My Thriller Movie

Evaluation 7

Looking back at your preliminary task (continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

The image above shows the two different frames where the continuity takes place, the first and the second.We videoed Theeba coming through the door the same way from both angles. From behind, at a mid-low angle for the first shot, and the next, a mid-shot, showing theeba walk through the door on the other side of her. Then I used Final cut Express to get the exact timing correctly, after several attempts as the timing must be as accurate as possible for the continuity editing to be as best as possible. I also learnt that i need to make sure that everything must be kept the same for every filming part of the filming in order for one shot to flow into the next, even a small variation can effect the flow.

The continuity edit in the frames above, differs from the previous as the camera is not behind the actor, instead the camera stays still as the character walks away into the toilets, and then the frame switches to from inside the toilets, instead of an immediate flow.

 

The two frames above, are part of one shot sequence. The technique that i have discovered is quite important is a point of view shot, as Komal is walking towards the toilet.

We took the first shot of this sequence showing komal's hand reaching the door to open the door and, the following shot is another continuity shot, then showing her open the door this, i have learnt is also a good technique to use,

Evaluation 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

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Evaluation 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

 We attracted our audience by choosing our main character out of the normal, as a teenage female character rather than a typical male character, who is a hero. Our main reason for this was our eagerness to stretch the audience and attract the majority of the population, as personally i would say the main character being a female would attract me to watch the film as an audience, as i could relate to it and also sympathize with the character too.

 

   

In the opening the first character we see, is the main character although the main character is revealed at the beginning the character is also however portrayed as a victim. Immediately enigma is present in the beginning, creating questions for the audience. Also I, reinforce the idea of the female character having a bigger impact on the audience.

(it is bright in this image, however darker in our film)

The mis-en-scene aspect of our opening, also definitely plays a major role in attracting audience; the location, which is a drama/fitness room that is rarely used and of course looks abandoned, this also helped us relate to school children, whilst it was not directed younger children. 

We chose a film title that would attract.

Evaluation 4

Who would be your audience for your media product?

My Feedback on my storyline helped me decide and confirm my target audience.

Evaluation 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?
 

Evaluation 2 on Prezi

Evaluation 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?


The 9 frame sequence below represents the conventions intended in the opening of my thriller.

                                              Frame #1

[Story and how the opening sets it up]

This is my first frame, my thriller opening begins with a mid-shot, slanted birds-eye view of the protagonist of our thriller opening. The character is revealed at the beginning allowing the audience to sympathize for the character; the high angle shot enables us to chose what we want the audience to see, which in this shot is only the character and the state she is in. We begin with this shot to create enigma, and aim to leave the audience with questions. The location is not yet revealed, consequently the next shot advances to a mid-close up shot, bringing to light the character's costume unfolding the character's personality and possible social group backgrounds. The different shots on the same position is especially to provide the audience with a better understanding. The lighting is focused on only our main character's profile, mainly her face to emphasize that she is the victim.

Frame #2
[Camera work and editing]

The second frame in my sequence is a shot from within the first 30 seconds of my opening thriller, it shows the main character from a different angle, a mid-shot low angle, this is suitable as the character is laying on the floor. This shot shows the character slowly waking up, she slowly opens and closes her fists tensing her muslces, then a shot-revers-shot, which shows her facial expressions as she struggles through the illusions in her head. She is trying to wake up anddoest not know where she is.

Frame #3

[Setting/location]

This is a point of view shot, as the main character gains consciousness she slowly ascends from the ground, trying to make sense of her surrounding we present this to the audience in the form of a point of view shot as the audience will see exactly what the character is seeing and witnessing. The location is a dark room, that does not give away much to the audience, it looks a little like a store room as it contains random objects in the room.

Frame #4

[Genre and how the opening suggests it]

This shot shows our main character from a better perspective, while still not properly revealing her appearance completely.. The audience can see the character supporting her head with both hands suggesting she is going through. It also highlights the genre of the film which i believe is psychological thriller, also represents the condition she suffers from, amnesia. As she clutches her head with her hands it shows the moment she is trying to make sense of the images in her head, seconds later we understand that it is actually the flashback that causes the disturbance.

Frame #5

[The title of the film]

The fifth frame in my frame sequence presents the title of my thriller film, i used Live type to create this title, the effect allows the text to shudder and vibrate while the title bounces forward, this creates the sudden suspence that my thriller consists of. The font of my film title establishes a thrilling atmosphere also demonstrating the strong, theme of the film.

Frame #6

[How the suspense is created]

This is frame is the point in time where the protagonist discovers that there are random pictures hang on the notice board, these pictures are random to her because of her condition, she has amnesia so she does not remember why pictures of people she doesn't know up there, she looks at each picture trying to make sense of where she is, and what is going on.

Frame #7

[Special Effects]

This frame entirely depicts the horrible flashback that the main character experienced, the blurred and vibrants colours, suggest that her memory of the inscident is very uncertain, but remembers something bad having happened to her, which leaves her scarred. The frame above shows a young hooded boy attacking her while cornering her, unusally in daylight, but however in a deserted area.

