We will also be using the actual suicide note inside something like a sandwich bag to make it look like evidence and photos. here are some of the kind of images we might print.
Friday 26 February 2010
Creating props
We used photoshop to create these fake newspapers to use in our thriller opening. The images were from the internet and photos from the set.
We will also be using the actual suicide note inside something like a sandwich bag to make it look like evidence and photos. here are some of the kind of images we might print.
We will also be using the actual suicide note inside something like a sandwich bag to make it look like evidence and photos. here are some of the kind of images we might print.
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Call sheet for planned filming - day 2
Our first filming session will be on: 26/2/10
Who is going to pick up and bring back the camera and tripod?
Harry will because he is going to be using the camera
Where are they going to film?
We will be filming in one of the rooms in the college.
Why have they chosen this location?
Because it is easily available and we only need a dark room to use. Most of us don't live locally so working outside the college would be hard to arrange.
How will we get to the location?
Because we will be filming in lesson times and in school this doesn't need arranging because we will be going into school how we normally would.
Is it a public location?
No, the school is only available to students.
Lighting: Are they filming during the day or night?
We will be filming in the day but hopefully we will be able to keep the room looking dark by closing the blinds.
Do they need to take lights with them?
We will try to find a lamp inside the classroom or school that we could use.
Actors: Who will we need to be there?
We will need Adam and Bronwen there to act. We will need Harry there to film. Dominic will help direct.
Which characters are they playing?
Adam will be playing the detective. Bronwen will be playing the detective's wife.
Will they need to learn a script in advance?
They will not need to learn their lines because the dialogue is very short so it will be improvised on the day but we will bring our storyboard so we follow it exactly.
Film crew: Who will do what on the day?
Harry will be filming.
Adam and Bronwen will be acting.
Dominic will help direct because she doesn't act in this scene.
Props: What do they need to take with them?
We will need to take: photos, reports, dressing gown and A lamp.
Who is in charge of getting particular props?
Brownwen will be bringing in a dressing gown.
What is their backup plan if the weather disrupts filming?
Weather won't be a problem because we will be filming inside and the windows won't be visible.
Which sections of the film are they going to capture in this filming slot?
we will be filming shots 1,2,3,6,9,10 and 11. The scenes we haven't filmed.
Which shots are you going to cover and what sound do you need to capture?
we will be filming shots 1,2,3,6,9,10 and 11. The scenes we haven't filmed. We will be capturing all the sound with the video that we record. We already have an idea for the music that will be playing over the video, we will create this when we begin editing.
Who is going to pick up and bring back the camera and tripod?
Harry will because he is going to be using the camera
Where are they going to film?
We will be filming in one of the rooms in the college.
Why have they chosen this location?
Because it is easily available and we only need a dark room to use. Most of us don't live locally so working outside the college would be hard to arrange.
How will we get to the location?
Because we will be filming in lesson times and in school this doesn't need arranging because we will be going into school how we normally would.
Is it a public location?
No, the school is only available to students.
Lighting: Are they filming during the day or night?
We will be filming in the day but hopefully we will be able to keep the room looking dark by closing the blinds.
Do they need to take lights with them?
We will try to find a lamp inside the classroom or school that we could use.
Actors: Who will we need to be there?
We will need Adam and Bronwen there to act. We will need Harry there to film. Dominic will help direct.
Which characters are they playing?
Adam will be playing the detective. Bronwen will be playing the detective's wife.
Will they need to learn a script in advance?
They will not need to learn their lines because the dialogue is very short so it will be improvised on the day but we will bring our storyboard so we follow it exactly.
Film crew: Who will do what on the day?
Harry will be filming.
Adam and Bronwen will be acting.
Dominic will help direct because she doesn't act in this scene.
Props: What do they need to take with them?
We will need to take: photos, reports, dressing gown and A lamp.
Who is in charge of getting particular props?
Brownwen will be bringing in a dressing gown.
What is their backup plan if the weather disrupts filming?
