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Conventions Of A Thriller
Monday, March 29, 2010
Conventions of a Thriller
I have devised a video about three different types of conventions within a thriller film. They all apply within our production.
Youtube will not allow me to embed the video so here is the link to the video on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsobNoNJzOc
Quick Cuts:
At the beginning of the film we have the scene where grace is running away from the prospective shot of the killer. This is the scene where black and white was used and the heartbeat fades in and out. Quick Cuts are used to create tension, excitement and confusion as to what might be happening at the start of the chase. In reverse quick cuts aren't use to to create a calm or neutral feeling
Zooms, Pans, Low angle shots, High angle shots and Over the shoulder shots:
Prospective shots of the killer are the best to illustrate the purpose of camera angles, prospective shots are the most obvious shots because the camera is never on a tripod and you often get the unsteadiness of the camera wielders hand and this is similar to the movements of the head. A good example of this the shot is the final scene of Grace walking down the road and the killers prospective shot of him behind the lamp post watching her as she walks.
Mise en Scene:
When Grace gets up out of bed she looks at phone, this is a part of Mise en Scene. Mise en Scene can represent many different things and in this instance she uses the phone as an alarm in the morning. Typically teenagers use their phone for a lot of things. I use mine as an alarm in the morning and as its primary use to talk to others. The phone is used to represent the fact that shes a average teenager.
I have devised a video about three different types of conventions within a thriller film. They all apply within our production.
Youtube will not allow me to embed the video so here is the link to the video on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsobNoNJzOc
Quick Cuts:
At the beginning of the film we have the scene where grace is running away from the prospective shot of the killer. This is the scene where black and white was used and the heartbeat fades in and out. Quick Cuts are used to create tension, excitement and confusion as to what might be happening at the start of the chase. In reverse quick cuts aren't use to to create a calm or neutral feeling
Zooms, Pans, Low angle shots, High angle shots and Over the shoulder shots:
Prospective shots of the killer are the best to illustrate the purpose of camera angles, prospective shots are the most obvious shots because the camera is never on a tripod and you often get the unsteadiness of the camera wielders hand and this is similar to the movements of the head. A good example of this the shot is the final scene of Grace walking down the road and the killers prospective shot of him behind the lamp post watching her as she walks.
Mise en Scene:
When Grace gets up out of bed she looks at phone, this is a part of Mise en Scene. Mise en Scene can represent many different things and in this instance she uses the phone as an alarm in the morning. Typically teenagers use their phone for a lot of things. I use mine as an alarm in the morning and as its primary use to talk to others. The phone is used to represent the fact that shes a average teenager.
Equipment List
Friday, March 19, 2010
Camera ; HD 10801, handycam
Tripod ;Manfrotto – 190 X B
Mircophone Rode
Tripod ;Manfrotto – 190 X B
Mircophone Rode
Casting
Casting
Killer Character – We are 99% certain we will be Using Jamie Fisher as our killer character who is going to be called The Hooded Figure. But as he had a busy schedule we drafted in Jacob O’Shea. His has a similar build to Jamie which is tall and Thin but muscular. Tall characters are very good as they look dominate and they can overpower people lot easier. Also by him being a thin build muscular build he has a mussels so he seem fit so he will not get tired so he will not fail in the quest of stacking Grace.
Female Character – We are not that certain who we will be using Grace Birchill. She is a typical blond girl so she seems vulnerable and also defenceless as she is going to be stacked while she is alone. She is also short so it emphases the fact that she is vulnerable.
Other characters – We should not be using anyone else but we might just have a few local people in the film as they go around doing there day to day life. We would like to have no one in our film because that would create a better atmosphere and at would give the allusion of isolation and desolation.
Killer Character – We are 99% certain we will be Using Jamie Fisher as our killer character who is going to be called The Hooded Figure. But as he had a busy schedule we drafted in Jacob O’Shea. His has a similar build to Jamie which is tall and Thin but muscular. Tall characters are very good as they look dominate and they can overpower people lot easier. Also by him being a thin build muscular build he has a mussels so he seem fit so he will not get tired so he will not fail in the quest of stacking Grace.
Female Character – We are not that certain who we will be using Grace Birchill. She is a typical blond girl so she seems vulnerable and also defenceless as she is going to be stacked while she is alone. She is also short so it emphases the fact that she is vulnerable.
Other characters – We should not be using anyone else but we might just have a few local people in the film as they go around doing there day to day life. We would like to have no one in our film because that would create a better atmosphere and at would give the allusion of isolation and desolation.
