Opening Scene
It is important to follow the codes and conventions of any film so that the audiecne can identfiy the genre and therefore prepare themsevles for what events will occur , however , it is essentional that you follow the codes and conventions of a thriller as the codes and conventions make up and determine the overall viewing pleasure ; elements such as sound , camera angles and content are elements that are considered to be conventions , and can/must be used in thrillers in order to create fear and excitement for your audiecne to expiercne.
First use of elements :
Our first camera shot the audeicne expiercne is the use of a extreme close up , the extreme close up is used to show the characters eye , this confuses tha audiecne as it is the first shot , and uses a mysteroius , disequilliberum effect. The use of an extreme close up is conventional to a thriller as it effects the audiecne due to them not understanding the scene completely and therefore they have a split emotion between fear and excitement.The first use of sound within our film obessed will be the soundtrack , we are yet to create the soundtrack however it will consist of weary and slow building up beats this will be conventional as it will engage the audience and develop a intreset in the film from them , furthermore , they would be able to link the sound or music in the scene when something bad is about the occur or on the other hand be able to link the music in with how we are trying to represent the character , whether it be a negative sound for the angtangist or postive for the protangist. The first use of editing withing our film is a straight cut , we use this after our first shot , this is effective as we flood ideas into our audiences head in a short period of time in order for them to be interacted with the scene and make assumptions. Straight cuts are conventional and they can create fear via the use of a quick flash like transition.
Our opening scene allows the audience to establish that the film is a thriller due to the use of these elements which may further thier interest within the film.
Second use of elements :
The second camera shot used in obession was the shot of panning , panning is an effective shot as it allows us to view the location of the scene whilst still focusing on the character. Panning is a conventional camera as it can allow the audiecne to become more engaged in the scene and also have a further knowledge of the scene, panning is therefore a coventional camera to the genre of a thriller. Our second use of sound is also a soundtrack however the sound slowly changes into a more upbeat sound as the narrative starts to develop and this is shown by the sound and represents the mood of the scene via use of the sound. Soundtrack is used in thrillers to add to character representation and enchance the effectiveness of the scene.Our second use of editing consists of a point of view from the character troy , this is a effective shot as it allows the audiecne to view the scene through his eyes and feel an intake of his postion. The point of view shot is conventional to thrillers as it can help produce a character profile and develop more emotion for the character.
Third use of elements :
Our third camera shot used is a mid-shot , our character troy is shot in his secret location , a mid shot contains ther character from waist upwards , this shot is effective as it allows the audiecne to identify what the character is wearing and what the clothing represents , furthermore this shot is effective as it includes the facail emotions and body language and therefore shows the characters all round expression which is a factor when describing why the mid-shot is a conventional thriller camera shot. Our third use of sound is a startling sudden sound which represents the characters emotions when he discovers the syumbolic props, we think this is an effective and conventional use of sound as the audeicne can identify the current mood of the scene via the use of the sound. Our third use of editing is the use of a shot reverse shot , from the item to the characters face then back to the item , this is effective as it allows the audiecne to create an idea of the purpose of the relationship with the character and the item. Shot reverse shot is conventional to thrillers as they are usally assiocated with conversations between characters which are used in signifcent parts in films and therefore could deciate the rest of the narrative.
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Monday, 28 November 2011
Planning The Sound - Done -
Sound Planning
Sound is important in the film world as it is a micro element that can provide atmosphere and emotion within a scene , and can cause a desired audeicne response. I believe it is important to think about the sound especially in thriller films it can add to the tension created by the narrative or the scene and therefore provide the audiecne with a further understanding of what is going on , furthermore the sound can also help the audeicne predict what is going to happen.
Some of the conventional uses of sound in thrillers are :
Sound is important in the film world as it is a micro element that can provide atmosphere and emotion within a scene , and can cause a desired audeicne response. I believe it is important to think about the sound especially in thriller films it can add to the tension created by the narrative or the scene and therefore provide the audiecne with a further understanding of what is going on , furthermore the sound can also help the audeicne predict what is going to happen.
Some of the conventional uses of sound in thrillers are :
- Non-Digectic sound is used to enchance the tension in the scene and therefore create extra supsense , the most common examples of non-digectic sounds are soundtracks.
- Parrell sound reflects what is happening in the scene
- Degectic sound is used to enchance the realistic pleasure of films , digectic sound includes dialogue nor other sounds where you can see where they are coming from.
- Off-screen is a the sound where you can hear it but can not see where it is coming from , a prime example of this is footsteps off scene.
- Non-Diegectic sound will feature in my film when our main character Troy appears , this will be effective as it will develop the audiecnes character portofilio of him , and therefore he will be labelled as the angtansist due to the negative music being present. Non digectic is a conventional sound technique as it can enhance and increase the viewing pleasure as the music could represent a theme or feeling in which in terms of a thriller would be fear and excitement.
- Off screen Sound will be used in my film where there is a point of view shot , the sound we hear is heavy breathing , we can not see where this sound is coming from and therefore is off screen. Off screen sound is an effective sound technque as it can scare the audeicne as they dont know when it is going to happen this is a reason why it is conventional to the thriller genre.
- Digectic sound will be used when our character throws the chain on the bench and you can hear the chain crashing to the bench , this is a effective use of sound as it allows the use of natural and realistic sound to take place.
- On-screen sound will be used used in my thriller when the female character , julia is screaming during her kidnapping ordeal. On screen sound is an effective choice as the audiecne can see where the sound is coming from , and therefore the scene is realistic as the image is reflectived in the scound. On screen sound is conventional to the genre thriller as it can express the emotion of the scene in terms of sound and therefore increase the tension or fear created by the scene.
- Parallel sound will be used in my film when the male character troy is physically overpowering the female character Julia during the alleyway scene , this is an effective sound technique as the scene becomes more realistic due to raw sounds only being used , which is therefore conventional as the audience can witness the violence and infer what's going to happen via the introduction of the parallel sound.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Planning the cinematograhy and Editing. ( Updated )
Cinematography Planning
The Element of Cinematography is essentional in films due to the effect , emotions and meanings it can create within a film. It is important to think about the way cinmeatograpghy is used within a film as it can portray the storyline , create a relayionship with the audeicne or even enchance the audiences viewing pleasure.Cinematographgy is used in thrillers to produce the emotions of thrills , fear and excitement.
