Music for thriller

We want music to be playing throughout our thriller. Some potential songs are:












When we were looking at the music, we noticed that in the first clip "hush little baby" that it was very crackly and that you could not really hear it. Although this would be a good effect, we realised that we would probably be down marked for it.

Analysing Thriller Films.

Inception 


     Go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXkUzf1et4 to watch the opening clip.

The opening scene contains very tense non-diagetic music. The music shows us that something important is about to happen and gets the viewer interested. This music is played over the opening credits when we can see who distributed the film.

The music then suddenly stops as you see the water from the sea crashing over rocks. This immediately changes the mood of the film, from the dramatic 10 seconds with the music to a more calmer feel. There is then a close up on a man who is lying in the sea, in his clothes. The camera flashes to a boy playing on the beach, and then goes back into the close up of the man, starting to look up. The camera then cuts to a two shot, of the little boy playing on the beach being joined by a little girl. The camera cuts back to him, then to the children, and then back to him.

It then goes to a high angled shot, of a man with a gun looking down on him as he is lying face first in the sand. There is a zoomed out shot of a guard starting to walk into a building, then a match cut to a totally different scene.

 The camera then starts to zoom in so that we can see what is inside the room. The camera then cuts to the back of a man who is sitting down. We then see that the man who was found in the beach is being carried in,
in chains. The lighting is very dark and glum, to show that there is something sinister about the place.

The camera tilts upwards so that we can see the man being given some food, and we can see what it is.

Se7en

Location for thriller.

Here is the location for our thriller film. We thought that this would be a suitable location as it is a single, straight road, that not many cars go up. Also the tree's on either side going along the road adds to the spooky effect. We thought that this location would be perfect for the idea that we have come up with for our thriller film.

Thriller opening ides.

1. KIDNAP
  Caroline was just a normal girl, who stuck to a routine day in day out. That changes when she gets kidnapped coming out of school in 1996. 10 years later, its still not been solved and her sister wants to solve the investigation and get revenge, as nothing has never been the same. By herself, she slowly starts progressing as she finds out clues and thinks of why her sister would get in the car that took her. After years of investigating, she finds out some home truths, and discovers something in which she wish she never did...

2.CRIME
   the car-park has always got someone minding it. But the night which no-one is working, and the CCTV camera's break, a murder takes place. On the 6th of November, Caroline, mother of 2 children, gets murdered whilst putting shopping into her car. why her? why the night which everything breaks? DCI Miles has to investigate to find out who did it and discovers that it was planned all along.

3.KIDNAP 2
  No one heard her scream. No one came to help. No one listened to her cries and tried to save her. Now shes back. And she wants revenge. Did you hear her scream? Did you help her? If not, you're next.
 

Premiliniary Work

We have started getting used to the camera's and how to create all different types of shots by creating a shot film. We were told that we had to make sure that the film included different types of cuts and camera angles, and also a little bit of speech. The different camera angles that we used were:
High Angle shot
Over the shoulder shot
Point of view shot
Tracking
Close up

We thought that by using a range of shots we could look at which ones worked best for us, which ones we liked and which ones we didn't like. It also gave us the chance to work with the camera, know how to use it and also get used to using the tri-pod and seeing the different effects we could make the camera have (by using the tri-pod and hand held)

Hero's.

There are many types of "Hero's" in films. You have your typical Hero, the one who you can tell from the very start is destined to do well and will always save the day. Then you have the Hero's who don't always seem like they are going to do very well. They have a lot of things against them, and they are loners.

One example of this could be the Hero that everyone thinks is a failure. They have lost their wives, their kids, they drink, they live alone, they are in a dead end job struggling to see any positives in life. Then, they triumph in the film showing that although you may have things working against you, you can always pull through.

You then have your comical Hero's. A prime example of this could be in the film: "Johnny English". He is seen as a joke because he doesn't quite have the understanding that all the other Agents have. He does hilarious and silly things that make the audience want to see him succeed even more, because they want to prove to the people that doubted him.

An example of the typical Hero could be the Batman. Throughout the whole film there is no question of doubt that he is the Hero, and everyone (from out even hearing or watching the film before) knows that he will succeed and will save the day.

The 180 Degree Rule.

The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. if the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.







This is a short video clip explaining the 180 degree rule.