Saturday 28 February 2009
Narrative opening of The Missing Suspects
The film begins in a police station,where three police officers are investigating the murder of two victims and the missing of one victim which is the protagonist Rachel Brooke a seventeen year old college student. Rachel has been missing since February with her family worrying sick the police are determined to catch the suspects that haven't been seen for quite some time whereas there are 3 suspects and two unidentified. One sergeant is explaining the investigation to the other two police officers, within this we see images of two very attractive victims that had been stabbed to death, having the murders occur so close within each other its clear that it is a case is on going and fellow females could be in danger, from the heartless suspects. However this cuts to a fearful man who is yet to be unidentified dragging a bag aggressively across the gritty floor in a garage towards a car boot desperately getting rid of the evidence. He introduces suspense as audiences don't know what is in the bag, and keeps the audience guessing throughout the opening sequence. With a face so frightening and a body so composed he shows no nerves and emotions as he lifts the bag in the car boot, relaxed and calm he then zips the bag down, and we then see it is the protagonist Rachel Brooke. Her face being as white as a ghost we discover that that the police are too slow and have another dead victim, as the man leaves, he makes a call to his boss quoting ''its done''. Revealing the job is done and he has taken care of it. With the thrilling soft non- diegetic score music being played throughout the the film it lifts the film up by raising the enigmas for the audience and creating empathy for Rachel Brooke as she is dead, not knowing what she has done wrong.
Friday 27 February 2009
The Missing Suspects Synopsis
This multi-strand narrative follows the hunt for Ben Bullhorn, a cold-blooded killer whose methodical style of murder, immaculate practices and corrupt preparation of precision conflicting with mercilessness becomes an unidentified and untraceable criminal.
It’s Essex in the late 1990’s and the cold breeze of winter blows outside the local police station in Hornchurch, a sergeant delivers a presentation on recent victims found and potential suspects. With the scarce amount of evidence and the frequent murders of females in the last five years, the already identified suspects are less than likely to be the convict due to their careless tactics. Oblivious to the fact that the first unidentified suspect was murdered a week earlier by stab wounds to the chest and neck, Ben Bullhorn is the only unidentified suspect of this crime.
Sergeant Smith has been working on the force for fifteen years and pays close attention to detail when investigating a crime scene. He also has a talent in thinking in the way of a killer in order to solve a crime. Him and trainee officers, Andy Brown and Sarah Appleby, have been assigned to this case and believe they have a time limit against this criminal since their informant Bob Jones went missing.
Ben Bullhorn has mistaken Sergeant Smith for a lazy investigator. Bullhorn begins to panic when he reads the newspaper and finds that Smith has found pollen residue at the scene of his latest crime. Bullhorn is sure he can get away with this crime and many more however he knows Smith won’t stop hunting him until he’s got him, therefore, Sergeant Smith is Bullhorns next target. Bullhorn sits for days planning his sin carefully as his techniques have to be changed due to an adjustment in his victim. Little does he know Smith has won awards in the past for the way he thinks, he knows that he is a threat to Bullhorn, the still unidentified suspect, and is aware that killing him is his objective.
As the killing of a young man occurs a week later, the disturbance in the pattern of killings alerts Sergeant Smith causing him to lead the investigation, heading to the crime scene alone. When he gets there, he comes face to face with Bullhorn who is ready with a knife to kill him. As they brawl, a gunshot his heard, the struggling slows down and Bullhorn pulls away with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Bullhorn dies and the young man killed was found in the boot of his car. Sergeant Smith wins an award for bravery and takes a well earned break to Hawaii.
(Alex Christian)
It’s Essex in the late 1990’s and the cold breeze of winter blows outside the local police station in Hornchurch, a sergeant delivers a presentation on recent victims found and potential suspects. With the scarce amount of evidence and the frequent murders of females in the last five years, the already identified suspects are less than likely to be the convict due to their careless tactics. Oblivious to the fact that the first unidentified suspect was murdered a week earlier by stab wounds to the chest and neck, Ben Bullhorn is the only unidentified suspect of this crime.
Sergeant Smith has been working on the force for fifteen years and pays close attention to detail when investigating a crime scene. He also has a talent in thinking in the way of a killer in order to solve a crime. Him and trainee officers, Andy Brown and Sarah Appleby, have been assigned to this case and believe they have a time limit against this criminal since their informant Bob Jones went missing.
Ben Bullhorn has mistaken Sergeant Smith for a lazy investigator. Bullhorn begins to panic when he reads the newspaper and finds that Smith has found pollen residue at the scene of his latest crime. Bullhorn is sure he can get away with this crime and many more however he knows Smith won’t stop hunting him until he’s got him, therefore, Sergeant Smith is Bullhorns next target. Bullhorn sits for days planning his sin carefully as his techniques have to be changed due to an adjustment in his victim. Little does he know Smith has won awards in the past for the way he thinks, he knows that he is a threat to Bullhorn, the still unidentified suspect, and is aware that killing him is his objective.
As the killing of a young man occurs a week later, the disturbance in the pattern of killings alerts Sergeant Smith causing him to lead the investigation, heading to the crime scene alone. When he gets there, he comes face to face with Bullhorn who is ready with a knife to kill him. As they brawl, a gunshot his heard, the struggling slows down and Bullhorn pulls away with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Bullhorn dies and the young man killed was found in the boot of his car. Sergeant Smith wins an award for bravery and takes a well earned break to Hawaii.
(Alex Christian)
Thursday 26 February 2009
Mise en scene of The Missing Suspect thriller
Taking mise en scene into consideration of our thriller production, we needed to purchase particular props. Firstly we thought about the costume which the killer should wear. We wanted to the killer to wear simple but memorable clothes; therefore we chose to make him wear a boiler suit. The dark blue of the suit adds to the effect of a thriller as the gloomy colouring creates a mysterious and sinister atmosphere.
To fit the character of cold hearted murderer, the idea of him wearing gloves supports his methodical charcteristics. This connotes his phycotic behaviour as the gloves show precision and caution which creates suspense for the audience as their imagination wonders in thinking of how carries out his crimes.
Also, to show the dark theme, we needed a bag of some kind that the killer would be seen dragging a body in. Therefore, as a sleeping bag is associated comfort and camping, usually an adventurous and memorable experience, it shows the heartlessness of this killer how he as disregarded any emotion that may be related to this familiarity.
