attempt suicide about twice as often as boys, and tend to attempt suicide by overdosing on drugs or cutting themselves. Yet boys die by suicide about four times as often girls, perhaps because they tend to use more lethal methods, such as firearms, hanging, or jumping from heights.

Most teens interviewed after making a suicide attempt say that they did it because they were trying to escape from a situation that seemed impossible to deal with or to get relief from really bad thoughts or feelings. Like Ethan, they didn't want to die as much as they wanted to escape from what was going on. And at that particular moment dying seemed like the only way out.




Charlies Story Line,
Charlie is the shy one in the group, he has been friends with Jack (the Leader) for years and this is why he has been accepted into the group. He is a respectable guy with amazing future prospects with him working hard at school and taking on responsibility such as being a prefect. Charlie doesn't like whats happening to his group and cant handle the pressures of it getting out of hand.

http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/suicide.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_suicide
http://youth.gov/youth-topics/youth-suicide-prevention/preventing-youth-suicide

Influences

Voice Over

Looking at the Trainspotting trailer we took the voice over at the beginning as inspiration for our film trailer.  We thought that it was a good way to introduce the characters and give the audience a bit of information about the trailer. 

The breaking of the third wall keeps the audience interested in the trailer and makes them want to watch more. 

Taking the idea from transporting we reenacting this in our own trailer we placed a voiceover at the beginning of the trailer to establish characters and a brief background of the group of boys. 

However we found that recording a voice over was not as easy as we thought

We had many problems:

Hard to put emotion into a voice over

We struggled to put emotion into the voiceovers, this meant that we had to keep retaking as we didn't think that it fitted the piece. 

We didn't take into account the background noise at the beginning, this muffled the voice actor and made the piece seem amateur. 

Mistakes, try try and try again!

We solved this problem by borrowing a voice recorder from the music department, recording the audio in a soundproof room where the actor acted while he spoke. The result was the voice over in the final product. 

Script

School Shot

Jack (voiceover): this is our life, Me, Luca, Harry, Aubi and Charlie. 5 boys, 4 months left, 3 uni offers, 2 internships and 1 chance to make a difference.

Pool Room

Jack (voiceover): *making speech* I’m not going to be anything like my dad golf on Sunday, wives with fake tits, perving their daughters mates on the side, not me, I want something bigger, we need a legacy, we need to leave an impression, I mean something that can’t be forgotten, maybe something irreversible.

Charlie and Jack in car

Jack: *shouting* go on Charlie! Get up mate! Come on!

Luca on hill

Luca: *shouting* yeah! Woah!

Aubi and Charlie Stealing Car

Aubi: Charlie get in the car! Get in!

Charlie and Jack Standing by the Lake

Charlie: *whispers* I just can’t do this anymore.

Fire Shot

Aubi/Luca/Harry (voiceover): *shouting* Charlie!

Poem

Jack (voiceover): A poor life this is if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.

Title Changes and Choices

Shooting Script

1)    EXT. Somerhill school

a.     Establishing shot of the school

2)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Wide shot of the boys in the classroom

3)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Jack swinging back on his chair

4)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Luca playing with his pen

5)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Harry looking down at his watch

6)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Aubi counting money

7)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Charlie sleeping on his desk

8)    EXT. Somerhill school

a.     Wide shot of the backdoors

9)    EXT. Somerhill school

a.     Boys crashing out of the doors

10) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Bottle being opened

11) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Balls being potted in holes

12) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Clicking bottles together – raising a toast

13) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Balls being potted in holes

14) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Jack potting the black

15) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Jack making a toast

16) INT. Jack’s house

a.     360 degree shot of the boys drinking

17) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Jack smashing glass on the floor

18) EXT. Tunbridge Wells

a.     Wide shot of Luca streaking

19) EXT. Tunbridge Wells

a.     Silhouette of Luca