Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Friday, 4 December 2009
1) Are you Male or Female?
We appeared top ask more males therefore our results will be more biased to males.
2) What is your favourite colour?
In Question two the answers to this question are necessary because we now know the colours that people like most, we are going to use this information to create the end credits of our piece. Therefore our credits will need to be red.
3) Do you prefer death in the: Beginning, middle or end?
Question three helped a lot because it got us the knowledge to know were our audience would like to see a death, this is now helpful to us as we know that our audience would like to see this at the beginning so we need to consider this.
5) When credits are big and central, do you feel they get in the way?
These results are quite even so what we do would be up to us.
6) Should the killer be revealed in the beginning?
This question had a choice. We will not reveal the killer as this is what the audience want.
7) Do you prefer none-linear or linear? (Chronological or mixed order)
More people prefer to have a linear thriller so therefore we should take this into consideration.
8) Do you prefer sound effects, music or both?
The audience would prefer both so we will have to take this into consideration.
10) Do you prefer male or female protagonists?
The audience like both but more male. Therefore we should consider this in our thriller.
11) Does graphic violence put you off?
By this we meant any gore or harsh violent scenes that become hazardly dangerous, would these put you off watching the film? We can see by the graph that it would not affect the majority of the audience. As it does not put the audience off we should consider this.
12) Do you prefer 15 or 18 certificates?
Onto question twelve where we asked “do you prefer an 18 or 15 rated certificate film?” and as you can see by our results the majority would prefer a 15, yet this is only 1 more person that the 18 rated certificate. We would have to think about this and put the answer into consideration.
13) What is your favourite thriller?
For question 13, we gave a multiple choice question, this is crucial to our research as we can find out now more about the thrillers will give us knowledge about the kinds of things people would like to see in a thriller film. Seven was the favourite choice so we should model our thriller on seven.
14) What is your least favourite thriller?
We must make sure that we do not base our thriller on things such as things that are in Angels and demons as this is the least favourite thriller.
15) Do you prefer a film that slowly builds suspense like jaws or one that has a lot of frequent jumps in it like Halloween?
We had a two answer question and as we can see by the majority vote on the graph people would prefer a suspense building thriller to one that is frequently jumpy. We will have to try to build suspense like this.
16) Do you prefer seeing what the characters see through point of view shots?
We will try to consider filming what the character sees as our audience likes this.
17) Do you prefer to be sympathetic to the killer, or do you like the killer to be sadistic?
As you can see on our graph of question 17, more people would rather have a sadistic killer than sympathetic. This allows us to create more ideas onto our thriller and also make it better to what the audience want to see during our film. We will consider this when we are creating our thriller.
18) Are swear words appropriate?
We asked this because in our planning we wondered why swear words would be used, and what effect would they create along with the eerie music etc we had in our film. As you can tell, the audience would rather have swear words in; as yes is the favourite answer we must consider this in our thriller.
19) Are weapons necessary?
As these results are close to each other, we shall have to make this decision.
20) Do you like flashbacks during the thriller to allow you to see what has happened previously?
Finally, question 20 we asked “do you like flashbacks at the beginning of a thriller to allow you to see what has happened previously?” Our audience mostly picked yes, therefore we will consider flashbacks.
We appeared top ask more males therefore our results will be more biased to males.
2) What is your favourite colour?
In Question two the answers to this question are necessary because we now know the colours that people like most, we are going to use this information to create the end credits of our piece. Therefore our credits will need to be red.
3) Do you prefer death in the: Beginning, middle or end?
Question three helped a lot because it got us the knowledge to know were our audience would like to see a death, this is now helpful to us as we know that our audience would like to see this at the beginning so we need to consider this.
5) When credits are big and central, do you feel they get in the way?
These results are quite even so what we do would be up to us.
6) Should the killer be revealed in the beginning?
This question had a choice. We will not reveal the killer as this is what the audience want.
7) Do you prefer none-linear or linear? (Chronological or mixed order)
More people prefer to have a linear thriller so therefore we should take this into consideration.
8) Do you prefer sound effects, music or both?
The audience would prefer both so we will have to take this into consideration.
10) Do you prefer male or female protagonists?
The audience like both but more male. Therefore we should consider this in our thriller.
11) Does graphic violence put you off?
By this we meant any gore or harsh violent scenes that become hazardly dangerous, would these put you off watching the film? We can see by the graph that it would not affect the majority of the audience. As it does not put the audience off we should consider this.
12) Do you prefer 15 or 18 certificates?
Onto question twelve where we asked “do you prefer an 18 or 15 rated certificate film?” and as you can see by our results the majority would prefer a 15, yet this is only 1 more person that the 18 rated certificate. We would have to think about this and put the answer into consideration.
13) What is your favourite thriller?
For question 13, we gave a multiple choice question, this is crucial to our research as we can find out now more about the thrillers will give us knowledge about the kinds of things people would like to see in a thriller film. Seven was the favourite choice so we should model our thriller on seven.
14) What is your least favourite thriller?
We must make sure that we do not base our thriller on things such as things that are in Angels and demons as this is the least favourite thriller.
15) Do you prefer a film that slowly builds suspense like jaws or one that has a lot of frequent jumps in it like Halloween?
We had a two answer question and as we can see by the majority vote on the graph people would prefer a suspense building thriller to one that is frequently jumpy. We will have to try to build suspense like this.
16) Do you prefer seeing what the characters see through point of view shots?
We will try to consider filming what the character sees as our audience likes this.
17) Do you prefer to be sympathetic to the killer, or do you like the killer to be sadistic?
As you can see on our graph of question 17, more people would rather have a sadistic killer than sympathetic. This allows us to create more ideas onto our thriller and also make it better to what the audience want to see during our film. We will consider this when we are creating our thriller.
18) Are swear words appropriate?
We asked this because in our planning we wondered why swear words would be used, and what effect would they create along with the eerie music etc we had in our film. As you can tell, the audience would rather have swear words in; as yes is the favourite answer we must consider this in our thriller.
19) Are weapons necessary?
As these results are close to each other, we shall have to make this decision.
20) Do you like flashbacks during the thriller to allow you to see what has happened previously?
Finally, question 20 we asked “do you like flashbacks at the beginning of a thriller to allow you to see what has happened previously?” Our audience mostly picked yes, therefore we will consider flashbacks.
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Treatment.
