We had to change our location as the past one was to difficult and this one will be much easier and more acessible to us. The new location will be in Jenna house as this is reliable and safe.
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We thought it was important to market our film using social media as this will hep to attract more people and help to create a mass audience also will help to spread our film around to our select target audience.
This is a screenshot of the chat we had between us and our actors we have created and used a Whatsapp group chat to communicate with them and let them know when we are going to film.
We have decided not to include a script in out opening sequence to build up on the tension and suspense as we feel that having a script can give too much away.
Below are some examples of which are used in typical thriller films which you can see in the mood board above.
-Night time driving -Isolated areas -Dark alleys -Shadows -Gargoyles -Creepy creatures -corpses -Plastic mannequins -Tension building non diegetic music -gore -Kidnap Murder -Graveyards -Oversized insects -Abnormal diseases -Lifelike dolls Creepy diseases We recently watched a documentary on fear and how it is creates fear to the audience and techniques and types of shots they use. We decided to watch the documentary because we could get techniques and ideas on how to create fear in our opening sequence. In these shots you can see a young girl hiding under the blanket/duvet after hearing loud and potentially threatening noises. In the screenshot on the right you can see she are tickling themselves on the knee this shows she is trying to distract herself from reality. The low key dark lighting creates a sense of fear as this normally connotes danger. The close up of her face on the left makes the audience focus on her facial expressions and how she is really feeling in this moment this really helps the audience connect with her and feel what she is feeling. In these shots you can see a man laying down on his back on a bed he seems to be frozen in fear and looking up in shock. In the shot on the right his hands are placed in a vulnerable position and his facial expressions suggest that he is screaming at something. The dark lighting around the bed makes us focus on him and feel what he is feeling. As you can see his shirt has been ripped open between the shots this suggests that he could be being attacked by something that the camera frame does not shows us which, creates and builds up on suspense.
![]() Lionsgate Entertainment: Lions Gate Entertainment is an institution found by Frank Guistra which have produced various thriller films including:
It is the largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. The original name was Cinepix Film Properties (CFP) but was changed to Lionsgate entertainment on June 1998. It focuses on foreign and independent films and has a distributed various commercially successful film series, including the Twilight Saga and the Divergent series. American Pyscho was it's first major Box Office and had a whopping budget of around 7 million dollars. In 2000, they decided to focus on the profits of DVD's and began buying struggling firms that controlled big libraries. The two most notable acquisitions were Trimark Holdings and Artisan Entertainment. The Trimark purchase also included CinemaNow, a broadband streaming website where Lions Gate could feature it's own movies. These two firms alone gave Lions Gate the second largest DVD library. Lionsgate has grown to make more independent films in many different markets- films, TV shows, video, record label and music publishing. It has grown to become a $2 billion diversified global entertainment corporation and is the next generation film studio as it is commercially the most successful independent film distribution company in North America. Paramount Pictures: Paramount Pictures is a film institution which was founded by Adolph Zukor and they produce/distribute films. They have produced a large numerous amount of films including:
It was originally named Famous Players Film Company in 1912 and is the longest operating and only major film studio remaining in Hollywood. It is ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood, the other 5 include Fox, Columbia, Warner Bros, Disney and Universal. It is a subsidiary of the U.S media conglomerate Viacom. It is a world wide institution and is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world. it is also America's oldest running studio. The year 2012 marked an exceptional milestone for Paramount Pictures as it was it's 100th year in show business. Paramount Pictures is the parent of Dream Works Animation Pictures and Dune Entertainment. In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital-form only. Paramount has set the standard in cinema for a century and continues to deliver the highest caliber of entertainment to audiences worldwide. The decade was dominated by the release of Titanic in December 1997, which reigned for more than a decade as Hollywood's top box-office attraction. The Paramount story: Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky and Cecil B. DeMille are credited as Paramount's principal founding fathers. The visionary Zukor laid the foundation for the company by acquiring the U.S. distribution rights to the silent French film Queen Elizabeth. Its overwhelming success transformed the business of entertainment forever making the institution very recognisable and globally popular. ![]() The first opening scene is very dark which could suggest to the audience that something 'dark' is going to happen to the woman skinny-dipping into the sea. The wide shot shows that she's all alone and the beach in the shot is emphasised making her look vulnerable. She's running into the water not being aware of what could be lurking in it which shows how unaware and naive she is. Non-diegetic music is also playing in the background which crescendo's. This indicates to the audience that something is going to happen or an action is going to place. ![]() As she enters the water, a low angle shot is taken of the young woman swimming showing that there is something watching her from below. Again a wide shot is taken emphasising that she's by herself. This creates tension and engages the audience making them want to watch the next scene to see what happens. ![]() She's relaxing in the water because she's totally oblivious that she's not alone and because she's unobservant of her surroundings, the wait is dragged out even more. This audience would be feeling anxious and scared at this point as they don't know what is going to happen. ![]() This low angle shot taken by the camera slowly approaching her builds up excitement and anxiety for the audience because by this point the audience know the young girl isn't alone in the water. The non-diegetic music also emphasises the build up of tension. ![]() In this scene where the young girl is being attacked by the shark under water and the non-diegetic sound playing in the background has a fast tempo which shows danger. This is supported by the high pitch of the music. ![]() This wide shot of the man laying on the beach indicates that time has passed and that he still hasn't realised the young girl is being attacked. The attack took place in the morning because the sun was setting which means that they would have been completely alone on the beach and that the attack was no expected. |
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