Preliminary task- Planning

Preliminary- Initial planning
In our initial planning for our preliminary task, my group decided that we wanted to create a video that would relate within the theme of a thriller, rather than the genre of comedy, romance, action etc. The reason for this is because, by creating a thriller based video, we could use certain techniques that might have worked well and would be appropriate to use in our own final projects.

We first decided that our preliminary task could be based around an interrogation , however a few of us believed that this particular idea may not engage all viewers and we also struggled to create dialogue in which the actors would have spoke. Therefore we decided upon a kidnapping theme as we believed that this would strongly suit the genre, and that kidnapping has connotations of vulnerability, isolation and tension, and these are commonly portrayed in thrillers,due to them being sinister, engaging the audience and putting them on edge.


 
After deciding on a story, we sectioned our paper into the different chronological scenes and then began to think about possible editing techniques , camera shots, sounds and the roles of characters and which scene they would suit best. 




 We then came to a conclusion about each scene's techniques and created a basic story board which briefly outlined the plot and movements of the scene and this helped the group visualize how the story would fit and what our video was going to look like. From the story board we were then able to start shooting our footage.