Visit to Our London Location

Click on the link below to visit Beth's blog to find out about our trip to our London Location:


http://beth-as-media.blogspot.com/2012/01/visit-to-our-london-location.html

Influences on ideas/moodboard

Permissions

As we wanted to film in Bexleyheath Bowling Alley's car park, I firstly emailed them kindly asking for permission to use their car park. My evidence is as above.

They then responded saying the above, so next I needed to email Bexley Council.

I sent the above email to Bexley Council, which was very similar to the one to the bowling alley, asking for permission to use this car park.

The response from this email was the above and I then responded saying the below.

We then got a response from them saying the below.

I responded with the below, giving them the details they needed. 

How we've split up the roles

Title Remake edit - Beth
Timeline Map finished - Beth
Storyboard - Beth
Logo final design - Beth
Shotlist - Beth
Recces - Beth
Test Shots (actors) - Beth
Asset List - Beth
Parity Edit - Both
Foley > balloon task - Both
Shoot and Edit Schedule - Both
Images of group planning - Both
Images/Videos of rehearsals - Both
Weather Check - Beckie
Moodboard - Beckie
Costume Design - Beckie
Animatic - Beckie
Call Sheet - Beckie
Permissions - Beckie
Risk Assessment - Beckie
Cast/Actors - Both
Lighting Design Test - Both
Practice Fast Motion - Both

Animatic

Click here to visit our animatic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xX0vz2wn1A

Film Production Company Research

Click here to visit Rebecca Gordon's blog to see the Film production company research

Thriller Audience Research of 3 Contemporary thriller films

Final Production Company Logo

This our final production company logo, we decided that the image is the most unique and that the font definitely stands out against this picture. The fact that the eye itself is colourful, contrasts against the rest of the black and white. For the opening sequence of our film we would like this logo to be the first title, and possibly create it so that after it appears on the screen, the eye will blink, and this will be our 'signiture' image, and it also won't be boring.

Typical Synopsis

Production Company Logo Ideas

Iconic Thriller Directors

Alfred Hitchcock was a British film director and producer. He directed many suspense and psychological thriller films. Hitchcock had a distinctive and recognisable style, the use of the camera in a way that mimics a person's gaze. Many of his films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring violence, murder and crime. Some examples of his films include: Psycho, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Strangers on a train and The 39 Steps.

Quentin Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He began his career as an independent film maker with films with non linear story lines and violence. Tarantino's style is recognised by taking violence to a new level, he ignores all the rules. Some examples of his films include: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.

Chris Nolan is a British-American film director, screenwriter and producer. Nolan's style is recognised by beginning and introducing his main characters with a close up of their hands performing an action, he also usually starts films with a flashback or a scene from the end of the movie. His films usually revolve around characters that have some kind of psychological disorder and the storyline in his films usually involves a determined character seeking vengeance over the death of a loved one. Some examples of his films include: Memento, Inception, The Prestige, Insomnia, Batman Trilogy. 

Certificate Ratings

'U' films should be suitable for children aged four and above. They should be set within a positive framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror. There will be no references  to illegal drugs, scary scenes should be mild, there will be no dangerous or inappropriate behaviour. Infrequent use only of very mild bad language, occasional nudity, with no sexual context. Mild sexual behavior (for example, kissing) and references only (for example, to ‘making love’). Mild violence only.

A 'PG' film should be for general viewing, however, some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. References to illegal drugs may be used but only with a suitable anti-drug message. Frightening scenes should not be intense, and mild bad language may be used. Sexual activity may be implied but discreetly and infrequent. Moderate violence, without detail, may be allowed if justified by context.

 A '12A/12' is only suitable for those aged 12 and over. Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent. Moderate physical and psychological threat may be permitted. Dangerous behaviour (hanging, suicide, self harming) should not be in detail. Moderate language is allowed and the use of strong language must be infrequent. Nudity is allowed but in sexual context it must be discreet. Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Moderate violence is allowed but shouldn't be in too much detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by context.   

A '15' film is only suitable for those aged 15 and over. Drug taking may been shown but the film must not encourage drug misuse.  Strong threat and menace are permitted. Dangerous behaviour should not be in too much detail. Frequent strong language is permitted but the strongest terms are only accepted if justified by the context. Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail and there may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour but the strongest may not be accepted unless justified by context. Violence may be strong but shouldn't be in too much detail of pain or injury.

