Final Thriller

thriller feedback

mise-en-scene

- use filters to make lighting in the woods more dark and creepy
- the lighting is a little too dark at the end, edit it to make it lighter
- location- no link to why they are in the woods. add props and show how they got location

camera work

- good hand held/ point of view
- range of shot types
- hand held too shaky
- establishing shot would make audience understand more

sound

- make music in sync
- make it more diegetic
- music does not fit the film
- add folly

editing

- add contras into the beginning bits to draw viewer in more

location

we found our location that meets the right credentials for a great interrogation. however there has been some minor problems in getting this site. we had to find permission from the duty manager. and our teacher will have to grant the permission for us.

camera shots of story board and shot lists

prop list for film

costumes- formal clothes for interrogators











for josh the suspect rough and rugged clothes




props- bag (black)














chair/ table
light (bright lamp)

locations - dark room, forest








camera with tripod and moving dolly

ideas for our title logo

as a group we have decided to go with the logo on the far right as
it indicates the vulnerability of the child ''hope''.

Mood Board

Taking lives practice soundtrack

The Taken

storyline of The Taken

One single light turns on highlighting a man with a bag over his head, the are two silhouettes interrogating him asking what happened to the little girl. The hidden man starts singing "Mary had a little lamb", this shows the mans insanity. The interrogators reel off many questions and only on the last question does the man answer, he reveals 4 possible locations that the little girl could be in, but what motives would the man have for telling the truth? as the locations are said an image of it is flashed up. As the two men leave the room the title sequence shall start to play over the image of the closing door.

our actors in this opening sequence are josh Jones, Des ford, Matt McCarthy, jack Langley.
the location of our sequence is the school forest at the back of the campus.

the sub genre of our opening sequence is a psychological thriller, this allows us to play with the audiences minds when they are watching our film

the camera shots we intend to use are panning, match on action, reaction shots , close ups , long shots and over the shoulder shots.

the thriller conventions that we will use are suspenseful music and sounds creating a certain manner e.g loud and mechanical sounds. we will also use a dark effect on the film when editing the opening sequence. another thriller convention we will use is that we wont show the audience how the person has died and where he has gone. this will play with the audiences minds and it will leave an uncertainty on who committed the murder, this will be a who done it film.

Hush

This thriller has an abstract use of sound which sets it apart form other thriller opening sequences, the music helps create an air of suspense as it is distorted and helps to add to the general confusion of the scene. The lighting in this sequence is subdued and helps highlight the main character that is tied down to the chair and is clearly being held captive. This is clearly an opening to a thriller as this sequence allows the audience to imagine how and why this person is in the situation they are in.

jaws opening sequence

the film jaws is a typical example of an old renound thriller. The person swimming is unaware of what lies beneath her as are the audience. The music within this opening sequence helps create a build up of suspense and a general understanding that there is a bad thing about to happen.

Hannibal

The music within this opening sequence is mellow and calm with a hint of mystery, as at the start you cannot see who is talking it keeps the audience guessing as to what is going to happen during the film. Within the opening title sequence the title are shown in red, this represents anger and blood. this adds to the suspense. the location in the clip shows us an old library, in this library there are red curtains and ornaments, this also add to the tension and suspense.

thriller

definition of thriller: a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie

genres of thriller: Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains.

project deadlines

Shooting deadline: End of lesson 17 (2nd lesson of w/c 22nd Feb)

Rough Cut Deadline: End of lesson 19 (1st lesson of w/c 1st March)

Final Cut Deadline: End of lesson 22 (1st lesson of w/c 8th March)

Interim writing deadline: End of lesson 25 (1st lesson of w/c 15th March)

Final Writing deadline: 9am Monday 22nd March.

Preliminary Task

Preliminery Task

definitions of (shot reverse shot) and (match on action)


Shot reverse shot is a film technique within which, one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

A match on action is when some action occurring before the temporally questionable cut is picked up where the cut left it by the shot immediately following. For example, a shot of someone tossing a ball can be edited to show two different views, while maintaining temporal continuity by being sure that the second shot shows the arm of the subject in the same stage of its motion as it was left when cutting from the first shot.

The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.