Final Product.

I AM EMINE IBRAHIM : 7910

I WORKED WITH;

CARLIE COKELL- SMITH : 7094

KATIE YIACOUMI : 6168

Question 1: In what ways does your media product, use, develop or challenge forms and conventions?

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

What was the preliminary task and what were its main aims?
The preliminary task was set to give each group first hand experience on what it is like to create a media product. We were all set the task of creating a short thirty second production which allowed us to show what we already know about film production and to experiment with the different types of technology we would be using. The aim of the preliminary task was to give each person in the group to experience working with all different production roles and seeing which ones suited their preference the best. In our group we noticed that Katie enjoy directing and that Carlie enjoyed acting and editing. Whereas myself I enjoyed editing the footage we had.










Identify four things you are now better with and more confident with doing in terms of filming and editing.

• Since producing the preliminary task, my group has realised that when it comes to filming we have a strength at portraying and using a variety of cinematography throughout our production.
•  A personal improvement I have achieved since the preliminary task, is being more confident when filming with the camera. I am now able to make clean and precise shots which will lower the amount of editing me and my group would have to do after.

Looking back at our preliminary task we see that we have used transition from one shot to another, that are unsuitable and overdramatic.

•  Whilst we edited our thriller production we learnt how to use appropriate transitions and effects that benefit our end product. Another personal skill I have improved upon is cutting and editing footage; I have learnt to be much more precise and time things in a better manner.

The preliminary task was our first group activity that pointed out our weaknesses and our strengths. After the preliminary we got together as a group and decided on every aspect of what our thriller would need and involve. This includes location, actors, risks, hair & make-up and a filming schedule. We also created a storyboard which allowed us all to involve our personal input into the narrative of the film, the shots and angles we used.  Another thing that was vital during this period of production was the group roles that we distributed to each other. I was picked to be camera operator because I was the most confident with the camera and had previous experience of filming, this also counts editing. However I was distributed the role of location manager because the premises we used was my house, so it was vital I communicated to the owner when we used it and what rooms we needed.

My Groups Roles:

Me:

• Camera operator
• Editor
• Location Manager

Carlie:

• Producer
• StoryBoard
• Sound
• Actor.

Katie:

• Director
• Costume, Hair & Make-up
• Lighting.

Overall reflection:

I believe the thriller I created was successful because we followed the themes and conventions of similar thrillers such as my bloody valentine and obsessed. Themes that engage our target audience are those of death, love and revenge; these all fit in with the thriller genre.
As a media student I thoroughly enjoyed the filming process of the production and the editing, as much as the sound producing. This is because it allowed me to use various types of media in a creative way. It also helped me building confidence in certain creative ideas I have.
In my final product I can see where improvements can be made. I believe the footage that we have could have been expanded by filming a lot more. I also believe I could have better quality angles and shots. This would help create much more tension and drama within my thriller.
In conclusion I have learnt that working in a team is important when creating a product for the public, I have learnt to do this in an efficient way. I have learnt and become more confident with various types of media formats such as Logic and final cut pro. Another lesson learnt was that listening to other peoples ideas and opinions can help create a product that will really appeal to our target audience and what they want to see.

Research: Openining credits/Typography: Mr Smith.

Opening Credits and Typography.

Opening Credits:

The opening credits are where written information is presented to the audience on who produced the film, who is starring in the film and all the production roles. Opening credits are most effective when accompanied by sound, this creates tension and fear which keeps the audience interested. The opening credits can also be very effective when the images displayed do not make sense, this will make the audience question what is really going on. The information shown in the opening credits is essential information that is used to connect with the audience so they know more about the production. 

What information they provide? Order of appearance (screen shots/examples)

• name of studio
• name of production company 
• producers name 
• directors name 
• starring
• films title
• edited by 
• music or music composed by 
• storyboard by 
• costume and make-up by 

How do they make the audience feel?

They make the audience feel more comfortable about what they are watching. It acts as an introduction to the film which will make the audience feel more involved and they will find it easier to withdraw meaning from the film.It will also the audience on what type of genre they are watching so they will know what to expect. 

Example from a thriller opening that has been analysed.

I have analysed the opening credits from the film "Panic Room". In the opening credits of this film, tension is built very easily. They do this by being very simplistic, there is very little movement in the background of the opening credits. The music helps build tension because the dynamic of it goes from soft to quiet harsh and 'in your face'. The only movement in the opening credits is the cars driving, everything else is very still.

Conclusion: What will you use and why? (mention size, colour, etc.) 

In my thriller the opening credits will display the name of my production, actresses and actors and the editors and all the information that the audience will be interested in and need to know.

