The genre that i mainly focused on in my two minute opening of a film was thriller, however there are some elements of different genres such as action. The typical codes and conventions of a thriller film would be that the atmosphere is always tense, that there are some characters with hidden identities and a lot of build up is often present. However, the typical codes and conventions for a action would differ a little such as action films would contain a lot of gun fight and car chases although my film doesn't include this it does contain a sense of action as one of the characters gets shot.
A usual location for a thriller film would be in a well built up area such as a city. My media product relates to this and of a action film as well. For the first scene it's in a more scluded area with little surroundings which relates to the genre of action, where as in the second scene we see the location is much more open relating to the thriller location of it being in an opne city. The reason why we choose two different locations was because to add choice to our film and give the audience codes and conventions of both action and thriller. The narrative of a typical thriller film is that there is a crime scene and a lot of investigating in eneded to find out who caused the crime. My film does contain this type of narrative as we see the main character being chased by an unknown source this adds a sence of mystery to the narrative, in the final sequence we see the main character being shot and dragged away this then builds the film up afterwards as this is the crime scene thats needs to be investigated.
A typical thriller would use dark lighting as much as they could, the film would contain not a lot of light scenes my film fits this convention in the second scene as all the shots are quite dark and relativly hard to see, however in the first scene it's quite birght which takes away this convention. Action films are meant to be more bright this relates to this first scene of my film not to the first.
As you can see i have typical conventions from both a thriller and an action film which illustrates how my film challenges both genres to make my film seem more entertaining.
Friday, 18 March 2011
2:) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media product represents particular social groups in a specific way, just from our main character we can tell what type of social group we are representing. There are many ways in which he represnts this social group. Through what clothes he is wearing and how he acts, we can tell that he is part of a rough background and is seen as more as a lower middle class person. Through what he is wearing, the way he speaks and even the way he runs/walks it represents a particular social group of how a teenager is seen as wearing hoodies, low jeans and looking pretty messy. Furthermore through the environment we have used represents the type of social groups that may be seen in these places. Late in the evening and hanging around town is typical of groups of teenagers with their hoods up and are seen are michevious. Our character represents a teenager criminal and this is also seen from the diegetic language used in our media product which is implying that he has bough an illegal item and is running away from someone. This represents particular socials groups such as teenagers, criminals and others that would watch it. Many people assume that a teenager with their hood up and hanging around town must be up to no good and is a criminal, we used this in our media product to suggest to the audience that our main character is of that social group, however of course it is not true that he is a criminal but to the audience we do get this impression.
We also represented social groups through the music that we used as well. We thought carefully about the genre of music and how wel it would flow with the continuety, not only did we think of this we also though about what type of music our audience and the main character would listen to, so that the audience would be able to relate to the character. We used a more energetic feel of music to our intro. As this type of music is very popular with younger audiences this means that they are able to relate to it.
Here is a shot of what we wanted to get our main character to look like (pictured left) in doing this it makes the audience not like the look of him and instantly have an opinion on him that he is the antagonist because f the steriotypical view on them. However, later on in the film the audience will realise that he is instead the protagonist and their steriotypical view was wrong. As you can see the main charcter in our film (pictured right) is seen with his hood up this connetes that he is michevious and up to no good. we tryed to make our main character seem like the antagonist our intro.
We also represented social groups through the music that we used as well. We thought carefully about the genre of music and how wel it would flow with the continuety, not only did we think of this we also though about what type of music our audience and the main character would listen to, so that the audience would be able to relate to the character. We used a more energetic feel of music to our intro. As this type of music is very popular with younger audiences this means that they are able to relate to it.
Here is a shot of what we wanted to get our main character to look like (pictured left) in doing this it makes the audience not like the look of him and instantly have an opinion on him that he is the antagonist because f the steriotypical view on them. However, later on in the film the audience will realise that he is instead the protagonist and their steriotypical view was wrong. As you can see the main charcter in our film (pictured right) is seen with his hood up this connetes that he is michevious and up to no good. we tryed to make our main character seem like the antagonist our intro. 
3) What media insitutions might distribute your product?
