update 16

Last day of term and 5 days till christmas!

In the past week or so i have looked at sound use in thriller films. We have done a video update as to whats been happening in lessons. Also the shot list of what we are going to film is up on the blog and we have started filming. :)

Sound use in film from MDB-PRODUCTIONS

Research into title sequences

Update Of Editing

Today i edited more of the film and put all the clips we wanted to use into the correct order. Then i added some background music to see what effect it gave the sequence. It definitely made the film feel more tense and eerie. It was successful because i got used to editing the music to fit the clips. 

Video Update 11/12/13

Here is a video update on what we've done so far, enjoy!

Research On Famous Thriller Film Directors

1) Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Hitchcock was born on the 13th of August 1899 and then later died on the 29th of April 1980. Hitchcock is an English film director and is mostly known for this many directing techniques in creating suspense filling thriller films, particularly the physiological thriller genre. Hitchcock's career spanned for more than half a century during his career Hitchcock created a very distinctive and recognizable directing style which is what makes Hitchcock one of the best thriller directors of all time. You can tell a Hitchcock thriller from a mile off, it's hard to missing the specific directing techniques that Hitchcock uses to create suspense, some of these techniques include; using sound to create a deathly eerie atmosphere creating a great deal of suspense for the audience as well as using sound Hitchcock also has a habit of muting the sound as certain nail biting points in his films this is done to again create that suspense and climax of tension to the audience. Another technique includes his use of lighting he uses different tones in his lightening to create mystery to add to the suspense. Some of Hitchcock's most well known and best films are:
Psycho (1960)

Vertigo (1958)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

2) Steven Spielberg 

Steven Spielberg born on the 18th of December 1946 is an American director, screenwriter and producer, Spielberg is known for his science fiction thriller but he is also known for his thriller films OR science fiction thriller films. In comparison with Hitchcock, Spielberg uses different directing techniques but they both create suspense and tension however Hitchcock is more focused on the physiological side of thriller films. Spielberg uses many directing techniques to create a scene some of these techniques and shots include; track-in shots, sideways track-in shots, dramatic over the shoulder shots and a shots where the character approaches the camera to be framed in a close up shot (see example below)

Some of Spielberg's best known thriller films include:
Schindler's List (1993)

A.I Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Minority Report (2002) 

Update as of 3/12/13

Alright so...

So far we have successfully filmed the flashback scene when the attack happens under the bridge.
we are in the process of securing the location for the therapists scene.
we have created the perfect balance of colour for the high contrast flashback scene.
were in the process of looking at some copyright free music that will complement the flashback scene, then once weve found the soundtrack for the flashback. then once weve filmed the therapist scene we will do the same process and look at soundtrack for the therapist scene.

So once we have all the filming done and worked on some of it we will try and export it and post a first edit on the blog.

So, thats what were up to at the moment :)

