This is a still showing the gunshot flashes.
Friday, 22 January 2010
Foundation Production Thriller Evaluation
Foundation Production Thriller Evaluation
Our Task was to Film and edit the opening for a new thriller movie which we chose
the age category 15. We Chose the Age category 15 because our thriller didn’t actually show any weapons drugs or violence so we thought it was appropriate to categorise it as a 15, and we found out about the guidelines through the BBFC, which said on the website what is allowed to be showed in each category, we found that a 15 could contain strong violence and language, so we decided to categorise ours a 15 as we knew it would not go over the guidelines as we felt if we categorised it a 12 we could possibly go over it so to be safe we chose the category 15.
When making the thriller we had to consider what made a thriller a thriller and make sure we didn’t make a horror or something similar. We researched the thriller genre and found out that they are tense, although they are similar to horrors, thrillers tend to play with the mind more, and with thrillers you have to guess more what is going on as it usually doesn’t show it. The main conventions involved in a thriller are camera work(dark shots, close ups, extreme close ups, usually shots that do not give too much away) editing, lighting(usually dark so cannot see much), mise-en-scene ( depending on each thriller can be day to day things), sound (a lot of sounds to reveal thing as may not show it as could give too much away). These aspects were all involved in the thrillers we viewed which were Seven, No Country for Old Men and Psycho. Camera work was used well in all of these thrillers as they all had a lot of close ups and shots to create tension but not give too much away and make it a good thriller, so we tried to use camera work importantly when making our thriller using a range of shots to create tension, for example the part which the man walks into the room to get his wallet the shot just slightly shows the killer in the corner of the shot. We had to edit quite a lot after we had done the filming as there were a lot of jump shots and we had to add in some fades and stabilise it, also because in the thrillers we watched all the editing was good so we wanted to make our editing good and we edited in some slow motion scenes as we felt it would be good to add effect. Lighting was a very important part in our thriller as the gunshot scene we had to use lighting effectively to make it look good, we had to wait until it was dark to do this scene so that we could see the gunshot flash and also because with it being dark it was more tense, this was like the thriller seven as the lighting in it is very dark and you cannot see much but it makes it more effective, our lighting was like lighting in typical thrillers as it was dark. Our mise-en-scene was in a setting of an average slightly old house with the usual things a house would have in it, this was so we had it in a normal setting so that the lighting and the camera work added the tension instead of the mise-en-scene, Our mise-en-scene was like some typical thrillers for example psycho as we had day to day things in a normal environment.; We used sounds effectively as we did not have much narrative we had sounds such as the noise downstairs and the gunshots, this was to make it more effective and not give too much away so the audience is guessing and doesn’t know why this is happening, this was similar to no country for old men as it had a lot of gunshot sounds. Our narrative was quite like some of the scenes in the thriller psycho, as we had very little of it in the opening, we did this to add tension as we would use sounds to add the tension to this like the sound they hear downstairs and the gunshots.
The research we did on all these films and the thriller genre enabled us to create our opening as we got a good idea of what was to be involved in a thriller opening.
Our Thriller opening represents a well educated and quite wealthy social group as the actors used in our thriller opening are dressed smartly and the house and the mise-en-scene around the house they are acting in is a nice house making it the people in it look more wealthy, and because this is the typical audience we are aiming for. Here is a picture of what the typical audience would look like. In my research of thrillers I found that a lot of the characters in the film were usually around the same age range as there target audience, so within our thriller opening we used quite young actors as our target audience was quite young and the classification we gave the film was 15 which fits in with our target audience and also complies with the BBFC guidelines.
20th century fox is the film production company I researched as they have made many good thrillers such as James Bond, the Bourne films, Speed, Avatar, The X-Files and Die Hard. The company was founded in 1935. I would choose this institution to distribute my thriller because this company is very popular for making good thrillers so our production would fit in with them. The company also a lot of films involving crime, this is suitable as our thriller involved crime. Also another benefit of 20th century fox is that it is a global market.
The audience we would be aiming at mainly for our media product is young educated people but it could be for anyone aged around 15-50, and this is suitable with our 15 classification, we got this research through questionnaires but we also decided using research on the thriller genre and by deconstructing other thrillers we have watched and seeing there target audience. The BBFC ratings affected our target audience as we had to class our film, around the BBFC guidelines, but we thought a 15 would be appropriate because out thriller is more of a psychological crime thriller and you do not actually see the crimes or any violence and we did not include any bad language so we classed it 15 and this also fits in with our target audience, we found our target audience with our research and from our questionnaires.
