Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the Thriller intro old western style soundtracks. It will be an original soundtrack written by Josh, it is a guitar based track but if necessary there will be more instruments like piano. For good reference, it is mainly inspired by Ennio Morricone who did soundtracks famously for the Dollars trilogy of films directed by Sergio Leone.  Here is a song that i would like it to sound like. listen more to the guitar parts.

Health and Safety

Filming location wise, the health and safety of the group should not be too hazardous and much of concern. This is because we are filming in a house and in a house there isn't many obvious threats. But because the threats aren't obvious, it doesn't mean that they aren't there. Here is a list of probable threats within a household

• Sharp objects (Knives etc)
• Crowded small rooms
• Tripping hazards (may be more prominent if we use lighting)
• Water damage (also prominent with lighting)
• Electric hazards 
• Slipping hazards
• Heavy objects (filming in garage)

The list isn't really too big as where we are filming doesn't really have too many dangerous items compared to filming in a non domestic setting like a factory or out in the open (public areas etc..)





By Josh Godlington, Adam Marshall, Michael Maddock and Harry Buckle

Location and Props

Location-

For are project we are going to be filming in Burgess Hill, We hope to film are opening scene in a garage as their is an old desk perfect for the writing of the report. Even though the content of the Garage doesn't fit in with are story we will only be focusing on the desk and we will frame it nicely so that nothing out of the ordinary is in shot.

For the second scene we are going to need a house with a long corridor, at the current stage the only place we can think of is my house (Michael's) however we are still looking for a better setting.

If we do use this location we have obtained the required permission by my parents. 

Unfortunately we were unable to obtain any photos.


Prop List-

• White Coat- (For the opening scene were you see a man in a white coat is writing the report) -Josh
• Cigar/Cigarette- (In the first scene it is at the edge of shot and then is smoked) - Josh
• Report- (Again in the first scene, the main aspect of the scene) -Michael and Adam
• Pens- (First scene, just in edge of shot on desk to make it look more realistic) -Adam
• Radio- (This is in the second shot, And provides the contrapuntal music for the rest of the film) Josh
• White t shirt- (In are shower scene are actor Sam is going to wear a white t shirt to make it look more dramatic) -Sam
• Clothes- (During the trashed house scene their will be clothes scattered around)- Michael
• Broken laptop - (In the house scene, will be lying on the floor)- Michael

Michael and Adam

Filming and Script

Filming-

We hope to film this up coming half term. If the College cameras are unavailable we will use are own cameras as we may have to film with very short notice and wont have time to book the college cameras, as every one in are group has other commitments such as work and other collage events.

We hope to be using this camera Canon Legria FS37 if we cannot use the colleges.

The Camera-

Script-

In are thriller film opening their is no dialogue. However we do have stage directions.

• Man turns on radio
• Hear foot steps then the sound of report being droped and chair scrape as it is palled out
• Then just writing the report and pen noise
• Title seen, sound of rain 
• During the next scene just the contrapuntal radio sound. Mainly silent with a little running walter sound
• In the shower room still no noise except the running Walter and when she puts her hand on the glass   

Michael

Roles in group

For the filming, the roles of the group are :

• Director - Josh Godlington 

• Filming - Michael Maddock and Adam Marshall

• Lighting - Josh Godlington and Harry Buckle

For the Post production, the roles of the group are :

• Editing - Michael Maddock and Harry Buckle as they both do Film production and have the neccesary skills

• Sound - Adam Marshall and Josh Godlington as they ave have used it for Music and for Film Studies.

Other roles :

• Props - Michael Maddock

• Soundtrack - Josh Godlington (original score)

By Josh Godlington and Harry Buckle

9th February - Animatic

 

This is our animatic. Michael took the photos for this and I imported the photos onto the computer and made the film in windows movie maker. I made the shots the correct length as well and saved it as a movie file.
By Adam and Michael 

Harry Buckle - Thriller analysis - Taxi Driver

The opening of Taxi Driver shows the spectator our protagonist, Travis Bickle, applying for a job as a taxi driver. As he answers questions, the spectator is given some character development.

• Characters
  - Travis, straight away, is shown to be slightly unstable. This is show though his emotions, switching from a blank face to a wide smile at the wrong times. This could also show that he's nervous about his interview or that he is mentally unstable from the time spent in the marines.

