Costumes:Street clothes such as tracksuit, jewellery and caps.
Lighting: Natural lighting i.e. the sun. Most will be filmed in the afternoon and early evening. In the alleyways i will be only using streetlights in order to keep the shot dark. Actors: i will be having a group/gang in my opening which will include 5-6 of my friends, i also will need a child who will be played by my younger brother and his 'parent'
Make-up: None will be used.
Props: Gun, 'Drugs'
Settings:T
Most of my Film will be filmed at my house and around the drive. In this last scene, where we see the group walking off with the child towards the train station,i decided to shoot this scene here because the bridge adds a sense of fear due to the darkness it produces.
I will also be filming in my back garden and an alleyway in order to again create a sense of fear.
Title: Genre: crime, drama and mystery thriller. Rating: 15
Full story: After a young parent owes money for drugs that he recently purchased he finds himswlf at the end of a horrible crime. The gang decided to get their own back on the father, discovering a back path that lead to the families garden. They decided to kidnapp their son leaving the family in shock and in disbelieve. where the boy has gone who knows....
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Target audience
Before we begin any filming we have to look at our potential target audience and what they would would like to see in the opening. My target audience would be teenagers and also parents. I believe I would attract these two groups because firstly I'm using a gang and I believe teenagers would find this interesting and exciting to watch. By using a child I can pull at the heartstrings of parents as they can relate to that specific feeling of loosing sight of your young child. I decided to create a questionnaire in order to collect the information about viewers preferences in order to help maximise the potential of my storyline. This is the thriller questionnaire I gave to my target audience before starting to plan my own thriller film. This meant we knew what type of things they would look for in our film.
My questionnaire asked many questions to provide us with enough information to help create the best film for my audience. It included questions like what they would suspect in a thriller film, including type of music, period of time they aspect it to be set in and other features they would like to see in a thriller film.
This help me to create a film which would appeal to my target audience in many ways. The results revealed that most people liked fast paced music, which I may in our thriller to build up tension. Another question asked was if they preferred thrillers to be in colour or back and white.The results showed that they would prefer it to in colour as it seems more modern. I did not only ask our target audience but a range of different ages so I could compare the results and find out what the best audience would be for the conventions on our thriller film.
Final Storyboard
This is my final storyboard. It is pretty much the same story as my first storyboard except i took away some scenes in order to leave some suspense and make it even more exciting for the audience. I also took out one of the scene because it was quite repetitive and showed the same thing ( the argument at the mans house) which now also makes the opening shorter.
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Story Board
This is my first story board. my idea is about a man who owes money for drugs and in return they kidnap his child however this storyboard is very revealing and doesn't leave much room for the creation of suspense.
Thriller films that have influenced or inspired me in planning my own thriller
I have been thinking about doing kidnap opening which involves a child being taken as a result of an overdue debt for a drug deal, I believe using a child rather than an adult makes it not only more realistic but makes the opening more gripping and leaves the audience wanting more. I have taken inspiration from a thriller film, computer game and the missing. I want to try and use multiple settings to add more suspense and make the opening more interesting. costume wise I'm thinking of using quite modern clothing so its easier for my viewers to understand and relate.
Thriller Films
Gone Girl: As mentioned in a previous post Gone Girl is one of my favourite thriller films. Gone Girl is a 2014 American psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Gillian Flynn, based on her 2012 novel of the same name. The film stars Ben Affleck,Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris and Tyler Perry. I think gone girl has given me many ideas about what i want to base my thriller opening on. After watching this film i feel i could take inspiration from it. My thriller opening is going to be about a kidnapping. I want my opening to be enticing leaving people wanting more, exactly the effect Gone Girl had on me. As mentioned above this film is a psychological thriller. A Psychological thriller is a thriller story which emphasises the abnormal psychological states of its characters and plays on the mind something i want to try and include in the two minutes.