Beginning: In the beginning, we use a close up shot of a young female. The close up is used to show the emotion of her facial expression.This is the introduction to our main character in the novel. She is scared and unaware of what is happening to her as she has woke up to be tied to a chair in a dark, dusty room and completly alone. The shot changes to a tracking shot as we then see how she has been captured and secured to the chair. A side view is also used to show her from another angle, it looks at her shadown to imitate her movements as she struggles to get free. She is oblivious that her killer is approaching upstairs. She hears the loud bang of a car door and gets nervous as footsteps approach what she thinks is a door to where she is. The camera turns to the killer as he gets out of the car, calmly moving towards the house via tracking shot. A close side shot is used to shot his feet passing as he gets closer to the house. An over the sholder shot is used from behind as he looks at himself in the mirror for a moment, as though questiong himself but moves away to carry on his path towards the girl. Still upstairs, a low shot is used from the stairs to see him walking past towards the cellar door. He is carrying a bag in his hand with something inside which the audience cannot see yet they do not know that it is only food but appears to us to be a weapon of some sort from the ideology that he wants to hurt her. A close up is used on the door handle which the killer places his hand on and turns slowly as he enters to see the top of the stairs. Another close up is used to show his hand on the banister before he goes to walk down it. Close ups are also used on his feet as he is walking down which add suspense and has concealment and portraction as we cannot see where he is going. The tension builds up as shot reverse shots are used as they get closer to each other. Kelly is panicing as he gets closer
Middle.
Girl has escaped from this man yet He still manages to keep following her. Her parents move her house yet he still finds a way to track her down, taking pictures and manipulating them to look like his own daughter. As he is following her he starts to find other girls that remind him of his daughter, starts to become an obsession,Young girls, blond hair, brown eyes etc. Police become involved trying to protect Kelly. He finds these other girls, captures them and tries to tell them they are his daughter. Child obviously get disturbed,refusing to believe this mentalist. This frustrates him more that he can't get her back and he ends up locking them up, depriving them of food and when they try to escape he strangles them or simple attacks them. The case of Kelly is so fascinating and hard to deal with because she is his first victim and he never managed to keep her. He is still on the hunt for her and won't stop.
Kelly has moved house 3 times, changed her hair to try and shake off her stalker. She has not heard from her obsess for over 3 month and as the police haven't been able to track him down. They start to assume its over and she starts to go out again. She has gone the corner shop about 5 minutes from her house to spend her money. Stalker snatches her and takes her back to a warehouse...
End.
The ending is about her last moments. He thinks this is his chance to get back his daughter and won't let anything get in his way. He takes her miles from were she lives as he knows it won't take long for the police to be informed. Chase is on as police are searching for her and he has her tied up and is showing her pictures of his memories, telling her of his old memories and refereeing to Kelly and Millie his daughter. eery music to be used as he talks calmy about how happy they all were and that now they will all be back together. Finds out he lost his family in a car accident when he was driving too tired and swerved the car into the river which ironically is right outside the warehouse.He was the only one to survive and he blames himself for their death, has never got over it and She tells him that she will never be his daughter. He remains calm and says he cannot live without her. His plan is to use the car he brought her in and drivie the car into the river again so they can die together. big struggle and police arrive just as car goes into water. The girl is rescued but police can't get to the man. ends on his face- peacful as he dies.
Middle.
Girl has escaped from this man yet He still manages to keep following her. Her parents move her house yet he still finds a way to track her down, taking pictures and manipulating them to look like his own daughter. As he is following her he starts to find other girls that remind him of his daughter, starts to become an obsession,Young girls, blond hair, brown eyes etc. Police become involved trying to protect Kelly. He finds these other girls, captures them and tries to tell them they are his daughter. Child obviously get disturbed,refusing to believe this mentalist. This frustrates him more that he can't get her back and he ends up locking them up, depriving them of food and when they try to escape he strangles them or simple attacks them. The case of Kelly is so fascinating and hard to deal with because she is his first victim and he never managed to keep her. He is still on the hunt for her and won't stop.
Kelly has moved house 3 times, changed her hair to try and shake off her stalker. She has not heard from her obsess for over 3 month and as the police haven't been able to track him down. They start to assume its over and she starts to go out again. She has gone the corner shop about 5 minutes from her house to spend her money. Stalker snatches her and takes her back to a warehouse...
End.
The ending is about her last moments. He thinks this is his chance to get back his daughter and won't let anything get in his way. He takes her miles from were she lives as he knows it won't take long for the police to be informed. Chase is on as police are searching for her and he has her tied up and is showing her pictures of his memories, telling her of his old memories and refereeing to Kelly and Millie his daughter. eery music to be used as he talks calmy about how happy they all were and that now they will all be back together. Finds out he lost his family in a car accident when he was driving too tired and swerved the car into the river which ironically is right outside the warehouse.He was the only one to survive and he blames himself for their death, has never got over it and She tells him that she will never be his daughter. He remains calm and says he cannot live without her. His plan is to use the car he brought her in and drivie the car into the river again so they can die together. big struggle and police arrive just as car goes into water. The girl is rescued but police can't get to the man. ends on his face- peacful as he dies.
Synopsis.
An obsessive stalker is tracking young victims, kidnapping them and using them for his own desires. Kelly is normal- shes too young to know the dangers that face her today. As she notices a figured man, waiting on street corners, lurcking and carefully watching into her small world , knowing her routine and path to school. He’s fixated, a void that needs feeling since the death of his own daughter who died after a tragic car crash which he has never recorvered from. In this psychocological thriller fixations could be deathly, kidnapping Kelly to replace his the empty shell that his daughter once filled, why Kelly? Why now? Only time will reveal why. She thought escaping would be hard? Now she has to fight to stay alive, on therun from this tangled web shes become trapped in.
Brain storm.
Ideas for our thriller.
1.Murders involving weapons, crime thriller.
2.Female drug addict.
3.Rapist.
4.Stalker attacking young girls.
5.Mental escapist.
6.Prostitute.
7.Woman being chased through woods.
8.Murder investigation.
9.Scientist is attcked- research taken for a new drug.
10.Canibal gets out of prison.
11.Kidnapper at loose.
12.Game theory- killer kidnapping people and making them complete tasks to survive.
13. Man becomes obbsessed with girl he thinks is his daughter, drugs her and tries tries to turn her into his own.
14.drunk driving kills police officer and police form turn to avenge him.
15.People dissapearig in the city vanished 1 every month- becomes suspicion when figured man is seen.
1.Murders involving weapons, crime thriller.
2.Female drug addict.
3.Rapist.
4.Stalker attacking young girls.
5.Mental escapist.
6.Prostitute.
7.Woman being chased through woods.
8.Murder investigation.
9.Scientist is attcked- research taken for a new drug.
10.Canibal gets out of prison.
11.Kidnapper at loose.
12.Game theory- killer kidnapping people and making them complete tasks to survive.
13. Man becomes obbsessed with girl he thinks is his daughter, drugs her and tries tries to turn her into his own.
14.drunk driving kills police officer and police form turn to avenge him.
15.People dissapearig in the city vanished 1 every month- becomes suspicion when figured man is seen.
Thriller codes and convention list.
Question and answer.
Maises and labryths.
Heroic romance.
Partial vision.
Concealment and partraction.
Tranformed city.
Element of the exotic.
Combined romance.
cliff hangers and red herrings.
Linear.
Close-ups.
Tracking.
Small group of characters.
Slow cuts.
Tense music.
high and low angle shots.
Darkness.
