In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
For our media studies project we were asked to create an opening for a thriller, a typical thriller contains many elements to keep the audience interested in the film. The audience expectations for a thriller is to be frightened or worried, he or she expects to feel a sense of mystery until the end of the film when loose ends are tied together and solved, however it could potentially be left on a cliff hanger in order for the producer to make a sequel to the film.
For our opening we want the audience to be hooked onto watching the rest of the film, we wanted three elements to our opening these are mystery, confusion and worried. I think that these elements will encourage the audience to keep watching the rest of the movie. Other things that are required the camera shots, we wanted a variation in camera shots, short sharp shots will keep the audience engrossed on the action along with some long length shots contrasting with the short shots to create a mixture of emotions. The dialogue must be accurate to what is happening in the film and related. It was important for us to create a narrative so that we knew how our opening would fit in with the rest of the film, it is important to create this as well as we know what to do and where each shot fits when it come to editing it.
To gain a good understanding of what is expected in our opening, we did some research of different thriller openings. The films in which I researched on were. ‘Seven’, ‘psycho’ and ‘Leon’ what I found similar in all of these openings is the use of a p.o.v shots. There were no big, out of the ordinary sfx so it gave a realistic approach to what is going on in the storylines. I felt that the directors in these openings, all had the elements in which we wanted to use them all contained a sense of mystery, confusion and worrying which makes all these openings successful and effective.
The use of camera work in these films is very successful. This is what creates the sense of confusion; every opening I researched contained so many short sharp shots building suspense and confusion till they reached a pivotal moment. This is exactly what I want to make happen in my opening.
I feel that from all research done on different thriller openings influenced my ideas because it gave me a good understanding of what is expected, also it helped develop some ideas i.e. a chase scene, or death scene. It also helped me in the shots I used. I used short sharp shots to show chaos and confusion, and long shots to show a drop in suspense and no emotion. All these helped my opening.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The group which we wanted to aim our thriller film towards is the teens, we targeted our film as a 15+ certificate, this helped us build a picture of what we can and can’t use in our opening. We wanted our thriller to be a modern piece so we had to have up to date, modern, fashionable costume, we gave the thugs hooded jumpers, this is because in today’s society, many people that wear hoodys try and avoid being seen, and a represented as thuggish characters. The class we aimed our film at was 2nd class working people, we wanted people to be able to relate to the film and achieving this was vital. Our film was also aimed at both genders; this was the reason for using both male and female actors and actresses. The representation of the characters in the film is a mixture of various characters, a suspicious character, thugs, an innocent female, and a victim. These were all represented in their actions and there place in the scene, i.e. the victim being beaten up, and the female being chassed.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product?
When distributing the film, there are various ways in which a product can be distributed nowadays. In my personal opinion, I think that cinema release is an old age thing and keeping up with modern times in the film we must keep up with modern times now. That is why I would choose to put the film out on DVD defiantly, rental to start with i.e. blockbusters (a well known rental company). And then release to DVD and sell in popular stores. Before distribution, the DVD I think must have a certificate to reassure the public audience. We would gain a certificate through the British board of film classification (bbfc). This company will rate the film, study it thoroughly and give it a rate i.e. 12, 15, 18. But the target we are aiming for is a 15+ certificate. The location of the film is the UK and the size of the audience we want to reach is a worldwide, i.e. USA, EU, Australia ECT. The reason for the choice of certificate and location of distribution was through other similar thriller films, which I had studied, these were 15-18 certificated films and these too were sold worldwide and very successful films.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience chosen to aim our thriller film at was teenagers around the age of 15+, to gain information about what the audience expects at this age we sent out questionnaires. The feedback I received from the results showed, that around this age the audience most enjoyed thriller films, action films and comedy films, which is a positive thing for our film. I then sub-divided the thriller as a genre into several genres again, the audience preferred action thrillers, crime thrillers and conspiracy thrillers. This giving me an idea of what the audience would like in the film. So a chase scene would be accepted and liked by the audience. Overall the research into the target audience was very worth while I learnt that the audience wants to see, action, excitement they also want the film to be crime related but with a sense of humour as well so the film is not taken to seriously but still has a cutting edge to it.
