Risk Assessment

In our Risk Assessment we will be looking for objects, people, our even dog walkers that will be in the way of our video. In Thorndon Country park we will have to be aware of the dog walkers that are strolling about during filming time, this shouldn't be too much of a problem as we hope to be filming at dusk, so it adds more effect tho the thriller. In Warley we will have to be careful about Sticks and things that are laying on the floor so we don't fall over, and hurt ourselves. Things that we are going to have to look at for is up rooted trees and trees that have been blown over in that storm we had a couple of weeks back. When we are filming at Tom's we will have to make sure that the rooms we shot in are clear of any dangerous objects, and that the way that we walk is clear. Again when we are filming at Tom's we will need to make sure that the bathroom floor is not wet so we do not slip over when filming. When we are shooting our video we will double check the areas are not dangerous, and will move all objects that can do damage to the individuals in the group. When we are looking for risks in the wooded areas we are using we will be looking for things like sharp stones, cheasnut shells, and sticks that are sticking out the ground.

Pictures we took on scouting for our location

This is a photo we took when we was scouting for locations in Warley woods. We have used a person in the photo so we can see what it looks like to peoples eyes and views. We also had the person in it as this was an idea we had at first for the use of our poster.

The Swarm Sound Effects

We listened to different sound effects to create a sense of fear in our thriller opening. We knew we liked the sound effects used on the roller coaster 'The Swarm The Ride' so for inspiration we searched for different effects and found this clip which is filled with a vast majority of deep suspense sound effects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfwJ2mqgh-g
 

Our initial ideas and Storyboard

Codes and Conventions

Character influences

Our character influence for the stalker has come from Slender. The slender theme is similar to ours with the girl noticing notes on trees, and with slender appearing behind them. Our character influence was the girl from gone, as she is abducted by a complete stranger, this inspired us and with the scenery we have chosen, it relates to the film gone. Our thriller is also about about a girl being stalked, as shes is being stalked it could lead to an obduction, we were inspired by the film gone to incorporate this.

Areas being considerd for our thriller

For one of the scenery option we will be shooting in a woods, two in Brentwood or one in Doddinghurst. We chose these locations as we feel as though they add to codes and conventions of a thriller. When watching past students thrillers they mostly used locations such as; abandoned houses/buildings , however by choosing a forest it creates isolation of there being no escape for our protagonist and is also different to what people have used before. We also felt that using different parts of the forests would work well for different scenes of our opening so, as group we made sure that we discussed what would and wouldn't work for what we wanted to do.