Synopsis: The film follows two men around the world. One of the men is an ex-agent who worked for MI5. He’s name is Mr Carmichael. He is on a mission to find out who killed his daughter. He is chasing a man named Dr Hutchings, he is the one thought to have murdered her. However there is only one man who knows the where abouts of this evil man. That person is Matt Seaby, he is a very slippery character. He can withstand any form of torture and can escape from any prison. Even so, former Agent Charles Carmichael has some tricks up his sleeve. Being in a state of eternal rage he will not stop for anything nor will he stop for anyone. He will not stop for his quest for justice.

Character list; Oliver Pinnock as Agent Charles Carmichael, Nick Mongrogwe as Matt Seaby.

Location: Oakington Garden Centre, old abandoned shed.

Costume and prop list; Wool overcoat, gray trilby hat, sunglasses, leather gloves, black hood, old garden rope, pliers, scissors, knife and a chair.

Shooting schedule: Between the hours of 12 AM and 5 PM on Tuesday the 6^th and Wednesday the 7^th of April 2010.

Editing schedule: Between the hours of 9:30 AM and 4:30 PM on Thursday the 8^th and Friday the 9^th of April.

Short description of the storyboard of the opening sequence:

1^st scene: Slow steady music, close-up camera follows Agent Carmichael. He walks towards a door. Because of the angle of the camera the viewer can not see he’s face. He is dressed as if he was a classic detective.

2^nd scene: Slow steady music, first person close-up of hand on a door handle (Agent Carmichael). Agent Carmichael enters the room, then closes the door and crosses the room, where a figure (Seaby) with a black hood over his face is sitting.

3^rd scene: Slow steady music, first person mid-shot (Agent Carmichael). Characters exchange dialogue.

4^th scene: Fast energetic music, first person (Agent Carmichael). Seaby is grabbed by the neck and gets pushed onto the floor. Agent Carmichael continues the interrogation and lifts Seaby back up to his feet.

5^th scene: Calm music, Mid-shot. Agent Carmichael asks him more questions and sits Seaby back down. Agent Carmichael punches him and pulls a knife out of a chest of draws.

6^th scene: Music gets steadily faster. Close-up over Seaby’s the shoulder. Agent Carmichael continues to harass the Seaby as he is sitting on the chair. Agent Carmichael threatens him with the knife. Seaby complains that the rope is too tight, Agent Carmichael loosens the rope. As he is doing so the Seaby attacks him and runs out of the door.

7^th scene: The same fast and energetic music again. Fast and erratic camera movement tracks Seaby. Seaby tries to escape. Agent Carmichael runs after him.

8^th scene: Fast and energetic music again. Fast and erratic camera movement tracks Agent Carmichael. Agent Carmichael catches Seaby and pulls out a gun.

Categories:

We have looked at the British Board of Film Classification’s website and looked at their classification guidelines. In conclusion we think and our pre-production survey and post-production survey suggest that our film ‘Extraction’ would, if rated by the BBFC, be rated as a 15.

Companies that produce action-crime thrillers

Paramount Pictures Corporation- Paramount is one of the biggest film producers. The company makes a wide range of different categories. An action-thriller would need a large budget therefore a large company would suit this film. The company also owns smaller companies that only make thrillers.

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation- Fox's most popular movie franchises include Star Wars, X-Men, Die Hard, Alien, Planet of the Apes, Predator. These films genres may not be thrillers however, again this company is very wealthy and all of these films have had the very best of special effects because of the budget of the company as been so large. This would probably suit our film.

Research into different films and opening sequences

Shooter was released in 2007 it is an Action-conspiracy thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua based on the novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter. The film concerns a former United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper, Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), who is framed for murder by a rogue secret private military company unit. When researching different opening sequences of criminal thriller and just thriller films we began to see the majority of titles were slow and did not reveal anything about the film. This is done to leave the audience in suspense. We viewed several titles and found for example; ‘Shooter’ a thriller. We watched the titles opening sequence of the film. The titles are slow and peaceful as the camera moves through the countryside. The director used a high angles shot with an extreme long shot while the camera swoops into the action. On contrast the opening scene is jam packed with action and suspense. Then when the two characters are introduced the camera is at eye level this gives the impression that the audience is in on the action and is more involved with the two characters and their mission. They use a first person shot through a scope of a weapon also all the rest of the shots remain close up or extreme close ups. This is done to make a very claustrophobic atmosphere also to keep up the suspense and tension that is needed in a thriller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf24_LhPZmo&feature=player_embedded

Minority Report released in 2002 is a science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick. It is set primarily in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia in the year 2054, where "Precrime", a specialized police department, apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by three psychics called "precogs". We also looked at ‘Minority Report’ it is a science fiction thriller also it has ideological and social crime element as well but yet has the gritty realism that is needed in a thriller. The first image is a close up it is a pale, almost child-like face. The face is underwater with wide staring eyes. The close angle and mise en scene we are being introduced to create enigmas and tensions at the very outset. Our proximity to this image is uncomfortable and makes the viewer feel like something bad or and scary is about to happen. As with all thrillers, we can assume that we will be as disorientated by the calm then shocked by the action to come.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYsfIfDyFbc

No Country for Old Men released in 2007 it is a crime thriller film adapted for the screen and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Based of the novel by McCarthy of ‘No Country for Old Men’ Mentells the story of an ordinary man to whom chance delivers a fortune that is not his, and the ensuing cat-and-mouse drama, as three men crisscross each other's paths in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas. We thought that the use of an out door environment in the opening sequence would be a good format to use, because it makes the film seem more alive and creates a better atmosphere. Also it adds more realism and semiology to the scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuZBw3wUIQk