Evaluation Question Seven

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

This shot from my preliminary task shows the basic effects that we used throughout. The black and white effect was something that I was keen to include in our final Thriller project. At first when I used black and white in my preliminary task I was unsure on how to change the balance of black to white. When I came to editing my Thriller film however, I was more confident in using premiere pro and was able to adjust the contrast to create a darker, shadier atmosphere.

Whilst filming and editing our preliminary task I had to ask for much more help and guidance when using the cameras and Macs. I felt that my knowledge has progressed substantially since working on the preliminary task as I am now confident in using premiere pro, the video cameras and also the Macs themselves. I felt that I didn’t need to ask for as much advice and I resorted to trial and error when trying to figure out how to accomplish something.

In our preliminary task the transitions were far smoother and cleaner. At first I was hoping to achieve this in our Thriller, however after Charlotte and I had established the jolty, grainy effects by using dust and scratches and noise and grain and also chosen a jerky song, we felt that clear cuts and fades to black were more appropriate and made the film look more fitting for our target audience and the overall end product. I learnt in the short time between filming our preliminary task and our Thriller, that to create a good quality product we needed to make sure the editing process fitted all the aspects together, instead of making them vague and confusing.

I feel that the biggest learning curve in the progression from our preliminary task to our final Thriller film was learning to take ideas and develop them from existing Thrillers. The research that Charlotte and I carried out helped us to understand particular conventions and incorporate them into our work. We learnt how to use the technology provided to try and develop some of the aspects of successful Thriller films such as ‘Seven’ and ‘Sin City’.

Amy Reeve

Evaluation Question Six

Technology

A Mac was a main component in creating our Thriller. We learnt how to use its programmes and also figure out the major differences between the Macs and a PC. We were completely unfamiliar with them before we began this project and we found that there were several benefits of using it for our film.

- Higher quality sound and graphics: Cosmetically appealing.

- Less Viruses: A Mac is far less susceptible to attacks from computer viruses.

- Versatile: Mac supports many of the same popular programmes available for windows.

- Reliable: A Mac has fewer freezes and crashes

- Excellent support: Technical support is ranked highly in the industry.

I learnt how to use these benefits of a Mac to acomplish our media project to the best of our ability.

Premiere Pro

Premiere Pro was the main programme that we used to upload and edit our footage. I learnt how to:

- Connect the video camera to the mac and capture the footage onto the programme.

- Drag and drop the footage onto the timeline.

- Cut the sequence and delete the footage we don't need using the razor tool.

- Add effects such as colour alterations, transitions, lighting, sfx and more.

- Import a soundtrack and edit it.

Premiere Pro allows editing of videos easily. It has lots of features like sound reduction, lighting and many more. Videos shot in dark places can be made visible using Premiere Pro. Many effects i.e Visual effects included in Premiere Pro can give your movie a polished looked. Charlotte and I watched tutorials on youtube in order to learn more about Premiere pro, which helpd us to learn to use more challenging ways to edit our film.

JVC DV Camcorder

Learning to use a video camera enabled charlotte and I to experiment with our shots. We also used a fisheye lens which created a surreal environment in our opening with Charlotte crying and also allowed us to get a much closer view of her tears. We also learnt how to:

- Insert and eject Dv tapes.

- Record, play, rewind and forward the footage.

- Change lenses.

- Use zoom in and zoom out.

- Connect to the computers and capture on Premiere Pro.

- Changing camera settings.

We also learnt how to use the camera effectively to create the best shots. I felt that Charlotte and I got on well with the technology that was involved during the process of making our film. We managed to learn how to use each piece of equipment effectively and it helped us to create the Thriller that we had imagined.

Amy Reeve

Evaluation Question Five

How did you attract/address your audience?

We aimed to attract both adults and teenagers in our film. As you can see from the screen shot below we have captured the part where we include young love into our film. Being a teenager myself I understand the appeal of including a love interest into the film as many teenagers find the prospect interesting and something that they can relate to. The picture above shows two stereotypical teenagers who are obviously in love. As you can see there are similarities in both of these images, which suggests the link between teenagers and the subject matter in our film.