Weather won't be a problem because we will be filming inside and the windows won't be visible.
Which sections of the film are they going to capture in this filming slot?
we will be filming shots 1,2,3,6,9,10 and 11. The scenes we haven't filmed.
Which shots are you going to cover and what sound do you need to capture?
we will be filming shots 1,2,3,6,9,10 and 11. The scenes we haven't filmed. We will be capturing all the sound with the video that we record. We already have an idea for the music that will be playing over the video, we will create this when we begin editing.
Call sheet for planned filming - day 1
Our first filming session will be on: 23/2/10
Who is going to pick up and bring back the camera and tripod?
Harry will because he is going to be using the camera
Where are they going to film?
We will be filming in one of the rooms in the college.
Why have they chosen this location?
Because it is easily available and we only need a dark room to use. Most of us don't live locally so working outside the college would be hard to arrange.
How will we get to the location?
Because we will be filming in lesson times and in school this doesn't need arranging because we will be going into school how we normally would.
Is it a public location?
No, the school is only available to students.
Lighting: Are they filming during the day or night?
We will be filming in the day but hopefully we will be able to keep the room looking dark by closing the blinds.
Do they need to take lights with them?
We won't need any extra lights.
Actors: Who will we need to be there?
We will need Dominic and Adam on the first filming day because they are acting. Harry will come on the first day because he is filming and Bronwen will come to help direct.
Which characters are they playing?
Dominic is playing the victim being hung by a rope and Adam will be playing the killer.
Will they need to learn a script in advance?
They won't need to learn a script for words because the scene doesn't have any talking but we will bring our storyboard so we follow it exactly.
Film crew: Who will do what on the day?
Harry will be filming.
Adam and Dominic will be acting.
Bronwen will help direct because she doesn't act in this scene.
Props: What do they need to take with them?
We will need to take: A rope (We will have to use something else if we cannot find one).
Who is in charge of getting particular props?
Adam will try to find a rope to bring in.
What is their backup plan if the weather disrupts filming?
Weather won't be a problem because we will be filming inside and the windows won't be visible.
Which sections of the film are they going to capture in this filming slot?
we will be filming shots 4,5,7 and 8.
Which shots are you going to cover and what sound do you need to capture?
we will be filming shots 4,5,7 and 8. We will be capturing all the sound with the video that we record. We already have an idea for the music that will be playing over the video, we will create this when we begin editing.
Who is going to pick up and bring back the camera and tripod?
Harry will because he is going to be using the camera
Where are they going to film?
We will be filming in one of the rooms in the college.
Why have they chosen this location?
Because it is easily available and we only need a dark room to use. Most of us don't live locally so working outside the college would be hard to arrange.
How will we get to the location?
Because we will be filming in lesson times and in school this doesn't need arranging because we will be going into school how we normally would.
Is it a public location?
No, the school is only available to students.
Lighting: Are they filming during the day or night?
We will be filming in the day but hopefully we will be able to keep the room looking dark by closing the blinds.
Do they need to take lights with them?
We won't need any extra lights.
Actors: Who will we need to be there?
We will need Dominic and Adam on the first filming day because they are acting. Harry will come on the first day because he is filming and Bronwen will come to help direct.
Which characters are they playing?
Dominic is playing the victim being hung by a rope and Adam will be playing the killer.
Will they need to learn a script in advance?
They won't need to learn a script for words because the scene doesn't have any talking but we will bring our storyboard so we follow it exactly.
Film crew: Who will do what on the day?
Harry will be filming.
Adam and Dominic will be acting.
Bronwen will help direct because she doesn't act in this scene.
Props: What do they need to take with them?
We will need to take: A rope (We will have to use something else if we cannot find one).
Who is in charge of getting particular props?
Adam will try to find a rope to bring in.
What is their backup plan if the weather disrupts filming?
Weather won't be a problem because we will be filming inside and the windows won't be visible.
