Evaluation of Feedback

The difficulties and faults in our ten second breakdown which the other groups have commented on i agree with. This is including that while reading through our blog is can become confusing. Although out intentions are good and we explored all conventions well, we were not consistent, so our opening sequence did not flow properly. Weather conditions may also be a diffictuly filming, capturing out footage in limited time. However the groups explained how we 'employed good techniques'. In order to improve our breakdown we need to be more clear on our plan. Although our idea was good and different to others, having a infulence from another film to aspire to in our film would give the audience a better visual image of our opening sequence. In addition adding screen grabs of images or parts of films to our blog, of characters will also help boost a grade.

Garageband

We are going to use garage band for our soundtrack of the film 'Loose Control'
Our soundtrack will build tension, these effects will add to the realism, along with our non-diagetic sound of screams, heavy breathing and nearby rustling from bushes.

Six Feet Under Analysis

As i have never seen the opening sequence to six feet under before, it appears to be mysterious, coming across quite peaceful shown by the colors and slow panning camera movements. Judging by the beginning it doesn't seem to be a violent thriller, although imagery of dead people, hands letting go of one others. The scene going down the long corridor, going towards the light, suggests death. The film seems spooky, the set of credits are shown in a very ironic way as they are showing things associated with death, or even major symbols of death on what appears to be a possible 'normal' day.

The music seems like a soundtrack that would accupany a childrens film, on the hand it has sudden sounds which makes your heart jump. Its a happy tune but odd.

The credits are unusual as they pop up and appear on such things as a gravestone, or a funeral car. This makes it quite quirky. The style of credits accompany the clip well, and the images begin to give away the genre of the film throughout. The credits slide off the screen with the camera movements.

During the opening scenes you begin to put together links through the images, this shows how important music is to a film or programme.

Feekback from pitch

Various feedback and questions were queered;
Looking out for passers by and traffic is not an issue in our filming, however our location is a very deserted area and finding this is not to easy with out many interruptions, so planning is ensual.

We got told that using weaponry in our film was not permitted although it depends how you include this. Filming an 'attack' would not be allowed so we took advice from this and are just going to include flashes of a knife during our opening sequence, but at the end the knife will have fake blood dribbling off it.

Finding actors for our film is a dilemma as there is only two of us, so finding other members to use in our film is an important priority. The advice given was that we need to focus on finding actors soon as possible to help act in our film.

A few questions about mise-en-scene and sound was asked.
In conclusion i think that doing the presentation helped us think about smaller details and actually gave us more of an idea of what to include in our thriller film.

'Why "Thrillers" Thrive' Review

Depending on how a story is portrayed with the characters, depends on if it is thriller or horror. In a thriller you feel more involved in the story, dragging you into the drama, a sense of reality. On the other hand a horror still gets you involved yet your more watching the action than living it. In the short story is describes at a theater it seems 'impersonal and detached from ourselves'.

Shot listings

The main shot types to be used are Close-ups, the reason for this is that close-up shots do not reveille the full picture and therefore create a mystery effect to the sequence. In addition it will show emotion on a high level and get you more involved in the clip.

the shot types to be used are;

Medium close-up,

Close-up,

Extreme close-up,

Long shot,

Mid shot,

Establishing shot,

Panning.

Storyboard for Thriller

Our Storyboard
When it comes to filming our thriller project, having a storyboard will he a helpful rough guideline of our story to follow. The pictures represent the scene and camera angle. In every box there is a different location. As we use mostly all of the camera angles, i have written a quick sum up under the picture describing whats going on. Each box is roughly about 10 or so seconds. Our shot list includes the numbers of shots and better description.

