Plan for last filming lesson

Our plan is that Kate will come to school at nine o'clock and pick up the camera and tripod, as she lives the closest. We will then all meet at the grand arcade lifts at 9:20. This will give us an hour and ten minutes of filming, which will be enough time to capture what we need to.

For our last filming lesson we need to do retakes of some filming we did in the first filming lesson to make it better. We have been practicing this so we know exactly what we need to do.

We also need to film a fight seen between Kate and Scarlett, which has been practiced to save us time. Kate is going to be acting as a second attacker by changing a few pieces of clothing, such as a different hoody and a change of shoes. If possible for one of them she will be wearing a balaclava for one of the attackers.

All the scenes that we are re filming have been practiced so that we don't have to spend all of the time whilst supposed to be filming figuring out what we are going to be doing.

We will need the same props as last time which is the rope, which is Scarlett is bringing and a balaclava that Kate will be bringing. Maria and Scarlett will be wearing as similar to the clothes as last time as possible.

We are filming in the same place which is grand arcade car park, mostly on level 6. We are hoping that it will be just as empty as last time and as it is the same day of the week and the same time we think it probably will be. If not we will just be more careful when filming to leave extra cars out.

Music Practise

This is a practise for the opening to our scene. We have tried to make it go with what we think our film will be like.
We used special effects that will create a mood within our finished film, we hope to create a tense mood and eery atmosphere to make our film into an action thriller.
The upbeat part of our music shows the element of action and will hopefully help to create suspense for the audience.
It starts slowly as at the start of our film we will have a pan of the car park flashing backwards and forwards to the victims who will be tied up.
We tried to make the music as dramatic as possible as we are not using dialogue as we think it would be more effective without it.

Analysing professional idents

This is the ident for Disney. The castle is recognizable as it it a real place known by children and adults. The castle looks magical which refelcts the genre of most Disney films which is fantasy.
It only uses two colours blue and white. This is effective as it makes the writing stand out, and is simple and easily recognizable. The colour blue also generally symbolizes peacefulness which is a message they want to give to the children. Light blue is also known as a mixed gender colour, so it appeals to a wider target audience of children.

The music uses different chimes which again gives the feel of fantasy and magic. It slowly builds up and becomes louder with the more instruments added, creating excitement for the viewer. This is important as it engaging the viewer and sets the mood for the rest of the film.

From all age groups the Disney ident is recognized and from all these things as they have always been the same since Disney began, which was a long time ago. For adults it will bring back memories and may even make them feel nostalgic.

Marking Past Thriller Openings

http://www.youtube.com/longroadmediastudies#p/search/0/rgfsMj-BD60

we thought this movie was really good and met a lot of the expectations. However, it did not meet the criteria of being a thriller movie as it was too gory making it more of a horror film. The effects used were effective in making a scary atmosphere and grabs the attention of the audience. It didn't use much variety of shot types mainly just close ups, however these shots were mostly necessary to keep the tension and mystery. It also disorientates the audience as they don't have audience privilege.
The editing effect of flashing up images and almost embedding them is really effective as it creates suspense and gives just a taster of what is to come in the film. Also the font with the titles and peoples names is really effective as they are kind of edgy and it fits with the music.

Sub-Genre: Action- The Bourne Identity

Conventions
-Obvious antagonistic.
-Race against the clock scenario.
-More violence than other sub genres
-Disruption to equilibrium requires the protagonist to use action to solve it (most be still from some form of combat)
-Usually involves a character of the opposite sex to drive the narrative (however, their loyalty may be doubted, double cross scenario).
-Often involves high character profiles.
examples are: The Bourne Series, James Bond, Mission Impossible

The Bourne Identity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD-uQreIwEk

The trailer starts with the usual universal pictures ident but with a scope of a gun over it. This tells the audience straight away that this film is an action film.

The actual first bit of the montage is introducing the main character, he looks like a normal guy from his costume, however the next shot we see him in a fight scene, using moves that only trained fighters would know.

