Antagonist Comparison

The antagonist in our thriller could be compared to the killer in American Psycho, because at the beginning they both regret the killings and are unsure of why they do it, but continue to do so anyway. This results in a number of murders, that the antagonist in our film will eventually do, and both killers eventually enjoy this.
However, the killer in American Psycho is a powerful businessman, and therefore has more power to get to his victims, whereas our antagonist is just an average guy therefore performs his murders down an alleyway so it is more of a risk where he is more likely to get caught which adds to the thrill of the film.

Plot Outline Part 2

The first scene will show a sink in which the murderer will be washing his hands, having the blood washing away down the sink. We will then keep coming back to this scene but in between there are flashbacks of the lead up to the murder and then the murder itself which happens with a fight so the violence is more for a thriller not a horror. There will then be some flashback shots of after the murder to ensure that the sequence is long enough. This murder takes place down a alleyway during evening time so that the dark creates mystery. The flashbacks will be in a blue tint to distinguish that they are actually flashbacks and aren't present time.

feedback on our presentation

Questions which were asked for analysis of our presentation:

Which film are similar to our idea? Our idea is based on American Psycho, in which an average guy ends up killing people for no reason, and the victims are helpless and don't attempt to fight back.

How will we create the blood effect? We will use fake blood, or food dye rather than ketchup as that wouldn't run well down the sink for our opening scene.

Who will be acting in the film? Hannah is the victim who is murdered, as a girl seems more helpless, and Tom will be the murderer as he is the biggest and most threatening however the true identity of the murderer wont be revealed in the opening sequence.

How will we prevent our film from being a horror? The film will focus more on the reason for the murders and the antagonist, rather than the gory and actual murders.

Will there be dialogue? We don't want to use much dialogue as we think this will make the film more mysterious and keep the audience hooked as they are not sure what is going on.

How long will it take to film? We will need to film scenes outside of college so in our own time, however we don't need lots of props so hopefully we could be done with filming within the week.

Pitch For Our Film

This clip is a prime example of the sporadic and disjointed cuts we intend to you BAM in our crime,thriller opening sequence.

Narrative Ideas: starts of with a close up of sink with blood running down the plug hole,zooms out to man covered in shadow and washing the blood of his hands. Flash back to the previous incident. Flashbacks of incidents throughout the film. credits come up over the top of the film. lots of sporadic and disjointed cuts to keep the action and intensity up. the camera then turns on the face of the killer and he has his hood up with 3/4 of the face in shadow. the film keeps flashing back to the dead person on the floor and a the killer injecting himself with a unknown substance (heroine). whilst the camera is on his face he is heavy breathing and he is sweating.

Character/Actor Ideas: The killer is a shifty character that looks edgy. he has short stubble and is skinny. plain clothed and pretty simple. The person that gets murdered is a young blond/ginger girl. she is a normal girl that is horrifically murdered.

Location: first part in some sort of bathroom/kitchen.rest in some sort of house with normal rooms. maybe murder in a ally or walk way in town.

Certificate: the certificate will be as 15, the reason for this will be because of some scenes that contain mild violence and blood and may be slightly scary.

Sub Genre: the sub genre is crime thriller. look on other posts.

Style of the titles will be flashing and fading in and out, like flashing words.

sound: eerie,dark and slow paced

Ident

The 20th century fox, intro is an iconic symbol that evokes a sense of familiarity, making the audience comfortable watching the film knowing that it is an established production company and the film will be good.

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Today we explored different variations of sound, and how to input them into a film. We watched a clip from identity and attempted to create a soundtrack for the film. We used stereotypical elements of a thriller to define how we perceive the film.

Sound Terms

Sound Terminology:
- Diegetic - we see the source of the sound.
- Ambient Sound - natural sound.
- Non-Diegetic - sound that is added in special effects.
- Asychorus Sound - sound that contradicts the image.
- Sound Bridge - fills the gap between scenes

Analysis of Thriller Squence 09

This film was mediocre, we thought it got better towards the end but started bad as it was slow. The whole film was composed of typical cliches that made the whole film predictable. The film lacked any form of originality, which made it almost boring as the audience would feel as though they have watched it before. Although collectively as a group we thought the film was bad, it did meet most of the criteria to make the grade. They held a shots steady throughout the film, and there was a variety of shot distances, although these became hard to see with the dark lighting. The shooting material was appropriate for the genre of the film. However, the mise-en-scene of the film didn't seem as appropriate, as it was set in a house rather than somewhere unexpected or unusual.

