Evaluation Question 5

Evaluation Question 4

WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE  FOR YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT?

For the thriller opening we created, we needed to ensure that our age rating wasn't targeted too low as the situations involved in the thriller film would not be suitable for a younger age audience.

WE CHOSE AN AGE RATING OF '15' FOR OUR THRILLER FILM

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR AGE 15 RATING:

- Could include Strong Language, Violence, Sexual activity, Sexual nudity, Drug use, Discrimination.

BBF - BRITISH BOARD OF FILM

What does the 15 symbol mean?No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.

WHY WE DECIDED ON THE AGE 15 RATING

As a group we considered which age groups would prefer this genre and with the help of our questionnaire results we came to the conclusion of setting the age rating at '15' instead of '18' for our thriller film. During our planning of the task we made sure it would be suitable for 15+ instead of 18+ as this would lead to attracting a larger audience of 15+ up to potentially the ages of 35-40. From our primary research we understand that the majority of audiences enjoy watching a film where justice is taken upon criminals and also including a twist adding to the suspense, as the audience will start to take part in the search for the murder, guessing who it could potentially be. Within our thriller genre we included attractive actors/actresses, knowing that our female audience would fall for the charms of our hero 'Tom Bailey' who is the main character. In the thriller opening the audience suspect that he is the murder but the twist in the tale creates thrill for our characters and the female audience start to fall for our main actor. 'James Bond' is an example of an attractive male hero who attracts a lot of female audiences due to his charm and good looks.

Evaluation: Question 3

We came to a conclusion that the best institute for our thriller film would be Warner Brothers Production. It is a well known institute globally that would attract a mass audience as they distribute there films by advertising new releases and cinema titles on billboards, trailers, adverts and newspapers. The media institute has also been involved in a number of successful films, so loyal audiences of Warner Bros will trust the brand, making them want to watch the thriller film.

Evaluation: Question 2

Evaluation: Question 1

Camera Angles

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Film Techniques

Match-on-Action Match on action is a cut in film editing between objects or people in which the two shots have to graphically match, helping to establish a connection of action and links the two shots, to make sure the shots make sense and continue fluently when the camera angles change point of view The '180 degree' rule The 180 rule is that the camera must remain on the same side of an imaginary horizontal line, perpendicular to the camera's viewpoint, from which the shot is taken. If the shot has one character talking to the other from left to right, the following shot must follow this pattern, by staying the same side. If this doesn't happen, the characters will not appear to be talking to eachother and it won't run smoothly, confusing the viewer as it will feel as if the new shot is being filmed in a different location. If the 180 line is to be crossed, the process of moving to the other side must be filmed, so the shot won't look like it jumped to another location. Shot Reverse Shot This film technique is use to show one character looking at another character, then the camera angle changes to show the character looking back and then the angle changes again to show the character looking at the first character. The characters are shown to be facing in the same direction, it gives the viewers the impression that they are looking at eachother.This shot could be used in my preliminary task, for an example when there is a conversation. This has an effect on the audience as it feels as if you are standingby their shoulder witnessing there conversation.

Thriller Opening Ideas

Analysis of Thriller Openings

Good Thriller Openings

This is list of notes taken in class, which i can refer to when creating my preliminary task and main thriller opening as this acts as a tick list of what makes a good thriller opening in general and at AS level.

Preliminary Task Ideas

Draft Script

SKETCH Set in a police station with a boy sitting at a table drawing a picture of a crime scene, the camera focuses on the picture being sketched by the boy. Fast pased editing to create suspence focussing on the sketch of a death scene. · Young boy sitting in police station drawing on piece of paper (Plain room, dim lights, just a table and a chair) · Zooms into paper with credits scribbled across, pans across paper · Close up shots of paper (boy drawing crime scene) – zooms into different parts of the paper, confusing the audience, leaving them in suspense · Boy finishes drawing · Policeman looks down on boy (high angle shot) “Is this exactly what happened?” - police man “Exactly” – young timid boy · Focuses on Police man’s face looking down at image · Shot of drawing – crime scene; dead people, weapons and a sketch of the young boy (leaves audience in suspense because they are wondering why the boy is there) – tense music adding to tension · Blank screen and title appears

Draft Script

DISTURBANCE  Setting shows a table with glasses of wine, setting a sterotypical scene where a couple would have had a romantic drink. It would be set outside on a patio, so the darkeness would be surrounding them with a dim light to represent the mystery behind the scene. *Opening Production symbols. -- Credits flashes across blank (black) screen -- *Establishing shot of scene showing the layout of a murder scene; zooms into particular items; wine spilt, glasses smashed, murder weapon and man sitting at table staring down at floor. -- Credits flashes across blank (black) screen -- *Shots of man getting up from chair and walking across room, shots following footsteps and shows blood splattered on floor. -- Credits flashes across blank (black) screen -- *Man kneeling beside her, Shots focussing on dead body (little girl) *Close up shot of man’s eyes, camera zooms into the eyes of the man then zooms out of eyes and the man is in the police station. “I want to report my missing daughter” – The only dialogue in the scene – Man who was in previous scenes is reporting his missing daughter. Audience left in mystery wondering why he is at the police station and what happened at the crime scene. -- Title Appears --