An '18' film is only suitable for adults. It generally can have whatever it likes in it although the content may not harm the viewers or be intended for use of sexual stimulation, this would only be accepted in an 'R18'. Thriller films are usually 15's although some may be 18's due to the content. This also gives the thriller films their target audience.

Composition, Lighting and Editing

For information on composition, visit Rebecca Gordon's blog.
For information on lighting, visit Dann Stamp's blog.
For information on editing, visit Beth Funnell's blog.

This is information on Film Noire.

Brainstorm Scenario

We chose to brainstorm psychological thrillers because we would like to base our final project on this genre. Therefore we have obtained some more detailed research into it.

Shot Reverse Shot, 180 Degree Rule and Match on Action

For information on Shot Reverse Shot, visit Rebecca Gordon's blog. 
For information on 180 degree rule, visit Beth Funnell's blog. 

The continuity shows that the clip shows the same picture in each frame whilst an action is taking place.
basically match on action is when something happens in a scene but then cuts the next scene is also showing the same action but from a different angle or perspective this helps the audience to understand what is happening in the scene. Above is an example of match on action. This research was completed by Dann Stamp. 

Preliminary Script

Preliminary Shot List

Shot 1 - Long shot - Match on action
Shot 2 - Close up - Match on action
Shot 3 - Wide shot - High Angle
Shot 4 - Mid shot
Shot 5 - Close up - Match on action
Shot 6 - Mid shot - Match on action
Shot 7 - Medium Close up
Shot 8 - Extreme close up
Shot 9 - Wide shot - low angle
Shot 10 - Medium long shot
Shot 11 - Medium close up
Shot 12 - Close up

Preliminary Storyboard

History of Thriller Film's

Thrillers have changed a lot throughout the years, one of the first thriller films was silent and the second famous was released in sound but also silent. In the 1950's Hitchcock added Technicolor to the films, the films now included glamourous stars. Later on, Thriller films became more violent, viscous and explicit, they became more tense and had deeper story lines. Thriller's from this decade are mainly psychological ones that deal with obsession, domestic violence, revenge and mentally ill characters.

Iconic Sounds connected with genre

A lot of pieces of music or sounds that are used in Thriller films, start off with a loud distinct noise that the audience recognises, it is often a loud bang or a slam in a door. It then quite often goes into a piece of music that is quite fast and quite often the piece of music sounds like someone is running, maybe away from someone as this is a frequent convention from a thriller film. It gives the audience the idea that something bad is going to happen or has already happened and that character needs to get away. The music sometimes slows down but has sudden noises which makes it seem like the character could be trying to hide.The music sometimes picks the beat back up and we can just hear certain sounds such as breathing, dripping water or footsteps.

However, some pieces of music that are used are quiet pieces which are soothing but have a beat to them and the beat is consistent throughout the whole piece of music. This type of music can have the opposite effect and the audience may feel as everything is very calm and relaxed and then if something that makes the audience jump, suddenly happens, this music may pick up this freight  as the audience wouldn't have been expecting it. Slow music is sometimes used when a character is hiding but wouldn't be used during a chase scene. 

Most of the time, in Thriller films, classical music is used. 

The type of music that is chosen can cause a lot of tension and create the whole atmosphere.  

Usual Suspects Opening Scene Recording

This is a recording where we are talking about the stereotypical conventions of the Usual Suspects thriller opening scene. 

Genre Conventions of a Thriller Film

This is my mind-map showing genre conventions of a thriller film and the audience's expectations. When we was completing this task, we thought that the characters would be violent because in thriller films, most of the characters are violent. We thought that there would be crime and criminals such as murderers and stalkers because we often see these in thriller films. We thought that there is usually a hero and also victims and some innocent victims too.

Group Pitch

Our film will be an psychological thriller, including a stalker and his victims. It will be called The Hunt. Our opening scene will show the victim dragging his first victim's body behind a car, the audience will then see the killer turn around and look for his next victim. He will spot a group of people but will start to profile one person.

Homages behind our idea are 'Prom Night' and Psycho.