Thriller Target Audience
Friday, March 5, 2010
There are many different types of audiences and thrillers, and these all target specific people. Horrer thrillers such as The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village are targeted towards teenage girls and thrillers such as No Country For Old Men and Silence of the Lambs are targeted towards young males. The older classic thrillers like those from Alfred Hitchcock are targeted for Adults even though they are rated PG's.
Thrillers tend to be for people who like to work things out but sometimes it never happens until the end.
Our thriller appeals to those who enjoy the mystery. The twist at the start of film just before her possible death gets the audience to think because thev've seen part of the end of the film at the start. Our thriller is not made to strike horror into people but it's there to make people ask questions and to get thier hearts beating faster a few times. Our target audience 15-30 because we feel that anyone younger than 15 wouldn't be able to understand part of the ending being at the start. For anyone older than 30 we feel this film will not appeal to them because the film is about a young girl who attends college.
Thrillers tend to be for people who like to work things out but sometimes it never happens until the end.
Our thriller appeals to those who enjoy the mystery. The twist at the start of film just before her possible death gets the audience to think because thev've seen part of the end of the film at the start. Our thriller is not made to strike horror into people but it's there to make people ask questions and to get thier hearts beating faster a few times. Our target audience 15-30 because we feel that anyone younger than 15 wouldn't be able to understand part of the ending being at the start. For anyone older than 30 we feel this film will not appeal to them because the film is about a young girl who attends college.
Thriller Research/Production - Script
Script
Jessica running along a country path in with a perspective view of the killer chasing her.
Heartbeat noise linking in with music and blackout after every heartbeat whist Jessica is being chased
(Hand reaching out to Jessica.) Jessica: heavy breathing and shocked face.
Blackout/Flash back to the morning before the accident.
Jessica's mother: Jessica time to get up!
Jessica: Grumbles No, ergh
Gets up and goes to the bathroom, door closes fade out and then fades back when door opens, comes out of bathroom dressed.
Jessica goes downstairs and starts making breakfast
Jessica: looks at time oh! Grabs Jacket and puts on shoes "Bye mum!!"
Walks out of door up the pathway whilst being watched by killer
Jessica running along a country path in with a perspective view of the killer chasing her.
Heartbeat noise linking in with music and blackout after every heartbeat whist Jessica is being chased
(Hand reaching out to Jessica.) Jessica: heavy breathing and shocked face.
Blackout/Flash back to the morning before the accident.
Jessica's mother: Jessica time to get up!
Jessica: Grumbles No, ergh
Gets up and goes to the bathroom, door closes fade out and then fades back when door opens, comes out of bathroom dressed.
Jessica goes downstairs and starts making breakfast
Jessica: looks at time oh! Grabs Jacket and puts on shoes "Bye mum!!"
Walks out of door up the pathway whilst being watched by killer
14/1/10 Homework
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Audience – A gathering of people who are often public to watch or listen to something
Institution – An organisation or establishment built/created for a specific purpose.
Q – How many ways you can ‘read’ something produced by the BBC?
TASK - Go to the Doctor Who website.
Q. How can the audience engage with Doctor Who? How many different forms of ‘media’ are offered?
Well the obvious first piece of media is the big video displayed as soon as you enter the website. The video is a teaser that shows you many small clips of the upcoming doctor who series. You’ve also got small clips at the bottom of the webpage that introduce the new doctor e.g. the regeneration of the old to the new.
Convergence – This is the merging of two or more things. This makes the difference between types of media and different media industries.
Q. How would you usually watch an episode of Doctor Who?
Doctor Who is most commonly viewed through the living room TV.
Now think of the other ways you can watch an episode
SD (Standard Definition)
HD (High Definition)
Blue-ray
Even in cinema viewings.
What links these formats?
They all offer good quality viewing, unlike if you were to watch these’s movies illegally online its often the worst quality possible so there’s less MB’s to upload. Viewing HD on the internet for instance Eastenders on iPlayer will take a lot longer to buffer than if you were to view the same piece of media in SD.
They’re all digital, your fourth keyword..
Digital technology has led to increasing uncertainty over how we define an audience, with general agreement that the notion of a large group of people, brought together by time, responding to a single text, is outdated and that audiences now are ‘fragmented’.
Explain, in your own words, what fragmented means.
Fragmented is a piece of media that is scattered or out of place within its environment.
Key Points
In media studies we focus on ‘the contemporary’.
What does this mean if, for example, we are to study the film industry in Britain?
It would be to study the latest and newest in the film industry within Britain.
We are also keen to focus on convergence as a key agent of change. Why?
The world is constantly change and we need to keep up with everything that changes. For instance Avatar(2009) was suspended because they waited for technology to catch up. We know that technology is constantly changing and this brings new and different viewings for everyone.