The unknown suspect is also seen contacting the 'Boss' on a mobile phone which we included to relate to the audience as this prop in very common in todays society. This makes the sequence more realistic and also, it wasn't hard to purchase.
As we wanted to show the disturbing psychological behaviour of the killer, we decided that an interesting way to do this was for the audience to see him place an arrangement of flowers on the body of the victim. At first we thought a red rose would be effective as the vibrant colour red is easily associated with blood. However, as a red rose also symbolises passion as well as anger, it conflicted with our representation of the killer as we thought that the audience may perceive him to have emotions. To avoid this perception, we changed the idea of a rose to an arrangement of lilies which are commonly seen at funerals representing innocence, purity, and resurrection. They're often associated with the Virgin Mary and resurrection when placed on woman’s grave. When I researched the symbolic meaning of lilies at funerals, I found they also symbolise the restored innocence of a soul at death. This connotes the vindictive characteristics of the antagonist.
As the narrative outline of our thriller includes criminal suspects, we gathered two images of convicted felons from the internet printing them out to look like identity photographs. This involes two images with question marks representing the unidentified suspects. As we were unable to film inside of a real police station, these props make the situation of an investigation more convincing. Along with collecting images of suspects, we needing images of female victims including a photgraph of me (Rachel Brooke) as missing victim number three. Like the potential suspects, below the images are pieces of relevent information that the audience need to know. Also is an image of another criminal found on the internet, however this image takes on the role of missing informant, Bob Jones to fit the opening script.
(Alex Christian)
To fit the character of cold hearted murderer, the idea of him wearing gloves supports his methodical charcteristics. This connotes his phycotic behaviour as the gloves show precision and caution which creates suspense for the audience as their imagination wonders in thinking of how carries out his crimes.
Also, to show the dark theme, we needed a bag of some kind that the killer would be seen dragging a body in. Therefore, as a sleeping bag is associated comfort and camping, usually an adventurous and memorable experience, it shows the heartlessness of this killer how he as disregarded any emotion that may be related to this familiarity.
The unknown suspect is also seen contacting the 'Boss' on a mobile phone which we included to relate to the audience as this prop in very common in todays society. This makes the sequence more realistic and also, it wasn't hard to purchase.
As we wanted to show the disturbing psychological behaviour of the killer, we decided that an interesting way to do this was for the audience to see him place an arrangement of flowers on the body of the victim. At first we thought a red rose would be effective as the vibrant colour red is easily associated with blood. However, as a red rose also symbolises passion as well as anger, it conflicted with our representation of the killer as we thought that the audience may perceive him to have emotions. To avoid this perception, we changed the idea of a rose to an arrangement of lilies which are commonly seen at funerals representing innocence, purity, and resurrection. They're often associated with the Virgin Mary and resurrection when placed on woman’s grave. When I researched the symbolic meaning of lilies at funerals, I found they also symbolise the restored innocence of a soul at death. This connotes the vindictive characteristics of the antagonist.
As the narrative outline of our thriller includes criminal suspects, we gathered two images of convicted felons from the internet printing them out to look like identity photographs. This involes two images with question marks representing the unidentified suspects. As we were unable to film inside of a real police station, these props make the situation of an investigation more convincing. Along with collecting images of suspects, we needing images of female victims including a photgraph of me (Rachel Brooke) as missing victim number three. Like the potential suspects, below the images are pieces of relevent information that the audience need to know. Also is an image of another criminal found on the internet, however this image takes on the role of missing informant, Bob Jones to fit the opening script.
(Alex Christian)
Wednesday 25 February 2009
The Missing Suspects Brainstorm
Here is a brainstorm for The Missing Suspects thriller our group created showing every aspect of pre-production taken into consideration.
(The Group)
(The Group)
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Alterations
We decided to change our previous film ''Axeman'' because it didn't quite work as a whole, the shots were too fancy and the mise-en-scene didn't quite work successfully, so we decided to come up with the missing suspects which sounded promising from the start and developed into a very successful 2 minute sequence. Although in Axeman we used good shots it didn't engage the viewers as we wanted it to, but we now have a finished film which has had several views on you tube which can be viewed by entering 'the missing suspects'. We are now going to proceed onto our evaluation, but we would shortly be uploading the audience review, which we have gathered feed back from audiences and we will let u know what they think about our thriller film, 'The missing suspects'. The props didn't seem to work in axeman as well as the locations,
So we will keep you posted on our latest updates
So we will keep you posted on our latest updates
Monday 23 February 2009
Locations
When analysing thrillers it became clear that locations in which footage is filmed is important when showing representations. Therefore, in order to show that the main character Rachel is a student we filmed the thriller sequence at our college, Havering College of Further and Higher Education. As we wanted to use a range of locations, we decided to film four major main areas. Firstly, we filmed in a science laboratory where the Axeman is introduced cleaning the room and washing blood off his axe. As the subject of science is associated with experiments, the calm nature of the killer as he washes his axe gives the audience an idea of his psychotic and unpredictable behaviour.
Another reason for the filming in this room was because of the high key lighting. Here is a photograph of the sink in which we see the Axeman washing blood off his axe. As the light reflects of off the shiny surface, it creates shadows that help create the dark atmosphere that the cold hearted killer brings to the screen.
He then leaves, bringing us to our second location of a footpath on college grounds which capture the killers footsteps. We chose this location with the intention of creating suspense as his footsteps will be accompanied with disturbing and high pitched score music. By choosing an outside location on college campus we thought it would create further suspense as it gives a sense of reality to the thriller. The realistic feel was accompanied by the use of natural lighting.
The third location is The Space, an immense room with dark lighting. As a successful technique when creating suspense in a thriller is the use of lighting, we chose this location as the dark and isolated area creates a sense of fear which reinforces the intense thriller conventions.
The fourth location is the college library where Rachel wakes up realising that what she experienced was a nightmare. We had chosen this location to end the sequence to show the representations of Rachel being a student. The aim of this was to mislead the audience into not expecting anything as horrifying as her nightmare could never happen to someone like her. But as the last shot of the sequence is of the Axeman’s axe behind her in the library, the audience are left with the knowledge that there is more truth in Rachel’s nightmare than expected.
(Alex Christian)
Another reason for the filming in this room was because of the high key lighting. Here is a photograph of the sink in which we see the Axeman washing blood off his axe. As the light reflects of off the shiny surface, it creates shadows that help create the dark atmosphere that the cold hearted killer brings to the screen.
