Certificate 12

The certificate, '12', has exactly the same regulations and rules as '12a' except a '12a' puts all responsibility, in letting a a child to see a certain film, in the adult who accompanies them.

he rules apply as follow for the certificate:-

• Discriminative behavior is only allowed to be shown if it is clearly condemned.
• Any use of drugs should be without detail and information, infrequent and shouldn't glamorize the idea
• Moderate psychological and physical threat is allowed as long as these disturbing sequences are not frequent and continuous
• Risky behavior, for example, suicide, hanging and self harming should not go into detail and shouldn't perceive it to be pain free
• Rude language is allowed but words, such as 'fuck', should be infrequent
• Nudity is allowed but if used in a sexual context must be brief and discreet
• Sexual activity may be, discreetly and briefly portrayed. No crude sexual comments may be used and only suitable references should be used.
• Mature themes are okay but should be adjusted to suit young teenagers
• Violence is allowed if detail isn't overdone. No emphasis on injury and blood but occasional moments of, justified, gore is acceptable. Sexual violence must only be implied or indicated and must have a strang justification for its use

Political thriller analysis

Blood Diamonds, rebels attempt to take the capital city.

The two characters and many civilians are put under threat as the political surge of rebels attempt to take over a capital city. In doing so many civilians are killed and the protagonist is put in peril. The rebels gain political power throughout the film and this is the switch of power in the film that affects everyone. There is an obvious couple of characters who are aiming to sort out the problem that faces many civilians and people in the film.

Analasys of Vertigo thriller scene

Vertigo Rooftop Scene



Conventions of Vertigo
an obvious crime has been committed because you can see the potential protagonist chasing the antagonist. Suspense is built in the scene because we do not know what the crime is or whether he will get away. Suspense is built, again, when the protagonist is left hanging on the gutter, on the side, of the building as he slips off of the roof. The policeman comes back to help, the protagonist, and in turn falls to death himself. This tricks the audience and leads them to believing that the protagonist is in an impossible position. Jump shots are used in the scene to create excitement when the protagonist is hanging. The jump shots change with the music from a point of view shot, of the man looking down, to the reaction shot of the policeman.

The Matrix


Analyse the use of Micro-elements:-
Sound:-

• The sound in this clip is both diagetic an non-diagetic. It uses a non-diagetic backing track which is a hard-house/techno tune so very fitting to the action on screen. It keeps the audience excited throughout the scene which is good to make sure the audience are in the right mood for the action. There is another use of non-diagetic sound which switches throughout the clip. It is a man on a radio that you can hear in the background talking to those on screen. He is also seen speaking when the scene changes in the clip. This lets the audience know that he is in contact but not with those on scree.

• There is also the general realistic diagetic sound in the clip with some sounds exagerated. For example the sound of the blade cutting through the air and fighting sounds like punches.

Mise-en-scene

• There are many props used in this scene like vehicles but the most interesting prop that gives the audience a different feel is the samurai sword. Even though this is a historic item putting it in an action scene in the future makes is seem quite futuristic. All of the other props such as cars and trucks create the busy and crowded feel making it seem like a bad situation for an action scene. The use of the vehicles is also very good as the vehicles are all going the same way and are all in order as they should be this makes the futuristic characters stand out and look different.
• The setting of this scene is very neat and normal, this is good to make the characters stand out. It is set on a high way with a lot of cars and trucks all driving the right way and doing what they should do. This is good to make the characters look different. The high way is seen as a very dangerous place and this factor adds to the tension and risk that the futuristic characters are taking.
• The light used is very natural and kept realistic to ensure the world the characters are in is seen as the normal world.
• Make-up is used very little in this scene and only used to show cuts on faces.
• Costume is a big factor to how the audience sees the characters. The characters involved in this scene are futuristic and are shown like this by wearing long black cloaks and tight black leather. This helps them to stand out. The bad guys in this clip are dressed in very 'straight' and normal plain black suits, this creates the feel that normal is supposed to be bad.

Editing

• Editing is used in this scene to differ from 2 different places the place where the guy is on the radio and the high way. It uses a normal switch of scenes to show this and nothign different or special.

Camera angles/shots

• Camera angles are very important in thrillers because they give the audience good understanding of the happenings. There are many different shots and angles in this scene. One regularly used is the 'point of view' shot where you see what the character can see. This is used a few times when the character, Morepheus, is hanging on the edge of the lorry in the middle of the fight. It builds up tension with the audience because you feel in an impossible situation.
• A lot of slow motion is used in this scene along with panning shots in the slow motion. It is used when Morpheus jumps in the air and suddenly the shot slows down. This builds tension and excitement of what the outcome of this would be. It is also used when the two lorry's crash.
  

SFX

• SFX is used in this scene right at the end where the two lorry's meet head to head and crash. CGI and piro technics are used to simulate a real crash and it looks very realistic. This is very affective as it creates a dramatic and interesting end to the fighting.
  

Prelim Task

We are doing this Preliminary task to prepare ourselves for our main thriller project and to familiarize ourselves, again, with the equipment and skills.




The first few minutes of the clip is an establishing shot of the North Pole, which is recognizable by the white landscape, frozen seas and glaciers. It is effective because it makes the audience ask questions and wonder why they are there.




In this clip, there are plenty examples of close ups and extreme close ups. This is very effective as it shows characters reactions and could make the viewer uncomfortable as it is the only thing they can focus on. It also makes