Weather this weekend

This Saturday this is what the weather forecast is, so it will be good conditions for us to film. There is however a likely hood of heavy snow on the Friday (according to BBC weather) so we ill have to see if it is suitable enough for filming.

If the snow is bad we will either have to postpone our filming or we will have to clear the paths

Opening 2 minutes (treatment)

We have decided to change our opening two minutes because we think our opening relies too much on the chasing and we also thought that there wasn't enough dialogue in our old idea so we have more added a longer conversation.
We now have the chase scene at the start, but we have shortened it considerably from about 90 seconds to 30-40. This means we don't have to rely on the chase scene being good and if the scene isn't good then it would be difficult to see which genre it is. We also think that if the chase goes on for too long then it may become boring for the audience and they may lose interest in the film.
After the chase scene the two have a conversation about a train that is planned to be blown up by the new terrorism group that has been set up recently and tells Lewis that his wife is on the certain train which is due to blow up in 9 minutes according to the terrorist. He shoots him and then you see him running towards the train tracks, and a train goes past, then Lewis falls to his knees as the train goes into the distance.
It then cuts to Amy (who is playing Lewis' wife) is on the train listening to her ipod, then we have slow, consoling sort of music with the ticking starting quite slow and quiet and then speeds up to a long beep. and goes black.
We then put a video of a real train that was on fire and show it as a news report, with a narration over the top explaining what has happened which gives the audience an overview of what they have seen all summarised very quickly and easily for everyone to understand.
But at the moment we are unsure weather we are allowed to use a video that we have found on YouTube even if we only use it for 10 seconds, so we have asked and are waiting to find out before we doing any filming and if we aren't allowed we will have to make changes accordingly

New script idea

Simon: Well done, you got me.
Lewis: Pfffft.
Simon: How's the wife?
(Circling each other whilst speaking)
Simon: I believe she is on a train to London
Simon: Am I right?
(Lewis raises gun to Simon)
Simon: What would you say if it, i dunno blew up?
Simon: 9 minutes and counting
Simon: Time is ticking (Ticking Starts) Say goodbye
Lewis: Goodbye
(Shoots Simon and starts to run.)

Changes to Our Idea and Development

We have decided to change our idea because, it gives a clearer idea to the audience what the storyline is and the genre that the film falls in to.

What we have changed:

• We have changed the ending of our opening sequence to show the story more. Instead of Simon getting shot and that's the end, we decided to add something else to the ending as we had more time. At the ending we are getting a video of a train blowing up (Not making it easier for ourselves and not us blowing the train up).
• We may also need an added character.
• We also do not have certain props, the bag and piece of paper.

Order of story after changes:

• Lewis and Simon are chasing each other through the woods, this time we have cut this shorter so we have more time for story.
• They reach the end of the woods by the lake, Lewis and Simon Conversation, Simon tells Lewis that his wife is on a train that is about to blow up. Lewis gets angry and shoots Simon. Titles appear during the chase scene shots.
• We then see Amy (Wife) on a train, hear ticking noises. See ring on her finger.
• We then see a shot of a train blowing up.
• Then the title Reconnaissance
• If we have time left we then see Lewis walking up to a newspaper, picking it up, looking at the front page then throwing it on the floor.

Questionnaire Results

After we got the results from our questionnaire, we found that more males than females are likely to watch our film, (it was around 75% of males and 25% of females). We then should have things in the opening two minutes that appeal more to males than to females. We also found that the best age group for our film to be aimed at is 12, we therefore cut the swearing that we would of had if it was either a 15 or a 18.

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