This is a past AS media work were they have called it Inner Evil, we think the name is really good it gives the feeling of mystery towards the film. In the first scene we are introduced to the institution " Golden Production" where they use gold and a dark red colour which makes there logo look professional. We are introduced to the mise-en-scene where they have used shots from the sky as the clouds connotes a dream occurring. This is a good connotation as it allows the audience to engage with the actions making it seem realistic. Overall we like the concept of the film, they have used lots of camera angles such as extreme close ups low angles and eye levels that indicate the amount of subject matter within the frame making making it interesting. This will help us to use different variety of camera angles in our opening sequences.
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Later on the lesson we looked at a characters in narrative structures and how they are structured, so we studied Vladimir Propp theory for an insight of characters that are structured in films. Vladimir Propp was a 1920's literary critic and a scholar who founded the idea that a certain type of character was to be used in every narrative structure. His theory has influenced many filmmakers to writing and producing successful narratives. Propp also suggested that all fairy tales follow a specific narrative structure. Propp suggested that every narrative has eight different character types: The hero, the false hero, the princess, the father, the helper, the villain, the donor and the dispatcher. Example used in Enchanted. This would guide us to select the characters when for planning for our thriller opening sequence. Tzvetan Todorov
At the start of the trailer we start with a fade in edit of the children playing with their dolls and teacups, which are made out of glass, therefore showing the children belong to an aristocratic family as glass china dolls were expensive in the olden days. The children are also wearing very fancy dresses which shows not only do they look after themselves but they are from a rich background. The colours of the clip are not very colourful, they look very pale and ghostly which connotes there is an erie atmosphere in the room and this shows this is a thriller. We cut to the next edit of the children looking up to the camera at a high angle. They are silent and have no facial expressions and are looking up to something however the audience are oblivious to who or what they are looking at and this has created tension. Now the children look out to the window and are now walking over to the windows. In the next edit there are 3 windows for each of the children and this connotes that the 3 windows for the 3 children all should lead to their deaths. After the girls jump to their deaths we hear screaming of a lady (which could be their mother) pleading for help and in the last edit we see a person, with a lady-like figure, looking out to the children's death, and leads to give a feeling she has made them kill themselves.
Alfred HitchcockKnown as the "master of suspense" Alfred Hitchcock is considered as one of the greatest thriller directors of the 20th centuary. He has created over 50 thriller films, such as 'Rebecca', 'The Birds', 'To catch a theif' and his most famous work, 'Psycho'. He is seen today as a director who managed to combine art and entertainment in a way very few have ever matched. His innovations and vision have influenced a great number of filmmakers, producers, and actors. Since 'Psycho' has been his most famous creation of the adaptation of the book, he has included many techniques to make the audience feel suspense and scared. One being music for example. His most famous 'shower scene' not only includes many camera techniques to hide the identity of the killer, setting of the murder and the victim looking helpless, but the music connotes this scene is very intense to watch and to listen to. Most of the shots are extreme close-ups, except for medium shots in the shower directly before and directly after the murder. The combination of the close shots with their short duration makes the sequence feel more subjective than it would have been if the images were presented alone or in a wider angle, an example of the technique Hitchcock described as "transferring the menace from the screen into the mind of the audience". Brian De PalmaAnother famous thriller director, his films are psychological-thrillers. His famous works are 'The Fury', 'Sisters' 'Dressed to Kill' and his famous work is 'Carrie'. This film is mainly psycolohical and gory, however there are many camera techniques used to create tension, such as shot reverse shot, close up and wide shot. There are special effects used in the 'school dance' scene, with chairs flying about, blood spilled everywhere and people are killed, however there are no murder props used in the scene, only Carrie's mind is used because she has telepathic powers, and this is caused to make the audience feel frightened and confused. Here is a clip of the prom scene in "Carrie". Throughout the scene there is tension building up for the audience. DePalma uses many camera angles, e.g close up of Carrie's face, to show emotion giving a sinister feeling towards the camera. There are also close ups of teenagers looking terrified and trying to escape and the music in the background connotes an erie atmosphere in the scene. The lighting is bright around Carrie whereas the lighting is more dimmed around the people and she is standing at a higher level, which could mean Carrie has dominance over the people in the hall. De Palma uses both wide and long lens in the scene. When focusing on Carrie he chooses a long lens to maintain focus on her and not the dizzying distractions surrounding her, such as the sliver stars, and bright colorful lights. He uses wide lens when he puts the camera in Carrie’s viewpoint, a downward tilt looking out onto the vast crowd, indicating her control. Carrie’s prom scene serves as a climatic eruption of revenge. All of Carrie’s pent up emotions from the malevolent bullying she had faced throughout the film were finally released. The horrific mayhem that surrounded the scene enabled for a satisfying "means to an end" justice had been served. De Palma’s usage of sound, lighting, and camerawork amplified the scene’s impact on the film’s entirety. The terrifying prom scene in "Carrie" is iconic; it fits perfectly into the horror genre by successfully haunting its audience with the ignition vengeance.
locations are very important to identify what kind of genre it is and it also makes the scenes more realistic. There are lots of kinds of locations for different genres. In most thriller genres you would find locations of old houses , forests, undergrounds, tunnels , streets, cities and villages. These are typical locations for thriller genres however these locations make triller films more interesting for the audience. For our location we gained inspiration from these photographs, and we will use some of the locations in our final opening sequence production. The photos of the horror locations that we have found are mostly used by other horror films , we believe that by using these locations our audience will get the understanding of our genre as well as our film would be more realistic and scary.
Due to the many age categories that your film could fall into, it is crucial that it must be concluded as to what age rating the film will be before it is release in ordeer to attract the correct target audience.
Extracts from the opening scene foreshadows the narrative. Audience gain an insight of what the film will be like from the opening sequence of the film therefore the audience would know what to expect.
We all allocated ourselves with two different thriller genres and we brainstormed ideas of what we would focus on for our film opening. I looked at film noir opening sequences and found that the opening music is quite ominous and the scene is misty and suspenseful. An example is the film Rebecca by Alfred Hitchcock which is a suspenseful horror about a mysterious death and the director looks into it through out the film. Throughout the opening sequence, there is an eerie mist upon the grounds of the manor. This adds to the suspense and mystery as it is difficult to see clearly. The writing gradually appears and then disappears which gives the element of mystery and surprise as the writing disappears, leaving a ghostly trail of mist behind it. The soundtrack constantly changes from high pitched to low pitched. This shows how it isn't a calm and flowing film and their is a mystery and change in it. The opening sequence is quite plain which juxtaposes the film as a lot happens. This has been done deliberately so that the film comes as a surprise to the audience. The font of writing is in a bold colour and the writing is quite large which connotes a warning, as if something/someone is dangerous which foreshadows Michael Myers, the murderous psycho in the film. The pumpkin is a typical convention of Halloween and it represents that the film will be of a spooky, horror genre. The pumpkin is carved with a smile which is ambiguous as it may foreshadow that children will be targeted because in the film, teenagers are being hunted. However it could also suggest a sense of deception as pumpkins are meant to send away evil however in this film, the murderer uses the night of Halloween as a cover of him to kill his victims.
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