We used conventions of the thriller genre in our production to attract our audience, the setting we used was dark as we filmed it at night, the house we used was quite an old house, and these things made it more tense, also the sounds and lighting we used was good as these conventions are the main things in our production that added affect and tension and these things would attract the audience. In our production the main things that will appeal to our audience is sound, mise-en-scene and camera work and this affected our production as some of our decisions for example camera shots and the mise-en-scene were based around our audience. The sound will appeal to them because we have sounds that you can’t tell what they are, for example the noise they hear downstairs which leaves the audience guessing. The music in some of the scenes help to add tension. Also the main sounds are the gunshots as these are an important part as the audience know what is happening but cannot see so it adds effect as they are guessing which will appeal to the audience as it will make them want to keep watching. The mise-en-scene will appeal to the audience as it is in an average house so it will appeal to them because the house will be similar to the target audiences and all the mise-en-scene around the house will be more familiar to them and keep them interested. The camera work will appeal to the audience as there are a lot of different shots that add tension for example the shots that slightly show the killer and show the killer in the mirror. I want the audience to feel like it could be happen to them with the mise-en-scene and surrounding being similar to there own as we have targeted the audience with this, also with the characters being around the same age so this will engage them into the plot and make them want to watch more. I have met my audiences expectations with research of what people want in the thriller genre and what is involved in the thriller genre, and found that thrillers create a lot of tension and leaves the audience guessing, so I incorporated this when making my production, as it creates tension with the sounds that are heard and the camera shots that slightly show the killer, so it leaves the audience guessing as they do not know who the killer is. When doing this I made sure we didn’t put in too many gory scenes or strong language so that we could target the audience we wanted to, we used BBFC guidelines to help us which said about strong language, sex, violence and drugs and with this we chose the correct rating of 15 for our thriller which complied with our target audience and they also influenced some of the content of our thriller.
The Audiences reactions to our thriller were mixed, we used people of different ages and gender but mainly people in our class of a young age so this could have affected this. Some of the audience disliked that you cannot actually see the murder and that it is not gory enough, but our thriller is a psychological/crime thriller so we did not want to show the murder as it would not have be an physiologically effective, and also we wanted to get the right target audience so to make it a 15 classification we could not show too much violence or gore. They also did not like some of the quality of the filming as when filming outside at night the picture was grainy and this was down to the quality of the camera we could not edit this out and we had to film at night for the effect.
On the other hand some of them liked the fact it was more psychological and that it did not show the murder. They also said they liked how sounds and music was used in the production. They also liked the editing when there were scenes in slow motion. It met some of the viewer’s expectations but some of the views that were more into action thrillers it didn’t as they wanted more gore and more action.
I have learnt that it takes a lot of technology and editing to create and edit a film properly even for just a 2 minute opening it took us quite a while. I learnt a range of camera skills and shots including, extreme long shot, long shot, medium shot, close-up, extreme close-up, high level, low level, eye level. Birds eye view, over the shoulder etc. I have learnt a lot of editing skills as well, as our filming needed a lot of editing like for unstable shots but it was quite easy once I had got used to using the apple Mac and I learned new skills when using that like stabilising shots, using slow motion, adding sounds and music, adding titles and credits to it. I also learnt skills using I Movie like burning a film to a DVD and including a title screen. The issues we had when editing were firstly getting used to how to work the apple macs but when I was used to them it was fine, also we had issues with the quality of the camera in the low light as we could not edit the grainy picture out. But generally with the rest of the editing it went well.
My editing and filming skills have developed since the preliminary task as the preliminary task showed a lot of weaknesses with our filming and editing. In our preliminary task we left it too late until the deadline and rushed it and had little time to get a lot of filming which meant we were limited when editing and had to make the most of what we had, although I think we managed to make it ok considering how limited we were. From this I learnt that we need to make sure we leave a lot more time for the filming and editing. Also that we need to plan it more before we go and do it being more specific with what camera shots we are going to use, and spend more time on editing. We changed our mind on what pitch for our thriller we were going to do pretty late as we decided the pitch that we originally had chosen was going to be too complicated to do, and would involve weapons and violence to make it good which we were not allowed to do to an extent, So we decided to do a different pitch but with some ideas incorporated from the original pitch. We encountered quite a lot of problems when doing the task, mainly with technology. Firstly we found it hard to get good camera quality in the low light we were working in so we had to slightly brighten it when edititing it but the picture was still very grainy, and because we had a lot of filming we had alot to editing to cut out everything we didn’t want and string it together. I have learnt that even for just a 2 minute opening there is alot of filming and editing to do to make it right. If I were to do the project again I would do some things differently, firstly I would make sure I allow alot more time for filming and editing so that whilst editing if I needed some addition filming I could go back and film some more, which this time I did not have time to do. I thought we worked well as a group as we all agreed with each others ideas, my role was mainly the camera man, but we all chipped in when editing.
