Inspirations where a constant source of ideas throughout our thriller film as we thought drafting ideas from other successful films in the thriller genre and adapting them in a way appropriate for our thriller opening would make our film also successful as theses ideas are what made the initial film so successful. However i never completely copied a idea. I wanted to keep my film separate and give it its own identity as apposed from being constantly compared to the films that inspired me. The primary films that invoked many of my ideas where IT, Halloween and Saw.
IT
We took keen inspiration from Stephen Kings 'IT' to create our films antagonist. The clown mask used conforms to the conventions of hidden identity and creates the effect of fear and tension as the audience are scared of the unknown. We thought the contrapuntal idea of the clown killer was relatable to that of the audience with it being a common 'phobia' (name of film) amongst our teen audience as well as the conventions of a thriller film as a whole as the mysterious identity the mask provides creates an enigma as well as the tension within the film.
Halloween
We look to take inspiration from the popular thriller opening in Halloween. Where the P.O.V shot is used on the killer to create a sense of mystery and tension as we can see the killer walking around. We hope to use in in our thriller opening to show how the killer is watching the female victim. This will make the audience feel uneasy and create a tense atmosphere that we are constantly looking to portray in our thriller opening. This is relatable to the thriller genre as a sinister, tense atmosphere are always key within a thriller opening as it sets the scene for the film and keeps the audience in grossed in the narrative.
Saw
Much of our narrative was sourced from that of Saws. Where a victim; in our case a blonde, female one (to conform to the generic thriller conventions) is kidnapped and executed in a twisted, unexplainable manner, which forms the enigma throughout the film about why she is killed.This creates a builds a relationship a audience have with the characters as they are more engrossed in the narrative they are therefore more susceptible to the tension and suspense within a film. It is relatable to the thriller genre as a suspenseful narrative is key to the tension and suspense that is in a film.
Looking into other films for inspiration was vary helpful in the planning of my thriller film as i was able to incorporate more conventional ideas allowing my thriller opening to appeal to my target audience of teens more. All the inspirations i have taken help to increase the ultimate tension/suspense within my opening through the use of increasing my antagonists profile.
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Planning opening credits-Miss Georgiou
Credits are prominent in all films as well as just the thriller genre particularly as they inform the audience of everyone who was involved in the film, including the director, actors and producers.
Credits are important within a film as actors and director(s) within a film (usually following each other at the beginning of the credits) are common features for attracting attention to a film, therefore making them a necessary part of any modern motion picture.
When analysing Sevens opening sequence the first thing i was looking out for was the credit sequence, as i hoped to replicate this into my thriller opening given Sevens notoriously successful thriller opening. The credits appeared on screen in the following order Production company, director, actor, title of film, actors continued, casting, music, costumes, editing, production, camera operator, co-producer, producer, writing and the director again. As apposed to the Films title being first on the list it features fourth, following actors. This is because actors are the thing the audience are more drawn into as it has names that they are familiar with in such as Brad Pitt and the title of the film is vary important and so they need to put it in a order that it will be noticed in, this is the purpose of it being put following actors.
When analysing 'Se7en' the most noticeable effect was the font used. Its generic thriller style and size was conventional to that of the thriller genre. The contrasting white font on a black background was relatable to the battle between good and evil within the film and a style he hope to replicate and use in our thriller opening, however using a red font as apposed to white as red connotes danger, blood and anger, all of these relating to the thriller genre. As well as the colour of the font we also want to adopt a jerky, unstable movement when the credits are on screen. This creates a tense atmosphere keeping the audience uneasy and insinuates that there is some kind of mystery.
I also analysed 'shutter island' to expand my potential ideas i could have for thriller opening and i found that a series of controversial effect used. The one that jumped out at me the most was the spiral effect at 0.05 to 0.08. The effects of manipulation and unsuitability it oozed where effective in that in made the film appear unpredictable as it felt like i was being brainwashed. The effect of manipulation it presented was particularly effective in that it was relatable to the context of the film as well as the thriller genre. Where the narrative is about a man being manipulated into believing he is someone else.