Although the characters in our film are teenagers themselves we are also trying to attract young adults as well, because we believe that the darker aspects of it will be more fitting for an older audience. The part where Ross is shown hanging may confuse a younger audience and may also prevent them from wanting to watch the rest of the film, as it prevents them from watching the romance develop and also shows that it is less likely to have a happy ending.

Although this may deter certain teenagers from watching our film, the fact that we have included a fair bit of action within the first two minutes and introduced two of the main characters may keep them interested even after Ross is shown dead. The fact that romance is one of the main components of the film, may make soppier members of the audience more inclined to watch it, but also the fact that there is a murder and a psychopathic ex- girlfriend involved it will also attract the thrill seekers.

Film lovers may also be interested in our Thriller as we have tried to incorporate aspects of other famous films. The opening titles may immediately remind the viewer of the opening titles in the film; 'Se7en' as the diary in the beginning of our film and the font used for the titles shows some similarities with the opening of the famous Thriller.

I think that although we used these methods to attract our specific target audience, we also used quirky music, editing and camera shots to create a mysterious, unconventional film which could appeal to a larger audience for many different reasons. People may be attracted to our Thriller purely for the soundtrack or because we have used a black and white effect. Others may want to watch our film because of the characters or because of the editing style we have used. Hopefully the methods that we have incorporated into the making of this film will appeal to not only the people that we have talked about here, but to a variety of different people with different tastes.

Amy Reeve

Liason

Evaluation Question Four

Who would be the audience for your media product & why?

We feel that younger people would be the particular audience for our Thriller as the main characters are young people themselves. Some young girls may also relate to Charlotte's character's jealousy and heartbreak, while others may relate to how oblivious Amy's character is as to what's happening. Amy's character has no knowledge of Charlotte's evil actions, which helps to develop the story as she explores the possibilites of what happened to Ross.

We asked 8 people with a variation of age and gender to watch our Thriller and feed back with their views on it and as to whether they would choose to watch it in the first place.

Maddi, 16, female: I found the storyline quite gripping and would definitely choose to watch it, however I found it difficult to understand the story line and felt that the plot was not as well thought out as the camera work.

Gavin, 22, male: I think it demonstrates the feelings of jealousy quite well, and shows the extremes that some people go to in these situations. I would watch it as it seems like it would hold a lot of tension and keep you guessing what's going to happen next.

Pippa, 17, female: It seems that there is a lot more to develop should you continue to create a full length film; there's plenty of story to work with. The events that have happened so far have opened up the rest of the story which I think could be built on really well. I would definitely watch this film, but I would suggest that if you are trying to appeal to a younger audience, then perhaps a less complicated plot would draw us in more.

Glenda, 64, female: I think that including the innocent character, the victim and a femme fatale really helped to create a good plot for the film. These stereotypes are not presented quite as stereotypically though, as Charlotte's character does not hold the appearance of a psychotic murderer at first glance, and Amy's character is not the typical unaware innocent person stuck in the middle. The characters have more to them which makes it more interesting. I would probably choose to watch the film as I enjoy thrillers.

Martin, 28, male: I'm not a fan of thriller movies but I have to admit this one does have a rather interesting storyline.

Dan, 27, male: I liked seeing the two girls with the main roles, that definitely interests me as a man. I think people will also be able to relate to the heartbreak as many people experience it and the emotions that come with it; Liason demonstrates and focuses on the anger and jealous feelings that people experience.

Sam, 36, female: It didn't really appeal to me, as I don't believe that teenage girls are that extreme when it comes to relationships, so it was a bit unbelievable. I suppose you could say that for a lot of films but to me it just isn't something I would enjoy watching. The editing is very good though, it definitely looks professional.

Audrey, 49, female: Liason appears to be a classy and well made film which I would definitely watch. The storyline is great, the acting is great and the camera work is brilliant. It's not too extreme or gory, yet it isn't too vague. I think it would do very well if it was released in the cinema.

