Friday 9 December 2016
Saturday 3 December 2016
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Tuesday 15 November 2016
Production Schedule
Actors needed
|
Props
|
Shot number
|
Date and time
|
|
Driveway of house, walking
to the front door
|
Chloe Daniels
Jonathan Daniels
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Car keys, house keys, car
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1-6
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8:00am
|
Walking through into the
house
|
Chloe Daniels
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Keys
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7-8
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8:40am
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Kitchen
|
Chloe Daniels
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Briefcase, knife, glass,
cranberry juice, fridge, cloth
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9-22
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9:00am
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Walking through the house,
upstairs
|
Chloe Daniels
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None
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23-27
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10:30am
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Bathroom
|
Chloe Daniels
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Makeup wipe, towel,
dressing gown
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28-43
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11:00am
|
Bedroom
|
Chloe Daniels
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Nail polish, lipstick
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44-47
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12:30am
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Walking through the house,
downstairs
|
Chloe Daniels
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None
|
48-49
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13:00am
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Kitchen
|
Chloe Daniels
|
Radio, tea,
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50-53
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13:30pm
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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Lunch break – 45minutes
|
Corridor/ house
|
Natasha Shadat
|
Doorframe
|
54
|
14:15pm
|
House
|
Chloe Daniels
|
Teacup
|
55
|
14:30pm
|
House
|
Chloe Daniels
Natasha Shadat
|
Knife, teacup
|
56
|
14:45pm
|
House (outside)
|
Natasha Shadat
|
Knife
|
57
|
15:00pm
|
House
|
Chloe Daniels
|
Teacup
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58
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15:15pm
|
House
|
Chloe Daniels
|
Teacup
|
59
|
15:35pm
|
House
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None
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Teacup (smashed)
|
60
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16:00pm
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Production Shot List
Shot List (60) by Natasha Shadat on Scribd
Thursday 10 November 2016
Vox Pop Evaluation
Vox
Pop Evaluation
For our vox pop we asked 12 students aged 16 -
18 to answer our six questions aimed about thriller films. We made sure our vox
pop was representative; however we stuck to a limited age range. This age range
makes it easier for us to acknowledge the realistic views that the teenage
public may have about certain thriller films. These questions would allow me
and my group to discover new information that would be extremely helpful when
it comes to creating and producing our own thriller production. This vox pop
was necessary as it would inform the four of us about their personal interests
about the genre thrillers.
What’s your favorite thriller film?
Limitless Taken Emelie Taken
Legend Se7en Black
Swan The Conjuring
Nerve Paranormal Activity Batman Hannibal
What makes it thrilling?
These 12 students had similar views about what makes
thrillers effective. The answers vary from the thrillers having low key lighting,
suspense, fast paced and unexpected plot twists. They say that a suspenseful soundtrack
that builds up the tension, action packed narrative, chase scenes throughout
the film and jump scenes are also elements that help to make it exciting and efficient.
Their answers are all conventional for a
stereotypical thriller film; this supports the thriller narrative that can
occur. This question helps us understand what makes a thriller thrilling in
order to be successful; therefore as a group we should consider most of these
generic fundamentals of a thriller film.
What kind of soundtrack makes it
effective?
This question helped me and my group understand that
this is also a significant factor in making the thriller effective. The typical
answers we received were “eerie, fast paced music, orchestra, upbeat, rapidly
increasing building up the suspense.” This shows how as a group we should make
sure to add these features so it fits the typical theme of a thriller film. The soundtrack has always been a favorite of mine
when it comes to thrillers, therefore I would like to spend a good amount of time
choosing a suitable/appropriate soundtrack that would associate with the events
taking place in our own thriller production. For example when a shock factor appears we
would like the soundtrack to correlate and set the atmosphere even further. The
soundtrack would evidently foreshadow upcoming events, which would be interesting
for the viewers to see.
What’s your favorite thriller sub
genre and why?
