The woods that we filmed in

Shelby and Billy in the woods

Myles in charge of the tripod

Louise in the bush

Me The Camera Woman

Me with the 'weapon'. Scary.

Shelby and Billy on the bed

Myles still in charge of the tripod

Louise hidding behind the bed

Me and Shelby with the camera

Yesterday we did film all of the scenes that we were supposed to film. We filmed the park scene and some of the killing scene. In next lessons we will be editing this and making our film titles by adding our names, the schools, the roles we did to make the film, the title and the production companies idents. Above are the pictures that I took from our first day of filming our project. 

Filming

Today we are going to start filming for our opening sequence to a thriller movie. We are going to film two important scenes today. One will be the park scene and the other the killing scene. For both the scenes we will need Shelby who is our main actress to be in them which is why filming has taken so long to come to. However if we film both of these today(which we hope to achieve) then we can edit on Monday and Tuesday during lessons and then film the party scene on Thursday and edit throughout the course of the week to have it completed and up to scratch.

Primeval Extract

In our media class we were doing textual analysis and representation of extracts. We as a group of 4 were told to look at a Primeval extract and analysis it. Our main question was to look at how the representation of gender is constructed in the extract. There were four parts of individual noted that we had to look at to answer this question. There were;

•  Camera shots, Movement and Composition
• Sound
• Editing
• Mise-en-scene

We then had to compare notes and make a PowerPoint presentation on the extract above.

Even though this is in our other media class it is still relevant to this media project as all of the above bullet points are points that I will need to consider for the opening sequence to a thriller to create the atmoshpere and the emotions which need to be conveyed to the audience when watching.

Conventions of a Thriller Film

1. A crime at the core of the narrative (often murder, but not always)

2. A complex narrative structure, with false paths, clues and resolutions

3.A narrative pattern of establishing enigmas (problems) which the viewer expects to be resolved

4.A protagonist who is systematically, disempowered and drawn into a complex web of intrigue by an antagonist.

5.Extraordinary events happening in an ordinary situation

6.Themes of identity

7.Themes of mirroring

8.Themes of voyeurism

9.Protagonist with a "flaw" which is exploited by the antagonist

10.   Titles often reflect an aspect of the protagonist/antagonist's psychological state

11.   There is often a scene near the end of the film in which the protagonist is in peril

12.   Mise-en-Scene which echoes/mirrors the protagonist plight

Sound Effects

This is the punch and thud that we are going to use when louise, who is our killer, is going to hit Billy with one of his football trophy's in the back of the head.  



We as a group was also thinking of having a creaking sound either from the door or the stairs which could freak Shelby and Billy got when they are messaging each other. This would build up tension and could flow with the music. 

Moby Gratis

Songs we are going to use in our movie

This is the site called Mobygratis.com. We had to use this site to get our music for of thriller coursework as we have to use non copyright songs. 

Past Pupils Work

This is the best media coursework about the opening of a thriller movie that I could find on YouTube from past peoples work. 

The first scene is a party scene. This gave me a few ideas and inspirations as to what to do for our our media coursework as we are also doing a party scene but inside the house. There was many elements which created the atmosphere of a party scene which was the flashing lights, the tilted camera angles, the frames being speed up and it being blurry which all created this illusion that she is drunk and doesn't know what she is doing. Also I liked how the music was parallel throughout the film from it being rave type in the party scene to quite in the woods apart from the birds, which gives a sinister feel to that particular part, to it being the sound of a ticking clock or a heartbeat as someone or something is just waiting for her and the music builds this up. I also liked the jittery camera frames when she stands up as it gives the audience the feel that she doesn't know what she has done the night before and is waking up with a hangover. There are also close up shots of her in the woods which shows her emotions really well in the film and finally the echos when she is calling out for help show how alone and deserted she is in the woods and this is also emphasised by her facial expressions and body language of terror.