Other media products that have inspired me:
Watchdogs:Watch Dogs is an open worldaction-adventurethird-person shootervideo game developed by Ubisoft Montreal, and published by Ubisoft. Set within a fictional version of Chicago, Illinois, the single-player story follows a hacker and his efforts to seek revenge after the kidnapping of his niece. The open world design lets players freely roam Chicago, which includes the urban city, suburbs, open countryside, and the run-down neighbourhood that surround downtown. I remember being obsessed with this game because it was so addictive. The kidnapping storyline was so intriguing because at parts it was like watching a small movie. In the first part of the clip below you can see Aidan ( the hacker and main character) trying to find out where his kidnapped niece is.
Brotherhood:Brotherhood is a 2016 British drama film written, directed by and starring Noel Clarke. It is the sequel to Adulthood, and is the third and final instalment of the Hood trilogy.Ten years on from Adulthood, Sam is married with two children, and working multiple jobs to support them. This is violently changed, as a humiliated Curtis returns from prison, with the aid of a crime boss, to destroy Sam's life and family. This film really inspired me because it was filmed with such a small budget but still topped many film charts on the opening weekend. The trilogy is full of emotion and suspense, something I wanted to try and replicate in mine. I also got my idea about the gang from this film because it showed another side to the British youth and also made the film so exciting to watch. Another technique used in Brotherhood that inspired me was the simple but extremely effective camera angels and shots. There are many of the same shots repeated for example trailing shot which allow us to feel as if we are alongside the character and involved with their situation until we reach the climax where the tailing shot stops. Many close ups are used which allow us to clearly see the emotion and facial expression of each character. Noel Clarke also uses slow motion shots multiple times though this film this allows us as the audience to see what's perhaps happening around the character . It also shows a sense of fear as everything seems to slow down around the character which sometimes means something bad is about to happen this can also be created by the use of dark lighting used frequently in the film.
Ill manors:Ill Manors is a British crime drama film written, co-scored and directed by Ben Drew, Set in Forest Gate,.The film revolves around the lives of eight main characters, played by Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein, Keith Coggins, Lee Allen, Nick Sagar, Ryan De La Cruz, Anouska Mond and Natalie Press, and features six original songs by Plan B, which act as a narration for the film. Ill Manors is a multi-character story, set over the course of seven days, a scenario where everyone is fighting for respect., iLL MANORS follows eight disparate lives, all struggling to survive the circles of violence that engulf them. There is ex-dealer Kirby, who has just been released from prison, thug Ed who will stop at nothing to find his missing phone, troubled Michelle who is just looking for her next hit, young Jake who finds himself drawn to the local gang, Chris, who seeks revenge, Katya, who is desperately trying to escape this foreign land, and Aaron, our main protagonist who is just trying to do the right thing. Like brotherhood this fim was created on a very small budget. This film really inspired me because it showed the peoples different views on the 'flawed' political system and the issues the lower class come across, in particular gangs and the problems that come with them.
For our thriller opening we have to create our own music using GarageBand. GarageBand is a whole music creation studio inside your Mac — with a complete sound library that includes software instruments, presets for guitar and voice, and virtual session drummers. An intuitive interface makes it easy to learn, play, record, create and share your hits worldwide. GarageBand contains thousands of different sounds which is perfect for making our opening scenes music.
Noise of panic
The simplest examples of this are found in thriller and horror films, which employ dissonant, screeching sounds we unconsciously associate with animals in distress.
A 2010 study by the University of California found that human sensitivity to non-linear alarm sounds, such as ones made by groundhogs to warn about predators, is being employed by film composers to unsettle and unnerve.
In films like Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho, straining strings and overblowing brass are mimicking the noise of panic in nature.
For audiences who enjoy a lush romantic score, a 2011 experiment at Canada's McGill University studied the neural mechanics of why humans get goosebumps from great tunes.
Extreme vibrations
Some filmmakers are now using infrasound to induce fear in audiences. These extreme bass waves or vibrations have a frequency below the range of the human ear.
While we may not be able to hear infrasound, it has been demonstrated to induce anxiety, extreme sorrow, heart palpitations and shivering.
Naturally-occurring infrasound has been associated with areas of 'supernatural activity', as well as being produced prior to natural disasters such as storms and earthquakes.
Producers of the 2002 French psychological thriller Irreversible admitted to using this technique.