The different types of media institutions will vary as the genre of our film is both action and thriller. We would want a well known institution to distribute our media project as the institution is well known and has a very high reputation. A company such as Paramount Pictures who have distributed thriller films such as Shutter Island, Cloverfield and Disturbia. I think that choosing this institution would be the best way of making a profit because people are more likely to buy more from a well known film production company as they have a high reputation and are seen as more reliable and get more publicity. 
Another large institution that may be a good distributer would be Universal Pictures thia institution has released many thriller film in it's time. Thriller movies that were produced and distributed by Universal Pictures are Drag me to Hell, The Srangers, The Last House on the Left, Stay Alive and The Unborn. The reason why this institution would be good to distribute my product is because they are a well known institution that not only distributes thriller films but can vary from many different genres. 
A thriller institution which specifies in the thriller genre is Dimension Films this insitution specifically distributes thriller films which is why it would be a good media institution to distribute my product. The reason why this institution would be good to have distribute my product is because although it doesn't have as much reputation as the other, larger institutions do, this does however have a specific audience and theier consumers will know that it is a thriller film as soon as they see this institution distributing it. An exmaple of some of the films that Dimension Films have produced are Scary Movie, Darkness, Halloween and Scream.Wednesday, 16 March 2011
4) Who would the audience for your media product be and why?
As our film is cleary a thriller film the audience is quite clear, we knew who our audience was as me and my partner were big thriller fans as well so we knew that young adults was a good start at who to aim our product as.
The audience for our product would be male from the age of sixteen to thirty (pictured right) the reason for this decision is becuase from our own knowledge we could tell that this was the age that people usually watched the genre, also from research of the thriller genre we found out what the top thillers were and what the typical audience was.
An example would be The Minority Report (pictured left) which is a sci-fi thriller and aimed at a more male audience who are quite young. Another exmaple would be Gone in Sixty Seconds (pictured bottom right) which genre is a action thriller after reader comment reviews and peoples opnions on the film most men agreed that it was a good film however females didn't enjoy it as much as the males did. This made me certain that the audience for thriller films are male and young.
The audience for our product would be male from the age of sixteen to thirty (pictured right) the reason for this decision is becuase from our own knowledge we could tell that this was the age that people usually watched the genre, also from research of the thriller genre we found out what the top thillers were and what the typical audience was. An example would be The Minority Report (pictured left) which is a sci-fi thriller and aimed at a more male audience who are quite young. Another exmaple would be Gone in Sixty Seconds (pictured bottom right) which genre is a action thriller after reader comment reviews and peoples opnions on the film most men agreed that it was a good film however females didn't enjoy it as much as the males did. This made me certain that the audience for thriller films are male and young.
Monday, 14 March 2011
5) How did you attract/address your audience?
When attracting my audience I initially asked them what they would like to see and what they would expect in a thriller movie. In an earlier post I posted the questions that I was going to ask people and also the results. Each question was going to tell me what i should include in my film and what I shouldn't. I asked people from around the age of 17-20 the reason for this is because this is the age range that usually watch thrillers. For my questionnaire i only asked five questions however I believed that these five questions would give me all the information that i need.
The response was very similar with most people saying that they would like to see something mysterious and involving a lot of tension with this is mind we made sure the identity of both of our characters was unknown and that the tempo was always fast paced. During the whole intro Frankie Duck (actor, pictured left) does not reveal his face to the capture so that the audience is able to get a clear view of him, this makes the audience be able to feel more in the actors shoes as they don't know what the outcome of the situation is going to be. We made sure that you didn't get to see both the antagonist's and protagonist's face throughout the whole intro. The reason why we did this was because we wanted to satisfy the audience by adding a sense of mystery. We added tension to the film by making everything seem fast paced in the second scene, then in the second scene everything clams down and the audience isn't suspecting anything.
Another question that we asked was what location do you think of when thinking of a thriller movie some people said industrial estates and well populated areas and some said forests and unpopulated areas. As the result was very different we decided to do both. In our first scene it's in a quite location surrounded by trees then in our second scene it's in an deserted car park. We feel that in doing this we satisfy a lot of the customers needs and making them happier with the film. As soon as i knew what type of character we would need in our film for our audience to be attacrted to it we started planning making sure the protaganist and the antagonist are not known from the intro adding a sense of mystery to the film. We also made sure the locations where unknown aswell to make sure that the audience didn't know where the characters where and that they knew the protagnosit was alone and had no one to help him.