Which sections of the film are they going to capture in this filming slot?
we will be filming shots 4,5,7 and 8.
Which shots are you going to cover and what sound do you need to capture?
we will be filming shots 4,5,7 and 8. We will be capturing all the sound with the video that we record. We already have an idea for the music that will be playing over the video, we will create this when we begin editing.
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Evaluation of feedback
We were mainly questioned about doing an aerial shot and simulating someone being hung up by a rope. We can combat these problems by using a desk to do the aerial shot. We take a picture of Dom (the woman you assumed he was) with a rope hung round his neck, to make him look hung we will sello tape the rope to the ceiling or something to make the rope look tight, and then take a picture of him looking dead.
We were also asked how the eerie music will sound, we decided that it will sound similar to the exorcist theme, using a piano tune.
We were asked to write more detail about the opening credits. We wanted to have it appearing in a similar way to charmed.
We were also told that we are missing a title, so we have edited our description to show a title have finally thought of, we have named it 'Dark Dreamer'.
We were also asked how the eerie music will sound, we decided that it will sound similar to the exorcist theme, using a piano tune.
We were asked to write more detail about the opening credits. We wanted to have it appearing in a similar way to charmed.
We were also told that we are missing a title, so we have edited our description to show a title have finally thought of, we have named it 'Dark Dreamer'.
Friday 5 February 2010
Why Thrillers Thrive
On the article 'Why thrillers thrive' we find that we don't fully agree or disagree with what is being said, although good points are raised, some things that are said are a little off point for example "the horror film will die" which is a very unrealistic accusation. They seem to be biased on the side of the thriller film genre but by this are unfairly casting out horror which is a very popular and grasping genre alone and will for the rest of time will attract it's large audience to the cinema.
I think this article is trying to put down the horror genre as part of promoting the thriller genre, by this we disagree with their method although some of the points they raise are very interesting for example "Our nature is such that we must have these shake-ups." Yes thriller delivers this but so does horror, in fact horror delivers a much stronger and intense thrill.
I think the person who wrote this article has a serious grudge against horrors, in this they are trying to make their readers think it is a bad and sick thing to engage in which is indeed wrong.
The article itself is interesting and true but they go a little off course when they bring in horror, as it delivers the safe thrill that they are trying to promote. We disagree with how they've belittled the horror genre, which is a bit of a letdown.
I think this article is trying to put down the horror genre as part of promoting the thriller genre, by this we disagree with their method although some of the points they raise are very interesting for example "Our nature is such that we must have these shake-ups." Yes thriller delivers this but so does horror, in fact horror delivers a much stronger and intense thrill.
I think the person who wrote this article has a serious grudge against horrors, in this they are trying to make their readers think it is a bad and sick thing to engage in which is indeed wrong.
The article itself is interesting and true but they go a little off course when they bring in horror, as it delivers the safe thrill that they are trying to promote. We disagree with how they've belittled the horror genre, which is a bit of a letdown.
Finalised ideas for thriller
Title - Dark Dreamer
0.00-0.10 - fades in from black to an establishing shot rotating around the detective and his desk. No audio at this time.
Dark office room.
Computer, photos, reports, desk lamp.
0.10-0.20 - Shot changed to an ariel shot above the desk showing photos, reports and office equipment in detail. the camera is tracking over the desk from one side to the other.
Dark office room.
Computer, photos, reports, desk lamp.
0.20-0.30 - halfway through panning across the table, the camera zooms into a photo of the victim with a rope around their neck. a light flashes and a sound is created to show that there is a flashback. the scene changes to a high angle over the shoulder shot of the antagonist approaching on the same victim who was hung up. the scene is very dark and the antagonist is holding a rope in his hand. very quiet music is playing to build up tension, the music is going to sound very eerie.
A grimy room, for the victims house.
Rope. furniture a normal house would have.
