Diagetic and non diagetic music we will use

Beginning plan of sounds...

At the beginning of our scene i think we will just use the diagetic sounds of footsteps walking down a corridor. These will then be joined with a second pair of footsteps. To create a sense of being followed we will increase the speed of the first steps, and as this happens the second footsteps will quicken. Some eerie synthetic music could then be added to create a sense of unease, reflecting the victums state of mind. The following diagetic and non diagetic music options are typical for this kind of thriller;



Diagetic sounds

• Footsteps
• Heavy breathing
• Gate closing
• Screaming
• Sound of a knife being drawn

 

Non diegtic sounds

 

 Eerie syntheic music

Same music this picks up tempo

Some fast rhythm added, matching her heartbeat

 

 

History's Mysteries - Jack The Ripper

To fully understand the background of jack the ripper, and maybe get some additional details to our story line i watched this documentry. I now have a broader understanding as to what kind of scenery he would kill his victums in and how vast his victum list spread.

Basic plot to our new thriller..

Our new thriller idea is going to be set in the victorian times, and it is going to be based on a women who holds some sort of information and is running for her life. This thriller will be based on inspiration from Jack the Ripper. The thriller will start with the innocent women, hiding and frequently running from the murderer, we will see her hide in several different places, including an archway, a shelter and a tunnel. There will be shots cutting to the murderer and we will be able to see the anger and lust to get his hands onto this women. There will then be a shot of the women hiding next to the tunnel and the murderer slowly edging round the side and eventually stabbing her to death, but before this we will see a closeup of the girls hand as she drops a piece of paper into a drain, this piece of paper will be a vital piece of information, and will be the reason why the murderer is following her.. We will then have the title sequence, which will fade into the modern day and we will see detectives dressed in chique blck suits, investigating the scene and taking notes on what they can see and how they think it was caused. The Thriller will end off with one of the inspectors, putting his hand into the drain and slowly pulling out this piece of paper.

Cast - The victum

Chessie Hoare - We chose chessie as she has a slim build and is reltivly pale. Her skin tone is typically victorian as it was considered beautiful to be pale back then, and her build is important, as because she is playing a prostitute she would be working class, so therefore wouldn't have much money to be able to feed herself with. Her hair is also blonde which makes her recognisable and stands out to the audience watching, so as not to loose her. Blonde victims are also typical in this type of thriller.

 

 

 



Story board for our thriller

 This is the story board for our thriller. We are doing a Jack the ripper style thriller. To convey this we are having a girl who notices someone is following her,















He then starts running and he chases her. The backgrounds we have used are typically victorian, i.e. the houses and the courtyard (minus the car)

In this shot you can see it getting darker, creating a sense of panic and suspence. The lampost in the shot looks typically victorian due to the shape.

Here, the girl thinks that she has lost the killer. therefore she relaxes slightly, a low angle shot used on her as she thinks she has escaped. The victorian style lampost in the background.

She tries to seek shelter in a gate/cage. This shot is in a typical jack the ripper style scene, as most of the killings happened under arch ways and the gate and surroundings look quite victorian.

In the final scene she is caught as he was hiding underneath the gate, he then kills her

 

Our changed thriller idea and new costumes

We ended up changing our thriller idea due to realising that the filming of it could end up being too expensive and hard to film. We have therefore decided to do a remake of 'Jack the Ripper' and are setting it in the victorian era, i have therefore taken it abpon myself to look for outfits which would fit this criteria.

Consitering that we would be doing Jack the Ripper, the woman in it would be a prostitute but would also have to be victorian. I think it would look something like this;

The actress would probably wear some kind of coat over this outfit so as not to seem too provocative.
Jack the ripper would probably wear something along the lines of;

 



 

This shows the style in which we want our actor to be dressed. The black cape creates an eerie and mysterious effect.

