Finding the actors and actresses was probably the most difficult part for me as I was after specific types and age. The main character was a flexible choice as it had to be somebody who looked 16 - 20 years of age and needed to be wearing a 'hoody' of some kind. Matthew Symons fit the part quite well. The characters playing Detectives Miller and Fry were more difficult choices. I wanted them to be of the same age (20's) and different pieces of characteristics each. Detective Miller needed to look like the older brother of a household which was shown in 2 ways. One we look strongly alike so he as the only person for the job and the sound of children in the background helped contribute to this. Detective Fry on the other hand had to look intellectual, be sat in a calm manner whilst giving bad news over the phone. Rich the actor in this role played this part in the perfect way I was going for and was a good choice in my opinion.
Finally the role of the victim. This character needed to seem like the 'mother' figure to blend in with the brother role of Detective Miller. I was thinking for a while who it could be but my choice was write in front of me the whole time. My mum was a good victim.
Finding locations had their highs and lows for selecting them. The main problem I had was finding a location for the character Rich played Detective Fry. I couldn't find anywhere at all that matched what I needed which was a desk in an intellectual looking room with a laptop on the desk. In the end for this I found a location last minute which wasn't perfect but did the part. This was a problem for the props as I had to remove them because there wasn't a desk there to put it on.
The choice of the common was a no brainer. I chose this location originally because it was a good place to get swift shots of somebody running through the woods as planned in my storyboard. The re-filming was essential to be filmed at the common again because I had a new idea. Which was to have Matt run past the wall next to the common for the effect of braking out of a prison or location. This is against the storyboard so I will have to write about this in my evaluation in detail about why I chose to do this change.
Using my house was a key decision in the location contribution. I chose to use my house for the main characters hideout and Detective Millers home. I was very careful not to overlap the shots so I used the Living room for Millers bit and outside, stairs and the bathroom for the villains bit. This was the only major problem for this location as I had to redo a lot of shots due to the stairs being in Miller's shot and the living room door being in both shots.
Costume in this production wasn't designed to be major. The only part of costume on Matt's character was to wear a hooded jumper of his choice. I thought to myself that if the jumper was a random one then it would maybe show personal wear and tear so that the character shows his own personal liking in clothing. This wasn't needed but definitely a decent idea. I don't think it went well though.
The only other characters costume which was a major thought was Detective Fry's/Rich's costume. He had to look professional so I had him wear his glasses, nice shirt and jeans, this made the professional look without having to have a suit and a tie. I believe for this thriller it would have been too formal to be wearing a suit as Detective Millers costume wasn't formal in any way. As a detective off duty he was wearing his average clothing so to be wearing a completely formal piece of clothing may clash with the off duty detective.
The first prop seen in this is the mobile phones used by the two Detectives. This was thought up to be a key prop with these characters because it has let the two Detectives communicate for when one tells the other the bad news on the prison break. I chose this to submit the communication from one another because from my research I had spotted that most danger through communication in the thriller genre is warned verbally. If I had used an email on a laptop at which the character was looking at and responding to it would have missed the codes and conventions of a thriller and maybe hit more of the horror or action side of things.
The main prop which was essential to get was the jerrycan. The final shot which is a medium shot is of Matt just before what it appears to be him pooring petrol on the victim. Of course he doesn't do it but with the jerrycan being the main part of the shot it was essential to get it positioned in the shot correctly and to have a handheld one. Luckily my brother had one that fitted exactly what was needed.
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