The respondents took a liking to related sub
genres and there were common ones such as action and horror. Also some other
students included psychological, mystery and crime. Within these sub genres there are many jump
scares that are quite popular, this is a way to entice the audience. The fact
that the viewers take pleasure in these types of films makes it clear that they
enjoy the props and the atmosphere that is familiarised by the mise en scene. A
couple of respondents chose psychological, this suggests that they like to
think more deeply into what they’re watching and don’t want to be passive
viewers. The psychological factor would propose them to question the narrative
and release more enigmas. Enigmas are a popular aspect that I would like to incorporate
within out production so we can have our consumers guessing and searching for
more answers within the thriller film. As
a group we chose our sub genre to be crime/mystery, this was chosen as they
quite popular within our psychographics.
How often do you watch thrillers?
It was found out that the respondents watch
thriller films fairly often; however it was more noticeable that the males had
more of an interest in watching it regularly. The females stated how they don’t
really watch it as often as other genres, this infers that our production may
be more liked by males however this may not always be the case as there were a
few females who mentioned that they have an interest in mystery and crime
thrillers. I would say that this genre of film is quite popular with teenage
groups as it is deemed as exciting and very thrilling, the reason why teenagers
are more attached t this genre could be that they use it as escapism and become
engrossed by the narrative as it is quite realistic yet some may consider thrillers to be
unrealistic.
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Vox Pop
Vox Pop
Shot
1:
Expected in the new, direct address informing the audience. Cantered position
Shot
2: Talk/chat
show for example Graham Norton. Over the shoulder shots are incorporated
Shot
3: Outside
broadcast, assumes to be providing factual information. Could be a documentary.
Shot 4: Asking people question in public.
Ideal for Vox prop. In direct gaze from the public, looking off screen.
What
are the conventions of Vox Pops?
- Vox Populi
- “Voice of the street”
- “Man on the street”
- Public setting, busy area to shower bystanders
- Different age groups/ social class
- Same set question for everyone
- Introduces the public with the title caption and at the bottom of the screen name, age and occupation
- Do not hear the question being asked
- Medium close ups are used
- Indirect gaze
- The public would be in a specific place within the rule of thirds for example the right side.
- Same people shown more than once
- Each person is shown on screen for roughly 3 seconds then a new person is included
- What’s your favorite sub-genre within a thriller?
- What is your favorite thriller film and why?
- What makes a thriller effective?
- What would your ideal thriller consist of?
- What soundtrack do you think is appropriate?
- What do you expect to occur in a thriller?
Task
|
Person
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Organise
Questions
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All
|
Film
the Vox pops
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Kirsten
|
interviewer
|
Natasha
|
Casting
- organise people to interview
|
Grace
|
Editor
|
Chloe
|
Monday 7 November 2016
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Production Planning: Opening Thriller
Foundation
Production Planning Sheet: Thriller Opening
Who is in your group?
1.
Natasha Shadat (me)
2.
Grace Pengelly,
3.
Chloe Daniels
4.
Kirsten Johnson.
The sub-genre that I am planning to create would be a psychological thriller. This is because I enjoy watching them and they always attract my attention due to the narrative. Psychological thrillers are quite realistic and somewhat relatable because of some of the situations put forward. One of my ideas for the opening thriller is that it presents the life of a teenage girl; however she believes she has no parents because she supposedly murdered them herself. She then eventually becomes fostered by a couple who were fairly friendly with her parents; however, these foster carers are not who they seem to be and continuously cause mental pain for the teenage girl.
The location that I am planning to use would be predominantly a household. This would make it much easier for our group because all four of us can contribute majorly in this factor, by using some areas of our house. I believe that if we film most of it in a household it would therefore create the ideology of a ‘close-knit community’; on the other hand this anti- stereotypical nuclear family would be disrupted as the opening progresses. It is known that a house connotes a family and a welcoming atmosphere; this is what I’d want for the audience to see at the very beginning of the opening.
costume/makeup?
For the actors we would need a male and a female to play the stereotypical characters of the foster carers. The foster parents would have typical jobs such as an office job for the husband and the wife to be a housewife; this would be portrayed further through their costume and props within the thriller. The man would wear a suit to represent his occupation and the wife would be wearing an apron, washing up gloves and other stereotypical props necessary to uphold the ideology of a housewife.
