Music

We went to talk to the music class about creating a piece for our film opening and they happily agreed to take part. We discussed the ideas that we wished to have included and gave some examples of music we liked (Linkin Park - in the end piano instrumental and the Misfits TV series soundtrack).
Link to Linkin Park instrumental
Link to the Misfits Soundtrack
The Group come up with an idea using guitar, bass, drums and a separate section including the piano. Me and my group all agreed and liked the piece and decided to use it as our final. 

Copy of Risk Assessment

Three Lions Productions Risk assessment for the production of Loan Shark

Measurement of Risk.

1. A cut or a scratch
2. An injury/illness that lasts more than three days
3. A broken bone
4. Amputation
5. Death

Shooting Schedule:

Above is an image of the shooting schedule we produced, it includes when each shot is going to take place, where they are going to take place and the equipment and props we are going to need for each day we shoot.

Written Storyboard

Shot 1 - Wide shot of setting (town)                    There are fade transitions between 

Shot 2 - Wide shot, panning of house                  shot 13 & 14, and 14 & 15.             

Shot 3 - Panning wide shot of room                                         

Shot 4 - Close up and tilt of main character getting                  
ready, starting from feet                                                          

Shot 5 - Close up and tilt to belt                                              

Shot 6 - Close up and tilt of gun                                              

Shot 7 - Close up and tilt of jacket being put on                       

Shot 8 - Close up and tracking of feet                                    
walking down the stairs  

Shot 9 - Medium shot from behind,

opens door and walks out

Shot 10 - Master shot, main character,

loan sharks, location is shown             

Shot 11 - Big close up of gun, low angle 

Shot 12 - Sound of gun
Shot 13 - Gun raised, over the shoulder

Shot 14 - Flashback, medium two shot

Shot 15 - Flashback, close up tilt

Shot 16 - Wide shot of house

Shot 17 - Two shot, dialogue scene
Shot 18 - Over the shoulder

Shot 19 - Over the shoulder 

Storyboards and Process

Here is an image of the story board we created before starting our shooting. This task was rather simple as we already pre-planned our main plot therefore creating our story board didn't take long. This is just a copy, the original story board is made from post it notes, the purpose of this was so that we could change the order or alter shots afterwards. 

Extended Research

I then done some research into film titles but with the same genre as "Loan Shark", an action/thriller to see if the chosen title was appropriate and wether it was going to be kept.
I discovered that action films are titled consisting of two things:

1. Giving away a brief and simple description of the plot, for example: Taken, Abduction, Man on a Ledge and Safe House. This is because it is aimed at a certain audience. People who enjoy an action.thiller are into the special effects and action, rather than the story therefore a simple title works just fine. 
2. The other type is how an action/thriller title simply gives away the main character of the film, for example: Headhunters, The expendables, Batman, Spiderman etc.
   

In conclusion we decided to keep our name "Loan Shark" as it fits in with the genre of action/thillers, giving away a brief description of the storyline and main characters. 

Research Into Titles

To make sure we were completely satisfied with our chosen title we carried out a research task to see if "Loan Shark" was an appropriate title. 

Firstly we done some research on the film title "Return of the Jedi". Heavy secrecy surrounded the production and the film was given the title "Blue Harvest" to prevent price gouging, it was a fake working title. The film was originally "Return of the Jedi" and then Kasdan claims he told Lucus that Return was a too weak to use as a title, therefore the title was changed to Revenge. After thoroughly thinking it made no sense as Jedi's take no revenge because of the way they are, therefore the titled was changed back to its original one "Return of the Jedi". 

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone also has a title story. The title was changed in America, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & India to "Harry Potter and Sourcerers Stone" as they had no knowledge of what Philosopher actually meant. 

We also looked into the title of "License to Kill". This James Bond film was the first to not use the title of an Ian Fleming story. The film was originally titled "License Revoked", in line with the plot.
Revoked: Put an end to the validity or operation.
However the title was changed to "License to Kill" during the post production.