0.30-0.40 - The shot fades to a closer shot of the antagonist close to the victim with a zoom on the rope in his hand, the music rises at this point to suggest action soon connected to the rope. after 5 seconds or so, the shot changes to a closeup of the victims face in dim light and a rope is brought around to his neck and shows him being choked until the flashback stops with the same effects that started it. the choking scene uses a canted angle and the music becomes violent and thrilling at the point of the choking scene.
A grimy room, for the victims house.
Rope. furniture a normal house would have.
0.40-0.50 - The camera continues to track across the top of the desk for about 5 seconds. Then the camera zooms into a suicide note written on lined paper. another flashback is triggered using the same light flash and sound effect that was used before. The music has faded down to how it was during the first pan across the desk at the start of the scene.
Back in the office.
0.50-1.00 - The shot shows an aerial view of the body of the victim on the floor and the antagonist securing the rope around their neck, this lasts around 5 seconds. the next scene shows the antagonist dragging a body that is out of shot, all we see is the antagonist pulling on the rope suggesting it. this lasts another 5 seconds and is using a mid shot.
Back to the grimy house.
1.00-1.10 - The antagonist places a suicide note he has written to cover up the evidence.
The camera will zoom in on his hand as he places it on a desk, lasting around 5 seconds.
There will then be a cross fade to his wife's hand tapping him on his shoulder to wake him up, to cause confusion.
still at grimy house, with suicide note, and table.
The changes back to the office.
1.10-1.20 - Zoom out, to over the shoulder shots, of the wife telling him to come to bed / moaning.
changes back to the office.
1.20-1.30 - Zoom in on detectives face showing confusion, then over the shoulder shot of him looking at his notes on the desk.
changes back to the office.
1.30-1.40 - Canted low angle shot, detective gets up aggressively, and walks to bed slamming the door behind him.
which triggers the credits.
changes back to the office.
0.00-0.10 - fades in from black to an establishing shot rotating around the detective and his desk. No audio at this time.
Dark office room.
Computer, photos, reports, desk lamp.
0.10-0.20 - Shot changed to an ariel shot above the desk showing photos, reports and office equipment in detail. the camera is tracking over the desk from one side to the other.
Dark office room.
Computer, photos, reports, desk lamp.
0.20-0.30 - halfway through panning across the table, the camera zooms into a photo of the victim with a rope around their neck. a light flashes and a sound is created to show that there is a flashback. the scene changes to a high angle over the shoulder shot of the antagonist approaching on the same victim who was hung up. the scene is very dark and the antagonist is holding a rope in his hand. very quiet music is playing to build up tension, the music is going to sound very eerie.
A grimy room, for the victims house.
Rope. furniture a normal house would have.
0.30-0.40 - The shot fades to a closer shot of the antagonist close to the victim with a zoom on the rope in his hand, the music rises at this point to suggest action soon connected to the rope. after 5 seconds or so, the shot changes to a closeup of the victims face in dim light and a rope is brought around to his neck and shows him being choked until the flashback stops with the same effects that started it. the choking scene uses a canted angle and the music becomes violent and thrilling at the point of the choking scene.
A grimy room, for the victims house.
Rope. furniture a normal house would have.
0.40-0.50 - The camera continues to track across the top of the desk for about 5 seconds. Then the camera zooms into a suicide note written on lined paper. another flashback is triggered using the same light flash and sound effect that was used before. The music has faded down to how it was during the first pan across the desk at the start of the scene.
Back in the office.
0.50-1.00 - The shot shows an aerial view of the body of the victim on the floor and the antagonist securing the rope around their neck, this lasts around 5 seconds. the next scene shows the antagonist dragging a body that is out of shot, all we see is the antagonist pulling on the rope suggesting it. this lasts another 5 seconds and is using a mid shot.
Back to the grimy house.
1.00-1.10 - The antagonist places a suicide note he has written to cover up the evidence.
The camera will zoom in on his hand as he places it on a desk, lasting around 5 seconds.
There will then be a cross fade to his wife's hand tapping him on his shoulder to wake him up, to cause confusion.
still at grimy house, with suicide note, and table.
