We are planning to film the second section of our film on @@@@@@@@EDITDATE@@@@@@@@.
Obtaining Camera - We have decided that William Viney will be collecting and returning the camera, tripod and equipment.
Location - For our location, we have chosen to find a quiet room within the college. The room will need to look less like a college and more like a house.
Lighting - We are planning to on using little light which will add to the distortion as it will be hard to see whats going on.
Actors - All 4 of us will need to be there because Saul, Will and Hakan will be acting and Jack will be filming. Saul is playing the bad character in this scene and will need to learn some lines and so will Hakan. Will will not to speak as his character is silent.
Film Crew - Jack will be filming on the day and directing with help from Saul.
Props - We will need a fake gun which will be used by Saul to kill Hakan. We also need 2 black peices of paper to create the illusion that Will is in a closet.
Back up plan - We will not need a back up plan as the weather can not foil our plans.
Sections filmed in this call - We will film indoors at the college.
Shots - The shots we will cover in this scene are - POV, canted angle
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Call Sheet
We are planning to film the first section of our film on the Wednesday 24th February.
Obtaining Camera - We have decided that William Viney will be collecting and returning the camera, tripod and equipment.
Location - For our location, we have chosen to use an isolated corner of the Long Road field to create a more eerie feel as it is woodland. We will get to the location by walking to it as it is a very short distance. It isn't a public location as it belongs to the Sixth Form College.
Lighting - We are planning to film early afternoon, so we do not have to use any non-diagetic lighting.
Actors - All 4 of us will need to be there because if the weather is bad we will have to do the indoors scene. Just Saul and Will will be acting in the outdoors scene but Hakan will be in the indoors scene and Jack will be filming. We will still need Hakan to be on set just to act as an assistant director to ensure filming is top quality.
Saul is playing the tortured character in this scene and wont need to learn any lines as he is silent and only moaning and groaning throughout the scene. This is the same for Will as he is only torturing Saul.
Film Crew - Jack will be filming on the day and directing with help from Saul.
Props - Saul will need to bring a t-shirt, shorts, fake blood and rope. We will need to acquire some chairs for the scene as both Saul and Will will be seated.
Back up plan - We will have to film the indoors scene should it rain on the day. This will not set us back as we are still getting the filming done and out the way.
Sections filmed in this call - We will film the outdoor torture scene in this filming slot.
Shots - The shots we will cover in this scene are - 360 track, zoom, POV shot, Shot reverse shot, close up and an establishing shot.
Obtaining Camera - We have decided that William Viney will be collecting and returning the camera, tripod and equipment.
Location - For our location, we have chosen to use an isolated corner of the Long Road field to create a more eerie feel as it is woodland. We will get to the location by walking to it as it is a very short distance. It isn't a public location as it belongs to the Sixth Form College.
Lighting - We are planning to film early afternoon, so we do not have to use any non-diagetic lighting.
Actors - All 4 of us will need to be there because if the weather is bad we will have to do the indoors scene. Just Saul and Will will be acting in the outdoors scene but Hakan will be in the indoors scene and Jack will be filming. We will still need Hakan to be on set just to act as an assistant director to ensure filming is top quality.
Saul is playing the tortured character in this scene and wont need to learn any lines as he is silent and only moaning and groaning throughout the scene. This is the same for Will as he is only torturing Saul.
Film Crew - Jack will be filming on the day and directing with help from Saul.
Props - Saul will need to bring a t-shirt, shorts, fake blood and rope. We will need to acquire some chairs for the scene as both Saul and Will will be seated.
Back up plan - We will have to film the indoors scene should it rain on the day. This will not set us back as we are still getting the filming done and out the way.
Sections filmed in this call - We will film the outdoor torture scene in this filming slot.
Shots - The shots we will cover in this scene are - 360 track, zoom, POV shot, Shot reverse shot, close up and an establishing shot.
Friday 12 February 2010
Script
Flashback 1
Hakan:- "Quickly, quickly get in here" (Leading will to a cupboard)
Flashback 2
Saul:- (Walking through the door holding a gun by his side) "Where's my money!?"
Hakan:- "I don't know what your talking about man!"
Saul:- (Lifting gun(gun going off screen)) "you know exactly what I'm talking about"
Hakan:- "Seriously I aint got a clue!" (Saul shoots Hakan)
Final scene before credits
Will:- "Your a dead man!"
Hakan:- "Quickly, quickly get in here" (Leading will to a cupboard)
Flashback 2
Saul:- (Walking through the door holding a gun by his side) "Where's my money!?"
Hakan:- "I don't know what your talking about man!"
Saul:- (Lifting gun(gun going off screen)) "you know exactly what I'm talking about"
Hakan:- "Seriously I aint got a clue!" (Saul shoots Hakan)
Final scene before credits
Will:- "Your a dead man!"
