Location

As our school located in such a nice area and we have those perfect natural resources such as the amazing creepy looking vines twisting around the old historical building also the great old looking decoration inside. As we are nearly on the top of the hill we have that gorgeous scenery and we can shot a perfect sun set or a wide blue or even a scary cloudy sky and have the other hills as the back ground. We also have an amazing library with those beautiful ceiling and chandelier and all the old looking woody shelf. And all of those will suit perfectly for our shooting and actually a large percentage of the inspiration of our idea comes from all those amazing location. When we first went to the library we just studently feel like this will be amazing with the lighting behind the shelf and having the light coming through. Also with the corridor setting a light outside and creates those shadow of the window bar on the floor will be so creepy as that may suggest no escape. So we immediately decided that we will just shoot on campus and we can have more sufficient as well.

Prop list

1) White night gown
2) Roses
3)10 identical old book
4) Print out sleeves for books
5) Black paint
6) Black garbage bags
7) Make up
8) Pyjamas
9) Buy like 100 old books
10) Big light source for shadows outside
11) Grand father clock ( if available)
12) Harp
13) Candle stick and stand
14) Smoke machine
15) Candles
16) Plastic bin bags
17) A roll of carpet

Ps after shot conclution However,some of the props are very hard to get as even we made this list in advance there was still not very sufficient time for us to find some of the prop. And at the same time we found that we could use some of them even we have got it. For example, the smoke machine. Even the smoke will create a fantastic dramatic feeling but it will set up the fire alarm so obviously we have to give it up. The lesson it teaches us is that we have to make sure the props target are realistic. Such as making sure we could get them and actually use them. And we should have to start planning even earlier.

Thriller Film Equipment List

1*SONY PD170 MINI DV CAM
1*FLUID HEAD TRIPOD( INCLUDING HORSESHOE)
1*SENNHEISER (SHOTGUN) DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE
2*AA BATTERIES
1*SUSPENSION MOUNT/UNIT(CAMERA STAND)
1*BOOMPOLE+XLR AUDIO LEAD
1*RYCOTE SOFTIE( MICROPHONE WINDSHIELD&SHOCKMOUNT SYSTEM)
2*MINI DV CAM TAPE STOCK
2*REDHEAD VIDEO LIGHTS+TRIPOD

Actual photo version for story board

Casting

For the acteress, we want to have a girl that looks really different and could give a very strong first impression and stay in the mind of the audience. We don't want a traditional western blond beauty as it has already been used again and again by previous thriller. And for a low budget independent film like us the only way for us to success is to differentiate us from the others. And chossing the actor or actress will be an essential part of this as they are the people who help us to give out the information to the audience by acting. We chose one of our friend Gemma as our actress. Why we chose her is because first she is a mix race girl with beautiful brown skin and really nice fuzzy, twisted hair. And we immediately think that her hair could just indicate the twisted fate after discovering the book in the library. Also as a mix race girl she could represent another group of people in the society which could gain awareness and also show another aspect of the society. We also quite like her figure she is very skinny and looks vulnerable and innocent to the evil.And all those could be counted as the femininity and as a female she may gain more sypathy rather than a strong male.

Planning

Video example