Some of our conevntional thriller cinematograpghy elements we included were camera angles , we used camera angles such as point of view shot to create a relationship with the audiecne and character as the shot allows the audiecne to see what the character see's and therefore feel as they are in their shoes and feel what they feel. The movement in our film is effective and conventional as it is free-flowing , for example , the camera isnt in a fixed postion during a scene and therefore , this creates a realistic effect and makes the scene more believeable.
The cinematograpghy I plan to use in my thriller conists of the following :
1.Close-up will be used when the character is about to produce a set of emotions for example , about to cry or scream , i think this camera shot is effective as it allows the audiecne to become more intreative with the scene by feeling closer to the action , this is a conventional camera shot as the use of the shot can change the characters thoughts or emotions for example if the character is crying , the audiecne can sympathise with the character and therefore have a relationship with them.
2.Panning will be used to rotate around a scene , this is effective as it allows the audiecne to visualise the scene from diiferent and varied points of views , furthermore i think this is an effective chioce as the scene is kept free flowing and kept with raw emotion. Panning will be used in my film in the scene where our character julia is held captive by the character troy , the camera will pann/rotate around the scene to show where the character is , the use of panning is effective and conventional as it can develop a sense of dissulion and confusion.
3.Point of view shot is effective as it allows the audiecne to have an insight from the characters view as well as interact with the scene. Our point of view shot is used where our main character troy has held our other female character , the camera is postioned where our character would be to show what our character is feeling and what postion they are in , this is effective as it allows our audience to be invovled in the scene and create a relationship with the character.
4.etablishing shot will be used when we enter a new scene , i have chosen to use this as it is an effective method to introduce the audiecne to a new scene or location , an example of where we will be using this shot is where our main character is following our female character into a new area this is conventional as it will confuse the audiecne into making assumpotions about what is going to happen.
5.Extreme close up is similar to close up as it is postioned towards the characters top half , however extreme close up is usally used to show the characters face or facail expressions. Extreme close up will be used in the captive scene where our female character julia is bieng force fed by our male character troy , the camera will be zoomed in on the mouth to show the food going in and also it will show the characters emotion. This shot is conventional as it can create fear due to the intensity and gore it can create , furthermore we allow to witness the characters emotions reacting to events that occur in the scene.
6.High angle will be used when our characters are in conversation with each other , this is an effective way of shooting our scene as it allows the audiecne to see the whole scene take place whilst focussing on the characters. The characters that will feature in this scene are Brad and julie , this is also a clinical part in our film as the conversation is a key point. High angles are conventional to a thriller because it can highlight the important scenes and signifcent ones and show when theres is a signifcent moment.
7.Low angle will be used in the kidnapping scene , this is the only example of the low angle shot as it is used the show the signifecene. The kidnapping scene is lowlight and therefore we thought it was also effective to use a low angle shot to also illustrate the characters feeling of useless in the scene , which reflects the inferoir emotion. Low angle is conventional to thriller as it can create the emotions of fear and excitement.
Editing Planning
Editing is important in films as it can allow the audience to become more invovled with the narrative as editing can create a free flowing fil via use of scene translation. I believe it is important to think about the editing, espeicsally in thriller films because the editing can enchance the fear created in the film and develop the emotions created , which in this istance are fear and excitement.
Some of the conventional uses of editing in thrillers are slow motion which slows the scene down is a unrealisrtic manor , slow paced editing which slows the translations of the film , fast paced editng which increases the speed of the tranmslations.
The editing I plan to use in my thriller consists of the following :
1.Slow paced editing will be used when our character troy is smelling his exgirlfriends scarf this is effective as it demonstrates troys emotions of love towards the character of julia , i have chosen to use this as it represents our character and gives us an intake of his personailty. Slow pace editing is conventional to thrillers as it can change the mood of a scene from love to hate.
2.Jump cut is a translation that creates a sense of suprise as it allows us to move from one scene from another , Jump cut is used in our scene to present our flashbacks , we jump from the sniffing of the scarf scene which translate into the memory of the scarf scene. Jump cut is conventional to thrillers as it can ecnhacne the feeling of excitement by creating a thrill effect.
3.Fast paced editing is used to keep a high pace scene when translating and further the tempo , we used this when the angtangist character is following the other two characters , this is effective as it creates tension and adds to the emotion gained by the audiecne from the film.
4.Straight Cut is a cut that is most effective when wanting to keep the pace of a scene while translation , it is used in our film to show where the character is going and where his location is , for example where we are filimg near the flats.
5.Wipe Cut - is a transition that swipes one scene into another , this will be used within our thriller film when the chatacer troy runs out of his hidden location which is our first scene. I have chosen to use this cut as it allows the scenes to gently translate without adapting the audiecnes focus . this cut is conventional to a thriller as it chagnes the scenes from location to location , or , character to character without chagning the mood of the scene or taking away tension , furthermore , it may create excitement for the audiecne as it can be used when the audiecne doesnt expeact it and therefore come as a suprise.
6.Reaction shot - is a shot in which the following shot reacts to the previous one , and therefore allows the scene to flow within a naturally and relaistic manor. This shot will be used within my thriller when our chracaters Julie and Brad meet up , brad hands julia the necklace , in which we cut to her to show how she reacts to the gesture , which also allows us to etsablish thier relationship. This is a shot conventional to thriller as it shows how the characters interact and allows the audiecne to dinstinguish how the scene will commense further on within the film.
7. Fade to black is a cut that dissovles the scene into darkness , this will be used within our thriller when our character julie wakes up from her kidnapping m this allows
Cinematography and editing styles are important within a film as they are the spine of the films as they create what the audience see and influence the pace of the film in terms of editing as editing can provide the scenes to speed up or slow down via the use of the transitions.
The Element of Cinematography is essentional in films due to the effect , emotions and meanings it can create within a film. It is important to think about the way cinmeatograpghy is used within a film as it can portray the storyline , create a relayionship with the audeicne or even enchance the audiences viewing pleasure.Cinematographgy is used in thrillers to produce the emotions of thrills , fear and excitement.
