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Section 2

Part 1 and 2

Part 1-The brief

We were asked to make an opening of a thriller. It had a time limit of two minutes long and had to include typical thriller conventions. We came up with the title Open Verdict. We first researched in the titles and what sort of titles we thought would fit in well with our narrative.

The title open verdict fits in very well with the story and the all the shots being set in just the one bedroom like a crime scene.Open verdict gives and indication of the narrative.Our thriller is based on a Romeo and Juliet love story.Both characters were madly in love and happy together at one point in there life however everything changed which left them in a state of death.The character Mark who rings the phone has a big part in why they are left like this.

The narrative has a twist at the end as the female character is thought to be dead throughout however wakes up at the end This creates suspense and tension of the audience as well as unexpectedness. We didn’t want a title to be obvious about a relationship e.g sometimes referring to love or an end. Our opening thriller we came up with ideas of what the narrative would be about e.g what kind of story a stalker, romance, horror and what kind of sub genre would fit well and if anyone was doing the same. both we choice to go with our final idea. http://sgsasmediacw.blogspot.com/2010/02/glogster-ideas-for-opening.html,.oNCE

After we decided with our narrative we wrote it up as a treatment..http://sgsasmediacw.blogspot.com/2010/02/treatment-guide.html The sub genre we choose was romance/ psychological thriller. We wanted to incorporate romance and psychological together as we thought it would work well in showing a contrast.The voice over made it clear how the characters relationships changed and blending the two together showing a different kind of thriller.We

Part 2 –Audience for product

We researched who we wanted for our target audience by doing a questionnaire on survey monkey to find out about thrillers what sort of thrillers people liked,sub genres, there lifestyle and Hobbies.After we gathered the results we reed them through thoroughly and from this decided who our target audience would be and what kind of ages and people we would be focusing on.

The target audience we were aiming at were of the ages between 18-35 as the themes are for a more mature audience.We picked the age group of 13-35 as the themes would appeal more to a older audience and watching changes in a couples relationship.An older audience is more likely to pick up the psychological themes of the characters and asking questions into how they got to that stage. We wanted to aim it at both men and women as they can both relate to he narrative.We also wanted to aim it at both middle and working class people as well as people who are interested in such hobbies as drama,film clubs and enjoy the thriller genre.The questionnaires that we used for research helped us a lot in finding out what kind of people were interested in the thriller genre of films and the kind of thrillers they have seen as it was vital for us to know what kind of thriller we would focus e.g the sub genre.

The idea of Film Noir came from the way we decided to shoot it e.g in one room.This has been similar camera techniques to film Noir style and we thought it would be original and different from the other groups.We thought the audience would find this different and appealing as it doesn't fit with typical interpretations of thrillers e.g blood,violence,fast paced camera work and editing.

From the survey we did we most of our target audience were students.In our film we used students so that the audience can relate to the characters.We found that most of our target audience had seen the dark night .There is a love story embedded within this which we used as part of our plot. From the questions e asked we found that our target audience liked the mystery creative within the narrative of the thriller.Therefore in my filming we used mystery by using dark lighting, extreme closeup ups and still shots. Overall the survey helped us to focus on a particular plot and took into account what our target audience liked and disliked about thriller and how we could created a thriller which appeal to our target audience.

Week 12

END OF PRODUCTION

Final- Open Verdict

Sound ideas for our thriller

Sound Ideas

We have access to music software called garage band which will allow us to make sounds and create our own music to put over our thriller. The music and sound effects are the most important aspects of the thriller as this will mold it all together and create tension and suspense for the audience.




These are the kind of sounds and music we would like for our thriller

• Tense, slow music to set the scene and atmosphere.



• Sound of strings to get big loud sounds which will have an impact on the audience.



• Happy, romantic music for the flashback to create a contrast between the different scenes and characters state.



• Sound effects of rain and lightning to create the feeling of a dark and miserable time and showing pathetic fallacy as the characters are in the same state of mind.