The demographics relating to the audience is where the film is aimed at and the likely audience we already know that the audience are males and females. There age being 15+. The psychographics of the audience are to be an audience with a very questionable mind, asking lots of questions and try to solve the film before getting to the end, at the age of 15+ the audience want to be able to relate to a film and sometimes idolise the characters. Another way the audience thinks is attitudes and opinions towards the characters. At the age of 15 everyone knows the differences between right and wrong, the audience however will react different to this depending on the point of view and whether they take sides with a bad character or good character.
The demographics and psychographics in all the thriller films that I researched all had different opinions and views. All contains the same level of violence and were all aimed at the same level of audience (15+), but the thoughts and mixtures of emotions were up to how the audience thought about each character and how they responded to them.
How did you attract/address your audience?
There are many ways we attracted the audience to our thriller, one element was the modern day representation of the film, we made the audience feel as if it could happen to them, it was accurate to today society and the audience were able to relate, another attraction to the film was the way we made the audience feel they were there using various camera angles, the most successful camera shot used was the p.o.v this put the audience where the action was happening and made them feel as if they were there. We were able to incorporate some camera trickery, which meant using editing techniques to create a realistic CCTV perspective during the fight scene. The mixture of emotion we wanted the audience to feel would play a big part of the opening, the main emotions we wanted the audience to feel was a sense of mystery, the feel of suspense, the feeling of not knowing what is going to happen next and finally an element of confusion. These engaged the audience into the opening and made them address the film in a manner of wanting to know what happens next. I think me met all the audiences expectations which we learnt when sending out our questionnaires I think all elements expected were met. The bbfc’s certificate meant that only people over the age of 15+ we met the bbfc’s guidelines. The certificate was a positive aspect because it meant that the audience were able to make a prejudgment on what to expect. The audiences reaction to the thriller opening were very positive, I sent out feedback sheets to three members of the audience asking them what they thought and whenever the film met all the key elements of a thriller, and did it meet there expectations, from what I received back it was clear that we achieved this, the audience felt we met the thriller genre and they liked the cctv footage, however they commented on the lack of dialogue and sound in the production was a problem. Never the less the audience enjoyed what they saw, and based on the opening they all said that they would watch the film through to the end.
What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product?
There are many things that I learnt about filming and editing which I did not know before I started. The camera we used was good camera, the controls were simple and the video quality was superb. The program that was used to edit the software was adobe premier pro this is a common editing software for video footage and I felt that I got to grips with the software and all its features, effects and controls very well. I have important thing I learnt is that it is not as easy as you think to film and edit some footage, there is a great deal of preparation and thought to filming. I wanted all of our shots to flow and connect well with each other and by using the fade in and out, and ghosting effects we were able to make this happen. Our biggest achievement when editing was our attention to detail, especially in the CCTV footage this was well constructed and worked really well with the rest of the footage. Overall there were no major issues when filming, it was very time consuming but this was necessary to achieve a good opening. The only other issue with our production was the realisation of the lack of dialogue and sound. It wasn’t until we came to edit did we realised we lacked this which at this point it was too late, none the less we managed to work round it, emphasising the sound that was captured, i.e. deep breaths, and footsteps.