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Response to Comments and Feedback of our Finalised Ideas
Generally, throughout the class, people liked our ideas and our storyline. But many people feel we lacked certain things like music and detail in our ideas. People have said we need to write more about our shots, props and we could add some sound effects. The other groups have said that we have met the thriller conventions which is good to know we have achieved what we set out to do. They have also commented on how effective our credits will be and if they will be achievable, as we aim to have the title pop out of the screen.
Friday 5 February 2010
Our Thriller Film Name
Other thriller film names:
We have chosen this because it is Latin for Payback.
- Fast and Furious
- Blade
- House of the Dead
- Identity
- Phone Booth
- The Butterfly Effect
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Kill Bill
- The Punisher
- Secret Window
- Hostage
- Hitman
We have chosen this because it is Latin for Payback.
Detailed, finalised ideas
0-10 secs - A 180* pan shot of a passing train, on the nearby railway tracks, into a 360* tracking shot of Saul with Will in the background at points.
11-20 secs - Jump shot to Will , from Saul, with a, choppy, stop-motion, zoom into Will's eyes.
21-30 secs - Strobe flash into Will's 1st flashback which will be in black and white and from Will's POV . Will will be getting pushed into a cupboard by his scared brother, Hakan.
Hakan:- "quickly, quickly get in here", (leading will to a cupboard)
31-40 secs - Flashes back from Will's eyes into the scene with a 360* tacking shot of Will and Saul sitting.
41-50 secs - Zoom into Will's eyes, again, with the, choppy stop motion, technique but this time canting the angle until zoom is full and eyes are shot is upside down.
51-60 secs - Will's 2nd, black and whit flashback, is again shot from a POV of Will inside a cupboard hiding and looking through a small slit in the cupboard. Saul and Hakan arguing and POV only able to see the legs of Saul and Hakan
Saul:- (walking through the door holding a gun by his side) "Where's my money"
Hakan:- "I dont know what your talking about man"
Saul:- (lifting gun(gun going off screen)) "you know exactly what im talking about"
Hakan:- "Seriously I aint got a clue" (Saul shoots Hakan)
61-70 secs - Flashback in black and white continues and Hakan gets shot POV hears the gun shot but doesnt see it and then POV turns to canted angle when Hakan falls to the ground, in slow motion. Ending up with a canted angle shot of, dead, Hakan lying.
71-80 secs - Flashes out of the black and white flashback into the real time scene with Will and Saul sitting on chairs. There is then a tense scene of Will staring at Saul, who is sitting there, tied up, with blood and bruises all over.
81-90 secs - Will slowly stands from his chair and walks towards Saul un-wrapping bandage wrapped around his knuckles.
91-100 secs - Will grabs Saul's face by the jaw. Credits for Will appear along the line of his arm.
Will:- "your a dead man"
101-110 secs - Will punches Saul, and credit shoots across the screen. He hits him around the jaw and Saul's head swings to the side and he spits out blood. Slow motion comes in and Credits pop up where Saul spat, quickly shooting off.
111-120 secs - The screen really slowly fades out with Will still staring at Saul and then screen flashes to the title of REPENDO popping up on screen.
11-20 secs - Jump shot to Will , from Saul, with a, choppy, stop-motion, zoom into Will's eyes.
21-30 secs - Strobe flash into Will's 1st flashback which will be in black and white and from Will's POV . Will will be getting pushed into a cupboard by his scared brother, Hakan.
Hakan:- "quickly, quickly get in here", (leading will to a cupboard)
31-40 secs - Flashes back from Will's eyes into the scene with a 360* tacking shot of Will and Saul sitting.
41-50 secs - Zoom into Will's eyes, again, with the, choppy stop motion, technique but this time canting the angle until zoom is full and eyes are shot is upside down.
51-60 secs - Will's 2nd, black and whit flashback, is again shot from a POV of Will inside a cupboard hiding and looking through a small slit in the cupboard. Saul and Hakan arguing and POV only able to see the legs of Saul and Hakan
Saul:- (walking through the door holding a gun by his side) "Where's my money"
Hakan:- "I dont know what your talking about man"
Saul:- (lifting gun(gun going off screen)) "you know exactly what im talking about"
Hakan:- "Seriously I aint got a clue" (Saul shoots Hakan)
61-70 secs - Flashback in black and white continues and Hakan gets shot POV hears the gun shot but doesnt see it and then POV turns to canted angle when Hakan falls to the ground, in slow motion. Ending up with a canted angle shot of, dead, Hakan lying.
71-80 secs - Flashes out of the black and white flashback into the real time scene with Will and Saul sitting on chairs. There is then a tense scene of Will staring at Saul, who is sitting there, tied up, with blood and bruises all over.
81-90 secs - Will slowly stands from his chair and walks towards Saul un-wrapping bandage wrapped around his knuckles.