Typography:

What is typography?

Typography is the writing presented to the audience. It is the fancier word for 'font'. When we analyse typography we look at the style, size, letter case and colour. Each genre has a different style of typography that connotes with it and helps the audience withdraw meaning from it.

Typography and connotation (screen shot from various genres) 

The type of font you use is extremely important when it comes to making a film. It helps the audience identify what type of genre or sub-genre they are watching. Each genre has their own type of font that connotes with them.

Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this media product?

Question 5: How did you attract/address your target audience?

The importance of  secondary research into existing films:

The importance of doing secondary research into films is vital. It enabled my group to look into the various types of characters in thriller movies and from this enabled us to explore different genres and sub-genres available to us and what audiences prefer what kind of movie. This process was also used to guide my group into deciding what type of thriller we wanted to film, thus, picking an appropriate target audience. 

Secondary research and the target audience:

From our secondary research it was safe to say that people from the ages of 15 and over are most interested in thriller films because of the intense atmosphere they bring. Both genders are equally enticed when it comes to watching thriller films. A part of information that was not needed during this research is the person’s gender; the person’s gender does not matter because it does not affect their view on the film.

What the audience enjoyed in terms of conventions: 
As a spectator I believe that the audience enjoyed certain conventions and connotations of a thriller that lead them to feel uncomfortable. Conventions such as dark colours and abandoned settings make them feel on edge. This guilty pleasure of emotions is something they enjoy the thrill of. The audience would enjoy that because it leaves them in suspense and gives them a sense of mystery because it is unclear what it going on. Spectators may also enjoy music used in the thriller may also enjoy music used in the thriller as it adds to their experience by adding tension in the atmosphere.Whilst watching the thriller opening the audience may have felt uncomfortable and uptight. This means that it was successful for us, because those emotions are typical to the thriller genre.

Attracting our target audience - Questionnaire:
In order to gather... relvant 

Image of questionnaire:



Some key questions in attracting our audeince:
1) An example  of a closed question: 

2) This is an example  of a multiple choice question we decided to give to our target audience to gain feedback. In this question we were aiming to find out what sub-genre appealed the most to them, this would attract the target audience because it will encourage them to watch the film if they know the genre was something of interest.

3) "What would you like to see in a new thriller film?"
"Something i would like to see in a new  thriller, is a lot of violence and disturbia".

When asking open questions it allows the audience to give specific feedback, this is were it helped us develop ideas on what we wanted to show our target audience. 

4) open - with feedback.

Data analysis:
Once we carried out the questionnaire, we used the results to create graphs that showed our data in a clear and efficient manner to draw conclusion from in order to ensure we were attracting our target audience. 

Here is an example of the results from the audience of one of the questions we used:

This question was asked to see what age ratings the films people watched were. We asked this question so we was able to figure out what age rating we would use for our own film. This data helped us because it showed us the most popular age rating within our audience and what type of things they will look for and want to see in our evaluation.


 This question was asked to find out what our target audience would be most interested in seeing. By asking them whether they wanted the victim to be a male or female, allowed us to figure out in what ways we were able to either follow or challenge the forms and conventions of a thriller film.

To conclude all the work done with our questionnaire, I believe it gave us a big advantage within our research by doing it. It allowed us to gather information by using open and closed questions, so our future audience would be able to deliver us vital information that would benefit our end product. It showed us how important research is and that when creating a film the audiences input is one of the most important as you are aiming to please them.

Audeince feedback post-production: After producing my final product, I held a focus group because I wanted to see what my target audiences reaction would be once they had seen it.  The group of people that we had asked to come and view the production were aged between 15 and over. The focus group allowed me to receive criticism that was both positive and negative. 

Here is some of the criticism I received:

When receiving this feedback, it made me feel as if I did a good job when attracting my target audience. I feel like it was obvious that they were able to empathise with all different characters because there was a variation of feeling and emotions. I feel as if the editing was much improved and helped keep the audience interested, as well as the soundtrack. Receiving negative feedback made me feel as if there will always be room for improvement. The representation of my characters could have been structured better in order for my target audience to be really involved in what they are watching.

Question 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation: Question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

Planning: Production Roles: Miss Begum

Production Roles. 

Production roles are responsibilities given to different people when in the process of making a film. When a certain person is given a production role they are responsible to fulfil the task to create the best end product for their target audience. The production roles are:

1. Camera Operator- They work beside the story boarder to organise the scenes, they operate the cameras getting the correct shots for the scene. They capture different shots, angles and sizes, this also makes them responsible for making ideas come to life on the big screen.