In the opening the narrative would not be presented chronologically to reinforce the chaos within the thriller and to disorientate the audience. Flashbacks would be incorporated to reinstate the past events and this would also allow the viewers to understand the narrative fully without being too perplexed.
What titles will you include?
The titles we would include would be all the
traditional ones seen in a real, authentic thriller opening, for example
‘Directed by, Music by, Edited by’ etc. To introduce these titles I feel that
it would be most effective and suitable if they were on items around the house
such as a title written on a door knob.
What sound will you include?
Most of the sound that we chose to include would
be primarily non-diegetic sound; however, there would be some aspects of
diegetic sound like the door slamming or footsteps. The non-diegetic sound
would be a thrilling soundtrack to make the genre more evident and distinct.
Which thriller openings have influenced you? How do you plan to use
these influences?
The thriller opening that has influenced me the
most would be ‘The Conjuring’. The opening of this film had many features that
grabbed my attention for example one of them had to be at the very beginning,
It was when a black screen was displayed whilst two people were having a
conversation. Then an image of a creepy doll appears suddenly as the music got
louder (crescendo). The image was slowly zoomed out from, alarming the audience
even more. I plan on using this influence in my very own opening by featuring
the black screen for a few seconds to confuse the audience and represent
mystery.
How will you attract your audience and make them want to watch the
rest of the film?
I would ensure that the opening is interesting
and exciting. It is known that man y people enjoy watching unusual events take
place in a film so therefore I would use this idea to attract my consumers.
Also I would prefer it if there was a little confusion to make them want to
carry on watching and get to know the stories behind each character. I believe
sound and editing plays a big part also, this would make me put a lot more time
and work in this section as well as the narrative.
What problems do you anticipate with the planning/shoot? How will
you overcome them?
It would be difficult to create the ideology of
this film to be psychological because I feel that it’s hard to show the mental
state of someone however we can overcome this by using characters to reinforce
this theme. The characters would have to show their vindictive yet inncoe3nt
side to show clearly how they experiment with the girls’ mental state. When it
comes to shooting I feel that it may get a little tedious in terms of location,
on the other hand we could solve this issue by slightly changing some areas in
order to attract the audience and give them what they want as a consumer. We could
also expand on where we shoot by using parts of a neighbourhood to record brief
scenes in the thriller opening.
Production Company
Production Companies by Natasha Shadat on Scribd
Thursday 20 October 2016
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Thursday 13 October 2016
Preliminary Evaluation
Preliminary Evaluation by Natasha Shadat on Scribd
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Conventions of an Opening Title
What are the conventions of an Opening title?
What
is the purpose of titles in a film opening?
- To inform the consumers on who is involved in the production
- Sets the scene/theme/tone
- Can foreshadow certain characters’ personality
- Introduces the film/actors
Film titles
- Titles are used in film and TV and acknowledge the work of the institution, cast and crew on a product
- Opening titles are shown at the very beginning and list the most important members of the production
- They are now usually shown as text superimposed on a blank screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top of the action in the show.
- They may or may not be accompanying music. Where opening titles are built into a separate sequence of their own, the correct term is title sequence.
Artofthetitle.com
What titles do they use? (Captain America)
Editors
Costume designers
Co-producers
Music/supervisors
Casting
Director of photography
(Cameraman/woman)
Actors
The production company such as Paramount,
Marvel.
The title of the film is presented
at the end.
What effect/theme does the opening create?
- Propaganda
- Graphology of past events
- Music is synchronised (Patriotic)
- Match on action
- A very thematic in terms of world warHow are they different? (Domino)
- Urban music, more modern, also voice overs and sound clips
- The title of the film is revealed earlier on (in the middle)
- Anti-stereotypical narrative (female holding a gun instead of being a damsel in distress)
- Executive producers
- Screen play
- Music by
- Superimposed on top of the images
- Introduces the characters’/ sets their persona
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