The whole trailer is a race against the clock, as he is trying to find out who he is and why these people are after him, which is a typical convention of an action thriller.
Men in suits are shown in an office environment giving the impression they are in a city or general urban location and we are not sure if they are the protagonist or antagonist.

Lots of guns and other weapons are used to create excitement and a thrill. It also creates suspense for the audience as people usually get hurt or killed with weapons and the audience don't know who it will be.

A women is brought in to add more to the story as it creates also a love story which will appeal to a wider target audience. Also she may be a antagonist which creates tension. She is also beautiful which is typical for the sub-genre as it gives the men in the audience a thrill.

The music uses diegetic and non diegetic sound. However the main soundtrack is fast paced and dramatic which exaggerates the action being shown in pictures. It also makes the audience tense and eager to watch the film. Without the music the trailer would not have the same effect.

The main character is the actor Matt Damon, who is well known in Hollywood, and is found attractive by women which is an added selling point for the film. He may also be idolized by young males.

Sub-Genre: Psychological-American Psycho

Conventions
-Drama/mystery
-Danger on a mental level rather than physical
-2 or more characters praying on the minds of each other to create conflict
or one solitary character in the mental conflict with their own minds
-Characters try and discover their own purpose
-Characters have a fear or fascination with death
-Narrative confusion of reality

From the trailer our first impressions of him are that he is average guy who appears to be well educated and intelligent, as he is wearing a suit and shown in an office environment giving us the impression he is hard working and earns a lot of money. The trailer also gives us the impression at the beginning that he is a womanizer as it shows him interacting with lots of different women. In the first few shots he is shown smiling and laughing, he comes across as a friendly guy, however in later scenes of the trailer his friendliness seems to be odd and slightly too forward and we begin to suspect there is something more to him

The shot that changes our opinion of him is one where he appears naked and is holding a chainsaw chasing a women who is obviously distressed and scared. It here forth becomes apparent that he is a psycho, fitting with the name of the film.

It is then clear that there is something wrong with him and that he is fascinated and obsessed with killing people, mainly women. It is clear that he is aware he is not normal as he can interact with people, who believe him to be normal but then changes and becomes slightly odd and ultimately ending up with him killing them.

preliminary film

taken

The begining of this sequence starts with only diegetic sounds, there is the conversation between the girl and her father and the upbeat music that Amanda is playing. This makes the audience feel relaxed. When the music that Amanda is playing can not be heard any more the conversation gets more tense, making the atmosphere more tense. When Amanda is being taken non diegetic sounds are used, they are high pitched and add to the diegetic sounds already there of her screams. These sounds carry on throughout the phone conversation, adding to the suspense and tension that the audience is feeling, wondering if she is going to get taken or not. When the villains are speaking they talk in a different language. This adds even more suspense as the audience has no idea why the men are taking her and if they could understand what they were saying, the audience would know. From when she is taken only diegetic sounds are used, these sounds are her screaming and the phone conversation.

Editing is also used to add tension to this clip. Parallel editing is used for the phone conversation. It shows both sides of the phone conversation and whilst one is in lots of danger there isn't much the other person could do. This makes us feel sympathy for the dad as the audience can hear how hard he is trying to help her, and by all the equipment he takes out the audience can tell how prepared he is for those sorts of situations. Editing is used effectively during the part when Amanda is being taken. The camera is cutting quickly between Amanda, Kim and the dad the shots lasts for just enough time to see all of their reactions. This makes the audience feel sympathy for Kim and Amanda, as Amanda is being taken and Kim looks terrified. The dads reaction is concern for his daughter but then after stays calm making him seem very in control.

The settings of the two sides of the conversation are very different. One is in a dark room and one is a huge house, full of light. At first the audience feel the jelousy towards the girls as where they are seems much nicer. However this changes quickly as when the audience realise that the villians are there they quickly change there mind to where they want to be.

The costumes of the people shown in the film are clothes that are quite typical for people of that age. This makes Kim easy to relate to for teenage girls making the teenage audience more emotional when she is taken. Men watching that have children will be able to relate to the dad as he also just wares the clothes that men typically wear.