We decided to film the last part of our sequence at Calum's house. We decided this as his house is a typical family home, one in which we imagine a Father living with his family. It is quite a big house with a lot of space enabling us to take good shots for our main task as well as enhancing the loneliness of Jack as he now lives alone after the effects of his daughter's death.
Actors
We chose Jack as our actor as he has quite a strong, deep voice that would be perfect for the end of the sequence as the father threatens his daughter's murderer. With only 2 weeks left to film and edit our main task, Jack was one of the few options available at such short notice, this was another factor in choosing Jack as our protagonist.
We chose Lauren and Tilly as voice overs for the beginning sequence as Lauren took drama at GCSE and Tilly takes A Level drama. Tilly had a voice suitable to be a room mate as it sounds like the voice of a teenager rather than a mother. Her experience of drama helped her to sound convincingly distressed which was perfect in making the audience feel disturbed at her room mates death. Lauren has a voice that sounds more mature and therefore fitted the role of the mother perfectly. Furthermore, Lauren's previous experience with drama also enabled her to sound distressed and devastated at the news of her daughters death again giving the flashback a more sinister and engaging atmosphere.
We chose Calum and George as our other voice overs as George has a sympathetic voice that doesn't sound too young, so could fit the role of a police officer that has to deliver bad news to a family. The sympathy he expresses helps the audience to also feel more sympathetic towards the family of the dead girl. Finally, we chose Calum as Jack's boss. A lot of this was down to the fact that we only decided to add the part of a boss firing Jack in at the last minute. We chose Calum because his voice again sounds sympathetic and reluctant to let Jack go as well as sounding old enough to be the boss of the protagonist. Information on all our actors can be found in the actors section.
Mise-en-scene
We asked Jack to wear a shirt and jeans for the shoot as this made him look like a typical father with a high status. This also implies that he has efficient and intelligent methods of dealing with his daughter's murderer. This was important as we wanted our thriller to be quite psychological in order to engage our audience.
We decided we wanted Jack to be an alcoholic as this shows the effects of his daughter's death and is typical of a male who has been through a traumatic experience in a thriller. For this reason Jack is seen asleep on the sofa with a half empty bottle and glass of whiskey. This indicates that he is a strong drinker.More mise-en-scene can be found in the Costume and Make up section.
Roles
As with every section of our thriller, we all took part in every aspect of creating the film to make sure that every one had a say in the mise-en-scene, actors, filming and editing.
Camera Shots and Angles
All of the camera shots and angles we used, were filmed to portray Jack's character as an alcoholic who has had his life ruined by the death of his daughter and to explore the aggression he uses in his threatening phone call in an effective and engaging way. We also tried to make shots flow smoothly by going from one shot to another with the use of fade to blacks improving our continuity. The shot where the camera is in the fridge and Jack opens the door was an idea we had taken from Ellen Crane's group as we felt that this was a very effective and interesting shot to engage the viewer.
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