Summary of Ideas

Our film is about, as the summary says, Detective Kyle Henly Jr. who returns to the NYPD after a break from the force upon his families murders. Henly returning case see's him chasing a serial killer - who follows the same M.O as the culprit that killed his own family. Henly has some sort of reaction to the trauma and begins to see the victims die in an almost psychic episodes, leading him to finding the bodies of more victims and closing down on the killer.

The opening of our film will show, either according to the script, or the beginning of the film (which ends just before the script written below this post). The beginning will be a dream like scene, with Henly dreaming of his families deaths. The scene ends with Henly awakening in a cold sweat

Our thriller fits into the conventions of the thriller genre by using an extremely in-depth plot, filled with twists and turns, aswell as psychological aspects that make it more than just your average detective-esque thriller movie. This psychological aspect will give the audience more depth to the character, a large part of the storyline focuses on the audience trying to work out what is happening with the character.  The film will use a restricted narrative which will create an engima for the audience as they will be trying to solve the problems along side the detective himself.
Editing will reflect the storyline and emotions going on in the film - for example - at the start of our film, we will use continuity editing which will be quite simplistic, however, as the character descends into a less capable psychological state, the editing also becomes more disjointed.

The movie will be very bleak and dark; fitting in with the typical low-light setting that is so typical of the thriller genre. We will also make use of a dark soundtrack, consisting of strings and possibly a piano; aswell as various other instruments which have yet to be utilized and will not be known until actual composition begins. As the music will be an original composition it means it will be user created and as such will not inflict any copyright issues.

In order for us to get an appropriate idea of what we want to achieve during filming, and because all of our actual filming takes place outside of the college area; we are going to use college time to practice and rehearse our scenes so to make the actual filming much more organised.

Cast Profile Pictures

Kyle Henly Jr - Ryan Watkins

Detective Campbell - Josh Warrilow

Sergeant Orson - Alex Ashton

Storyboard for Thriller

Credits: In Production

These screenshots show some of the development stages into making the credits sequence in our Thriller film project. The first screenshot is a test of effect to have on the text, the other three screenshots are the cast list with the already made preset from the first screenshot.

Production Schedule

Production Schedule:
We have planned to start filming on Thursday 17th of March, this can be used to practise for our scenes to make sure we are confident enough and happy that the shots, music, etc work. Yet we will need to check with Celena if the cameras are available on that date, and any further dates in which we wish to film. These dates are still to be confirmed as we are unsure if the majority or all recording will be achieved in one session. We will also need to make sure that each member of our group is present on the day of filming. It'd also be neccessary to list what parts we've filmed on that date, so we can keep track via blogger and so our teachers can monitor our progress easier.

Script for Thriller Opening

Target Audience for Thrillers

Target Audience:

The audience of a thriller film can entirely depend on the certificate of the film and the story of the film. Some thriller films maybe entirely dedicated to targeting young adult males, these films most likely being strong in language and violence. Yet most thriller films do not achieve such a high age rating and the majority of viewers watching these thriller films are under 25. If this was the intention of filmmakers in the thriller genre, then they have hooked a great age group, since most young adults have more leisure than other age groups, which means more money for the filmmakers. According to surveys, more of the target audience are actually female and seem to prefer watching thriller films more than males do. Set aside the different genders, fans of the director are also another target audience. If the director already has a small fan base, they can build on that fanbase and continue to improve on their current work. It would also work to the director's advantage if he used popular actors/actresses, as their fans would come to see the film they star in. Making the target audience a wide range of gender, age and fanbase.