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12 May 2011
Audience Feedback
Audience Feedback
I have asked 5 people from outside of college for their opinion about our thriller film opening title sequence. These were their responses;
Alice - ‘The sequence was good it, the music fitted in well with what was going on in the scene. I like the fact that it was in black and in white which made it spookier’
Cara - ‘I really enjoyed it and it made me want to watch the rest. I loved the TV noises made between each shot as they made me jump; it really is a great thriller film opening and I like it more as it is unique and I never seen anything like that before’
Sarah - ‘Out of all the opening the thing I like the most is the fact that it doesn’t have any dialogue which makes it harder to understand and it made me want to watch to the end of it to see how it will end. I really liked the effect when they are in the subway and she follows their path that was really interesting. Also the actions that one of the girls carries out matches with the music played in the background that was really interesting too’
Matthew - ‘I really like this thriller film and the fact that they were both wearing the same jacket was really spooky and it emphasised the fact that they were twins and towards the end I understood why you did it as they were inseparable’
Robert - ‘I got really scared when I watched it, all the scratchy noises and the soundtracks used made my heart beat faster and faster and the last demonic attack with the scratchy noise scared the living crap out of me it’s a brilliant thriller’
I have asked 5 people from outside of college for their opinion about our thriller film opening title sequence. These were their responses;
Alice - ‘The sequence was good it, the music fitted in well with what was going on in the scene. I like the fact that it was in black and in white which made it spookier’
Cara - ‘I really enjoyed it and it made me want to watch the rest. I loved the TV noises made between each shot as they made me jump; it really is a great thriller film opening and I like it more as it is unique and I never seen anything like that before’
Sarah - ‘Out of all the opening the thing I like the most is the fact that it doesn’t have any dialogue which makes it harder to understand and it made me want to watch to the end of it to see how it will end. I really liked the effect when they are in the subway and she follows their path that was really interesting. Also the actions that one of the girls carries out matches with the music played in the background that was really interesting too’
Matthew - ‘I really like this thriller film and the fact that they were both wearing the same jacket was really spooky and it emphasised the fact that they were twins and towards the end I understood why you did it as they were inseparable’
Robert - ‘I got really scared when I watched it, all the scratchy noises and the soundtracks used made my heart beat faster and faster and the last demonic attack with the scratchy noise scared the living crap out of me it’s a brilliant thriller’
11 May 2011
audience feedback
Irfaah: ‘The music was jumpy and scratchy which gave me a heart attack, it was good because it captivates the audience early and makes me want to watch more (except for the scratchy bit). I liked the versatility in the music as it wasn’t the same consistent music. I would improve by taking out the scratchy bit as it was too scary for my heart to handle.
Paris: ‘I liked it but I thought the jumps were too scary for an opening. I really want to watch the rest now. ‘
Chloe: ‘It was very interesting and made me watch to watch more. I liked the ending with the white noise where the girl is shaking her hair as it is very scary. I like how in some scenes it is very calm and in others the mood suddenly changes, although I did get a bit confused in some places. ‘
Ceri: ‘I think that the sequence is good. The music fits well with the scenes and make the film more thrilling. From watching the sequence i would like to watch the rest of the film.’
Becky: ‘I thought that the opening sequence was good. I liked the music because it was creepy and fitted with the theme. I was a little confused (i thought one of the girls was dead?!), but towards the end of it I understood what was happening. I thought the noises between the different cuts made it seem scary and unnerving. Overall the opening sequence makes me look forward to watching the rest of the film.‘
Paris: ‘I liked it but I thought the jumps were too scary for an opening. I really want to watch the rest now. ‘
Chloe: ‘It was very interesting and made me watch to watch more. I liked the ending with the white noise where the girl is shaking her hair as it is very scary. I like how in some scenes it is very calm and in others the mood suddenly changes, although I did get a bit confused in some places. ‘
Ceri: ‘I think that the sequence is good. The music fits well with the scenes and make the film more thrilling. From watching the sequence i would like to watch the rest of the film.’
Becky: ‘I thought that the opening sequence was good. I liked the music because it was creepy and fitted with the theme. I was a little confused (i thought one of the girls was dead?!), but towards the end of it I understood what was happening. I thought the noises between the different cuts made it seem scary and unnerving. Overall the opening sequence makes me look forward to watching the rest of the film.‘
28 April 2011
27 April 2011
26 April 2011
25 April 2011
18 April 2011
15 April 2011
12 April 2011
10 April 2011
EVALUATION
Evaluation Activity, Question One
Does your sequence follow/deviate from a conventional thriller's narrative content, format & style of presentation?
Our sequence does follow the forms and conventions of a thriller film genre by the narrative (or plot) having elements of suspense and thrill. our opening sequence being in black and white helps to contribute to the authenticity of the film. Our different shots, camera angles and editing techniques indicates that our thriller comes under the sub-genre of horror thriller. It uses mostly typical thriller characters, with an atypical character being the villainous child. Our thriller indicates that we have been influenced by films such as 'The Orphan' and 'The Ring'; as these thrillers have characters similar to the ages of ones in our thriller opening sequence we were able to use these particular movies as inspiration. Seeing as these are the thrillers that influenced us we decided to call our opening 'Inseparable' connotating something or a bond that cannot be broken, it relates to other films we've been influenced by because its catchy as it sounds dark and mysterious.
