There is seven different types of British Board of Film Classification these are: U - Universal
PG - Parental Guidance For children over the age of 8, they don't contain anything extremely unsuitable. There could be somethings not suitable so should be watched with a parent. Discrimination
12 and 12A are suitable for 12 and over Anything that is rated a 12 is unsuitable for anyone under that age. If an adult is taking a child under the age of 12 to see a 12 rated movie they need to consider if the movie is suitable. Discrimination
15 No one younger than age of 15 is able to watch at the cinema or rent. Discrimination
18 No one under the age of 18 is able to buy, see or rent a film of this rating. Adults are allowed to chose their own entertainment. Exceptions are most likely in the following areas:
R18
To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied only in licensed sex shops, and to adults only. The R18 category is a special and legally-restricted classification primarily for explicit works of consenting sex or strong fetish material involving adults. Films may only be shown to adults in specially licensed cinemas, and video works may be supplied to adults only in licensed sex shops.
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Diegetic sounds
Interior; Diegetic sounds
In the opening of The 6th Sense, a psychological thriller, the first things the audience see are the opening credits not the production names. The credits are accompanied by non-diegetic sounds, which are sharp sounds these connect well to the eerie theme of a psychological film. Once the credits have finished the screen goes black. A small yellow flicker gradually appears, this could make the audience believe a candle has been lit, however as the camera pans closer to the glow of the light a burning light bulb is portrayed. A figure of a woman appears walking down the steps into the small space, the viewers could be led to believe the space is a basement. She comes close to the camera and it is shown that she is looking for a bottle of wine, this could be for a special occasion she is celebrating which would explain the young woman’s appearance. In the dark corners of the basement something moves and in response her actions become slower, as if she is scared, she turns back towards the stairs. Her body language shows that she is cold as she is holding her arms tightly together, she runs back up the stairs to the light.
On the other hand, Lucy – an action thriller – starts with production names, this is shown with instruments which gives a bolder start to the film; the opening then continues with the usual opening credits of the producers however there is silence. The silence is then disrupted with more instruments, much louder than the production instruments, these instruments are along with a video clip of biological cells; this may confuse the viewers as there is no clear message to the opening sequence. In between each clip of the cells, the credits for the actors/actresses appear. Once the credits have disappeared, a monkey drinking water is shown; the setting is a rainforest. The sounds used are ambient with the surroundings, for example the splashing of the water. A female voice begins to talk over the monkey, which is non-diegetic sounds; she talks about life, this could possibly be the connection between the first video tape, the biological cells, as she is talking about life. The opening then flashes forwards into the city showing different aspects of life: chefs cooking, train lines circulating, flags flying in pride, traffic signals switching through the traffic. Both of the films begin with different thriller openings: one creates suspense in their opening credits with the sharp sounds and the other creates confusion to make the viewer more interested. The only similarity between the two thrillers are the camera shots used with the sequence. The shots used within both films are typical for a thriller movie; the shots used were the close-up shot, the extreme close-up shot, long shot, over shoulder shot and the medium shot. (Unfortunately, I am unable to include the opening sequence of Lucy as i watched the opening on Netflix) https://youtu.be/eb5bmX9P1zs In the opening scene of 'UWantMe2KillHim?' it begins with the production logo. The scene starts with a blank screen with a date written across it, this signifies to the audience that they need to take notice of this date. There is a slow constant beat in the background which is a non-diegetic sound effect. After a few seconds it cuts to a close up shot from behind of a man. The camera focuses on the foreground, (which is the character), rather than the background. The audience can just make out that the character is walking underneath some under paths towards the daylight. There is minimal sound effects apart from the original beat and some background diegetic sound effects. The camera rapidly cuts to a different angle of the man heading up a flight of stairs in broad daylight. The shot is still a close up from behind. The screen turns blank again and transitions to a front close up shot showing the man put his hood up. This shot reveals the mans facial expressions, which are portraying the emotions: fear, scared, yet almost excited. There is a few people in the background but they are difficult to make out because the shot is full focus on the main character. The man fastens his pace and the sound effects follow. The camera cuts to being behind the man once again and slightly zooms in on the and back, it spins down to reveal the man holding an object wrapped up (which looks like a knife). The camera switches back to the mans face one last time, there is a change in the mans facial expression to determination. Finally, the movie title appears and the sound effects change into a sound track.
