Final Preparations and Last Minute Decisions

As a final preparation before filming our Thriller Opening Sequence, my group and I decided to do a practise run in costume and on location with a member of the production team supervising as to give feedback on things we may have overlooked.

The first thing we noticed was that with a cast of five the set was incredibly cramped, and so first and foremost we were advised to cut down to three - removing ourselves of one boy and one girl. After doing so, Matt (the member of the production team) went through the impracticality of our plot - why would a large group of seemingly capable teenagers be making rather 'rough-and-ready' weapons to attack one single, unarmed boy? As such, he advised that we make them hunt something large and ambiguous, something worth their numbers and preparation, like some kind of monster…

We agreed, and as such changed our idea accordingly; consequently, when we go out to film later on we will have these changes in mind. The costumes, location and set design will remain the same.

Reminding the cast of final details before filming

To ensure that all of our cast members are sure of where we are to meet and of what they are to bring tomorrow, we decided to send out one last email to them all:

Confirmed props for my Thriller Opening Sequence

Today Theresa, Millie and I visited the school's Theatre Department in order to ask for a few props, such as knives, nails and cargo netting. Whilst not overly willing to lend us them, in the end they accepted and told us that on the morning of our shoot day (Tuesday 19th January) we could come and collect them from the Theatre Foyer.

Due to some unfortunate circumstances, Millie would be unable to obtain the hockey sticks and tennis rackets over the weekend and so we decided to scratch such ideas. However our teacher, Katie, agreed to bring in a red petrol canister for us, as well as some torches, and so we collected the rest of the torches from around school. Barbed wire and the other petrol canister were already within the storage container, ready for us to use.

Confirmed location for my Thriller Opening Sequence

Instead of a shed, for our thriller my group will now be using a highly cluttered storage container. We had a quick scout of the location, and confirmed that we will be using it for our thriller.

Confirmed Shoot Day - Tuesday 19th

Today we found out the day that we will be shooting our thriller: Tuesday 19th. Upon hearing such news, we decided to send an email to our cast to make sure that they are definitely available.

Confirmed cast for my Thriller Opening Sequence

Requesting the cast for my Thriller Opening Sequence

Having decided upon the characters that we'd have within our thriller opening sequence (three teenage boys, and two teenage girls) we sent out an email to people that we thought would be good to play the parts.