Look back at your preliminary task; what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I think that since the first piece I had ever recorded and edited I have made a big progression; I have learnt various different techniques, tricks and tips along the way. My biggest progression I think was in the editing stage. The editing was the favourite part in the filmmaking and finishing process; my skills on adobe premier pro have developed increasingly. I feel my attention to detail has improved, also knowing what works where. And getting away with using the same shot more than once. The effects on adobe are great fun; they give you so many options of what you can do to your frame, each effect giving you a different shot type each time. I.e. black and white, negative lens, blurs, fades all these things I have increased in my knowledge. The strengths of my preliminary task was the way me and my partner took a fairly straight forward task and made it into an exciting, creative and imaginative piece. There was however a problem with the length of the piece, I felt that maybe our opening was not long enough so finding frames and making them last longer was an issue but we managed to get around it and completed the task with a piece 3 – 4 minutes long. Having the pliminary task to do before hand helped me understand how the cameras worked, also how adobe premier pro worked, I felt it was a good task in getting to know the equipment. I feel that when given a task like the main thriller task, planning is vital, having time schedules. And a storyboard, gave general idea of what the shots should look like. Doing research into the genre was incredibly helpful, it gave us an outline of what to expect and what to cover in terms of shot angles and techniques and the research into the target audience helped us gain an understanding of what they wanted. A problem during production was the lack of a tripod; we managed to overcome this though with a steady hand and using a street sign as support. And you could not tell the difference, all our shots we smooth flowing, neither jumpy nor too quick moving the speed was spot on this was our only real issue through the production. If I have the opportunity to re-design and re-shoot the film I would change the story slightly, make it more jumpy and surprising as a personal interest and also by adding a lot more dialogue into the film would make our piece extremely successful. Other than these two issues I felt there’s not a great deal worth changing my members and me were very happy with the result of the finished production. Keeping all group members happy was key, as we did not want any falling out. Each of us played roles in which we were happiest doing; one member was the cameraman, whilst others were helping with the acting and organisation. And when it came to editing, we all shared our thoughts and ideas and incorporated them as much as possible. Overall I believe that we worked very successful together and reach the criteria set by the audience to produce a good thriller opening.
Monday, 30 March 2009
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
film idea pitches
we had to create a pitch with 3 ideas for our film openings. a pitch is a presentation towards a group. askign the group for feedback posative and negative.
the three ideas that my group genrated were:
idea 1:
•Starts with a shot of the victim asleep in bed.
•Jumps to various other shots of a flashback from the victim of her husband being killed.
•You then see the killer from the flashback walking up dimly lit stairs, then jumps back to victim in bed as she wakes up to sounds on the landing outside her door.
•See the door fly open, then jumps to outside the house where you hear screaming.
the feedback we rechived from the audience was that the film would be to pradicatable and very similar to a film that we have seen before.
idea 2:
•First shot is a wide shot of a dark and gloomy lake early in the morning with a old man with fishing gear walking in from the left.
•Mid shot of the old man setting up at the side of the lake, preparing to start fishing.
•A p.o.v shot shows something rushing up behind him, he turns around at the last minute, this unknown creature kills him instantly and he falls into the dark lake.
•The next morning a group of young children find the old man’s fishing gear in perfect condition and a hole in the algae where it looks like someone has fallen into the water.
the feedback that we rechived from this idea was that it would make a great opening. but in ways of filming it would be very difficult and we would struggle on location and the set up would be very technical.
the three ideas that my group genrated were:
idea 1:
•Starts with a shot of the victim asleep in bed.
•Jumps to various other shots of a flashback from the victim of her husband being killed.
•You then see the killer from the flashback walking up dimly lit stairs, then jumps back to victim in bed as she wakes up to sounds on the landing outside her door.
•See the door fly open, then jumps to outside the house where you hear screaming.
the feedback we rechived from the audience was that the film would be to pradicatable and very similar to a film that we have seen before.
idea 2:
•First shot is a wide shot of a dark and gloomy lake early in the morning with a old man with fishing gear walking in from the left.
•Mid shot of the old man setting up at the side of the lake, preparing to start fishing.
•A p.o.v shot shows something rushing up behind him, he turns around at the last minute, this unknown creature kills him instantly and he falls into the dark lake.
•The next morning a group of young children find the old man’s fishing gear in perfect condition and a hole in the algae where it looks like someone has fallen into the water.
the feedback that we rechived from this idea was that it would make a great opening. but in ways of filming it would be very difficult and we would struggle on location and the set up would be very technical.
idea 3:
- There is a caretaker in a London west end theatre.
- As he is locking up and switching off the lights.
- There are mid shots showing him locking doors and switching lights off.
- There are some shots to show him doing his work but it looks as if someone is watching him.
- As he goes to lock the final door the camera gets closer to his back creeping up on him.