• Narrative
  - The dialogue between Travis and the Interviewer is purely for character development and to establish how he came about getting a job as a night time taxi driver.
  - The shot of the old man giving out orders to the taxi drivers over the microphone paired with the pan of the garage full of taxi and lazy taxi drivers makes a contrapuntal atmosphere that displays how easy or boring the job can be.
• Editing + Camera Work
  - The Graphic match of the exhausts fumes from the car and the cigarette smoke around Travis works as both a good transition and a way to connect the two together.
  - The Interviewer starts to tell Travis off for apparently insulting him some how and Travis apologizes for doing so, the camera pans into a close up shot of him. After this, his smile has gone and is only answering in a strict tone. This might show that he was becoming too confident and then was taken down to a more sincere level.
  - When Travis, tells the Interviewer that he was previously a marine, the camera pans upwards, suggesting that he is more trusting of Travis now that they both share a common past.
• Mise en scene
  - The room looks torn down and old, which shows the spectator that it isn't the nicest of places to work and might not be the most well paying jobs for Travis to be doing.
  - The Interviewer's table, is cluttered with papers and stationary, suggesting that he isn't that organized because of the amount of work he has to do.
• Sound
  - The sounds of yelled conversation in the back may show that the people who work there are constantly occupied or have to talk to a lot of people at one time. - The music playing as he enters the room starts as something you would expect to here as a policeman enters, but then turns into suspense-filled music that you would here as an antagonist is revealed.
  
  In conclusion, Although nothing much may seem to happen, we are shown that he is an ex-marine, which allows him to become sympathise by the interviewer, and that he is already showing signs that he might not be mentally stable.

Harry Buckle - Thriller analysis - Sin City

As the opening begins, it appears that both the female character and the male character are both protagonists, but, because the woman's dress is the only thing in colour, she is more of a protagonist or antagonist that the man is.

• Characters
  - The female character is, as the scene continues, clearly a victim and ,therefore, is less likely to be an antagonist than the man. This, along with the fact that she seems to be important enough to have colour, which makes her stand out in the scene, makes the spectator think that she is reliant to the story.
  - The male character seems to be just as likely to be a protagonist, as he is also describing what is happening from his point of view as a narrator. He then causes confusion to the spectator, as he then tells her that he will keep her safe, shot her and then still holds her as she dies like he still cares.
• Narrative
  - The Calm, bass-filled voice of the male character describing what is happening is contrapuntal when paired with the sudden shock of him shooting the female character.
  - The Dialogue exchanged between them is minimalistic and, again, contrapuntal, as they are just have small talk, which elevates to talking about the female character getting into trouble.
• Editing + Camera Work
  - With the dialogue being minimalistic, it allows the cinematography to be more varied than just constant over the shoulder shots of whoever's turn it is to speak. 
  - The contrast of the woman's red dress and the Film Noir colouring of the rest of the setting, helps the spectator assign her as the subject of the scene.
  -When the male character says "it's your eyes" her eyes, flash green for a second. this may indicate that she likes what he's saying, or just shows what he's talking about.
• Mise en scene
  -The female character hugs herself occasionally, which shows that she is in a vulnerable state. As the male character approaches her and they begin their dialogue, she looks collective and confident, but by the end of the male character's speech about what he sees in her eyes, she is panicked and appears to be weak.
  -Her dress and her lipstick being the only coloured elements of mise en scene in the opening scene, shows her relevance in this storyline to the spectator. It can also be seen as symbolic and it is a mark for the male character, like the cliché laser pointer of a sniper rifle on someone's head in a action movie to indicate they are going to die in a matter on seconds. 
• Sound
  - While the Voice over of the male character is very clear, the actual dialogue is slightly unclear. This might be in relation to the Film Noir setting and the black and white films of 40's, i.e. Casablanca.
  
  In conclusion, the fact that the entire scene is spent on making the spectator think that these two are both major protagonists, makes the shock of the gunshot even more shocking, even though it isn't clear what has happened.