Some of our conevntional thriller cinematograpghy elements we included were camera angles , we used camera angles such as point of view shot to create a relationship with the audiecne and character as the shot allows the audiecne to see what the character see's and therefore feel as they are in their shoes and feel what they feel. The movement in our film is effective and conventional as it is free-flowing , for example , the camera isnt in a fixed postion during a scene and therefore , this creates a realistic effect and makes the scene more believeable.
The cinematograpghy I plan to use in my thriller conists of the following :
1.Close-up will be used when the character is about to produce a set of emotions for example , about to cry or scream , i think this camera shot is effective as it allows the audiecne to become more intreative with the scene by feeling closer to the action , this is a conventional camera shot as the use of the shot can change the characters thoughts or emotions for example if the character is crying , the audiecne can sympathise with the character and therefore have a relationship with them.
2.Panning will be used to rotate around a scene , this is effective as it allows the audiecne to visualise the scene from diiferent and varied points of views , furthermore i think this is an effective chioce as the scene is kept free flowing and kept with raw emotion. Panning will be used in my film in the scene where our character julia is held captive by the character troy , the camera will pann/rotate around the scene to show where the character is , the use of panning is effective and conventional as it can develop a sense of dissulion and confusion.
3.Point of view shot is effective as it allows the audiecne to have an insight from the characters view as well as interact with the scene. Our point of view shot is used where our main character troy has held our other female character , the camera is postioned where our character would be to show what our character is feeling and what postion they are in , this is effective as it allows our audience to be invovled in the scene and create a relationship with the character.
4.etablishing shot will be used when we enter a new scene , i have chosen to use this as it is an effective method to introduce the audiecne to a new scene or location , an example of where we will be using this shot is where our main character is following our female character into a new area this is conventional as it will confuse the audiecne into making assumpotions about what is going to happen.
5.Extreme close up is similar to close up as it is postioned towards the characters top half , however extreme close up is usally used to show the characters face or facail expressions. Extreme close up will be used in the captive scene where our female character julia is bieng force fed by our male character troy , the camera will be zoomed in on the mouth to show the food going in and also it will show the characters emotion. This shot is conventional as it can create fear due to the intensity and gore it can create , furthermore we allow to witness the characters emotions reacting to events that occur in the scene.
6.High angle will be used when our characters are in conversation with each other , this is an effective way of shooting our scene as it allows the audiecne to see the whole scene take place whilst focussing on the characters. The characters that will feature in this scene are Brad and julie , this is also a clinical part in our film as the conversation is a key point. High angles are conventional to a thriller because it can highlight the important scenes and signifcent ones and show when theres is a signifcent moment.
7.Low angle will be used in the kidnapping scene , this is the only example of the low angle shot as it is used the show the signifecene. The kidnapping scene is lowlight and therefore we thought it was also effective to use a low angle shot to also illustrate the characters feeling of useless in the scene , which reflects the inferoir emotion. Low angle is conventional to thriller as it can create the emotions of fear and excitement.
Editing Planning
Editing is important in films as it can allow the audience to become more invovled with the narrative as editing can create a free flowing fil via use of scene translation. I believe it is important to think about the editing, espeicsally in thriller films because the editing can enchance the fear created in the film and develop the emotions created , which in this istance are fear and excitement.
Some of the conventional uses of editing in thrillers are slow motion which slows the scene down is a unrealisrtic manor , slow paced editing which slows the translations of the film , fast paced editng which increases the speed of the tranmslations.
The editing I plan to use in my thriller consists of the following :
1.Slow paced editing will be used when our character troy is smelling his exgirlfriends scarf this is effective as it demonstrates troys emotions of love towards the character of julia , i have chosen to use this as it represents our character and gives us an intake of his personailty. Slow pace editing is conventional to thrillers as it can change the mood of a scene from love to hate.
2.Jump cut is a translation that creates a sense of suprise as it allows us to move from one scene from another , Jump cut is used in our scene to present our flashbacks , we jump from the sniffing of the scarf scene which translate into the memory of the scarf scene. Jump cut is conventional to thrillers as it can ecnhacne the feeling of excitement by creating a thrill effect.
3.Fast paced editing is used to keep a high pace scene when translating and further the tempo , we used this when the angtangist character is following the other two characters , this is effective as it creates tension and adds to the emotion gained by the audiecne from the film.
4.Straight Cut is a cut that is most effective when wanting to keep the pace of a scene while translation , it is used in our film to show where the character is going and where his location is , for example where we are filimg near the flats.
5.Wipe Cut - is a transition that swipes one scene into another , this will be used within our thriller film when the chatacer troy runs out of his hidden location which is our first scene. I have chosen to use this cut as it allows the scenes to gently translate without adapting the audiecnes focus . this cut is conventional to a thriller as it chagnes the scenes from location to location , or , character to character without chagning the mood of the scene or taking away tension , furthermore , it may create excitement for the audiecne as it can be used when the audiecne doesnt expeact it and therefore come as a suprise.
6.Reaction shot - is a shot in which the following shot reacts to the previous one , and therefore allows the scene to flow within a naturally and relaistic manor. This shot will be used within my thriller when our chracaters Julie and Brad meet up , brad hands julia the necklace , in which we cut to her to show how she reacts to the gesture , which also allows us to etsablish thier relationship. This is a shot conventional to thriller as it shows how the characters interact and allows the audiecne to dinstinguish how the scene will commense further on within the film.
7. Fade to black is a cut that dissovles the scene into darkness , this will be used within our thriller when our character julie wakes up from her kidnapping m this allows
Cinematography and editing styles are important within a film as they are the spine of the films as they create what the audience see and influence the pace of the film in terms of editing as editing can provide the scenes to speed up or slow down via the use of the transitions.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Opening Credits & Typography (Updated)
Opening credits are sitauted at the biginning of a movie ; credits include the production team , sound techinans , and the main actors in the film. Opening credits are used to bring the audiecne into the movie mindframe and prepare them for the movie ,by the use of sound , visual effects and typography which describes the type of font they use.