He then leaves, bringing us to our second location of a footpath on college grounds which capture the killers footsteps. We chose this location with the intention of creating suspense as his footsteps will be accompanied with disturbing and high pitched score music. By choosing an outside location on college campus we thought it would create further suspense as it gives a sense of reality to the thriller. The realistic feel was accompanied by the use of natural lighting.
The third location is The Space, an immense room with dark lighting. As a successful technique when creating suspense in a thriller is the use of lighting, we chose this location as the dark and isolated area creates a sense of fear which reinforces the intense thriller conventions.
The fourth location is the college library where Rachel wakes up realising that what she experienced was a nightmare. We had chosen this location to end the sequence to show the representations of Rachel being a student. The aim of this was to mislead the audience into not expecting anything as horrifying as her nightmare could never happen to someone like her. But as the last shot of the sequence is of the Axeman’s axe behind her in the library, the audience are left with the knowledge that there is more truth in Rachel’s nightmare than expected.
(Alex Christian)
Cast
Here are the photos of the two actors in the Axeman thriller opening. The Axeman is played by the director, Dominic Wilkinson whilst Rachel the college student is played by editor Alex Christian. We thought the decision to take on the roles ourselves would be more convenient as we planned to shoot at a time when people were unavailable. This decision also saved time as we already understood the story line, character positions and gave us a chance to explore with the cinematography.
(Alex Christian)
(Alex Christian)
Sunday 22 February 2009
Axeman Thriller Brainstorm
Here is a brainstorm our group produced on the Axeman thriller looking at everything that needs to be taken into consideration and highlighting important aspects. I think this activity helped us as visualy noting all the elements needed, we were able to delegate tasks to different people within the team.
(The Group)
(The Group)
Axeman Thriller Script
INT – Isolated Room – Day
Rachel, 17 years of age, is tied up in a dark room, isolated, surrounded by photographs of her fellow victims pinned up all around the room. The photos are dripping with blood.
EXT – Outside – Day
The killer makes his way through the corridor towards the room that Rachel is being held in, holding a bloody axe.
INT – Isolated Room – day
Rachel is struggling to get free by untangling the ropes she is tied up by.
INT – Isolated Room – DAY
The killer walks towards the door and puts his hands on the door handle and opens the door then shuts it behind him.
Rachel
(Nervously)
What do you want from me?
Killer
(In a deep voice)
Your body parts!
Rachel
(In a quite voice)
But, why? I haven’t done anything to you!
Killer
(In an aggressive voice)
Because I need to!
INT – Isolated Room – Day
The killer lifts his arm in the air holding the axe. He comes face to face with Rachel and swings the axe towards her neck. The sequence ends on a cliff-hanger.
Rachel, 17 years of age, is tied up in a dark room, isolated, surrounded by photographs of her fellow victims pinned up all around the room. The photos are dripping with blood.
EXT – Outside – Day
The killer makes his way through the corridor towards the room that Rachel is being held in, holding a bloody axe.
INT – Isolated Room – day
Rachel is struggling to get free by untangling the ropes she is tied up by.
INT – Isolated Room – DAY
The killer walks towards the door and puts his hands on the door handle and opens the door then shuts it behind him.
Rachel
(Nervously)
What do you want from me?
Killer
(In a deep voice)
Your body parts!
Rachel
(In a quite voice)
But, why? I haven’t done anything to you!
Killer
(In an aggressive voice)
Because I need to!
INT – Isolated Room – Day
The killer lifts his arm in the air holding the axe. He comes face to face with Rachel and swings the axe towards her neck. The sequence ends on a cliff-hanger.
Saturday 21 February 2009
Axeman Synopsis
The film begins with Rachel, a seventeen year old college student who is being held in a dark and isolated room decorated with photographs of mutilated victims she once knew. As we see her struggling to free herself in a state of confusion and fear, we are introduced to the Axeman. As the serial killer walks at a fast pace holding a blood-smeared axe, it’s clear that he’s determined to make Rachel his next victim. As the tension builds due to the shrieking score music and constant use of shadows, we see the Axeman enter the room Rachel is being held in. As he rapidly approaches her meeting her in a dark and isolated room, he comes face to face with Rachel. Suspense is then created as the Axeman raises his blood-stained axe ready to mutilate Rachel but we are left at this point in the film on a cliff hanger. As the audience are left on edge waiting to see Rachel’s decapitated body, she suddenly wakes up and we learn that what we witnessed was a nightmare. This gives us hope for the protagonist as we’re hopeful that her day will be better. However, as events fall into place she realizes that she didn’t experience a horrifying dream.
To take a break from endless hours of studying she decides to leave college and go shopping with her friends. As the audience observe every day routines in an effective dark and slow paced editing style, for example the slicing of an orange in a market with the blade of the knife viewed through a close up. Also, the medium long shot of a little girl in the park sulking as she violently pulls off her dolls head off. But its when Rachel walks past a barbershop and sees a man's neck get cut as he gets shaved. As a drop of blood drips from his neck to the floor, the slow pace sees the droplet splashing violently to the floor and with the sound of a loud 'SPLASH', it's at this point in the film that we learn that what Rachel experienced wasn't a nightmare but a premonition.
As she returns back to college after teaching hours to continue studying, she begins to feel tired so to avoid another horrifying nightmare she makes her way to the bathroom to refresh herself. It is here, at the moment of recognition that a tall masked figure appears behind Rachel, grabbing her face with his hands covering her mouth and forcing her into the room she envisions early that morning.
As the exhausting struggle to free herself begins, we see the killer approaching the room as seen before, but this time the pace has been slowed down accompanied with low toned score music. This time flashback in between reveal him viciously slaughtering his previous victims and collecting certain body parts whilst following the plan he drew of an distorted human figure. As the flashbacks continue, we see the Axeman putting the particular body parts together. One body however, is missing a head.
Rachel refuses to give up without a fight and questions the killer in why he chose her of all people. The killer tells her she was chosen because she doesn’t deserve to be pretty. He then takes of his mask revealing a deformed face. The killer raises his axe and swings it down slicing Rachel’s head clean off. He picks up Rachel's head and we are left seeing the Axeman walking slowly out the door.