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Marking Criteria for Video

Level 4 - 48/60

Demonstrate excellence in the following:

- Holding a shot steady.
- Framing a shot - excluding/including elements as appropriate.
- Using a variety of shot distances.
- Shooting material appropriate to the task set.
- Selecting mise-en-scene.
- Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer.
- Using varied shot transitions/effects.
- Using sound with images.
- Using titles appropriately.

Analysis of taken - action film

The conventions of an action film are:
- An obvious antagonist/protagonist.
- Race against the clock scenario.
- More violence than other sub genres.
- Disruption to the equilibrium requires the protagonist to use action to solve it - must be skilled in some form of combat.
- usually involves a character of the opposite sex to drive the narrative - however their loyalty may be doubted (double cross scenario).
- Often involves high profile actors.

This is the opening sequence of the film Taken.
This film contains the traditional conventions of an action thriller such as, there is an obvious protagonist. This is shown through the fact that the opening focuses on the same guy, and makes the audience feel sorry for him straight away by showing him as a loving father. Additionally, Taken involves a character of the opposite sex to drive the narrative, for example the mum and the daughter in the film play on the protagonists emotions. Furthermore, there are many high profile actors in Taken such as Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace and Holly Valance.

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir dogs epitomizes the sub genre of crime thriller, it follows all the conventions. It is set in a city, and gives a glimpses of a dark and unforgiving sub culture. It involves many devious activities, such as murders,robberies,shoot outs and double crosses. Characters have an ambitious desire to be well known within the crime syndicate.These conventions embody the sub genre of crime.

The film is also comedy which goes against the general conventions most crime films. The clip below shows this because of the music is happy and also the way they act is not really to the conventions of crime films. The boss is the man who gives out all the orders and this is typical in this sort of film.

anyalisis of munich political thriller

Munich contains the political conventions such as: The film has many different locations and the four men which are protagonists are trying to over through the power which the antagonists have over the civilians, from capturing 8 athletes and holding them to ransom. The protagonists are trying to over through and punish the antagonists for the crime they have just permitted. In Munich there are two sets of characters ranked by authority. The lower ranked protagonist has the orders to murder the 11 men who commited the munich Olympics, and the protagonist with the higher authority gives orders to the men to murder the antagonists and gives ideas on how to do it.

Psychological thriller

Fight club follows all the regular conventions of a psychological thriller. It typifies the genre, The main character Edward Norton has a split personality and believes he is two separate people. As the audience you have no idea until the very end. The whole film is a mind trip which adheres to the general rules of this sub genre. The narrative is often sporadic and non linear which is a common rule of psychological thrillers.At the very end of the film you see the plot twist and its shown in a series of flashbacks and montage footage. Edward Norton is constantly questioning his existence and leads him to set up Fight club. Fight club is a prime example of a psychological thriller as it follows all the rules of the genre.

Analysis seven opening sequence

classic thriller analysis

Vertigo Rooftop Chase Scene
Conventions.
The music is intense with a fast pace to create tension and suspense. The protagonist ends up in danger in the middle of the film, and the situation has become more complicated. There is a chase/ action scene. the scene is at night to give it more atmosphere and make it look bad. There is a victim, the guy that falls is the victim in this scene as he has done nothing wrong but falls to his death. The chase scene is typical of a thriller film as it appears in many other thrillers. Vertigo the film name is ironic to the sequence that we analyzed because vertigo id=s the fear of heights and falling.

Prelim

This is our prelimary task. Dan filmed while Tim and Hannah acted in it, but we all planned together. We learnt from the mistakes we made in the first prelimary task, where we had objects moving in the background, so that we improved this time. We knew the shots better so were able to execute them better so that the overall film looked better.

This is the storyboard for our prelimary task. we are doing it to practice continuity and making sure nothing changes within a scene that would confuse the audience.

Match on Action Shot

Match on Action Shot: This is when you cut during an action to another camera angle but showing the action from the same point in time that you left it from the previous shot. This is used to show two different points of view so that the audience gets an understanding of both but so that they dont get confused with the narrative.

Over-the-shoulder Shot

An over-the-shoulder is used during a conversation between two characters. It is effective because it can make the audience focus on just one of the characters reactions.

Long Shot

Long Shot: This is used so that the audience can see more of what is happening and therefore understand it more.

Reaction Shot

Reaction Shot: This shows her reaction to a proposal and she is clearly disgusted. The reaction shot is used to show the audience what the character is feeling or thinking without them having to say it.

Close Up Shot

Close Up Shot: This is used to frighten the audience, and make sure all their attention is on the shark, nothing else and show how large and scary the shark really is.

Establishing Shot

Establishing Shot: This has been used too show the audience where the film is being set so that they have a better understanding off what is happening and can help them see what the characters may be like from where they are living.