Draft Script

GOODBYE CHILDREN Genre: Psychological Thriller Set in an old fashioned large house which has creaky floor boards and is very bare, with a cold interior and exterior colour palette. 1st – Extreme close up on a worn, vintage dolls eyes moving up and down (alternating between three different dolls), close up on a bears eye and tea cups Black out and credits appear 2nd – Mid shot on white chipped wall where shadow flashes past (approx. 3 seconds of shot before and after the shadow had passed) Black out and credits appear 3rd – Close up on child’s feet walking up the stairs (wearing white frilly socks and T-bar white patent shoes) (+) you can see the hair of a doll fall down as the child is carrying it upside down Black out and credits appear 4th - Close up on doll falling down the stairs and smashing when the child drops the doll Black out and credits appear 5th – Back to close up on child’s feet walking up the stairs, following her to a balcony Black out and credits appear 6th – Point of view crane shot to the child’s mother yelling ‘what are you doing Sarah?’ Black out and credits appear 7th – The girl’s feet jumping off the balcony Black out, credits and title

Draft Script

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Genre: Crime Thriller Set on a cold winter night time of a small lake surrounded by a forest additionally set at a busy children’s play park on a summers warm day. 1stshot: Close up on a young boy’s head facing down in a lake slowly zooming out to an establishing wide shot of the whole lake scene Black out – Credits 2ndshot: Flashes of the boy playing football in a park – (including eye level mid shot, close ups on him laughing, his family smiling and on holding hands together) Black out – Credits 3rdshot: Long shot of nearby alleyway with a male antagonist character standing staring at the family (+) close up on his hands curling into fists Black out – Credits 4thshot: Close up following the football to the man’s feet in the alley way. Then an eye line match the man’s body till it reaches his mouth where he smiles Black out – Credits 5thshot: Transitioning between quick flashes of first scene from a high angle on the body in the lake and the man’s smile Black out – Credits 6thshot: The boy’s worries reaction to the man’s smile Black out – Credits 7thshot: Black screen Black out – Credit 8thshot: Title appears

Final Production

Draft Script

A Deathly Affair Genre: Conspiracy Thriller Set in an expensive mansion in Surrey, with large chandeliers, famous paintings framed and lots gold connotations in mise-en-scene, such as cushion, picture frames and wall lamps. 1) Extreme close ups on a letter of suicide, zooming into certain words which will slowly turn into credits through special effects, transitioning between each shot with bright flashes (approximately 5 varied shots) 2) From the last extreme close up of the letter the shot slowly zooms out to reveal a middle aged women’s hand (nails pained red to symbolize danger) writing the letter – credits appearing one at a time around the letter 3) A mid shot of her feet (wearing Louis Vuitton shoes) walking towards the balcony on the stair case and following her feet to a dead body of a middle aged man (wearing a tuxedo) with a large gash on his forehead – credits appearing one at a time in the scene 4) A close-up of my mouth saying ‘awww’ in a twisted patronizing way. – credits appearing one at a time in the scene 5) A eye-line match from the women’s to the body 6) A close up shot on the women folding the letter up and putting it in the man’s side tuxedo pocket and the pen which she wrote the letter with in his front pocket – credits appearing one at a time in the scene 7) Next shot is a wide shot from the back of the women walking down the stairs slowly with her hand gracefully ken on the banister. (lighting is going to be from the large front door, therefore showing her in a silhouette form) – credits appearing one at a time in the scene 8) An extreme wide shot of the door shutting– credits appearing one at a time in the scene 9) An extreme close up of the dead man’s eyes and zooming into the pupil transitioning to a black screen where the title will appear ‘A Deathly affair’.