Thriller opening credits contain weary sounds that allow the audiecne to feel the emotion of curoisuty or fear , this allows them to become intrested in the film and make them continue watching it. The visual effects used in thrillers often contain blood or use of the weapons which show the content of the film and can slowly introduce the opening scene via use of the credits. The typographgy usally includes the main actors names , this is used so the aiudicne can identify the most famous and signficent roiles in the play and can therefore see if thier favourite actors are in the film.
Se7en Opening Credits :
The visual effects , which describes everything you see , are effective in se7en as they contain elements of the film. We can infer that religon and obession are going to be a theme or aspect of the film as we see religous related words as well as newspaper articles cut out to show thier importance to the character. We can also infer that the character is un-ordinary as there as pictures of body parts as well as medical kits , which therefore makes the audiecne feel confused , and supicous of the upcoming narrative and how the pictures reflect it.
The sound used in the opening credits of the film se7en is used to create fear and set up the audiecne for the rest of the fiilm ; the sound does this by fading in and out by using 'screechy' sounds as well as weary noises, these sounds are conventionally to thrillers and they create the emotions of fear and excitement.
In terms of typogragphy the opening credits of se7en is effective as the font is conventuional to a thriller as it is un-edged , and fits into the background without standing out or blending in , Firthermore the use of typography to show the actors is effective as the most common actors feature first.
Our opening scene and credits :
Our opening credits will be conventional to a thriller as we will included all our directors and actor information within a bold , crackled font in red , this will be horror like and the credits will excerise the fear that will be shown in our film.Futhermore within our credits/opening scene , the shot is panning which also allows the audiecne to view the earlier uses of location and icongraphy.
Anaysling se7en has benefited me as i have discovered the key features what an effective opening credits must contain , and therefore have noted the elements that i need to include within mine, furthermore i have etablished what a opening credit must contain in order to achieve its genre. Se7en has also inpsired me as I have included varouis objects in the film within the opening credits , such as books, jewerlly and dolls, all objects that have a mysteroius and dark effect. I will also feature asoects of se7en as i will use a font style similar to thiers as it will be more coventional due to the sharp edges of the text.
Thriller opening credits contain weary sounds that allow the audiecne to feel the emotion of curoisuty or fear , this allows them to become intrested in the film and make them continue watching it. The visual effects used in thrillers often contain blood or use of the weapons which show the content of the film and can slowly introduce the opening scene via use of the credits. The typographgy usally includes the main actors names , this is used so the aiudicne can identify the most famous and signficent roiles in the play and can therefore see if thier favourite actors are in the film.
Se7en Opening Credits :
The visual effects , which describes everything you see , are effective in se7en as they contain elements of the film. We can infer that religon and obession are going to be a theme or aspect of the film as we see religous related words as well as newspaper articles cut out to show thier importance to the character. We can also infer that the character is un-ordinary as there as pictures of body parts as well as medical kits , which therefore makes the audiecne feel confused , and supicous of the upcoming narrative and how the pictures reflect it.
The sound used in the opening credits of the film se7en is used to create fear and set up the audiecne for the rest of the fiilm ; the sound does this by fading in and out by using 'screechy' sounds as well as weary noises, these sounds are conventionally to thrillers and they create the emotions of fear and excitement.
In terms of typogragphy the opening credits of se7en is effective as the font is conventuional to a thriller as it is un-edged , and fits into the background without standing out or blending in , Firthermore the use of typography to show the actors is effective as the most common actors feature first.
Our opening scene and credits :
Our opening credits will be conventional to a thriller as we will included all our directors and actor information within a bold , crackled font in red , this will be horror like and the credits will excerise the fear that will be shown in our film.Futhermore within our credits/opening scene , the shot is panning which also allows the audiecne to view the earlier uses of location and icongraphy.
Anaysling se7en has benefited me as i have discovered the key features what an effective opening credits must contain , and therefore have noted the elements that i need to include within mine, furthermore i have etablished what a opening credit must contain in order to achieve its genre. Se7en has also inpsired me as I have included varouis objects in the film within the opening credits , such as books, jewerlly and dolls, all objects that have a mysteroius and dark effect. I will also feature asoects of se7en as i will use a font style similar to thiers as it will be more coventional due to the sharp edges of the text.
Monday, 14 November 2011
Pre Production ( Updated )
Pre production schedule is important within the film world as it allows the directors to plan as well as notfiy the actors and crew what the script consists of , pre prodiction consists of -
Production schedule :
This a informative paper which contains the crew and actors role in the film as well as thier personal information and how to contact them. Production schedule also contains when they are need and for which scenes they are needed.
Risk aseseemnt : this is important as it notfitys the actors and crew the possible risks of the shotting of the film and also covers insaurance.
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Release and Consent form allows the particaption of the actors to be offical and is a contract between the directors and actors.
Pre-production is important within the development of a film as it provides the cast and crew information such as where the film is , when the film is and what saftey measures are going to be taken , which is need for health and safety rules as well as notfiy everyone thats taking part the risks.
Character representation (updated)
Character Representation is the idea of how the character is portrayed via the use of clothing , background , attitude and appearance ; Character representation can be used before we are officially introduced to the character , there clothing could dictate there personality as a character and their role in the film , for example , antagonists are usually assiocated with dark colours such as black to represent negativity. Whereas , on the other hand , protagonists usually wear colours such as white , which symbolise a positive emotion as well as purity. Character Representation is important to a films as they allow the audiecne to create relationships with the characters and therefore develop feelings for them , and further understanding of the character's role in the film.
It is important for us to develop characters that are conventional to a thriller , the characters we have created are the following :
- Our characters: Troy is an 19 year old male who is of st Lucian descent , his purpose within the film is to provide the violecne as he is portrayed as physoctic , due to his broken heart and his thirst for revenge. This character will appear to the audiecne as they can expeirecne tough emotional times during break ups.
- Our other main character is julia , who is the ex-girlfriend of Troy , she is also 19 years old and is portrayed as a promiscuous teen who likes to play with boys,however what the audeicne don't know is that she likes attention due to her previous childhood which contained the expiercne of her mother dying , then witnessing her father become a depressive acholic and therefore she received no attention.This character will appeal to our audiecne as some of them may have had expeircne with ex's.