Carefully considered props.
no weapons.
Middle shots.
Twists and turns to the story.
Maises and labryths.
Heroic romance.
Partial vision.
Concealment and partraction.
Tranformed city.
Element of the exotic.
Combined romance.
cliff hangers and red herrings.
Linear.
Close-ups.
Tracking.
Small group of characters.
Slow cuts.
Tense music.
high and low angle shots.
Darkness.
Carefully considered props.
no weapons.
Middle shots.
Twists and turns to the story.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Codes and convention theories.
What is a thriller?
The definition of a thriller: a thriller is a genre or ficture that attemps to thrill the audience by placing the characters in great risk. There is no clear ingrediants to what a thriller should consist of.
Codes and conventions of a thriller.
Cliff hangers and red herrings.
These usually take place in exotic and forieng city. In a thriller the hero must be accustom to danger, a man of authority or a fighter. This sometimesoverlaps with a mystery story where are kept from the ending. A thriller portraaying these must be much bigger to thril the audience and to keep them gripped with bigger problems, twist and turns.
G.K.chesterton.
Transforming city.
This is a more modern genre of thriller sub catagories which is usually set in unrban environment. A thriller should make the world an exciting place, away from the drab and mordaine society we live in . 'to expose the poetry of modern life'.
Northropnorph.
A thriller should show an ordinary person who is forcd to behaviour the extrodinairy and to take great risks and because of the possition they are in. the laws of nature are suspended as we see in most thrillers today it is as if anythings can happen, the goody can never die and what ever he faces he can somehow overcome. The audience accept it as normal because it is what they want to see. This genre is also classed closely to genre of love were the hero acts the extrodinary to acheive yet the thriller will swap the love enchanted city to unheard of far lands and exotic places.
John Caweltt.
Combining romance.
This introduced an element of the exotic into our everyday world were we are taken somewere far and exotic with the foriegn surrounds and the films take use of artificial facts like maps and myths.
W.H.Mathew.
Maises and labrynths.
For any thriller,, it should include the twists and turns, up and downs to keep the audience on the edge of their seats trying to work out the plot until the very end of the film. Cathing the wrong killer, being led the wrong way. The ending is kept for the final outcome and the heroic behavior which the audience are waiting to see and gain pleasure finnaly finding out after the journey it has taken them on.
Pascal Bonitzel
Partial vision.
this is were the audience can only see so much of what is happeneing in the film. This creates suspense because we can't see is just as important as we can. It leads to hiden clues and makes the audnce want to keep watchin to discover what is being kept from us and wanting to see how it is al going to unfold. This aspect keeps us back in the story only letting us go so far forward in the film.
Larsde Asabors.
Concealment and potraption.
concealment is only seeing part of what is going on for example just the killers shoes of hand and not actually knowing who they are. This is important because it makes us want to go on to find out who they are and we pay close attention to detail. Portaction is the deliberate delay of suspence which takes us through even more maises and labryrynths like adding more characters or something else bad happening to our hero to keep him from solving the mystery.
Noel Carrol
Noel CArrol states a few factors which must appear in succeful thrilles. the question and answer module which is first impacted in the introduction to make the audience question aspects of the film, who people are and what is happening and questions like these should be then answered to slowly give the audience more detail as the film goes on. Also the morel factor has to be that the hero always lives and wins, this is what the audience wants to see as we all want good to overcome evil and see the hero find the killer, save his girl eetc.
There are many different sub catagories of a thriller and so it is hard to narrow and film to just a thriller. For example; Religious thrillers like 'Angels and Demons'. Psychological thrillers like silence of the lambs. Medical thrillers like I Am Legand. Exotic thrillers like the hand that rocked the cradle and crime thrillers like the pink panther. THese are just a few sub catagories and there is a wide variety of films which all can fit into the catagory of 'Thriller' as they all forfill its criteria.
The definition of a thriller: a thriller is a genre or ficture that attemps to thrill the audience by placing the characters in great risk. There is no clear ingrediants to what a thriller should consist of.
Codes and conventions of a thriller.
Cliff hangers and red herrings.
These usually take place in exotic and forieng city. In a thriller the hero must be accustom to danger, a man of authority or a fighter. This sometimesoverlaps with a mystery story where are kept from the ending. A thriller portraaying these must be much bigger to thril the audience and to keep them gripped with bigger problems, twist and turns.
G.K.chesterton.
Transforming city.
This is a more modern genre of thriller sub catagories which is usually set in unrban environment. A thriller should make the world an exciting place, away from the drab and mordaine society we live in . 'to expose the poetry of modern life'.
Northropnorph.
A thriller should show an ordinary person who is forcd to behaviour the extrodinairy and to take great risks and because of the possition they are in. the laws of nature are suspended as we see in most thrillers today it is as if anythings can happen, the goody can never die and what ever he faces he can somehow overcome. The audience accept it as normal because it is what they want to see. This genre is also classed closely to genre of love were the hero acts the extrodinary to acheive yet the thriller will swap the love enchanted city to unheard of far lands and exotic places.
John Caweltt.
Combining romance.
This introduced an element of the exotic into our everyday world were we are taken somewere far and exotic with the foriegn surrounds and the films take use of artificial facts like maps and myths.
W.H.Mathew.
Maises and labrynths.
For any thriller,, it should include the twists and turns, up and downs to keep the audience on the edge of their seats trying to work out the plot until the very end of the film. Cathing the wrong killer, being led the wrong way. The ending is kept for the final outcome and the heroic behavior which the audience are waiting to see and gain pleasure finnaly finding out after the journey it has taken them on.
Pascal Bonitzel
Partial vision.
this is were the audience can only see so much of what is happeneing in the film. This creates suspense because we can't see is just as important as we can. It leads to hiden clues and makes the audnce want to keep watchin to discover what is being kept from us and wanting to see how it is al going to unfold. This aspect keeps us back in the story only letting us go so far forward in the film.
Larsde Asabors.
Concealment and potraption.
concealment is only seeing part of what is going on for example just the killers shoes of hand and not actually knowing who they are. This is important because it makes us want to go on to find out who they are and we pay close attention to detail. Portaction is the deliberate delay of suspence which takes us through even more maises and labryrynths like adding more characters or something else bad happening to our hero to keep him from solving the mystery.
Noel Carrol
Noel CArrol states a few factors which must appear in succeful thrilles. the question and answer module which is first impacted in the introduction to make the audience question aspects of the film, who people are and what is happening and questions like these should be then answered to slowly give the audience more detail as the film goes on. Also the morel factor has to be that the hero always lives and wins, this is what the audience wants to see as we all want good to overcome evil and see the hero find the killer, save his girl eetc.
There are many different sub catagories of a thriller and so it is hard to narrow and film to just a thriller. For example; Religious thrillers like 'Angels and Demons'. Psychological thrillers like silence of the lambs. Medical thrillers like I Am Legand. Exotic thrillers like the hand that rocked the cradle and crime thrillers like the pink panther. THese are just a few sub catagories and there is a wide variety of films which all can fit into the catagory of 'Thriller' as they all forfill its criteria.