91-100 secs - Will grabs Saul's face by the jaw. Credits for Will appear along the line of his arm.
Will:- "your a dead man"
101-110 secs - Will punches Saul, and credit shoots across the screen. He hits him around the jaw and Saul's head swings to the side and he spits out blood. Slow motion comes in and Credits pop up where Saul spat, quickly shooting off.
111-120 secs - The screen really slowly fades out with Will still staring at Saul and then screen flashes to the title of REPENDO popping up on screen.
Why "Thrillers" Thrive?
Why "Thrillers" Thrive?
- To see life reflected on the screen, but in a more far fetched and up scaled way
- To see thrills without actually experiencing them ourselves
- To feel like were in danger when actually we are in the safety of the cinema in a seat
- We participate in the film and identify with characters
- The cinema can leave the viewer with a subconscious assurance of absolute safety, and also play tricks on them
- Gory scenes gives the viewer a thrill as they are seeing something they would never see in real life
- Characters that win the audience's sympathy are involved in the danger
- The film can produce an impression of great danger when there is actually no danger
- The audience thrives on thrills
- To see life reflected on the screen, but in a more far fetched and up scaled way
- To see thrills without actually experiencing them ourselves
- To feel like were in danger when actually we are in the safety of the cinema in a seat
- We participate in the film and identify with characters
- The cinema can leave the viewer with a subconscious assurance of absolute safety, and also play tricks on them
- Gory scenes gives the viewer a thrill as they are seeing something they would never see in real life
- Characters that win the audience's sympathy are involved in the danger
- The film can produce an impression of great danger when there is actually no danger
- The audience thrives on thrills
Analysis of 'Six Feet Under' credits
'Six Feet Under' Credits:-
Six Feet Under, Main Title Sequence
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The credits don't reflect the style and genre of the film. They contrast it instead. They portray the series to be of a calm and peaceful type of genre rather than the thriller genre it is. This is good as it can set the audience into a false sense of security. The contrast of the music really compliments the mise on scene of the crow, graveyard, dying flowers, herse and dead bodies. These set of credits are shown in a very ironic way as they are showing things associated with death, or even major symbols of death in what seems to be a normal day.
The credits are unusual as they pop up in places . They are also regularly in motion on screen using different affects like credits on tags and credits following moving lines. This is very affected as it keeps the audience interested with the ever changing credit transitions.
We are planning on using a similar style to this but not as heavily animated. We plan to use moving credits but dont yet know how difficult this will be. We are hoping to use the same style of credits transitions seen in this clip, for example, credits sliding off the screen following movement on camera.
Six Feet Under, Main Title Sequence
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The credits don't reflect the style and genre of the film. They contrast it instead. They portray the series to be of a calm and peaceful type of genre rather than the thriller genre it is. This is good as it can set the audience into a false sense of security. The contrast of the music really compliments the mise on scene of the crow, graveyard, dying flowers, herse and dead bodies. These set of credits are shown in a very ironic way as they are showing things associated with death, or even major symbols of death in what seems to be a normal day.
The credits are unusual as they pop up in places . They are also regularly in motion on screen using different affects like credits on tags and credits following moving lines. This is very affected as it keeps the audience interested with the ever changing credit transitions.
We are planning on using a similar style to this but not as heavily animated. We plan to use moving credits but dont yet know how difficult this will be. We are hoping to use the same style of credits transitions seen in this clip, for example, credits sliding off the screen following movement on camera.
Panic Room Opening
How do the credits reflect the genre?
The credits appear to be floating in the city, which does not do much for reflecting the genre other then looking interesting, however the music creates an atmosphere that makes the viewer feel uncomfortable creating suspense. This is because the music is slow and does not fit the image that is being shown, as being a city you would expect lots of noise from cars and people talking in the street. This is called Asynchronous sound.
How are they unusual?
The credits are unusual because you would expect a fast paced introduction with typical, fast paced thriller noises, however it is slow and uncomfortable. This is effective use of Asynchronous sound.
Will you use a similar style?
In our thriller opening we will show our credits in a similar way as we will have the credits come up so it appears on the film with the action, rather then having a separate introduction. We will not be using a slow pace song however, we are using a fast-paced drum and bass soundtrack to pick up the pace of our film.
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Lighting and colour
We are going to use natural lighting for our opening scene but we are aiming to film late on in the day to create a darker and gloomier feeling. We are also aiming to film after a downpour of rain or when the woody area is wet.We need to be careful about making the scene flow in the same time period so we must plan our filming well to ensure, all in that scene, is filmed quick and efficiently.
Props and Setting
Props:
For our thriller, we w
ill be using 2 chairs, one for the protagonist and the other for the antagonist. They will be facing each other so Will can intimidate Saul, playing with his mind to make him weaker. We will also be using rope to tie Saul's hands to the back of the chair.
