Police scene for thriller opening

On the 27th of November we filmed our 'opening' scenes of our film opening. This scene was meant to look like it took place in a police interview room so, with this being said, we needed to find a room within school that resembled such a room. We ended up using a meeting room at school, it was a very plain room with only a table and chairs within it - I feel it was very effective and fulfilled it's purpose. We also needed a male to play our police officer, we decided to use Mr Miles as he is a retired police officer and has had experience interviewing people so we thought he fit the part well.  

We wrote up a script for the interview so that it ran smoothly and sounded professional (I will attach an image of the script below). We used a variety of shots within this scene in order to achieve the most successful outcome. These shots included extreme close ups; particularly of Evie (the victim)s face, we chose not to feature Evie's face throughout the whole opening to add a sense of mystery which would be resolved if the audience were to watch the entirety of the film. We also used extreme high angled shots looking down on Evie, this made her appear vulnerable. Lastly, we used a tracking/match on action shot of Evie walking into the room, we felt this would help involve the audience in the film.

                                             

Meeting/Interview room

                                                 

Millie setting up the tri-pod to help record the exchange.

                                       

The tri-pod on the table to enable us to achieve a high angled shot.

                                             

The recorder prop we used to make the interview look realistic. Close up shots of the recorder were taken to show it's presence.

                                  

Filming the match on action shot.

 

                                  

Script