Credits are important within a film as actors and director(s) within a film (usually following each other at the beginning of the credits) are common features for attracting attention to a film, therefore making them a necessary part of any modern motion picture.
When analysing Sevens opening sequence the first thing i was looking out for was the credit sequence, as i hoped to replicate this into my thriller opening given Sevens notoriously successful thriller opening. The credits appeared on screen in the following order Production company, director, actor, title of film, actors continued, casting, music, costumes, editing, production, camera operator, co-producer, producer, writing and the director again. As apposed to the Films title being first on the list it features fourth, following actors. This is because actors are the thing the audience are more drawn into as it has names that they are familiar with in such as Brad Pitt and the title of the film is vary important and so they need to put it in a order that it will be noticed in, this is the purpose of it being put following actors.
When analysing 'Se7en' the most noticeable effect was the font used. Its generic thriller style and size was conventional to that of the thriller genre. The contrasting white font on a black background was relatable to the battle between good and evil within the film and a style he hope to replicate and use in our thriller opening, however using a red font as apposed to white as red connotes danger, blood and anger, all of these relating to the thriller genre. As well as the colour of the font we also want to adopt a jerky, unstable movement when the credits are on screen. This creates a tense atmosphere keeping the audience uneasy and insinuates that there is some kind of mystery.
I also analysed 'shutter island' to expand my potential ideas i could have for thriller opening and i found that a series of controversial effect used. The one that jumped out at me the most was the spiral effect at 0.05 to 0.08. The effects of manipulation and unsuitability it oozed where effective in that in made the film appear unpredictable as it felt like i was being brainwashed. The effect of manipulation it presented was particularly effective in that it was relatable to the context of the film as well as the thriller genre. Where the narrative is about a man being manipulated into believing he is someone else.
My Opening
credits:
After
reviewing the opening credits of several films I have come to the conclusion
that my credits will appear in the following order….
Sandstorm productions
Director- Joe smith
Director of photography-Daniel
Armstrong
Actors-Cara Gaffney, Daniel
Armstrong, Joe Smith
Film title-Phobia
Editing director- Reggie Witham
Producer- Sam Smith
Co producer-Mark Abraham
Costumes- Lara Walker
Director of Sound-Joe Smith
Upon reviewing my credit sequence i am confident that it will be effective in making the film title and actors noticeable as it is in a identical if not vary similar order to that of a high budget movie such as Shutter island, which i have analysed.
The Font our group is hoping the achieve in our thriller opening sequence is a unstable, jagged writing similar to that of Microsoft words "Curlz MT as it provokes a made wrote effect suggesting that some unstable antagonist has wrote it, as well as the jovial curls at the end of the letters providing a contrapuntal effect relatable to that of our clown antagonist. Our group has also decided that red would be the best colour to use as it is striking and would draw attention to the credits, the film title in particular. Red also connotes death, blood and danger and therefore is why it is a thriller convention that he hope to achieve during our filming. The colour white was also a popular potential choice however our group concluded that although the mysterious and eerie feel it would portray was not appropriate for our opening as it would not stand out as opposed to other colours.
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Character planning- Miss Miller
Character planning was vital as our characters where the primary source of the tension within our thriller opening and so we looked to focus on the characters as much as possible, looking at the conventions we where adhering to with each character and the effects they created. These effects intern helped increase the relationship a viewer would have with the characters, keeping them interested. Throughout this blog i will be addressing each character within our thriller opening and their purpose within it.
The victim (Late teens and blonde)- This characters role within the opening is to be stalked by our antagonist. Much focus went int the planning of this character. The Blonde hair was a necessity within our victim as it is a symbol of venerability within the thriller genre and so we hoped to utilise this generic thriller convention to enhance the effect of suspense that the venerability created.In doing so our group spent allot of time trying to find a actress to play the part and as a result we consequently lost allot of filming time leading to parts of our film being rushed. The relatable age of the victim (late teens) to our target audience of teenagers helps the viewers engage with the narrative more as they feel as though this is or could happen to them or a friend.