Our Task was to Film and edit the opening for a new thriller movie which we chose
the age category 15. We Chose the Age category 15 because our thriller didn’t actually show any weapons drugs or violence so we thought it was appropriate to categorise it as a 15, and we found out about the guidelines through the BBFC, which said on the website what is allowed to be showed in each category, we found that a 15 could contain strong violence and language, so we decided to categorise ours a 15 as we knew it would not go over the guidelines as we felt if we categorised it a 12 we could possibly go over it so to be safe we chose the category 15.
When making the thriller we had to consider what made a thriller a thriller and make sure we didn’t make a horror or something similar. We researched the thriller genre and found out that they are tense, although they are similar to horrors, thrillers tend to play with the mind more, and with thrillers you have to guess more what is going on as it usually doesn’t show it. The main conventions involved in a thriller are camera work(dark shots, close ups, extreme close ups, usually shots that do not give too much away) editing, lighting(usually dark so cannot see much), mise-en-scene ( depending on each thriller can be day to day things), sound (a lot of sounds to reveal thing as may not show it as could give too much away). These aspects were all involved in the thrillers we viewed which were Seven, No Country for Old Men and Psycho. Camera work was used well in all of these thrillers as they all had a lot of close ups and shots to create tension but not give too much away and make it a good thriller, so we tried to use camera work importantly when making our thriller using a range of shots to create tension, for example the part which the man walks into the room to get his wallet the shot just slightly shows the killer in the corner of the shot. We had to edit quite a lot after we had done the filming as there were a lot of jump shots and we had to add in some fades and stabilise it, also because in the thrillers we watched all the editing was good so we wanted to make our editing good and we edited in some slow motion scenes as we felt it would be good to add effect. Lighting was a very important part in our thriller as the gunshot scene we had to use lighting effectively to make it look good, we had to wait until it was dark to do this scene so that we could see the gunshot flash and also because with it being dark it was more tense, this was like the thriller seven as the lighting in it is very dark and you cannot see much but it makes it more effective, our lighting was like lighting in typical thrillers as it was dark. Our mise-en-scene was in a setting of an average slightly old house with the usual things a house would have in it, this was so we had it in a normal setting so that the lighting and the camera work added the tension instead of the mise-en-scene, Our mise-en-scene was like some typical thrillers for example psycho as we had day to day things in a normal environment.; We used sounds effectively as we did not have much narrative we had sounds such as the noise downstairs and the gunshots, this was to make it more effective and not give too much away so the audience is guessing and doesn’t know why this is happening, this was similar to no country for old men as it had a lot of gunshot sounds. Our narrative was quite like some of the scenes in the thriller psycho, as we had very little of it in the opening, we did this to add tension as we would use sounds to add the tension to this like the sound they hear downstairs and the gunshots.
The research we did on all these films and the thriller genre enabled us to create our opening as we got a good idea of what was to be involved in a thriller opening.
Our Thriller opening represents a well educated and quite wealthy social group as the actors used in our thriller opening are dressed smartly and the house and the mise-en-scene around the house they are acting in is a nice house making it the people in it look more wealthy, and because this is the typical audience we are aiming for. Here is a picture of what the typical audience would look like. In my research of thrillers I found that a lot of the characters in the film were usually around the same age range as there target audience, so within our thriller opening we used quite young actors as our target audience was quite young and the classification we gave the film was 15 which fits in with our target audience and also complies with the BBFC guidelines.
20th century fox is the film production company I researched as they have made many good thrillers such as James Bond, the Bourne films, Speed, Avatar, The X-Files and Die Hard. The company was founded in 1935. I would choose this institution to distribute my thriller because this company is very popular for making good thrillers so our production would fit in with them. The company also a lot of films involving crime, this is suitable as our thriller involved crime. Also another benefit of 20th century fox is that it is a global market.
The audience we would be aiming at mainly for our media product is young educated people but it could be for anyone aged around 15-50, and this is suitable with our 15 classification, we got this research through questionnaires but we also decided using research on the thriller genre and by deconstructing other thrillers we have watched and seeing there target audience. The BBFC ratings affected our target audience as we had to class our film, around the BBFC guidelines, but we thought a 15 would be appropriate because out thriller is more of a psychological crime thriller and you do not actually see the crimes or any violence and we did not include any bad language so we classed it 15 and this also fits in with our target audience, we found our target audience with our research and from our questionnaires.