Twilight.
Linear structure.
The structure for this film is linear. The order of event taking place are all in order even though the camera angles are quite intense, jumping between different views it which makes it difficult to keep up with. Yet the movement through the trees leading to the chase of the deer all happen in sequence.
Thriller Codes and Conventions.
The question and Answer module is used throughout the introduction. we are constantly questioning the story line- who is the chasing the deer,why, is it human, what does it want it for, is there something we should know? This also links with prtial vision, we can't see the whole picture and are seeing angles from a point of veiw we can't see. this keeps the audience hooked and wanting to watch on. There is also an element of the exotic as we are put into an enchated forest to start the film.This gives the ideology that the film isn't going to be a real life setting and the suspense of natural laws.
Mise-en-Scene.
In the opening we hear the girls voice, this establishes a key character as she talks about herself so we asume shes a key character, possible the person we are not shown chasing the deer. We hear her talkinng about her visions of death and fromt he beam of light we could asume that the story bases itself on this gril and that her story is immortant. The bright scenery almost shows resemblence to a dream as it seems far from reality.
Graphics.
The graphics used are shown significatnly later. This effect makes us concentrate on the introduction of her voice and then it introduces us the tittle. i think this is used significantly, alsmost as if to signy that the story is about to unfold. Also no actors names are given and are left until the end of the film.
Sound.
The music in this introducition fits in well with the enchanted forrest. Almost music of birds and harms gives a calm, soothing effect as well as the false security of the deer. This is blended with the non-digetic voice of the girl is at first calming yet turns disturbing along with the music as she begins to talk about death and her own death. The music changes very abruptly as the chase begins, with a low beating which speeds with the panic and adrenaline. It then becomes lighter though as we reach the end of the introduction, the deer is caught and the light begins to set.
Camera angles.
The camera shots and angles used in this scene are very intense. It starts off with a close of off the forrest and we are shown the setting as it pans out and then moves into a low shot with gives the point of veiw of what ever is coming up behind the deer. An over the sholder shot is also shown onlooking the deer which gradually turns to a crane shot highering to be above the deer looking down. This image then swtiches as we are shown a close up of the deer with its calm and unaware face. A panning shot is also used loking through the trees down to the opening were the deer is. We change shortly to a hand held shot used from our unseen character running as we hear his movements throuhg the grass . The ending camera shot shows a low ange as the deer jumps into the clearly and the light then fades out the image.
Editing.
An axis on action it used as we see the villians piont of veiw showing his surroundings and puts the audience in its shoes of what he can see. A tracking shot it also used through the chase with a zoom in of the deer to show its sudden fear. There is alot of cross cutting at this point were we switch to sudden moments i time of the deers movemtns through the trees and making its escape. Lastly a long tracking shot is used to show the deer and villian as they move throught the forrest.
The structure for this film is linear. The order of event taking place are all in order even though the camera angles are quite intense, jumping between different views it which makes it difficult to keep up with. Yet the movement through the trees leading to the chase of the deer all happen in sequence.
Thriller Codes and Conventions.
The question and Answer module is used throughout the introduction. we are constantly questioning the story line- who is the chasing the deer,why, is it human, what does it want it for, is there something we should know? This also links with prtial vision, we can't see the whole picture and are seeing angles from a point of veiw we can't see. this keeps the audience hooked and wanting to watch on. There is also an element of the exotic as we are put into an enchated forest to start the film.This gives the ideology that the film isn't going to be a real life setting and the suspense of natural laws.
Mise-en-Scene.
In the opening we hear the girls voice, this establishes a key character as she talks about herself so we asume shes a key character, possible the person we are not shown chasing the deer. We hear her talkinng about her visions of death and fromt he beam of light we could asume that the story bases itself on this gril and that her story is immortant. The bright scenery almost shows resemblence to a dream as it seems far from reality.
Graphics.
The graphics used are shown significatnly later. This effect makes us concentrate on the introduction of her voice and then it introduces us the tittle. i think this is used significantly, alsmost as if to signy that the story is about to unfold. Also no actors names are given and are left until the end of the film.
Sound.
The music in this introducition fits in well with the enchanted forrest. Almost music of birds and harms gives a calm, soothing effect as well as the false security of the deer. This is blended with the non-digetic voice of the girl is at first calming yet turns disturbing along with the music as she begins to talk about death and her own death. The music changes very abruptly as the chase begins, with a low beating which speeds with the panic and adrenaline. It then becomes lighter though as we reach the end of the introduction, the deer is caught and the light begins to set.
Camera angles.
The camera shots and angles used in this scene are very intense. It starts off with a close of off the forrest and we are shown the setting as it pans out and then moves into a low shot with gives the point of veiw of what ever is coming up behind the deer. An over the sholder shot is also shown onlooking the deer which gradually turns to a crane shot highering to be above the deer looking down. This image then swtiches as we are shown a close up of the deer with its calm and unaware face. A panning shot is also used loking through the trees down to the opening were the deer is. We change shortly to a hand held shot used from our unseen character running as we hear his movements throuhg the grass . The ending camera shot shows a low ange as the deer jumps into the clearly and the light then fades out the image.
Editing.
An axis on action it used as we see the villians piont of veiw showing his surroundings and puts the audience in its shoes of what he can see. A tracking shot it also used through the chase with a zoom in of the deer to show its sudden fear. There is alot of cross cutting at this point were we switch to sudden moments i time of the deers movemtns through the trees and making its escape. Lastly a long tracking shot is used to show the deer and villian as they move throught the forrest.
Monday, 23 November 2009
Questionaire results.
From the questionaire we roughly asked anequal number of the same sex; 15 Males and 16 females. It makes our questionaire higher in validity and doesn't biast it on a one sexed opinion.
The most colour chosen for our beggingin graphics was red. This would be a good idea for our tittle as the colour shows conitations of blood. Hwoever this could have been a better question if we had involved some more obivously cokours like black or white.
our third question asked our participant when they felt a death was best; either in the beggingin, middle or end of a film. 6 said the end, 12 voted the middle and 13 people said they prefered to see a death to palce in the beggingin of a film which we would want to include in our introduction possibly.
Our next question asked our audience if they felt that big and central graphics got in the way of the film. 16 answered yes. We feel this is an erea that needs to be looked into as we want our film to appeal to the audience and have chosen to either keep our graphics to the side of the screen annd not have them so large, or to use the graphics earlier on before our film starts.
The most colour chosen for our beggingin graphics was red. This would be a good idea for our tittle as the colour shows conitations of blood. Hwoever this could have been a better question if we had involved some more obivously cokours like black or white.
our third question asked our participant when they felt a death was best; either in the beggingin, middle or end of a film. 6 said the end, 12 voted the middle and 13 people said they prefered to see a death to palce in the beggingin of a film which we would want to include in our introduction possibly.
