analyses of thriller openings

Heat.

There is a slow establishing shot of the beginning. Sound effects of hospital environment were heightened, this makes it seem more intense and puts the viewer in the environment. Also the editing sped up when he entered the hospital.

No country for old men

No sound to begin with this makes it seem rural and isolated. The narrative is a police officer talking about quite personal things that have happened. There are simple establishing shots and different angles of the strangulation, it focuses on the faces and this builds tension. you can also hear the wind above anything in some shots which make the shots feel more rural and isolated also.

Carlitos way

This begins with a man being shot which is against the convention because this happens at the end. Also its filmed in black and white until he sees the 'paradise' poster which is in colour which emphasizes this is his dream.

Sin City

The Sin City music is very much like thriller music beacuse of the long bass and the diffrent sounds what make you feel intimadated.

Also the way the writing is in red gives the effect of blood. In our short film we are could to use red writing to give the effect of blood.

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Today in media we pitched our idea for our thriller film opening.

People told us that we should not reveal where they are meeting as this could look unprofessional.

They also pointed out that we have not picked a location yet and should think about a good area to film in a forest. We thought about also adding some of the credits as typing up onto a screen. We were asked about sound and were thinking we could begin with the sound of typing but we dont think we will be using breathing like most sequences similar to this as this just sounds like a home made video and is not the feel that we are going for.

Everything else appears to be okay and we will go ahead with our filming.

BrainSTORM!!!!!!! part 2.

Micro elements for our thriller:

for the mise-en-scene in our thriller we are going to have to look carefully at costume. as stated before we are going to have to have one of our characters in lots of clothes to make them look masculine. the other person will just need to be in everyday clothes. we are going to use a baseball bat as the weapon for the killer to carry, we will also use a computer for the beginning of the sequence. we will need to use fake blood as well. we are going to film it in colour because we think it will give a better effect. the setting is the woods so there isn't really much we can change about that.
the lighting we use will be natural in the woods but when we are inside using the computers we may have to use lights.
we don't really need to look at make up because there wont be many (if any) shots of the characters faces.

for the camera work we will use lots of different shots. to start withe when we are in the room with the computers we will need to use the tripod, and will have close ups of the screen. then when it gets to the woods we will do hand held to help set the scene because it will be shaky to show what the characters are feeling. we may also use close ups of the victims face to show their expressions. we will also use long shots and pans of the characters running through the forest.

the editing will be quite simple because we will need it to have continuity and to be in chronological order. we will use lots of smooth cuts to get it to fit together well.

the sound is going to be important because we need it to set the scene. we will need to it set the mood for the rest of the film, for example in Jaws, we know that every time we hear the certain sound the shark is near. this is because it creates tension. there will be diegetic sound in our sequence because the characters will be breathing heavily when running, also there will be the sound of their footsteps on the leaves etc in the woods. we may also use non-diegetic sounds in it- like a theme tune.

we have decided not to use istop motion because after our children's film we realized it takes a long time to get it all together.
the only special effect we will be using is false blood and having the credits come up when a footprint is made in the mud.

BrainSTORM!!!!!!!

Macro elements of our thriller:
to start with only have us three girls in our group, so if we do the story line we want to do we will have to not show the face of one of the characters.
for the narrative we have decided to base it on Hard Candy where a girl and man meet on an internet chat room. will we use this as our title sequence, with the writing on the screen. then they will meet up and we'll have them running through the forest. we have decided to only have 2 characters because we have 3 in our group and need to be able to film. so because we're all girls we will have to have one of us wearing lots of clothes and masculine things to make them look more like a man.
the atmosphere will be dark and uncertain because of the fact that it is a thriller. when we are in the forest it will be darker than out in the open because the trees will hide the light which will hel to set the scene.

our ident

we didn't have time to do some of the things we wanted to do for example we wanted to add sound to the bear and we wanted to get the bear to move around then shrink to place.

Secret Window

This move follows the rules of thriller.
The movie is filmed in such a way you don't no who done what or what is coming next this is a good concept of thriller

Hard Candy

Hard Candy!