It establishes setting and location by having a high angle shot of cars on a motorway, showing that a journey has taken place. Our opening was mostly set in a domestic environment being the home as in a home you would believe you are safe, so we used this setting as we believed it would have a good impact as you wouldn't expect bad things to happen to you here. Themes are established when the mood changes by having creepy shots and the soundtrack changing to fit the mood of the action on screen, establishing the good and bad characters, protagonists and antagonists. We used editing such as speeding the antagonists head up because it contrasts reality by being unexpected and freaky. Our antagonist was wearing a black coat as black connotes fear, mystery and evil.
Evaluation Activity, Question 4 (continued)
When our target audience viewed our thriller opening whilst it was in the post production process, they said that there were a few things which we needed to change. For example, they wanted us to make the title more interesting and eye-catching as at first it didn't really stand out from the background or stand out in general. They also said we needed to add more shots which were scary and adding to our sub-genre of psychological thriller, so we added the shot of our young girl - the antagonist - spinning her head and we speed this particular shot up so it had more of an impact. This influenced how we edited our opening as we wanted to have things which attracted our target audience, as these were the things that they wanted to see and liked we added them in.
Evaluation Activity, Question 7 (continued)
In some ways we subverted our codes and conventions by using a young female as an antagonist in our opening and by setting our opening sequence in a domestic environment. These things challenge the codes and conventions of thriller films as we don't expect to see them in thrillers which we normally see. Our reason for doing these things is that we believe it would capture and entertain our audience more by keeping them guessing and making them want to continue watching.
8 April 2011
OPENING/TRAILER (DRAFT/EXPERIMENTAL) - INSEPARABLE
Here is our first final opening which we have done for our thriller opening sequence - INSEPARABLE.
FINAL TRAILER - INSEPERABLE
We decided to make a trailer with all of the unused shots and images that we did not end up using for our opening sequence; rather than wasting all of the extra footage which we had filmed we instead compiled it together with some footage we have already used and made a fantastic trailer.
27 March 2011
7 March 2011
6 March 2011
Proposal
A PROPOSAL FOR
Thriller Film Opening Title Sequence
PRODUCTION
PRODUCED BY
Robbie Spotswood
Brief
Two girls from another country has been sent to London for adoption, but only one was adopted, the in-separable two girls are torn apart. The dismissed girl now stalks and taunts the newly made family in jealousy.
Initial thinking
Research findings
From The research we conducted, the results we had we found the best genre to film was a horror, creepy thriller. A complicated story line and a creepy..
Initial ideas
Ideas from the group such as the creepy little girl and the stalking element was incorporated along with the “creepy” element. Collectively we decided to do a stalker themed movie. change of plan resulted in a slightly supernatural horror thriller.
I wanted to have the stalking of prey element and looked at the “levels” convention and wanted to encorporate it into the idea. Looking at Night and Light and the element of your “safe place” being invaded.
Etc.
Final idea
The final idea the group chose was a foreign set of twins or sisters to get adopted. But only one twin was adopted causing a disequilibrium this kick starting the plot. In the title sequence the adoption and the seporation is shown and then the disfunction of the remaining twin. The jurney home from the adoption centre shows a jitter and supernatural happenings happen such as a body switch of the one twin to the other, a jump sequence o fthe little girl walking by herself in the dark and jumpiing from one place to another. Arivig home she seems to stalk the mother and the adopted sister and she is un-noticed in the dark standing there menacingly. as the adopted twin is brishing her teeth her reflection is of the other twin brushing her teeth almost mocking her, staring deeply at her. An “exorsim” like freak out occurs and the murder of the adopted mother. The rest of the film collows non linear timeline and more and more is explained about the plot and finally equilibrium is restored at the very end.
Production Team Roles
Here you need to list the planning and construction roles everyone has agreed to undertake (and be marked for).
Planning:
Producer
J’Nae Phillips:
Choosing locations and most pre production decitions, doing story boards from the script and mood boards and audience research.
Director
Valerie Folivi:
Doing the scripts and directing all shots filmed.
Unfortionately a last second change of plan, the director had to pull everything together and audience research.
Konrad/Robbie:
research and pre production documents.
Construction:
Robbie Spotswood
Editor/Ass. Cameraman
assisting with all shots filmed and what mise en scene is captured. Editing and capturing all shots in an editing suit and putting it all together to create the final title sequence.
Cameraman
Konrad Bailek
Filming a percentage of the footage.
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27 February 2011
19 February 2011
Soundtrack - thoughts for a score
For the beginning I thought to add tension I could use a score that builds up and is quite creepy.
the track lasts 2 mins 10 seconds. I think the gradual build up is perfect for our title sequence.
the track lasts 2 mins 10 seconds. I think the gradual build up is perfect for our title sequence.