Analysis of 'The Skin I Live In' with no sound

The first shot of this trailer is a woman at gunpoint. This tells us that the movie we would watch is some kind of thriller, the girl is also lieing on a red bed wearing red lipstick, which could represent danger. She is breathing heavily, conveying that she is scared, again telling us that this is some kind of thriller. There is then a shot of a man who is dripping with water, he is pale and is half in shadow and half in the light. This could represent the battle between good and evil which is a constant theme in most thrillers. It also has an element of horror to it thought as the mans eyes are wide open and he is scared, showing that he is traumatized and frightened. There is then a close up of someone putting on gloves, showing that they're trying to hide their identity. The gloves are also black so we can connote that they are trying to hide their identity for a dangerious or evil reason.  It also includes multiple fight scenes which is a steriotype aspect in the thriller genre. If i had to guess i think this would be a phycological thriller.

The Skin I Live In Trailer - The Skin I Live In Movie Trailer

Audion with no sound trailer analysis

You can tell that this movie is a horror or a phycological thriller despite not listening to the music, due to the dark lighting used throughout and the eerie text that appear on screen saying things such as '...prepare to feel creepy' The pace of the trailer quickens through out, so it starts slow, giving it more of a horror feel to it, however it starts quickening by using fast cuts and strobe lighting. The facial expressions of the characters are mostly distraught of scared, again giving us the impression that this film is going to be a horror. We witness many violent acts in this trailor, for instance we see a woman with a massive needle, about to stab it into a mans tongue.. Again, showing the horror side of the movie. The beginning of the trailer shows a car driving off into a isolated area, where you can't see any form of human life. This connotes that they are going to be trapped in wherever they're going to. The text that appears on screen is also in black and white, the black representing evil and the white good. This could be seen as the battle between good vs. evil.

Audition Movie Trailer

Plot narrative for our thriller

The thriller opens with  the coffee cup (which has already been swirled), the coffee and milk are blending together and creating patterns. This is used to show into someones soul. Next we have a zoom in of the coffee cup whch becomes transparents and a close up of a womans face appears. Her features are distorting, this is to re-enforce the idea of a psychological thriller. Next we see a close up of her eyes which look as though they have droplets in them or ripples of water. This is also used to connote tears and that the woman is upset. There is a zoom out and the face becomes transparents and in the background we see a girl going down a spiral staircase. There are large brihghtly coloured balls bouncing around the end of the staircase. This suggests that the world in which the woman is in is slightly surreal and she is bouncing between reality and her subconscious. The transparent face remains. Next we see the same woman walking down a long corridor and will use a xxx shot. The face will come back into focus and we will see her full face but with kaleidescope patterns in her eyes which portrays hypnotism and confusion.

Moving our idea further

Hypnotic dream like investigation

Instead of some of the swirls we have thought about using coulourful inks dropped in water like in the two youtube videos above. in slow motion the inks dispersing in water creates a hypnotic dream like sense. Turning the camera upside down also creates a trippy effect Also nail vanish in water creates a interesting and vibrant effect

Coffee experiments for thriller

For our thriller we want to use coffee in the first and last clips, the coffee is going to represent a window into the characters soul. as they go deeper and deeper into a dream like state.

How we came up with our thriller idea

We came up with our new idea threw watching the opening title sequence of Vertigo. in vertigo there is a close up of a womans face and then images of coulourful hypnotic sprials that swirl and swirl around, creating a dream like quality. We have used this clip as the foundation to our thiller opening title sequence.

Wednesday, 7 November 2012 - New thriller idea and development

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 - water droplets

We liked the ripples as they show the sub-conscious mind and how a small thing can have a big effect - ie one droplets creates many ripples / one move in life changes everything Womans face distorted using fish eye lends, and twisting in circular motions.
balls bouncing which connotes between reality and dreams water droplets in eyes and on face - distorted transparent face with images of someone walking down spiral star case and down a long dark corridor coffee swirls merges into her face Many directors have used coffee to show into someone's soul. And how the world is like a vortex into the mind Effect when the person is walking threw the corridor as it shows us going deeper and deeper into her mind. Kaleidoscope images in her eyes show dreams and childhood memories and how she is confused

Kyle Cooper

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Kyle Cooper was born July 1962. At the early stages of his career he worked as a creative director at R/GA; this is an advertising agency in America. Next Cooper created the title for a crime sequence in 1995 called 'Se7en', due to this other young designers

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Kyle Cooper was born July 1962. In the beginning he worked as head of the creative department in an advertising industory at R/GA, an advertising agency in America. Then in 1993 he created the title for a sequence called 'Se7en', by doing this he inspired many other yong directors. In 1996 he co-founded 'Imaginary Forces' which is a creative agency that came out of the West Coast division, however he then left imaginary forces. In 2003, Cooper created the creative agency 'Prologue'. Prologue, once called malibu moved to offices in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, in 2008. He then created a feature film.

