Your blog is designed to evidence the research and planning you have done before you start filming your thriller.
A blog in the 'excellent' category could include some of the following detail:
1. Analysis of student thriller
2. More than one detailed analysis of real thriller openings
3. Practise soundtrack for your thriller
4. Practise soundtrack for Taking Lives intro
5. Production company logo
6. Definition of thriller, outline of different sub-genres and hybrids
7. Analysis of examples of political, psychological, action thriller and crime thriller
8. Initial ideas post
9. Final idea post - for pitch
10. Influences and the thriller generic conventions you intend to explore
11. Mood board
12. Research into other films of similar sub-genres
13. Props list - with illustrations
14. Details of costumes - with illustrations
15. Location report - where you intend to film, if it is a public place then you need to consider the logistics of filming there. If it is private property you must seek permission from the owner.
16. Complete shot list
17. Completed storyboard
18. Test footage with a full explanation as to the technique you were testing and how successful the test was.
19. Details of when you intend to film (dates, times and places), who is responsible for bringing what props etc, what actors are needed and who is in charge of ensuring the actors are informed of times and locations.
20. Practise titles, consider the job titles and the names you wish to include. Do some research into titles. Look at Saul Bass as an industry expert in title sequences.
Thursday 28 January 2010
Opening Sequence
Will start with clocks, flashing with different times. There will be background sounds of screaming and ticking clocks. There will be lots of close ups of tied up faces and needles. There will be a loud gun shot and then it cuts to a man walking down a hall, you only see his feet as he walks, and then a gun in his hand, titles come up over this. You see the man walking up to a door, it cuts to the other side of the door, it flys open and all you see is the legs of the man then another gun shot. Finish
Freddy is going to be tied up.
Gun.
Digital Clocks.
Will start with clocks, flashing with different times. There will be background sounds of screaming and ticking clocks. There will be lots of close ups of tied up faces and needles. There will be a loud gun shot and then it cuts to a man walking down a hall, you only see his feet as he walks, and then a gun in his hand, titles come up over this. You see the man walking up to a door, it cuts to the other side of the door, it flys open and all you see is the legs of the man then another gun shot. Finish
Freddy is going to be tied up.
Gun.
Digital Clocks.
Thriller Storyline.
vezes, até.
A policemans family gets kidnapped by the brother of a man he shot dead in a police raid.
The gang who were raided, were a Portuguese drug smuggling, murdering cult.
The family (Son, Daughter, Wife.) are kept in different locations, each with a timer on their chest which states how long they have before they are injected with a lethal poison.
He has to prioritise his family, one will die, who will he save?
Action Thriller set in London.
A policemans family gets kidnapped by the brother of a man he shot dead in a police raid.
The gang who were raided, were a Portuguese drug smuggling, murdering cult.
The family (Son, Daughter, Wife.) are kept in different locations, each with a timer on their chest which states how long they have before they are injected with a lethal poison.
He has to prioritise his family, one will die, who will he save?
Action Thriller set in London.
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Soundtrack
This is our practice soundtrack.
This is a soundtrack we made in garage band. We used beats and sound in time with the film. We changed the style of the music to the emotions of the characters. We would have liked more time to make it better.
Tuesday 19 January 2010
S2-60 Development Analysis
The first flaw of this thriller opening sequence is that is doesn't attract the audience and isn't thrilling. Also the center piece doesn't make sense as that pictures from a digital camera wouldn't need to be developed. The whole sequence was short and not thrilling the use of classic thriller conventions was little and the music didn't fit the genre.
Summary of why Thrillers Thrive
Audiences of all ages enjoy films that excite them. Excitement can come from a range of different films for example - children enjoy light airy films with happy endings and important Morales to the storyline and they will gain excitement out of that, whereas the older audiences prefer films that thrill you and films can thrill you in many different ways.
People like to watch movies where characters experience slightly unrealistic lifestyles we like to experience a life that we don't experience firsthand ourselves these films that give you a thrill consist of emotional disturbances which we call thrills. We experience these thrills through cinema artificially.
Every Audience will experience the same thrills in a film. A well made movie will deliver thrills that a person cannot realistically experience physically or firsthand.
A Thriller must be wholehearted, the more exciting the better. An authentic thriller will have the main thriller conventions such as subtle violence, suspense and realistic threats. The Classic thriller should excite and thrill the Audience.
People like to watch movies where characters experience slightly unrealistic lifestyles we like to experience a life that we don't experience firsthand ourselves these films that give you a thrill consist of emotional disturbances which we call thrills. We experience these thrills through cinema artificially.
Every Audience will experience the same thrills in a film. A well made movie will deliver thrills that a person cannot realistically experience physically or firsthand.
A Thriller must be wholehearted, the more exciting the better. An authentic thriller will have the main thriller conventions such as subtle violence, suspense and realistic threats. The Classic thriller should excite and thrill the Audience.
Friday 15 January 2010
Action Thriller Analysis - Batman: The Dark Knight
Batman: The Dark Knight.
Action Thriller.
Robbery - Villain, but with a hidden identity until the end of the opening sequence, this creates suspense and tension because you do not know what the main criminal is like. The first glimpse of the action in the sequence is when the large school bus crashes through the wall of the bank. Its quite light throughout the sequence..
Thursday 14 January 2010
Analysis of Malcom X
Malcolm X
Political Thriller
The opening of the film starts off with slow rhythmic music, with a subtle hint of violence, therefore it is a thriller, because it keeps you on the edge of your seat as your not completely sure where the story could go, although you know that it is going to be an ongoing battle between the two races, white and black, also the violence isn't graphic so its not classed as a horror. The American flag is shown as the background throughout the entire opening apart from when it briefly skips to the footage. When the main speaker starts talking badly about America, the American flag starts to burn, the assault of the American flag shows that the film definately has political meaning. The clip that keeps being shown in brief spurts is real footage which has been recorded by an eye witness, which adds a realistic touch to the film. The slow deep music at the beggining gets sharper and more intense, this enables the audience to relate more to the feelings of the characters. A lot of the opening is dark, the footage is filmed at night, and when the American flag burns it forms a black 'X' within it. You can tell within the first minute of the opening that it is going to be a political thriller.
Political Thriller
The opening of the film starts off with slow rhythmic music, with a subtle hint of violence, therefore it is a thriller, because it keeps you on the edge of your seat as your not completely sure where the story could go, although you know that it is going to be an ongoing battle between the two races, white and black, also the violence isn't graphic so its not classed as a horror. The American flag is shown as the background throughout the entire opening apart from when it briefly skips to the footage. When the main speaker starts talking badly about America, the American flag starts to burn, the assault of the American flag shows that the film definately has political meaning. The clip that keeps being shown in brief spurts is real footage which has been recorded by an eye witness, which adds a realistic touch to the film. The slow deep music at the beggining gets sharper and more intense, this enables the audience to relate more to the feelings of the characters. A lot of the opening is dark, the footage is filmed at night, and when the American flag burns it forms a black 'X' within it. You can tell within the first minute of the opening that it is going to be a political thriller.
Tuesday 12 January 2010
Definition of a Thriller.
Definition of Thriller
Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains.
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Jaws is a classic thriller due to the fact it has many classic thriller conventions.
Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains.
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Jaws is a classic thriller due to the fact it has many classic thriller conventions.
Friday 8 January 2010
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