Our next question asked our audience if they felt that big and central graphics got in the way of the film. 16 answered yes. We feel this is an erea that needs to be looked into as we want our film to appeal to the audience and have chosen to either keep our graphics to the side of the screen annd not have them so large, or to use the graphics earlier on before our film starts.
Thriller Analysis.
Jaws introduction.
Narrative structure
The introduction to 'Jaws' shows a linear narrative; everything follows in order from the teenagers gallivanting on the beach, not seeing the monster. The two girls run off alone to go swimming and one is killer by jaws (the villain).
Thriller codes and conventions.
Through out the introduction the audience is given partial vision; only seeing part of the killer and are not shown the whole picture. It is also set with an element of the exotic a beach is seen as a safe place yet this is where our murder is taking place? It surprises the audience. We are also presented with the Question and answer convention; the director always keeps us gripping our seats; What is the killer? Why can't the girls see it? Will it be found? This effect makes us want to see the rest of the film to answer our Questions from the introduction and is very important to this film.
Camera Work.
The camera work is mainly used to portray the Shark in this piece with tracking shots to show his movement behind seaweed to show his mystery as well as high angle shots. This shows the suppressed danger, the teens are unaware that they are being watched and are very venerable as they swim around in the sea. We are shown a close up of the girls face to see her calm and unaware attitude towards the water. A low angle is also shown of her as she is looking up makes her look powerful and the close up of the red sun suggests danger is close. There is also a tracking shot to show the teens slowly moving. Also a Long shot is used in the introduction which successfully shows the space in the water, how isolated they are as he jumps in, it scares the audience as with the effects of partial vision and Question and answer model, we are causcious of what kind of danger he may be under. An extreme long shot is used shortly after this. Another important camera work used is the static-still shot which uneasy panic as though we are missing something.
Mise-en-scene.
Firstly, the scene is set on a beach, instantly creating a feel-good zone for the opening, known to be a happy and safe place for all yet not in this case and it makes the audience question. Also the presence of alcohol shows danger with the teens care free and casual attitudes, it gives the audience the ideology that something bad is going to happen. The dark setting makes it harder to see the events of the introduction and makes us look closer as it is easy to miss something.
Sound.
The ambient sound give the opening a natural theme tune, a older song that, at that time, would have been perceived as scary yet iconic so our generation. The music towards the first death gives a false sense of security and the digetic music of the boye as it rings in the distance gives an un easy feel.
Editing.
A long take is used to show the teenagers as they run across the beach and is classed as editing as it involves no cross cutting. A reverse-shot-reverse is used on a one the couples within the teenagers, it shows the sexual tension between them in the scene and the fast cuts between them show her urgency.
Graphics.
The graphics in this introduction is seen very obviously old with its letter and lack of graphics. The white capitals are shown centred in bold with the title first. This is less common in more modern films as usually the main actors or in this case Steven Spielberg, the director, would be shown first because of how well known he is in the film productions.
Seven Introductions.
Narrative structure.
The introduction to 'Seven' has a linear sequence. Although the camera shots are very intense and cross cutting, it shows his movements chronologically as he works through his books writing to measuring string and sowing it. It happens in order.
Thriller codes and Conventions. /
It instantly gives the audience a Question and Answer module; who is this man? Why is his actions so precise? IS this reflecting his personality? What is his work reflecting ? Concealment and protraction is also shown as we are kept from seeing the killer and only get to see so much of his habits. Another key convention present in the opening is partial vision as we are only shown so much to understand who the killer is.
Camera Work.
The majority of the camera works used in the introduction are intense close up mainly focusing on the man and his alleged work. The affect of this keeps the audience on the screen as the fast cut shots give the ideology that we will miss something as it is hard to follow. For example there is an extreme close up on the book which represents his work yet we are quickly shown to a point-of-view shot of the killer show his outlook. This gives the audience an un easy film as were are not yet aware of any aspects of the killer yet. We are shown more extreme close up shots in the intro of the book as it is being opened and links to the uneasy feel with the question and answer module as we still do not know our villain. A panning shot it cleverly used towards the end of the introduction which shows a cabinet; this represents our characters personality most Cleary as it show his organisation skills which leads us to believe that his actions are planned and precise. Through out these camera shots it jump cuts thought the images and works well with the music to give a jumpy and uneasy feel as we having to watch closely to follow what is happening.
Mise-en-Scene.
The low-lighting gives the atmosphere in the story line a very a very grim outlook and with the added red 'blood' colour, it suggests danger portrays death in the film. Also another key aspect is the movement of the person in the opening; it is very precise and in order it seems which gives the ideology of a carefully thought through plan. His bizzaire behaviours are also alarming to the audience; cutting his finger tips with a razor-blade is made to make us feel uncomfortable about this man.
Sound.
The music is a very eary and scratchy to begin with. It has an element of the supernatural with its distorted and relevantly high pitch tones. Its pitch also gives the close affect of sounding almost human; the scream of a human and as the beat begins to quicker it resembles a heart beat until the final bracket where we are given speech; 'you've got me closer to god' . This has importance as they are the only words spoken through-out the introduction and gives evidence of the possibility that this will be related to religion in the crime-thriller.
American Psycho.
Narrative structure.
The introduction shows a linear narrative first show us in his work, which follows on to his social life and finally in the home. It directly shows us the different sides of his personality suggesting that this will be important to us later in the film.
Thriller Codes and Conventions.
The question and answer module is shown in the introduction- who is this man? Who is he with? Why does he want to kill the barmaid? Why is he telling us his daily routine? What is the importance of this? 'Transformed city' is also used as we are shown his flat which looks more like a show house, everything neat and in order, there is no personality about it which makes it seem out of place and exotic.
Camera work.
Firstly, we are given a point of view show. However, we do no know from whom it is from which intrigues the audience. Also two panning shots are used closely together to show us the environment of our key character. A close up of a menu is enough to show his high standards and lets us know more about his personality aswel as the close up of the bank cards carelessly thrown into the pot give the ideology of wealth and power as they careless to the amount they are spending. It also shows the importance of this in his life as reflects on his personality. A shot-reverse-shot is used also in the restaurant to follow a conversation through the table which picks up on the high grammar and conversation which is spread across the table. As we move onto the shots of the night club the hand held shot is used which puts the audience in our characters position in the tight packed surrounding as he pushes his way through to the bar aswel as a tracking shot which shows how small the room is. An over the shoulder shot is used to show the barmaid as she serves our main character. In the final scene of the introduction we are show a zoom of his distorted reflection in a picture which shows that possibly he has a hidden personality. Through out this scene we are shown zoom shots of his body as we see his physique and an over the shoulder shot in the bathroom mirror shows his daily routine until we are led to a final zoom which shows him peeling off his mask.
Mise-En-Scene.