• The voice over will also be a very important aspect of sound as it will indicate to the Audience what is happening and help to guide the audience into their lives. The dialogue will represent what has happened between them over time.

Overall all the sound we make will have a dramatic effect on how good our thriller is.If we don't get the sound right it wont have much of an effect on the auidience and the narrative of it.

blog reflection-Week 11

General Research

We looked at numerous openings to thrillers and horrors to see what the music, camera, lighting and general narrative and plot were based on we looked at the openings of David Gayle, taxi driver, the orphan, , double indemnity.We focused a lot on this as it fit in with our film Noir base and voice over.

The things we wanted to include in our thrillers were:

• A Voice over in the style of film noir which had a good script and was powerful enough to engage the audience into the lives of the characters.
• Dark lighting in keeping with the film noir style.
• Music and soudn effects that work well and in the style of film noir.

From the orphan opening we looked at how the music played a big part in engaging the audience and making hem feel tense and anxious.The first sounds we hear are soft music of piano showing a happy start of her being adopted this makes it easy for the music to change into something sinister reflecting how her character changes.The sounds that are used quite frequently during the opening were sounds of the wind and swinging of the swings.These types of sounds make it spooky and tense causing the audience to feel on edge not knowing what to expect.The music fits in well with the story and uses techniques of going from very quiet to loud to build up the tension and show that something is about to happen.

From the taxi driver we focused on how the voice over creates and sets the mood.It adds to the narrative and gives the audience an in site into the character and what to expect.
The voice over is clear and direct and just what the audience needs to know about his character e.g `the taxi driver is looking for a target' this makes the audience uneasy about what he is planning for his next victim.It also shows us a different side to the character and how he has become like this e.g The only moment in his life that will mean anything showing his only personal life hasn't satisfied him enough and now its payback.The voice over is important and must make sure it is done prisisely and fits with particular scenes.Overall the voice over gave us ideas as to the kind of dialogue we would use and how well it would fit into our narrative.

From the Life of David Gayle we looked at how the editing and camera work added to the creating the feelings of tension and suspense for the audience.It uses a lot of fades ans slow pace of cuts.This is to create tension fro the adience and not letting them know to much already. The voice over also gives the audience a second opinion on what has happened and how the characters are being portrayed.The use of angles vary showing a lot of high and low angles showing people of little and high importance.David Gayle is used in a lot of dark lighting in prison and bright lighting when it is flash backing on his life showing a contrast.We have used this technique in our thriller as well to show to different places in our characters life.

we looked at double indemnity as it is a film Noir style thriller including voice over.We looked at how the voice over works well with the narrative and characters also how the voice over was used and what kind of dialogue was used to follow the narrative and the characters.We used this style of voice over, the old Hollywood style this creates a story for the audience to follow and engage in.The style of lighting we used to keep with the film Noir era.We used this type of style as it was different and none of the other groups used this kind of style.This thriller gave us a lot of ideas for the voice over and what sort of narrative it was going to be based on.

Overall All these openings gave us ideas as to what type of voice over we wonted, the sounds and music we would like to use and the kind of shots and angles that will work well.

Sound Ideas

We have access to music software called garage band which will allow us to make sounds and create our own music to put over our thriller. The music and sound effects are the most important aspects of the thriller as this will mold it all together and create tension and suspense for the audience.

These are the kind of sounds and music we would like for our thriller

• Tense, slow music to set the scene and atmosphere.



• Sound of strings to get big loud sounds which will have an impact on the audience.



• Happy, romantic music for the flashback to create a contrast between the different scenes and characters state.



• Sound effects of rain and lightning to create the feeling of a dark and miserable time and showing pathetic fallacy as the characters are in the same state of mind.



• The voice over will also be a very important aspect of sound as it will indicate to the Audience what is happening and help to guide the audience into their lives. The dialogue will represent what has happened between them over time.

Overall all the sound we make will have a dramatic effect on how good our thriller is.If we don't get the sound right it wont have much of an effect on the auidience and the narrative of it.