In the opening scene of 'Broken City', the name of the production and its logo is shown. Then it starts with a shot slowly focusing on to a figure in a dark area. There is a diegetic sound of breathing which is coming from this figure. As the camera focuses the audience is able to make out that it is a man, the lighting changes and his facial features become visible. The camera slowly moves round as the man raises his arm and reveals he has a gun in his hand, he is pointing the gun towards something not yet visible. There is sound effects of water dripping and heavy breathing which are diegetic sounds. The camera moves round the man, as the camera travels down it is still fairly blurry as the lighting changes, it shows a man lying on the floor in front of the first character with two bullet wounds, one to the head. The camera follows the body round and heads back up towards the first man, to show that he has lowered his arm. The man pulls a chain out from under his t-shirt, which looks a lot like a police badge. He wipes his face and looks behind him and sighs. Sound effects of police cars become more prominant as they come closer, flashing lights are shown on the mans face. A figure from where the flashing lights is coming from walks towards the men and they look down at the body and back to character one. The new man on the scene raises his arms and drops them again. The title of the film comes up on a blank screen and sound effects begin. One similarity between 'UWantMe2ToKillHim?' and 'Broken City' is that they both focus on the main character, they put both of the main characters in most of the shots and in full focus. Another similarity is that both of the movies follow the convention of crime and death. They are both holding a weapon that is capable of killing. The opening scene on both films show that the men have determination yet fear in their facial expressions. A difference between the film openings is that in Broken City, there is more than 1 main character shown, although the camera mainly focuses on the main character, it does spend a small amount of time on the other 2. Whereas, in 'UWantMe2KillHim?' only the main character is shown in depth, there is 2 background characters not in focus. Another difference is that Broken City's angle transitions are smooth and the camera never cuts, so you never miss a section of the movie, whereas with UWantMe2KillHim? the camera cuts on a regular basis and reveals different angles, this is clever but the audience feel like they could be missing something. (Unfortunately I am unable to add clips because I watched the opening scenes on Netflix). In the opening scene of Don’t Breathe the first sounds the audience hear are ambient sounds which are used to draw effect to the production names. Once the production name has faded a small town setting is shown, the lighting that is used, high key lighting, matches the location however it does not fit the typical thriller pattern, which is low key lighting and small shadows. This also occurs in cabin in the woods.
Cabin in the woods opens with credits of the actors and producers. After a couple of seconds into the opening, Egyptian drawings begin to appear; the pictures look ancient, much like the Egyptians, however the diagrams are then ruined by bright viscous blood. The camera continues to pan over the credits, which are displayed upon the bloody drawings, until the dialogue scene begins. The scene is opened by a conversation between two suited men; they are shown to be standing in a room with familiar aspects of an office staff room. The lighting is high key which is confusing, much like Don’t Breathe, as it doesn’t fit into the stereotypical theme or pattern of a thriller movie. Another similarity between the two films is the message of the film as it is confusing and not portrayed completely, making it hard to understand the beginning of the films. The conversation between the two men (Cabin in the Woods) is irrelevant to the opening pictures therefore confusing to the viewers as the film is not giving a clear message. This is very similar to Don’t Breathe as the audience is left wondering what has happened to the young woman as she has been badly abused; she is also being dragged down an empty street by her hair, she seems to be unconscious. The only difference between the two films is the location of the opening. Don’t Breathe is shown to be outside in an empty town (which could make the audience believe the setting is a town in American by the large houses and the trees; as this setting would be uncommon for a British surrounding), which is different to Cabin in the Woods as this opening starts inside a large building which looks like a large government building. (Unfortunately, i am unable to include clips to show the opening sequences as i watched the openings on Netflix) A thriller is a genre of movies, books, etc, this genre contains suspense and anticipation. A thrillers aim is to keep the audience wanting to know more, keep them on the edge of their seats and to create a nerve-wracking tension. A thriller's storyline can be along the lines of theft, mystery, missions and to escape. Usually there is a protagonist up against their flaw, for example, Superman's flaw is kryptonite, this will be used against him throughout the movie to create suspension and anticipation.
There is many sub-genres to thrillers, some are: comedy thrillers, disaster thrillers, crime thrillers, horror thrillers. However, they do all usually come under the thriller genre overall. Finally, horror movies do usually get muddled up with thrillers, purely because they both achieve the same tension and suspense. However they are mildly different, they both have different storyline norms, a horror storyline is created to cause fear, terror and panic. This is where thrillers and horrors differ. Our 11 Story-boards show a contiunous scene between two characters, the scene will last about 1-2 mintues (prehaps less). We have kept our Story-boards basic as we focused more on the dialogue and the way the camera will be moving around the actors.
We chose WingArt Entertainment as it fits with the logo that we chose for our production. We believe that the logo will be the body of a butterfly and it's wings however we would like to make the logo out of a merge of our 3 names...BJM. They will both tie together creating a suitable and stable production name and logo. From our idea map above, we tried keeping our names simple but effective; they all tie in with either nature, the world or the movie industry.
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