This is the tweet I uploaded onto the 'Argentum Productions' Twitter Account. I thought that this would be a good may to make it look like it is an actual film company and to ask the world what they think of the concept.
We didn't get any feedback except from the one retweet, but that was me. I retweeted it because I also thought that by putting this on my twitter - having more followers will make people read it. Unfortunately no-one commented or liked it. But we did it so that we could see how other major film companies build up their target audience and to see how much feedback we get.
0 Comments
Mise-en-scene A close up shot has been used to highlight the action the character was carrying out and also to create an enigma code, which is found out a couple of seconds later. The enigma code being what is the person typing?
Whilst the man is typing quick cuts have been used to reveal a point of view shot from someone sitting on the bus. Quick cuts are used to make the audience feel wary, but a point of view shot has been used to connect the audience with those sitting on the bus.
After the explosion the screen goes completely black, which could imply or reveal that death has occurred and horrible actions have been committed. After the explosion a series of news reports were used to highlight the devastating event that has happened. This is shown through the title 'LONDON BLASTS', which implies to the audience that this crime has been committed more than once within a short amount of space and time. On the news reports there are pictures of damaged vehicles and objects, revealing to the audience that these 'BLASTS' have hurt people. The diegetic sound has been used to back up the evidence that people have been hurt, as the news reporter states that the bombings have happened more than once. Non-diegetic sound has been used to imply the devastation this attack has caused, as low tempo and pitched music has been used. The instruments used to produce this music were stringed instruments(e.g. violins), which is a common instrument to use in the music of a thriller. Short cuts have been used to edit these different news reports together, revealing to the audience how hectic and busy the setting is, due to the crime that has taken place. Uncommonly in this students opening sequence they have decided to use a busy setting to hold their crime, whereas in most thrillers an isolated, deserted setting is usually used.
A shot of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament were also used, to clarify the setting of this crime thriller. This allows the audience to acknowledge that the man who's going to work, is located in the same place as the bombings took place. This could cause the audience to question whether the previous news reports were a prophecy for the secret agents death, or was it his fault that no one got the warning? This could have been revealed by the distressed facial expression the man had when he walked out of the room. This wide shot of the Secret Intelligence Service reveals where the man is heading, as a wide shot is used of him walking along the bridge going in the direction of this building, and then a pan shot is used to reveal the building in the picture. During this the non-diegetic music no longer has the string instrument background, just the computerized up beat sound, that has been used to reflect the busyness of London. A shot was used to reveal the man descending the stairs to reveal to the audience that he no longer is on the bridge. A high angle shot was then used to represent the security camera outside the place he was about to enter. This reveals to the audience that where he was about to enter had a lot of security, therefore it was a private non-public place. This provides further evidence that he is a part of the Secret Service.
Additionally a wide shot was used to reveal the man getting into a barred place, again suggesting that where he works in a very private and harsh business. This is shown through the use of the black bars that connote danger, evil and death. Overall the journey to work consisted of long duration shots, revealing to the audience that he has walked a long way to get to work. I am finding out the mise-en-scene for 3 different thriller film openings because it will help us when filming our final opening sequence as we would be able to use some of the elements and possibly put them into our sequence. For out chosen sub-genre, I have chosen to find out the miss-en-scene for: The Usual Suspects. For the man, who first appears within the frame is wearing what looks to do be a black leather jacket and he is lighting a cigarette with several matches. The next man who comes into the frame is wearing a long black jacket which reaches his ankles, shoes which are sturdy and black; basically all of his clothing is black except from the gold wrist watch in which he has on his left wrist. He also owns a black gun and silver lighter. The next opening sequence I am going to look at for the miss-en-scene is: Donnie Darko It takes a while to get introduced to the main character, but when we do see the young man we see that he is wearing a white polo shirt with red-checkered panama pants with no shoes or socks on. The young man is also on a black mountain bike. Other people within this opening sequence are wearing trousers up to their bellybutton and their shirts tucked in. Cardigans over short-sleeved tops with high-waisted trousers and also ladies in an 80s/90s style jogging outfit with teens hats on. The last opening sequence is: The Matrix It first involves a computer screen which seems to be hacking into something and aiming to get a code. After this, several cops come into frame wearing their uniform and carrying guns and flashlights in a darkened atmosphere.
We have decided to produce a mood board of the sub-genre we want to use in our opening sequence, so that we can explore and identify the possible props, atmospheres, settings and characters we will need to include in our opening sequence.
Sound is a major aspect of a thriller and is used to create tension and suspense for the audience, without it thrillers would not have an impact on the audience. I have decided to research psychological thriller sounds to gain an understanding of what sounds are used and which ones we could possibly use in our opening sequence. There are many sounds that are used in psychological thrillers, they are the following:
Example: In the psychological thriller 'Possession' thunder and rain occurred before the two brothers crashed into one another on the Golden Gate Bridge, implying to the audience that something horrible and menacing was going to happen. But the rain also connotes misery and depression, which reflected Roman's feelings towards the situation with his brother and his wife, as he lived in their house and had to watch the lady he loved be taken care of by someone else(his brother Ryan). SFX was constantly used in the trailer and film to produce an eerie, unnatural effect, foreshadowing the 'outcome' of the car crash and how Roman woke up out of his coma claiming that Ryan's spirit(the wife's husbands spirit) had possessed his body. This is the first logo design for Warner Bros. Pictures and was used from 1923-1929. 2. This logo was used between 1929-1934. 3. This logo used between 1934-1937. 4. This logo was used between 1937-1948. 5. This logo was used between 1948-1967. This was the first logo they used colour in and is the most similar to the logo that they are using now. 6. This logo was used between 1953-1956. 7. This logo was used between 1967-1970. 8. This logo was used between 1970-1972. 9. This logo was used between 1970-1972. 10. This logo was used between 1972-1984. 11.This logo was used between 1984-1997. 12. This logo was used between 1998- onwards. 13. This logo was used between 2011-onwards. Logos number 11,12 and 13 are the most advanced in quality in comparison to the previous ones, probably due to the advance in technology and equipment available. We decided to research how an institutions logo has developed over time to get an idea of the number and variety of designs we need to think about and design for our film institution. This also gave us an idea on how much technology has changed from the 1920's to now and how it allows us to produce and view better quality media texts.
In this title of ‘American Psycho’ black text has been used ‘American’ in thin font and ‘Psycho’ in a bold font. The use of the bold font highlights to the audience that this is the significant part of the title, possibly revealing to the audience that this film is a psychological thriller.
Behind the title of the film there is a pure white coloured background (signifying a pure, good person), which is splatted with red blood implying to the audience that an innocent person maybe physically hurt or killed. This is due to the connotations of red being anger, blood and death.
Next there is analysis on all 4 micro elements on four different thriller opening sequences. This is because we thought it would be useful to see how each individual micro-element is represented in different thrillers, so that we could understand how they vary depending on the sub genre. This will allow us to get an understanding on how we will and need to represent our crime thriller opening sequence in each micro element.
|
Author
Written and Edited by Izzie Wensley & Samantha Reynolds - The Media Studies Duo Archives
February 2016
Categories
All
|