Harry Buckle - Thriller analysis - Pulp Fiction

• Introduction
  This opening, much like Quentin Tarantino's previous film , Reservoir Dogs, starts calmly in a diner with a couple talking, nonchalantly, about robbing banks, liquor stores and the very diner that they are eating in.
• Characters
  - The female character seems to have a relaxed attitude for the first few minutes of the scene. This helps the character become lulled into a false sense of security, much like in scary films, when they have little or no sound or movement just before something or someone makes a sudden movement. In this case though, the "sudden movement" is her yelling as her and "pumpkin" begin to rob the dinner.
  - The male character appears to be the "brains" of the two, as he is constantly talking about strategies and case studies of previous robberies and how they could achieve a better out come from their own robberies. He is, judging by his accent, British, a common trait for an antagonist in an American film.
• Narrative
  - The Dialogue between the robber couple is contrapuntal, as they are talking about robbing from the diner in a very calm tone at a surprisingly normal volume. this weird because it isn't a subject you would really be discussing after a meal and if you were, you would probably be quite about it.
  - Although you wouldn't notice your first watch, characters from later on in the film that are supposed to be in that same diner at this point in time, can be heard. After "Hunny Bunny" says that you could cut down on the "hero factor" in a place like the diner, you can hear dialogue from Jules, one of the Hit men that could be considered the main characters.
• Editing + Camera Work
  - The camera work in this is very bland and expected from a simple conversation between two individuals.  Medium close ups on whoever is talking and the occasional two shot.
  - The editing shows continuity, even for scenes that the spectator may not have even seen yet. The match on action of the female character pouring milk and sugar then drinking is perfectly cut over five different shots and, if the spectator wasn't to think about it, wouldn't even be picked up.
• Mise en scene
  - The body language helps with the laid back feeling of the couple as they talk about robbery. Although the male character is somewhat fidgety, the female is relaxed enough to compensates for that. She shows this by constantly smiling, being polite towards the waitress as she pours her a cup of coffee even rests her head on her arms at one point.
  - Referencing the later scene again, you can see the other hit man walk towards the bathroom, as he does in the later scene. this show Tarantino's dedication to continuity in his work.
• Sound
  -The relaxed atmosphere of a restaurant simulated by the sound of a room filled with the monotone drone of a lot of people talking at once, the light and causal lounge music and the chinking together of plates, coffee cups and cutlery, just add to the things that help this five minute clip seem more and more calm, to help the contrapuntalism of talking about robbing a diner that you have just eaten in.
  
  In conclusion, when the dialogue, as a whole, between the couple and the atmosphere created by the diner are put together, they make the scene seem so much more engaging. The entire scene depends on the dialogue, as the camera work isn't exactly eye grabbing.

Harry Buckle - Thriller analysis - The Dark Knight

As the scene starts, some dialogue is exchanged to establish some storyline and the name "The Joker" comes up as the man that these Bank Robbers are working for. This establishes the antagonist, but a protagonist is still unseen or heard from.
The characters seen in this five minute clip, although turn out to die by the end of this scene, establish what half the entire movie is based around; How "bad" The Joker is.This would normal be strange in a Thriller,as the opening usually focuses on the protagonist has done or, at least, shows the Set-up to the movie, but as this is a sequel to Christopher Nolan's 2005 "Batman Begins", these things have already been established by this point and don't need to be reinforced.
The Narrative in this opening helps, as previously stated, the spectator understand who is the antagonist and what he is doing that makes him so apparently unlawful. Although they are robbing a bank and killing one another to get a "bigger cut", there is a certain Tarantino-esque feel to the whole clip, as they talk causally with one another about the robbery, as if the were friends talking about something they saw on television. The sudden reveal of The Joker's signature face is surprising because the bank robbers talk as if he wasn't there with them
The editing of this scene is very well done, as it tracks all the major characters of the scene and differs them well enough that the spectator doesn't need to keep track of anything themselves. the shots are quick and different enough that it helps emphasise the adrenal feeling of robbing a bank that all the Bank robbers are sure to be feeling.
The Mise en scene in the clip helps the spectator distance themselves with the robbers, as they are all wearing clown masks. This also helps establish that they are all working for or have been hired by The Joker, as it is fairly common knowledge that the joker has a clown theme in whatever he does. This contrasts the act of breaking the law because clowns are associated with laughter and happiness, rather than what most people associated with doing something illegal.
The Music in this opening is what you would expect from a bank robbery and is pretty much the same all the way though the scene. As for diegetic sound, it stays very strictly to just matching what we see. As far as we know, the sounds were probably recorded with the scene.

In conclusion, this scene helps establish that the antagonist, The Joker, is evil and cunning enough to hire henchmen to help him steal a large amount of money, kill each other of with promises of more money and then have all the money to himself and no one to pay. This also shows us that Christopher Nolan doesn't feel that he needs to set-up anything for the protagonist or the story and, therefore, plunges straight into the disruption.

Mise en scene - filming locations

The filming locations, we hope to use are going to be a house and a room with a desk in it.

The ideas we have for the room with a desk location is that we want a room that is kind of bright. This wont matter in the end though as we are going to block off the windows and use the LED lights that the college has. The idea is that the desk seems isolated and surrounded by darkness is to make the desk the main focus and that there is nothing else around to distract from it.

