Monday, 30 March 2009
Genre Research - Shiraz Zafar
The genre of thriller is extremely broad which also has many sub genres within the genre. These sub genres include, for example, Physiological Thrillers, Action thrillers and even romantic comedy thrillers.
A thriller contains certain characteristic. The pace must be quick with lot of action, and there should be suspense where the plot twists. Thrillers should have the audience sitting on the edge of their seats , wondering if the protagonist wont get killed.
Thrillers are often set in mysterious locations, although this isn’t essential as certain sub genres, like Crime Thrillers do not have these characteristics. The main characters are usually male, who usually get dragged into the plot to save the day. These men are usually spies, armed forces or working for the government. Sometimes you could get a ordinary person to be the protagonist who gets drawn in to the plot, but they always are cut out for the job and ready for any danger coming their way. Woman are often the protagonists to, but are used to a limited extent, but its still more of a male dominated genre,
It has been suggested that thrillers mostly require the protagonist to solve a current problem to prevent it happening. Usually the antagonist are on a grand scale of skill as well which builds the plot with several enigmas and suspense.
A thriller contains certain characteristic. The pace must be quick with lot of action, and there should be suspense where the plot twists. Thrillers should have the audience sitting on the edge of their seats , wondering if the protagonist wont get killed.
Thrillers are often set in mysterious locations, although this isn’t essential as certain sub genres, like Crime Thrillers do not have these characteristics. The main characters are usually male, who usually get dragged into the plot to save the day. These men are usually spies, armed forces or working for the government. Sometimes you could get a ordinary person to be the protagonist who gets drawn in to the plot, but they always are cut out for the job and ready for any danger coming their way. Woman are often the protagonists to, but are used to a limited extent, but its still more of a male dominated genre,
It has been suggested that thrillers mostly require the protagonist to solve a current problem to prevent it happening. Usually the antagonist are on a grand scale of skill as well which builds the plot with several enigmas and suspense.
Codes and Conventions within a thriller: By Dominic Esty- Wilkinson
The conventions of the thriller genre are to do with sound and editing. eg quick cuts , fast pace and camera angle changes, music that gives tension and is passy when appropriate. it can be to do with lighting, especially the use of shadow. mirrors and stairs are also conventions of thriller movies.
The codes and conventions are mainly what the audiences expect to see within a thriller this includes all types of thrillers, such as cross genres such as action, adventure, sci- fi etc. What audiences expect to see is what producers need to include in attracting their audience. The codes and conventions within a thriller mainly allows a female protagonist to be a victim of a dominant male character, this enables the audiences to familiar themselves with the stereotypes as females are always vulnerable dependent victims, and the dominant male figures as being dominant. psychological thriller which are sub genres play with audiences minds by manipulating a character or a plot to keep audiences guessing. However cross thriller genres involve action, adventure, sic- fi, these use a slightly different way of using codes and conventions as they are not many things it must include to engage audiences. For example within a thriller in a scene where it is scary and engaging, it will be more likely to see dark colour's so the scene can be represented in a way that audiences expect to see it, also the sound what be loud intense heart beating score music, the contrast would different in a way it reflects the scene. All these are key conventions within a thriller. Another example is a dominant male chasing and vulnerable female protagonist, this will include fast pace intense score music the codes and conventions audiences expect to see. Getting exactly what audiences want will make any film a success.
The codes and conventions are mainly what the audiences expect to see within a thriller this includes all types of thrillers, such as cross genres such as action, adventure, sci- fi etc. What audiences expect to see is what producers need to include in attracting their audience. The codes and conventions within a thriller mainly allows a female protagonist to be a victim of a dominant male character, this enables the audiences to familiar themselves with the stereotypes as females are always vulnerable dependent victims, and the dominant male figures as being dominant. psychological thriller which are sub genres play with audiences minds by manipulating a character or a plot to keep audiences guessing. However cross thriller genres involve action, adventure, sic- fi, these use a slightly different way of using codes and conventions as they are not many things it must include to engage audiences. For example within a thriller in a scene where it is scary and engaging, it will be more likely to see dark colour's so the scene can be represented in a way that audiences expect to see it, also the sound what be loud intense heart beating score music, the contrast would different in a way it reflects the scene. All these are key conventions within a thriller. Another example is a dominant male chasing and vulnerable female protagonist, this will include fast pace intense score music the codes and conventions audiences expect to see. Getting exactly what audiences want will make any film a success.
