Wednesday 20 November 2013


Film idea

Camera facing above parked car bonnet facing the road
- A different camera is on the pavement looking at the road
- Another camera is looking down the middle of the road
- Cuts to a footstep crashing in slow motion down(Camera is ground level)
- At the same time of the footstep a heavy electric sound
- The screen goes black
- The production company
- Goes back to another stomp of the footstep with electric bass drop sound
- Screen goes black
- Title fades in
- Goes back to another slow motion stomp of the footstep with electric bass drop sound
- Screen fades black
- Producers
- Goes back to another slow motion stomp of the footstep with electric bass drop sound
- Screen fades black
- Editors fade in
- Goes back to another slow motion stomp of the footstep with electric bass drop sound
- Screen fades black
- Actors fade in
- Alleyway fades in
- See person in black walking down it
- Fades to shot facing the graveyard
- Cuts to the victim walking a long a path to the graveyard 
- Stands in the light looking about
- Shot goes to one half of the screen, a line comes up and the murderer appears in the other half of the screen, the victims half is shot in colour and the murderers half is in black and white, the lightbulb next to his face sharpening his knife 
- Both shots are happening at the same time
- Victim is still in the same spot
- shot of murderes face
- Shot enlarges to the victim fullscreen
- Close up shot of victim diagonal view
- Murderer goes to stab victim, victim grabs arm, a lot of struggling and fighting is going on as the knife is dropped, very jumpy high pitched music
- a very fast shot of a knife stabbing appears giving a psychological effect
- Murderer pulls body away and takes the letter
- Shot cuts to view of the murderer running away, a person shortly can be seen behind him chasing him
- Shot changes to the murderer going behind a wall then two black pearing from the church door all in black hooded people come out of that spot and run to the gate
- Shot cuts to in front of the gate where the black hooded people run out of 
- The other person follows behind and turns left
- The person chases the hooded person
- The hooded person is revealed
- Shot changes to the other black hooded person out of breath opening letter








INTERSPLICE

Friday 15 November 2013

Thriller definition

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as its main elements.Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods, giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation,uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. Films of this genre tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced.

Thursday 14 November 2013

Production comany logo

In order to make the thriller film we need a production company logo so we made one using photoshop combining images collected from the internet and then using text from the program.


Wednesday 6 November 2013

Answers to questionnaire

Name: Luke williams powell

question 1.  yep

question 2. i am legend

question 3. suspense

question 4. supernatural, horror

question 5. with someone

question 6.  action and suspense with guns and fight scenes

Name:

question 1. Yes

question 2. Se7en

question 3. Phycologicalnessess

question 4. Phycological thriller

question 5. Alone O.o

question 6. Intense action


Name: Ferus McGlynn

question 1. Yes

question 2. The Bourne Supremacy

question 3. Action and tension and shooting

question 4. Action Thrillers

question 5. Alone( like everything)

question 6. Music and sound effects to add enigma


Name:

question 1.

question 2.

question 3.

question 4.

question 5.

question 6.

Thriller questionnaire
We had to devise a questionnaire to ask people so that we can get general ideas on what people want in a thriller film

1. Do you watch thrillers?
                                                                                                                                                                  
          
2. What's your favourite thriller?
                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

3. What things do you look for when you're watching a thriller?
                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        


4. What sub-genre do you prefer most when watching a thriller?
                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

5. Would you rather watch thriller movies alone or with someone?
                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

6. What makes a good thriller movie?
                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        



Monday 4 November 2013

Main character representation

Main character representation


  • Accents
  • Proxemics
  • Camera work/Visual heirachy
  • Mise En Scene - Performance/Costume/Make-up/Location/Set design/Lighting
  • Sound - Vocabulary/Volume/Acoustics
  • Music that relates to the character

Making the character

Accent - A deep strong northern accent will suggest the origin of the person who is the main character. This will make people recognise the person as important because of the big accent used a lot.

Proxemics - Depending on the situation in the movie the character would perhaps be quite close to many people as they are the main character meaning they would often speak to many people up close. The camera can also be far away from the person, or distance two people so we can see the main character clearly.

Camera work/Visual heirachy - The main character would be a powerful one in the movie meaning there will be quite a lot of low angled shots giving off the visulal heirachy of power. If something happens to the main character or they are facing a difficult task then there would be a high angled shot making the character seem less powerful and less important. There will be lots of close up shots because the main character will need a lot of attention in the film. When the main character is moving it would usually be important so there would be a camera pan in the direction that they are walking.



Above is an example of a high angle shot

Miae en scene - The main character would be dressed in formal clothes that represent what they are doing because that is based on the movie which is very important for the mise en scene. The main character would be best in a suit as the thriller is very action based and formal. In a thriller there would often be a lot of blood meaning that make-up of blood would need to be done to the main character a lot. Cuts and bruises would have to be used in make-up too. The lighting would be focused on what the main character is doing too. The hair colour would be a dark brown or black because thrillers are dark making the audience remember the character for their looks so when the main character turns up in a scene the audience can instantly identify them as the main character. The main character will be carrying a pistol for protection in which he uses in the opening scene. In terms of performance the main character will be light on his feet meaning he will be doing a lot of running, climbing and fighting.


Above is an example of a dark suit

Sound/vocabulary/Acoustics - Sound will be very loud if something important is going on such as a death or something that relates to the main character. This can be noises that make people on edge like distorted high pitched sounds to make people uncomfortable but know what's going on. The main character s diologue will be very distinctive and will make people recognise them through their voice. The main characters voice can always be heard very well over the rest so they would be placed perhaps in a room that will make their voice carry out and bounce for everyone to hear. The sound would be diegetic 

Music that helps identify the character-  The music will be very loud if something important is going on otherwise a section of sound that occurs every time the main character comes in will help the audience identify that person as the main character. This will also help people identify a particular scene that a character is in. Particular music that defines the main character will make the audience recognise them e.g. if sad music comes on and something has happened and there is a shot of a character we will know that its in relation to the main character again making us identify that person as the main character.