Character Representation:
This is very important, within the films because this allows the audience to follow and understand the narrative of the film better. This is also important because the audience and the characters are able to be build relationships between each other.
Main Characters:
Darhyl - Boyfriend 17 Years Old
Shanelle - Girlfriend (Female Victim) 17 Years Old
Sean - Darhyl's Best Friend 17 Years Old
Antagonist Age Unknown
Roles Within Film:
Darhyl is a 17 year male, that started to date Shanelle his girlfriend for a few months. Darhyl started to to date Shanelle when he meets her at his best friends house party, little did he know that his best friend Sean liked Shanelle for a long time on the down low. The character representation of Darhyl, is that he is an innocent young teenager that is in love with Shanelle, wearing casual clothing but wearing light colours to represent the innocence of him. In the thriller his body language and facial expression shows that he is worried about his girlfriend throughout the thriller.
Shanelle is a 17 year old female that started to talk to Sean for months before meeting Darhyl at Sean house party. When she met him they instantly fell for each other, unlike Sean falling for Shanelle and her not knowing this. During the thriller, you see Shanelle is shown to the audience with the clothing's of vulnerable and innocent but has some secrets towards the audience. The body language that she shows to the audience is vulnerable and also her facial expressions when being kidnapped is shocked and emotionally scared for her life. This will impact the audience more as they can connect with her, and have feelings when she is being tortured and kidnapped.
Sean is the best friend of Darhyl's also the same age (17 years old). Even though he likes Shanelle, and he is jealous of it. He is still best friends with Darhyl. When he is being shown in the thriller he will be shown in dark clothing to show some evil within in him. the body language that will be shown to the audience is like a normal teenager but with the dark clothing nobody knows what he hides. Also in his facial expression it may look real but not what it could really be. This will impact the audience as it makes them wonder what type of best friend he is towards Darhyl.
Antagonist, is the unknown person of the thriller as he is shown in the beginning straight away. During this thriller he is wearing fully dark clothing, this allows the audience to see the evil and darkness that is within this antagonist. This is conventional the thriller genre as it goes along with the typical ideas that thriller's shows the antagonist as. The body language of the antagonist is stood straight up and shown as strong. This is because it allows the character's and audience to feel more fearful towards the antagonist. Furthermore the antagonist doesn't have any facial expressions as the face is covered up and there is no emotions shown in the face even when the identity is revealed.
Friday, 20 December 2013
Planning: Sound
Introduction:
Sound is very important when creating a film as it is i think it is the most important when making a film, because it enhances everything that the audience can see visually. This is because it sets the whole mood and ambiance of the films. I believe that sound is very important to plan out the sounds that we will use in the thriller, simply because the sound and cause the film to be more interesting with sound and what this also does, is allow the audience to be connected with the film or the actors to feel for them.
Some of the conventional uses of sound in thrillers are:
Non-diegetic soundtracks which are voice overs, this can be used to explain to the audience an event that happened or could happen within the scene that hasn't been shown to the audience. This allows the audience to create a better understanding of what is happening/ what happened. Also using this helps create suspense and trill emotion as the audience will be able to determine what will happen next in the scene. e.g. someone going to be kidnapped ETC.
Diegetic sounds such as radio's and TVs allow the audience to see and understand what is going on in the scene in a more clearer understanding; as this can be said to be based upon realistic sounds, this makes the scene more interesting for the audience to watch.
Off-screen sounds are to help build suspense and tension towards the audience such as footsteps, smashing windows ETC.
The sounds I plan to use in my thriller consist of the following:
1 - Non-diegetic, within my thriller this would be evident in the beginning of the film. As it starts off with the sound track playing and nothing shown to the audience. Also another scene where this is evident is when the boyfriend is at the house texting, in the background you can hear the TV playing. We do this in our thriller because it allows the audience to feel as the scene is more realistic because of what the characters are doing.
2 - Diegetic sounds are when the audience see the character playing the PlayStation 3. We do this in the thriller because it allows the audience, to become more intrigued into the thriller as it makes it more realistic towards the audience. With doing this, in the thriller genre it is more conventional as it most thrillers strive to make the film more realistic so that the audience have more of an impact that just watching a film, but actually believing in it.
3 - Off Screen sounds, is when we will use it beginning at the opening as the you will be able to hear loud walking. We choose this because, it is conventional to the thriller genre as it builds tension and suspense towards the audience. With doing this it allows the audience to wonder and guess what is going on in the thriller.
