Planning:Brief ideas for our thriller film

We decided to mind map a few brief ideas of what we want our thriller to be like, these brief ideas included:

• Roles in the group - what each individual member will be contributing to the task.

• Location - just a few short ideas on where we want some of our scenes to be shot e.g. woods/beside a pond.

• Plot ideas - we decided to brainstorm a few plot ideas we may incorporate in our thriller. However these notes are brief and may not be followed as written.

• Genre - we decided we want to mix the horror/thriller genre as it gives us a wider audience of film lovers and we believe by adding the horror element we can incorporate more effects.

Research:Lighting Effects

We decided to play about with lighting within our group. We tried to use un natural lighting in a dark room to give the character a rather sinister look.

In this photo it shows the character (Frank) with the un natural light source shining on the right side of his face showing his facial expressions. Whereas on the right side of his face there is no light and therefore creates a mysterious and sinister effect. We may consider using this effect in our thriller. Also in this photo the lighting creates a shadow effect in the background, this was not intentional however is a technique we could look into using.

In this photo we decided to put the un natural light so it was shining under the chin of our character (Frank) this created the sinister effect we were looking for as it shows all facial expressions but doesn't give off any of the background. This again is a technique we may consider using in our thriller.

Research:Seven Textual Analysis

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Research:Effects of cut aways

Effects of cut aways

 

we have done this post to show how different techniques can change the ways in which certain scenes can be perceived. one scene could be seen as a different genre depending on what ios to follow, it can create a different emotion.

 



This use of a cut away above makes the character on the left look crazy and sinister with the character smirking at a dead body. However the cut away below shows a characters reaction to another character making a funny face which makes the scene much more comedic and funny.

Preliminary Task Evaluation

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Conventions Of A Thriller

What Is A Thriller?

A thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, gaming and television. It includes numerous, often overlapping sub-genres. Here are a few examples of  the different kind of thrillers:

 

Spy thrillers (James Bond)

Political thrillers (Argo)

Military thrillers (saving private Ryan)

Conspiracy thrillers (The insider)

Medical thrillers (Coma)

Forensic thrillers (the bone collector)

Psychological thrillers (seven)

Horror thriller (silence of the lambs)

Common Characteristics And Features

Suspense music
 

Low key lighting

Quick cuts

Shadows
 Long corridors         

Ringing phone (no answer)

Hidden characters (shower curtain)

Close ups (not showing much of the scenery)
 
Often overlap with mystery stories but are distinguished by the structure of their plot

Thrillers often occur on a much grander scale: crimes are more serious

Standard plot elements include a sense of jeopardy.

Climax: when hero finally defeats villain, saving him and others.

Some thrillers are influenced by film noir and tragedy, the hero can get killed.

Often take place wholly or partly in exotic or dramatic settings e.g. cities, deserts, churches, airports, subways, Polar Regions, the woods or high seas.

Finished Preliminary Task

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