- Our other character in the film is a 22 year old called brad , who is portrayed as sophisticated and wealthy due to his practises as a physicist, he has a important role in the film as he becomes the new boyfriend of julia , which triggers the outrage from troy. his clothes are bright which shoiws he is a postive and ivting character as his wears sand colours trousers with a white t shirt and blue jacket.
It is important for your audiecne to develop an relationship with the characters as they will develop further understanding the scene or narrative ; we will develop a character/auiecne relationship by showing a former lover in our film who is obsessed with his ex, hopefully our audiecne would be able to relate to this and have expiercne of the characters emotions and therefore sympathis , furthermore we also have a boyfriend character who are male audeicne can see themselves in and therefore develop feelings for the character in a friendly sense , and sympathise for his situation.
Our characters are represented in different ways and have different appearances/personalities so that our film appeals to a wide range of audeicne , and also can approach diiferent levels or classes of society. Our character troy was a working class 19 year old who had minimal trouble with the police before he had turn't 'mad with love' , our audience could relate to him as he was an average person who just turn't crazy due to life changing events. Whereas other sections of our audiecne could relate to the character of julia's new boyfriend who is represented as middle class , due to the gifts he buys the girlfriend and the bright-coloured clothes he wears, which shows a contrast between him and troy , and troy is clothed in all black clothes to represent his negativity. Our female character , julia , is an effective character as she represents women who have had ups and downs with the element of love ; we show how her previous relationships have caught up with her and had an negative impact on her . Julia is wearing a Red stylish baseball jacket , the colour red has two quotical meanings - it could represent love , which is a reoccurring theme withing this thriller as well as violence/death as the red symbolises the blood.
Screen Shots / Images that were used within of our film -
This is a shot of our character julias boyfriend , we do not learn his name during the film. We think his clothes are effective as there is a balance between purity and youth , the purity and idea of positive living is shown within the white he is wearing , however , on the other hand , the colours such as blue illustrate his youth fullness and 'boyish' behaviour.
This is the character julia , her clothing is effective as the colour red symbolises the idea of death and love , however the use of the casual t shirt underneath her jacket also symbolises that she is still young and still has the idea of youth around her , this is effective as the audiecne can eststablish that she isn't fully grown and still has that immaturity about her, and therefore still has a lot to learn in life.
This is the character of troy , his coustume is made of of a black tracksuit , this reflects two apsects , firstly the use of the colour black connotes the idea of negativity and shows that he has a dark side , furthermore he is in a tracksuit which shows he has came out for a purpose and also doesnt want to stand out or be noticed which therefore shows the purpose of the plan he has.
Coustume is important within the idea of character representation as it can allow you to etablish the type of character they are as well as the role they have within the film or scene. We used coustume in order to reflect the purpose of the character or the personailty they have , which was effective as it allowed our audience to develop emotion for the character as they can infer what they are going to do or how they feel in the perticular scene due to the use of coustume.
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Questionnaire Results with Pie Chart ( Done )
Our questionaire gave us an intake of possible viewers opinons nad thoughts , we dicussed the feedback and tallyed the results into varoius tables and pie charts.
These were the set of questions we asked our audience -
Feed back from questionnaire
Question One - Our target audience suggested that they would expect to see a 15 - 18 age rating on a thriller film , this was a beneficial answer as our film will be aged at 15 , which would therefore allow us to have a larger audience ,furthermore we would be able to have a 15 rating as our film doesn't have much use of violence or anything offensive or disturbing for those around the age of 15.
Question Two - The target audience said that they would expect to see a murder ,kidnapping or castrophrospic event within a thriller film , this helped us develop our narrative as we included a kidnapping within our film, and therefore , by using this question we made our thrillers narrative become a conventional one.
Question Three - The target audiecne naswered by saying , they would expeact to see a dark excluded location , we followed this refernce by using two locations that fitted this description that were the ''alley'' and the ''hideout'' which are both dark due to the low key lighting.
Question Four - The target audience suggested they iconography they would expeact to see what rope , weapons etc.. we followed this to an extent as we tied up the fmale character , however , we used celleotape to represent the improvisation and experiecne of the character , which helped the representation of the character.
Question Five - The type of characters our audiecne suggested were contasted , they said theyw ould expeact to see an innocent character or the vitcim and a killer or 'baddy' (angtanist) , we once again fufilled this as our characer troy is a bad character as he kidnaps our innocent character julia , and therefore our characters can be classed as conventional as they live up to the expectations of the audience.
Question Six - The audience suggested the themes they would expect to see were : love, violence , hate , pyscotic , murder , revenge . The themes we went for were revenge , love and pyshoctic, which where all implemented by the character troy and his obsession of Julia.
As a group we developed another questionaire to get a all round view of the audiecne -
the questions were as follows :
These questions were effective as they allowed us to target the audiecne and create a film that would appeal to their needs
The response we received was :
these results therefore dictated us towards choosing thriller as our genre as it was the more dominate answer and therefore would have the largest abundance in terms of audience and popularity.
We also used these figures within an pie chart :
the results of this pie chart allowed my group to pin point that the most important element within thier idea of an thriller was sequence we therfore took note of this and made sure to included it within our narrative in order to entertain our target audiecne.
The questionaires and research methods were effective as they allowed me and my group to recieve a number of results which dictated key elements in which we needed to included within our thriller and therefore helped us in developing our narrative and film as a succesfull thriller.
Audience feedback is important as it can allow you to improve your film , furthermore , it can help you as a director when aiming for a conventional thriller as it describes what the audiecne is expeacting to see and indicates how you should achieve this.
These were the set of questions we asked our audience -
Question One - Our target audience suggested that they would expect to see a 15 - 18 age rating on a thriller film , this was a beneficial answer as our film will be aged at 15 , which would therefore allow us to have a larger audience ,furthermore we would be able to have a 15 rating as our film doesn't have much use of violence or anything offensive or disturbing for those around the age of 15.
Question Two - The target audience said that they would expect to see a murder ,kidnapping or castrophrospic event within a thriller film , this helped us develop our narrative as we included a kidnapping within our film, and therefore , by using this question we made our thrillers narrative become a conventional one.
Question Three - The target audiecne naswered by saying , they would expeact to see a dark excluded location , we followed this refernce by using two locations that fitted this description that were the ''alley'' and the ''hideout'' which are both dark due to the low key lighting.