We used conventions of the thriller genre in our production to attract our audience, the setting we used was dark as we filmed it at night, the house we used was quite an old house, and these things made it more tense, also the sounds and lighting we used was good as these conventions are the main things in our production that added affect and tension and these things would attract the audience. In our production the main things that will appeal to our audience is sound, mise-en-scene and camera work and this affected our production as some of our decisions for example camera shots and the mise-en-scene were based around our audience. The sound will appeal to them because we have sounds that you can’t tell what they are, for example the noise they hear downstairs which leaves the audience guessing. The music in some of the scenes help to add tension. Also the main sounds are the gunshots as these are an important part as the audience know what is happening but cannot see so it adds effect as they are guessing which will appeal to the audience as it will make them want to keep watching. The mise-en-scene will appeal to the audience as it is in an average house so it will appeal to them because the house will be similar to the target audiences and all the mise-en-scene around the house will be more familiar to them and keep them interested. The camera work will appeal to the audience as there are a lot of different shots that add tension for example the shots that slightly show the killer and show the killer in the mirror. I want the audience to feel like it could be happen to them with the mise-en-scene and surrounding being similar to there own as we have targeted the audience with this, also with the characters being around the same age so this will engage them into the plot and make them want to watch more. I have met my audiences expectations with research of what people want in the thriller genre and what is involved in the thriller genre, and found that thrillers create a lot of tension and leaves the audience guessing, so I incorporated this when making my production, as it creates tension with the sounds that are heard and the camera shots that slightly show the killer, so it leaves the audience guessing as they do not know who the killer is. When doing this I made sure we didn’t put in too many gory scenes or strong language so that we could target the audience we wanted to, we used BBFC guidelines to help us which said about strong language, sex, violence and drugs and with this we chose the correct rating of 15 for our thriller which complied with our target audience and they also influenced some of the content of our thriller.
The Audiences reactions to our thriller were mixed, we used people of different ages and gender but mainly people in our class of a young age so this could have affected this. Some of the audience disliked that you cannot actually see the murder and that it is not gory enough, but our thriller is a psychological/crime thriller so we did not want to show the murder as it would not have be an physiologically effective, and also we wanted to get the right target audience so to make it a 15 classification we could not show too much violence or gore. They also did not like some of the quality of the filming as when filming outside at night the picture was grainy and this was down to the quality of the camera we could not edit this out and we had to film at night for the effect.
On the other hand some of them liked the fact it was more psychological and that it did not show the murder. They also said they liked how sounds and music was used in the production. They also liked the editing when there were scenes in slow motion. It met some of the viewer’s expectations but some of the views that were more into action thrillers it didn’t as they wanted more gore and more action.
I have learnt that it takes a lot of technology and editing to create and edit a film properly even for just a 2 minute opening it took us quite a while. I learnt a range of camera skills and shots including, extreme long shot, long shot, medium shot, close-up, extreme close-up, high level, low level, eye level. Birds eye view, over the shoulder etc. I have learnt a lot of editing skills as well, as our filming needed a lot of editing like for unstable shots but it was quite easy once I had got used to using the apple Mac and I learned new skills when using that like stabilising shots, using slow motion, adding sounds and music, adding titles and credits to it. I also learnt skills using I Movie like burning a film to a DVD and including a title screen. The issues we had when editing were firstly getting used to how to work the apple macs but when I was used to them it was fine, also we had issues with the quality of the camera in the low light as we could not edit the grainy picture out. But generally with the rest of the editing it went well.
My editing and filming skills have developed since the preliminary task as the preliminary task showed a lot of weaknesses with our filming and editing. In our preliminary task we left it too late until the deadline and rushed it and had little time to get a lot of filming which meant we were limited when editing and had to make the most of what we had, although I think we managed to make it ok considering how limited we were. From this I learnt that we need to make sure we leave a lot more time for the filming and editing. Also that we need to plan it more before we go and do it being more specific with what camera shots we are going to use, and spend more time on editing. We changed our mind on what pitch for our thriller we were going to do pretty late as we decided the pitch that we originally had chosen was going to be too complicated to do, and would involve weapons and violence to make it good which we were not allowed to do to an extent, So we decided to do a different pitch but with some ideas incorporated from the original pitch. We encountered quite a lot of problems when doing the task, mainly with technology. Firstly we found it hard to get good camera quality in the low light we were working in so we had to slightly brighten it when edititing it but the picture was still very grainy, and because we had a lot of filming we had alot to editing to cut out everything we didn’t want and string it together. I have learnt that even for just a 2 minute opening there is alot of filming and editing to do to make it right. If I were to do the project again I would do some things differently, firstly I would make sure I allow alot more time for filming and editing so that whilst editing if I needed some addition filming I could go back and film some more, which this time I did not have time to do. I thought we worked well as a group as we all agreed with each others ideas, my role was mainly the camera man, but we all chipped in when editing.