Sound is very important when creating a film as it is i think it is the most important when making a film, because it enhances everything that the audience can see visually. This is because it sets the whole mood and ambiance of the films. I believe that sound is very important to plan out the sounds that we will use in the thriller, simply because the sound and cause the film to be more interesting with sound and what this also does, is allow the audience to be connected with the film or the actors to feel for them.
Some of the conventional uses of sound in thrillers are:
Non-diegetic soundtracks which are voice overs, this can be used to explain to the audience an event that happened or could happen within the scene that hasn't been shown to the audience. This allows the audience to create a better understanding of what is happening/ what happened. Also using this helps create suspense and trill emotion as the audience will be able to determine what will happen next in the scene. e.g. someone going to be kidnapped ETC.
Diegetic sounds such as radio's and TVs allow the audience to see and understand what is going on in the scene in a more clearer understanding; as this can be said to be based upon realistic sounds, this makes the scene more interesting for the audience to watch.
Off-screen sounds are to help build suspense and tension towards the audience such as footsteps, smashing windows ETC.
The sounds I plan to use in my thriller consist of the following:
1 - Non-diegetic, within my thriller this would be evident in the beginning of the film. As it starts off with the sound track playing and nothing shown to the audience. Also another scene where this is evident is when the boyfriend is at the house texting, in the background you can hear the TV playing. We do this in our thriller because it allows the audience to feel as the scene is more realistic because of what the characters are doing.
2 - Diegetic sounds are when the audience see the character playing the PlayStation 3. We do this in the thriller because it allows the audience, to become more intrigued into the thriller as it makes it more realistic towards the audience. With doing this, in the thriller genre it is more conventional as it most thrillers strive to make the film more realistic so that the audience have more of an impact that just watching a film, but actually believing in it.
3 - Off Screen sounds, is when we will use it beginning at the opening as the you will be able to hear loud walking. We choose this because, it is conventional to the thriller genre as it builds tension and suspense towards the audience. With doing this it allows the audience to wonder and guess what is going on in the thriller.
Planning: Pre - Production Paperwork
What is it?
What the pre-production paperwork, is the beginning process planning before starting to actually film. With this in mind, this is where the director, producer and the crew members choose where they would want to film, and the actors that they want for the film. The pre-production paper work for the creation of the film contains of; location recce, production schedule, location release form, client release form and the risk assessment.
With the creation of the pre-production paper work it allows the cast/crew member to have in idea of what they are meant to do and where to be. Without having this pre production paper work, the crew and the cast members would have lots of complaint and there could be lots of arguments within the filming process. Also while filming we could be sued for any damage made because we wouldn't have any paper work.
What is a production schedule?
This is what, the times the people and the actors. Everyone that is meant to be at the certain location at the correct time to film the scene/s of the film. What this does, is allow the talent, the specific crew to be there, and the props that is needed within the scene/s as well. This schedule has all the times, location and equipment to be at the location to film the talent that is in the scene, with this schedule it makes it easier for the cast/crew to be able to film the scene/s that is needed as time cannot be wasted.
What is a location recce?
Location recce is the paper work that tells the cast, crew member's and the teacher where the location of where we are filming the thriller film/scene. With doing this, this allows us to show the other people how to get to the location with the directions from the school, this is also important because if there is an emergency that happens we inform the teacher and it will be easy from them to get to the locations with the location recce showing the directions there. This document has to be given to everyone that is cast and crew members, so that they know the location of where the filming is.
What is a risk assessment?
Risk assessment form is an analysis of the location and the props or just general risks that may occur while being in the location. What the risk assessment does is shorten down the risks to the important and more dangerous ones and also summarises how the production crew and cast can be able to over come them. This document has to be given out to everyone while part of filming/filming team so they have all the information about the risks while being on set.
What is a client release form?
Client release form is a legal document that is used in real production companies, what this document is used to discuss all of the terms and the agreements that have been set between the director, producer and the actors. This document is given to everyone that will be taking part in the thriller, as they will be apart of the cast member. This also thanks the actors for the agreements that they have made and for them taking part in the filming.
What is a location release form?