The start of this movie from 10 seconds to 18 seconds, when there is just the image of the screen. I would like to use something like this in our film. Such as an older person wants to meet a yonger person over the net. but neather of them no who the other person is.

I like the effect of this because of the way the story is set in writing.

review of previous students thriller

we watched a previous students video of a thriller opening and had to grade it using the marking criteria. we gave it a level 2 because it lacked atmosphere and they didn't follow conventions of a thriller because you could see the killers face. they didn't appear to consider mise-en-scene or camera work because they didn't use many different camera angles.

personal response

we have chosen to review Eden Lake for our personal response.

yea boy.

There was a sense of disgust throughout the film as this situation could occur to anyone. The way they torture the

man/couple is worse than you anticipate and shocks you. There is visceral reactions from the film as whats shown is not hidden from

the audience. You identify with the characters and this makes you have a stronger reaction. It creates a false sense of security because

at the beginning we feel we can identify with the teenagers, however once they begin to torture the couple we decide

against this.

when it gets to the tense part when the car comes onto the screen, the diegetic sounds of the car revving its engine makes us feel on edge.

Saul Bass Titles

Vertigo: As soon as the titles start to play, there is a image of and eye. This is also shown at the end of the opening titles. The eye turns red this could show that there will be blood in this movie. When the eye goes red then it seems like we are going into there mind.
The music follows the conventions of thriller. It starts off quite but then there is added brass music added in to make us jump

Capefear

cape fear is a thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. it was released in 1992 on the 6th of March.

it starts with an establishing shot of the water which is calming and relaxed. the music at the beginning of the sequence is also calming and quiet and it also has diegetic sound of the water splashing against the bank to help reinforce the calming sense.

as the eagle soars across the screen the music builds and quickens. as the beat gets faster the eagle gets closer and then disappears. the music gets louder and quicker still and then has a loud beat as the title "capefear" is shown. the water gets darker as this happens and and eye appears on screen behind the water. the eye is flickering around the screen and as the music dies the eye disappears. then the music gets slower then fluctuates.

Subgenres

Genres commonly associated with film can be broken down into sub-genres. For example, films within the thriller genre can also be classed as a cross of two genres. For example:

- Supernatural thriller - eg Paranormal Activity
- Action thriller - eg The Fast And The Furious
- Romantic thriller - eg Fatal Attraction
- Crime thriller - eg Godfather
- Sci fi thriller - eg Star Trek

The genre of a film is not set in stone; films can be a hybrid of two or more genres. An example of this is Batman, a Action/Crime thriller.


Paranormal activity

Paranormal activity is a Supernatural thriller. The film contains many elements associated with a thriller, but also takes ideas from the supernatural genre, such as ghosts/spiritsthere are lots of little sub genres within the main genre of thriller. to start with there is the supernatural thriller where there is usually creatures that are not real involved. for an example of this sub genre there is paranormal activity. another sub genre is crime thriller which involves detectives, an example of a film which fits in this genre would be Seven. Sci Fi thriller would be Star trek. there is also drama thriller, action thriller and romantic thriller. the Sci Fi and action thrillers are now a lot easier to make because of the technology.

when it comes to deciding what we want to do for our thriller, we will have to take all of the sub genres into account and choose which one ours falls under.

Prelim task

Sound-

It starts silent and then the steady beat builds up to the main event. It creates tension because it represents a heartbeat.Then it stops and you hear a girl screams to show that she is scared. Then when it has a shot of the room you hear the music start again and the sound of liquid blasting out of somewhere. You hear a strange noise which creates a sense of superstition. Next a woman enters the room and screams to reinforce the horror.

Mise-en-scene-

Firstly he is on a bed and watching television, listening to music and wearing a football shirt which is a representation of the stereotypical teenage boy. the lighting is low because it is a small desk lamp- it shows that it is night time which helps set the scene because it is darker. also the fact that he is watching tele makes him unaware of what is going on.

then the creatures arms appear and pull the boy down through the bed. the blood then shoots through the bed which represents horror.

camera work

the camera work starts with zooming out to show that the boy is in his bed doing his activities. it then cuts to a mid shot of when the boy is pulled under.