Props :)

In our opening scene we used several props to make our scene seem more realistic. we had to make sure there wasnt any continuity errors when it came to using the props and locations. One prop that we used was the NBC army kit,

It is usually used in nuclear, biological and chemical training for soldiers that pass through chetwynd barracks, we gained permission to use the equipment and outfits in the hanger area. We found them hanging up on loads of coat hangers along one wall and we decided that it would look really good as we needed some characters to look like army personel in the end we only used a few of the clips that we filmed of people in the NBC equipment.

Another prop that we used is the fake blood and injuries,

This equipment is usually used to train soldiers in first aid on the battlefield, we gained permission from the training staff who use the equipment to use it for our media practical project and we also got one of the training staff to apply it to the character, the image above is only a picture of the fake blood but there was other equipment used in the end we only used a couple of quick, snappy clips of the character with fake blood on their face to add more tension. we also used the fake blood to spray up walls which could add more tension to the scene we also gained permission to do that. below are a few pictures of where we sprayed it.

we also used a couple of plastic fake guns for the army characters to use to make it seem more realistic but we ended up not using those clips in our final edited clip.

We used this 4x4 several times whilst we were filming in the hanger, it is used usually to simulate a car crash, which is useful to us as at one point we needed to be able to film in a vehicle that we could possibly put fake blood in as part of the scene, we got permission off of one of the high-ranking people that live on the barracks to use this as a location. there are several possible safety risks such as the condition of the vehicle itself and a trip hazard that you can't see in the images but that we accounted for when filming by marking it out. we ended up not using the shots of the vehicle.

locations (:

In our opening scene we needed to find several different locations, so as I live on the local army barracks we would be able to use the wooded area and also a hanger with different things set up inside of it below is an image of a 4x4 that we used as a location for our opening scene.

We used this 4x4 several times whilst we were filming in the hanger, it is used usually to simulate a car crash, which is useful to us as at one point we needed to be able to film in a vehicle that we could possibly put fake blood in as part of the scene, we got permission off of one of the high-ranking people that live on the barracks to use this as a location. there are several possible safety risks such as the condition of the vehicle itself and a trip hazard that you can't see in the images but that we accounted for when filming by marking it out.

This is a mercedes it is one of the possible locations that we could have used, it is also used to simulate car crashes. We had the choice to choose between the mercedes and the 4x4 to use as our inside of a car location, in the end we chose to use the 4x4 as it seemed better suited to our needs as it was more 'beat up' and darker on the inside which gave wierd shadows and helped us create a feeling of tension at points. we also got permission off the high-ranking person to use this as a possible location for our opening scene. There were some possible safety risks near and around the mercedes such as, again the condtion of the car itself and some fake blood that had dripped off of the vehicle from when it is used for training purposes, we took care to make sure everyone knew where it was.

This bunker is one of the locations that we filmed in for our opening scene, it is normally used to training soldiers in stopping vehicles and checkpoint drills. we went inside it and filmed through the camoflage netting that covers it on top, it was again good because when we filmed out of it it looked like the 'creature' was watching the actor, which helped create tension. again we had gained permission to use the different set-ups found inside the hanger. there were possible saftey risks concerning the bunker, one being that the inside of it had sharp edges so we made sure to be careful when entering, exiting and moving about in the bunker also the floor inside was cluttered before we started filming so we made sure we cleared the floor before filming.

This is the training village set-up that we used as a location for our opening scene, it is normally used to train soldiers for ambush drills and room clearing. we used it for several shots in the scenes and found that it is quite well suited to a thriller movie as it has a lot of made up insides of rooms and houses that had fake blood plasted up the walls and on the floors (we added a little more then what we had st which again helps to raise the tension as you would wonder where it all came from and lets the imagination wonder and create scenarios. again this is a set-up inside the hanger that we had gained permission to use. There were less possible health and safety hazards than there were in the other locations but we still had a few trip hazards that we had to clear before we rehearsed and filmed.

This wooded area is another of our locations that we used, it is again used in the training of soldiers for different things. it is good as it offered loads of seperate places to film from which could help create tension as it shows the actor being followed by the camera which he doesnt know is there. Again we had to gain permission to use the training area. There were alot of different possible health and safety risks dotted around like trip hazards and big, sudden drops each one we found we made sure we knew where it was.

Questionairre :)

ues the image above is a picture of our questionairre. we asked what peoples favorite sub-genre of thriller is, what their favorite TV genre is, what age group we should target, what they like about opening sequences and more. We found that people's favorite sub-genres were a mix of disaster, horror and action and also that they believed the genre was aimed at a range between 15 and 50 years old and that it may not be totally suited to much older or younger viewers another thing we found out is that people enjoy how an opening sequence sets the scene and also sometime foreshadows events that may happen later on in the movie. we also found that people enjoy quiet and smooth introductions. we used these to help us decide what we were going to do for our opening scene.