Thursday 6 December 2012

opening sceneration

Our opening scene has been planned out so that the audience know that something bad is going on in the background and but at the same time the woman hasn't got a clue until the end. this is the way we have planned the camera shots and the props that have been used. for example one of the camera shots is in the kitchen and you can see one of the killers but the woman doesn't. the house is going to be dimly lit so that it creates shadows and makes the place look a bit more creepy. Then you see both of the killers but they are masked with a German WW2 gas mask and this creates mystery and puts fear into the character and the audience. we have also used reflections and parts that make the killers look like Yeliz is going crazy.

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Mise-en-Scene Group




The different categories we need to follow in order to have a successful thriller are:
  • Lighting
  • Clothing
  • Iconography
  • Body language/expressions
  • Positioning of character(s)
Lighting

There will be three main light sources. There will be light from outside which will be the back lighting. The lamps will be used as main light as to keep the room dark enough to keep to the common conventions to thriller films. The filler lighting will be a combination of different light all over the house and will be used antagonistically. We will use the fridge light to fill the lighting in the kitchen whereas the back lighting in the living room will be a lamppost and a dim flood light to just increase the power of the lamp post.  These lights are very slight so will not be very obvious but will give us the slight bit of light needed. We will use low key lighting to keep to the common conventions to a 'typical' thriller film. This is to create shadows so the characters look intimidating and allow the audience to see what is not directly in the camera shot. The lighting will help create key conventions of a thriller opening, this will also help us show insight to the characters in it because it shows that the villains do not want to be seen and are very secretive because they do it when no-one else is around and when they cant be seen.

Costume Design

For the victim, we want to make her as vulnerable as possible so we have put her into pyjamas.  This shows that she weak and that the killers unexpected arrival has confused her and taken her by surprise. The killers will be dressed all in black whilst their faces will be covered with German gas masks and these show a little into the villains past and into their lives. This is to put fear and an unknown  identity so the victim doesn't know who they are and what they are doing. This is important to the conventions of a thriller because it shows that they wont to be seen but not identified so that the audience is suspicious into who it is.

Iconography

For the props we will be using a small range; a phone, a door, a glass, a bed, a bottle, a fridge, and gas masks. we are going to use all of these because each plays a part in what the killer is doing. as the door and the phone are going to tell the audience that something is going to happen to the character because you know that there is a killer in the house and outside. the cup of water is the excuse for the lady to get out of bed which then leads into the rest of the story and finally the masks are for the killers to hide there faces and to add a fear affect to them. The phone is used to scare the audience and the character linking the two together.

Body Language/ Facial Expressions

The body language of the victim will first of all be calm and tired as she has just gotten out of bed to get her water very early in the morning. As the clip goes on she becomes more tense and weary as she has starts to get anxious and paranoid because she keeps hearing/ seeing things. Then finally to the end she is petrified and all her body language shows this by the way she is constantly moving, she looks like she is going to cry and burst out screaming. whilst all this is happening the killer looks like he is under control and is calm like everything that has happened has gone to plan. this is all to create fear and tension to put the audience onto the edge of their seats.

Positioning



We will position the Positioning of the character. All through the scene in the bedroom you notice the girl is always right up to the camera showing that she is the victim and the killer is a mid range to a long range to the camera showing the he is the killer because you can always see what he I doing. This tells the audience abut the characters and knows when something is about to happen creating tension.

Monday 3 December 2012

planning sound


Planning sound

Why sound is important in thrillers

Sound in thrillers is very important to create suspense and to set a scene/mood of what the director wants. For example if you want to create a mood of fear you have fast past, strong beats, and in a minor key. If you want excitement you want it in a major key as major represents a happy mood. There are different types of sound in films as one being Diegetic and one being Non-Diegetic. There are also others but these are the main ones.
 
For the opening sequence we are going to use a range or sounds and three of these are; The opening, The phone and A door opening.

For the opening sequence we will be using a song by John Murphy called ‘In a heart beat’. This song is slow and builds up and it creates suspension and tension as all the other instruments come in and the chords that they play are Minor, which creates fear. This song lets the audience know that something bad is going to happen and because it is over the main character they know that something is going to happen to her. This creates a relationship with the audience and the character and shares their emotions and feelings.

The second sound that we will have is a phone ringing; this is for the character when she answers the phone. We are using this because we want the phone to be disabled so that the no actually calls during he recording. And then we need a sound for when the phone is disconnected to show that the phone line has been cut.

The third sound we will be using is a creaking door as we want there to be an opening door sound but it wont be on camera and the character will be in a different room meaning that we would not be able to her the sound in real life. This door opening tells the audience that someone is entering the house, which will create suspense as they are wondering what is going to happen next.

Saturday 1 December 2012

Character Representation

There are three characters in our opening. There are two villains and one victim.

Character 1:

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: Turkish

Character Background: Yeliz is a single lady that live by herself with no friends or family that is close. she has just moved into to the area and has not yet spoke to her neighbors due to the language barrier of being Turkish.

Connection to the audience: because Yeliz is alone and doesn't know somebody, she is weak and innocent and this makes a good thriller convention because these men are are big and strong so she cant defend herself. Also she is small and one of the killers is a lot bigger than her.




Character 2:

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: German

Character Background: This character has a history of a certain type of mental illness. this type means that he thinks he lives in the past and as a different person. in this case he thinks that he is his farther who was a German soldier in World War 2. his uncle fought as a front line trooper at the time that gas attacks were imminent. his father died by gas poison which is why this character wears a gas mask.


Character 3:

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: White British

Character Background: He is a very young, high earning business man who has everything he could ever want. but his Dad who owns the company that he works for has noticed that he is not acting right and doesn't turn up to work all of the time which is unusual as he has never missed a day. His Dad has noticed that he has been having secret meetings with someone who is new to the area, this guy is from Ukraine. He also started to notice that he was wearing old fashioned clothes and is starting to speak as if he was from the 1940's. This guy also has a collection of WW2 artefacts like an old Kar 98.

Connection to the audience:

The audience never actually see the men in this opening clip and why they are doing this and this makes the audience suspicious and weary of what might happen which would make them want to watch the whole film.