Antagonist- Our antagonist (as planned in the picture to the left)
was detrimental in the tension within the film as he was the source of all of it. Knowing this our group looked to enhance certain characteristics to increase the fear factor of our stalker and therefore increase the tension the audience felt when watching him stalk our victim as a result. Inspiration from Stephan Kings 'it' was taken to create our despaired clown mask.
We identified a clown to be a relatable fear umonghst teens and so we looked to transfer this fear into a film using inspiration from Stephan Kings 'it' to create our despaired clown mask. This created suspense in that some teens are already scared of clowns. The antagonists identity being concealed by the clown mask also enhanced suspense and tension as it creates an enigma. Viewers are unaware of who the killer is and so they continue to guess who it is throughout the film keeping them enthralled in the narrative. We where always looking to make our themes relatable to thriller conventions such as hidden identity as the thriller conventions create the effects that all successful thriller have, tension, suspense and fear.
I would argue that our group tried and succeeded in creating characters that where effective in enhancing the tension and suspense within our thriller opening by using the thriller conventions they display such as hidden identity (Clown mask), and blonde hair on our victem. Creating a blog on character planning has been enlightening as i am now more focused on the roles of my characters within my thriller film and it also gave me a opportunity to look at my characters in more detail allowing me to change certain aspects such as the clowns black tracksuit to make it more relatable to our audience of teens to enhance suspense within the film.
The victim (Late teens and blonde)- This characters role within the opening is to be stalked by our antagonist. Much focus went int the planning of this character. The Blonde hair was a necessity within our victim as it is a symbol of venerability within the thriller genre and so we hoped to utilise this generic thriller convention to enhance the effect of suspense that the venerability created.In doing so our group spent allot of time trying to find a actress to play the part and as a result we consequently lost allot of filming time leading to parts of our film being rushed. The relatable age of the victim (late teens) to our target audience of teenagers helps the viewers engage with the narrative more as they feel as though this is or could happen to them or a friend.
Antagonist- Our antagonist (as planned in the picture to the left)
was detrimental in the tension within the film as he was the source of all of it. Knowing this our group looked to enhance certain characteristics to increase the fear factor of our stalker and therefore increase the tension the audience felt when watching him stalk our victim as a result. Inspiration from Stephan Kings 'it' was taken to create our despaired clown mask.We identified a clown to be a relatable fear umonghst teens and so we looked to transfer this fear into a film using inspiration from Stephan Kings 'it' to create our despaired clown mask. This created suspense in that some teens are already scared of clowns. The antagonists identity being concealed by the clown mask also enhanced suspense and tension as it creates an enigma. Viewers are unaware of who the killer is and so they continue to guess who it is throughout the film keeping them enthralled in the narrative. We where always looking to make our themes relatable to thriller conventions such as hidden identity as the thriller conventions create the effects that all successful thriller have, tension, suspense and fear.
I would argue that our group tried and succeeded in creating characters that where effective in enhancing the tension and suspense within our thriller opening by using the thriller conventions they display such as hidden identity (Clown mask), and blonde hair on our victem. Creating a blog on character planning has been enlightening as i am now more focused on the roles of my characters within my thriller film and it also gave me a opportunity to look at my characters in more detail allowing me to change certain aspects such as the clowns black tracksuit to make it more relatable to our audience of teens to enhance suspense within the film.
Planning sound- Miss Miller
I used a variety of different sound techniques throughout my thriller opening, including my independently created soundtrack that i was able to compose on garage band.The use of sound within a thriller helps impact and enhance the effects that the audience are seeing on screen, particularly tension as it is essential in creating a conventional and good thriller film.
Another technique we are looking to achive in our thriller opening is contapuntal sound. As our female victem is left alone by her boyfriend she puts her earphones in where a happy care free song is being played faintly in the filming. This creates the effect that she can not hear any other external sound crating more tension as she can not heart her stalker following her. The contrupuntal sound creates a eerie atmosphere as the audience feel uneasy. We hope to convay the contrasting music as a metaphor for the antagonists twisted persona, where he is out of touch from the world (as too is the music) to build suspense as the audience feel as though our antagonist is unpredictable and capable of anything, keeping them at the dye of their seats throughout our opening. Contrapuntal music is a common thriller convention used in popular thriller franchises such as scream as they help build tension (the primary effect looks to be explored in the thriller genre) which intern inceases the veiwer/character relationship as the audience feel sympathy for the victim.