These responses show that our film could appeal to many different people, which is not what we expected. We are very pleased with the positive responses that we received and Pips and Maddies comments made us realise that perhaps our film should be aimed at young adults rather than teenagers and children as the story line wasn't our main concern when we were filming . We tried to use our camera work and editing methods to draw in our viewers and although some teenagers would appreciate the quirky, jolty effects that we included and the shots that we used, I think that perhaps an older person would look further than the plot and actually appreciate the film as an interesting combination of dark, uncomfortable viewing.

Gender does not appear to be an issue, as the female lead characters can appeal to both females and males. Similarly with age, we expected younger people to favour our film as younger people are featured in it, but because the story is not focused on stereotypical teenage things such as school/college, rebelling against adults and drug abuse, which are the subjects that tend to be focused on usually in films about teenagers. Instead the subject of love and heartbreak is played upon in our film, an emotion that everyone can relate to and experience.

We tried to make the two minutes as gripping as possible to make people want to watch the rest of the film and see what's going to happen. The responses helped us to determine who the audience may be for our Thriller and why.

Charlotte Bone

Evaluation Question Three

Charlotte Bone & Amy Reeve

Evaluation Question Two

How does your media product represent different social groups?

Teenagers

Our film represents teenagers as it is rebellious and goes against the conventions of what a normal teenage girl's life is supposed to be like. Charlotte's character shows an emotionally unstable person, which can often be the case in reality with teenage girls. The diary represents the hormonal feelings that are present during teenage years and also the darker sides to a teenagers mind. Although all the characters are young adults we aren't conventional and the way we act in the film demonstrates more mature mannerisms.

Adults

Our thriller may also appeal to adults as it represents the hardships of life and may also be difficult to understand for younger people. I think that adults would view our film in a different way, as they might appreciate the camera work and effects that we have used, rather than just focusing on the story line.

Working class, Middle class, Upper class?

I personally do not believe that something that can be interpreted differently by everyone can necessarily attract only one specific social group. I think however that our film would appeal mainly to middle class people on the whole as it is based around middle class characters. I think that the fact that there is no speech in our film would help it to appeal to a larger audience as they cannot judge the characters on the way they talk. Our characters are deliberately shown wearing standard clothing, so although the audience are able to connect with the characters on a personal level, they cannot judge or guess what they are like purely on appearance.

Amy Reeve

Evaluation Question One

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The screen shot below is from the opening titles of the film 'Se7en'. This was our initial inspiration for the titles of our film. As you can see we have taken the black background and white writing effect from the titles of 'Se7en' and developed it further in our own opening.

We went on www.dafont.com and decided to use a similar font to the one used in these titles. We didn't want them to be too alike however as we wanted ours to be more simplistic and original.

We have also developed the idea of the book in the film 'se7en'. I had chosen to include this into our film as it adds a personal approach to Charlotte's heartache and also shows her obsession with her former boyfriend.

Instead of showing Charlotte actually writing in our diary, we just filmed the photographs, cuttings and memories that she had previously included. We took the idea of using cuttings and photo's from this clip.

We felt that many conventions of a typical thriller were that men were more often than not the villains and women were the victims. We challenged this convention of Thriller films by swapping these stereotypical characters around, with Charlotte being the villain and Ross being the victim.
We felt that this was an unexpected twist on the plot, and went against the average Thriller film. I did find however that there were existing films with female villains.

In the film 'Hard Candy' the female is the villain. We wanted to take this idea and develop it further by also including the idea of revenge from the plot. Charlotte finally gets revenge on her ex-boyfriend just like the female character does on the man in 'Hard Candy'.

Our media film challenges the usual plots, characters and effects of a typical Thriller film for teenage viewers. We have tried to create a darker concept, without much of the teenage drama and stereotypes that usually apply to a young adult. Although our film is based on love and revenge, we purposefully do not make the viewing soppy or overly emotional, when showing the lovers. We used the black and white effect to create a darker, shadowy mystery to the setting of our film and also to it's characters. We used this idea from the film Sin City, which is a recent film, with the black and white effect adding a more atmospheric touch rather than making it look old fashioned, which is what we wanted to convey in our own film.

