Locations:



Cellar



Cellar

We have decided to use my cellar as one of our locations as we thought this would be a good place to have the main character plan revenge, because it is a dark, small and messy space which will give the sense of claustrophobia which is used in a range a British gangster thriller such as Essex Boys. This this is a convenient as it is at my house and also the garage location we are going to use is at Hattie's house, which makes both locations easy to get to. Also we will be shooting our thriller opening in the city on top of the mall; this will be good to show typical British weather and also shots of the city to help the scene be British gangster. Another good feature of using the city it that it’s a fast paced environment which will be good for a running shot. Also for the flashbacks we have decided to use Hattie’s garage because we thought this is a good place to have a murder as it is gritty, claustrophobic and there is no escape.

Cellar

Props, Objects and Costumes:

To make the scene more life like and for our target audience to relate to the opening scene we have decided that our characters should wear everyday gangster clothes such as hoodies, jackets, jeans and a hat. In Essex Boys the characters are wearing jeans, shirts and leather jackets so this has influenced our idea as we are also making a British gangster film. Also the costumes relate to other thrillers for example 'Kidulthood' and 'Bullet Boy'. I think a quite important prop is the photo of the main character and his brother as it shows the connection between them and why he actually wants to take revenge. Other props we are going to use are money, table, a chair, paper, phone, a whiteboard to plan revenge and shelf. These will all help our opening film become a British gangster.

The props such as pen, paper, address book and photos will help suggest what kind of person the main character is, for example, this suggests that he is determined and strong willed. But during the film he starts to push these props off the table suggesting that he is also depressed, stressed and upset about his twin brothers death. One of the main props is the gun and it shows how vicious, harmful and hateful the gang leader can be. It also helps the audience to see what type of gang the two brothers were in and helps shows what type of trouble they got in. As well as the props hopefully the costumes will show what type of people the characters are, for example, the gang leaders black hat and hoodie shows the dark side of him.



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