Diegetic sound in the form of heavy breathing from our victem and deranged laughter from our antagonist is another key sound technique we will attempt to use to help build suspense. Our group chose to use this particular technique as apposed from dialogue from a phone call as too much dialogue can take the tension and focus away from the narrative which most of our tension and fear originates from. The use of these sounds help to increase suspense as the audience feel sympathy for the victim or in tern fear for the antagonist which helps to create a character/audience relationship which intern increases tension as the audience feel more involved with our characters as they have emotions towards them and so they care about what happens to the characters. These particular diegetic sounds (heavy breathing, and contrapuntal sounds from the films antagonist) are a thriller convention as it furthers the fear factor and tension of the scene, for example if you use contrapuntal diegetic sound in the form of laughter to present your antagonist to be more unpredictable you will then make him appear more fearful as a result which will mean the film will be more tense.
I feel as though sound is a vital factor in my thriller film if i am to have any chance of having the tension i am hoping for. It allows the characters to interact with one another in a variety of different ways which would be unachievable through the use of cinematography, to enhance the tension for the viewers. The primary theme i am hoping to achieve through the use of my selected sound techniques is mystery to create enigma which then in tern creates tension as the audience are scared of the unknown and am confident that the sound techniques i am using will create this desired effect. By creating this blogg i am now more educated on my potential sound techniques effects and so i can use them where i feel they are required within my thriller opening.
Monday, 25 November 2013
Planning cinematography-Miss Miller
Post on cinematography you are planning on using
1) Analyse 5/6 DIFFERENT camera elements used
2) Explain why you will use sepcific elements and how are conventional
3) Evaluate how effective you think it will be in terms of creating suspense etc.
The use of cimematography is appearent in all filming and reffers to all shots and angles used to create a scene. Throughout the course of this blogg i will analysing the different cimematography used and managing how i will use it within my thriller.Cimematography helps build a relationship between character and audience as the audience are able to see what is happenign from a variety of different angles, giving the audience a much more dynamic perseption on what is happening helping elevate certain elements, particuarly the element of vunerability which is a thriller convention that he thought a nessecary theame to apply into our thriller opening.
The first shot used within my filming (Frame1) is the pann. The camara panns from the veiw of the large structure, reffered to as the 'bell tower' during planning and filming, to the street where the girl is walking down. I have chosen to use this shot as apposed to an establishing shot to create a sincire atmosphere as the camara slowly panns down. Increasing the tension as the audience are unaware and eeger to see what the camara is panning to, aswell as introduce the audience to the loacation, giving them a idea of the scale of her isolation. Isolation is again a thriller convention that our group thought neccesary to use as it incraeses the thriller films tension as the audience know that there is no one there to protect them from the appending danger making the audince sympathise with the victem as she is portrayed to appear more vunerable through the use of appropriate cinematography (panning), this furthers the audience/character realationship.
The secound cinematography choice i have chosen to comment on in this blogg is the shot used in frame number 4. The P.O.V of the girl reading a text on her phone from her mum. I have chosen to use this specific element as it is relatable to the audience making them feel like the film is more real therefore increasing the tention throughout the film as they are more subseptable to the idea that this could happen to them. This is a convention as it shows how things are happening from a characters point of veiw. Increaseing the character/audience relationship as we as a audience are more aware of the traumatic, suspensful experience the characters are going through.
We also looked to conceal the antagonists identity as much as possiable through the careful use of cinematography such as long shot and shallow focus in order to increase suspense within our thriller opening as although the victim is unaware of our antagonists the viewers are given subtle hints of a potentially threatening presence. For example in frame 5 we use a rather complex cinematography method where there is a long shot/shallow focus of our female victim walking through a car park but when she walks out of frame a blurred figure in the background moves back into cover which draws our attention to the movement without getting a good look at what was there. increasing tension as the audience are scared and weary of the unknown, they know something was there watching her but rant sure what. In adopting this particular type of cinematography we are elaborating on the thriller convention of hidden identity, prominent in many popular thriller franchises such as 'Friday the 13th'. The element of hidden identity crates an enigma for the audience as they guess who the antagonists true identity is or in the case of 'Friday the 13th' to create mystery as to how and why the antagonists feels the need to conceal his identity.