(Alex Christian)
To take a break from endless hours of studying she decides to leave college and go shopping with her friends. As the audience observe every day routines in an effective dark and slow paced editing style, for example the slicing of an orange in a market with the blade of the knife viewed through a close up. Also, the medium long shot of a little girl in the park sulking as she violently pulls off her dolls head off. But its when Rachel walks past a barbershop and sees a man's neck get cut as he gets shaved. As a drop of blood drips from his neck to the floor, the slow pace sees the droplet splashing violently to the floor and with the sound of a loud 'SPLASH', it's at this point in the film that we learn that what Rachel experienced wasn't a nightmare but a premonition.
As she returns back to college after teaching hours to continue studying, she begins to feel tired so to avoid another horrifying nightmare she makes her way to the bathroom to refresh herself. It is here, at the moment of recognition that a tall masked figure appears behind Rachel, grabbing her face with his hands covering her mouth and forcing her into the room she envisions early that morning.
As the exhausting struggle to free herself begins, we see the killer approaching the room as seen before, but this time the pace has been slowed down accompanied with low toned score music. This time flashback in between reveal him viciously slaughtering his previous victims and collecting certain body parts whilst following the plan he drew of an distorted human figure. As the flashbacks continue, we see the Axeman putting the particular body parts together. One body however, is missing a head.
Rachel refuses to give up without a fight and questions the killer in why he chose her of all people. The killer tells her she was chosen because she doesn’t deserve to be pretty. He then takes of his mask revealing a deformed face. The killer raises his axe and swings it down slicing Rachel’s head clean off. He picks up Rachel's head and we are left seeing the Axeman walking slowly out the door.
(Alex Christian)
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Thriller Analysis: Memento By whole Group
Today in our lesson we are going to be writing our thriller notes of our choice we will guide you throughout for what they did to create suspense and reveal enigmas
ENJOY.
We like the narrative twist at the end of Memento as the storyline leads you to believe different things.We, as an audience are lead to believe that he is in a position of authority. However we then realize that he is no more than a thief and a murderer. We also like the idea of having two parallel storylines,one in colour, one in black & white. This defines clearly that they are different time periods. These converge at the end bringing everything together as a narrative resolution where our enigmas are answered. We also like the idea of the reverse footage which you can see in the opening, for example when he is shaking the Polaroid, the audience thinks that he is shaking it to expose the picture when infact it is dissolving, this is metaphorical of his memory. We are considering using it, or our different film to engage audience attention, however we are considering to keep ours simple, but create a lot of suspense.
ENJOY.
We like the narrative twist at the end of Memento as the storyline leads you to believe different things.We, as an audience are lead to believe that he is in a position of authority. However we then realize that he is no more than a thief and a murderer. We also like the idea of having two parallel storylines,one in colour, one in black & white. This defines clearly that they are different time periods. These converge at the end bringing everything together as a narrative resolution where our enigmas are answered. We also like the idea of the reverse footage which you can see in the opening, for example when he is shaking the Polaroid, the audience thinks that he is shaking it to expose the picture when infact it is dissolving, this is metaphorical of his memory. We are considering using it, or our different film to engage audience attention, however we are considering to keep ours simple, but create a lot of suspense.
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Thriller Analysis: Prison Break By Dominic Esty-Wilkinson
still in lesson we are going to write our notes
Enjoy
Prison Break is an American serial drama television series created by Paul Scheuring, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005. The series revolves around two brothers; one who has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other, a genius, who devises an elaborate plan to help him escape prison
Our second thriller is TV drama Prison break, i decided on this because it displays various camera shots that produce different meanings and reveals enigmas and delivers suspense for me i am a big fan of prison break because the cinematography used gives a clear understanding of audience engagement.
The episode i have chosen is season 3 episode 11 ‘under and out’, i have chosen this particular episode because it uses cinematography very well which helps develop the thriller in an essential way. In the opening scene there is mid close up shot of the protagonist Michael Scofield having a conversation with a young boy, in the scene the boy uses emotional facial expressions as he pleads for Michael’s help to help him escape from Panama Prison, during this an extreme close is shown on the boy’s face as he begins to get desperate. This connotes a message to audiences that Michael is a main character as people are asking him for help and creates enigma’s for what might they need, this engages the audiences to watch as it can lead to a crime and creates suspense in the thriller drama to what might the outcome be. This also represents men as independent individuals as they can work alone, during the drama an point of view shot is shown of Michael’s escape route, the audience can identify that Michael is an intelligent individual and is more dominant over his following characters who were shown in an long shot soon after.
However as the drama progresses they was an extreme close up of Michael once he had suffered a headache which he had experienced in his childhood days, audiences now know that the main protagonist has a weakness and can effect is changes of escaping Panama prison, a clue is revealed and this can later on cause suspense to occur as they plan to escape, this engages viewers to watch the drama as it gets intense as they intend to break the law. Michael is always introduced as an important character within the drama as he was established with a low angle shot with a conversation with is fellow inmates and this makes him look more dominant and superior over the rest of the characters clearly showing his importance within the thriller. The audience can identify with Michael that he is a highly educated protagonist, but has a weakness; however this might not affect him as he intends to help free his brother as he is an innocent person as he knows, but the government seem to disagree. Lincoln is captured with a close up of a shot reverse shot of him and Michael talking is he innocent after all? Audiences will be questioning whether the fact Michael should be on the other side and him in Prison, however close up and long shots were shown in the conversation showing the location set in a deserted prison, this portrays them as lower class people as they are shown with filthy clothing and sweat dripping showing signs of nerves coming in, this creates enigma’s as audiences can wonder why they might be so nervous and afraid.
An antagonist that had fought his way in the group known as teabag is introduced with a fade in shot once he had presented himself with his voice, a close up was shown of the protagonist digging a tunnel, this was also presented with a extreme up of the dirt being dug up, during this various of shots were shown of the protagonists working to escape, such as a long shot on the characters digging all this was backed up with loud heavy score music that had represented the scene and the roles of the males as they were seen as strong individuals, audiences can stereotype them as strong criminals, the music engages the audiences as they are breaking the law with a limited time limit this revealed the enigma which was crime and creating suspense. What does teabag want?
As the theme corrupt authority occurs, for example (a police man escaping prison) this engages the audience to be engaged to the drama as it isn’t something regular in life this helps the drama to develop suspense for audience engagement and creates enigma’s these are answered as the antagonist goes ahead to escape for his life and makes the drama more interesting and intense. Prison Break is a multi strand narrative as it shows individual scenes in different locations, having this in the drama can develop enigma’s as two things are happening at the same time audiences will well be engaged to two parts of the drama than one, this makes audiences keep guessing as this leads to suspense and keeps them wondering, clues are hinting clearly in prison break as they are mostly backed up with extreme close ups. For example Michael and his group had left the tunnel and looked outside for the rain that had caused a problem, and a extreme close up was shown of a puddle, this was cut back to Michaels facial expression which was shown as nervous, with loud non - diegetic score music in the background, the audience can relate to the feelings of Michael as he can be caught by security can could be killed this shows the enigma: what might happen next? This creates suspense within the scene.