Monday, 14 December 2009
Outlined description of filming to opening scene of thriller
The filming will start with actors Oli and clodagh in a bedroom getting ready to go out. They will then hear a loud banging from downstairs; this will indicate that someone has broken into the house. The “couple” in the room will then continue as normal and ignore the bang oblivious to what is going on downstairs. There will then be at least two different shots showing the couple going downstairs ready to leave the house. The wife (clodagh) will then go out the front door ready to start the car. The husbands (oli) will then hold back and go fetch something that he has left behind. This will leave him in the house alone making him more vulnerable to create suspense. A shot will then show the husband (oli) going into a room to fetch something he has left behind. Meanwhile the cameras will very briefly show a figure in the mirror as the husband (oli) passes by this mysterious figure. The camera will then cut to outside the house too film the wife coming out of the house to get into the car. In the background there will be a flash and gun shot to indicate the husband being repeatedly shot in the house. This will draw the attention of the wife. There will be another shot on the street outside the house showing the reaction of two passers by (actors: Ben and Jacob) the house will then be shown to emphasise the fact there is repeated gun shots going off in the house. Hopefully this will create a climax to finish the opening off the film off.
Friday, 27 November 2009
How audience research will effect my production
Through my audience research I have more knowledge of my target audience. And I can now reflect this in my production. For example I have found out more people like physiological thrillers then any other sub genre of a thriller. Therefore I will take this into consideration when coming up with ideas for my pitches. As I found out more and more about my audience I can start to understand what to include in my production to maximize positive feedback. For example most people chose psychological thriller in question 8 therefore we have decided to use this as a sub-genre.
Rationale behind the idea i have chosen
I chose pitch two out of the three pitches because it seemed the easiest opening scene to capture with the equipment we have, also location is easy to find for this pitch as it is just in a run down house, although the idea is very simple it is also very complex in to the way in which it will be understood and has a lot of back ground meaning and in depth psychological meanings. Props for this opening scene will not be hard to find as it is very simple and no weapons etc is shown as you do not even see the murderers face. We did not choose pitch 1 as this would be to complex to create the image of a police raid because we do not have the props and there are weapons shown so therefore is not very suitable for what we are aiming to create. The third pitch was nearly chosen as we believed the ideology behind it would have boosted up our final grade , but this would be to complicated to film and get across the idea well enough. So in conclusion I chose pitch two as it was more relevant to linking with the conventions of a thriller film. Me and my group also will also be better suited to this pitch as we all will enjoy preparing and filming a physiological thriller as appose to the action thriller pitch.
research of thriller genre
I researched into what the thriller genre is all about and my search result came out with the explanation that a Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, television, and gaming that includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres. Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains. But as thriller is such a broad genre I wanted to specialize in a certain sub genre of a thriller and this is when looked into different types of a thriller and came up with the idea of a psychological thriller as it would add to the aspect and weirdness of my film. A Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the wide-ranging thriller genre. However, this genre often incorporates elements from the mystery genre in addition to the typical traits of the thriller genre. Also, occasionally this genre will border into the also wide-ranging Horror genre. In conclusion I believed this sub genre of a thriller fitted best with my film idea as it would link in with the mystery and horror genre as well as mainly focusing on the thriller genre.
summary of conventions for an opening of a film
In the opening of a film you must enable the viewer to understand time (showing day light or nightlight) expressing where the scene is located e.g. Saying in script what country etc. opening to a film must show different types of camera shot, for example give a range of high angle, close ups, mid shots, zooms etc. show the use of different editing like cut shots and things, at the end of the opening scene of a film you must express which genre the film is, for example when we watched the film casino royal due to the mass amount of action , shooting, adrenaline etc we then realise the film is mostly aimed towards the action genre. Props in the opening scene are essential as this is being interpreted and the whole idea of the film is being expressed, for example in my production there is not a lot of unusual props and filming will be very basic, this expresses that the film is physiological and as there is not much shown in the scene it keeps the viewer in suspense. In an opening scene The use of pathetic fallacy to set up the mood of the opening scene is useful as it creates the scene sticking to conventions of a thriller, further pathetic fallacy will keep adding to the unsettling mood.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Preliminary Task Planning
We were given a preliminary task of people walking into a room and interacting with others. We were allowed to make it how we wanted to and use our own ideas. We were shown prevoious years prelimary tasks to give us a few ideas of where to go with it.
My group consisted of Myself, Jacob Thompson and Ben Thompson and we came up with the idea of a school parents evening situation in which a student and her parent would come into a room and talk to two teachers and they would argue.
For this idea we needed two extra people to act as i would be filming and we would need four actors, so we asked two freinds from our media class ( Sophie Dash and Clodagh Breen) and they agreed to act in it.
My group consisted of Myself, Jacob Thompson and Ben Thompson and we came up with the idea of a school parents evening situation in which a student and her parent would come into a room and talk to two teachers and they would argue.
