The Title

We had many ideas for a title for our thriller, which we listed in our 'our idea' post. In the end, we came up with the title 'LOST' as this relates to many aspects of our idea. Firstly, it relates to the idea that the stalker (Jack White) had a troubled childhood and lost a child who was called Beth, which is why he chose to stalk me. These factors make him a lost person, because the child was the only thing he had in his life, but now he has nothing so he is lost. The word lost also links to how my character is beginning to feel more and more paranoid and lost throughout the sequence. We wanted to use a single word for the title because we didn't want to make it to complex, and we didn't want the title to give away the idea of it.

Soundtrack

For our soundtrack for our thriller, we wanted to create something that added to the tension of the footage, and something that fitted with the genre of thriller. We made it quite slow to add suspense in important scenes, and quite loud. We made our soundtrack in Garageband, which we have all used before so this wasn't a problem. We compromised ideas and were all happy with the end product, and i think it links to our product well.

My Initial Idea:

My initial idea was about a murderer with a troubled past who has murdered 10 people from the same university, but after discussing this idea we decided the idea was too harsh and it would be too graphic to film. We also wanted to come up with an idea which was more psychologically chilling, rather than frightening to look at. Also, the idea is very common with thrillers, so it would not be able to stand out. We all came up with different initial ideas, but a few of us thought of the idea of basing our thriller around a stalker, so we decided this was the best decision.

Scene at my house:

We wanted to film a scene at my house because it would emphasise how obsessive my stalker is; he has followed me to my house. This scene ends with Jack White knocking on my door and then as i answer, i see his face and then have a flash back of everything that has happened and then i suddenly realise who he is. This leaves a cliff hanger, and the audience will want to see what happens in the film. This scene is filmed with a medium shot, but there is a close-up of my face when i realise who he is. Just before i close the door, we have included a montage in which we used a rewinded, faster version of whole sequence. This adds suspense. After that, i slam the door door and that is the end of the product.

Following scene:

We filmed me walking up some stairs so it shows how obsessive the stalker is: he follows me everywhere. This is a medium shot. as i start going up the stairs, I stop and turn round to face the camera because i suspect something. This creates suspense and as it is coming towards the end of the trailer it makes it seem as though everything will be resolved. As soon as i turn round, the camera turns off and the screen goes completely black which leaves a cliff hanger.

Swing scene:

we decided to film me on a swing laughing bacause it emphasises how young I am compared to my stalker. we handheld the camera to get the effect that I was being seen through my stalkers eyes. We also filmed me through the bars of the park to make it seem as though the stalker was hiding so i couldnt see him, and again it looks like I am being viewed through his eyes. We wanted to film ot to make it look like this because it creates intensity and tension - he is also in the scene but i dont notice. This is a medium shot, and when we edit it we are going to slow down the footage and make it slightly blurred to make it look creepy.

Mise En Scene

The mise en scene for our sequence was one of our main focus areas whilst we were filming, it was important that we included important features in the background, and made sure certain features wern't included. We wanted to fim mostly in unknown areas so our audience would not get distracted whilst watching, we want the focus to be completely on whats going on in the scene. Many of our scenes have been altered with the 'day to night' effect, and so you cannot clearly see what is in th background anyway so we didnt concentrate on the mise en scene for these scenes. The main scene where mise en scene was important was the scene which is of me in my house, we had to make it clear to the audience that i was in my house answering the door as this wil add tension for the viewer. We often had problems when we forgot to take the camera bag or the tripod bag out of the shot, so we had to do these shots again.

Filming outside of college

We decided to film a few of our scenes outside of college so we get a different atmosphere, and to get the impression that Jack White follows me everywhere i go; which includes to my house. It was quite difficult to decide on a convenient time for us to do this, as our group all have different free periods and we all live in different places. Me and Rosie booked the camera overnight and went to do some filming in Cambridge. This included filming me in a park on a swing, running on a green, walking home and at my house. This was easy to do as there was only two of us, and we work well as a team. Filming outside of college meant we could include some interesting mise en scene from our location, as in college our audience would get used to the location and it would be as frightening.