Sound plays an important element in Prison Break because it represents each individual scene as how it should be portrayed to audiences having this occur it gives full deep effect towards the scene as a whole. The use of the light being dark brings out the connotations of a thriller as black is a dark colour; this represents danger in thrillers as most situations occur at night for example: death as this also builds tension and creates suspense. For example: in the tunnel it is dark and a protagonist had been injured by being knifed in the leg. Having Michael Scofield being the main protagonist this shows various of shots on him as he is the hero as he is the brains behind escape routes, a high shot was shown once he was talking down to others and this clearly states he is important within the exciting thriller. Props are also important this actually represents a character for what they are for example: a person holding a gun is seen more dominant than a person without one clearly showing power, as the episode before showed us a clip of someone being shot this makes the thriller interesting.
Extreme close ups gives the best suspense in thrillers because it discovers clues as Michael had come across a security guard with dirt and blood stains on his sweater this gives a clue to audiences to what they think the guard is thinking and keeps them guessing throughout.
Why is Michael Scofield so nervous? Audiences will begin to wonder and what might happen, and what they might think is going to happen for example: someone might get caught or left behind to be killed creates suspense all the way through the drama. Can also create more suspense for example a clue could get left behind.
As the episode falls near the end a juxtaposition of shots were used, for example there was a long shot that had cut back to a close up of Lincoln once he had high jacked a bus, an extreme close of a knife as we associate knives as dangerous tools, and death, this clearly undermines any individual with this as violent and scary. This creates an intense situation that can occur. Lincoln had pulled out a knife representing him as dominant and independent as he shouted aggressively to the passengers, this connotes a message to audiences about the stereotype of men are powerful and this also answer an enigma and creates suspense in the scene. The audience can identify the protagonist as violent and scary, this was also played with non diegetic loud score music that represented the scene and exploits the characters special ability. The hero Michael scofeild must uncover the plan to escape from prison in order to save his loved ones and other people’s lives enigmas such as: why is he helping the antagonist?
Enjoy
Prison Break is an American serial drama television series created by Paul Scheuring, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005. The series revolves around two brothers; one who has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other, a genius, who devises an elaborate plan to help him escape prison
Our second thriller is TV drama Prison break, i decided on this because it displays various camera shots that produce different meanings and reveals enigmas and delivers suspense for me i am a big fan of prison break because the cinematography used gives a clear understanding of audience engagement.
The episode i have chosen is season 3 episode 11 ‘under and out’, i have chosen this particular episode because it uses cinematography very well which helps develop the thriller in an essential way. In the opening scene there is mid close up shot of the protagonist Michael Scofield having a conversation with a young boy, in the scene the boy uses emotional facial expressions as he pleads for Michael’s help to help him escape from Panama Prison, during this an extreme close is shown on the boy’s face as he begins to get desperate. This connotes a message to audiences that Michael is a main character as people are asking him for help and creates enigma’s for what might they need, this engages the audiences to watch as it can lead to a crime and creates suspense in the thriller drama to what might the outcome be. This also represents men as independent individuals as they can work alone, during the drama an point of view shot is shown of Michael’s escape route, the audience can identify that Michael is an intelligent individual and is more dominant over his following characters who were shown in an long shot soon after.
However as the drama progresses they was an extreme close up of Michael once he had suffered a headache which he had experienced in his childhood days, audiences now know that the main protagonist has a weakness and can effect is changes of escaping Panama prison, a clue is revealed and this can later on cause suspense to occur as they plan to escape, this engages viewers to watch the drama as it gets intense as they intend to break the law. Michael is always introduced as an important character within the drama as he was established with a low angle shot with a conversation with is fellow inmates and this makes him look more dominant and superior over the rest of the characters clearly showing his importance within the thriller. The audience can identify with Michael that he is a highly educated protagonist, but has a weakness; however this might not affect him as he intends to help free his brother as he is an innocent person as he knows, but the government seem to disagree. Lincoln is captured with a close up of a shot reverse shot of him and Michael talking is he innocent after all? Audiences will be questioning whether the fact Michael should be on the other side and him in Prison, however close up and long shots were shown in the conversation showing the location set in a deserted prison, this portrays them as lower class people as they are shown with filthy clothing and sweat dripping showing signs of nerves coming in, this creates enigma’s as audiences can wonder why they might be so nervous and afraid.
An antagonist that had fought his way in the group known as teabag is introduced with a fade in shot once he had presented himself with his voice, a close up was shown of the protagonist digging a tunnel, this was also presented with a extreme up of the dirt being dug up, during this various of shots were shown of the protagonists working to escape, such as a long shot on the characters digging all this was backed up with loud heavy score music that had represented the scene and the roles of the males as they were seen as strong individuals, audiences can stereotype them as strong criminals, the music engages the audiences as they are breaking the law with a limited time limit this revealed the enigma which was crime and creating suspense. What does teabag want?
As the theme corrupt authority occurs, for example (a police man escaping prison) this engages the audience to be engaged to the drama as it isn’t something regular in life this helps the drama to develop suspense for audience engagement and creates enigma’s these are answered as the antagonist goes ahead to escape for his life and makes the drama more interesting and intense. Prison Break is a multi strand narrative as it shows individual scenes in different locations, having this in the drama can develop enigma’s as two things are happening at the same time audiences will well be engaged to two parts of the drama than one, this makes audiences keep guessing as this leads to suspense and keeps them wondering, clues are hinting clearly in prison break as they are mostly backed up with extreme close ups. For example Michael and his group had left the tunnel and looked outside for the rain that had caused a problem, and a extreme close up was shown of a puddle, this was cut back to Michaels facial expression which was shown as nervous, with loud non - diegetic score music in the background, the audience can relate to the feelings of Michael as he can be caught by security can could be killed this shows the enigma: what might happen next? This creates suspense within the scene.