A less controversial however necessary part of our cinematography for our opening sequence is a close up of our victems face (Frame 9). With the shot being on screen for 3 secounds it gives the audience a chance to clearly examine the clear emotions of fear and horror on her face as she comes face to face with our antagonist, allowing the viewers to reflect on the seriousness of the scenario she now finds herself in as tension builds as she slowly steps back with the shot remaining on screen. This technique is again a thriller convention as it is used in this context to make the victim appear more vulnerable. And our blonde actress only furthers the convention of vulnerability as blonde hair is considered a symbol of vulnerability in the film world, for example Alfred Hitchcock's 'psycho'.
The last piece of cinematography i will be analysing is in frame 2 where a low angle shot is used.
The shot is used to convey the victims isolation and vulnerability which then increases tension as the viewers and being led to believe that something could potentially happen to this girl. The relationship we get in turn for this cinematography makes the viewers grow accustom to the characters and this relationship makes the film better as these emotions influence our opinions on the characters. These key factors of relationship between viewer and character are generally seen to be primarily focussed on by the thriller and the drama genre as they focus more on character emotion to exploit the more focussed plot and in turn make the film better.
The correct use of cinematography throughout my opening scene is crucial as to make my thriller film good i will need to use the thriller cinematography conventions in the hope that i will achieve the effects of tension, mystery and fear. Creating this blogg has provided much help as i am now more clear as to what effects each of my planned shots will create allowing me to see what areas of cinematography i need to improve within my thriller opening.
1) Analyse 5/6 DIFFERENT camera elements used
2) Explain why you will use sepcific elements and how are conventional
3) Evaluate how effective you think it will be in terms of creating suspense etc.
The use of cimematography is appearent in all filming and reffers to all shots and angles used to create a scene. Throughout the course of this blogg i will analysing the different cimematography used and managing how i will use it within my thriller.Cimematography helps build a relationship between character and audience as the audience are able to see what is happenign from a variety of different angles, giving the audience a much more dynamic perseption on what is happening helping elevate certain elements, particuarly the element of vunerability which is a thriller convention that he thought a nessecary theame to apply into our thriller opening.
The first shot used within my filming (Frame1) is the pann. The camara panns from the veiw of the large structure, reffered to as the 'bell tower' during planning and filming, to the street where the girl is walking down. I have chosen to use this shot as apposed to an establishing shot to create a sincire atmosphere as the camara slowly panns down. Increasing the tension as the audience are unaware and eeger to see what the camara is panning to, aswell as introduce the audience to the loacation, giving them a idea of the scale of her isolation. Isolation is again a thriller convention that our group thought neccesary to use as it incraeses the thriller films tension as the audience know that there is no one there to protect them from the appending danger making the audince sympathise with the victem as she is portrayed to appear more vunerable through the use of appropriate cinematography (panning), this furthers the audience/character realationship.
The secound cinematography choice i have chosen to comment on in this blogg is the shot used in frame number 4. The P.O.V of the girl reading a text on her phone from her mum. I have chosen to use this specific element as it is relatable to the audience making them feel like the film is more real therefore increasing the tention throughout the film as they are more subseptable to the idea that this could happen to them. This is a convention as it shows how things are happening from a characters point of veiw. Increaseing the character/audience relationship as we as a audience are more aware of the traumatic, suspensful experience the characters are going through.