Crime Thriller

Conventions of a Crime Thriller:

- Suspenseful account of successful or failed crimes
- Features murders/robberies/shoot outs/double cross
- Can glorify the rise and fall of a criminal- often based on real people
- Set in large crowded cities to provide the viewer with an insight into a secret world
- Characters have an ambitious desire for success or recognition
- Rivalry between binary characters is strong
- Many locations- seedy interior settings


Examples of Crime Thrillers:

- The Fugitive
- Kiss The Girls
- Reservoir Dogs
- Usual Suspects
- Double Jeopardy
- Murder By Numbers

Exampleof a Crime Thriller:

Analysis of other students thriller

'Reyond Reflections'

This opening sequence begins with a teenage girl staring at herself in a mirror , hence the title, so straight away it shows the audience the location. She starts to stoking her face like something is wrong but the scene suddenly skips to an opposite place of a grave yard and continues flashing back and forth. Lighting is dull and gloomy, so your eye automatically focuses on the girl, showing meaning to the sequence. Titles appear in write writing so it contrasts against the background. The writing looks almost like its been leaking down the screen. The next shot shows someones legs walking past the camera, this is filmed from a low angle. The shots are held steady demonstrating technique. The shots are varied, such as close ups, medium and long shots, boosting up their grade. An guitar has been recorded over as the music, with the occastional sudden boom added in which makes you feel more on edge. The editing cuts between these two locations for a time, showing the artermath of the mirror and young girl. It closes up on her palm, blood over her and te mirror. Through this opening sequence the link between the different settings become more familiar, however I believe this is a good opening becuase it drags you in and makes you want to watch the actul film.

'The Return'

The first few seconds of this thriller it shows many different camera shots, in addition the camera is help steady so it is easy to watch. As it closes up in the eye, the music suddendy goes scractchy making more of a sudden impact. They have used their editing and effects of the eye using the computer extremely well. Although on some ocastions the write writing clashes with the light background, they have used a spookey type face. Rather than like most the previous students thrillers, using a very ordinary look flashing from scene to scene, the effect of the screen almost turns into an old fastioned movie; making it abit delotional. The location is isolated so is great for the theme of a thriller. You are able to see a similarity between the locations in the film although it plays tricks on your mind with the flicking camera edits and makes you wonder.

Mark scheme for Thriller opening

Level 4 - TOP GRADE 48/60
Demonstrate excellence in:

- editing so meaning is apparent to the viewer
- using varied shot transitions ad effects
- using sound with images
- using titles appropriately
- recording voices clearly, in studio/studio set, location
- holding a shot steady
- framing a shot
- using a variety of shot differences
- shooting material appropriate to task set
- selecting appropriate mise en scene

In an opening sequence:

- indroducing main characters
- revealing the themes of the film
- indrocducing a theme/setting to the film
- have an idea of the narrative structure
- the music should indercate the genre of the film
- indication of the characters personalities

I Robot Analysis

The action thriller, I Robot involves typical goodies and baddies although there is an unusual twist. The robots who have been trained to do the humans 'dirty work' such as being bin men, suddenly turn bad because of one man, it begins to be a fight between the the two.

The music in the trailer begins before the action has even started, the non-diagetic sound track is a dramatic and sudden. The first few words said is by Will Smith, the main character in the film introducing himself. Following onto a close up of him pulling the ignition on his motorbike racing past everyone on the roads, even just this shot suggests power and that this character has control. A robot appears at his door when it opens, he pushes it away, dismissing this new invention and its 'clever programming'. Soon on the equalibrium of the story is disrupted by these 'imertations of free will', determinded to take over the humans and robots to rule. However not all the robots are bad.

Will Smith does not seek the action, although when it comes he does everything to try to dimolish it, especially when his family is involved.

Preliminary Task

This is the finalized version of our preliminary task. We found this alot easier and quicker to film compared to our first one. This is mainly due to our editing skills on the computer, using final-cut express. As we finished creating our preliminary we had plently of time during the same lesson to edit our fotage. I belive that doing a prelimainary task boosts your knoledge about the types of shots you need to involve in such a simple clip and I feel more confident with ideas. When we come to creating our thriller, I think we all will be able to peform becuase it will be famiar to us.

Preliminary Task Storyboard

Our storyboard is an example of each individual shot and how we will go about doing them. It is also shows where it is located and our actions. We will be shooting our task in college grounds.

Actors - Ruby and Adam
Camera man- Charlie