Question Four - The target audience suggested they iconography they would expeact to see what rope , weapons etc.. we followed this to an extent as we tied up the fmale character , however , we used celleotape to represent the improvisation and experiecne of the character , which helped the representation of the character.
Question Five - The type of characters our audiecne suggested were contasted , they said theyw ould expeact to see an innocent character or the vitcim and a killer or 'baddy' (angtanist) , we once again fufilled this as our characer troy is a bad character as he kidnaps our innocent character julia , and therefore our characters can be classed as conventional as they live up to the expectations of the audience.
Question Six - The audience suggested the themes they would expect to see were : love, violence , hate , pyscotic , murder , revenge . The themes we went for were revenge , love and pyshoctic, which where all implemented by the character troy and his obsession of Julia.
As a group we developed another questionaire to get a all round view of the audiecne -
the questions were as follows :
These questions were effective as they allowed us to target the audiecne and create a film that would appeal to their needs
The response we received was :
these results therefore dictated us towards choosing thriller as our genre as it was the more dominate answer and therefore would have the largest abundance in terms of audience and popularity.
We also used these figures within an pie chart :
The questionaires and research methods were effective as they allowed me and my group to recieve a number of results which dictated key elements in which we needed to included within our thriller and therefore helped us in developing our narrative and film as a succesfull thriller.
Audience feedback is important as it can allow you to improve your film , furthermore , it can help you as a director when aiming for a conventional thriller as it describes what the audiecne is expeacting to see and indicates how you should achieve this.
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Mise En Scene ( Updated )
Mise en scene invovles all aspects that are witnessed in the scene or film , they can add to the effectiveness of the film as well as enhance the viewing pleasure ; mise-en-scene is a french term for the design of the scene , the elements invovled in the design of the scene are , setting and iconograpghy , coustumes , hair and make-up , poistioning , facail and body langauge , and lighting and colour.
Setting and iconography :
Our setting invovles an alleyway , park and a house , which are all realistic scenarys for which our audiecne may have expeirecned. Our alleyway is conventional towards a thriller setting as it is dark , narrow and quiet therefore if anything was to happen there the vitcim would be in trouble as it would be hard to escape. our Park setting is effective as it is an open space and holds alot of natural light ; a park is also effective as our audiecne can postion themsevles there and feel invovled within the scene. Our House/Living room is conventional as it is an urban setting and therefore the charatcters or audiecne wouldn't expect anthing to happen here , and therefore creates thrills via the excitement.
This is the location known as the 'alley' where the kidnapping takes place , this is considered to be a urban setting due to the sourrounding , this is an effective location for a thriller as it is dark and excluded and therefore it is conventional.
This is the location known as the 'street' where the characters julia and brad meet up , this is a pinical scene as the item 'the necklace' is exchanged. this location is effective as it is bright and suburban , this location isnt very conventional of a thriller however , this scene is meant to be contrasted to the next , and therefore is effective.
This is our location , 'the house' where the character troy is holding julia captive , it is conventional as it is an average house , in which the audiecne can relate to as they may have similar rooms in which creates a realistic feeling of the scene.
The Iconography used in our scenes mainly reflects the Horror / Fear aspect as we used weapons that are conventional considered to reflect fear such as knives and ropes , Other props that are used in our film are photographs , which are a fundamental tool in our play as they signifny a signifcent point in the film where the characters emotions change and therefore add to the viewing pleasure.
Coustumes , hair and make up :
Coustume is a key part of any film , the colours have be colorquiroal and therefore via the use of colour reflect a feeling , or a certain style of clothing may reflect the time period or location of the film. Our coustume for our main nmale character will have change to go along with his emotion , for example at the start of the film his clothing will be casual however , as the scenes go on we see a colour change to black and formal which will show how his mindst has became more negative. On the other hand , our female character will wear a colourful dress to reprsent she is happy as well as her sexualiaty.
The hair of our main male character will deteraite as the film goes on , he will start well groom however his look will deteraite as the film goes on to reflect his mental and physical state.
Make up is used within the fil world to edit the characters opinon either to look better on camera or to add to the characters profile appearence or facail emotion , make up will be used within our film to show how are character is bieng effected by the issues , we will use a black shaded eye liner , which will show that our character is losing sleep and therefore has black bags on his eyes to symbolise this.
Postioning of characters :
Postioning of the characters change reflect his postion in the socail aspect of the film , for example if he appears higher within the camera's view this could implinant that his in superior in socail class or status , wheras , if the character is lower than the other could reflect his is inferoir and therefore considered to be lower within the socail class. Postioning in our film will represent our main character as superior as the film follows him , rather than our other characters. Our character is pointionsed at the front of the camera in most of the scenes as it shows he is what the camera is focused on and how we are portraying his life.
Postioning of objects in a scene describes were you will see the objects , this is important as the characters will know where the props are when needed and the cameraman will also know where to focus the camera on , our props are psotioned differently in each scene to portray the constant change in our char4acetrs emotion , the objects we use in our scene for the background are tables and chairs to show we are in a domestic enviroment.
Facail expressions and body language :
Facail expressions are effective within films as it shows a close up of the characters emotion and therefore could show an intake of what there really feeling. Body langauge is also effective in a film as it shows what the character is feeling via the use of the pyshical stance. Our facial expressions will mostly consist of anger , our character will reflect this via a clinch facail expression using his cheeks.Body language will mainly be used by our actor tre uses plays 'Troy' the main male character in the film , he will express emotion and anger by use of body language by shwoing how he is alwaysing tensing which also shows he is in distress.
Lighting and colour :
Lighting and colour can express what time of day or location the scene is , as well as describe which genre the film is . The most common lighting methods for thrillers are low key , high key and natural , Low key is effective as it creates shadows , which we will use in our play when the scene of the alleyway takes place to create a sense of fear. High key uses high instensity which varoius outbursts of light , this will be used in the house scene as thier as flames where the character is setting light to a photograph. Natural light is where hardly any lighting effects are added to enchance the light of the scene , our example of this is the park scene where we will let the natural light be the effect instead of introducing backgrounds lights , this is an effective method of lighting as it is relaistic as well as a simple way of shoting a scene.