For this idea we needed two extra people to act as i would be filming and we would need four actors, so we asked two freinds from our media class ( Sophie Dash and Clodagh Breen) and they agreed to act in it.
Preliminary Task Evaluation
Myself, Ben Thompson and Jacob Thompson did all of our filming in a sixty minuite lesson and edited it in around half an hour. We did it abit rushed as we left it too late.
We filmed it in a classroom that we found was free, and used 2 freinds from our media class (Clodagh Breen and Sophie Dash) to also act in it aswell as Jacob Thompson and Ben Thompson. I was filming it. We explained what would happen and then filmed it, trying to put as many shots in as possible in the short time we had. This went reasonably well as it did not take us too long but we did have quite alot of outtakes to edit out.
We then put it on the Apple Mac to edit it, which we had to work out to use as we went along but it was quite easy to do. Then after we had edited all the outtakes out, put in a few effects for example slow motion and added titles we put it onto a DVD adding a menu screen for when it is put in. Overall i think our preliminary task went ok but i think we could have made it better if we had put more time into it.
We filmed it in a classroom that we found was free, and used 2 freinds from our media class (Clodagh Breen and Sophie Dash) to also act in it aswell as Jacob Thompson and Ben Thompson. I was filming it. We explained what would happen and then filmed it, trying to put as many shots in as possible in the short time we had. This went reasonably well as it did not take us too long but we did have quite alot of outtakes to edit out.
We then put it on the Apple Mac to edit it, which we had to work out to use as we went along but it was quite easy to do. Then after we had edited all the outtakes out, put in a few effects for example slow motion and added titles we put it onto a DVD adding a menu screen for when it is put in. Overall i think our preliminary task went ok but i think we could have made it better if we had put more time into it.
Questionnaire Results
1. What is you’re gender?
Male 2 Female 2
2. How old are you?
10 –15 1 15 –18 2 18 -25 25+ 1
3. What genre of films and books do you like?
Horror 2 Sci-fi Thriller 1 Comedy 1 RomanticOther ______
4. How often do you go to the cinema?
Weekly Every fortnight 1 Monthly 3 A couple of times a yearOther ______
5. How often do you rent films?
Weekly 1 Monthly 2 A couple of times a year 1 Other ______
6. How often do you watch films at home?
Daily Weekly 1 Monthly 2 A couple of times a year 1 Other
7. What do you do more to watch films?
Rent 1 Cinema TV 2 Download 1
specific to a thriller
8. what sub genre do you prefer in a thriller?
action thriller crime thriller 1 sci fi thriller phycological thriller 3 other
9. what do you expect from a thriller?
suspense 1 action mysterys 2 a killer 1 romance
10. what settings do you prefer to see in a thriller?
woods 1 housing estate dark rooms 2 remote locations 1 busy city locations other
11. what gives a thriller suspense?
blood/violence 1 crime 1 break ups in relationships a mysterious character 2 other
Male 2 Female 2
2. How old are you?
10 –15 1 15 –18 2 18 -25 25+ 1
3. What genre of films and books do you like?
Horror 2 Sci-fi Thriller 1 Comedy 1 RomanticOther ______
4. How often do you go to the cinema?
Weekly Every fortnight 1 Monthly 3 A couple of times a yearOther ______
5. How often do you rent films?
Weekly 1 Monthly 2 A couple of times a year 1 Other ______
6. How often do you watch films at home?
Daily Weekly 1 Monthly 2 A couple of times a year 1 Other
7. What do you do more to watch films?
Rent 1 Cinema TV 2 Download 1
specific to a thriller
8. what sub genre do you prefer in a thriller?
action thriller crime thriller 1 sci fi thriller phycological thriller 3 other
9. what do you expect from a thriller?
suspense 1 action mysterys 2 a killer 1 romance
10. what settings do you prefer to see in a thriller?
woods 1 housing estate dark rooms 2 remote locations 1 busy city locations other
11. what gives a thriller suspense?
blood/violence 1 crime 1 break ups in relationships a mysterious character 2 other
20th Century Fox
The film production company I have chosen for my media research is 20th Century Fox. The Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation is one of the six major film studios in America. The company was founded in 1935. It came about as a result of a mix of two titles, Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Film Corporation. 20th Century Fox has produced many popular movies, including: X-men, James bond, the Bourne films, Star wars, Die hard etc. I chose to use 20th century fox because they are a well known company and they have produced and distributed many good thrillers in the past including The James bond and the Bourne films.
The film production company I have chosen for my media research is 20th Century Fox. The Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation is one of the six major film studios in America. The company was founded in 1935. It came about as a result of a mix of two titles, Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Film Corporation. 20th Century Fox has produced many popular movies, including: X-men, James bond, the Bourne films, Star wars, Die hard etc. I chose to use 20th century fox because they are a well known company and they have produced and distributed many good thrillers in the past including The James bond and the Bourne films.