- He gasps and turns around and the screen goes black.
on our final pitch we rechived posative feedback. the audience suggested locations that would be sutiable i.e. stamford corn exchange, bourne corn exchange. and the schools threatre department. we thought that this idea would be a good idea because of location is easy to find. the audience was very helpfull when commenting on this idea because before we generated our pitch we thought this idea was already very good and that we could use the audiences feedback to make the film opening better.
Monday, 8 December 2008
my film questionaire. and results
Here is my questionaire i sent out to 10 members of the public.
Thriller film questionnaire:
1. Are you: male female
2. How old are you? 0-12 12-15 15-18 18-25 25+
3. What film genres do you prefer? (can tick more than 1 box):
Thriller
Horror
Action
Romantic comedy
Animation
Comedy
War films
Other: ……………………………………………………
4. if you ticked the thriller film genre what do you expect from a thriller film:
Action thriller
Supernatural thriller
Horror thriller
Crime thriller
Conspiracy thriller
Erotic thriller
Psychological thriller
5. What do you personally expect from a film?
To be frightened?
To have a laugh?
To be able to relate to the film / life experiences?
To see chase scenes and get adrenaline?
6. How do you to prefer to view films?
Cinema
DVDs brought
DVDs rented
Internet downloads
Other: …………………………………………………………...
7. What hobbies do you take part in?……………………………………
8. How often do you spend watching films?
Once a week
Twice a week
More than twice a week
Once a month
Other: …………………………………………………………...
when i sent this out to 10 candiadates. these are the results that i collected.
8 out of 10 candidates were male.
2 out of 10 candidates were female.
9 out of 10 candidates were aged between 15-18
1 out of 10 candidates were aged 25+
the majority of the candidates i asked enjoyed these film genres:
thriller films.
action films.
comedy films.
the least choosen genres are:
romantic comedy.
war films.
i asked the candidates which type of thriller film genre which they most expect from a thriller film. the type of thriller genres that were choosen the most were.
Thriller film questionnaire:
1. Are you: male female
2. How old are you? 0-12 12-15 15-18 18-25 25+
3. What film genres do you prefer? (can tick more than 1 box):
Thriller
Horror
Action
Romantic comedy
Animation
Comedy
War films
Other: ……………………………………………………
4. if you ticked the thriller film genre what do you expect from a thriller film:
Action thriller
Supernatural thriller
Horror thriller
Crime thriller
Conspiracy thriller
Erotic thriller
Psychological thriller
5. What do you personally expect from a film?
To be frightened?
To have a laugh?
To be able to relate to the film / life experiences?
To see chase scenes and get adrenaline?
6. How do you to prefer to view films?
Cinema
DVDs brought
DVDs rented
Internet downloads
Other: …………………………………………………………...
7. What hobbies do you take part in?……………………………………
8. How often do you spend watching films?
Once a week
Twice a week
More than twice a week
Once a month
Other: …………………………………………………………...
when i sent this out to 10 candiadates. these are the results that i collected.
8 out of 10 candidates were male.
2 out of 10 candidates were female.
9 out of 10 candidates were aged between 15-18
1 out of 10 candidates were aged 25+
the majority of the candidates i asked enjoyed these film genres:
thriller films.
action films.
comedy films.
the least choosen genres are:
romantic comedy.
war films.
i asked the candidates which type of thriller film genre which they most expect from a thriller film. the type of thriller genres that were choosen the most were.
- action thriller films.
- crime thrillers.
- conspiracy thriller.
the genres that were least choosen for a thriller film were:
- psychological thriller.
- horror thriller.
a question that i asked my candidates was, what do you expect from a thriller film?
the answer with the best response was that the candiadtes expect to have a laugh with a thriller film.
when a film is produced and launched i wanted to know how peopel best wish to view movies. the best responses were. dvds that were rented or purchased and movies that were veiwed in the cinema. the worst response was nonbody downloaded movies v.i.a itunes ect. to watch a new realese.
Sunday, 7 December 2008
the bbfc - the british board of film clasification
the bbfc is a organisation that watches and analyises films. after they have watched the film they give the film a clasification these clasifications are:
U - CERTIFICATES.
within this certificate the film must. have an apporpriate themes and be sutiable for a young audience. also there must be infrequent use of bad language. the use of nudeity must be ocasional and natural. no sexual content. kissing is only appropriate. during the film ocasional mild threat or menace only. no drug use is acceptable. and also any horor used must be taken into view that the younger audience is watching.