We are going to make the viewer think we are using a Cupboard for Will to hide in, we are actually going to use a few pieces of card to create a slit-like affect as if Will is looking through it.
Setting:
We are setting the th
riller in the woods of Long Road to create more of a eerie feel and to make it seem as if they are isolated, with nobody around. This adds to the feeling of helplessness for Saul and makes Will seem in control. The setting for the flashback will be in a dark room within the college. The room will have to look like a real room of a house rather then a room at a college because making the setting at Will's characters house makes things a lot more personal to him.
For our thriller, we w
ill be using 2 chairs, one for the protagonist and the other for the antagonist. They will be facing each other so Will can intimidate Saul, playing with his mind to make him weaker. We will also be using rope to tie Saul's hands to the back of the chair.We are going to make the viewer think we are using a Cupboard for Will to hide in, we are actually going to use a few pieces of card to create a slit-like affect as if Will is looking through it.
Setting:
We are setting the th
riller in the woods of Long Road to create more of a eerie feel and to make it seem as if they are isolated, with nobody around. This adds to the feeling of helplessness for Saul and makes Will seem in control. The setting for the flashback will be in a dark room within the college. The room will have to look like a real room of a house rather then a room at a college because making the setting at Will's characters house makes things a lot more personal to him.
Garage Band practice
'Identity' opening Soundtrack 
This is a soundtrack for the opening credits/scene including diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. also has a quirky music in the background, representing the psycho's mentality. The reason we chose the upbeat, quirky and happy music we did was because it created a mad feeling about the character. Because he had this music representing his feelings and mentality it added to the madness of what was going on, because he was looking through files of mutilated bodies.
This is a soundtrack for the opening credits/scene including diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. also has a quirky music in the background, representing the psycho's mentality. The reason we chose the upbeat, quirky and happy music we did was because it created a mad feeling about the character. Because he had this music representing his feelings and mentality it added to the madness of what was going on, because he was looking through files of mutilated bodies.
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Make up and costume
Make up:-
Our scene will include "blood" as Saul is being tortured. We will make the blood from corn syrup and red food dye. The reason for using this is to add to the drama and severity of the scene. We will also use the blood for when Hakan gets shot.
Costume:-
Saul - Boxer shorts and vest (torture scene), Casual wear (Flashback)
Will - Dark Coat and Jeans (torture scene), Casual wear (Flashback)
Hakan - Tracksuit and bottoms (Flashback)
Our scene will include "blood" as Saul is being tortured. We will make the blood from corn syrup and red food dye. The reason for using this is to add to the drama and severity of the scene. We will also use the blood for when Hakan gets shot.
Costume:-
Saul - Boxer shorts and vest (torture scene), Casual wear (Flashback)
Will - Dark Coat and Jeans (torture scene), Casual wear (Flashback)
Hakan - Tracksuit and bottoms (Flashback)
P3 69 Ident
Ident explanation:-Storyboard
Shot 1 - 360 slow tracking shot of Will staring at Saul who is tied up to a chair in the woods.
Shot 2 - Will's POV looking at Saul which goes into a zoom, this fades in to shot 3.
Shot 3 - This shot is a flashback, Hakan is rushing around and Will is present.
Shot 4 - Leads back where shot 2 left off, but zooming out.
Shot 5 - Strobe flashing quickly which goes into the flashback again.
Shot 6 - This is in the flashback, a POV from Will's perspective looking through a gap in a cupboard, he can see Hakan and Saul arguing.
Shot 7 - Back out of flashback, Will is still staring at Saul, another 360 pan is used.
Shot 8 - Back to flashback, Will's POV with Hakan dead on the floor after being shot by Saul.
Shot 9 - Out of flashback for last time, mid shot of Will and Saul, Will punches Saul and blood splats out which fades into opening credits.
Shot 10 - Flash to black screen and fade in title.
Analysis of a flashback
Butterfly effect flashback scene:-
This scene shows a very good example of a flashback. It makes it clear to the the viewer when the flashback is going on with a simple change of contrast. This is also what we are trying to achieve. When we go into our flashbacks we are going to change the contrast to black and white.
The flashbacks in this scene are done through the main main character having a fit. This then leads to the character seeing his life from a different perspective, viewing himself.
The flashbacks continue throughout the scene with 3 seconds, or less, intervals.
This scene shows a very good example of a flashback. It makes it clear to the the viewer when the flashback is going on with a simple change of contrast. This is also what we are trying to achieve. When we go into our flashbacks we are going to change the contrast to black and white.
The flashbacks in this scene are done through the main main character having a fit. This then leads to the character seeing his life from a different perspective, viewing himself.
The flashbacks continue throughout the scene with 3 seconds, or less, intervals.
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