PRACTICE: Planning our prelim film

As part of the planning process, for our prelim film, it was vital for us to decide on a certain scenario and location, in which we would not only film but capture the shots in which we would use on our storyboard. 

Scenario

As a group, we decided to film our prelim exercise in the style of the thriller 'The Taking of Pelham 123', in which we had earlier researched. One particular scene in which we chose to use intertexuality to replicate, is the opening scene: 

For example, we were particularly inspired by the part of the scene, in which two characters were shown speaking in the location of an office. 

 This two-shot shows two characters discussing a certain subject, in the locaton of an office around a desk. This is one example of a shot we were particualrly inspired by whilst planning our prelim film. 

We were also inspired by the close-up and over the shoulder shots used, during this section of the scene to capture the two characters conversation in action.  

Another shot we also wanted to replicate is the establishing shot of the city at the start of the opening, in which further establishes the location. 

Although we used aspects of the opening scene from 'The Taking of Pelham 123', we also used our own ideas. For example we decided to make the short 'animatic' of a Police officer, interrogating a criminal.