Costume ideas

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Setting Ideas

Actor Auditions

We carfully chose six differing actors to aution for the role of the young women who is brutally muredered in our Thriller Opening. Each actor had to fit the role criteria which consisted of: -Long hair to enhance the feminity of the character - Be able to present a realistic account of a dead body - Slim to appear vulnerable - To have previous acting experience - Appear dead in a feminine, classy, vulnerable way  Jodie Horne Jodie fits the following aspects of the criteria: -Long hair to enhance the feminity of the character - Slim to appear vulnarble - To have previous acting experience As you can see Jodie suits the areas of the criteria that apply to her appearance and her acting experience which includes, GCSE - A level drama, attending stage coach and leading the school musical for two years. However she was unable to act as a beleive dead body and do so in a feminine way which are the most prominant aspects of the criteria, which without would contrast with the natuarlistic themed scene and would not suit the costume she would need to wear. Katy Jeffery Katy fits the following aspects of the criteria: -Long hair to enhance the feminity of the character - Be able to present a realistic account of a dead body - Slim to appear vulnarble - Appear dead in a feminine, classy, vulnarble way Katy fits the majority of the actors citeria with her appearance, slim with long hair, exactly what we need to portray a stereotypical women, her acting was beleivable and realistic and done so feminily, which was great and extremely useful, however Katy had only one account of previous acting experience of stage coach and the reference explained she was regularily late and occaisionally didnt attend, therefore she is unfit to play the role. Olivia Veale Olivia fits the following aspects of the criteria: - Be able to present a realistic account of a dead body - Slim to appear vulnerable - Appear dead in a feminine, classy, vulnarble way Olivia presented a very realistic portrayal of a dead women, crossing her legs would work with the costume and shows a very female position. However Olivia had little experience in acting, only taking part in a play when she 5 years old and her appearance only fits the criteria as she has very short hair, when it is necessary for the actors to have long hair to emphasise the femininity of the damsel in distress character.  Actor Pose Auditions Emily Hunter Emily fits the following aspects of the mark scheme: -Long hair to enhance the feminity of the character - Slim to appear vulnerable - To have previous acting experience Emily filled parts of the actors criteria with her appearance, being slim and having long hair. However, similar to Jodie, Emily was an unsuitable actor to play the part of the murdered women as she was unable to be able to present a realistic account of a dead body and do so in a feminine, classy, vulnerable way; this is ranked the most important part of the criteria as the thriller introduction needs to be naturalistic to ensure the enhancement of the tension and creation of an atmosphere. Hayley Sapsford Hayley suited the following aspects of the criteria: -Long hair to enhance the feminity of the character - Be able to present a realistic account of a dead body - Slim to appear vulnerable - To have previous acting experience - Appear dead in a feminine, classy, vulnerable way As you can see Hayley is a perfect candidate as she fills all aspects of the criteria, Her appearance is perfectly suited to what we're looking for, slim with long hair which we could fan out to emphasise, she was able to act as a realistic dead women with grace and has lots of previous acting experience including featuring in a marks and spencer advert at the age of twelve, acting as the lead role in three school productions, playing the parts of Alice in Alice and Wonderland, Dorothy in Wizard of Oz and Mary in the nativity - all female lead role who are vulnerable at time and face problems. Zoe Gardener Zoe suited the following aspects of the criteria: -Long hair to enhance the feminity of the character - Be able to present a realistic account of a dead body - Slim to appear vulnerable - To have previous acting experience - Appear dead in a feminine, classy, vulnerable way Zoe fits every part of the criteria perfectly, her appearance is exactly what we pictured the women to look like, emphasising the blonde hair as stereotypically the damsel in distress seems to be blonde (e.g. Kim Novac in Alfred Hithcock's production of Virtigo, Hitchcock was famous for using blonde actors to be murdered by the antagonist characters as he believed they were beautiful and vulnerable.) Her acting was perfectly realistic and lady like and she had extensive previous acting experience, she was an extra in the 's club 8' music video, also featuring as an extra on the hit UK tv shows - 'Eastenders' and ' Mr Selfridge'. Overall we narrowed down our six options to two, Zoe Gardener and Hayley Sapsford, they both ticked everything off the mark scheme due to their appearance, flawless acting and extensive acting experience. However overall we chose Zoe to assume the role due to her blonde hair which would suit the stereotypical vulnerable female damsel in distress and although Hayley's previous acting experience allowed her to be centre stage and assume the protagonist role whereas Zoe was not the main focus in her acting role, her experience were much more professional, meaning she was much more comfortable being in front of a camera.

Final Location Choice

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Questionnaire Analysis

Final Storyboard

Official Actors Chosen

Tom Bailey Tom Bailey was a perfect fit for our thriller opening due to his recent experience in acting. Tom recently played as an extra in the 'Harry Potter' sequence. His previous acting experience will be useful and he can help us by incorportaing his ideas. He can act with a serious facial expression which portrays the suspence as we as the audience won't know whether we trust the male character or not; as he is later on convicted of murder. Avability: Flexable Role: The innocent man convicted of murder Acting Expiernce: Extra for famous 'Harry Potter' movies Zoe Gardner Zoe fits the part of the innocent female. Her appearance is exactly what we pictured the female to look like; Pretty, tall with long blonde hair as a sterotypical innocent who would easily be lead into a trap . She also has previous acting experince, starring as an extra on 'Eastenders' and 'Mr Selfridge.' Avability: Weekends Role: Innocent female who is murdered Acting Expierence: Extra in 'Eastenders' and 'Mr Selfridge'

Storyboards

This story board is showing a little boy sketching, the camera will take different shots of the sketch as if its trying to explain a puzzle and as the audience we will be wondering was the sketch is trying to show us. The shots will be at a quick pace to build up tension, and will these shots the credits will appear. The sketch is eventually shown and it is a sketch of a crime scene that the little boy has witnessed. >

The final storyboard shows gangsters who are involved in a crime, they are trying to receive there money back but the man who it tied up doesn't have the money. The camera takes a shot from the tied up mans point of view with a fit going towards it and then the shot would go blank. This would be at a fast pace showing the action and making the audience question what these gangster characters are going to do next and what they are all about.