What is thriller

Thriller movies are full of action and most of the time guns are invloved. Action in  thriller are highly full of pace and sometime slow movement of characters is used to highten the tension. A thriller most of the time contains a hero that exceeds to defeat a villian in a film. Thrillers are made up of red-herrings, suspense and cliffhangers which all keeps the viewer of the film on edge. Thrillers mainly come across being these types; psychological, social and political tensions. Here is one of Alfred Hitchcock's sayings about what the audience should encounter "dip their toes in the cold water of fear to see what it is like".  

The art of the title

name of our film

After all the discussion that i and my partner have had about what we should name our thriller, we have now come to an agreement and finalised that our thriller should be called Entrenchment.

Looking for music for our thriller

At the moment we are searching for the most appropriate and effective music to go with our short thiller scene. The music that is needed has to build tension and suspense in order to have the audience on edge and to increase their anxiety. We have now created an account with mobygratis; which is a website that allows students like myself to download free music. At this moment were not totally sure if this website will be fully useful for our thriller because the music we've been listening too so far does'nt seem highly appropriate. Hopefully in the future we will find the correct music that is needed to have our thiller at its full potential.

our thriller

 
                           



This is here was supposed to be our final thriller scene, but we didnt allow it to be so because as we were editing, we didnt feel that it would be good enough to even be marked. We discovered that in many parts of the scene were very dark and unable to see the characters taking part. We also found that throughout the whole scene there isn't a sign of thrill taking place, this is highly unacceptable as we were set the task to create a short thiller scene. The camera shots were not suitable for as they were too long, as this is supposed to be a thriller scene again this is unacceptable. Hopefully now that we have realised our mistakes we will produce a much better thriller scene so that we are able to put it forward in order for people to watch and enjoy the thriller.

today we planned to film

Today we planned to do some filming to add to what we've got already, but were'nt able to do so because all the characters in the film that we needed did'nt show up because the more important situations they were dealing with. Hopefully tomorrow will be a day that there won't be any unfortunate interruptions.

Deciding the name for our thriller

Today we have tried to decide the final name for our thriller but will still have come across one that will be highly appropriate for our thriller. I and my partner keep attempting to come up with the most oustanding name but each time we keep on disagreeing and changing it. Hopefully in the future time we will come with a suitable name that we both will highly agree on.

Below are images of where our filming may take place.

Things did'nt go to plan

We spent alot of time filming and editing what was suppose to be our final piece begining of our thriller. We eventually realise that the final out come was'nt most appropriate; we decided not to use this as our opening to a thriller because we had recorded 1minute 50seconds  of worthless footage. We gathered that our thriller needed many different angle shots to allow more suspense to show, also we have decided to come up with a better story line too. We have posted this onto our blog so that you can have a view of our origonal plan.

Recording

today we managed to record most of the beginning of the scene so we could edit the following day, we waited until it was dark so we could start recording , we recorded the black sky so we could put our ident on top which will create a very scary effect.
we finally the managed to film which took us quiet allot of time because of the amount of shots we put in because in order to get a good grade the amount and the quality of shots have to be a very good standard.

Sound

sound in a film is highly important because it will help shape a film to have it reach its full potential. These type of sounds below are used in many film we watch today.

Diegetic sound is sound that is part of the film world we are viewing. This can be dialogue, music or sound effects that comes from a source within the film world. In this instance the music will be from a source in the film which we notice could actually be producing music, which for example a CD player or jukebox.

Nondiegetic sound is sound which we dont realise as part of the film world such as a voice-over or background music, titles, subtitles and captions.

Parallel sound is sound that matches to an image or action shown.

Contrapuntal sound is sound that does'nt match to an image or action.

Lighting assists to convey how the mood or atmosphere of a particular scene we are subjecting to. If an object or gesture is brightly lit upon with a light, it will show the importance of this moment of the storyline whilst irrelevant detail is in darkness. Shadows in a scene can be used to devolope suspense by hiding elements in the scene from the audience.

The art of the title

Film making
A title sequence is the cinematic method by which films and television programmes use to present their title. In lesson my teacher advised us to go online and look up the website "The Art of the Title". This site reveals the largest collection of film and television titles.

 This site has allowed me to understand why the title of a film or tv programm can elaborate the film before one watches, allow the information that is given out in a title sequence. For our thriller it is important for us to decide and include a title.

• Production Company Ident
• (Production company name) presents
• The producer/s of the film  
• Presents main stars
• Title of film
• Less important cast
• Costume designer
• Music by
• Film editors
• Production designers
• Other Roles within the film (i.e make up etc)
• Director of Cineamotography
• Director of Photography
• Producers
• Written by
• Directors

In lesson we were shown the opening sequence to 'Se7en'
The music used in this sequence is very jumpy and disturbing towards the viewer, the editing is fast and a flickering effect is created which enhances the audiences attention.

Health and safety risk assessment

Before we would proceed to plan and to do our filming we had to look at some health and safety risk assessment policy:
1 No filming in inappropriate locations
2 Check safety locations e.g. roads
3 Minimize risk of theft of equipment
4 When filming on location ensure teacher or responsible adult know where you are and have telephone   number and when you will return
5 Check all equipment is working before you leave
6 Ensure you have permission for filming if necessary
7 Always film with at least one other person
8 Ensure you have the permission of those you are filming

Graphic match

A graphic match in a film is a smooth visual transfer from one fram to the next; when two consecutive shots are matched in terms of the way they look. For our thriller we will be looking to add this technique because we believe that it will add a great effect and enhance the thrill and suspense.

planning

Our plan for our thriller includes money, drug dealing and violence. Our first scene of the opening to our thriller begins with showing a veiw of a town at night time, revealing shop and cars driving by. This then dissolves into a hooded person on the phone talking to his drug dealer, the hooded person then finishes his talk on the phone and begins to walk to his destination. The dealer is in a car with one of his good friends talking and laughing about things that had happened in the past. The friend exits the car and begins to walk to his next destination, as he drifts along he sees the hooded person and they both walk by with gazing with tenson with one another but continue on to where they need to be. Eventually we see the hooded person approach the car of his dealer, the dealer winds down the window of his car and they make an exchange. We then find the hooded person on the phone speaking and saying how he got robbed from doing the drug deal, and then we come to see a distinctive man suited up in a business suit saying that hes coming to kill the person who robbed him, whille he is surrounded with money on his desk with a shot-gun, and a pistol in his hand.