Costumes and Props Added

For the police, we decided to have 2 florescent jackets and 1 black jacket among the 'action' police and two dark jumpers for the 'car' police to create a hierarchy within this social group. The black jacket would distinguish the most dangerous and highly trained police officer and the yellow jackets would indicate slightly less intimidating officers. However, yellow and black are colours which usually symbolise danger so this coordination of colours will hopefully help to create tension.

The two younger members of the criminal gang will be wearing coats. It'll be cold on the day of filming so it's important but they will also help to create a sense of mystery. One of them will be wearing a hat, distinguishing him as the younger and trendier member which we will find annoys the boss.

Car wise, rather than use a white van we will be using a Land Rover for the criminals as we think it would give them a little more character and would make the scene more interesting. The police car will be a BMW since it is easier for us to obtain.

Rather than simply have boxes of illegal items in the container, we have drug production on a table in order to have more happening in the scene. This would heighten the criminal element in our thriller to further relate it to the crime thriller genre. Here are some pictures of some of the items we might have in our thriller:

Emails to Actors

We managed to get our cast for the criminal gang with no problem.

We did not need to email Theo as we asked him in person. While the criminal gang was easy to cast and find, There was more difficulty with the police casting.

We couldn't get Ian and we would only have Dave for a short amount of time. This taught me how difficult an issue casting can be in the world of film making. However, we did find other alternatives. We replaced Ian and Jason with Simon and Tom by asking them in person. We asked James Tunstill to be in our thriller as we thought he may be capable of playing a comical police officer. We were pleasantly surprised to find that he happened to have a friend with lots of police gear that we could use. 

Luckily, we figured out how we could organise the scenes with Dave with the short amount of time we had with him and fortunately he agreed.

Finally, when all was arranged, I sent the cast emails with the times we would need them for filming.

Unfortunately, after emailing our cast, we were not able to get the actors we initially wanted.

Additional Props

We decided we wanted the warehouse to have a table with drug production so we added chemistry apparatus to our props list.

The containers of these chemicals would not be right but I like the very clinical and almost sinister and look of the different chemicals because that's the kind of idea we would want in our thriller.

We didn't think we would use everything we found. These for instance do not look as sinister or as professional as
we would want but we wanted as many ideas as possible because we really wanted to pay special attention to
detail.

We thought a set of scales would be extremely important is they are essential for drug production.

We wanted to really set up a scene that looked very dangerous and eery with lots of chemistry equipment to give our thriller an edge and present the audience with a clearer view of the world of drug trafficking so we investigated as many pieces of equipment as possible.

For our police, we want guns which we will acquire from our school's props and also walkie talkies which I will need to buy of Amazon. We have decided not to show stacks of money on the table because we are planning on setting the scene to look messier in terms of dangerous looking chemicals and we think that having piles of money on the same table would come across as unrealistic and therefore the film would lose its impact.

Updated Shooting Schedule

8.30 - setup

9.30 - shoot all scenes with criminal gang

11.30 - 12.00 shoot police car scene

12.00 - 13.30 lunch break

13.30 - 14.00 plan and set up next scenes

14.00 - 14.20 shot of police surrounding and opening container

14.20 - 14.35 shot of phil sneaking around hedge

14.35 - 14.50 shot of Simon running up stairs and of receiving message from police constables

14.50 - 15.20 shot of Tom spying from roof of building

Thriller Cast List

Drug Lord - We chose Ted because of his age and appearance. He is old enough to be in a position of authority. Ted can act well and would be an easy figure for the two younger boys to look up to as he is easily respected.

Gang Member - We chose Theo because he is the right age to be at the bottom of a drug organisation. He also has the right look that we feel could be made rugged which is what we are looking for.

Gang Member - Ollie was perfect because he is the right age to be at the bottom of a drug organisation. He also has a similar look to Theo and we felt that the two would work well together. Ollie also looks much younger then Ted so it would be easy to show authority over him.

