For the main prop of our opening scene, as well as the subject for our film poster, we had to manipulate a teddy bear to make it look worn and old. We used the teddy bear to symbolise the innocence of the child in our piece. The use of the worn, dirty teddy symbolises his innocence being destroyed.
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For filming we will need a playground situated in a forest. These are our ideas. This is The Lookout. It will be very good as our location, as it has a huge forest and playground with a lot of room to film. However, this is situated in Bracknell and may be difficult for the whole group to travel to. There are very few other parks in the area which have a forest. Home Park has a lot of trees, which we could potentially use as a forest, however it may not give the same effect of someone being lost in a large forest. Black Park does have a forest, however it may be too far away. We would ideally need to film in a place that everybody could access by foot. The Clewer Recreational Centre is very easily accessible. It has a large playground and a few trees, which could potentially be made to look like a forest.
We think that the Twitter page that we created for our film is a very good way of advertising as we have a couple of followers already. It is interesting how quickly news of a film can spread, as we are only making an opening sequence for school purposes, but we already have people following the film.
We went out with a camera to practise all the camera shots which we want to use in our Thriller opening scene. We went out to purchase a teddy bear that we could use for a prop in our production. we chose one that is not too big, but not too small so it would be easy to use. Having a teddy that is too large may distract from the actor in our scene, and take away from what is going on. A teddy that is too small may not be as noticeable to the audience watching it. We will feature this teddy bear in our film poster as it is one of the main focuses of the film.
Various other names that we discussed are displayed in a spider diagram below.
I was out and saw this forest, I thought it would be a good idea for a location. It has a clearing that we could use with a lot of space, but it also has a lot of trees, which has connotations of Thrillers, which forests are commonly used in. It is a big space so has connotations of the character being alone in a large space.
This tells us that our music is a big part of creating suspense. We asked a group of 10 people some questions that will help us when we come to make our Thriller. Our questions were: 1: how old are you? 2: do you enjoy watching Thrillers? 3:do you find it appealing for a film to create tension suspense? 4: what element do you find up suspense within a Thriller? (music, lighting, pace, camera work, sound, quick changes in the plot) 5: what is the most appealing factor in a Thriller? (suspense, confusion, mystery, hero vs villain, characters, plot) 6: what would make you watch a Thriller? (actors in the film, for the tension and suspense, the plot, the title of the film, the film poster) 7: do you prefer to watch thrillers at home or at the cinema? 8: what was the last Thriller you watched? We asked mainly 16-18 year olds, as they appear to watch a lot of Thrillers and we believe they will have a lot of opinions on Thrillers. Most of the people we asked answered "sometimes" for question 2. most of the rest of them answered "yes" with only a few people answering "no". Seeing as most of the people we asked enjoy watching Thrillers sometimes, most the age group we asked seem to watch a lot of Thrillers. Everybody we asked likes their films to create suspense. This tells us that we should use suspense in our Thriller as many people enjoy it. We know to use a lot of suspense in our Thriller, as this appears to be a popular factor, along with an element of mystery. The plot appears to be the most important thing if we want to get people to watch our Thriller. Half of the people we asked said they prefer to watch a film at the cinema, the other half said at home. The results of this were 50/50.
The answers to question 10 varied a lot, but the answers included Paranormal Activity , Saw 2, Final Destination, Ouji, The Woman In Black, American Horror Story and Saw. Final Destination and Paranormal Activity both appeared as answers more than once. |
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