The changes back to the office.
1.10-1.20 - Zoom out, to over the shoulder shots, of the wife telling him to come to bed / moaning.
changes back to the office.
1.20-1.30 - Zoom in on detectives face showing confusion, then over the shoulder shot of him looking at his notes on the desk.
changes back to the office.
1.30-1.40 - Canted low angle shot, detective gets up aggressively, and walks to bed slamming the door behind him.
which triggers the credits.
changes back to the office.
1.40-1.50 - The Title appears with a an impact, straight in your face, with a killer feeling, in the font, and the music comes in suddenly to give the shock to the viewers, similar to the exorcist music, which is a mental rhythm.
changes back to the office.
1.50-2.00 - The credits then role, the name of the actors, hopefully a decoding affect, which gives the impressions this is going to be hard to solve.
Black screen, no setting.
changes back to the office.
1.50-2.00 - The credits then role, the name of the actors, hopefully a decoding affect, which gives the impressions this is going to be hard to solve.
Black screen, no setting.
Panic Room opening credits analysis
The credits reflect the psychological genre by not appearing too menacing like in se7en where they jitter around to give a sense of insanity. The text blends in with the city buildings to make it look part of them, this looks realistic. The titles show the film is going to be a psychological thriller because the threat is at a mental level rather than psychical because the credits appear calm rather than psychical.
How ever the music contrasts that as it is quite menacing and gives the idea that things could change.
This is unusual because in thrillers the titles normally suggest the antagonists personality to be crazy and insane.
The credits aren't scary or to crazy because Panic Room builds up the tension during the film and there isn't a sudden dilemma.
Our film will be dis similar because it starts of with a dilemma, the detective studying a killers reports and photos.
Our writing will appear threatening like a generic thriller title.
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Analysing Credits "Six Feet Under"
Six Feet Under, Main Title Sequence
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Judging this program from never seeing it automatically it strikes me as dark thriller because of all the dead images of people and camera shots of for example the person walking down the dark, long corridor but the music tells us something completely the opposite (contrapuntal); the music is very chirpy and happy yet the images to go with it are very dark and gloomy this gives us the impression that it could be a comedy, a black comedy at that.
The credits seem to be flaking away which has a link to the theme of death and burial; they can look pretty in the sense that they are flaking away into the image and it looks like quite a different and quirky effect, only when you look closer do you see that perhaps it has a link to the themes of the program itself.
This shows how important music is to a film or program, it sets the scene and can either be used to correspond with the images and add effect or disagree with the images and give us an idea of what the true genre of the film is meant to be.
Six Feet Under has a similar beat to Desperate Housewives, both openings have fun and bouncy music this is how I knew Six Feet Under was not a serious dark thriller.
Garageband screenshot
We created a garageband file for the opening of the film 'identity'
We used a soundtrack to build u tension and thunder effects to add realism, along with ambient sound of rain.
Storyboard for Thriller
This is our storyboard, It will help us plan what we are going to be film at the actual setting of the film and help us stay true to the original design
This our storyboard in written form for more precise detail.
This our storyboard in written form for more precise detail.
Protagonist Comparason
We used Clarice from Silence of the Lambs to compare to our protagonist. She is very involved in her work and shows great fascination with Hannibal Lector.
- Her costume tells us that she is very committed and smartly dressed we don't often see her casually dressed which shows us she is more work than play.
- Shes a strong woman who is determined to solve these clues and get Hannibal even though it involves getting mixed up in a very dangerous way of life and work.
- She often turns to clues and has a strange relationship with Hannibal which makes the film more gripping, we know our Antagonist, it's like a constant gripping mind game.
- Our protagonist links in with Clarice because they're both committed to their job and we are going to show this in his costume, we will always have him dressed smartly.
- They will both be putting their lives and spare time into catching their antagonists, they will both be chasing up clues until the antagonist is behind bars.
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