We also looked to conceal the antagonists identity as much as possiable through the careful use of cinematography such as long shot and shallow focus in order to increase suspense within our thriller opening as although the victim is unaware of our antagonists the viewers are given subtle hints of a potentially threatening presence. For example in frame 5 we use a rather complex cinematography method where there is a long shot/shallow focus of our female victim walking through a car park but when she walks out of frame a blurred figure in the background moves back into cover which draws our attention to the movement without getting a good look at what was there. increasing tension as the audience are scared and weary of the unknown, they know something was there watching her but rant sure what. In adopting this particular type of cinematography we are elaborating on the thriller convention of hidden identity, prominent in many popular thriller franchises such as 'Friday the 13th'. The element of hidden identity crates an enigma for the audience as they guess who the antagonists true identity is or in the case of 'Friday the 13th' to create mystery as to how and why the antagonists feels the need to conceal his identity.
A less controversial however necessary part of our cinematography for our opening sequence is a close up of our victems face (Frame 9). With the shot being on screen for 3 secounds it gives the audience a chance to clearly examine the clear emotions of fear and horror on her face as she comes face to face with our antagonist, allowing the viewers to reflect on the seriousness of the scenario she now finds herself in as tension builds as she slowly steps back with the shot remaining on screen. This technique is again a thriller convention as it is used in this context to make the victim appear more vulnerable. And our blonde actress only furthers the convention of vulnerability as blonde hair is considered a symbol of vulnerability in the film world, for example Alfred Hitchcock's 'psycho'.
The last piece of cinematography i will be analysing is in frame 2 where a low angle shot is used.
The shot is used to convey the victims isolation and vulnerability which then increases tension as the viewers and being led to believe that something could potentially happen to this girl. The relationship we get in turn for this cinematography makes the viewers grow accustom to the characters and this relationship makes the film better as these emotions influence our opinions on the characters. These key factors of relationship between viewer and character are generally seen to be primarily focussed on by the thriller and the drama genre as they focus more on character emotion to exploit the more focussed plot and in turn make the film better.
The correct use of cinematography throughout my opening scene is crucial as to make my thriller film good i will need to use the thriller cinematography conventions in the hope that i will achieve the effects of tension, mystery and fear. Creating this blogg has provided much help as i am now more clear as to what effects each of my planned shots will create allowing me to see what areas of cinematography i need to improve within my thriller opening.
Saturday, 23 November 2013
Group storybord- Miss Miller
Through out my blogg i will be evaluating our combined group storyboard where we pulled together our groups best ideas in editing, camera angles, and sound etc. to create a storyboard that works best to achieve the desired effects of tension, fear and mystery, all common conventions of thriller films.
Daniels idea, the use of a long shot to introduce the victim as well as the antagonist (Frame 2), was chosen as it creates a sense of isolation, with the background being empty and nobody around, the victiem feels as though she is alone and vulnerable. The theme of isolation was a popular one throughout our questioner so we though it be essential to incorporate into our thriller film to attract the target audience.The essence of sympathy that the audience in tern feel for the victim's vulnerability helps to create and build a relationship with the character involved, increasing the tension as the viewers view the film as more reality and they don't want the victim to die. Vulnerability is important if not essential to convey in our thriller opening as it is a common thriller conventional that we thought again is necessary to incorporate somewhere in our thriller opening.
A variety of my individual thriller storyboard ideas where used in the group storyboard. One more circumstantially being the P.O.V from the stalker (frame 8), inspired from the original 'Halloween' film. As it creates a sense of realism and tension as the stalker is watching our victims every move. Again this shot makes our victim appear more vunerable but also conforms to the generic thriller convention of hidden identity which we want to maintain throughout our thriller opening, this is used effectively in many thriller films including 'Friday the 13th', 'Halloween' and 'Scream' as it creates a enigma as the audience keep guessing who they believe to be the thriller throughout the film.
The clever use of a group story board allowed us to visualise our ideas more easily and spilt up our narrative ideas. Making the distribution of different miss-en-scene elements in our thriller opening allot more easier. Allow us to imagine where elements such as lighting, particularly in the form of low key lighting, to be used to create our groups desired effects of tension.