Soundtrack Research
Here are some famous movie soundtracks from different thriller films. We looked at them to get get an idea on what type of soundtrack we want to use in our title sequence of a thriller film.
Looking at different soundtracks of famous thriller films we noticed that they weren't a good fit to our type of thriller, since we were looking at a horror-thriller rather than the ones shown.
Then we looked at the Shutter Island soundtrack and found the subtle build up and not so much focus on a melody was more creepy.
Looking at the thriller horror genre, we looked at the soundtrack to the opening of "Donnie Darko" (2001). We were captured by the build up and the use of bass to create a sense of fear. The genre was obviously established by the sound and you are encouraged to watch the rest of the Film. The opening didn't make much sense but it left an enigma and the music ended and faded as did the picture.
Looking at different soundtracks of famous thriller films we noticed that they weren't a good fit to our type of thriller, since we were looking at a horror-thriller rather than the ones shown.
Then we looked at the Shutter Island soundtrack and found the subtle build up and not so much focus on a melody was more creepy.
Looking at the thriller horror genre, we looked at the soundtrack to the opening of "Donnie Darko" (2001). We were captured by the build up and the use of bass to create a sense of fear. The genre was obviously established by the sound and you are encouraged to watch the rest of the Film. The opening didn't make much sense but it left an enigma and the music ended and faded as did the picture.
15 February 2011
10 February 2011
Storyboard - Old Boy (2003)
Here is a storyboard I have done during class time whilst watching the opening sequence of Old Boy (2003). I have done this storyboard so I know what type of shots are in an opening sequence, also for the reason that it will help me understand better what type of shots I need to have in my opening sequence.
In-Depth Interviews
For our audience research I went and asked two participants from our target audience a range of questions verbally, I then asked them to fill in the sheet with their answers. The questions were:
- How often do you watch films?
- What is your favourite film genre and why?
- What is your least favourite film genre and why?
- How do you find out about thriller films, and what is the first thing that comes across your mind?
- What is your favourite thriller film sub-genre and why?
- What is your least favourite thriller film sub-genre and why?
- What do you think is the most interesting thing about thriller films and why?
- What do you expect to see in your favourite thriller film genre and why?
- What do you expect to see more of in your favourite thriller film sub-genre and why?
- Do you have a favourite actor/actress that you would like to see in your favourite thriller film genre and why?
- Where do you watch thriller films most often and why?
As a group we agreed to ask these 11 questions because it would enable us to find out more about thriller films, also it would help us to find out more about particular thriller film genres and what makes them compelling to watch. These interviews were very helpful as they gave us a greater insight into what our target audience think about thriller films.
9 February 2011
Possessed Children
We have chosen to use possessed children in the opening to our thriller film; possessed means to be influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as an emotion. We have chosen to do this because children being possessed is in our eyes more terrifying than an adult being possessed as it is more gruesome and scandalous. This overwhelming and almighty force which cannot be controlled adds tension and makes our audience fear the little girl/s that appear in our opening, they don't want to know what is going to happen next - but the audience pleasure of escapism makes them continue watching. I edited this montage of images on photoshop to make the images more sinister and eerie.
8 February 2011
Mood Board, Final Idea
Here is a mood board I have made for our new and improved final idea. All of the pictures on the mood board in some way represent part of what happens in our opening sequence to a thriller film. I found these images on google and then after selecting the specific images I wanted I then went on to edit them on photoshop - I think this mood board represents our opening sequence well and shows what type of thriller film we are trying to make.
7 February 2011
1 February 2011
1st Final Idea
We have had some problems with this final idea, the idea for the end part of our opening to a thriller film would not work because it appeared to be to cliché as it had been done time and time again. For this reason we are still going to use all of the filming we have done for the first part of our first final idea, and we will edit it up until the point we have filmed (which was were the two teenage girls were mimicking the main actress). We thought that it was better to completely change our final idea so everything flowed together well, and so that our idea was unique and individual - and stands out from everyone else's.
Photo Shoot - Mood Board, 1st Final Idea
Here are some photographs from the photo shoot which we took of our main model. We chose to put her in two different outfits for a variety of reasons. The first outfit was a dark blue dress which is floaty and free, symbolizing her innocence and beauty. We also chose to put our model in a shorter black dress for the reason that we wanted some photographs of her where she looked older and more regal. Overall the photo shoot went very well, with Robbie as the photographer and me J'Nae as the director, we achieved our desired result and produced some excellent photographs.
25 January 2011
Preliminary Excercise
We noticed that we have made an error in filming and editing our preliminary excercise. This mistake is the paper was firstly put on the table, but then in the next shot the paper was in the actors hand.
18 January 2011
Mood Board, 1st Final Idea
This is a mood board for our first final idea which unfortunately did not work, all of the things on this mood board represent different parts of our first final idea. For example the magazine front cover headlines and photographers represent the young aspiring model getting stalked; the wall with all of the pictures and postet notes on represents the stalker and the idea of stalking someone. We edited this mood board on photoshop so that you can get a better sense and feel about what the movie would be like.
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