Production Planning

On this page I am going to discuss and describe the idea that we have created and are using for our final production, I will show different location ideas, titles, fonts, sound edits and many other elements that will contribute to the final production piece.

Here is a mindmap of the initial ideas that we thought of and discarded afterwards before our final idea -

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This presentation will give a brief introduction to our chosen idea for our final production, giving an insight into the conventions of thriller films we will use and how our idea fits the genre;

Before we made the final decision into what our production title would be, we brainstormed a few ideas of different titles and chose the title most suitable to our production's narrative. Here is a presentation of the different ideas we initially thought of;

We want our fonts to make an impact and emphasise our title - our chosen title name is 'The Swindler' and because our genre is thriller we want the title to be bold and to make a statement about the film. I am going to look at different fonts for the title, however I will also look at different fonts to use for the credits throughout the opening.

This is a possible font that we could use for the title of the film - it is bold and in capital letters which makes it stand out to the audience - however because of the faded black and irregular size of letters the font also intrigues the audience and fits in with the thriller genre. 

Here is a second possible font that we could potentially use for the title as it is fairly simple and yet that could be they key to making the audience want to see more about the film - it is bold writing with a sophisticated style of font which could look similar to handwriting - leaving the audience guessing.

This is the third font idea that we may use for the title - this is controversial in comparison to the other fonts I have looked at; there is an irregular pattern of font and font sizes in the title and looks as if the words have been taken from a newspaper article - this fits in particularly well with some of the narrative of our film. In the opening the character burns a newspaper article, also the use of different fonts makes the font unable to have an individual identity which is what the character in our film changes and doesn't reveal.

FONT IDEAS - CREDITS...

Here is the final font that we looked at that could possibly work for the credits of the film - it would work well with the second title font that we have looked at because the fonts are similar but this one is not as bold as the title font which helps to emphasise the title itself.

I am now looking at fonts that we could potentially use for the credits that will be run throughout the opening - here is our first idea for a font that would be suitable; the writing is plain and bold but very clear which makes it visible/stand out to the audience. This font would be suitable to use with the first title font idea as they compliment each other and add to the mysteriousness of the title.

This font would make more of an impact of emphasising the titles and the credits as it is in bold and all capital letters but the rounded edges of the letters do not make it seem too harsh. This font would work for credits that could go with the third font title that we have looked at on this page, this is because it looks very newspaper subheading/title like - again linking in with the ideas linked to the plot.

                        

We have thought of four possible location ideas to choose from for the setting of our production - these are flashcards with our ideas on - click on the card to flip to the other side and then click to the right to go to the next card and click to flip again for the final card.

Flash Card Deck created by ndann98 with ExamTime

I have created a cartoon storyboard for our production piece - each has a description to tell you what happens, what type of shot it is and the edit used.

The production logo and title, then the distribution logo and title will be the first two shots, here the music soundtrack will be faded in. The third shot is a close up of a newspaper burning in the fire and then zooms out to a medium close up. Sound bridge used for the music as the same soundtrack is kept in this scene. Ambient sounds such as the burning of the fire (crackles).

Next, there is an over the shoulder shot of a girl throwing  name badge and the newspaper into the fire. Next scene is of a flashback using a point of view shot where the camera pans around the room but is unsteady as if it is somebody's own perspective of the scene. The camera is largely out of focus and there are ambient sounds of heavy breathing as well as with a different tension building soundtrack quietly in the background. Then a medium close up of the body on the floor with blood pools around her.

The next shot in that same scene is a close up of the weapon on the floor with the girls dead bleeding body in the background. Then a cut to the scene by the fire - back to the main sequence; a side profile shot of the girl burning a picture - a prison mug shot holding her name card. Then a cut to another flashback; the same woman sneaking into the bathroom in the prison wearing grey tracksuit to connote prisoner uniform - face is always kept hidden.

Cuts inside the bathroom where we see a close up of the girl wedging a chair next to the door so to stop anybody from coming in. The next shot is of the change in identity - taking clothes out of a black bag the girl changes into a police uniform, then cuts to a side profile shot of the girl running the water and washing her face.

Cuts to a medium shot of her splashing her face and then getting a towel - always covering her face up. Medium close up of her in the mirror putting in contact lenses to change the colour of her eyes - changing identity. Cuts to a medium close up at a different angle of her applying make up. Then cuts to an over the shoulder shot of the antagonist in the mirror where she takes her hair out of plaits and picks up a police hat and puts it on smiling mischieviously. 

The camera then cuts to her taking out a new name badge and fixing it into position, then pans up to her face for a full front view of her new identity. The pace of editing and sound gets a lot faster in this scene to build tension a lot more effectively. The final shot uses a cut edit to show the title of the production - credits for the production will run continuously throughout in each scene.

Flash Card Deck created by katherine martin9800 with ExamTime​

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This is the costume design for the outfit that the antagonist will wear in the scene where she sneaks into the bathroom in the prison - it is a plain grey jumper and grey tracksuit bottoms, with black plimsoles. The accessories used are silver handcuffs to represent her status in the prison as a prisoner. Her hair will be in plaits - a typical easy hair style for female prisoners.

Here is the second costume design for the other outfit to be used in the production - this is the outfit that the antagonist will wear in scene by the fire and in the bathroom where she changes her identity. This is an outfit of a police uniform - plain navy shirt, black work trousers and a long black coat (typical convention of a police officer). The shoes are plain black and suitable for the profession as well as the use of the police hat and badge that are suitable for the narrative and the characters change of identity.

Here are the main props that we will be using in our production almost all of which are linked with the changing identity idea - long black coat and police hat (for the police identity), black bag is used to keep the police costume in to change into from her prisoner uniform, red lipstick and coloured contact lenses to change identity as well as a hair style of long brown wavy hair for the final identity in police uniform. The newspaper is used for the scene by the fire where the antagonist burns the article.