 

 

The youtube video shows how Kyle Cooper has got involved and what he has done and helped do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k8koLuGnXw

In the interviews we see how Cooper is praised for designing films covers, this is seen as one of the main aspects because it draws the audience in and attracts attention, his biggest titles consist of spider-man, superman and his first title seven:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6kE0FccYkM

 

One of the film which Kyle Cooper directed was 'Se7en' The opening sequence of this film shows cleary shows his directing technique, using low exposure and shutterspeed. Cooper also overlays his shots, which is when he puts one shot on top of another, creating a disolve effect.

  This makes the watcher believe that whoever he's filming possibly has a disjointed mind and sees things differently to other people. The handwriting which is shown is also seen to be scribbley and untidy, possibly relating back to the characters state of mind. Kyle Cooper manages to show this not only through the way he films it but also by using non diagetic music in the backround, creating an overall eerie sense.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The powerpoint for our thriller...

How our idea has moved forward

As Matt previously told us, we should be revolving our idea around therapy we came up with the idea of a phycological thriller. In this we thought we would track the growing of a boy who has a messed up mind. We thought we would do this by having the first clip of him when he's around 5 years old, scribbling on a piece of paper aggressively and slowly changing scene to him getting older. To make all the characters look the same and resemble one another we thought that we would use a family. The family we plan on using is the Jackson family, as in their family they have a 5, 10, 18 and 40 year old. They all look similar due to being related so the watcher would be able to understand what we were trying to put across.

Our pitch to Matt...

I think overall our presentation to Matt went okay, the reason for this is that the feedback we got was overall pretty negative. I thought we prepared for the pitch pretty well and the idea we wanted to do came across very clear, although the idea itself wasn't what they were looking for. Matt told us that the idea we had came up with was not an opening scene to a thriller but would come somewhere in the middle of the movie. He also told us that the idea of a phycologist being an assassin wasn't believable due to her not wanting to loose her job as a therapist. He then concluded by telling us that using flashbacks were hard to do and never looked very good. However, despite this he told us that he liked the idea of using a phycologist chair as a point to work around, therefore when coming up with our next idea we will include it. Overall i think it could have been worse...

Thriller sub genres...

Conspiricy thrillers
A thriller which includes someone finding our something that they think it quite small, but turns out to be a vast conspiricy. Films that you may expect to see in this sub genre are things such as the Bourne identity, Da Vinci code, Taken and The girl witrh the dragon tattoo. They key themes in this kind of thriller would be things such as conspiricy, secret agnts and car chases, lies, rumors, proppaganda and counter proppaganda.



Political thrillers
A thriller which includes a position of power which is meant to be given to someone whilst his opponent tries to stop this. Some films that you may expect to belong to this sub genre would probably be films such as The Ghost Write, JFK and The Edge of Darkness. The key themes in this kind of thriller would be things such as corruption, assasion and treeson.



The Spy Film
Can either be a realistic thriller dealing with subject of fictional espionage (Johnm Le Carre) or in a fantasy way (James Bond) Some films that would fit this sub genre would be dilms such as Spy kids, Hanna and the bourne films.The key themes in this kind of thriller would be spis, nazis and
conspiricy.





Phychological Thriller
This thriller has a lot more to do with the mental state of mind of the actors. It's more dramatic and mysterious than a standard thriller and can often over lap with a horror genre. Thrillers that would fit underneath this sub genre would be films such as Inception, Silence of the lambs, Seven or Phyco. The key themes would be things such as deceptive games, horror and drama.

Techno thriller
This is a hybrid genre which mostly deals with science fiction. It includes the inner workings of technology and the mechanics or various disciplines. Thrillers that fit into this sub genre would be ones such as Jurassic part, The Net and Die Hard. Key themes would be conspiricy, technology and futureistic technology.




