My thriller is pretty minimalist, with one character in the opening. This made choosing the actor easy as my brother was home from Uni and said he would like to be in it. He suits the thriller feel well as most thrillers use white males and as he is a young adult, it would attract young adults (Who are more likely to watch thrillers) To see my film as they can relate with him.
Also, my brother is 'fairly attractive' in many peoples opinion, making him good for an actor as it will make other people want to watch the thriller. He also is a fairly average guy, meaning it's easier to relate to him.
For costuming, my brother just wore clothing that suited the young adult look that he usually wears. This didn't matter too much as it was very cold and raining and he had to wear a coat on top. This made it so you couldn't really see his clothes. Also, I wanted low-key lighting, making it even harder to see his costume.
Props wide, there first was a set of keys that we used to make him seem jumpy and nervous by making him fiddle with them and drop them. These were easy to choose as he actually needed them to unlock the door.
There was a plastic bag which he used to stuff clothes into, this was to show that he wasn't thinking about running away, that it was an impulsive action and he wanted to leave as quickly as possible. We also used money as a prop to show that he was going away permanently and needed money to 'escape'
Lastly, there was a knife. This was a risky object as my brother could have been hurt using it. However, it went fine and it looked good in the final opening.
27/12/2013
Location Scouting
For my filming I didn't need many obscure locations. This made location scouting as very easy as I only needed a house and a street. The logical thing to do was to use my own house as I could do what I wanted with the house and knew where everything was. I also live in a fairly quiet place so the street would fit in with what I wanted for the opening scene.
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