PG - CERTIFICATES.
within PG certificates more serious issues are featured. nothing in their treatment should condone their behaviour. mild bad language only is used. again only natural nudity is alowed.
sexual activity might be implied it should be discreet and infrequent. moderate violence must be used but it must be justified and by its setting. horor is alowed. frightening sequences must not be prolonged or too intense. any drug use must be as a anti-drug message. glamorizing wepons is not acceptable and must also be justified.
12 - CERTIFICATES.
within 12 certificates there are two types of certificates. 12A and 12. in 12A the veiwer may be under 12 but has to be with a adult or a 18+ resonsabile person. but with a 12 only people 12 or over the age of 12 may watch the films. no acceptions.
within these two certificates the films must contain. a sutible theme for young teenagers. the use of strong language must be infrequent. and any racial abuse is a particular concern. any sexual content must be breif and discreet. sexual activity maybe implied. sex refrences may refelect what its likely to be fimillar to most adolesants but shoudl not go over the top. violence must not dwell on detail. there shoudl be any emphasis on injuries or blood. threat is accepted and menace are permited. on the odd ocassion may gory moments provial.
15 - CERTIFICATES.
in this certificate no theme is prophibited and aslong as it is sutiable for 15 years of age. there maybe frequent use of bad language. nudity maybe alowed in a sexual content but without strong detail. sexual detail maybe shown but without great detail. violence amyeb stong but must not dewell on the fact of pain and suffuring. wepons must not be glamorised. strong menace and threat maybe allowed. drug taking maybe shown but must not be promote or encourage drug mis-use.
18 - CERTIFICATES
in this certificate. is only sutiable for adults only. and there are no rules or guidelines. there are two priniciples of an 18 certificate. these are
Education at ‘18’
Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality, safe sex and health, exceptions to the normal constraints on explicit images may be made in the public interest. Such explicit detail must be kept to the minimum necessary to illustrate the educational or instructional points being made.
Sex Works at ‘18’
Sex works are works, normally on video or DVD, whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing material which may be simulated are generally passed ‘18’, while sex works containing clear images of real sex are confined to the ‘R18’ category.
U - CERTIFICATES.
within this certificate the film must. have an apporpriate themes and be sutiable for a young audience. also there must be infrequent use of bad language. the use of nudeity must be ocasional and natural. no sexual content. kissing is only appropriate. during the film ocasional mild threat or menace only. no drug use is acceptable. and also any horor used must be taken into view that the younger audience is watching.
PG - CERTIFICATES.
within PG certificates more serious issues are featured. nothing in their treatment should condone their behaviour. mild bad language only is used. again only natural nudity is alowed.
sexual activity might be implied it should be discreet and infrequent. moderate violence must be used but it must be justified and by its setting. horor is alowed. frightening sequences must not be prolonged or too intense. any drug use must be as a anti-drug message. glamorizing wepons is not acceptable and must also be justified.
12 - CERTIFICATES.
within 12 certificates there are two types of certificates. 12A and 12. in 12A the veiwer may be under 12 but has to be with a adult or a 18+ resonsabile person. but with a 12 only people 12 or over the age of 12 may watch the films. no acceptions.
within these two certificates the films must contain. a sutible theme for young teenagers. the use of strong language must be infrequent. and any racial abuse is a particular concern. any sexual content must be breif and discreet. sexual activity maybe implied. sex refrences may refelect what its likely to be fimillar to most adolesants but shoudl not go over the top. violence must not dwell on detail. there shoudl be any emphasis on injuries or blood. threat is accepted and menace are permited. on the odd ocassion may gory moments provial.
15 - CERTIFICATES.
in this certificate no theme is prophibited and aslong as it is sutiable for 15 years of age. there maybe frequent use of bad language. nudity maybe alowed in a sexual content but without strong detail. sexual detail maybe shown but without great detail. violence amyeb stong but must not dewell on the fact of pain and suffuring. wepons must not be glamorised. strong menace and threat maybe allowed. drug taking maybe shown but must not be promote or encourage drug mis-use.