Supernatural thriller
Brings outworldly element with suspence and plot twists. The main characters will usually possess super powers and it will be a struggle between good vs. evil. Films which are included in this genre would be ones such as The Sixth Sence, Fallen and The Others. Key themes wouldf be ghosts, superpowers and and good vs. evil.

Analysis of catch me if you can title sequence

To find out more about titles i've anmalysed a classic title sequence from catch me if you can. Here's what i found out.. 

The fact that the man is shown in black suggests that he has something dark and hidden to him, not only this but he is hiding behind a pole implying that he doesn't want to be seen. Before he walks past the pole he is shown as a normal man, then when he reappears he is a pilot showing that he has multiple appearences which backs up our previous point.

In the title sequence of catch in if you can there is a poliece car which shows the viewer that this film has something to do with the poliece and violence.

The way this man is wearing a tie and hat whilst wearing reading a newspaper may give us the impression that he is some kind of agent. He is also shown as being much bigger than the other character showing that he may have authority or power over him.

 In this photo there are shown to be many air hostesses. This could suggest that this man may be a bit of a womanizer as there are many scenes which include lots of girls.

For my thriller i'm thinking of doing something comp[letley different. I

m thinking of using costumes and not using cartoons to portrey different scenes

Editing my prelim task

Final Cut Pro

During the editing i learnt how to use 'Final cut pro' and 'Final cut server'. The first task we had to do was learn how check in and out of these programmes. To check out you had to click on the clog , this checked out your work. Once it had checked out there was a little yellow pen icon. All of a sudden a massive blue folder appeared on the desktop, making it easy to acsess in the future. All you had to do to check back in is click on the folder and your groups name. To keep you work tidy on these programmes you use things called 'bins' they are a bit like folders and keep your clips seperate from one another. The clips that you think are going to be useful are called the log bins and those which you think won't be as usuful are called the rush bins.

 I thought that editing was extreamly awarding as I liked seeing all the clips creating a narrative. Also,

I really liked the group that i was in which meant that we had a good time as well as being productive.

 I thought that the programme 'Final cut pro' was confusing as I had never used anything like it before. It became increasingly more stressful as the week went on as we all became really tired and ended up fighing over the computer making it harder to finnish the work we had been set.

 When i was younger I used a programme called garage band which is slightly similar to Final cut pro but instead of films it's for music. Therefore i found it quite easy to set up and match the scenes as i had previously had some practice.

To be honest, I don't think that the extra shots made much of a difference as we only used one of them, however i could see how they would in our actual thriller.

  I think if we were to do this again i would want to have a smaller group as i think there being too many of us made it hard to do the editing as we all wanted a go, whereas if there were fewer then there would be fewer arguements and we would get more work done. I think overall my team did pretty well and we were all pretty kean to have a go at editing which made it clear that we all played equal roles.

Trainspotting - Target audience

Trainspotting was probably made for an audience of teenagers upwards. You can tell from the characters which are displayed on the cover, most of which seem to look quite comedic. However, you wouldn't assume that this film was for children due to the fact that they all look quite rough and the man on the far left is swearing at the camera. The man in the middle is also making a gun motion with his hands implying that this film will have some violence in it which may not be suitable for younger viewing. The two red lines may also warn off younger children as it could represent blood and danger. You could also guess fromt how old the characters look on the cover as to what kind age group this film is targetted at which would be around 18 plus.

Pulp Fiction -Target audience

From the cover of Pulp Fiction you would assume that the film is for adult viewing. The reasons for this could be for the provocative looking woman wearing red lipstick and with a low cleavage line, suggesting that it is not appropriate for a younger audience. On the cover she is doing adult activities such as smoking and has her hand on a pack of cards which could imply gambling. These activities a child would not relate to therefore probably isn't a good movie for them to watch.There is also a gun in the foreground which could show that this film has violence in it, suggesting that it is not sutible for childrens viewing. The film cover in itself looks quite old fashioned, perhaps telling to person who intend on watching it how long ago it was filmed and again tells us what generation should be watching it.  

