Thursday 11th March Update

Today we found some suitable music for our thriller film, we decided to use orchestra music to build dramatic tension, to draw the viewer in and create an emotional feel to the film, however we had some problems trying to fit in the music and so we decided to upload our clip without it, we then put this into garage band.
Verity finished off the credits which look effective. During the car scene, we made the lighting go from light, to dark, to light, and during the dark bit we put in some white typewriter credits, which looked affective.

We then asked Barney for some more sound effects as the ones we had on garage band weren't suitable, We are now looking through and picking the ones we need.

We are now uploading our clip to youtube, so we can get the embed and upload it to blogger.com

Tuesday 9th March

Today we concentrated on editing our film a bit more. We added credits to our film and Adam worked on garage band to add some music to create suspense for the thriller effect. We had some trouble with garage band music, as the music that we imported to go with the film was too happy.

Proffesional Thriller Film

Find a youtube clip of a director who you think creates similar films to the one you are making. Post a clip of one of their films that are similar to yours and post a clip of them talking about their film.

movie trailer to sherlock holmes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQbmFAE5WI&feature=fvw

Blog Of The Week Review

• The blog of the week contains many pictures and everything seems to be organised well so this makes their blog visually appealing.
  
• They use bullit points which makes their blog easy and clear to read, so it's not all over the place and boring.
  
• The blog is free from errors which makes the blog seem proffesional.
  
• The imprtant bits/titles are changed to bold.
• The blog posts are thorough and precise.
• Everything is neatly alligned.
  

Preparation for evaluation (better than Adam and aidan's put together)

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

- Because we have researched the conventions of a thriller film, we knew what to include. This helps our outcome to be more professional like real media products.

-We can't however have similar settings to real thriller films, because we don't have a budget and we can't for example, film off roof tops (for example the film Vertigo) because that would cross health and safety issues.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents particular social groups such as teenagers, because the main character is a teenager and therefore teenagers can relate.

- Most of the time, the main character of a thriller film is a man, however we decided to give a twist and have the protagonist as a woman, not only will this help to appeal to women, but it makes the film interesting.

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

The kinds of media that will distribute my media product will be in the form of:

- Posters: This will help advertise and promote our thriller film and increase viewings/sales.

- DVD: The dvd will be a convenient way to distribute our film, most thriller films are distributed by dvd.

- TV adverts: This will boost sales by displaying clips of our film to entice potential customers.

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

The target market is aimed at men and women, because although the main character (the detective) is a woman. The detective theme is leaned more towards the male gender because stereotypically, men like sort of crime/mystery thriller films.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

We attracted/addressed our audience by

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?

The 'Adobe Photoshop' software that we used was a very productive, it was easy to use and had a proffesional look to our Ident product.

7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

We have learnt...

Call Sheet

When are we going to film:

Thursday.

We are going to sort out the props next week

Who is going to pick up and bring back the camera and tripod

Verity

Where are we going to film?

Verity's house/garden because it has a dark, long driveway that would be suitable for our thriller film.

How will we get to the location?

By bus.

Is it a public location.

There is a public alleyway that we are going to film in.

If so, what health and safety considerations go we need to make.

Wrap up warm, it might be cold.

Lighting: are they filming during the day or the night?

We are going to film in the afternoon/evening

Who will be there?

Monday: Verity, (Sian bell and Jack Cootes will be acting but they aren't in the group)

Wednesday: Bethan, Verity, Extra

Will they need to learn the script in advanced ?

No, there isn't much talking involved.

Film crew- Verity and on that day she will film the house scene on and wednesday she will film the alleyway scene

Props:What do we need to take with us?

Paper,
photos,
chalk,
yellow tape,
cone,
pictures of suspects

Who is in charge of particular props?
Bethan will make the suspect sheet, and also the macintosh and a hat and possibly magnifine glass

Aidan will get the yellow tape.

Adam will bring in some paper.

Verity will get the chalk.

We will all find a cone somewhere.

What is the back up plan if the weather distrupt the filming?

We will either use an umbrella or we will do the inside scenes if it rains.

Which sections of the film are you going to capture in this filming slot?

We will try and capture everything in one day, and if we can't, we'll do it another day.

Which shots are you going to cover, and what sound do you need to capture?

We are going to cover bits with ticking clock, typewriter, background music. We need eery sounds from garage band.

I was inspired by a new thriller film coming out this Friday in cinema's called 'The Wolfman'. I only watched a trailer, but some good techniques have been used such as the lighting. The candles give off a mecabre feel, and the fog gives of a gloomy vibe. And I think if this film didn't have these element it would be a bad thriller film, becuase the storyline is a clique.

Here is the link seeing as it doesn't show an embed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS02xaTIdRI

I also thought the titles were effective becuase the text is bold, fuzzy and stands out against the background. The moon also takes place of the 'O' which makes it slightly more interesting.

Compare and contrast your...

Compare and contrast your protagonist & antagonist with characters from a blockbuster thriller + include images.

• In Sherlock Holmes the protagonist is also a detective, as in our film. However, in our film the protagonist is a woman which makes it different to most crime thrillers because the protagonist is is usually played by a man.

• The opening of our film has been inspired by the film 'Identity' because of the way the protagonist has been filmed, which is in his home. We found that this scene helped establish the film opening as we are getting to know the character as he\she will be in their own surroundings.
• Also like identity, at the beginning , we aren't going to show the antagonist because this will build tension as to who killed the victim.

