Thursday, 27 February 2014
First day of Editing our Movie
Day1: Today we started to edit our film, well... i say edit, more like trying to get all of our technology to 'play ball with us'. After several problems we eventually got our video converted into a format the Macs enjoyed but then the memory card USB started to have a mind of its own but eventually we imported our videos ready to edit next lesson. All round it was a pretty disasterous day but we look forward to the next.
Camera Angles associated with Thriller films
Camera conventions of a Thriller:
The camera movement in a Thriller is often are often made up of tracking and pan shots because, it highlights who the audience should be interested in. A common camera shot used in thriller films is a close up because they add a sense of suspense and mystery to the plot of the story, leaving the viewer on the edge of their seat wanting to know what happens next. Camera angles in thrillers have several common factors such as High & Low levels of framing, for example when a character is framed from a low angle they are shown as superior to others, whereas a character being filmed from a high angle tends to be weaker.
The camera movement in a Thriller is often are often made up of tracking and pan shots because, it highlights who the audience should be interested in. A common camera shot used in thriller films is a close up because they add a sense of suspense and mystery to the plot of the story, leaving the viewer on the edge of their seat wanting to know what happens next. Camera angles in thrillers have several common factors such as High & Low levels of framing, for example when a character is framed from a low angle they are shown as superior to others, whereas a character being filmed from a high angle tends to be weaker.
Thursday, 6 February 2014
Character profiles
The final piece we are creating is set in modern time so finding the needed or making the needed costumes will not be hard but we do want to get costumes that suit the characteristics of the people we are trying to portray.
Creegan:
- Creegan, the young and healthy dealer who prospers on selling others addictive drugs, for this character we wanted to create the appearance of his healthiness as he sells but does not take these harmful and life changing drugs, to do this we have decided to give him a cleaner yet casual look.
To do this he will ware newer and fresher clothes which shows he is untouched from the harm he is causing and also it helps us show the audience he is not like the addicts that come to him he is just using their problems to prosper.
Creegan:
- Creegan, the young and healthy dealer who prospers on selling others addictive drugs, for this character we wanted to create the appearance of his healthiness as he sells but does not take these harmful and life changing drugs, to do this we have decided to give him a cleaner yet casual look.
To do this he will ware newer and fresher clothes which shows he is untouched from the harm he is causing and also it helps us show the audience he is not like the addicts that come to him he is just using their problems to prosper.
Toby
- Toby, the protagonist of our film and a desperate yet hopeful drug addict who is trying to change his ways but keeps getting dragged back in by the people around him, the hardship and struggles he has gone through are what we want to truly represent in his costume so to do that we have decided on giving him older clothes but trying to make it clear he is trying to change his ways by the style in which he wears them, for example he has his shirt tucked in at the front but out at the back, this also helps us show that he is "Broken" and although from the "front" he seems fine and healthy, it’s clear from "Behind" that he is in fact really unwell and can’t take care of himself.
We believe that with these costumes we will be able to capture the audience and help them appreciate the characters in more depth and understanding.
Inspiring films ( The Bourne Films)
The Bourne Films:
For me an inspiring film would probably be the bourne films beause they are what were aiming for. even though they are of a hollywood standard they offer a great story of a rugid man trying to break for from the law, which it what we would like to replicate but on a smaller scale. One thing the bourne films are known for is their epic chase scenes, the codes and conventions of those scenes are exactly what were looking for e.g. steady-cam handheld, quick editing, fast paced music etc.
The Bourne films also offer a great range of soundtracks that would suite our production really well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Snuy-Pm5oA <----- Soundtrack
Lastly the Bourne films set the perfect benchmark for a thriller film, we would take great inspiration from them so we could help improve our version of a social realism/ Thriller.
For me an inspiring film would probably be the bourne films beause they are what were aiming for. even though they are of a hollywood standard they offer a great story of a rugid man trying to break for from the law, which it what we would like to replicate but on a smaller scale. One thing the bourne films are known for is their epic chase scenes, the codes and conventions of those scenes are exactly what were looking for e.g. steady-cam handheld, quick editing, fast paced music etc.
The Bourne films also offer a great range of soundtracks that would suite our production really well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Snuy-Pm5oA <----- Soundtrack
Lastly the Bourne films set the perfect benchmark for a thriller film, we would take great inspiration from them so we could help improve our version of a social realism/ Thriller.
Audience Research
To gather research on our target audience and what they expect from the genre of our film we created a survey on surveymonkey and posted it online so that we could gather the results from a large audience of non-bais people.
The link to our survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QS329BG this will take you straight to the survey so please take some time to fill it out for us, thank you.
from our survey we hope to collect a strong level of data to help us not only create the film to to target it at the right audience with their expectations in mind.
The link to our survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QS329BG this will take you straight to the survey so please take some time to fill it out for us, thank you.
from our survey we hope to collect a strong level of data to help us not only create the film to to target it at the right audience with their expectations in mind.
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