analysing the opening scene of kill bill

In the opening scene to 'Kill bill' all we hear is the diegetic sound of The Bride breathing heavily, showing she is panicing and worried. She has blood all over her face implying that she has been struggling previously or has been tortured. The fact that she is now lieing on the floor suggests that the person who she has been fighting against has caught her and now has her trapped. She is also wearing a bridal vail telling us that she has just got married, this could show a strong contrast between what is meant to be the best day of her life and possibly what is one of the worst. The scene is in black and white, signifying that this scene may have been set a long time ago and the fact that there is no colour may represent that there is no happiness. You then start to hear the diegetic sounds of footsteps, they seem to be getting closer and the closer they get the more heavy the brides breathing gets, implying that the footsteps are probably coming her way. There is then a close up of feet walking across the ground. When the figure reaches her he starts talking to her in a calm but menacing way and wiped the sweat and blood off her face with a handkerchief which reads 'Bill' we now know who the man is. But all his actions you can tell that bill is a bad person and has bad intensions. As he wipes her face she starts crying and gulping telling us that she is terrified of this man. You then her the diegetic sound of him picking up a gun, her eyes widen then you hear a gun shot. The scene then ends, signifying the end of the scene as well as her life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew5EYd5_i6M

Our preliminary task

     On the 21^st September we were set to do our prelim task. Our task included being given a cliché script along the lined of ‘I can’t wait for you… I won’t wait for you’ we were then asked to apply this script to whatever situation we wanted. I enjoyed doing this task as I thought it allowed me to get a broader understanding of how to use the equipment and I enjoyed getting practical instead of learning about it visually. The thing I liked the least about filming was having to worry about the little things such as learning lines or forgetting the sheet of paper to white balance the camera with. Small things like this happened a lot which got pretty wearing. I think everyone in my group contributed well towards the task. I think we all put in an equal amount of effort and we were all good friends before the filming which meant that we were able to have a good time whilst doing the task. However, if I were to do something differently if we were to repeat the prelim I would get more organised as I think it would benefit me in the way that I would be able to fully cooperate with the group instead of worrying about minor details. Because we were filming at the side of a cliff it meant that we could only film from on side, meaning that we had no choice but to abide to the 180 degree rule. Due to this, we included many more additional shots such as them holding hands and a zoom up on the hand and higher and lower shots etc. The higher and lower shots allowed us to show who was in power and who the victim was which gave the watcher a deeper understanding of our film.

Camera lesson 2

In our second camera lesson we got to grips with the equiptment, we learnt about the differnt ways of using the camera and the differnt shots we could use. For instance, over he shoulder views and two side shots. We were shown the 180 degree rule which is the basic rule, the rule says that when filming two actors conversation you must go from one shoulder to the other at an 180 degree angle as if we didn't do this then it would look like they were moving around and would look odd. Another advantage of the 180 degree rule is that it allows you to see what is happening in the background so you get an idea of what's going on and the mis en scene.

Camera lesson 1

In our first camera lesson we were taught how to set up the camera and tripod. We were taught the basics. We were shown how to attatch the camera to the tripod and how to put the battery into the camera. After we were taught how get a balanced angle by bubbling a tripod. We were then taught how to adjust white balance as we were told if we didn’t then every scene would be tinted a different colour as natural light from the sun is tinted blue and man made light is tinted yellow. To use white balance you have to get a white piece of blank paper and press the white balance button. We were then taught the basics of zooming, focus, shutter speed and how to control the levels of exposure.

Anaylsis of scene 2 from 'Kill Bill'

In the second scene of kill bill we watched the coffin which she had been burried in was much different. For instance in the first scene the coffin was pitch black and when she turned the tourch on it was very dim, reflecting her small hope. In contrast with this, in the second scene not only does the coffin appear much bigger and it also lights up much more when she turns on the torch, portraying her growing hope. Her growing hope is also shown by the non diagetic music in the background which becomes much more upbeat and happy. We know she is about to escape when she says 'Okay Bill, here I come' As she starts hitting the top of her coffin he knuckles begin to bleed, symbolising her strength and her fight for freedom. The banging her her knuckles on the roof of the coffin is exaggerated and the noises put in to excentuate how hard she is fighting to escape. The red of her blood could also symobolise danger. Other symbolic colours in this scene are the colours of her boots; red, black and white. The white could possibly show her innocense though it contrasts with the black which could represent something evil about her.

