Research- the thriller genre and planning

The thriller genres main elements are suspense, tension and excitement. Thriller films tend to be fast-paced .The Objective for most thriller films is to deliver a story with sustained tension and surprise.

Planning 

Costume 
when it came to the costume i decided that it would be best to go for simple clothing because i feel that the style of thriller that i was making fits well with basic every day clothing. All characters in the movie are wearing hooded jackets which doesn't just and some mystery to them because you cant fully see their face but it also fits in with the stereotype hood wearing  teenager. I decided that it would be a good idea for the main character in this opening sequence to not have his hood up because then when you see the people coming into his house with their hoods up they seem very mysteries in comparison and the audience would start to think about who these people are and why cant we see a shot of their faces.

Location
I wanted the film to be as true to real life as possible so decided to film the opening scene in an average British family home. the first film location is at the dining table in the house, this scene is used to show a normal everyday person just sitting at a table in the house and reading. I chose to do this for the first scene because I feel that it would be better to lead up to the action rather than start with action straight from the get go. I have decided that a lot of the opening scene to my film would be shot in a shed because I feel that the dark closed in space with add tension to the scene in my film.

Props
The props in the film consist of a book which is simply in the scene to show that the person in shot is actually doing something and not just sitting around at a table which would look really unnatural. The main prop in the film is a mobile phone and the film its self revolves around this phone. The character sitting at the table in the opening scene will get a call on his phone and will begin to panic and that's when the action in the film will start to begin. Another prop that's used is a spade when the main character from the opening scene is scared and hides in his shed he picks up a spade which helps to show to the Audience that the situation he is in is becoming really serious now.

Risk Assessment

There is not much risk involved with the making of my film. Most shots are in wide open space and make it near impossible for actors to fall and trip in scene where they have to run. There is a small amount of risk that the camera could get damaged for example in the scene of the main character running i am going to use a point of view shot so there is the slight risk that he could drop the camera when running but i will attach a strap to the camera to try and avoid this possible risk.