In this film, everything is very clinical; with a clear white background it seems very plain and unreal. With the colour red appearing it is seen to be blood dripping. This is soon to be food. This is quite alarming as confuses the reader to what is going to happen. The dress code of the people show wealth and power as they are all neatly dressed with credit cards being thrown carelessly project their personalities and how our main character fits into this. From the second scene the room is very dark and crowded and with the handheld camera work it makes the audience feel in place of the man and how he has to struggle to get past everyone. His house is very minimalist and perfect, almost like a show house. This reflects him in a different life and shows us deeper into his personality.
Sound.
The classical music to begin with give a calm chill as it is an easy feel music of the orchestra. The non-dig etic music in the restaurant reflects on the mood of the people as they do not actually hear it. Towards the end of the introduction the same music starts to become uncomfortable even though we are now entering what, to him, is his safe place to become himself. It starts to sound eary as we are led closer into his personal life and the once calm music becomes creeper as we realise this is not a normal man. His voice is also very calm and in the final scene it shows his daily routine habits which links to the question and answer module- Why is he telling us this? Why does he do it?
Editing.
Axes of action is used in the editing; this places the audience in place of the restaurant and shows an insight into his social life and the typical conversations they have aswel as the shot-reverse-shot which also does the same.
Graphics.
The graphics is this is very classic and which fits in well with the story line and our main character. It is kept to black fine writing as a contrast to the white background which makes it very formal and with the capitals it shows its importance.
Silence of the Lambs.
Narrative structure.
The narrative structure to this opening is linear. Everything is shown in order from the woman running through the words to her being confronted by the FBI and sent to see a member of her department.
Thriller Codes and Conventions
From the begging of the thriller we are given a Question and Answer convention; we want to know why this girl is running and what from? Who the man is that confronts her? Who wants to se her? What for? An element of the exotic is used in the film as firstly we find our character in the dark forest which is set different from the usual urban environment. This is also portrayed also in the lift as we her stood with several men. It shows her difference in height as all the men are taller and all in different uniforms that her casual tracksuit. It makes her look less important and intimidated by her colleges. There is also a heroic romance in the film as we have determined from this character that she is going to be the hero as she is a figure of authority and is a female which is less common in thrillers yet with her intelligence we know that she is going to solve the crime. Concealment is used; from the tracking shot used it shows her form the front so we cannot see where she is going and we see what she sees, the pictures and from her point of view and don’t see anything until she does.
Camera work.
A long shot is used early in the introduction which makes it unclear what she is doing as she comes up from the side of the forest. A tracking shot is also shown of her movement as she runs through the woods; this is effective as it gives an air of mystery and links to the Question and Answer module because we don’t know what is going to happen. A close up is taken to show her facial expression as we work out whether she is panicked or out of breath. There is an establishment shot of her work place which establishes were she is going. A medium shot is also used in the elevator to show the strong contrast with the men compared to her petite size. Lastly I noted the close up on the door which gives us recollection of were she is going.
Mise-en-Scene.
At first, the woman appears to be in danger as of the atmosphere and setting of the film aswel when we first see her she is sweating which suggests she has been running. Also her uniform shows her to be comfortable with her other colleges dressed the same compared to her lack of conversation or eye-contact with the men in the lift.
Sound.
We pick up on the sounds of rustling leaves to begin with which is very disturbing especially when we are unaware of what is going to happen. The music when she begins to run is also quite effect as the music builds up tension as we follow her. All this gives the audience a false sense of security as we think something bad is going to happen and this music changes once in the company of FBI man.
Editing.
Match on actions following the woman through her movement through the woods and through following orders through the buildings shows the reader that this is one of our main characters and she is important to the film.
Graphics.
The graphics are very dominating with big black and bold writing. ‘Jodie Foster’ is shown clearly stating a clearly well known actress which is also good for the film because it is more likely to be a good film. The graphics are quite basic however without much movement and overlapping the film opening I feel takes away the suspense as it does not give enough time to introduce the film.
Jaws introduction.
Narrative structure
The introduction to 'Jaws' shows a linear narrative; everything follows in order from the teenagers gallivanting on the beach, not seeing the monster. The two girls run off alone to go swimming and one is killer by jaws (the villain).
Thriller codes and conventions.
Through out the introduction the audience is given partial vision; only seeing part of the killer and are not shown the whole picture. It is also set with an element of the exotic a beach is seen as a safe place yet this is where our murder is taking place? It surprises the audience. We are also presented with the Question and answer convention; the director always keeps us gripping our seats; What is the killer? Why can't the girls see it? Will it be found? This effect makes us want to see the rest of the film to answer our Questions from the introduction and is very important to this film.
Camera Work.
The camera work is mainly used to portray the Shark in this piece with tracking shots to show his movement behind seaweed to show his mystery as well as high angle shots. This shows the suppressed danger, the teens are unaware that they are being watched and are very venerable as they swim around in the sea. We are shown a close up of the girls face to see her calm and unaware attitude towards the water. A low angle is also shown of her as she is looking up makes her look powerful and the close up of the red sun suggests danger is close. There is also a tracking shot to show the teens slowly moving. Also a Long shot is used in the introduction which successfully shows the space in the water, how isolated they are as he jumps in, it scares the audience as with the effects of partial vision and Question and answer model, we are causcious of what kind of danger he may be under. An extreme long shot is used shortly after this. Another important camera work used is the static-still shot which uneasy panic as though we are missing something.
Mise-en-scene.
Firstly, the scene is set on a beach, instantly creating a feel-good zone for the opening, known to be a happy and safe place for all yet not in this case and it makes the audience question. Also the presence of alcohol shows danger with the teens care free and casual attitudes, it gives the audience the ideology that something bad is going to happen. The dark setting makes it harder to see the events of the introduction and makes us look closer as it is easy to miss something.
Sound.
The ambient sound give the opening a natural theme tune, a older song that, at that time, would have been perceived as scary yet iconic so our generation. The music towards the first death gives a false sense of security and the digetic music of the boye as it rings in the distance gives an un easy feel.
Editing.
A long take is used to show the teenagers as they run across the beach and is classed as editing as it involves no cross cutting. A reverse-shot-reverse is used on a one the couples within the teenagers, it shows the sexual tension between them in the scene and the fast cuts between them show her urgency.
Graphics.
The graphics in this introduction is seen very obviously old with its letter and lack of graphics. The white capitals are shown centred in bold with the title first. This is less common in more modern films as usually the main actors or in this case Steven Spielberg, the director, would be shown first because of how well known he is in the film productions.
Seven Introductions.
Narrative structure.
The introduction to 'Seven' has a linear sequence. Although the camera shots are very intense and cross cutting, it shows his movements chronologically as he works through his books writing to measuring string and sowing it. It happens in order.
Thriller codes and Conventions. /
It instantly gives the audience a Question and Answer module; who is this man? Why is his actions so precise? IS this reflecting his personality? What is his work reflecting ? Concealment and protraction is also shown as we are kept from seeing the killer and only get to see so much of his habits. Another key convention present in the opening is partial vision as we are only shown so much to understand who the killer is.
