Why We Used a Walkie-Talkie Instead of a Spy Earpiece

We initially had he idea to use a spy earpiece but it didn't work out because our amazon delivery for it got delayed. So our spy earpiece did not arrive on time. Our backup plan was to use a walkie-talkie borrowed from one of our school counselors.

Recording the Dialogue

After filming we decided to go to the editing studio and went to a recording room where the two female actors we were using recorded their lines. I am then going to use this recording and go to the music technology and use what I know from music technology to edit the dialogue between the two and use some white noise on top of it to sound like some interference. This is because the dialogue is going to be heard from killer's walkie-talkie and with some interference so that only a few words will be clear enough to be heard.  

Filming Day!

Our filming day went very well. My group was able to finish all the shots we listed in our shot list and a few extra ones before the expected time, returning to school before lunch. We had a few problems when filming but nothing too serious that would affect our final project. Things like horses passed by and delayed our filming. Sometimes cars would pull up in the parking lot. However we were still able to finish before the expected time.


This is us setting up how much zoom we would
  use in order to fit both cars and the two women.



                                     Wife and Killer talking.                                                                                                     

Mise-En-Scene for our Thriller Opening Sequence

Opening Sequence: LOCATION

In terms of location we initially had more than one idea, we thought about using the bullshead car park, which is a small car park located outside a pub near school. This would be helpful because it would be easy to get permission to use the desired setting since it is friendly with the school. The second location we thought about was a car park located about 5 minutes uphill from our school. This is a bigger car park, also not very busy where we could film in peace and create the mysterious vibe that our opening sequence needed, since it would be secluded from busy areas. We came up to a conclusion to use the car park uphill. This is because the car park would look more secluded than the pub's one, since this car park consists of mainly gravel and it is in the middle of nowhere. The environment of this car park suggests that it is away from urban areas since it is generally surrounded by trees. One issue we would have to face is that our filming might be interrupted a couple of times by people who go there and park their cars while they walk their pets. We would also have to ask these people not to park wherever the camera is pointing, just so that the audience, when viewing our opening sequence, understand that it is in an isolated area. 

Opening Sequence: PROPS

For our opening sequence we will need a variety of props, this includes one camera for the spy taking pictures of the killer and the wife. We will need a spy earpiece for him as well which we have ordered from amazon about five working days before hand, however, the earpiece did not arrive in time so we used our backup plan for this prop which was a walkie talkie. In my opinion the walkie talkie was more powerful due to the fact that it suggests to the audience that this is not a big spy in the industry, since he doesn't have expensive gadgets with him. Next, we need two cars for this scene, one car for the character playing the wife, and one for the killer who pulls into the car park during the opening sequence. We also need one envelope for the wife to hand into the killer. The envelope contains all the details of where her husband is, at  what time he does what, and so on. This also creates a sense of mystery in the sequence since the audience does not know what the envelope contains and since it is not uncovered. Next we need one pen and one small notebook or notepad for the spy to take notes of the scene. This again suggests a sense of mystery to the audience since we don't know what he is writing and also it is suggested that one of the two women are evil and are wanted by someone.

Opening Sequence: Costume

In our thriller opening sequence the group decided on plenty of things for the costumes that are going to be official on the sequence. 
The character playing the wife would wear mainly black that connotes the fact that she is doing something bad when hiring a killer to murder her wife. We decided to throw in some colors as well such as her red shoes and the beige jacket. This was to portray her a little bit more as a wife, wearing casual clothes just how most people view it stereotypically.

For the character playing the photographer  we want him to wear a brown leather jacket together with black gloves. We tried to cover up most of his body for the fact that we don't want the audience to be able to see him, not even his hands, in order to To keep some of the mysterious vibe. The character playing the killer would have to wear black jeans, a black and grey roll neck jumper, sunglasses, and black leather boots. Not only this will create the idea of her being a killer but also keeps her feminine side in touch with the audience.