Shot Lists

Shot number	Shot/framing etc.	Action	Info (costumes, props, locations, etc.)
1	Wide angle	Shot of the scene to get an empty shot and for sound effects.	Under a bridge for the scene of the attack with the flashback.
2	Wide angle	Molly walks around the corner on her phone.	Light colours and very teenage style to show her innocence and relate to our target audience. She uses her phone to relate to the target audience also. She looks like she is coming for a housing area where she may live.
3	Wide angle	Molly on her phone so we can use it before we cut to the over the shoulder shot.	Light colours and very teenage style to show her innocence and relate to our target audience. She uses her phone to relate to the target audience also. She is down a dark remote lane to show vulnerability.
4	Over the shoulder shot	You see and have a text appear telling her to ‘meet at the park’.	It is quite a close up of the phone to see the text and Molly is wearing red nail varnish to foreshadow pain and blood.
5	Over the shoulder shot – close up	It is a close up of Molly reading the text so the audience knows she is supposed to be meeting her friend.	It is quite a close up of the phone to see the text and Molly is wearing red nail varnish to foreshadow pain and blood.
6	Wide angle	Molly walking along the whole length of the lane.	Light colours and very teenage style to show her innocence and relate to our target audience.
7	Point of view shot	Molly is doing the whole length of her walk but we did a shot of what the attacker would see.	Light colours and very teenage style to show her innocence and relate to our target audience. We also filmed behind the trees and leaves to show concealment.
8	Wide angle	Long shot of Molly walking along under the bridge.	We got a lot of the trees in to show the remoteness of the area.
9	Wide angle	Long shot of Molly walking along under the bridge.	We filmed it a lot more under the bridge to make Molly centre and so the main action.
10	Over the shoulder shot	We did a section of Molly walking under the bridge and then had Jack peering at her.	We then decided for Jack to come in from a different hidden location so we won’t use this shot.
11	Medium to close up	Molly on her phone and then we had her walk towards the camera to make it a close up shot.	Her smile and laugh show she is happy and not expecting what is going to happen to her.
12	Wide angle	Molly walking along on her phone and then Jack following her without her knowing.	The scary thing for our target audience will be that Molly doesn’t even notice that someone is following her. Jack has a baseball bat to show that he is a bad character and this is why we also dressed him in black.
13	Wide angle	Molly standing texting on her phone whilst Jack comes right up behind her and still hasn’t realized there is someone behind her.	She looks very innocent in her pale coloured clothes and contrasting with Jack’s dark outfit you can tell who is good and who is bad.
14	Over the shoulder shot	Molly is on her phone and Jack’s shoulder is in the shot to show how close he is without her knowing.	The black and pale colours contrast each other well in this shot.
15	Over the shoulder shot	Molly is on her phone and Jack’s shoulder is in the shot to show how close he is without her knowing.	The black and pale colours contrast each other well in this shot.
16	Low angle	A shot of Jack towering over the camera to show his power.	The shot didn’t work as jack is so tall the shot crops half of him out.
17	Wide angle	Molly putting her phone in her pocket.	Jack lurking behind Molly with the baseball bat shows to the audience the sign of danger, this is also represented through the contrast of the colours of their outfits.
18	Close up	Molly putting her phone in her pocket and realizing someone is right behind her.	Jack lurking behind Molly with the baseball bat shows to the audience the sign of danger, this is also represented through the contrast of the colours of their outfits.
19, 20, 21	Close up	Molly’s facial expression of the realisation that someone is behind her.	The dark colours in the background and the light colours of  Molly’s outfit shows who is bad and who is good.
22, 23	Medium shot	Jack puts the baseball bat around Molly’s neck.	The baseball bat is shown as the definite weapon of choice of the bad guy.
24	Close up	Jack’s hand around the baseball bat and it moving for when it swings around Molly’s neck.	The black gloves and baseball hat show that the bad guy is a bad guy as typical “tough guys” wear black gloves – to hide evidence (fingerprints).
25, 26, 27	Side/medium shot	Jack pushes Molly against the wall.	The brick wall in the background creates a concealed location.
28	Point of view shot	Molly’s point of view of herself being pushed against the wall.	The brick wall in the background creates a concealed location.
29, 30, 31	Close up	Molly face being pushed against the wall.	The brick wall in the background creates a concealed location and with Molly’s light outfit shows innocence with the remote location.
32	Medium shot	Molly against the wall with Jack hitting her with the baseball bat.	The dark bat hitting her light clothes shows the darkness getting her.
33	Close up/over the shoulder/ point of view shot	Molly’s shoulder is just in the shot and you can see the baseball bat  hitting her.	The dark bat hitting her light clothes shows the darkness getting her.
34	Medium shot (feeling of how Molly would be [filmed freehand] ).	Molly falling from being against the wall to the floor.	Molly falls showing how weak and frail she is compared to Jack.
35	Medium shot	Molly is lying on the floor after falling down.	She looks very weak and frail.
36	Low angle shot	It shows Jack towering over Molly and about to hit her with the baseball bat, which shows his power and abusiveness.	As he is against the light you can see his silhouette only which is cool as it blacks him out.
37, 38	Point of view shot	It shows what Molly saw when she fell to the floor.	The blurry view and the rolling over of the camera is how we think Molly would see what happened.

Sarah:
This is the shot list I made to show what we originally filmed and in what order. We might not use it in this order but it meant we could see how many different types of shots we had and what different types of action we had. This is only the shots for the flashback scene as the flashbacks are all centered around the attack. The filming was quite successful because we got the action we needed for the flashback scenes and we used a variety of different shots and techniques to do this.

Jack:
This is the shot list of how we shot the attack/ flashback scene. this s the order we shot the scenes so is not the chronological order of the final film. most of th shots have been repeated as we wanted to try the scenes in different angles. this is so we can depict what angle we are going to use in the final piece.

Harmony:
This is the shot list for the order in that we originally filmed our thriller flashback in. The shot list shows the various different shots that we took containing: POV's, low angles shots mid shots etc. This is only the shot list of our flashback sequence we still have yet to film our therapist side of the film, we will do another shot list of the therapists side of the film when we go out and film.