Camera Work.
The majority of the camera works used in the introduction are intense close up mainly focusing on the man and his alleged work. The affect of this keeps the audience on the screen as the fast cut shots give the ideology that we will miss something as it is hard to follow. For example there is an extreme close up on the book which represents his work yet we are quickly shown to a point-of-view shot of the killer show his outlook. This gives the audience an un easy film as were are not yet aware of any aspects of the killer yet. We are shown more extreme close up shots in the intro of the book as it is being opened and links to the uneasy feel with the question and answer module as we still do not know our villain. A panning shot it cleverly used towards the end of the introduction which shows a cabinet; this represents our characters personality most Cleary as it show his organisation skills which leads us to believe that his actions are planned and precise. Through out these camera shots it jump cuts thought the images and works well with the music to give a jumpy and uneasy feel as we having to watch closely to follow what is happening.
Mise-en-Scene.
The low-lighting gives the atmosphere in the story line a very a very grim outlook and with the added red 'blood' colour, it suggests danger portrays death in the film. Also another key aspect is the movement of the person in the opening; it is very precise and in order it seems which gives the ideology of a carefully thought through plan. His bizzaire behaviours are also alarming to the audience; cutting his finger tips with a razor-blade is made to make us feel uncomfortable about this man.
Sound.
The music is a very eary and scratchy to begin with. It has an element of the supernatural with its distorted and relevantly high pitch tones. Its pitch also gives the close affect of sounding almost human; the scream of a human and as the beat begins to quicker it resembles a heart beat until the final bracket where we are given speech; 'you've got me closer to god' . This has importance as they are the only words spoken through-out the introduction and gives evidence of the possibility that this will be related to religion in the crime-thriller.
American Psycho.
Narrative structure.
The introduction shows a linear narrative first show us in his work, which follows on to his social life and finally in the home. It directly shows us the different sides of his personality suggesting that this will be important to us later in the film.
Thriller Codes and Conventions.
The question and answer module is shown in the introduction- who is this man? Who is he with? Why does he want to kill the barmaid? Why is he telling us his daily routine? What is the importance of this? 'Transformed city' is also used as we are shown his flat which looks more like a show house, everything neat and in order, there is no personality about it which makes it seem out of place and exotic.
Camera work.
Firstly, we are given a point of view show. However, we do no know from whom it is from which intrigues the audience. Also two panning shots are used closely together to show us the environment of our key character. A close up of a menu is enough to show his high standards and lets us know more about his personality aswel as the close up of the bank cards carelessly thrown into the pot give the ideology of wealth and power as they careless to the amount they are spending. It also shows the importance of this in his life as reflects on his personality. A shot-reverse-shot is used also in the restaurant to follow a conversation through the table which picks up on the high grammar and conversation which is spread across the table. As we move onto the shots of the night club the hand held shot is used which puts the audience in our characters position in the tight packed surrounding as he pushes his way through to the bar aswel as a tracking shot which shows how small the room is. An over the shoulder shot is used to show the barmaid as she serves our main character. In the final scene of the introduction we are show a zoom of his distorted reflection in a picture which shows that possibly he has a hidden personality. Through out this scene we are shown zoom shots of his body as we see his physique and an over the shoulder shot in the bathroom mirror shows his daily routine until we are led to a final zoom which shows him peeling off his mask.
Mise-En-Scene.
In this film, everything is very clinical; with a clear white background it seems very plain and unreal. With the colour red appearing it is seen to be blood dripping. This is soon to be food. This is quite alarming as confuses the reader to what is going to happen. The dress code of the people show wealth and power as they are all neatly dressed with credit cards being thrown carelessly project their personalities and how our main character fits into this. From the second scene the room is very dark and crowded and with the handheld camera work it makes the audience feel in place of the man and how he has to struggle to get past everyone. His house is very minimalist and perfect, almost like a show house. This reflects him in a different life and shows us deeper into his personality.
Sound.
The classical music to begin with give a calm chill as it is an easy feel music of the orchestra. The non-dig etic music in the restaurant reflects on the mood of the people as they do not actually hear it. Towards the end of the introduction the same music starts to become uncomfortable even though we are now entering what, to him, is his safe place to become himself. It starts to sound eary as we are led closer into his personal life and the once calm music becomes creeper as we realise this is not a normal man. His voice is also very calm and in the final scene it shows his daily routine habits which links to the question and answer module- Why is he telling us this? Why does he do it?
Editing.
Axes of action is used in the editing; this places the audience in place of the restaurant and shows an insight into his social life and the typical conversations they have aswel as the shot-reverse-shot which also does the same.
Graphics.
The graphics is this is very classic and which fits in well with the story line and our main character. It is kept to black fine writing as a contrast to the white background which makes it very formal and with the capitals it shows its importance.
Silence of the Lambs.
Narrative structure.
The narrative structure to this opening is linear. Everything is shown in order from the woman running through the words to her being confronted by the FBI and sent to see a member of her department.
Thriller Codes and Conventions
From the begging of the thriller we are given a Question and Answer convention; we want to know why this girl is running and what from? Who the man is that confronts her? Who wants to se her? What for? An element of the exotic is used in the film as firstly we find our character in the dark forest which is set different from the usual urban environment. This is also portrayed also in the lift as we her stood with several men. It shows her difference in height as all the men are taller and all in different uniforms that her casual tracksuit. It makes her look less important and intimidated by her colleges. There is also a heroic romance in the film as we have determined from this character that she is going to be the hero as she is a figure of authority and is a female which is less common in thrillers yet with her intelligence we know that she is going to solve the crime. Concealment is used; from the tracking shot used it shows her form the front so we cannot see where she is going and we see what she sees, the pictures and from her point of view and don’t see anything until she does.
Camera work.
A long shot is used early in the introduction which makes it unclear what she is doing as she comes up from the side of the forest. A tracking shot is also shown of her movement as she runs through the woods; this is effective as it gives an air of mystery and links to the Question and Answer module because we don’t know what is going to happen. A close up is taken to show her facial expression as we work out whether she is panicked or out of breath. There is an establishment shot of her work place which establishes were she is going. A medium shot is also used in the elevator to show the strong contrast with the men compared to her petite size. Lastly I noted the close up on the door which gives us recollection of were she is going.
Mise-en-Scene.
At first, the woman appears to be in danger as of the atmosphere and setting of the film aswel when we first see her she is sweating which suggests she has been running. Also her uniform shows her to be comfortable with her other colleges dressed the same compared to her lack of conversation or eye-contact with the men in the lift.
Sound.
We pick up on the sounds of rustling leaves to begin with which is very disturbing especially when we are unaware of what is going to happen. The music when she begins to run is also quite effect as the music builds up tension as we follow her. All this gives the audience a false sense of security as we think something bad is going to happen and this music changes once in the company of FBI man.
Editing.