Script

Scene 1
'Hay Crystal, whats up?';Connor

'Nothing, just chilling';Crystal

'Thats cool':Connor

'Yeah';Crystal

'So what do you think of the party';Crystal

''Its hot just like you';Connor

'lool';Crystal 

(builds up to intense moment between both characters)


Scene 3
'Howdy';Connor
"Yo';Crystal
'Tonight was amazing, had such a great time with you';Crystal
'Me too baby, love spending time with you';Connor
'Awww, Wuu2';Crystal
'Chilling with my homeboys ... You?';Connor
'Just hanging listening to music and learning some dance steps';Crystal

Scene 4
'LOOK OUT , BEHIND YOU';Connor
'WHAT';Crystal
'LOOK, BEHIND YOU, NO';Connor
(Bang - Connor & Crystal Die)

Mise-en-Scene

Mise-en-scene is a French term meaning what id put into the frame during a scene. What is put into or left out of the frame can make a big difference to the signals the audience receives about what sort of film it is and how we are supposed to feel at that point. Therefore the Mise-en-Scene are an indicator of the genre of the film and we can have certain expectations of what is about to happen as the film progresses. 

The elements of Mise-en-Scene are;

• Settings and Props
• Costume, Hair and Makeup
• Facial Expressions and Body Language
• Lighting and Colour
• Positioning of Characters and Objects within the frame

• Settings and Props

 The settings and props used in a film are just the background to the characters actions and dialogue. Settings and props can manipulate the audience's expectations and often directors will take a different turn. In this scene it is a happy and vibrant atmosphere which will manipulate the audience to feel that particular emotion before something in the plot happens.

• Costume, Hair and Makeup

All these parts are very important as it can give us an indicator as to the characters personality and social status. It also tells us what time period and culture the film is set in. 

In this picture the clothing is dark and the makeup and hair is disturbing so the audience sees him as an evil character. 

• Facial Expressions and Body Language

Facial Expressions and Body Language gives the audience a clear indication of how a character is feeling during the scene. 

• Lighting and Colour

Lighting and Colour can give a particular scene a relistic look or bring out dramatic nature of it. We associate different lighting styles with different genres as well. 

• Positioning of characters and Objects within a frame

This is important as it tells and manipulates the audience into what to concentrate on, what to draw our attention on and what to feel and what the characters are feeling in the scene. 

Music for Ident

We have made and collaborated music in a program called GarageBand that will go with our Panda Productions Ident. We chose this sort of music as it is very funky and fun with goes with our ident. 

Elements for Sent

Location
There will be four locations in our film. They will be;

• A party house
• A park
• Her house
• His house

Characters

There will also be many characters but mainly three. They will be;

• The man
• The woman
• The killer
• Extra people at the House party
• Extra people in the park
• Extra people in the street

Production Company

Our production company is going to be called Panda Productions. Below is our animation of the title;

Graphs for Audience Research



Survey Monkey Resuts

This is the results from my survey monkey questionnaire which I posted on Facebook and sent an email to various people to complete my survey. 11 people completed the survey and I got a wide range of answers from the results. 

Treatment Sheet for Sent

Outline of ideas

• Girl and Boy meet at a party.
• They get together and start going out.
• They go out to the park together about a month later from the party. 
• They go home and live message each other via web cam. 
• killer comes behind the girl on web cam with the boy getting up in shock.
• Killer appears behind boy and murders him.  

What resources will you need?

• Web cam.
• Bedrooms.
• Laptop.
• Weapon for killer.
• Actors.
• Locations.

Justification of ideas in relation to the genre

• Going to have a murderer killing someone expectantly which occurs frequently in a thriller movie.
• There is going to be a mystery as to why the boy saw the murderer in the girls house then it kills him in his house.

Storyboard for Sent

What should be included in a title sequence??

There can be many things that you could include in a title sequence however the most important things to include are;

• Production Company
• A Film By...
• Main Actors/Actresses
• Film Title
• Other Actors/Actresses
• Director
• Producer
• Director of Photography
• Other important people who worked on the film

Production Companies

A production company is a company responsible for the production of new media, performing arts, film, radio or a television program. The company may also be directly responsible for raising of funding for the production and may be either a small company or a larger one, selling its products to a film studio or presenting it at a theatrical venue, or, in the case of film and television, it may be the studio itself.