18 - CERTIFICATES
in this certificate. is only sutiable for adults only. and there are no rules or guidelines. there are two priniciples of an 18 certificate. these are
Education at ‘18’
Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality, safe sex and health, exceptions to the normal constraints on explicit images may be made in the public interest. Such explicit detail must be kept to the minimum necessary to illustrate the educational or instructional points being made.
Sex Works at ‘18’
Sex works are works, normally on video or DVD, whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing material which may be simulated are generally passed ‘18’, while sex works containing clear images of real sex are confined to the ‘R18’ category.
thriller films - 'seven'
camera work:
the camera work involved in the making of seven is full of p.o.v shots. the film tells the storys of the seven deadly sins and each sin follows a murder. the first murder is the scene that we have studied. through the first scene the p.o.v shots are used the most. the reason for the great use of this camera angle is because the two detectives are studing a death and all the shots are i nthere point of veiw. these shots show us what the detectives can see and everythign from there studying.
editing:
the editing used in this film. is the opening credits that are cleverly made show the preperation of the killer geting ready to kill. as he is preparing himself the credits are rolling past on the screen.
mise-en-scene:
the mise en scene that is represented in the film as all the shots are in order of one another. although in the opening scene we did not see how the victim died which woudl have made a good storyline the way that it follows form the killers preperation to the way that the detectives are looking round the house for clues. the order of the film therefore almost jumps out of order and doesnt make sense.
sound:
the music in this opening scene is very up-beat the music steadily builds more and more tension. the way that typical films are made is the music starts slow then gradually builds up adding suspense and tension in the audience.
narrative:
the story is in order of the seven deadly sins the way that they are listed. lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride.
lighting:
the lighting used in this movie is very very dark. there are a great deal of shadows and also many places for a killer to hide away. the first scene is a house that has no lights. no natural daylight although it is day outside the windows have been boarded up. the lighting that is used is a very dim bulb light hanging from the ceiling. when the detectives are looking round the house to see the murder it is very hard to see waht is around the house. overall i think that the lighting overall in this openign scene is very poor and when ewatchign i coudl not see very well at all.
sfx:
the special effects that are used in this film are the set up of each murder on each victim. the deaths are highly set up and the camera work in making the vicous attacks and deaths look worse and horrible is the way that. the camera work stays at a low angle to make the deaths look very powerfull and the thought of the killing gives of a message.
the camera work involved in the making of seven is full of p.o.v shots. the film tells the storys of the seven deadly sins and each sin follows a murder. the first murder is the scene that we have studied. through the first scene the p.o.v shots are used the most. the reason for the great use of this camera angle is because the two detectives are studing a death and all the shots are i nthere point of veiw. these shots show us what the detectives can see and everythign from there studying.
editing:
the editing used in this film. is the opening credits that are cleverly made show the preperation of the killer geting ready to kill. as he is preparing himself the credits are rolling past on the screen.
mise-en-scene:
the mise en scene that is represented in the film as all the shots are in order of one another. although in the opening scene we did not see how the victim died which woudl have made a good storyline the way that it follows form the killers preperation to the way that the detectives are looking round the house for clues. the order of the film therefore almost jumps out of order and doesnt make sense.
sound:
the music in this opening scene is very up-beat the music steadily builds more and more tension. the way that typical films are made is the music starts slow then gradually builds up adding suspense and tension in the audience.
narrative:
the story is in order of the seven deadly sins the way that they are listed. lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride.
lighting:
the lighting used in this movie is very very dark. there are a great deal of shadows and also many places for a killer to hide away. the first scene is a house that has no lights. no natural daylight although it is day outside the windows have been boarded up. the lighting that is used is a very dim bulb light hanging from the ceiling. when the detectives are looking round the house to see the murder it is very hard to see waht is around the house. overall i think that the lighting overall in this openign scene is very poor and when ewatchign i coudl not see very well at all.