Audience members reported feeling disorientated and physically ill after just half an hour of infrasound, leaving before the most shocking visual sequence on screen.
In the 2007 horror Paranormal Activity, audiences also reported toweringly high fear levels despite a lack of action onscreen. It is believed this was caused by the use of low frequency sound waves.
The jabbing notes in Psycho's shower scene trigger the same response as the sound of screaming animals Examples of Music used in opening scenes that i could take ideas from:
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By making the audience wait, this creates a atmosphere of tension.
00.06
Introduction of Directors.
00.14
This shows the film has been adapted from a book. This shot is very clever because the shot continues as if the audience was reading a book and contains features of a book.
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Another clever credit. This time we see the names of the producers in a box surrounded by construction workers building around the names.
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shows the director of photography. The credit changes colour and effect representing a camera.
00.34
This shows the editor of Nerve. It also shows the screen being edited and coded as if someone was editing the credits.
0.43
This shot shows who the music is by, in the format of Soundcloud a music streaming site.
00.54
Stars of the film
1.04
Another actor. The credit is in the image of iMessage on the iPhone.
1.20
Actors name revealed in scrabble
1.33
Introducing the title of the film. The writing changes colour multiple times.
1.36
The Title of the movie starts to fade signifying the start of the film.
source: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/nerve/
Cape Fear
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This shot shows that universal studios produced the film.
00.30
Another production team involved with the movie
00.43
This shows a reflection on a lake of an eagle which already sets the spooky atmosphere of the movie.
00.49
Introduces the actors.
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Title of the movie. We can see an eye in the bottom left of the shot which again shows the spooky atmosphere.
1.32
Shows who did the casting
1.47
Costume designer
2.13
In this shot we can see the shadow of a mans body which adds a sense of horror and mystery to the opening scenes. This is potentially foreshadowing what is going to happen later on in the film.
2.22
Producer
2.28
Here the water is starting to turn red representing blood. we can also see a blood drop in the back ground. Signifying horror and mystery.
2.31
Director
2.36
This shot shows a multiple change of colour. We can also see someones eyes.
2.56
This is the first time we see one of the characters.
2.59
The Shot starts to fade now signifying the start of the film.
Back To The Future Part II
00.03 As the title opens we see the producer's name appear first on screen followed by the director's name. Which is unusual as we normally see the directors name last.
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Again we usually see the title of the film at the end but here we see it towards the start which could represent the 'Back to the future' element. we also usually read things from left to right but here the title goes from right to left signifying going back it time.
00.21 As the titles continue, it opens to a clock face and we can hear ticking clocks in the background, which again is obviously referring to time as time is the main theme of 'Back To The Future'
00.24
Here we can see one of the actors name. Due to a wider shot we can now see more clocks all showing exactly the same time. This makes us think that time is being carefully observed. We can still hear the ticking noise in the background. More names ofActors and Actresses follow.
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1.02
Here we see a newspaper article cutout of a someones mansion being destroyed. From this shot we can guess that somebody is keeping this cutout as they are not happy and perhaps want to go back in time and stop this from happening. This adds more mystery and suspense about whats going to happen later on.
1.12
We now see an empty bed. The room is very messy which can imply that the person who sleeps here is a very untidy person. During this shot we can also the the casting director.
1.29 We then see some timers and an active coffee machine without a glass in it, and we continue to hear the ticking in the background.
1.45 We suddenly see a tv turn on, to see the news and a story of how some plutonium has been stolen. This makes the audience think why the shot has stopped over this, potentially being key piece of information for the rest of the film.
2.01 The shot continues for us to see more clocks and contraptions, this time seeing an automated toaster and a robot arm opening dog food, this immediately tells me that the person living here must be some sort of scientist or mechanic. This leads us to thinking why does he have all of this.
2.09
2.47 We next see a door open and it seems to be a man with his skateboard, and we hear him say the name 'Doc'. This helps put together what all the clocks and the contraptions were for as we now know it's some sort of Doctor who owns this house.
3.03 After putting his skateboard down, he pushes it under the bed, for us to see a box of plutonium, which now we know why we saw the news report because it now means the 'Doc' stole the plutonium. Although we still don't know why he has this.