Mise en scene is important within a film as it can improve the success of your film as there are key aspects that will improve your audiecnes viewing pleasure.We assesd each mirco element , and were therefore able to pinpoint when we were going to use them in orer to create effect.
Setting and iconography :
Our setting invovles an alleyway , park and a house , which are all realistic scenarys for which our audiecne may have expeirecned. Our alleyway is conventional towards a thriller setting as it is dark , narrow and quiet therefore if anything was to happen there the vitcim would be in trouble as it would be hard to escape. our Park setting is effective as it is an open space and holds alot of natural light ; a park is also effective as our audiecne can postion themsevles there and feel invovled within the scene. Our House/Living room is conventional as it is an urban setting and therefore the charatcters or audiecne wouldn't expect anthing to happen here , and therefore creates thrills via the excitement.
This is the location known as the 'alley' where the kidnapping takes place , this is considered to be a urban setting due to the sourrounding , this is an effective location for a thriller as it is dark and excluded and therefore it is conventional.
This is the location known as the 'street' where the characters julia and brad meet up , this is a pinical scene as the item 'the necklace' is exchanged. this location is effective as it is bright and suburban , this location isnt very conventional of a thriller however , this scene is meant to be contrasted to the next , and therefore is effective.
This is our location , 'the house' where the character troy is holding julia captive , it is conventional as it is an average house , in which the audiecne can relate to as they may have similar rooms in which creates a realistic feeling of the scene.
The Iconography used in our scenes mainly reflects the Horror / Fear aspect as we used weapons that are conventional considered to reflect fear such as knives and ropes , Other props that are used in our film are photographs , which are a fundamental tool in our play as they signifny a signifcent point in the film where the characters emotions change and therefore add to the viewing pleasure.
Coustumes , hair and make up :
Coustume is a key part of any film , the colours have be colorquiroal and therefore via the use of colour reflect a feeling , or a certain style of clothing may reflect the time period or location of the film. Our coustume for our main nmale character will have change to go along with his emotion , for example at the start of the film his clothing will be casual however , as the scenes go on we see a colour change to black and formal which will show how his mindst has became more negative. On the other hand , our female character will wear a colourful dress to reprsent she is happy as well as her sexualiaty.
The hair of our main male character will deteraite as the film goes on , he will start well groom however his look will deteraite as the film goes on to reflect his mental and physical state.
Make up is used within the fil world to edit the characters opinon either to look better on camera or to add to the characters profile appearence or facail emotion , make up will be used within our film to show how are character is bieng effected by the issues , we will use a black shaded eye liner , which will show that our character is losing sleep and therefore has black bags on his eyes to symbolise this.
Postioning of characters :
Postioning of the characters change reflect his postion in the socail aspect of the film , for example if he appears higher within the camera's view this could implinant that his in superior in socail class or status , wheras , if the character is lower than the other could reflect his is inferoir and therefore considered to be lower within the socail class. Postioning in our film will represent our main character as superior as the film follows him , rather than our other characters. Our character is pointionsed at the front of the camera in most of the scenes as it shows he is what the camera is focused on and how we are portraying his life.
Postioning of objects in a scene describes were you will see the objects , this is important as the characters will know where the props are when needed and the cameraman will also know where to focus the camera on , our props are psotioned differently in each scene to portray the constant change in our char4acetrs emotion , the objects we use in our scene for the background are tables and chairs to show we are in a domestic enviroment.
Facail expressions and body language :
Facail expressions are effective within films as it shows a close up of the characters emotion and therefore could show an intake of what there really feeling. Body langauge is also effective in a film as it shows what the character is feeling via the use of the pyshical stance. Our facial expressions will mostly consist of anger , our character will reflect this via a clinch facail expression using his cheeks.Body language will mainly be used by our actor tre uses plays 'Troy' the main male character in the film , he will express emotion and anger by use of body language by shwoing how he is alwaysing tensing which also shows he is in distress.
Lighting and colour :
Lighting and colour can express what time of day or location the scene is , as well as describe which genre the film is . The most common lighting methods for thrillers are low key , high key and natural , Low key is effective as it creates shadows , which we will use in our play when the scene of the alleyway takes place to create a sense of fear. High key uses high instensity which varoius outbursts of light , this will be used in the house scene as thier as flames where the character is setting light to a photograph. Natural light is where hardly any lighting effects are added to enchance the light of the scene , our example of this is the park scene where we will let the natural light be the effect instead of introducing backgrounds lights , this is an effective method of lighting as it is relaistic as well as a simple way of shoting a scene.
Mise en scene is important within a film as it can improve the success of your film as there are key aspects that will improve your audiecnes viewing pleasure.We assesd each mirco element , and were therefore able to pinpoint when we were going to use them in orer to create effect.
Monday, 7 November 2011
StoryBoard .. ( Updated - with orginal storyboards )
Storyboard
A storyboard is used to set out and plan the scenes , this helps as it sets out the scenes in a chronologilocal order , and holds information such as props , locations and elements needed in the scene. Storyboards can be wriiten or illustrated , which can contain a short description of the scene via a short narrative paragraph , or there can be a collection of images that portray what is happening in the scene and the direction of the scene.
Storyboard 2
Our storyboard was planned out by using a collection of images that portray where the scene location is , then we wrote a description of the scene below ; the storyboard planner held information such as cinematographys which included which camera shots were used in the scene. Location which includes where the scene is held , props include the incongrapghy which describes the items that are used within the scene. Lighting which is what source of light is going to be used , the actors used in the scene are who play the characters , dialogue is the speech used in the scene.
1st Storyboard -
6th storyboard
Storyboards are important as they allow the director and cameraman to follow the plan of the film and allow the cameraman to know what camera shots he/she has to shoot in order to fufill the directors idea and therefore make the scene effective.
A storyboard is used to set out and plan the scenes , this helps as it sets out the scenes in a chronologilocal order , and holds information such as props , locations and elements needed in the scene. Storyboards can be wriiten or illustrated , which can contain a short description of the scene via a short narrative paragraph , or there can be a collection of images that portray what is happening in the scene and the direction of the scene.