• Comparing our film to Terminator, the protagonist it obviously quite a physically strong character who is able to fight easily. Whereas, in our thriller film the protagonist is a woman and less strong than the main character out of Terminator.

Mise-en-scene Thriller

One choice of mise-en-scene in our thriller is the costumes and props. The main character is a detective who is at the crime scene and will be the protagonist of the film this is common in most crime thriller because there is always a detective who spends most of the film trying to solve the murder and then solving it at the end. The detective in our film differs from most because it will be a female which means we are not stereotyping and this could bring in a better audience. She will be wearing a simple long trench coat which a lot of old fashioned detectives wore to help link with the theme and make the crime scene seem more authentic here is an example of a modern film that uses a female as the main character from Silence of the Lambs.















We will also use a chalk outline in our crime scene. This links to help show what sort of time our film is based on because its very old fashioned. One thriller film in which a chalk outline is used is a film called This Man Must Die. This was used to show where a young boy was killed and the position his body was left in after his death, this helps create mystery as the police or detectives have to figure out how the boy was murdered. This has become very popular in crime thrillers and is recognized by most people This is the poster of This Man Must Die:

Garage Band Evidance

Today we used garage band to create a soundtrack to the film 'Identity'.

We used slow music to start of with to build suspense and tension and then the music got more fast paced as the clip progressed. We used different layers to make the soundtrack more complex.

We attempted to use diagetic music but we couldn't find any suitable in time. But if we were to do it again, we will try and put some in. The clip contained only non-diagetic sounds.

Constructive critisicm for 2 different thriller openings

Q2-47 Parrallel

The opening of the clip contains different effects such as split screen and dissolve, this is apparent to the thriller theme. The music links with the genre aswell, as it is slow and mysterious. The camera shots show places that aren't really necisary; for example a guys foot and they show close ups of this, which also links with the genre, because it's weird to focus on such things.
The screen splits occasionally, so you can see both characters doing the same thing which links to the title of 'parallel'. The blur effect added to the characters movements adds to their distorted feeling. The effect of changing character through a 180 degree camera movement adds to the whole theme of two parallel characters in the same place. The way this clip has been edited looks very professional because of all the cool effects and well used camera shots and angles. The two actors fit the clip well because they look older and do not look at the camera which makes its seem more natural. Also, the guys in the clip appear older than they look, and because thrillers are aimed at an older audience, this makes it appeal to the teenage audience and above.

Q2-43 Cracked

At the beginning, there is use of light and shadow techniques, and a sillouette of a girl smoking, which creates a contrast...

Classic Thriller Analysis

we watched vertigo, meaning fear of heights, the scene consisted of a chase, of a man being chased by a detective and a police man, it begins with a close up of each character climbing up the ladder, this shows the feelings of the characters from their facial expression, there is tense music playing creating the atmosphere and tension and emotions when characters are at risk and when the detective is hanging of the side if the building.
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you then see the protagonist in peril as he is hanging of the side of the building, the accompanying policeman choose to help the detective instead of catching the criminal, this then fails as the policeman falls of the side if the building when he tries to rescue the detective, the detective then looks down and see the huge drop, this then relates back to the title 'vertigo'.

In this video we have included camera shots such as: match on action, long shot, tracking shot, close up.

It involves two main characters, who are two teenagers in trouble at college, for cheating in an exam. Then they get sent to the senior tutor; Ann Jennison.

We have included effects such as fade out and cross stretch to make the video more interesting.

Analyzing Fight Club

-Use of micro elements (sound/editing/sfx/mise-en-scenee/camera angles) within the clip. How do these create meaning? How do they represent the genre?

Here Brad Pitt is kicked to the ground. The sound effect includes the kicking noise and the sound of Brad Pitt's head hitting floor. The camera angle is on the ground at the level that Brad pitt is, which shows he is in a vulnerable position.

The lighting is also very dingy, which adds effect to the setting.

The clothing that Brad Pitt wears is casual and manly, whereas 'Lou' is wearing a suit and tie which shows Lou likes to dress smart and professional.

The mise-en-scene includes blood, and although you may relate blood to horror, the way its been filmed is more action related because he's being beaten up.

Brad Pitt is also laughing while he's being beaten up which contradicts how he is feeling, but then makes him seem less vulnerable, pretending that he's enjoying the situation, it also has a comedic effect. There is no music at this point, just sound effects and his laughter, which creates suspense; an element that makes up the genre, thriller.

The angle before he gets punched shows Lou's angry face and a fist coming down towards the

camera, and we do not yet see Brad Pitt's face. This also creates suspense.

Then you hear the sound of him being punched, then the camera shows Brad Pitt's mouth covered in blood.

Shot types

This establishing shot is setting the scene and showing the main boat for the movie, it takes up the whole screen showing that it is extremely important. Also it shows where most of the film will be set.



This close up shot shows the expression on one of the main characters faces and links it to the theme of comedy because he has a destroyed face and a chicken behind him.





The part where it shows the tiger flows with the reaction of the guy who is scared as he is jumping up against the wall, it then cuts the tiger again who is still in the same place but from a different view.



This long show shows the location the character is in and also introduces a new character to the scene.




This over the shoulder shot shows the conversation of two characters and you can see both view points. The effect of this is that you know who is talking and you can see their reactions.





In both shots it shows both of them in the frame and you can see that they're both involved in the conversation.