Because it’s one of the most important things that’s happening now.
Q. How does the film industry 'converge' with the internet?
I wouldn’t say it converges, it does meet but in a bad way, piracy is the bane of the film industry. It affects the film industry badly.
We are finally interested in how things are changing.
Within the context of not only convergence, but also ownership,technologies and globalisation.
More key words – ownership and technologies are pretty straightforward however…
Globalisation means - The shift in media distribution from local or national to international and the whole world at once. Culturally, describes the process of ‘sameness’ over the world, typified by the availability of McDonalds in most nations.
Convergence
(Can be more than one way of converging.)
Definition again - Hardware and software coming together across media, and companies coming together across similar boundaries. This makes the distinction between different types of media and different media industries increasingly dubious.
1. Converging technologies – e.g your mobile ‘phone…
So what can the iphone do?
Make a list of the features…
Answer incoming calls and also dial numbers.
Browse the internet.
Listen to music.
Use apps such as games.
2. Converging media industries
News Corporation produce and distribute across several media. Find examples of their multinational media presence.
News Corporation Settles With Valassis Communications for $500 Million
http://www.newscorp.com/news/news_440.html
(Luhrs quote)
“We no longer live in a media world where TV, videogames, films, newspapers, radio, magazines and music exist separately.”
For this reason it is essential that you become aware of the impact of convergence on the film industry.
Institution – An organisation or establishment built/created for a specific purpose.
Q – How many ways you can ‘read’ something produced by the BBC?
TASK - Go to the Doctor Who website.
Q. How can the audience engage with Doctor Who? How many different forms of ‘media’ are offered?
Well the obvious first piece of media is the big video displayed as soon as you enter the website. The video is a teaser that shows you many small clips of the upcoming doctor who series. You’ve also got small clips at the bottom of the webpage that introduce the new doctor e.g. the regeneration of the old to the new.
Convergence – This is the merging of two or more things. This makes the difference between types of media and different media industries.
Q. How would you usually watch an episode of Doctor Who?
Doctor Who is most commonly viewed through the living room TV.
Now think of the other ways you can watch an episode
SD (Standard Definition)
HD (High Definition)
Blue-ray
Even in cinema viewings.
What links these formats?
They all offer good quality viewing, unlike if you were to watch these’s movies illegally online its often the worst quality possible so there’s less MB’s to upload. Viewing HD on the internet for instance Eastenders on iPlayer will take a lot longer to buffer than if you were to view the same piece of media in SD.
They’re all digital, your fourth keyword..
Digital technology has led to increasing uncertainty over how we define an audience, with general agreement that the notion of a large group of people, brought together by time, responding to a single text, is outdated and that audiences now are ‘fragmented’.
Explain, in your own words, what fragmented means.
Fragmented is a piece of media that is scattered or out of place within its environment.
Key Points
In media studies we focus on ‘the contemporary’.
What does this mean if, for example, we are to study the film industry in Britain?
It would be to study the latest and newest in the film industry within Britain.
We are also keen to focus on convergence as a key agent of change. Why?
The world is constantly change and we need to keep up with everything that changes. For instance Avatar(2009) was suspended because they waited for technology to catch up. We know that technology is constantly changing and this brings new and different viewings for everyone.
Because it’s one of the most important things that’s happening now.
Q. How does the film industry 'converge' with the internet?
I wouldn’t say it converges, it does meet but in a bad way, piracy is the bane of the film industry. It affects the film industry badly.
We are finally interested in how things are changing.
Within the context of not only convergence, but also ownership,technologies and globalisation.
More key words – ownership and technologies are pretty straightforward however…
Globalisation means - The shift in media distribution from local or national to international and the whole world at once. Culturally, describes the process of ‘sameness’ over the world, typified by the availability of McDonalds in most nations.
Convergence
(Can be more than one way of converging.)
Definition again - Hardware and software coming together across media, and companies coming together across similar boundaries. This makes the distinction between different types of media and different media industries increasingly dubious.
1. Converging technologies – e.g your mobile ‘phone…
So what can the iphone do?
Make a list of the features…
Answer incoming calls and also dial numbers.
Browse the internet.
Listen to music.
Use apps such as games.
2. Converging media industries
News Corporation produce and distribute across several media. Find examples of their multinational media presence.
News Corporation Settles With Valassis Communications for $500 Million
http://www.newscorp.com/news/news_440.html
(Luhrs quote)
“We no longer live in a media world where TV, videogames, films, newspapers, radio, magazines and music exist separately.”
For this reason it is essential that you become aware of the impact of convergence on the film industry.
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