sfx:
the special effects that are used in this film are the set up of each murder on each victim. the deaths are highly set up and the camera work in making the vicous attacks and deaths look worse and horrible is the way that. the camera work stays at a low angle to make the deaths look very powerfull and the thought of the killing gives of a message.
thriller films 'psycho'
camera work:
the camera work that was used in the film 'psycho' was a good example of how camera angles help to create suspense and tension. the shots that were used regularly were close ups and extreme close ups. these shots are used alot in thriller films as they create a sense of mystery and a sense of meteriousness due to the veiwer and audience not knowing 100% at what they are looking at. and when they look at the close up properly it is a key feature to the film and may represent something. in pshyco an example of a close up that was used was a close up of the shower head. although it it a p.o.v shot from the woman in the shower looking up. the close up of the shower head represents that she is unaware of what ccould happen to her. and also she is vunrable and incocent to the fact that she is killed soon on. an extreme close up used in this film is of the plug hole. the plug hole and the blood draining away into the plug hole. the blood drainign into the plug hole represents the fact that the womans life is draining away in the water. also a good example of a point of veiw shot is in the middle of the scene when the woman is being stabbed to death. here the point of veiw is from the murder because you see the murders arm stabbing and slashign at the woman taking a shower. a great shot during this scene is at the very end when the scene ends the camera is spiraling downing into the plug hole and then cuts into the next film. when the shots were taken the killers face or and part of the face was shown. this creating tension and a lead onto who killed and makes the rest of the story up.
mise-en-scene:
the mise en scene in the scene of this film is a very good example of the way the shots flow correctly because all the shower scene shots follow up on one another the camera work follows the 180 degree rule. and the shots go from the killer to the vitcim one after another untill the victim has been killed. the killer in the film is dressed in a
sound:
from the start of the scene the music starts and gradually builds to create tension. but when the killer enters the bathroom the music that makes psycho so famous is played. the music reflects the thoughts of the killer. the music follows the stabbing actions, which is killing the victim.
representation:
the people that are presented in this scene are. good vs evil. although this is a binary oposition the only people that are presented in this scene is only the victim and the killer.
narrative:
the structure of the openign is all in order. there are no flashbacks preset the clips follow on from one to another creating a smooth scene. the duration of the event is a long scene ad the killign odes take a little while but the diffrent camera angles and camera shots make up for this and therefore makes the scene go faster than what it is.
lighting:
the lighting that is used during this film. is all artifical lighting. the lighting shows all the shadow of the killer as he or she aproaches the shower curtain with the kinife.
sfx:
the special effects that appear in this scene are at a minimum. although the only special effect that is used is the stabbing of the victim and the blood pouring down the drain.
the camera work that was used in the film 'psycho' was a good example of how camera angles help to create suspense and tension. the shots that were used regularly were close ups and extreme close ups. these shots are used alot in thriller films as they create a sense of mystery and a sense of meteriousness due to the veiwer and audience not knowing 100% at what they are looking at. and when they look at the close up properly it is a key feature to the film and may represent something. in pshyco an example of a close up that was used was a close up of the shower head. although it it a p.o.v shot from the woman in the shower looking up. the close up of the shower head represents that she is unaware of what ccould happen to her. and also she is vunrable and incocent to the fact that she is killed soon on. an extreme close up used in this film is of the plug hole. the plug hole and the blood draining away into the plug hole. the blood drainign into the plug hole represents the fact that the womans life is draining away in the water. also a good example of a point of veiw shot is in the middle of the scene when the woman is being stabbed to death. here the point of veiw is from the murder because you see the murders arm stabbing and slashign at the woman taking a shower. a great shot during this scene is at the very end when the scene ends the camera is spiraling downing into the plug hole and then cuts into the next film. when the shots were taken the killers face or and part of the face was shown. this creating tension and a lead onto who killed and makes the rest of the story up.