Our film is purposefully jolty and grainy, and we felt that it went perfectly with the music. We challenged the typical high quality viewing of most modern Thrillers. We also decided against using speech in the opening as we felt that the soundtrack was enough to convey the atmosphere, and the story did not need to be explained within the first two minutes.

Amy Reeve

Our progress so far...

Ever since Charlotte and I finished producing and editing our film, we seem to have become a bit lax with posting on our blog. This week we are focusing on planning what we will be doing for our evaluation in time for the easter holidays. Hopefully after easter Charlotte and I will have either finished our evaluation or will have made good inroads into it.

We are hoping to return to where we filmed our thriller film and talk about what we were trying to achieve with the different ideas and effects that we put into it.

Am Reeve

Evaluating

Charlotte and I are at the stage now where we are going to begin our evaluation and hopefully we will be able to create the right atmosphere for it to go hand in hand with the style of our film. We shall be filming our evaluation and so we would like to create idea that we are doing an interview of the cast and the makers of 'Liason'. We shall hopefully answer some important questions and manage to explain the process of filming.

Amy Reeve

What's left to do...

Charlotte and I are now happy with our thriller opening. We feel that we have fully edited our footage and we are pleased with our choice of music and effects that we have used. All we have left to do is to blog what we have done in full detail, we are also planning on posting extra information to give an insight into the progress we made throughout the project and any issues we came across. We need to do an evaluation, which Charlotte and I are planning to film in the style of a; 'Behind the scenes interview'. We shall take it in turns to question one another on our characters and then we shall both talk about the process of filming. I am hoping to upload our film onto youtube so it will be on our blog before half term. We are also asking for advice on whether we need to change anything in our film, or if people who have viewed it have any suggestions as to what might make it better.

Filming progress

Reeve came over mine last Sunday to film the rest of our project. First of all I filmed the bedroom scene with Amy and Ross in bed asleep. I got a few different shots of them that we've used in our film, including one mid shot of Amy alone that is used at the end after you see Ross hanging from the tree. Amy then filmed me walking through the forest, using a range of different shots, most of them long shots and filmed from behind me. When we came to Ross hanging from the tree, I was originally going to kill him using a gun, however we decided this would be too hard to film, as we wanted to actually film the bullet being shot from the gun. Instead, he is hung with a noose round his neck (though you don't actually see this) from a tree. I filmed a mid shot of his legs dangling, and at this time the sun was just setting so the light creates a slight silhouette and looks perfect. We then went back to mine and continued to film: I went outside and filmed a few shots of Amy and Ross in the window, kissing. I have mesh curtains which created a silhouette of the two lovers with the light behind them. The low angle shot of the window is a little jolty, to deliberately show that it's also a point of view shot, to create the impression that my character is watching Amy and Ross. We deleted some of the footage that we originally filmed of me outside the window looking up at Amy because it looked quite unproffessional, plus the only way to capture a clear image of me was in the day light, but when my character is spying on Amy and Ross it's dark as you can see their silhouettes. We decided to not include the text message and the phone, and Amy waking up and finding that Ross has disappeared, mainly because our film now goes on for a total 2 minutes including all the editing. Instead the film ends with Amy asleep in bed, but alone instead of with Ross, leaving room for interpretation of what will happen in the rest of the film once she wakes up and realises Ross has gone, and how severe her reaction is. We decided that we are going to use Devendra Banhart's Insect Eyes for music throughout our film as we have received a positive response to it from various people who have viewed our film. We edited in the opening credits using the Men in Black Font. We used dips to black during the first part of the film as the shot changes from page to page of the notebook. We also used gradient wipes as each page changes. The name of our film 'Liason' appears at the end of the film, after the shot of Amy asleep. A dip to black emphasises the white writing. the font we used is called Phorssa which we installed from the website dafont and fits well with our film as it is like cut out letters from a newspaper.

Charlotte Bone

Plans and Ideas

Charlotte and I plan to continue filming this Sunday. We are hoping to film the rest of the shots, so that on the Monday that we return to school we are able to edit the film as a whole. By doing this we will be able to decipher what we need to change and film again and what works really well and may get us a better overall grade. We have not yet decided whether we plan to keep the same soundtrack throughout the opening two minutes or whether we should use two songs. I personally feel that the first song that we have used is enough, however I think we should try another, so we know for sure that it is the best thing to do. Our chosen artist at the moment is Devendra Banhart however we may use Damien Rice as well or as an alternative.