I attracted my audience by using actors of similar age of the target audience. The actor Frankie Duck who is 17 and plays the protagonist is meant to be representing someone in the film of an age around 18-25 and the antagonist James Bradford who is 16 is an masked man who's identity is unknown . This would also then appeal to the rest of the majority of the target audience as they will be able to relate to both the antagonist and protagonist if they are the same age as them.
The response was very similar with most people saying that they would like to see something mysterious and involving a lot of tension with this is mind we made sure the identity of both of our characters was unknown and that the tempo was always fast paced. During the whole intro Frankie Duck (actor, pictured left) does not reveal his face to the capture so that the audience is able to get a clear view of him, this makes the audience be able to feel more in the actors shoes as they don't know what the outcome of the situation is going to be. We made sure that you didn't get to see both the antagonist's and protagonist's face throughout the whole intro. The reason why we did this was because we wanted to satisfy the audience by adding a sense of mystery. We added tension to the film by making everything seem fast paced in the second scene, then in the second scene everything clams down and the audience isn't suspecting anything.
Another question that we asked was what location do you think of when thinking of a thriller movie some people said industrial estates and well populated areas and some said forests and unpopulated areas. As the result was very different we decided to do both. In our first scene it's in a quite location surrounded by trees then in our second scene it's in an deserted car park. We feel that in doing this we satisfy a lot of the customers needs and making them happier with the film. As soon as i knew what type of character we would need in our film for our audience to be attacrted to it we started planning making sure the protaganist and the antagonist are not known from the intro adding a sense of mystery to the film. We also made sure the locations where unknown aswell to make sure that the audience didn't know where the characters where and that they knew the protagnosit was alone and had no one to help him. I attracted my audience by using actors of similar age of the target audience. The actor Frankie Duck who is 17 and plays the protagonist is meant to be representing someone in the film of an age around 18-25 and the antagonist James Bradford who is 16 is an masked man who's identity is unknown . This would also then appeal to the rest of the majority of the target audience as they will be able to relate to both the antagonist and protagonist if they are the same age as them.
6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I feel that I have learnt a lot about both filming and editing. However, I couldn't have done it without the technology that was available for me to use. I used a wide range of different technology such as editing programmes and filming equipment to help me make my film look professional as I could. Without the technology that I used my film wouldn't have been as good as it was the reason for this is because each technology helps my film in a different way.
The main technology that help my film the most was an editing programme called Final Cut Express. This programme affected my film a lot because of the possibility's I was able to do with it. Examples would be cutting the shots so that I was able to add continuity to my film and dimming sound at certain parts this affect helped me a lot as my film involved a lot of wind which affected some of the dialogue within my film, because of this affect we was able to dim the audio which cut out the wind. Other affects that we used were colour correction, the reason why we used this affect was because some of our shots were too dark to see, from this affect I was able to make the shot brighter so that dark parts in our film were visible. I also added a blur affect to a shot to make it seem more dramatic. From my preliminary task my knowledge of final cut express has improved greatly. As when I started my preliminary task I had no knowledge of how to use the programme, I only knew how to cut shots and fade shots in and out. After completing my main task I now feel that I have sufficient knowledge of how to use the programme successfully.
Here is a example of a shot that has had a number of affects to it to make it more appealing than it originally was in this picture we see that it is quite bright, this is due to the affect colour correction which I used in quite a few shots to make the shots seem much brighter. This shot also contains the affect blur which makes the point of view shot of the actors vision seem blurry to make the audience know how the actor feels and the condition he is in.
Here is same the same shot as above but without the affects, as it is clear not a lot can be seen this is because this shot doesn't have the colour correction affect which means not a lot can be seen. Also the blur affect is in the shot, however because the shot is too dark the blur affect makes no difference and it cannot be seen. If I didn't have knowledge of how to use Final Cut then this would have been the final outcome for my film. But as I had learnt a lot from using the editing programme, I knew how to add these affects to my film and thus make it as successful as I could have.