Monday, 23 November 2009
The feedback we got back from the class for pitch 1 was that it would be too complicated to do, and that it would be hard to make it look good as it would involve weapons and violence which we would only be able to show to an extent and they thought it was the least strong idea out of the 3.
We got good feedback from the class about pitch 2, they said it would be relatively easy to do without breaking restrictions of weapons and violence and thought it was the best idea out of the 3.
We got relatively good feedback from the class about pitch 3, they said they thought the idea of seeing different perspectives of a crime was good and would be effective, but would be hard to do.
Overall we recieved good feedback, and it showed that pitch 1 was not a very strong idea and that it was definately out of pitch 2 and 3.
using this feedback we have chosen to do pitch 2 as it is a good idea and will be easier to do and we will not have to use any weapons or offensive props.
Thriller Audience Questionnaire
1. What is you’re gender?
Male
Female
2. How old are you?
10 –15
15 –18
18 -25
25+
3. What genre of films and books do you like?
Horror
Sci-fi
Thriller
Comedy
Romantic
Other ______
4. How often do you go to the cinema?
Weekly
Every fortnight
Monthly
A couple of times a year
Other ______
5. How often do you rent films?
Weekly
Monthly
A couple of times a year
Other ______
6. How often do you watch films at home?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
A couple of times a year
Other
7. What do you do more to watch films?
Rent
Cinema
TV
Download
1. What is you’re gender?
Male
Female
2. How old are you?
10 –15
15 –18
18 -25
25+
3. What genre of films and books do you like?
Horror
Sci-fi
Thriller
Comedy
Romantic
Other ______
4. How often do you go to the cinema?
Weekly
Every fortnight
Monthly
A couple of times a year
Other ______
5. How often do you rent films?
Weekly
Monthly
A couple of times a year
Other ______
6. How often do you watch films at home?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
A couple of times a year
Other
7. What do you do more to watch films?
Rent
Cinema
TV
Download
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The BBFC
The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body, which has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912, and videos since the passing of the Video Recordings Act in 1984. They have the authority to stop the viewing of films in cinemas and they decide what age people should be to view the film. All videos and games rated by the BBFC receive an age certificate, along with information of content if it telling the consumer if it includes, sex, drugs, violence, and strong language in it. For example something that says it contains sex, drugs and violence is likely to be classed as an 18, meaning only people aged 18 and above are able to view this film.
When classifying films the BBFC have to take into consideration many factors, such as discrimination, language, nudity, sex and violence. They also have to take into account different acts for example the Human Rights Act, Licensing Act, Sexual Offenses Act, Public Order Act, Animal Welfare Act and The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act.
The Different Classifications
U - universal, This means the film is suitable for all.
Pg - Parental Guidance, Some scenes may be unsuitable for young viewers
12 A - This means it it advised people ages over 12 view the film but people aged under 12 may view the film if accompanied by an adult
12 - This means nobody over the age of 12 can watch the film
15 - This means nobody under the age of 15 can watch the film, or rent the film
18 - This means the film is only suitable for adults ages 18+
R18 - This means the film can only be shown in licenced cinemas and sex shops only to people above the age of 18, and it may not be able to be supplied by mail order.
When classifying films the BBFC have to take into consideration many factors, such as discrimination, language, nudity, sex and violence. They also have to take into account different acts for example the Human Rights Act, Licensing Act, Sexual Offenses Act, Public Order Act, Animal Welfare Act and The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act.
The Different Classifications
U - universal, This means the film is suitable for all.