Sound plays an important element in Prison Break because it represents each individual scene as how it should be portrayed to audiences having this occur it gives full deep effect towards the scene as a whole. The use of the light being dark brings out the connotations of a thriller as black is a dark colour; this represents danger in thrillers as most situations occur at night for example: death as this also builds tension and creates suspense. For example: in the tunnel it is dark and a protagonist had been injured by being knifed in the leg. Having Michael Scofield being the main protagonist this shows various of shots on him as he is the hero as he is the brains behind escape routes, a high shot was shown once he was talking down to others and this clearly states he is important within the exciting thriller. Props are also important this actually represents a character for what they are for example: a person holding a gun is seen more dominant than a person without one clearly showing power, as the episode before showed us a clip of someone being shot this makes the thriller interesting.
Extreme close ups gives the best suspense in thrillers because it discovers clues as Michael had come across a security guard with dirt and blood stains on his sweater this gives a clue to audiences to what they think the guard is thinking and keeps them guessing throughout.
Why is Michael Scofield so nervous? Audiences will begin to wonder and what might happen, and what they might think is going to happen for example: someone might get caught or left behind to be killed creates suspense all the way through the drama. Can also create more suspense for example a clue could get left behind.
As the episode falls near the end a juxtaposition of shots were used, for example there was a long shot that had cut back to a close up of Lincoln once he had high jacked a bus, an extreme close of a knife as we associate knives as dangerous tools, and death, this clearly undermines any individual with this as violent and scary. This creates an intense situation that can occur. Lincoln had pulled out a knife representing him as dominant and independent as he shouted aggressively to the passengers, this connotes a message to audiences about the stereotype of men are powerful and this also answer an enigma and creates suspense in the scene. The audience can identify the protagonist as violent and scary, this was also played with non diegetic loud score music that represented the scene and exploits the characters special ability. The hero Michael scofeild must uncover the plan to escape from prison in order to save his loved ones and other people’s lives enigmas such as: why is he helping the antagonist?
Monday 16 February 2009
Thriller Analysis - Taken - By Shiraz Zafar
Taken
The seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father, the retired agent Bryan Mills that left the secret service to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart; she convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with the stranger Peter and Amanda tells to him that they are alone in Paris. When Bryan succeeds in contacting his daughter, she tells that criminals have just break in the spot and they are kidnapped by an Albanese gang of human trafficking. Bryan promises in the phone to kill the kidnapper of his daughter and immediately travels to Paris to find Kim and chase the criminals.
Characters
From the beginning of the film we find out that the main character is Bryan Mills that is has left the secret service to stay near his daughter, Kim. Straight away we can establish that Mills is a loving and caring father and even though working in the secret service hardens a mans personality , he still has the caring side of feeling loneliness from being away from Kim. Mills is a calm person who gets along with people who get along with him. But if his buttons are pushed he can turn into the Hulk. His everyman qualities are shown from the scene when he sends Kim away on holiday when he gets emotion that he has to let his daughter leave. This is an example of a good loving father. The only weaknesses that are shown by Mills are his daughter, Kim. She is the only flaw in his life as he is already separated from her and then she got kidnapped.
Narratives
The first and most obvious enigma which was created was the kidnapping of Mill’s daughter Kim. But not to far in the film was revealed that these kidnappers do this all the time innocent young girls. Another enigma which was created was the extent that Mills would go to, to get Kim back. Clues were given to the audience of how his personality is. Such as being a hard man and fearless of anyone, but wasn’t revealed how experienced he was in fighting and mental technique to finding his daughter. This engaged the audience to watch more and see what the result would be.
Cinematic
The cinematography that was mostly used was close ups and extreme close ups of the facial expression of Mills, Kim and even the kidnappers. The close up of Kim’s face when she watched her friend getting kidnapped showed the audience of how scared and vulnerable she was. Cinematography is used in the scene when Kim was on the phone to her dad when her friend was being kidnapped by cross cutting of scenes. This helps create drama and the pace of the shots where fast so also created enigmas to what would happen next.
Themes
The theme of Investigation could fall under the theme category as the hero Mills must uncover a series of enigmas to establish the truth and to get his daughter back. When Kim is in the sheikh's yacht, Mills comes into the yacht defeating all enemies searching around where Kim is. Another theme is that the hero has skills which put his daughter in danger. He is an ex secret service member and as he tries harder to get to Kim the kidnappers fight back harder. This skill of his had potentially put Kim in more of a risk but Mills is not worried as his experience tops all.
Thriller Analysis: Righteous Kill by Shiraz Zafar
Righteous kill is a 2008 crime thriller film directed by Jon Avnet. The reason I choose this film was that I am a big fan of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, and when I found out they starred in a film together I new it would be great. Another reason why I chose this film was that the methods of cinematography used indicated that De Niro was the suspect, yet in the end it was Pacino who was the manipulative suspect. This was a good plot as it kept the audience engaged.Synopsis
The main characters are Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. De Niro's character is a hothead nicknamed "Turk" while Pacino is his cooler partner "Rooster." After 30 years of being partners in a ‘pressure cooker environment’ of the NYPD. The two detectives are ready for retirement. But before they were able to, they are called in to an investigation of the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to link to a case they solved years before. Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found along with a four line poem explaining the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer. One who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can't do on their own take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?
Characters
From the first scene we find out that the main characters are Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. The opening scene is of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino shooting targets with their pistols and machine guns while cracking jokes together. This opening scene helps us establish what the main characters are like. They are tough guys, real action men who are seen to be fearless. De Niro is seen to be the hot headed partner who has a short temper and is not afraid to release it on anyone. Deep down he is a true friend and shows that to his partner as he only seems to feel comfort by talking man to man with him. But on the exterior he is a hard nut. Pacino on the other hand is his cooler partner who is calm and relaxed most of the time. He is seen to us as a more mature person who always has the right answer to everything. The audience can identify these characteristics by how these characters act and present themselves. A scene to show De Niro’s character is when the character Spider is suspicious of a set up by the detectives by setting up Spiders lawyer to go into his office discussing drugs. Spider is suspicious of his lawyer’s actions and finds a wire. Spider starts to get aggressive and De Niro and Pacino rush in before the situation gets worse. They are too late as the shoot out begins. Spider’s man gets killed and the lawyer is also shot. De Niro handcuffs Spider and beats him to the ground until he is stopped by Pacino. This shows the level of anger that De Niro has and only stops once his partner tells him to. This shows the audience of the bond they have together. De Niro’s everyman qualities are shown by him being a hot head and at times not being able to take a joke. The one weakness I did spot was that De Niro hated the fact of not finding the serial killer at first and this made him week and affected his male pride.