Another form of technology that has helped me a lot is the filming equipment, the reason for this is because without the filming equipment a lot of the cinematography wouldn't have been successful. The reason for this is because one of the technological equipment that I used was a tripod. This helped me a lot through out my filming giving me the ability to have steady shots when I needed to. Without the tripod I wouldn't have been able to have steady shots, I also wouldn't have be able to pan as well as I did. The most important technological piece of equipment was the camera and using it affectively was going to separate my film from good to bad. As my preliminary task was the first time I had really used a camera other than to take pictures, I knew that I needed to understand how to use it innovatively. Examples of this would be the birds eye view shot in my film.
The main technology that help my film the most was an editing programme called Final Cut Express. This programme affected my film a lot because of the possibility's I was able to do with it. Examples would be cutting the shots so that I was able to add continuity to my film and dimming sound at certain parts this affect helped me a lot as my film involved a lot of wind which affected some of the dialogue within my film, because of this affect we was able to dim the audio which cut out the wind. Other affects that we used were colour correction, the reason why we used this affect was because some of our shots were too dark to see, from this affect I was able to make the shot brighter so that dark parts in our film were visible. I also added a blur affect to a shot to make it seem more dramatic. From my preliminary task my knowledge of final cut express has improved greatly. As when I started my preliminary task I had no knowledge of how to use the programme, I only knew how to cut shots and fade shots in and out. After completing my main task I now feel that I have sufficient knowledge of how to use the programme successfully. 
Here is a example of a shot that has had a number of affects to it to make it more appealing than it originally was in this picture we see that it is quite bright, this is due to the affect colour correction which I used in quite a few shots to make the shots seem much brighter. This shot also contains the affect blur which makes the point of view shot of the actors vision seem blurry to make the audience know how the actor feels and the condition he is in.
Another form of technology that has helped me a lot is the filming equipment, the reason for this is because without the filming equipment a lot of the cinematography wouldn't have been successful. The reason for this is because one of the technological equipment that I used was a tripod. This helped me a lot through out my filming giving me the ability to have steady shots when I needed to. Without the tripod I wouldn't have been able to have steady shots, I also wouldn't have be able to pan as well as I did. The most important technological piece of equipment was the camera and using it affectively was going to separate my film from good to bad. As my preliminary task was the first time I had really used a camera other than to take pictures, I knew that I needed to understand how to use it innovatively. Examples of this would be the birds eye view shot in my film.
Thursday, 10 March 2011
7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt from the progression from it to the full product?
From our preliminary task i can see a lot of improvements. Looking back i can see the quality of work has improved a lot from mis en scene to cinematography. The reason for this improvement is because from the preliminary task i found out what we did wrong and how we could have improved our filming in the future. The improvements that were suggested were mainly about mis en scene the reason for this is because the location in our preliminary task was not well planned out this then lead to the shots being to close or to far away, also the lighting was very dark and some shots were very hard to see.
This is an example of the lighting in our preliminary task as you can see some of the location is darker than other parts this affected our task a lot as some of the shots were to dark to see anything. Also from this shot the actor is not directly in the centre of the shot which is affecting our cinematography as well.
Some of the cinematography wasn't as good as it could have been. An example of this would be that some of our shots weren't that steady also the camera shots that we took didn't really capture as much as we would have liked to. This shot is an example of how we didn't capture as much as we planned in the shot we see both actors looking at the prop. However, we planned to get the actor furthest away form the shot to be able to see his face and his reaction.
knowledge of how to edit and use affects on our shots. This shot is a clear example of the effects we used in this shot we used both colour correction to make the shot much lighter so that it is visible, we also used motion blur to make more of an affect to the shot. The editing was much more successful in our intro film rather than our Preliminary Task the reason for this is because we had much more experience the second time editing and we knew what we needed to edit to make our film look better from the feedback that we got from our preliminary task.
This is a screen grab of the editing effect that we used called colour correction this affect lets us be able to change the brightness of the shot and also change the shot so that it is just one colour. We used this affect to make our shots much brighter as we filmed our video at night. The reason why we didn't use this affect in our preliminary task was because we didn't know how to use it. If we didn't use this affect then most of our shots would have been too dark to see. The editing in our main project was much more successful than in our preliminary task. he reason for this is because we had much more knowledge of how to edit.