Location release form, is a legal document that talks about the terms, conditions and the agreements with the company/council/people that are allowing us as a group to film in the locations e.g. Albany Park, Darhy's house and Shanelle's house. With this document that has been given to the people/council/company that allow us to use the location, in order for this to happen we had to make the document clear that we have agreed and will follow the terms and conditions that they have. This show the production company that they have understood the agreements and their right to film on the premises of the location on our own. For example they have the right to tell use when we are able to use the location.
What the pre-production paperwork, is the beginning process planning before starting to actually film. With this in mind, this is where the director, producer and the crew members choose where they would want to film, and the actors that they want for the film. The pre-production paper work for the creation of the film contains of; location recce, production schedule, location release form, client release form and the risk assessment.
With the creation of the pre-production paper work it allows the cast/crew member to have in idea of what they are meant to do and where to be. Without having this pre production paper work, the crew and the cast members would have lots of complaint and there could be lots of arguments within the filming process. Also while filming we could be sued for any damage made because we wouldn't have any paper work.
What is a production schedule?
This is what, the times the people and the actors. Everyone that is meant to be at the certain location at the correct time to film the scene/s of the film. What this does, is allow the talent, the specific crew to be there, and the props that is needed within the scene/s as well. This schedule has all the times, location and equipment to be at the location to film the talent that is in the scene, with this schedule it makes it easier for the cast/crew to be able to film the scene/s that is needed as time cannot be wasted.
What is a location recce?
Location recce is the paper work that tells the cast, crew member's and the teacher where the location of where we are filming the thriller film/scene. With doing this, this allows us to show the other people how to get to the location with the directions from the school, this is also important because if there is an emergency that happens we inform the teacher and it will be easy from them to get to the locations with the location recce showing the directions there. This document has to be given to everyone that is cast and crew members, so that they know the location of where the filming is.
What is a risk assessment?
Risk assessment form is an analysis of the location and the props or just general risks that may occur while being in the location. What the risk assessment does is shorten down the risks to the important and more dangerous ones and also summarises how the production crew and cast can be able to over come them. This document has to be given out to everyone while part of filming/filming team so they have all the information about the risks while being on set.
What is a client release form?
Client release form is a legal document that is used in real production companies, what this document is used to discuss all of the terms and the agreements that have been set between the director, producer and the actors. This document is given to everyone that will be taking part in the thriller, as they will be apart of the cast member. This also thanks the actors for the agreements that they have made and for them taking part in the filming.
What is a location release form?
Location release form, is a legal document that talks about the terms, conditions and the agreements with the company/council/people that are allowing us as a group to film in the locations e.g. Albany Park, Darhy's house and Shanelle's house. With this document that has been given to the people/council/company that allow us to use the location, in order for this to happen we had to make the document clear that we have agreed and will follow the terms and conditions that they have. This show the production company that they have understood the agreements and their right to film on the premises of the location on our own. For example they have the right to tell use when we are able to use the location.
Monday, 16 December 2013
Planning: Editing
Introduction:
With the editing in the thriller we are making, I plan to use the research that i have done previously to help my thriller. This is because using the research, the editing techniques i have found i can use within the thriller. Using the research i know what editing shots to use to create the conventional feeling to the audience and know that this is a conventional thriller.
1 - Fade to black, in the thriller this will be evident when we use this to show the female victim leave the house and appear again when she arrives at the house party. Using this edit will keep the audience following the female and will have a smooth transition.
2 - Flash bulb, this is evident in the thriller when it is the party scene and the female victim is drunk and there is strobe lighting that keeps flashing. Then the flash bulb effect will be used to transition to the park scene when the female victim is walking home alone. We use this edit as it is at the perfect time to use it, and because it will go alone with the lighting that is going on at the time in the thriller.
3 - Slow motion, in the park scene the slow motion edit will be shown when the alcohol bottle will drop when the female victim throws it in the air and it drops. We use this because it can shows the iconography of what she has been drinking to make her drunk, and showing it smash when she gets kidnapped shows the audience the trouble she is in.
4 - Fast editing, this is evident when the antagonist has gone crazy when torturing te female victim. The editing speed is fast because the antagonist going crazy, with images of the female victim with the boyfriend. We do this to show the audience what it is like in the antagonist's head as it allows them to see whag motivates him to do what he does, and show why the antagonist is obessed with the female victim
With the editing in the thriller we are making, I plan to use the research that i have done previously to help my thriller. This is because using the research, the editing techniques i have found i can use within the thriller. Using the research i know what editing shots to use to create the conventional feeling to the audience and know that this is a conventional thriller.