Head of police - We felt that Dave was the perfect person to portray the Head of the Police force because he is the right age and looks like he could be in a position of authority. He has a serious look which is key when playing a policeman that is very high up and in charge of the investigation.

Deputy head of Police - Jason was the right age and build to be a stereotypical policeman. He did not look stern enough to be head of the force however, we felt he would respect Dave easily and work well with the other men.

Corrupt Policeman - Ian is the right age and has a sort of sinister look the we felt would be appropriate for a corrupt policeman. We felt like we could make a strong divide between him and the other police man so the audience would be able to tell quickly that he didn't properly belong in the police force.

Props for our Thriller

Boxes - We need lots of boxes for the men to carry and for the set of the warehouse. We could get these from a removal warehouse. 

Guns - We need guns for the police to be carrying and for the boss (Ted) to have strapped to him. We could get these from school or order them off the internet.

Walkie Talkies - We will need Walkie Talkies to contribute to the Police Officers costumes. We can get these from the drama department at school or order them off the internet.

Scales - Scales are important for the warehouse, this makes the setting much more realistic and believable. We would need to order these off amazon.

  

Baggies - Plastic sealable bags that drugs are carried in, this is important for the set to make it believable. We would be able to order these in bulk off the internet.

Fake Money and Elastic Bands - Money would be a typical object found in this sort of warehouse therefore money would be very important to have, and lots of it. We could order this off the internet or just photocopy lots of money to use. We would also need lots of elastic bands to put the money into rolls. Elastic bands would also be doted round the warehouse helping to set the scene.

Passports/ Forms of Identification - Passports will be hard to get hold of so we will need to borrow the passports from other children in the school.

Cigarettes - Cigarettes will fit into the vibe of the warehouse, they could be in the pockets of the men or left on tables. We would have to buy these ourselves.

Cheap Phones - Cheap phones are typical of criminals and insinuate to the audience that the criminals know exactly what they are doing. We would have to buy these cheaply on the internet or from a shop.

Gloves - We will need the men to be wearing gloves whilst moving the boxes, black leather looking gloves would be ideal. This shows the audience that they men know what they are doing. We would most likely borrow these from a student or member of staff.

These props link clearly to the thriller genre. They are often associated with crime/ criminal activity. This will clearly show a link for our audience, making it easy for them to make the connection with a thriller. Our props used also provide strong connotations of drug use and drug dealing and therefore we can tell the story using the props rather than the dialogue which would be uninteresting for the audience.

Schedule

9.50 - Crew and 'drug gang' actors and jeep arrive to 1st location (outside) + setup.

10.00 - Film following outside scenes:

1. Wide shot of warehouse with jeep driving in front.
2. Close up of door being opened.
3. Middle shot of characters coming out of the jeep.
4. Wide shot of unloading boxes.
5. Tracking shot of people carrying boxes into warehouse.
6. Middle shot of Bill coming out of warehouse.
7. Tracking shot following Bill to the car.
8. Close up of doors closing
9. Wide shot of jeep driving off.

11.00 - Break + Arrival of 'police' actors and police car, same location ('drug gang' actors may leave)

11.15 - Film following scenes:

1. Wide shots of police cars.
2. Shot of police in car on walkie talkie ready for raid.
3. Middle shot of police 'Go!'
4. Tracking shot of police raid.

12.00 - Lunch Break

14.00 - Crew and police actors arrive to 2nd location (inside the studio) + setup

14.15 - Film following scenes:

1. Wide shot of door bursting open from inside.
2. Panning shot of 'wrong' warehouse.
3. Middle shot of police defeated.

14.45 - 'drug gang' actors arrive + setup boxes. (police actors may leave)

14.55 - Film following scenes:

1. (inside warehouse) close up of boxes being placed
2. Low angle shot of Bill confronting employee.
3. Close up on slap.
4. High angle shot of employee on floor.
5. (inside) wide shot of an employee lifting the other off the floor