Week Eight - Props/Costumes

• The main protagonist is seen as casually working classer Londoner, however he is not a typical working class city employee who wears a suit to work as he is dressed normal casual clothing for example jeans, a leather jacket and trainers. ( For safety purposes as it was snowing it would be less dangerous if our character was to wear warm clothing and stabled footwear as there is going to be a lot of running involved). Also the use of casual clothing instead of a suit can  allow the audience to relate to the character as they usually would not see any relation with a professionally dressed person. 

• We have a smartly suited figure who portrays the background villain. The suit idea was firstly used for the main protagonist who wanted to escape however we made a major change to the whole storyline, where the suited guy became the assassin. The suit gives the character a look of menace and power. While other props he has such as a blackberry smart-phone shows a business background as this phone is widely used in business all over the world.

Thriller Conventions

•  One main conventions of thriller films is that through the film the main protagonist has to overcome some sort of mystery and challenge. Such as in the Phono booth the character has to stay on the phone or is faced with the risk of death. As in the film Memento the character faces a fight to regain his memories to find his wifes killer.      

• Thrillers usually have complex narrative structure, with false paths, clues and resolutions. This is  to keep the audience questioning, and to make them work out what’s going on, leaving strong enigma’s.

• All thrillers have the protagonists against an antagonist and at some point there will be a situation which will include both characters come together, usually in a fight or action scene. The antagonist will usually always have the disadvantage. 

• In most thrillers the antagonist takes advantage of the protagonists flaws. The flaws are usually obvious to the audience but not to the antagonist untill they are revealed to him. When the flaws are visible to the antagonist, it put him/her in the dominant position. 

Week Six - Re-shooting

A lot of shots we took this week were very unsteady and not very neat. We decided to retake most of the shots but the cold weather was affecting us. Because of the severe snowy weather we had a change of character to play the role of the protagonist. Instead of using the conventional business man figure with a suit on we decided to pursue a character in a normal outdoor casual clothing, This was because the business man look was not achievable in the current weather. We did however keep the locations the same.

Week six - Location Changes

The group went out to film on Sunday 21st November, 2010 , but due to permission problems will were not allowed to film within Liverpool street station. We decided to use the outside of the station knowing it would show the business and banking setting allowing the audience to identify the main characters background


The group decided to make Spitalfield market our revised set location. Since the area has large crowds walking towards the market, we felt it would still create that busy and fast setting we wanted. 

Week Five - Locations

For the film countdown the main location will be Liverpool street and the surrounding area . It will be perfect for the film, as it gives a perfect setting for the chosen genre and storyline. For example the use of the Station timetable will create an illusion of time running out to the audience. It gives the feel that time is running out for the business man. Also the location has a very urban and dark feel on a typical English day, Especially on a busy day it will give the feel of a fast and frantic environment. 

Week Four - Synopsis

Countdown' pursues a business man who is desperately trying to evade a deadly sniper located in an industrialized area. The trailer releases the message of escape to freedom from an unexpected death. His life  is on the line where the only shield of protection is others around him, the alleyways and lastly the phone booth as a safe house. To escape from the predator lurking inside the mysterious sky scrapers and train stations he must face the challenges alone.


The trailer will be a 'Psychological thriller'/'Action thriller'. It will give portray a 'Cat and Mouse' chase to the audience, through the use of shots from different angles and speeds. while the use of close ups will allow the audience to see the emotions running though the character. 

Week Four - Storyboards

These are the storyboards of the new project i am involved in the film is called "Countdown" and is an action/triller