Analysis of a scene from 'Hanna'

From the sound we learn a lot about the character, Hanna. The footsteps at the beginning symbolise that she is in a secure place. She then starts crying to show that she is scared and showing her innocence. The handle then starts to spin and slowing starts to turn into non diagetic background music. The music almost starts to trigger her killing spree. The background music sounds as if it is matching her heartbeat and gets faster and faster as she begins to reach her freedom. There is also a diagetic sounds of an alarm in the background, contradicting the once secure enriornment at the beginning and making is seem insecure.

Analysis of Catherina

  The opening scene starts with a close up of a black BMW. This could represent wealth and importance. There is also an eerie synthetic noise in the background, showing that something bad is about to happen and allowing tension to be built.
  The next significant scene is that there is a zoomed up clip of a lady wearing all black, signifying that she is possibly a bad person. She then pulls out a gun to show that she is powerful.
  The next shot is from the window and is of an approaching ccar. This shows whoevers watching that the two people are related or are meeting. The position from which the shot is taken makes it seem as though someone is watching him.
  The is then a close up of the woman putting the gun on the table. This shows she is not using it yet. It then changes shot to her opening a large metal casae to signify how big her other gun is. She is wearing red nail vanish to show danger.
  There is then a scene of her aiming at the man who was in the car, this confirms our assumption that it is him she's aiming for.
  One critisism I would have is that there is a man who creeps up on 'Catherina' as she is about to shoot, however i thought they could have added more tension bu prolonging the scene and adding eerie, tense music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH0_lPscsD0

The Conversation Analysis

When looking at analysing the front covers of films we were asked to connote the front cover of 'The Conversation'.
When you first look at this front cover you immediatly assume that this movie will be a thriller. The main reason for something thinking this may be because of the colour red which symbolises danger. When you look closer you will see that the title is written half in white, implying innocense. Therefore you could connote that within this film somebody is going to be blamed for something that they haven't done.
If you look at the pictures of the cover you can see that there is a couple being targeted. This shows us that within the film two characters will be being watched. There is a hint as to who is watching them, that that is the man in the top left hand corner. We assume that it's him due to him looking down at the two who are being targeted. By him looking down at them it implies that he is superior to them, not only this but he is shown as much bigger than them, almost as if they cannot escape.
There is a hint as to where this film is set, Chicargo, as you can see the bridge below the title.

The Shining Analysis

In class we were given a number of different film covers and asked to looked at them and connote what we thought the covers were trying to imply.
For instance, one of the films we were asked to analyise was the film 'The Shining'. Just from looking at the front cover you can tell that it is going to be a horror. One thing that allows you to tell this is the facial expressions used. For instance the man has a strange exited look on his face - possibly implying that he has gone slightly insane. He also has a deranged look in his eyes which are directed towards her, telling us that it is her who he wants to hurt. The woman on the right is hiding so is therefore scared for her safety, her facial expression also reads that she's terrified.
  If you look at the two weapons in this film cover you will see that the woman is holding a knife in her hand. Usually this would signify violence but if you contrast her knife with the massive axe that is be swung through the door then it starts to look less like a threat and more like a defence mechanism.
  Another suggestion that she is the victim or good person in this movie is the fact that she is surrounded by white, which symoblises pureness and innocence where as the man is surrounded by colours such as red and black. This symbolises danger and evil. It's implied that he has been chasing her around for squite some time as he is sweating on his forhead and her hair is messy, showing that she has been hiding from him for quite some time.

About myself

My name is Beth Pizey, I previously attended Cranleigh school but am now studying at Hurtwood House. I would say that my favorite movie would have to be any Will Ferrell film... For instance Step Brothers or Anchorman, I think he's hysterical. My favorite band would have to be either Alt-J or Bombay bicycle club. The reason that I'm studying media is because both my parents work in television, as a result of this I got to do work experiance at the BBC, helping out with the '999 Awards' and T4 where I helped out with 'T4 on the beach'. I found both experiances to be extreamly fun and rewarding.