Pg - Parental Guidance, Some scenes may be unsuitable for young viewers
12 A - This means it it advised people ages over 12 view the film but people aged under 12 may view the film if accompanied by an adult
12 - This means nobody over the age of 12 can watch the film
15 - This means nobody under the age of 15 can watch the film, or rent the film
18 - This means the film is only suitable for adults ages 18+
R18 - This means the film can only be shown in licenced cinemas and sex shops only to people above the age of 18, and it may not be able to be supplied by mail order.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Physco
Physco(1960) is an American suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I analysed the shower scene which included various and some very effective shots, which showed many angles and perspectives we could view the scene from adding to the suspense and effect of the scene. It is so effective because it turns an everyday thing into a horrific incident taking away the innocence of something simple. The first shot we see is a mid shot showing the main character (Marion Crane) and establishing the environment that she is in which is the bathroom. It then has a few more shots also calm and not causing any affect, then it shows a shot of the shower head in the center of the screen and this is very effective as is emphasises the fact that is it an everyday thing and adds effect as it is repeated throughout the sequence and it is shown through the victims perspective emphasising the feeling of innocence and that something is going to happen building tension. The water is effective throughout the scene as it slightly cloaks the image of what is going on throughout adding tension and making us look closer to see what is going on. The shower curtain in the shot had a pattern on it that distorts the view through it adding tension when we see a black shadow appearing and getting closer in the background. The shots then start getting faster and the music gets quicker building up the tension as the dark blur gets closer, with the victim clueless about what is going to happen and this is emphasised by the bland every day mise en scene which adds effect to that it is an every day innocent thing to do. The curtain is then quickly pulled back vigorously with the victim screaming and there then is a very effective shot in which the attacker is centred but there is no light on the person so it is hard to see them and the only glimmer of light is on the knife which adds effect to the knife and then shot is also angled looking slightly upwards giving the person more importance. The shots are them flickering very quickly for shot to shot of the victim and the attacker from viewpoint perspectives it then shows an extreme close up of the victim screaming. It then changes shot to a birds-eye view which gives the viewer a better view of the action that is going on. There is then an example of a pathetic fallacy as there is an irrelevant shot of a thunderstorm in a sky which does emphasise the mood and is typical in thrillers. The victim then begins to fall lower and lower down the bath as the attacker leaves and whilst this is happening the music starts to get quieter and slower. There then is a shot of the victims hand against the wall this is very affective due to the contrast of the victims red nail varnish and the blood. There is also a high angle shot of the victims feet, it is effective as the feet are in an awkward stance which emphasises the distress she is in and also it is effective as the contrast between her toenails and the blood is apparent. The bland white mise en scene gives effect to this as because it is so bland the blood stands out a lot better and looks more important. We then see two very effective shots as there is an extreme close up shot of the eye dilating which is effective as it shows she is dieing, and it then changes shot to an extreme close up of the plughole and the blood washing away, this is effective because they are both a similar shape which links them and also because they resemble each other as the eye dilating shows the life going away and the plughole shows the blood washing away. The last shot we see s her lying half out of the bath in an awkward position laying helplessly and this is the point at which we know she is definitely dead.
Physco(1960) is an American suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I analysed the shower scene which included various and some very effective shots, which showed many angles and perspectives we could view the scene from adding to the suspense and effect of the scene. It is so effective because it turns an everyday thing into a horrific incident taking away the innocence of something simple. The first shot we see is a mid shot showing the main character (Marion Crane) and establishing the environment that she is in which is the bathroom. It then has a few more shots also calm and not causing any affect, then it shows a shot of the shower head in the center of the screen and this is very effective as is emphasises the fact that is it an everyday thing and adds effect as it is repeated throughout the sequence and it is shown through the victims perspective emphasising the feeling of innocence and that something is going to happen building tension. The water is effective throughout the scene as it slightly cloaks the image of what is going on throughout adding tension and making us look closer to see what is going on. The shower curtain in the shot had a pattern on it that distorts the view through it adding tension when we see a black shadow appearing and getting closer in the background. The shots then start getting faster and the music gets quicker building up the tension as the dark blur gets closer, with the victim clueless about what is going to happen and this is emphasised by the bland every day mise en scene which adds effect to that it is an every day innocent thing to do. The curtain is then quickly pulled back vigorously with the victim screaming and there then is a very effective shot in which the attacker is centred but there is no light on the person so it is hard to see them and the only glimmer of light is on the knife which adds effect to the knife and then shot is also angled looking slightly upwards giving the person more importance. The shots are them flickering very quickly for shot to shot of the victim and the attacker from viewpoint perspectives it then shows an extreme close up of the victim screaming. It then changes shot to a birds-eye view which gives the viewer a better view of the action that is going on. There is then an example of a pathetic fallacy as there is an irrelevant shot of a thunderstorm in a sky which does emphasise the mood and is typical in thrillers. The victim then begins to fall lower and lower down the bath as the attacker leaves and whilst this is happening the music starts to get quieter and slower. There then is a shot of the victims hand against the wall this is very affective due to the contrast of the victims red nail varnish and the blood. There is also a high angle shot of the victims feet, it is effective as the feet are in an awkward stance which emphasises the distress she is in and also it is effective as the contrast between her toenails and the blood is apparent. The bland white mise en scene gives effect to this as because it is so bland the blood stands out a lot better and looks more important. We then see two very effective shots as there is an extreme close up shot of the eye dilating which is effective as it shows she is dieing, and it then changes shot to an extreme close up of the plughole and the blood washing away, this is effective because they are both a similar shape which links them and also because they resemble each other as the eye dilating shows the life going away and the plughole shows the blood washing away. The last shot we see s her lying half out of the bath in an awkward position laying helplessly and this is the point at which we know she is definitely dead.
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