Ideas

Today we brainstormed ideas in class, we came up with four basic ideas and then expanded on them.

First Idea - In the style of No Country for Old Men, We decided the idea of doing landscape shots of picturesque scenes, with dialogue over the top to create an eery scene. The dialogue could be describing an event that has happened, (this could be the plot of the film), or looking back at memories, or how life used to be. This will create questions. It could end up being something along the lines oif rape/assault/addiction.

Second Idea - The film could start with a conversation, or something similar, such as a fight or argument, either between friends or love interests, or something different. This could relate to Resevoir Dogs. The credits are then shown when there is a tracking shot of the cast walking, or something similar.


Third Idea - A fast paced, confusing, pyschological thriller. This will be in the style of Memento, as the idea is to do with tattooing of the body.
There will be a hand opening and closing for the credits, as well as images of the body covered in messages showing.

Fourth Idea - The film starts at the end, and works backwards through memories
- must be some sort of tragedy or exciting scene to make the viewer want to watch more.

12 certifiacte

The 12 certificate means that only 12 year old and above are aloud to buy and view the product it is on.This was introduced in 1989 when the BBFC decided that there was a need for a certificate between pg and 15. There was a big increase in the amount of films being made that where to graphic verbally and visibly that would not suit yonger children but might be suitable for young teenagers and above.
















The BBFC permits the following within the bounds of the 12 certificate:

Theme: Mature themes are acceptable, but their treatment must be suitable for young teenagers.
Language: The use of strong language should be rare and must be justified by context.
Nudity: Nudity is allowed, but in a sexual context will be brief and discreet.
Sex: Sexual activity may be implied. Sexual references may reflect the familiarity of most adolescents today with sex education through school.
Violence: Violence must not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly indicated and without physical detail.
Imitable techniques: Dangerous techniques (examples include: combat, hanging, suicides) should contain no imitable detail. Realistic and contemporary weapons should not be glamorised.
Horror: Sustained threat and menace is permitted. Occasional gory moments only.
Drugs: Brief and occasional references to, and sight of, 'soft' drug-taking (eg cannabis) are allowed, but must be justified by context and should indicate the dangers. No instructional elements are permitted.

Political Thriller Genre Analysis

A political thriller is a thriller that is set with a plot that usually has a center based on a political power struggle. They usually involve various plots, rarely legal, designed to give political power to someone, whilst opponents try to stop he or she from getting it. They can involve national or international political scenarios, and movies of this sort are often shot in America.
A great example of this genre is 'All the President's Men'.

Pyschological Thriller Analysis

This genre often incorporates elements from the mystery and Drama genre in addition to the typical traits of the thriller genre. Also, occasionally this genre will border into the also wide-ranging Horror genre.

Generally, thrillers focus on plot over character and thus emphasize intense, physical action over the character. Psychological thrillers tend to reverse this to a certain degree, emphasizing the characters just as much, if not more than the plot.

The suspense in a Psychological thriller is often created by characters playing with the main character's emotions and mind, or it could just as easily be the main character's mental health deteriorating.

A great example of a Psychological Thriller is 'The Butterfly Effect'

Ident

This lesson we have been making an ident to go at the beginning of our film using the program photo shop.

Previous Thriller Openings Analysis

We looked at previous students work to get more of an idea what we could do for are thriller and what works well and what does not.

This opening called captured uses a good variety of shots which start with long duration then as they build the tension for the viewer they use lots of short duration shot which can be disorientating for the viewer as they can not tell what is going on completely. They have used appropriate mise-en-scene to make it a thriller for example the shot of the full moon at the beginning and using red lighting in some of there clips which can seem more scary. They have edited lots of short shots of printing photos which explains the name of the film 'captured'. The titles were on a black screen and written in white which looked professional and the black screen can relate to the thriller genre. They used a slightly spooky sounding music that is upbeat with strange sounds on top which from looking at other music is similar to that of most thriller films. They mostly used cuts between the shots and didn't really show a variety of shot transitions.
From looking at the marking criteria i think this would be a level three.

Thriller Music Practice

This lesson we have been using garage band to make a piece of music to go with the credits of a film called taking lives. From doing this it will help us with making our own opening by seeing what instruments and beats work well to build suspense for a thriller, as well as giving us practice at using the program garage band. We also looked at the music used in other thriller films to give us an idea of what music helps to build suspense and what works well.