Thursday, 19 March 2009
The Missing Suspects Score Music
To create suspense in our thriller production we added score music from a software called VideoCoPilot which changed we use to change the atmosphere of shots. We did this by experimenting with non-deigetic sounds using FinalCutPro by adjusting the length, volume and transitions between them. The tracks we included are called Survival, Mystery, Greeble and Airplane Cabin. We chose these sounds in particular because they sounded similar to score music we had seen in films of the thriller genre; high pitched, fast pace building tension and heavy base sounding like a heartbeat. We used these sounds wisely, for example, at the beginning of the Missing Suspects thriller, we used the Mystery sound. However, we had to low the volume down as it is heard in the background as the Sergeant delivers important information to the audience. If the volume was to high, the important information wouldn't have been heard, confusing the audience later in the film. Greeble is a heavy base and has a racing tempo which we chose to include as the audience see the mysterious character dragging a body. As there is no dialogue in this part, we added this type of music to build the suspense as well as making it clear to the audience who the antagonist is.
(Alex Christian)
(Alex Christian)
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Shot list of final piece By Dominic Esty- wilkinson
SHOT NO: DESCRIPTION OF SHOT TYPE:
SHOT:
1. Name of Romford - Close up
police station
2. Behind the officers - Mid- Shot
3. Extreme close up on - Extreme close up
police Sergent
4. Close up on female - Close up
officer
5. Victim 1 shown on - Close up
investigation board
6. close up on information - Close up
of the murder of victim 1
7. back to Behind the officers - Mid shot
8. Victim 2 shown on Extreme close up
investigation board-
9. close up on information - Close up
of the murder of victim 2
10. male officer looking - Close up
11. sergeant pointing to board - Establishing shot
12. foot shown with large bag - Low angle close up
13. man dragging bag aggressively Mid- shot
14. large bag being dragged - Low angle close up
15. man dragging bag - Long shot
16. question mark on board - Close up
17. question mark on board - Close up
18. missing Victim Rachel - Close up
Brooke shown on
investigation board
19. bag lying down flat along - Close up
with feet
20. man opening boot - Mid close up
21. man opening boot - Extreme close up
22. boot opening - Mid- shot
23. man grabbing bag - low angle close up
24. man lifting bag up - Mid shot
25. man putting bag in boot - Mid- shot
26. man leaving boot open - Mid- shot
27. man with flowers - long shot
28. man looking down at - high angle shot
29. man grinning at dead - close up
victim
30. man placing flowers on - long shot
victim
31. man placing flowers on - high angle shot
victim
32. man walking towards button - long shot
33. man pushing button - close up
34. man looking towards door - close up
35. man releasing button - close up
36. man looking at door - close up
37. man walking away - Mid- shot
38. man's car - mid- shot
39. man's hand opening car - close up
40. man getting in cat - Mid- shot
41. man dialing number - mid shot
42. man putting phone towards ear - extreme close up
43. man throwing phone down - Mid- shot
SHOT:
1. Name of Romford - Close up
police station
2. Behind the officers - Mid- Shot
3. Extreme close up on - Extreme close up
police Sergent
4. Close up on female - Close up
officer
5. Victim 1 shown on - Close up
investigation board
6. close up on information - Close up
of the murder of victim 1
7. back to Behind the officers - Mid shot
8. Victim 2 shown on Extreme close up
investigation board-
9. close up on information - Close up
of the murder of victim 2
10. male officer looking - Close up
11. sergeant pointing to board - Establishing shot
12. foot shown with large bag - Low angle close up
13. man dragging bag aggressively Mid- shot
14. large bag being dragged - Low angle close up
15. man dragging bag - Long shot
16. question mark on board - Close up
17. question mark on board - Close up
18. missing Victim Rachel - Close up
Brooke shown on
investigation board
19. bag lying down flat along - Close up
with feet
20. man opening boot - Mid close up
21. man opening boot - Extreme close up
22. boot opening - Mid- shot
23. man grabbing bag - low angle close up
24. man lifting bag up - Mid shot
25. man putting bag in boot - Mid- shot
26. man leaving boot open - Mid- shot
27. man with flowers - long shot
28. man looking down at - high angle shot
29. man grinning at dead - close up
victim
30. man placing flowers on - long shot
victim
31. man placing flowers on - high angle shot
victim
32. man walking towards button - long shot
33. man pushing button - close up
34. man looking towards door - close up
35. man releasing button - close up
36. man looking at door - close up
37. man walking away - Mid- shot
38. man's car - mid- shot
39. man's hand opening car - close up
40. man getting in cat - Mid- shot
41. man dialing number - mid shot
42. man putting phone towards ear - extreme close up
43. man throwing phone down - Mid- shot
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Final Opening Sequence: The Missing Suspects
Finally, here is the finished product after all the planning of the narrative outline, locations, mise en scene and cast. After analyzing other thrillers, the way in which they create suspense is through the effects the use on the footage. Therefore we included effects such as manipulating colour as well as being selective with editing techniques such as cross cutting and variations of close ups and extreme close ups. The type of score music you chose is also important when representing a particular genre, so with the genre being thriller, we included high pitched along with a fast paced score similar to a racing heart beat as the tension builds.
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