Typeface:
Our typeface is situated in the bottom left hand of the screen,
this allows the audience to continue the watch the film without
the typeface being distracting or obscure vision, additionally, it
allows the viewer to have an added indication to the names of
charcaters and actors and. We chose the naming font as it has
connotations to retro policing, similar to that of popular police
TV show Ashes to Ashes. This rather basic title sequence is
effective as it shares the necessary information of the film but
allows the audience to get a full frontal view of the characters and surroundings.
Location/Setting: Our film featured 4 locations, this was in
order to explain various character profiles as well as a stage for
the eventual drug deal to take place. Our main location was set
in a secluded car park, this conforms to the conventions of a
crime thriller as typically, a deal is mysterious and is not taken
somewhere that's in the open for people to see. Our second
location is in a house kitchen, we wanted this to look trashed
and messy as typically within crime thrillers, a house with
affiliations with drugs is normally messy and has evidence
dotted around the area. Our third setting was based within a
gymnasium, this was in order to emphasise the fact that this
character is tough guy with anger issues. We used a variety of
different camera angles in order to detail the setting, the fact the
gym was empty detailed that there is an element of privacy and
mystery surrounding the character. Our final location shows a
character over grass, this details that the character in the black
coat is transmitting information to someone else in a different
location, this fits standard thriller crime stereotypes as the twist
Props and Costumes: Our film had lots of props involved normally relates to a character being double crossed.
within the film, this was in order to portray in detail the
personalities behind the characters and gave an insight to
the progression of the film. We tried to be fairly subtle with
some of our prop placement, to give the audience a deeper
meaning in regards to the setting which relates to the
characters. In terms of costumes, we wanted our main
antagonists to dress in clothing that showed that they were
hard men that shouldnt be messed with. Typically within
films, gangsters are dressed in expensive formal clothing.
We believed that this sort of outfit gives the characters the
respect they need from the audience, if our antagonists
were dressed in tracksuits, the element of being hard would
be difficult to achieve.
Shot selection and Editing: Throughout the film
we used a variety of shots, examples as shown in
the pictures are point of view, master shot, over
the shoulder and close up. This was in order to
give a new dynamic to the audience, using the
POV shot added an element of mystery as the
face of who is getting out of the car is eagerly
anticipated. The use of cross-cutting was used
towards the end of the film in order to showcase
that the man with the money was in fact an
undercover police officer, transmitting
information to an outside source. This created a
slight shock factor as it would not have been
anticipated by the audience. This is typical of a
thriller as the idea is to keep the audience
engaged for as long as possible.