Editing (December 17th)

In today's lesson, we began editing our new footage which will replace our draft edit. This edit will be much better than the original because we have used more effective camera angles and have experience with editing already.

Draft Edit

Actors/Costume/Location Planning

Actors/Actresses:
Jogger: Alice Hobson
Mystery Man: Myself 

Alice is appropriate for the part we have given her because she's a young woman so she will be able to jog much easier than an older woman. Also Alice is an active sporty person so she will look more natural while running. These two features will make the scene more believable.
I am suitable for the part of the man because I am tall and have the ability to make my hair neat. I will not need to act much other than a close up of my hands, an over the shoulder shot and a close up of my mouth.

Costume:
Jogger: Casual/Running clothes (leggings, tshirt, trainers, earphones, messy hair/bun)
Mystery Man: Dark Clothes (Black Jacket, Black Jeans, Black Shoes and neat hair)
The costume for the Jogger needs to be simple because she is only a runner and would not be dressed up. 

The costume for the man needs to be dark to create a sense of mystery and suspense as to who the man is.

Location:
Bedroom
Park
We are using the bedroom for the opening shots such as shots of the jogger putting shoes on or putting on music and headphones and looking out the window.
We are using the park for the jogging scenes to suit the stereotypical idea of people jogging in parks.

Thriller Opening Scene Research (Part 2) - Audience Research

Survey Research

 We conducted an online survey for our thriller research to give us an idea as to what would appeal to a thriller audience. A psychological thriller was the most popular choice for type of thriller, this means we will have to include some emotionally unstable dialogue for our killer in the thriller opening scene. 
The Usual Suspects was the most popular response for all time favourite thrillers, therefore we should analyse The Usual Suspects opening scene to give some sort of guidance for our own thriller. Also, from our survey we discovered that the most popular protagonist would be a detective whose partner had been killed, however we are still going to carry on with the idea of a woman jogging. We also found out that people are most scared while watching thrillers if the bad guy is mentally deranged, we can try to incorporate this into our own thriller opening. Finally we gave a list of suggested film names to choose from and the most popular answer was 'Into The Fire' this is a relevant title to our thriller opening because there is a lot of focus on fire and items being burnt.