Amy Reeve

Editing

I decided that whilst editing the opening shots of my film, the end shot that zooms in on the words; "every heart is ticklish to love" went far too quickly, meaning that the viewer may not be able to read the words in time. I overcame this by cutting the scene where I thought the time should start to slow down. I then right clicked on the shot and scrolled down to find the option that allowed me to slow down the amount of seconds it would take to zoom in on the phrase. When we replayed the footage through, the last shot was in slow motion, allowing the viewer to realise the importance of the words.

Amy Reeve

The difference between the Horror genre and the Thriller genre...

A Thriller movie can often be mistaken for a Horror film as it can be difficult to differentiate between the two, from the very nature of a film to the way the film industry prefers to split the two or blur the lines between them. Here are some of the main differences between thriller movies and horror movies.

Every film is written with a purpose, how it wants to affect the audience. Thriller movies are meant to thrill, whereas horror films are meant to leave the viewer horrified, hence the name 'horror' film. Though Thriller films may have some elements of terror, they are usually more suspenseful. Horror movies aim to get you jumping from your seat. A thriller leaves room for discussion and can generate some real fear, whereas horror will simply leave you feeling scared without much reason, as the events are usually improbable.

Thriller movies always have a good plot as many are book based. You can expect the unexpected with thrillers. You don't know exactly who is doing what or why, but it is revealed to you and there's sure to be twists in the story. With horror, almost everything is predictable. You typically know who is doing what, though a motive may or may not be given. You can typically tell what happens next and to whom. The line between thrillers and horror is drawn here. Thrillers are films that could happen. They're about stalkers, serial killers who stay dead when they die and practical phenomenon. Horror films stray from reality, with killers returning from the dead and other supernatural elements taking place.

Horror focuses on gore and body count. A thriller might kill off a significant number of characters, but any grotesque deaths will only be implied, not shown.

Many times genres are mixed and for the sake of attracting more viewers they are categorised in a non traditional way. What may have been a horror might be released as a suspense thriller. This way the film industry is sure to attract as many viewers as possible.

Amy Reeve and Charlotte Bone

Typical conventions of a Horror

Conventions of a Horror: - Horror films are described to strive for the emotions of fear, disgust and horror from viewers. They frequently overlap with the thriller genre and play on the viewers worst fears and nightmares which is what creates such an impact from the viewers. They sometimes contain supernatural elements and ‘jump scenes’. - The atmosphere established a supernatural world, where fear is the common currency. Gloomy weather, shadowy locations and strange noises in the distance are just a few ways to establish that something wicked this way comes. Often, the amount of time and detail devoted to the atmosphere of a work of horror allows the environment to become a leading character in the work. -Works of horror often use graphic violence, strong language and sexual situations to evoke fear, anger and tension, respectively. While any or all of these devices may be implied, they are often explicit in today's horror. -Typically, the endings of horror works are left unresolved. Although cynics may claim that this device is used to create room for sequels, the traditional open-ended conclusion also gives the audience a sense that the threat still waits just around the corner. Amy Reeve and Charlotte Bone

Typical conventions of a Thriller

Conventions of a Thriller:
- Essentially about the battle of justice vs. injustice.
- There is often a price to be paid for the conclusion of the story.
- Often a thriller is a film of suspense with a plot structure that reinforces the elements of gamesmanship and the chase.
- Thrillers can be spy based, tales of geopolitical crisis, legal thrillers, medical thrillers, technothrillers or domestic thrillers.
- Commonly thrillers progress with a growing sense of threat or danger and the excitement of pursuit.
-Thriller films are normally shown from two charachter points of view.
-The story is occasionaly told from the view of the villain, which can lead to empathy for the villain also at their twisted understanding or peraps disturbiing past that has led to the present.
-Events in the storyline enable the film to progress, and allow the audience to second guess what will happen next. In many films this will be wrong so adds to suspense.


