Friday 5 February 2010

Planning: Inventory List, Locations, Actors

Inventory List:
-P90 (gun)
-MP5 (gun)
-Deagle (gun)
-Sunglasses
-Knife
-Army Combats
-Leather Jacket
-Army Boots

The main location I shall be using is a nearby park. It has various different forests that can be used, and as they are rather hidden away, it makes it easier to use the weapons in public. Another reason for using this is the numerous places that can be used as 'covert' places so that the actor can hide away in the bushes without being seen. We shall also be using a building in the town of Croydon, just to get a few shots of the actor walking through the front door and lastly we shall be using my school to finish it off, and get a few clips in the board room. This shall be used as the setting where the actor is given his 'hitlist'.

My actor is called Tom Springall. He is about 5"9 and has experience in combat forces due to the school CCF. He has many of the items that we have included in the inventory list, therefore saving us costs and time searching for these items. He also has many ideas as to how we could make certain scenes work. The other actor being used is Harry Gartell and he shall be seen for a short amount of time passing the hitlist over to Tom. I have used him as he looks like your stereotypical 'hardman', the 'big boss'.
My other actor is Charlie Tonge who is the other mercenary involved in the trailer who can be seen during the snow scenes.

Monday 1 February 2010

Planning: Sound

The sound for our trailer is going to be fairly simple. The majority of the trailer will just have a heartbeat playing in the background which quickens up through the timeline where it finally reaches a point where it goes silent. Before this, we have approximately 30 seconds of establishing what it is our character does in which we will be using some sort of dramatic orchestral piece to give a sense of tension. As of yet, my partner and I have not decided whether the soundtrack will continue quietly behind the sound of the heartbeat, whether we shall just have a very low noise or whether it shall just be the heartbeat. This will have to be tested at a later stage.