1 - Fade to black, in the thriller this will be evident when we use this to show the female victim leave the house and appear again when she arrives at the house party. Using this edit will keep the audience following the female and will have a smooth transition.
2 - Flash bulb, this is evident in the thriller when it is the party scene and the female victim is drunk and there is strobe lighting that keeps flashing. Then the flash bulb effect will be used to transition to the park scene when the female victim is walking home alone. We use this edit as it is at the perfect time to use it, and because it will go alone with the lighting that is going on at the time in the thriller.
3 - Slow motion, in the park scene the slow motion edit will be shown when the alcohol bottle will drop when the female victim throws it in the air and it drops. We use this because it can shows the iconography of what she has been drinking to make her drunk, and showing it smash when she gets kidnapped shows the audience the trouble she is in.
4 - Fast editing, this is evident when the antagonist has gone crazy when torturing te female victim. The editing speed is fast because the antagonist going crazy, with images of the female victim with the boyfriend. We do this to show the audience what it is like in the antagonist's head as it allows them to see whag motivates him to do what he does, and show why the antagonist is obessed with the female victim
5 - Jump cut, using this in the park scene as it shows the audience what is happening in a distoreded way. We use this to try gain some fear for the female victim as we want them to feel scared and interested.
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Planning: Cinematography
The cinematography that i plan to use in my thriller are all from the research that i have done, as i have learnt what the conventional camera angles, sizes and movement can do in a thriller scene/movie. This research has helped me plan the cinematography in my thriller to make it conventional to the genre.
1 - Zoom Shot, this is evident to show the antagonist's storyboard in detail. With having the story board shown the audience can see what images and text that the antagonist has on the board as the camera will zoom out to show the antagonist standing and looking at the board. We have shown this in the beginning to show the audience that there is a unknown person stalking a female victim.
2 - Deep focus, this camera shot is shown when the female victim leaves the house and forgets her phone. The phone is shown towards the audience in deep focus which allows the audience to clearly read the text, while they see the victim leave the house in the background as a blur. We have done this to show that the iconography of the phone text is important as it indicates that something bad might happen to the female, and this shows information to the audience that the female character doesn't know.
3 - Panning shot, this is evident when the female character and her friend's arrive at the party. We have shown this because this is where the sequences of bad events start to happen, towards the female victim as she is at her most vulnerable moment in the thriller.
4 - High angle, point of view, this is shown at the party scene when the antagonist is watching over the female victim. And the audience is shown the vulnerability of the victim at a high angle camera shot from the antagonist's point of view as he is a tall and scary person.
5 - Long shot, when the audience see the victim leave the party she walks through a park and the antagonist follow her. The long shot is evident at the park scene as it shows the female victim being followed by the antagonist at a far distance. We have done this because in the park it is deserted at night with no body else around, which the long shot shows and also to show the distance the antagonist gains slowly when walking behind the victim.
6 - Reaction shot, when the female is at an unknown location after she has been kidnapped from the park, the audience see the female tied up and covered with a bag. Once the bag has been taken off you see that the antagonist reveals his identity to the audience and the female victim's reaction is caught when the camera captures the reaction shot of her. We have done this to show the audience the reaction of the victim while at the same time revealing how the antagonist really is.
7 - Medium shot, this is evident when the antagonist is torturing the victim, and the camera is behind the antagonist which creates a silhouette as the light source is directed towards the antagonist which creates this effect. We have done this to show to the audience all the darkness that the character has within him, and to allow the audience to become fearful of the antagonist.
Planning: Mise En Scene
The mise en scene that i plan to use in my thriller consists of the following:
- Lighting
- Setting
- Iconography
- Costume
- Body Language and Facial Expression
What i am going to do in the lighting in my thriller is mainly natural and low key lighting, that i am going to us as this is conventional to the thriller genre for my thriller. With the natural lighting this is shown when we will be inside the house of the female victim and also the male character (Boyfriend), because will use the house lights, to give the audience a calm feel and try to understand the characters first. When we use the low key lighting in the park and the unknown location where the victim will get tortured. The lighting in the park will be low key as it is late at night and it is hard to see, this is done to give the audience an eerie feel to what is going to happen. With the torture scene in the unknown location, there will be bright lights when the victim will have the bag on her head taken off to make is seem like she is being blinded by the light, also as the antagonist is torturing the female there will be a camera shot at a medium size which shows the victim get slapped by a machete and this will be show as a silhouette.