Narratives
The first and most obvious enigma which was created was the searching of the serial killer. Regardless of many attempts of finding the right killer they are still completely in the dark of who the real killer is. Not many clues are given to the audience, but only ideas where given to us to work out who the killer was. This leads us to the question of who is the real killer. Only at the end was the real killer revealed. Not many enigmas are answered during the narrative, as the whole point of the film was to leave the audience in suspense until the end of the film. Suspense is created through the shots taken as in most scenes when the killings are happening, the killer is never shown. Parts of their bodies are shown such as their hands when they are writing the poems or leaving the poems on the corpses. This leaves the audience in suspense and anxious to find out whom the killer is, leading the audience in to watch more.
Cinematic
There were several close up showing the facial expressions of the detectives faces. The close up of De Niro’s face showed the strength and determination of him whilst looking into the eye of Spider. The close up of Pacino’s face created enigmas as the other detectives questions De Niro and other detectives as being a potential killers. This shot made the audience think why Pacino had this expression on his face as the whole way through the film he was made out to be one of the good guys. This created drama.
Themes
The main theme that was recognised in this thriller was ‘corrupt authority’. Pacino was the righteous killer and made it out to look like De Niro did all the killings. Pacino was manipulative and cowardly but putting the blame on his partner and friend he knew for 30 years. Another theme noticeable in this thriller was ‘Investigation’. The hero (De Niro) must uncover who the real serial killer is to establish the truth behind this. But was difficult as he didn’t know he would be stabbed in the back by his partner and friend.
Sunday 15 February 2009
Thriller Analysis - The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, was released in 1999 nominated for six Oscars, winning thirty-one movie awards and receiving thirty-seven movie nominations. Other films directed by Shyamalan such as Signs, Unbreakable and The Village, all in the thriller genre, deliver a unique style of mystery built on suspense and create thought provoking enigmas. The Sixth Sense however, I find particularly interesting because of the methods of cinematography shown to give clues that answer the enigmas created.
As the film begins, the cinematography clearly states the roles of characters depicting who will deliver the storyline and play an important part in creating enigmas. To begin with, a medium close up of a female character as she enters a dark basement, captures an emotion of anxiety from being alone. This follows the stereotype of women being dependent of a more dominant figure in order to feel safe, this is an indication that the narrative is in need of a hero. It’s at this point she enters another room and sits besides the established hero, her husband Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) who, through mise-en-scene’s character positioning, his higher pose shows his importance within the storyline. Malcolm is introduced as a highly educated and successful child psychologist living with middle class status. But when the mood changes when he and the female representative find their house has been broken into, his expected heroic qualities are questioned. It’s at this point in the film a minor villain is introduced, Vincent Grey (Donnie Wahlberg), a patient of the doctor who he failed to help. The cinematic technique used in this scene is where enigmas are created. Why and how did he fail him? As medium close-ups of Vincent capture anger, vulnerability and tormented emotion of his character, the audience are aware of his unpredictable nature. This conflicts with the audiences expectations of Malcolm, which is supported by the fact that this disturbing character addresses him as ‘Hero’ with an expression of disappointment. As close-ups capture Malcolm’s uncertainty of the situation, the audience now feel doubtful toward the protagonist. Suspense is created engaging the audience by the slow pace and the low toned score music of violins climbing higher in pitch as he gets closer to recognition. As the outraged character lives up to his expectations he surprises the audience by shooting Malcolm. This leads to the major enigma. Is Dr. Crowe our potential hero after all?
Cole sear (Haley Joel Osment) is then introduced to the narrative perceived as emotionally troubled and socially awkward as the audience read this information off Dr. Malcolm’s papers. Cole’s secret is that he has a sixth sense enabling him to see dead people. His anxiety is shown through his rapid movements and fast tempo, high pitched score music which is similar to the music heard when Malcolm shows uncertainty with his encounter with Vincent Grey. The long high angle shots illustrate him as inferior to his problems which establish him as the victim of the film. The use of cinematography and sound used, causes the audience to have no faith in this character, but as the film progresses we are assured of his ability.
Following the theme of an investigation where the hero must uncover a series of enigmas to uncover the truth, development of the film raises new enigmas for the audience. Enigmas such as: Why is this highly professional child psychologist finding it difficult to help this child?
Clues given to the audience provide many connotations and reveal more than meets eye. For instance, anyone who can see dead people has a grey streak of hair. As grey hair is commonly seen in elderly people who are often associated with wisdom, this connotes the further knowledge these people have with their sixth sense of seeing ghosts. Other clues such as special effects showing breaths of cold air and light marks in the presence of ghosts can also be seen, but it’s the use of the colour red that is most significant. Red is a colour of love, passion and comfort, however, red can also be associated with anger, pain and even extreme negatives such death. Although communication with the dead allows contact with the living to share love, this connotes that all those with the sixth sense are in danger of harm due to their ability. With this, the theme of religion can be interpreted as Cole takes refuge in a church with immense red doors. The idea of protection from harm under the watchful eyes of God creates a safe and hopeful atmosphere which is accompanied by the bright lighting.
The effective use of light in this film brings out the chilling conventions of a thriller well as it creates suspense and builds tension. For instance, within the first three and a half minutes of the film, the high key moonlight shines through the window forming a shadow. The effect of the figure formed conveys the narrative theme of supernatural existence.
As the film progresses further enigmas are created such as: What’s wrong with the relationship between Malcolm and his wife? Despite the constant clues of him feeling ignored by her, the use of the colour red and the fact that he doesn’t change his clothes, it’s only at the end of the film the twist reveals that Malcolm is dead. As his wife drops his wedding ring that he believes to be wearing, the information is made known to the audience through flashbacks of scenes that give clues to the mystery. For example, flashbacks of Malcolm at confused moments at changes made against him accompanied by the colour red. Also, a flashback of the scene where Cole confesses his secret telling Malcolm ghosts don’t always know they’re dead. The effective editing here shows the audience Cole solving the mystery and answering the major enigma created at the beginning of the film: Is Dr. Crowe the hero? Cole’s expected role of the victim is misleading as he is actually the hero in this narrative, surpassing his characteristics by helping someone who didn’t even know they themselves was a victim. The cinematic technique of viewing Cole through high angle shots ensuring his assumed role as the victim now becomes the common view of Malcolm.