The construction of our group story board has no doubt made our filming much more easer as we as a group are all on the same mind frame of what sort of shots we are looking to achieve and the effects that these shots will create. Making filming our opening go hopefully much more smoothly and quickly leaving more time for editing and possibly going back and re doing or filming different shots to make our opening of a better quality. However with there being so many ideas available to choose from amongst all group members we where unable to include them all into our group storyboard meaning we missed out on some potentially effective ideas. Although taking everything into account i would argue that our group storyboard was a huge sucsess and we will be able to do the best with the ideas we have chosen.
Daniels idea, the use of a long shot to introduce the victim as well as the antagonist (Frame 2), was chosen as it creates a sense of isolation, with the background being empty and nobody around, the victiem feels as though she is alone and vulnerable. The theme of isolation was a popular one throughout our questioner so we though it be essential to incorporate into our thriller film to attract the target audience.The essence of sympathy that the audience in tern feel for the victim's vulnerability helps to create and build a relationship with the character involved, increasing the tension as the viewers view the film as more reality and they don't want the victim to die. Vulnerability is important if not essential to convey in our thriller opening as it is a common thriller conventional that we thought again is necessary to incorporate somewhere in our thriller opening.
A variety of my individual thriller storyboard ideas where used in the group storyboard. One more circumstantially being the P.O.V from the stalker (frame 8), inspired from the original 'Halloween' film. As it creates a sense of realism and tension as the stalker is watching our victims every move. Again this shot makes our victim appear more vunerable but also conforms to the generic thriller convention of hidden identity which we want to maintain throughout our thriller opening, this is used effectively in many thriller films including 'Friday the 13th', 'Halloween' and 'Scream' as it creates a enigma as the audience keep guessing who they believe to be the thriller throughout the film.
The clever use of a group story board allowed us to visualise our ideas more easily and spilt up our narrative ideas. Making the distribution of different miss-en-scene elements in our thriller opening allot more easier. Allow us to imagine where elements such as lighting, particularly in the form of low key lighting, to be used to create our groups desired effects of tension.
The construction of our group story board has no doubt made our filming much more easer as we as a group are all on the same mind frame of what sort of shots we are looking to achieve and the effects that these shots will create. Making filming our opening go hopefully much more smoothly and quickly leaving more time for editing and possibly going back and re doing or filming different shots to make our opening of a better quality. However with there being so many ideas available to choose from amongst all group members we where unable to include them all into our group storyboard meaning we missed out on some potentially effective ideas. Although taking everything into account i would argue that our group storyboard was a huge sucsess and we will be able to do the best with the ideas we have chosen.
Friday, 22 November 2013
Planning editing styles- Miss Georgiou
Editing is an important if not necessary stage in my thriller film as through the use of editing me and my group will be able to achieve certain effects that a generic thriller film would hope to achieve. The effects created, for example, fear and tension will be achieved through the use of editing styles such as the Kuleshov effect (where a two shots are put together to imply a third meaning.) and reaction shots where the audience is able to see the characters emotions to increase the tension and build a character/audience relationship.
The editing styles that i hope to achieve are explained in each farm on the above screenshot however i will elaborate further on these points here.
Frame number 1- Slow editing is used when bringing in the next frame. The slow pace that this then gives our thriller opening creates a more suspenseful atmosphere, a frequent thriller convention that we hope to maintain throughout our filming.
Frame number 2- This editing i am sure will prove to be vary difficult. I hope to create a POV (point of view) effect by blacking out the whole shot apart from two 'eye holes' to create a shot that appears to be through the stalker antagonist's sight. This will also increase the films tension as it will create a sense of realism making the audience feel as though this is something that could easily happen to them.
Frame number 3- Editing is simple in my third frame. i will use a reaction shot of our character being made aware that she is being stalked. This will make the audience feel sympathy for our female victim and help them build a relationship with them, making it all the more difficult for the viewers when she is eventually killed off, theses emotions of sadness and remorse upon the characters death will makes the opening all the more better as the emotions the viewers feel towards the characters help to further the tension during the film as you.
Frame number4- I then use a very fast paced pan to create a blurred image as the camera turns to view the clown in the bush. The blurred effect it will create when it quickly spins round to view the bush will create a sense of confusion within the filming, this will complent what is happening on screen well as our female victim is confused and scared as to what is in the bush stalking her.
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