Match on actions following the woman through her movement through the woods and through following orders through the buildings shows the reader that this is one of our main characters and she is important to the film.
Graphics.
The graphics are very dominating with big black and bold writing. ‘Jodie Foster’ is shown clearly stating a clearly well known actress which is also good for the film because it is more likely to be a good film. The graphics are quite basic however without much movement and overlapping the film opening I feel takes away the suspense as it does not give enough time to introduce the film.
Thriller Questionnaire
1) Are you: Male Female
2) What is your favourite colour?
Red
Blue
Pink
Green
Yellow
3) Do you prefer death in the:
Beginning
Middle
End
4) What are you scared of?
5) When credits are big and central, do you feel they get in the way?
Yes No
Why?
6) Should the killer be revealed in the beginning?
Yes No
Why?
7) Do you prefer linear or non-linear? (chronological or mixed order)
8) Do you prefer sound effects, music or both?
9) What sounds scare you?
10) Do you prefer a male or female protagonist?
11) Does graphic violence put you off?
12) Do you prefer a 15 or an 18?
13) What is your favourite thriller?
Se7en
Angels and Demons
Die Hard
Silence of the lambs
American Psycho
14) What is your least favourite thriller?
Se7en
Angels and Demons
Die Hard
Silence of the lambs
American Psycho
15) Do you prefer a film that slowly builds up suspense like jaws or one that
has a lot of frequent jumps in it like Halloween?
16) Do you prefer seeing what the characters see through point of view shots?
17) Do you prefer to be sympathetic to the killer, or do you like the killer to be
sadistic?
18) Are swearwords appropriate?
19) Are weapons necessary?
20) Do you like flashbacks during the beginning of the thriller to allow you to
see what has happened previously?
1) Are you: Male Female
2) What is your favourite colour?
Red
Blue
Pink
Green
Yellow
3) Do you prefer death in the:
Beginning
Middle
End
4) What are you scared of?
5) When credits are big and central, do you feel they get in the way?
Yes No
Why?
6) Should the killer be revealed in the beginning?
Yes No
Why?
7) Do you prefer linear or non-linear? (chronological or mixed order)
8) Do you prefer sound effects, music or both?
9) What sounds scare you?
10) Do you prefer a male or female protagonist?
11) Does graphic violence put you off?
12) Do you prefer a 15 or an 18?
13) What is your favourite thriller?
Se7en
Angels and Demons
Die Hard
Silence of the lambs
American Psycho
14) What is your least favourite thriller?
Se7en
Angels and Demons
Die Hard
Silence of the lambs
American Psycho
15) Do you prefer a film that slowly builds up suspense like jaws or one that
has a lot of frequent jumps in it like Halloween?
16) Do you prefer seeing what the characters see through point of view shots?
17) Do you prefer to be sympathetic to the killer, or do you like the killer to be
sadistic?
18) Are swearwords appropriate?
19) Are weapons necessary?
20) Do you like flashbacks during the beginning of the thriller to allow you to
see what has happened previously?
Certificate.
We have chosen to promote our film to a certificate 15. It will not be showing any strong language or violence which could possibly have made and it an 18. We will not be using any weapons in our intorduction and feel that it will be appropriate for people around our own age to relate to aswel as an older growd aswel.
We have chosen to promote our film to a certificate 15. It will not be showing any strong language or violence which could possibly have made and it an 18. We will not be using any weapons in our intorduction and feel that it will be appropriate for people around our own age to relate to aswel as an older growd aswel.
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Dark night.
Narrative structure.
The stucture from the film is linear. It follows an order from the bank robberry and although we don't know exaclty what is happening there is an order and from this the story begins unfold.
Codes and Conventions.
In the film we see a Transformed city as it is set far from the usual with sky scraping buuildings and away from the urban life. the question and answer module is also used as we are constaly questioning the film; Why is he running? whats going to happen next? This keeps the viewer tight on the screen. Partial vision is also used through the introduction as we are kept from the whole story aswel as knowing our characters.
Camera.
To start off, there is an extreme close up of the buildings with zoom used also. This shows us the setting of the film and starts to build tention. Aswel as this, a crane shot is used to show the streets below aswel as tracking shot to show . A close up is also used to show our villian which is a shot of the clown image. point of veiew shots are also used in this introduction, this puts the audience into the scene as we follow the conversation that takes place in the car.
Mise-en-Scene.
With a daylight setting for this films introduction, it makes the atmosphere look very calm and we are not expecting any sort of crime to take place in such an exposed area. This ideology puts the audience in a false sense of securtiy.
Sounds.
The film has a very simple but effective with a low beating music as we move through the city. itbuilds up tention as it instantly creates an atmostphere where we know something bad is going to happen which contrasts to the bright and daylight scenery. The music used in the begging also personifies the film and our main characters; it sounds almost like a heart beat which changes pace aswel as things get more intense. it could also be linked to the sound of footsteps as the music changes in volume and the frequency.
Graphics.
The graphcis used are kept very dark and fading into the background with the cats names appearing and directors. However this is less important in this film as it uses icons in the graphics. The batman icon is used in the opening. This instantly set sthe scene and gives the most impact as it is a universally known symbol and as it appears centrally it can relate to all the audience without words as it introduces our main character.
Narrative structure.
The stucture from the film is linear. It follows an order from the bank robberry and although we don't know exaclty what is happening there is an order and from this the story begins unfold.
Codes and Conventions.
In the film we see a Transformed city as it is set far from the usual with sky scraping buuildings and away from the urban life. the question and answer module is also used as we are constaly questioning the film; Why is he running? whats going to happen next? This keeps the viewer tight on the screen. Partial vision is also used through the introduction as we are kept from the whole story aswel as knowing our characters.
Camera.
To start off, there is an extreme close up of the buildings with zoom used also. This shows us the setting of the film and starts to build tention. Aswel as this, a crane shot is used to show the streets below aswel as tracking shot to show . A close up is also used to show our villian which is a shot of the clown image. point of veiew shots are also used in this introduction, this puts the audience into the scene as we follow the conversation that takes place in the car.
Mise-en-Scene.
With a daylight setting for this films introduction, it makes the atmosphere look very calm and we are not expecting any sort of crime to take place in such an exposed area. This ideology puts the audience in a false sense of securtiy.
Sounds.
The film has a very simple but effective with a low beating music as we move through the city. itbuilds up tention as it instantly creates an atmostphere where we know something bad is going to happen which contrasts to the bright and daylight scenery. The music used in the begging also personifies the film and our main characters; it sounds almost like a heart beat which changes pace aswel as things get more intense. it could also be linked to the sound of footsteps as the music changes in volume and the frequency.
Graphics.
The graphcis used are kept very dark and fading into the background with the cats names appearing and directors. However this is less important in this film as it uses icons in the graphics. The batman icon is used in the opening. This instantly set sthe scene and gives the most impact as it is a universally known symbol and as it appears centrally it can relate to all the audience without words as it introduces our main character.
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