(Alex Christian)
Saturday 14 February 2009
Preliminary Task
Here is our continuity sequence consisting of various shots from different angles, which seemed easy to film as all it needed was simplicity. However, we did come across a problem when editing as we noticed a break in continuity, the main characters arms were in different positions when walking toward the camera between shots. In order to solve this problem, we had to re-shoot the shots of her walking to keep the continuity flowing. As we wanted a mix of diegetic and non-diegetic sound we scored a classical harmony from a CD which played alongside the dialogue spoken.
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Yesterday we filmed our preliminary task and are in the process of editing it.
now we have uploaded it after finishing the editing
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Friday 13 February 2009
Shot List of Preliminary Task By Shiraz Zafar
Shot list for the Preliminary Task
Shot No: Shot: Description of Shot
1. Medium Shot: Walking down corridor.
2. Medium Close Up: Girl walking towards the door.
3. Close up: Hand on door.
4. Close up: Girl walking through doors.
5. Close up: Over the shoulder shot of girl sitting down.
6. Medium shot: Over the shoulder shot of conversation.
7. Medium shot: Conversation carrying on.
8. Extreme Close up: girl fiddling with her thumbs
9. Medium shot: still talking.
10. Extreme close up: Girl listening to the man.
11. Extreme close up: Man talking.
12. Medium shot: Girl still listening.
13. Extreme close up: Man finished talking.
Shot No: Shot: Description of Shot
1. Medium Shot: Walking down corridor.
2. Medium Close Up: Girl walking towards the door.
3. Close up: Hand on door.
4. Close up: Girl walking through doors.
5. Close up: Over the shoulder shot of girl sitting down.
6. Medium shot: Over the shoulder shot of conversation.
7. Medium shot: Conversation carrying on.
8. Extreme Close up: girl fiddling with her thumbs
9. Medium shot: still talking.
10. Extreme close up: Girl listening to the man.
11. Extreme close up: Man talking.
12. Medium shot: Girl still listening.
13. Extreme close up: Man finished talking.
Thursday 12 February 2009
Progress
After doing research on the correct use of the 180 degree rule, our group realised that the best way to prevent previous mistakes is to plan our filming sessions more wisely. Therefore the next step we plan to take before filming will be to make a list of all shots needed to take. This will make our aim for the session clearly and easier.
(Alex Christian)
(Alex Christian)
The 180 Degree Rule
Here is a video that has been uploaded on YouTube which explains the 180 degree rule in cinematography. This explains that when filming two characters having a conversation using shot reverse shot matching their eyeline, there is an imaginary axis that must not be crossed unless the audience see it hapening. If this rule is broken, the position of the character's shows them facing the same direction with their eyelines not matching disorientating the audience. Once this line has been crossed, the camera must stay there unless the audience see it crossing back over returning to its original position. Whilst on the correct side of the axis, angles such as over the shoulder, point of view and low angle shots, are the most effective as they capture the characters expressions and reactions to the conversation allowing the audiences to gain an understanding of the narrative.
I put this video on our blog as the visual explanation really helped me understand the purpose and effect of camera positioning as well as knowing the consequence of contradicting the positioning of the characters.
(Alex Christian)
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Next Steps
As we have broken the cinematic 180 degree rule within our practice preliminary task, our next step is to research how to use the technique correctly so we are able to use it in our final preliminary task as well as our opening thriller sequence.
(Alex Christian)
(Alex Christian)
Tuesday 10 February 2009
Outline of targets
To help us keep track of what stages we are at during this coursework, we decided to have a outline of our targets and what dates they should be met at. This should motivate us to get our work completed and hand it in on time.
For our blog, our targets are, and the dates to be met as are:
- Preliminary task (on YouTube) - 14/02/09
- Shot List for Preliminary task - 15/02/09
- 2 thriller notes - 16/02/09
- Location Notes - 23/02/09
- Group Brainstorm - 25/02/09
- Prop pictures and notes - 26/02/09
- Synopsis - 27/02/09
- Script - 28/02/09
- Storyboard -
- Cast Notes -
- Score Notes - 19/03/09
- Genre Research -
- Codes and Conventions -
- Directors cut (script annotated) -
- Audience review an graphs - 07/03/09
- 2 minute sequence (on YouTube) and notes - 11/03/09
- Shot List for 2 Minute sequence - 17/0309
For our blog, our targets are, and the dates to be met as are:
- Preliminary task (on YouTube) - 14/02/09
- Shot List for Preliminary task - 15/02/09
- 2 thriller notes - 16/02/09
- Location Notes - 23/02/09
- Group Brainstorm - 25/02/09
- Prop pictures and notes - 26/02/09
- Synopsis - 27/02/09
- Script - 28/02/09
- Storyboard -
- Cast Notes -
- Score Notes - 19/03/09
- Genre Research -
- Codes and Conventions -
- Directors cut (script annotated) -
- Audience review an graphs - 07/03/09
- 2 minute sequence (on YouTube) and notes - 11/03/09
- Shot List for 2 Minute sequence - 17/0309
Our Goals:
what we intend to do is to engage audiences within our thriller, we will do this by looking at the results of our questionnaire and decide on which is best for the audience in what they expect. This will make our thriller clip a success as we will know what to include in our thriller
This is our practice preliminary task. We decided to have a practice go at the task so we would have a full understanding of how the end result would look like. After shooting the scenes we had started the editing. Only then we understood how hard editing was. During this practice task we had notice we had broken the 180 degree rule. After watching how the 180 degree rule should not be broken on You Tube, we decided to do improve this by doing another preliminary task, which was turned out much better.
by Shiraz zafar
This is our practice preliminary task. We decided to have a practice go at the task so we would have a full understanding of how the end result would look like. After shooting the scenes we had started the editing. Only then we understood how hard editing was. During this practice task we had notice we had broken the 180 degree rule. After watching how the 180 degree rule should not be broken on You Tube, we decided to do improve this by doing another preliminary task, which was turned out much better.
by Shiraz zafar
Monday 9 February 2009
Welcome to our blog post
Welcome to our post where you can view all our work on the genre Thriller. This blog will show the developments in making the opening sequence of a thriller, new techniques learned, research showing understanding of the thriller genre and a Preliminary Task demonstrating match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rules. You can also leave comments on our work it would be much appreciated.
During this we will be guiding you through our process of the making of our film ''the missing suspects''
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During this we will be guiding you through our process of the making of our film ''the missing suspects''
hope you enjoy DSA.
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