Inglorious Bastards Essay

"Inglorious Bastards" Essay

Original Thriller Storyboard

Original Storyboard Ideas

Here is the original storyboarded idea for our thriller film. The storyboard shows our first piece of planning, which differs greatly from our final thriller outcome. As you can see we kept various generic elements from this idea and used them in our final film. These generic elements include the use of the car boot (particularly a mid shot which features in our final cut) and the use of a femmefatale.

The original idea dramatically changed when we gained a new member to the group and were able to merge our ideas together. This would lead to us creating an idea based around a small shop and basement rather than a large shopping mall. We chose to change the location of our idea due to believing the new location had far more villainous appeal than the initial location. Furthermore, along with new location we introduced new characters and changed the plot heavily to further the feeling of tension and thrill.

Costume

Thriller Film Costume

Due to the fact our thriller film is set during a modern environment we wanted to ensure our costume fit in with this time period. Therefore the costume of the assistant and the shop owner can be seen as being casual and modern while fitting in with the working environment.

The femmefatale however, who visits the shop to steal the money and who consequently murders the shop assistant we wanted to stand out from the rest of the cast yet keep her devious appeal. For this we dressed "Grace Jones" the femmefatale in black, while giving her noticeable bright coloured elements to ensure she stood out. For example we used red nail varnish to add a seductive and bold statement and used pink high heels to suggest she was trying to be innocent on the outside.

Thriller Planning - Location Stills

Thriller Planning - Location Stills

Here are some shots of a location that might be used in our thriller production

(Not yet Completed)

Thriller Planning - Equipment List

Thriller Planning - Equipment List

Here is a list of the equipment being used in our thriller production.


Tripod

We will be using a tripod to ensure our filming is smooth and stable.



Recording Camera

We will be using a basic recording camera to film our production.




Lighting

We will be using various torches and lighting to get the desired effect in our thriller production, escpecially in shots such as the shadows in the basement.

Thriller Planning - Car Boot Shots

Thriller Planning - Car Boot Stills

Here are some stills of the car boot being used in our thriller production taken by me
(Adam Ward)

Here we have a shot taken from inside the boot of the car with the door shut. For our thriller we wanted to experiment with different shots to see how we could make the boot of the car a menacing place. When dealing with the car boot scene we got a lot of inspiration from the scene in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown.


Here we have a shot taken from inside the boot of the car with the door partially open. This shot allowed a little light from the outside to seep in, this added to the menacing effect and allowed the boot to be illuminated from the outside.

Here we have a shot taken of the inside of the trunk with the door fully opened, the way the light was projected into the boot was really effective here and i hope to achieve this kind of effect with the final shot. In our final shot we will have the femmefatale - the character "Grace Jones" taking out a package/bag from inside the boot - you will not see her face but will be given the impression of her dark intent from the clothing she is wearing.

Here we have a shot taken from inside the boot with a figure standing outside. I wanted to experiment with this to see how effective a shot could be of someone reaching into the boot. I believe that I have got an effective shot here, I like the way the hand is blurred to suggest nauseousness and unease.

Femal Actors in Thriller Films

Female Actors in Thriller Films

The opening scene of our thriller production will feature strongly the role of a femmefatale. For this reason i decided to do some in depth reserch into the roles of women in various thriller films


Arguably one of the more recognisable women known for playing important and engaging roles in various thriller films including Flightplan, Panic Room and Inside Man is jodie Foster. I decided to do an open screning to some friends and family to ask for their views on the role of jodie foster in Flightplan, and what makes her and women in general such powerful figures in the thriller genre.

Background on Female characters in thrillers


Arguably one of the most iconic images in thriller history, involving a femmefatale is that of the shower scene in Physco (as seen above.) The murderous scene both shocking and brilliant was very inspirational in the planning of our thriller opening due to the chilling image of the knife and the helplessness of the femmefatale.


During the recent filming of out thriller we have used inspiration from Physco to create our very own shadow scene. We used lighting to project the shadow of a knife stabbing down into our unsuspecting shop assistant and I believe the shot works really well. Unlike physco however we did not use a shower scene and instead used a basement. The basement allowed us to acheive a spooky/exciting atmosphere aswell as acheive some very powerful shots.