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Megan CroninB L A C K O U T

Open on black screen with police radio sound effects

Close up shot of main character’s eyes waking up in the middle of the road

Long distance shots of main character laying in the road

Location establishing shots of road and sound effects of police running by/sirens

Titles follow overlaid on moving shots of newspaper clippings, sound effects, police sirens, stock footage of other terrorist plots and interrogation tapes

SUMMARY OF TITLE SEQUENCE

Sherlockhttp://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HsxGygknNE

Handwritten notesDark lighting to convey moodBlood Eerie musicGraphic imagesCrime related imagesHandheld/shakey camera shots

EXAMPLE OF EXISTING TITLE SEQUENCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HsxGygknNE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HsxGygknNE

Psychological thrillerCrime thrillerRealisation and justice of events

BloodWeaponryHandheld camera shotsBlueprintsPolice and detectivesDark lightingFast paced/thrilling soundtrack

CHARACTERISTICS OF GENRE

Thriller fans – young adults and adultsAimed at the male genderBetween the ages of 15 and 40

Similar works include:Se7en (18)Memento (15)The Silence of the Lambs (18)

TARGET AUDIENCE

MOOD BOARD

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Main actor

Location

Make up effects

Props

Lighting

PRACTICAL CHALLENGES

Get Off The Grid by The Successionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSuikywJDBY

Police sirenshttp://www.freesound.org/people/MultiMax2121/sounds/156869/

Police radiohttp://www.freesound.org/people/rudyiz2cool/sounds/70774/

SOUNDS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSuikywJDBY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSuikywJDBY

http://www.freesound.org/people/MultiMax2121/sounds/156869/




http://www.freesound.org/people/rudyiz2cool/sounds/70774/



Finish filming by the end of November

Finish editing footage by the start of December

Ready for presentation on 12 th December

TARGET DATES

The sequence looks as I planned it with no changes due to location/actor problems

It conveys the thriller theme

I finish by the deadline

I WOULD BE SATISFIED IF…

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Documents

sound effects of police

shots of road

police radiohttp

police sirenshttp

effects props

road location

main actor location

main characters eyes