With what is going to happen in the setting of my thriller, is that there would be three main locations within the thriller, the first location is the house party. We use this because this is conventional because the teenage victim would go to a party because of her age. And this is where the danger starts to happen, as the scene develops you see that the victim walks into the park and this is the second main location as the victim get kidnapped at this point in the thriller. With what happens in the torture scene these is where the main action will happen as this is at a unknown location and this is conventional to the thriller because being in a isolated area no one can help you....
The iconography within our thriller is the phone is because the text that gets sent to the victim but she leave the phone at home and doesn't get the warning. Also as the scene carries through there is the vodka bottle this is what gets the victim drunk at the house party, this is conventional because teenagers get drunk quite often at house parties. When she is at the unknown location and the antagonist gets close to the victim gets the slap from the antagonist with the machete. As the victim has been knocked out there is a shovel that will be shown to show that the victim could be left for dead or alive.
The costume of our characters will be represented as conventional with the antagonist as he would be all black and won't be scene in most of the thriller. The boyfriend will be shown as casual, and so would the friend of the boyfriend. But the girlfriend would be shown as sub verse because the clothing that she would wear is revealing to show her vulranabitiy, but the colours of it wouldn't be the conventional light colour because she would wear the darker tones to show that she has some secerets
Will our main antagonist body language that will be shown is that he is strong and tall, to show the strenght and the fear that the antagonist can create, towards the victim. The facial expressions that he would have is straight face that would be scary and create fear but when he is happily enjoying the touching of the victim you see that his face will have enjoyment shown.
Our female will be shown as vulranable and weak as the antagonist will make her feel weak and have struck fear into her, so the body language will that is shown to the audience is that she is nervous and scared.
- Lighting
- Setting
- Iconography
- Costume
- Body Language and Facial Expression
What i am going to do in the lighting in my thriller is mainly natural and low key lighting, that i am going to us as this is conventional to the thriller genre for my thriller. With the natural lighting this is shown when we will be inside the house of the female victim and also the male character (Boyfriend), because will use the house lights, to give the audience a calm feel and try to understand the characters first. When we use the low key lighting in the park and the unknown location where the victim will get tortured. The lighting in the park will be low key as it is late at night and it is hard to see, this is done to give the audience an eerie feel to what is going to happen. With the torture scene in the unknown location, there will be bright lights when the victim will have the bag on her head taken off to make is seem like she is being blinded by the light, also as the antagonist is torturing the female there will be a camera shot at a medium size which shows the victim get slapped by a machete and this will be show as a silhouette.
With what is going to happen in the setting of my thriller, is that there would be three main locations within the thriller, the first location is the house party. We use this because this is conventional because the teenage victim would go to a party because of her age. And this is where the danger starts to happen, as the scene develops you see that the victim walks into the park and this is the second main location as the victim get kidnapped at this point in the thriller. With what happens in the torture scene these is where the main action will happen as this is at a unknown location and this is conventional to the thriller because being in a isolated area no one can help you....
The iconography within our thriller is the phone is because the text that gets sent to the victim but she leave the phone at home and doesn't get the warning. Also as the scene carries through there is the vodka bottle this is what gets the victim drunk at the house party, this is conventional because teenagers get drunk quite often at house parties. When she is at the unknown location and the antagonist gets close to the victim gets the slap from the antagonist with the machete. As the victim has been knocked out there is a shovel that will be shown to show that the victim could be left for dead or alive.
The costume of our characters will be represented as conventional with the antagonist as he would be all black and won't be scene in most of the thriller. The boyfriend will be shown as casual, and so would the friend of the boyfriend. But the girlfriend would be shown as sub verse because the clothing that she would wear is revealing to show her vulranabitiy, but the colours of it wouldn't be the conventional light colour because she would wear the darker tones to show that she has some secerets
Will our main antagonist body language that will be shown is that he is strong and tall, to show the strenght and the fear that the antagonist can create, towards the victim. The facial expressions that he would have is straight face that would be scary and create fear but when he is happily enjoying the touching of the victim you see that his face will have enjoyment shown.
Our female will be shown as vulranable and weak as the antagonist will make her feel weak and have struck fear into her, so the body language will that is shown to the audience is that she is nervous and scared.
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