mise-en-scene:
the mise en scene in the scene of this film is a very good example of the way the shots flow correctly because all the shower scene shots follow up on one another the camera work follows the 180 degree rule. and the shots go from the killer to the vitcim one after another untill the victim has been killed. the killer in the film is dressed in a
sound:
from the start of the scene the music starts and gradually builds to create tension. but when the killer enters the bathroom the music that makes psycho so famous is played. the music reflects the thoughts of the killer. the music follows the stabbing actions, which is killing the victim.
representation:
the people that are presented in this scene are. good vs evil. although this is a binary oposition the only people that are presented in this scene is only the victim and the killer.
narrative:
the structure of the openign is all in order. there are no flashbacks preset the clips follow on from one to another creating a smooth scene. the duration of the event is a long scene ad the killign odes take a little while but the diffrent camera angles and camera shots make up for this and therefore makes the scene go faster than what it is.
lighting:
the lighting that is used during this film. is all artifical lighting. the lighting shows all the shadow of the killer as he or she aproaches the shower curtain with the kinife.
sfx:
the special effects that appear in this scene are at a minimum. although the only special effect that is used is the stabbing of the victim and the blood pouring down the drain.
thriller films - 'leon'
'leon' opening scene:
camera work involved:
at the start of the film the camera is in the air flying over central park. this sets the scene for the play. then after it goes to camera going down the road like a car. nothign out of the ordinary seems to happen and there is nothing out of the ordinary. the camera then swoops into a door which is pitch black. the camera involved during the openign scene of this play is close ups of the actors faces. this showing there emotions and feelings. also in the scene there ar a number of extreme close ups. these are when the two actors are having a cnvosation after the camera ennters the dark room. the extreme close ups include a cigarette and the ash tray. the actors mouths and one eye each from the two talking. these are used to show the audience a sense of mystery to who the people are and that they are mysterious characters. also extreme close ups are used later on when looking at the lift numbers lighting up one by one. this added to the tension and suspense as the henchmen were waiting for the lift to open. point of veiw or p.o.v. shots were used in this opening when the actor at the end was firing his gun at the door. this is good for the veiwwer as they see it form the actors point of view and can add to the ecctiment of the film. also durign the film a shot is used to emphasise great height. this is a shot of a henchman looking down the middle of a stairway. the shot is used to show the audience how high he is and that it is a long way to fall.
above: these are examples of extreme close ups.
below: is an example of low angle shot and a p.o.v shot.
mise-en-scene:
the mise en scene used in the film. creates an atmosphere at the start of the film as the shots all flow together well as they go from the air, to the road and into the shop. then when the killings happen in the building the shots all tie in well togther to create a sence of being there. durign the opeing scene all the offits are normal of the time and add to effects. also the location adds a feel of a place of outlaw and a palce of trouble. overall the whoel mise en scene of the opening scene is good and well constructed.
sounds:
the sounds used during the openign of 'leon' the films opening starts with calm relaxing music as the camera floats over the top of new york and over the park. not a great deal of music is used from here on. apart from when the killer is seeking out each henchman. as the killer gets closer and closer the music follwos this and gets heavy and louder. the sound of a steady beat adds to the tension and makes a great diffrence to the audience alothugh the occasional silence is a good source of adding complete tension to a scene.
narrative:
the narrative used on this film is of non-ficional events. all the events could well happen and probably do happen every day. although the storyline is not based on a true story.
lighting used:
the lighting used in the opening of the scene is natural light and a bright day. this adds to the relaxation factor of the long esablishing shot of new york. but then when the two men are in covosation the lighting is almost non exsistant. thhere is no lighting anywhere. there is a candle light. the camera cannot see anything past the peoples close ups. nothign can be made out in the background at all. this shows it is a mesterious location and even in the brightest days it is a dangerous place. when the killer is out to get the henchmen the lighting used is alot of artifical light. this creates shadows and this adds to suspense and tension. and that there are lots of places to hide for the killer.
sfx:
the special effects used in this film. the guns are a special effect the amoutn of gun fire ex-changed during the scene is a large amount. the way the shots are fired into the wall punchign holes into the sheet of steel is an effect that has to be made by a specalist team. although there are not any big explosions during the film the only other added effects are the stunts of the stunt man falling down the stairs from the top which was a long way up and heavily influenced by the camera angle and the shots made.
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