This is an example of the lighting in our preliminary task as you can see some of the location is darker than other parts this affected our task a lot as some of the shots were to dark to see anything. Also from this shot the actor is not directly in the centre of the shot which is affecting our cinematography as well.
Some of the cinematography wasn't as good as it could have been. An example of this would be that some of our shots weren't that steady also the camera shots that we took didn't really capture as much as we would have liked to. This shot is an example of how we didn't capture as much as we planned in the shot we see both actors looking at the prop. However, we planned to get the actor furthest away form the shot to be able to see his face and his reaction.
From looking at these mistakes in our preliminary task we adapted to them and mainly focused on these aspects to try and improve them in our main project. We mainly focused on the continuity of our shots and how the film flowed together. When we started our preliminary task we had little knowledge about the editing programme we used called Final Cut Express. This meant that we was unable to use all of the features as we didn't know how to. However the second time we came around to editing we had some
knowledge of how to edit and use affects on our shots. This shot is a clear example of the effects we used in this shot we used both colour correction to make the shot much lighter so that it is visible, we also used motion blur to make more of an affect to the shot. The editing was much more successful in our intro film rather than our Preliminary Task the reason for this is because we had much more experience the second time editing and we knew what we needed to edit to make our film look better from the feedback that we got from our preliminary task.
This is a screen grab of the editing effect that we used called colour correction this affect lets us be able to change the brightness of the shot and also change the shot so that it is just one colour. We used this affect to make our shots much brighter as we filmed our video at night. The reason why we didn't use this affect in our preliminary task was because we didn't know how to use it. If we didn't use this affect then most of our shots would have been too dark to see. The editing in our main project was much more successful than in our preliminary task. he reason for this is because we had much more knowledge of how to edit. Not only were there a lot of mistakes in our preliminary task relating to cinematography there were also a few mistakes with sound as well. As in our main project there is non-diegetic it means that less dialogue is needed, where as in our preliminary task there needed to be dialogue which meant that more mistakes could be made. Sound in our main task was not such a large problem as most of it was non-diegetic, however we did have a large problem with choosing the right soundtrack for our film due to copyright. The wasn't a problem in our preliminary task as all the sound was diegetic.
In conclusion I feel that I have learnt a lot from the progression of the preliminary task to the full product. From doing the preliminary task it taught me a lot about basic filming and editing. After developing on these skills it gave me the potential to make an intro film. Also the feedback that I received from the preliminary task helped me a lot as it told me what I needed to improve on and what I did very well.
In conclusion I feel that I have learnt a lot from the progression of the preliminary task to the full product. From doing the preliminary task it taught me a lot about basic filming and editing. After developing on these skills it gave me the potential to make an intro film. Also the feedback that I received from the preliminary task helped me a lot as it told me what I needed to improve on and what I did very well.
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Film... Completed
On Thursday the 17th of February 2011 me and my partner finished our two minute intro film. In my own opinion I am very pleased with the outcome. I personally believe me and my partner tried very hard and put the most amount of effort we could have put into it.
If we were able to do the project again then I would have spent a lot more time planning the storyline and being as close to detail as I could have such as choosing the music before hand.
From our preliminary task I can see a huge improvement from mis en scene such as lighting in our preliminary was too dark and some shots were hard to see to overcome this problem in our project we editing the shots so that everything was visible.
Overall I am very pleased with the outcome of our film and that it was to the highest of standards me and my partner could achieve however there we a couple mistakes to our film that could have been improved if we were to do it again
If we were able to do the project again then I would have spent a lot more time planning the storyline and being as close to detail as I could have such as choosing the music before hand.
From our preliminary task I can see a huge improvement from mis en scene such as lighting in our preliminary was too dark and some shots were hard to see to overcome this problem in our project we editing the shots so that everything was visible.
Overall I am very pleased with the outcome of our film and that it was to the highest of standards me and my partner could achieve however there we a couple mistakes to our film that could have been improved if we were to do it again
Editing Finished
Me and my partner have finished editing our two minute intro film. Although it took us longer than we anticipated we finished our filming and managed to hand it on time.