Amy Reeve

Progress and filming

Reeve and I re-filmed the first section of our thriller. We managed to get a close up shot of me crying and different close up shots of the 'burn book' which Amy made containing images of Ross the male character and scribbled writing stating things like 'I love you' and newspaper cut outs stating 'heart broken' etc. We filmed close up shots of the writing and pictures in the book. We edited the colour to black and white, and inserted the music: Insect Eyes by Devendra Banhart. Reeve and I mutually agreed on the music, we both think it fits our film perfectly and creates the right feeling. We sampled another song which held a more sad tone, whereas 'Insect eyes' creates a creepy mood, which is more relevant as my character is more revengeful than simply full of remorse. We intend to only use this music for this first particular bit of filming however. We inserted 2 second gradient wipes between shots of the book to enable a better fade. We also inserted a fade to black after the shot of me crying as the shot changes to the book.

This particular bit of filming took place at Amy's house, though you cannot really see the room or surroundings. For the next part we are going to film at my house, where I will hopefully be doing the majority of the filming as Amy filmed the first part. We have arranged to continue filming on Sunday at mine.

Charlotte Bone

Camera!

I have been able to acquire a camera, meaning that charlotte and I won't have the issue of misplacing it at school, or having other people film over our footage. We won't have to take it into school to be charged, which means we won't have the problem of leaving it at school by accident. I was also able to get a fisheye lens meaning Charlotte and I can play around with what type of lens we will use for each shot. It also came with a lens that meant we could constantly film with a close up shot. With our own camera, we will find it much easier to film and edit our footage as we won't have to return it at any point and we will be in possession of it 24/7. I particularly liked the effect of the fisheye lens and I am hoping to incorporate it into some of our shots.

Amy Reeve

A change of plan...

Charlotte and I have discussed the issue of the setting of our Thriller. We found that both of us live in rural areas which is the kind of location we are wanting to film at. Seeing as Charlotte lives in Wickham St Pauls and I live in Greenstead Green we have changed our plans to film at Charlotte's house and have decided to film at mine instead. As Greenstead Green is a 5 minute drive from Halstead, we thought that getting the bus home from school to Halstead and then getting to Greenstead Green, made much more sense than having to catch the Sudbury bus aswell as the Halstead one. We haven't made any changes in the plot however and I have some effective locations that we can use in different scenes.

Greenstead Green:

There are plenty of fields and woodland in Greenstead Green which means that we will be able to create the right atmosphere when filming the murder scene. With the weather conditions being quite dark and murky at the moment, depending on the time of day, there can be some extremely evocative scenery, with a low mist sometimes appearing across the fields and often the open expanse of skies show beautiful cloud formations and atmospheric light and colour.

Amy Reeve

Sunday 16th January

On this date Charlotte and I plan to make good inroads into our media project. We feel that we have kept up to date with our blogging, however we are falling behind with filming, as we found the Christmas holidays were not the best time for either of us to meet up and film inside the house, as there were aspects such as Christmas decorations and family members that we had to take into account. This Sunday morning, we both plan to meet at my house with the diary, photographs and costumes, so we can do as much filming as possible. Hopefully in a couple of weeks time we will be finished filming and can focus on editing and evaluating our work.

Amy Reeve

Summary of ideas

I have decided to convert our idea for our thriller into a short story, to bring it alive before we finish filming it, and help us to picture it more clearly.

Across the room she sat, staring into the tatty brown book as if it held the answer. She took the cold silver pen in her pale hands, and began to write, slowly at first, but gradually getting faster, pressing the pen onto the paper harder, writing manically, until it was too much. She stopped, and a single tear trickled gently down the curve of her face.

The edges of the photograph had curled and browned slightly, but that didn't matter to her. What truly mattered was that this picture, this single moment in time that was captured, was to her, the most memorable and beautiful time she could remember. She brushed her fingertips over the boys' face, knowing that she could not grasp him and pull him out of the picture, despite longing to. She began to write: "It's been 136 days since I lost you, and not a day goes by when I don't think about it. You still control my life, you remain the reason for my existence, yet you do not belong to me. I still cannot fathom why. So I've been thinking, why can't I have you Indeed, why. Because of that repulsive, selfish, ugly cow who took you from me! Well, you know me better than anyone, I always get what I want, and this is no exception. I'm going to get you back, Ross, and if I fail, I'm going to make sure no one gets you. You were made for ME, can't you see that? I'll make you see it."

