Our inspiration

This is a trailer for the film one hour photo. It is about an old man who has an obsession with peoples lives. He wants to be a part of them and stalks a local family. This was part of our inspiration for our thriller titles because we thought it was a subtle yet scary topic to cover.
However, we didn't base our whole thriller sequence as we wanted to add our own ideas.

Coursework-Production marks

Video

Level 1.......0-23 marks
The work for the main task is possibly incomplete. There is minimal evidence in the work of the creative use of any relevant technical skills such as:

Level 2........ 24-35 marks
There is evidence of basic level of ability in the creative use of some of the following technical skills:

Level 3....... 36-47 marks
There is evidence of proficiency ib the creative use of many of the following technical skills:

Level 4........ 48-60 marks
There is evidence of excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:

• Holding a steady shot, where appropriate;
• Framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;
• Using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;
• Shooting material appropriate to the set task;
• Selecting mise-en-scene including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;
• Editing so that the meaning is appropriate to the viewer;
• Using varied shot transitions and other effects selectively and appropriately for the set task;
• Using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• Using titles appropriately.

Thriller Deadlines

Thriller Deadlines

Make sure that you are aware of the following deadlines:

1. End of the last lesson of w/c 24th November: ANIMATIC DEADLINE.
2. End of the last lesson of w/c 8th December: ROUGHCUT DEADLINE.
3. End of 1st/ 2nd lesson of w/c 15th December: FINAL CUT DEADLINE.
4. 9am 19th December COMPLETED EVALUATION POWERPOINT TO MOODLE.

Animatic group feedback

• The class liked how we incorporated the titles and names into the sequence and thought it looked professional.
• They also liked the motion of the animatic and the way the camera zoomed in and panned onto different points of focus in the picture.
  
• The class suggested that we could incorporate different focuses in the clip which would reflect on the actual title of the film.
• The class described how the pictures were detailed and how easy it was to understand what is happening.
  
• Everyone suggested that a sound track is key, for the animatic set the atmosphere.
• Also the theme was represented well by zooming in on the pictures on the wall, this showed the state of the character and gives an insight to his state of mind.
  

Alien title sequence analysis

The title sequence of the first alien film starts off dark, with a glittery and perhaps unearthly background. What we see is very shadowy and difficult to interpret which gives us a sense of an encounter with the unknown which is a stereotypical play on a fear. The Camera slowly pans from left to right. This gives a creepy feel because the viewer does not know what is going to come into the shot next. It also disorientates the viewer because you can’t get a sense of scale.

The title ‘Alien’ comes up at the top of the screen in separated straight lines. Right until the very end we do not know this is the title of the film. It can be read as looking like symbols, which reinforces the meaning of the film that when the characters on the spaceship first see the aliens they don’t know what are. The way the title sequence is set out purposely gives us clues about what the film is going to be about. Everything in the sequence points to the centre. This could be read as a clue to the main film, because in the film, the centre is where the pupae of the Alien comes from; the middle of you. The title also looks like an ‘alien’ encryption which could be read as there being a creature that has previously been around a long time ago and is now being re-awakened. Sound plays an important part in a thriller as it can make the sequence seem more scary and real. The non-diagetic music is slow with high-pitched noises every now and then. This music creates steady, dark tension which gives the audience a sense of being in a nightmare.
I believe ‘Alien’ to not be stereotypical of thrillers as it has high production values. You can tell this by the fact it was made in 1979 and would still not seem out of place today. This is compared to the normally gritty realism and rough camerawork of a thriller.

Animatic storyboard completed

Our animatic storyboard is now completed however we have run out of time to upload sound to the video. If we had upload sound though it would of been dark tense music which would of had you on the edge of your seat and be wanting to know what was going to happen next. The next time we are making an animatic story board. We now know we need to manage our time better and we will take this into consideration when filming.

Our idea for our thriller title sequence.

We have decided to set our thriller around missing and murdered teenage girls. We will open the sequence with a man in an apartment/photo development room. The audience will then see lots of photos of girls that have gone missing and have been murdered we would like to have a computer with lots of different windows and tabs to social networking sites and messaging sites with the 'villain' talking to teenage girls. The scene will then switch to a police station to show the investigation. You will then see pictures and newspaper articles over the walls of the people that have been murdered.
We want lots of short duration shots to set the mood and build up tension.
The setting also needs to be dark to set a spooky and mysterious atmosphere.

Welcome to our blog

Group 38 are Danielle Langley, Harriet Miller, Ali Free and Mike Walker. We have been assigned the task to create a title sequence for a thriller. AND ITS GOING TO BE A MASTERPIECE, (we hope).