The editing for our film took around three weeks we spent around ten hours editing and updating our blog at the same time. Some time had to be spent outside of lesson working on our film as we didn't finish editing in lesson time.
A main reason why our editing took so long was because of music to use for our intro this took around three lessons (three hours) to find a track that fit in with our genre and was not copyrighted. this proved a very hard challenge to use. However, we found a suitable soundtrack to use and after we had found it all we needed to do was sync the music with out film.
Overall i am very pleased with the editing as it has solved a lot of our problems such as, some of our shots were far to dark and little could be seen therefore with colour correction we were able to change the brightness levels and make our shots be more revealing.
Permission for Soundtrack
For this music that we used we needed to make sure that we had permission to use it, so me and my partner emailed the owner and asked if we could used the music for noncommercial purposes and educational purposes only.
We asked:
Would it be possible for me to use this song for non commercial use and for educational purposes only?
Soundtrack
Me and my partner have finally found a soundtrack for us to use for our two minute intro film. We selected his piece of music because we felt it fit in with our intro the most and reflected the main characters feelings and the position he was in.
This is the piece of music that we have selected to use
This is the piece of music that we have selected to use
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Questionnaire Analysis
After looking at my questionnaire reults i can get a clear idea of what i should include in my film. From my questionnaire results i could see that a wide range of people liked thrillers because of the suspence asnd excitment that they have in them therefore me and my partner decided to have as little actors that we could have to concentrate all focus on this one character. We then decided to put him into a situation where the audience doesn't know whats going to happen this way out film will be more appleaing and thrilling.
Qustionnaire Results
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Charlie Canty
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
Industrial estates, somewhere in London, woods
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
They have got a sense of mystery about them and you have to follow them and understand them to know what happens
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
Crime
What is your favourite Thriller film?
Die Hard 4.0
Why?
There is a lot of action and suspense
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Frank James
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
In a field
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
Surprises you and contains violence
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
Violent
What is your favourite Thriller film?
Seven
Why?
It's scary and has you on the edge of your seat the whole time
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Jacob Harris
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
The city
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
Having to think about what happens, psychological
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
Crime
What is your favourite Thriller film?
North by Northwest
Why?
Good storyline
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Josh Leek
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
In a field, dark locations, warehouses.
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
Certain scenes, makes you thinks about the storyline
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
Violence
What is your favourite Thriller film?
State of Play
Why?
Contains a lot of action and creates a lot of suspense
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Ned Harvey
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
Japan
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
Makes you think about the storyline and what happens next
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
Crime
What is your favourite Thriller film?
The Hills Have Eyes
Why?
Don’t know what’s going to happen next
Charlie Canty
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
Industrial estates, somewhere in London, woods
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
They have got a sense of mystery about them and you have to follow them and understand them to know what happens
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
Crime
What is your favourite Thriller film?
Die Hard 4.0
Why?
There is a lot of action and suspense
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Frank James
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
In a field
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
Surprises you and contains violence
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
Violent
What is your favourite Thriller film?
Seven
Why?
It's scary and has you on the edge of your seat the whole time
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Jacob Harris
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
The city
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
Having to think about what happens, psychological
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
Crime
What is your favourite Thriller film?
North by Northwest
Why?
Good storyline
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Josh Leek
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
In a field, dark locations, warehouses.
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
Certain scenes, makes you thinks about the storyline
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
Violence
What is your favourite Thriller film?
State of Play
Why?
Contains a lot of action and creates a lot of suspense
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Ned Harvey
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
Japan
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
Makes you think about the storyline and what happens next
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
Crime
What is your favourite Thriller film?
The Hills Have Eyes
Why?
Don’t know what’s going to happen next
Filming finished
Me and my partner have finished all of our filming on the 8th of February 2011 we filmed our film three times in two different locations.
The first time we filmed was very productive and we got a lot of our film done we managed to film the first scene which took up about 50 seconds of our two minute intro film. After looking through the clips we took we were very pleased however there was one shot where we can hear a lot of wind. This was very annoying as we was not able to dim the wind out by editing as there was talking over it.
