Meeting Schedule - Thriller Film

Meeting Schedule:
Week 1 –
Wednesday, Period 2.
Thursday, Period 3.
Week 2 –
Wednesday, Period 3.
Thursday, Period 3.
Weekends – Saturday mornings, Café Nero’s.

In the first weeks of our Thriller planning, we gathered a few ideas and thought about the main sub-genre's and styles for the story. We also had many discussions in class and in meetings about out narrative and plot, which we changed a few times before deciding on one. Our initial ideas were pretty vague, but when we all decided on a plot we stuck to it and started trying to develop it. The sheet we were given was helpful, as it told us everything we needed to cover,
so in our meetings we would decide how to do each part, and then tick them off the list once we got them done.
The sheet involved the following:
IDEA STAGE
- Initial ideas -> Films that have influenced our ideas
- Genres and styles -> What we are trying to achieve ~ themes and ideas
During the next meetings we began to think about other things from the list, such as:
PRE-PRODUCTION which included:
-Meeting schedule
-Synopsis of film
-Detailed storyboards
-Character profiles
-Location scouting/decisions on locations
-Cast auditions/choices
-Shooting schedule
-Deciding on props.

Most of the things on this list we found to be easy to finish quickly, however the last 4 took longer for us to develop certain ideas. We thought of a number of possible locations, but the easiest and most available location to us was Jakob's (a member of our group) house. He drew out a rough plan of his house and we found it easy to fit in with our filming ideas. For example, we wanted the room "Simon" broke into to be at the front of the house overlooking a moderately busy street, which Jakob's house could provide. We also wanted "Simon" to break in through the back of the house, which Jakob could easily create with his back garden and kitchen window.
The casting for our thriller didn't take too long, because we mostly chose people we knew and Jakob from our group, as he wanted to do some acting and he fitted the profile quite well. The gang wasn't hard to find people for as alot of people were up for the idea of dressing like gangsters.
Our prop list was only a vague idea of what we thought the actors should wear/look like/carry, as we thought of possible changes as the planning and filming went on. We made a few changes to the old man's props, and alot to Simon's, as we had a few different ideas as to what we were looking for from the characters.