Frame #8
[How characters are introduced]

This frame, the 8th one of my sequence shows a victim that is also unconcious on the floor; i chose this frame because it's dim-lighed emphasizing the mystery of the girl lying on the floor, and creates engima. It brings up question of who the girls is, why she is lying there in the same room as our protagonist, and what happened to her? This is the shot consequetive to a continuity shot before, which shows our protagonist turning her face over, to identify and make sense of the pictures on the wall.

Frame #9
[Costumes and props]

This scene shows the lighting used, not revealing too much and only showing half of the victim on the floor and barely revealing the protagonist standing by the wall of pictures, yet again making sense of the girl lying on the floor, and why her picture is on the board, the audience do not know who the girl is. the difference in their clothing emphasizes the difference between their personality and their social groups, suggesting that they may have nothign in common, whcih brings the question why are they both here? the green and red wall fails to reveal much about the location.

Our Pitch

This is our pitch.

Final Opening Title #1,2&3

This will be my First Opening Title :)



This is my Second Opening Title


 Above, is my Third Opening Title.



First Actor.




Feedbacks please!

The order I am considering on following, (wikipedia)

Common opening credits order

While there are numerous variations most opening credits use some variation of the basic order^[4] noted within:

• (NAME OF THE STUDIO)

Name of the studio that is distributing the film and may or may not have produced it (Walt Disney Pictures, Columbia, Lions Gate, Universal, etc.).

• (NAME OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY)

Name of the production company that actually made the film or name of the investment groups or companies that financed a substantial part of the film (usually credited as "in association with" or "A (studio name) production.").

• (PRODUCER NAME) PRODUCTION or/and (director only) A FILM BY (DIRECTOR NAME)

Director's first credit, often "a film by XY or "a XY film".

• STARRING

Principal actors, (Sometimes the stars' and director's credits will be reversed, depending on the star's deal with the studio; sometimes, as in the Rodgers and Hammerstein films, or as in all three film versions of Show Boat, or, as in many of Disney's films, the title of the film will be shown before the names of its actors; sometimes, as in many of Cannon's films, the name(s) of the principal actor(s) will be shown before the name(s) of the producer(s)).

• (FILM'S TITLE)

Name of the film.

• FEATURING

Featured actors.

• CASTING or CASTING BY

Casting director.

• MUSIC or MUSIC COMPOSED BY or ORIGINAL SCORE BY

Composer of music.

• PRODUCTION DESIGN or PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Production designer.

As a variation some of the below may be noted:

• SET DESIGN
• COSTUMES or COSTUMES BY or GOWNS (older movies)
• HAIRDRESSER
• MAKE-UP ARTIST
• SOUND RECORDING (older movies)
• VISUAL EFFECTS DIRECTOR or VISUAL EFFECTS BY

• EDITOR or EDITED BY

Editor.

• DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Director of photography.

• PRODUCER or PRODUCED BY, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Producers, co-producers, executive producers, 'also produced by' (credited for various reasons according to contracts and personal scrutiny of the principal producer). Often, though, the name of the producer will be the next-to-last opening credit, just before the director's name is shown.

• BASED ON THE BOOK (PLAY, GRAPHIC NOVEL etc.) BY or FROM A PLAY/BOOK BY (older movies)

If based on a book or other literary work.

• BASED ON THE CHARACTERS BY or BASED ON THE CHARACTERS CREATED BY

If based on characters from a book or other media.

• STORY or STORY BY

Person who wrote the story on which the script is based, gets "story by" credit, and the first screenplay credit, unless the script made substantial changes to the story.

• WRITER(S) or WRITTEN BY

Screenplay writers. The Writers Guild of America allows only three writing credits on a feature film, although teams of two are credited as one, separated on the credits by an ampersand ("X & Y"). If each works independently on the script (the most common system), they are separated by an "and". If more than two persons worked on the screenplay, the credits may read something like "screenplay by X & Y and Z and W" X and Y worked as a team, but Z and W worked separately.^[5]

• DIRECTOR or DIRECTED BY

Director. The Directors Guild of America permits a film to list only one director, even when it is known that two or more worked on it. Except in very rare cases (a death in mid-production) there is only one directing credit.^[6]

[edit]See also

Rising studios opening title #1, attempt #2

After Effects or Opening Titles #1

Rought Cut, (first draft)

Editing [in the process]

Feedback on the storyline.

We asked three 6th formers in our school what they thought of our storyline, after filling them in on some of the scenes and possible violence in the movie as a whole, and then we asked them for feedback on our storyline, this is what they said:

ROUGH CUT (: - making

Video Transition 

I used the video transition, 'Cross Dissolve' at this point to change the shot to another view point because it smoothed out transition and makes it flow.

Cross-cut

This is an example of crosscut used, to show a better understanding by showing different view points of the same scene.  

This point in the frame is where the two scenes connect, with a 'fade in, fade out'

Rough Cut

Titles

I experimented with live type, to see which title fonts, textures and effects may be appropriate for our title.

I changed the font, and altered the colour a little, and added effects:

Although i chose the colour, blood shot red it does not appear the same in the effect, as this was my first time in using the software, our final piece will look better.