The Escape - Film opening

Rough Cut - 2

Rough Cut 1

My feedback on it would be:
Nice logo but it is a little pixalated - can we make it clearer?
Can your institutional logo have sound too?
Could you add in a second institutional logo of another company - it does not have to be as fancy as the first logo but would be more realistic for more than one company to produce the film.
You need a black screen prior to the tied up chair moment to give your audience a second to process the institutional logos prior to the film starting
Nice tilt on the chair up to her face
'Bring me the girl' - the framing is slightly off, and the man looks like a vicar - is this intentional?
Nice feet close up cut to hands and the rope - it works well and shows a passage of time
Try to stop the tilt from being so wobbly moving up to the men
Can you add in a frame of her getting up - it's all a bit sudden that she is in the chair one minute and out the next
The fight sequence could be polished - even her maybe punching the camera to give it from the mans perspective? The knife stab is a bit unrealistic
Maybe add in a blackout after she leaves the room after the fight
The phone ring is really loud - can that come down a bit?
Nice inset frame but the larger image is very dark - I would re-film the scenes with the man giving instructions to make it clearer to the audience
Good non-diegetic sound but let it play through the phone call from Grant too
Nice six months earlier and sound effect
Good match on action in the office
The narrative is clear and you can tell the genre - Well Done!
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Filming Diary

Filming Diary

Directors/ Producers

Erin Parkhurst - Saturday 14th March 2015 - 11am - 5pm (All Locations)

Sophie Thomas -  Saturday 14th March 2015 - 11am - 5pm (All Locations)

Holly Putt - Saturday 14th March 2015 - 1pm - 5pm (Sophie's House Locations)


Actors

Scene and actors needed	Time and location
Scene 1 – Laura	Saturday 14th March 2015 - 1pm (for 30 minutes) Sophie’s Garage
Scene 2 – Graham, Joe and Max	Saturday 14th March 2015 – 3pm (for 30 minutes) Sophie’s Study
Scene 3 – Laura, Joe and Max	Saturday 14th March 2015 – 2pm (for 40 minutes) Sophie’s Garage
Scene 4 – Alex, Graham	Saturday 14th March 2015 – 4pm (for 30 minutes) Alex’s part of the scene in Sophie’s home gym.   4.30pm Grahams part of the scene (for 20 minutes) in Sophie’s Study
Scene 5	Saturday 14th March 2015 – 11am (for 20 minutes) Exterior of Sophie’s parents office
Scene 6 – Leona receptionist	Monday 16th March 2015 – 4pm (for 20 minutes) Interior of Sophie’s parents office
Scene 6 – Laura, Alex, Joanne	Saturday 14th March 2015 – 11.30am (for 1 hour) Interior of Sophie’s parents office

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Sophie Thomas

Filming Schedule

Scene and actors needed	Time and location
Scene 1 – Laura	Saturday 14th March 2015 - 1pm (for 30 minutes) Sophie’s Garage
Scene 2 – Graham, Joe and Max	Saturday 14th March 2015 – 3pm (for 30 minutes) Sophie’s Study
Scene 3 – Laura, Joe and Max	Saturday 14th March 2015 – 2pm (for 40 minutes) Sophie’s Garage
Scene 4 – Alex, Graham	Saturday 14th March 2015 – 4pm (for 30 minutes) Alex’s part of the scene in Sophie’s home gym.   4.30pm Grahams part of the scene (for 20 minutes) in Sophie’s Study
Scene 5	Saturday 14th March 2015 – 11am (for 20 minutes) Exterior of Sophie’s parents office
Scene 6 – Leona receptionist	Monday 16th March 2015 – 4pm (for 20 minutes) Interior of Sophie’s parents office
Scene 6 – Laura, Alex, Joanne	Saturday 14th March 2015 – 11.30am (for 1 hour) Interior of Sophie’s parents office

Sophie Thomas

Consent forms for actors

 

 

 

Sophie Thomas

Final Casting Decisions

Agent Thomas

After auditioning three different people including Laura Thomas, Leona Stanley and Jessica Wilding for the part of Agent Thomas we have decided that Laura Thomas will play the role of Agent Thomas. This is because Laura Thomas is in her 20's and therefore is the age of Agent Thomas. She also said her lines in the way we expect the role of Agent Thomas to say them. Her image being blonde and slim also means that she is physically fit to play the role of and MI5 agent and will able to play the fight scenes well. However, from doing these auditions we also thought that Leona Stanley was a good actress and therefore gave her the part of the MI5 receptionist.

Agent Wilson

After auditioning three people for the part of Agent Wilson including Alex Wilson, Joe Gregory and David Tredget we have decided that Alex Wilson would be best for the role of Agent Wilson. This is because Alex Wilson said the lines in a serious way in which the role Agent Wilson would say his lines as he's job is a serious one (MI5 agent). Alex Wilson also suits the image of Agent Wilson as he can look like a good character or a bad character which is good because in the film he is good but is under cover with bad people. Whereas David Tredget looked very happy all the time and struggled to say his lines in a serious manner and therefore it would be difficult for him to act this part. Joe Gregory did say his lines seriously but his image did not look like what we thought Agent Wilson would look like and therefore we gave him the role as one of the henchmen in the film.

Grant

After auditioning two people for the role of Grant including Graham Thomas and Chris Thompson we decided hat Graham Thomas would be best for the role. This is because Chris Thompson was slightly too young for the role of Grant and also as he has an accent it was more difficult for him to put on a serious voice in which it was still clear to understand every word he said and Grant is supposed to sound like he is from East London. Graham Thomas said his lines and sounded serious and is also the right build for Grant (muscly and tall) and therefore he is the final casting decision for Grant.

MI5 officer

After auditioning Joanne Thomas and Liz Gould for the part of the MI5 officer, we decided that Joanne Thomas would play the part of the MI5 officer, this is because Joanne Thomas says her lines very clearly so that we can understand everything she says.. She also says her lines in a serious way when talking about the mission in the audition and therefore will be good for the part of the MI5 officer. Joanne Thomas is also the right age for the role of the MI5 officer being in her mid 40's.

 

 

 

Sophie Thomas