The second time filming was not as productive as the first as we changed our story a little and had to improvise some of it. The second time filming was ontop of waitrose carpark. The first few shots we were very pleased with and used them in our film. However, after a while we began to notice our camera battery was incredibly low so we tryed to film the rest of out intro quickly. This did not end well and most of the shots that we took were discarded and not used in our film.
The final time filming only me and my partner went and we managed to shoot the rest of our film in under and hour. We retook a couple of shoots that we were not pleased with last time so that we could improve it. After we had improved out shots, we then began to film the rest of our film. As it was only me and my partner we were able to be very productive and take it seriusly. I believe that this was our best time filming as we got a lot of work done and even improved some of the old shots that we used.
The first time we filmed was very productive and we got a lot of our film done we managed to film the first scene which took up about 50 seconds of our two minute intro film. After looking through the clips we took we were very pleased however there was one shot where we can hear a lot of wind. This was very annoying as we was not able to dim the wind out by editing as there was talking over it.
The second time filming was not as productive as the first as we changed our story a little and had to improvise some of it. The second time filming was ontop of waitrose carpark. The first few shots we were very pleased with and used them in our film. However, after a while we began to notice our camera battery was incredibly low so we tryed to film the rest of out intro quickly. This did not end well and most of the shots that we took were discarded and not used in our film.
The final time filming only me and my partner went and we managed to shoot the rest of our film in under and hour. We retook a couple of shoots that we were not pleased with last time so that we could improve it. After we had improved out shots, we then began to film the rest of our film. As it was only me and my partner we were able to be very productive and take it seriusly. I believe that this was our best time filming as we got a lot of work done and even improved some of the old shots that we used.
Problems with music
The biggest problem i believe that we have faced so far would be choosing the right type of music to use in our intro film, me and my partner choose to have music at the start of our film and then dim it out after a specific amount of time. However, this proved to be a big problem as we coulnd't find any music to put into our film that was copyright free, we spent many hours searching different websites to try and find music which we were able to use in our film, we did find a piece that fit perectly into our film but it was copyright and we were unable to use it.
Friday, 11 February 2011
Evidence of Filming
This is a short clip of where the filming took place for our second scene
This is where we filmed a part of our second scene
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Evidence of Filming
This is a shot of us filming our second scene which takes place on the top floor of Waitrose car park in this shot we see Frankie coming up the stairs and James filming it
Simular to the picture above we see James filming Frankie coming up the stairs
Friday, 28 January 2011
Actors
We only had two actors for our film these we my partner and a very close friend of ours this way we could trust everyone to be serious about filming. Also we only used two characters so that the attention could be on the protagonist and the audience woulnd't be be concentrating on other actors.
Frankie Duck - Drug dealer (Protagonist)
James Bradford - Unknow masked man (Antagonist)
Frankie Duck - Drug dealer (Protagonist)
James Bradford - Unknow masked man (Antagonist)
Props
For our two minute intro film we only have one props this is:
Frankies Phone
Frankies Phone
We tried to have as little props as we could because we wanted to keep the focus on Frankie as a character to create suspense and have full focus on this one character and the situation he is in
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Questionnaire
To get an opinion from my target audience i am going to ask them to complete a questionnaire so i know what to include in my film and what will grab the audiences attention. I am going to ask people to fill out my questionnaire who like the genre thriller, i will also make sure that they are a certain age range which will be 15-30 year olds. I know from my own knowledge that this is the age range which people usually watch thrillers. The people I am going to ask to complete it will be thriller fans between 16-30 years old. I have also chosen this age range because audiences are attracted to the film if the main characters are the same age as the audience.
These are the questions which will be on my questionnaire. I will ask 5 people to fill out my questionnaire.
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes No
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
________________________________________________________
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
________________________________________________________
What is your favourite Thriller film?
______________________________________________
Why?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
These are the questions which will be on my questionnaire. I will ask 5 people to fill out my questionnaire.
Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
Yes No
What location do you think of when thinking about the genre thriller?
________________________________________________________
What makes you want to watch a thriller film?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Which type of thriller do you like? (crime, religious, disaster, violent)
________________________________________________________
What is your favourite Thriller film?