The house setting is going to have a trashed look to as if someone has been there and is looking for something. The idea of it isnt total carnage. This will have a low key lighting used in it to try and replicate lights that are with in a house and yet at the same time we can use our lighting to help focus on important objects.

photos of ideas should be up with a week or 2

4th Febuary 2011

We are researching our opening and discussing how we could improve it. We are also finishing the post-its storyboard and starting to discuss the locations for filming. There will be a post later today with our first ideas on locations for our film. Also, we are going to have a blog post about lighting in our film after the post about locations. The Image is a rough idea of what we are think of doing for the first scene.

Story of thriller opening

The protagonist, after living in a insane asylum from the age of sixteen,  is let out. But, is still mentally unfit and blames his family for incarceration. He then proceeds to hunt down and kill his family for his "revenge".

Within the intro, we see an doctor/policeman going over a criminal/mental health record at his desk. One of the key parts of this scene is when he turns on the radio and music plays, which is played through out the scene and gets clearer as it goes.

Then, next we see the interior of a house, which has been wrecked inside. The inside shots will be dolly shots so we can see the extent of the carnage within the house. We see a shadow of the killer/psychopath walking away from the scan shot. We then go into the bathroom where we see a person sitting in the bath with the shower running onto them as they shiver in fear. As we zoom into the person, at the closest, we see hands grab the person. From here we will have a sudden fade to black with tense low note music over the top.

03 Febuary 2011

Today, we are planning using post-it notes and we are going to write up a hundred word overview of the story later on the blog. We have done a rough storyboard and are now drawing it neatly on the post-it. We drew inspiration from the 1978 John Carpenter film, Halloween, from its thriller elements although it is considered to be a horror movie. Here is the opening to Halloween.

Josh Godlington - Thriller intro analysis; The Dark Knight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OYBEquZ_j0

The Dark Knight is a hybrid thriller which is mixed with action. The Intro is mainly filled with hidden identity so it creates mystery as to who it is.

How it creates enigma and thrills

• The beginning shot paces fowards into the building.
• makes us wonder if the building is important to the scene
• Creates excitement and jumps with the unexpected breaking of the window which intially makes you question if inside the building there is a gun fight happening.
• The hidden identity of the character wearing the mask who shot out the window makes you question if they are an antagonist or protagonist
• The shot of the person behind with the mask creates enigma as they may be associated with the person is the shot before with the mask.
• The camera moving in to the mask creates emphasis on the mask as it is basically what we are going to see the character as for the most of the shot.
• The Dialogue of the scene makes us wonder if the Joker character they are talking about is with them as the character who got into the back seat doesnt say any lines where as the two in the front and the two on the roof do.
• This also shows that the characters may not be sure as to who is behind the masks
• Suspense is helped built by shots back to the character in his own office which makes you ask yourself if he is a pivotal character.
• Music dynamics are built as the criminals get closer to the safe and to the objective.

 The thrill and suspense of the scene is in my eyes helped built by the building action of the characters, the hidden identity of the charcters which makes you ask if they are just normal bank robbers or if they are main characters to the film and the music which build suspense by going in motion with the film

Josh Godlington - Thriller intro analysis; the disappearance of alice creed

sorry that these are late internet connection keeps on cutting.

The disappearance of Alice Creed straight off creates enigma through the use of the characters hidden agenda where we do not no what the motive of them doing the things that they do.

How Enigma and thrill is made in the clip

• The motive of the pair is not really shown as they are seen stealing in one scene but another scene they are seen buying from a home improvement store.
• The lack of dialogue creates more mystery as dialogue can help show more about a character through the way they speak and what they say.
• The locations of the house and the woods may help show any motive as they are hidden with none of the close locations show.
• The camerawork inside the house are establishing shots which put emphasis on key areas which may be important to the rest of the movie
• The sychronised movements of the characters raises the question of have they done something like this before, as the movements seem robotic or just practised
• Low key lighting makes the atmosphere of the setting dark.
• Music adds the tension by changing each time the characters do something
• When we first see inside the house the music is more calm as the camera pans around and the music changes to a more dynamic tone. 
• This adds tension by symbolizing that the characters are infact antagonists and may play a main role in the rest of the film.
• The total darkness of the room made by them boarding up the windows may show signs of an OCD nature as there was curtains up there before so they may have wanted it perfect dark.
• Overall motive is seen after they buy the bed and fully lock doors

• This shows that they want to keep people out or people from getting and that they perhaps wish to rape someone.

In conclusion, as the mystery of the motive of the characters is revealed, the tension is raised as it makes you wonder when they are going to commit the crime.