The crumpled pages of the book began to blow, flicking back through all the memories she shared with her beloved, all the memories that the other girl had destroyed the day she took Ross from Charlotte.

A slender silhouette was standing at the window, pacing slowly along the room. Charlotte daren't remove her eyes from it, in case it was the other girl. What if it was? What could she do to stop her from being in Ross' room? 'Kill her!', the voice in Charlotte's head screamed. She shook it off, and continued to stare at the window. Another silhouette could be seen approaching the window, larger than the one that was already there. 'Ross', Charlotte thought instantly. Her hands began to quiver, goosebumps grew across her arms, and a shiver ran down the nape of her neck, chasing her spine. Her heartbeat thumped with such force she felt it in her head, and her chest visibly moved at each heart beat.

Everything had become a blur. Charlotte questioned her actions over and over again, trying to atone what she had done. Did she actually care? No. She wanted him dead. The overwhelming need for him to die had overpowered the urge to do it herself. Her aide knew what he was doing, he could dispose of all evidence, ensure no reporcussions prevailed. However much she wanted to see his death, she couldn't risk following it through herself, if she couldnt have him, no one could. She wondered how Amy felt. Was she worried by now? Was she completely lost without her precious Ross? A smile grew across Charlotte's face, perpetuating her evil mind. She could care less, but then it wouldn't be as fun.

The next thing she knew, Charlotte was walking quickly down a muddy path, her eyes fixated on the woods. She had been told that the job was done, but she needed to see it herself. Perhaps people will believe that he took his own life, maybe that was why he was hung up rather than shot or stabbed. As long as he was dead, none of it mattered anymore. She could feel the blood pulsating through her protruding veins as her heart beat drummed in her head. She pushed her way through branches and collections of leaves, There he was. Propped up perfectly in a tree, a rope tied round his neck, his feet swaying gently in the wind. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath and imagined his thoughts before the air from his lungs was squeezed out of him by the taut rope.

Had anyone heard his cries? Had anyone noticed his disappearance? Who actually cared? A name echoed in Charlotte's mind. Amy. If she loved Ross, would she attempt to find his killer, or perhaps even avenge his death? Surely not.

Would the first black hole in Amy's life, the emptiness of lonely arms and no warm neck to put them around, drive her to where Charlotte had found herself that very morning?

Charlotte Bone

Answers for Questionnaire:

We asked a number of people ranging from the ages of 12-50 years old, on what they would expect from our Thriller film. We asked 5 different people for each question, so we had a range of answers.

1.

A) Children of Men

B) The Godfather Part 2

C) Seven

D) Heat

E) Psycho

2.

A) A stalker

B) A Femme Fatale

C) A heroine

D) A murderer

E) A victim

3.

A) Classical

B) Electro

C) Classical

D) Rock/Indie

E) Country and Western

4.

A) Story line

B) Story line

C) Shots that set the scene

D) Story line

E) Shots that set the scene

5.

A) Night time

B) Twilight

C) Night time

D) Dusk

E) Early morning

6.

A) The woods

B) An abandoned warehouse

C) In the city

D) In an empty school

E) A run down house

7.

A) Dialect

B) No Dialect

C) Dialect

D) No Dialect

E) No Dialect

8.

A) Soundtrack

B) Soundtrack

C) Soundtrack

D) No Soundtrack

E) Soundtrack

9.

A) Extreme Close-ups

B) Panning Shots

C) Mid-shots

D) Birds Eye view shots

E) Close-ups

10.

A) "Thriller films make me feel tense"

B) "I find that they keep me on edge"

C) "I associate the Thriller genre with violence"

D) "Some Thrillers scare me"

E) "I always associate Thrillers with good guys and bad guys."

Charlotte Bone