______________________________________________
Why?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Changes to our Story
Me and Frankie decided for our story that we would have three different locations these would be Swan Meadows, Waitrose car park, and Radwinter. However, after recording the first scene it came to our attention that it was over 40 seconds long which was quite a long time seeing as we only have 2 minutes to record the whole intro. We decided to keep this scene but to not have the Radwinter scene as it would be over 2 minutes long and the story wouldn't make any sense. This was a good idea because in the first scene we see Frankie almost running away from someone this creates a lot of tension, also in the Waitrose scene at the end we see Frankie dazing off into a deep sleep he then sees a blurry vision of a masked figure, this will make a great ending to the film and make it have a lot of tension. We both agreed on doing this and we though it would benefit us the most.
Location
Me and Frankie have decided to record in two different locations these will be the Swan Meadow, and top of Waitrose in Saffron Walden. These are some of the pictures we took whilst recording.
This is a picture of our opening scene, where we see Frankie running towards the camera
This is a similar shot to the first one instead it has been turned 180*, which means that Frankie will be running away from the camera
This is a shot of our location at the Swan Meadows, in this scene we see Frankie running away from something
Monday, 17 January 2011
Narrative
This is our narrative, it will tell us the story line of the film and who is the protagonist and the antagonist.
Storyboard
This is our Storyboard, it will remind us of the shots we take and every detail of the scene such as duration of the shot and the dialog that is included.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Thriller Genre
As I had chosen thriller as the genre of my opening of a film, I decided to get a defintion of thriller to make sure that I am creating a film to the correct genre.
Definition
A genuine, standalone thriller is a film that provide thrills and keeps the audience cliff-hanging at the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. The tension usually arises when the character(s) is placed in a menacing situation, a mystery, or a trap from which escaping seems impossible. Life is threatened, usually because the principal character is unsuspectingly or unknowingly involved in a dangerous or potentially deadly situation.
I got this information from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)
After reading this information I now know what to included in my 2 minute intro film.
Definition
A genuine, standalone thriller is a film that provide thrills and keeps the audience cliff-hanging at the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. The tension usually arises when the character(s) is placed in a menacing situation, a mystery, or a trap from which escaping seems impossible. Life is threatened, usually because the principal character is unsuspectingly or unknowingly involved in a dangerous or potentially deadly situation.
I got this information from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)
After reading this information I now know what to included in my 2 minute intro film.
Genre Decision
Me and Frankie Duck have decided to choose thriller, as the genre for our two minute intro film. The reason for this is because this is what interests us the most and we think it will be thrilling and fun to make. Also most of our ideas fit in with the thriller genre. It also isn't a very complicated genre and would be rather simple to film.
Friday, 7 January 2011
The Hills Have Eyes Title Sequence
00:14 Peter Locke Presents
00:18 A Film by Wes Craven
00:23 The Hills Have Eyes Title
00:25 Starring Susan Lanier
00:31 Starring Robert Houston
00:33 Staring Martin Speer
00:38 Also Staring Des Wallace
Russ Grieve
John Steadman
00:45 Also Staring James Whitworth As Jupiter
00:48 Also Staring Virginia Vincent as Ethel Carter
00:50 with Lance Gorden, Micheal Berryman
James Blthye, Cordy Clark
Brenda Marinett
00:57 Casting Gus Schirmer
01:00 Music By Don Pecke
01:04 Directer of Photography Eric Suariem
01:08 Produced by Peter Locke
01:11 Writen and Directed by Wes Craven
Monday, 3 January 2011
Saving Private Ryan
Similar to The Green Mile an intro where a person relives a certain part of their life. I have chosen this because it's a clear example of what story line i would chose to go by in my intro to a film.
Crank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv_UN2p5Da4
I was unable to embed the video due to copyright laws, I searched the whole of YouTube trying to find one to embedded but couldn't find one. I just had to use this intro because it was a perfect example of what I want my intro to include.
I was unable to embed the video due to copyright laws, I searched the whole of YouTube trying to find one to embedded but couldn't find one. I just had to use this intro because it was a perfect example of what I want my intro to include.
The Green Mile
A intro to a film where it shows present time first, then throughout the rest of the film relives the main characters (Tom Hanks) life.
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