Storyboards are also effective as they can allow you to produce a more detailed narrative. My group porduced a hand developed orginal storyboard in order to create a basic and raw narrative , our orginal storyboards consisted of the following :
Storyboard 1
Storyboard 2
Storyboard 3
Storyboard 4
Storyboard 5
Storyboard 6
1st Storyboard -
2nd Storyboard -
3rd Storyboard -
4th Storyboard -
5th Storyboard -
Storyboards are important as they allow the director and cameraman to follow the plan of the film and allow the cameraman to know what camera shots he/she has to shoot in order to fufill the directors idea and therefore make the scene effective.
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Planning The Production. ( Updated )
Planning is key when producing any piece of work , you use a plan to know what objects or scenes will feature in your scene. You also need to plan to find out which roles each group member will do and make sure they know what this role consists of.
Roles within film creation -
Camera operator : in more familar terms , a cameraman is responibale for what is captured with the camera , he is also responsbile for the pyshical movement of the camera and what it picks up . Cameramen can either be photographers or videographers.
Actors : the actors are all the characters what are seen in the film , they are resposible for bringing the stroyboard to live and showing the meaning and direction of the film . There role consists of acting to show what emotion is needed in the scene.
sound techinans : they are responsible for what sound is used in the film and how they use it effectivily ; it is thier role to decide which sounds effects or methods are used to enchance the effect of the scene . They are also responibitly for delievring the sound.
Editors : The editors are responsible for what cuts and specail effects are used within the scene , they must decide what is most appropiate for the scene. They as a role have to have a strong relationship with the camera operates are they are given the content from them , and can do effective or uneffective scenes depending on the content of the shots taken by the camera operator.
Film director : a film director is responblie for the direction of the film , and the dramatic attributes of a film , they as a role , also have to support the actors and crew ith advice and guidance. Directors enforce the desire of the film producer and must bring the producers idea's to life whether it be following thier excact ideas or tweeking them for dramatic and cinematic effect to create a good viewing pleasure. The director must have a close bond with all the crew , specifally the editor as , the editor produces the final touch to the film that must been seen over with the film director.
Location manager : The role of location manager invovles choosing where the scenes are set and based , the location manager must follow the productors description of the scene via the use of the script and discover what area or place is most approipate and conventional for the scene.
Storyboard organiser : The story board organiser is reposnbible for whioch scenes go were and what must be included in the scene , he is also respobible for what scenes comes after each other as well ass showing the anrrative via the use of the scenes.
Roles of groups :
My role within the film will be the camera operator ; i will be responsible for picking up the content of the film. We have dicussed i will be effective at this role as i have good vision , as well as can keep up with the rate of the scene. I will aslo be performing the role as a film director , as i can offer help to the other crew members and produce more speficied ideas for the film.
Tre's Role within the film will be to act out the scenes and provide additional actors for use to use. He is good at showing emotion which is a postive aspect for an actor therefore he will be effective at this role. Tre will also be a stroyboard organiser , as he understands the narrative and the aspects of it , he also understands how tp plan out the scenes.
Jamie's Role will consist of picking the location where our film is based therefore his role with be the location manager. Jamie has a good knowledge of approiate locations for our scenes , and we believe he will be fundamental when enchancing the setting of the scene. Jamie Will also be in charge of sound , and therefore will be our sound techinan, we decided on giving him this role as he is intreset in music and we agreed he would have the most effect in the idea of sound.
By allocating roles in groups there is no confusion over roles and responsibilities , and therefore allows the filming and production of the project to take place quicker , easier and more effectively.
Roles within film creation -
Camera operator : in more familar terms , a cameraman is responibale for what is captured with the camera , he is also responsbile for the pyshical movement of the camera and what it picks up . Cameramen can either be photographers or videographers.
Actors : the actors are all the characters what are seen in the film , they are resposible for bringing the stroyboard to live and showing the meaning and direction of the film . There role consists of acting to show what emotion is needed in the scene.
sound techinans : they are responsible for what sound is used in the film and how they use it effectivily ; it is thier role to decide which sounds effects or methods are used to enchance the effect of the scene . They are also responibitly for delievring the sound.
Editors : The editors are responsible for what cuts and specail effects are used within the scene , they must decide what is most appropiate for the scene. They as a role have to have a strong relationship with the camera operates are they are given the content from them , and can do effective or uneffective scenes depending on the content of the shots taken by the camera operator.
Film director : a film director is responblie for the direction of the film , and the dramatic attributes of a film , they as a role , also have to support the actors and crew ith advice and guidance. Directors enforce the desire of the film producer and must bring the producers idea's to life whether it be following thier excact ideas or tweeking them for dramatic and cinematic effect to create a good viewing pleasure. The director must have a close bond with all the crew , specifally the editor as , the editor produces the final touch to the film that must been seen over with the film director.
Location manager : The role of location manager invovles choosing where the scenes are set and based , the location manager must follow the productors description of the scene via the use of the script and discover what area or place is most approipate and conventional for the scene.
Storyboard organiser : The story board organiser is reposnbible for whioch scenes go were and what must be included in the scene , he is also respobible for what scenes comes after each other as well ass showing the anrrative via the use of the scenes.
Roles of groups :
My role within the film will be the camera operator ; i will be responsible for picking up the content of the film. We have dicussed i will be effective at this role as i have good vision , as well as can keep up with the rate of the scene. I will aslo be performing the role as a film director , as i can offer help to the other crew members and produce more speficied ideas for the film.
Tre's Role within the film will be to act out the scenes and provide additional actors for use to use. He is good at showing emotion which is a postive aspect for an actor therefore he will be effective at this role. Tre will also be a stroyboard organiser , as he understands the narrative and the aspects of it , he also understands how tp plan out the scenes.
Jamie's Role will consist of picking the location where our film is based therefore his role with be the location manager. Jamie has a good knowledge of approiate locations for our scenes , and we believe he will be fundamental when enchancing the setting of the scene. Jamie Will also be in charge of sound , and therefore will be our sound techinan, we decided on giving him this role as he is intreset in music and we agreed he would have the most effect in the idea of sound.
By allocating roles in groups there is no confusion over roles and responsibilities , and therefore allows the filming and production of the project to take place quicker , easier and more effectively.
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