2. Producer- The producer makes sure everything is running smoothly for the director and everyone in the production team. They are the leader of communication throughout the whole team.




3. Director- The control the entire making of the film. The artistic and dramatic aspects are also controlled by the director. The guide the cameras and actors into the role of their vision.




4. Lighting- The people who do lighting are responsible for all the lighting and shadows we see in a scene.




5. Location- The person with this role is responsible for finding all locations to film at and making sure that they are suitable to convey the vision the director has.




6. Costume, Hair & Make-up  - Their role is to make the actor or actress look like their character. This is important because the way the characters look in a film convey various different things to the audience. They need to look a certain way for the audience to be able to draw meaning.




7. Storyboard- The story boarder plans the scenes and the narratives. They keep all the scenes organised and in the right order. The scenes would not flow properly if there was no storyboard.


8. Editor- The editor is in charge of editing all the scenes together and how they will transition from one to the other.


9.Sound- The role of sound and sound tracking is finding suitable music to be in your film. They are in charge of all sound in each scene.


The roles in our group:



1) Camera operator: Me
As a group we decided to assign myself the role of the camera operator as I have had past experience working in a photography shop where I learnt how to operate a camera.

2) Producer: Carlie
We decided to assign Carlie the role of the producer as she is good at keeping good communication amongst the team.

3) Director: Katie
We decided to assign Katie as the director as she is good at managing and organised. Also, She has had past leadership experiences.

4) Lighting: Katie
We decided to assign Katie with the lighting role because She has experience in holding different lighting for a long period of time as She has a steady hand.

5) Location: Me
We decided to assign myself with the location role as most of the settings are going to be set in my house and I will know whether it is available and suitable.

6) Costume, Hair, Make-up: Katie
We decided to assign Katie with this role as We believe She is quite creative and enjoy designing things.

7) Storyboard: Carlie
We decided to assign Carlie with the story boarding role as hers was the most detailed and narrative was most organised.

8) Editor: Me
We decided to assign myself as the editor as I have past experience of editing in my music GCSE.

9) Sound: Carlie
We decided to assign Carlie this role as she has had experience in mixing music together and making sound.
 

Conclusion- 

This has shown me and my group that production roles play a main part in the making of a film. It has shown me and the people I am working with how much responsibility each role contains and how it will keep us all organised.

  

Planning: Pre-production Paperwork: Miss Begum.

Pre-production Paperwork.

Introduction.


All pre-production paperwork is vital because it makes sure that all rules and regulations are put in place. It ensures that everyone in the production team, including the actors knows what is going on.

Client Release Form:

This  is a legal document that discusses the terms and agreements for any actors in our thriller. It should be given to everyone who is a part of our cast. The document also shows an analysis of your location and calculate the risks.

 

 

 

 

 

Location Recce Form:

This is a summary of the location that we will be filming our thriller in. The document should be given to everyone in the production team so they all have the information and directions. Need to show visual information and discuss the location.

 

Risk Assessment:

This is analysis of our location and we need to identify what risks might cause and how we plan to overcome them. This should be given to everyone in the group so they all have the information they need to know about the risks in our location. This is a legal document used to calculate the risks in the environment.

Production Schedule:

The production schedule is a summary of exactly what is going to happen in your filming schedule. This document should be given to everyone your filming team and cast so they have all the information they need about filming, dates and times.

 

 

Location Release Form:

A legal document that discusses the terms and conditions of where you are filming. This is to show the people who are allowing you to film in the location . You will give this to the company or council, this needs to be shown so that everyone understand the rights you both require.

Planning: Preliminary Task: Mr Smith

Preliminary Task.

The purpose of a preliminary task is to give us a first hand experience of film and editing before we start to officially film our thriller openings. The task is used to show us how and where we can improve whilst creating our end product. It allowed us to see what production roles we prefer and come to terms with the difficulty of them all. The preliminary task also taught us how to share out roles.


Video of Preliminary task.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij1bAv4X3h4
The Scenario.
The scenario of our video was two girls talking about a party coming up. One of the girls invites her friend to come with her but she doesn't seem so keen to go.

 

 

The scenario we used allowed us to use the shot reverse shot, this shows the two people having a conversation clearly.

 One of the girls says something offence and this leads my group to using a reaction shot to convey the emotion on her face.

 We used a longshot to show when both characters walked towards and away from each other. A crane shot was also used in this moment of time.

 

 

 When it came to editing we used a fade from one scene to another to show continuity. At the end of the scenario we used a fade to black to show the scene has come to an end.

 

 

Group Roles.
In our group all roles where distributed fairly:


Director: Katie
Katie was director because she has very good leadership skills. As a group we decided this was the best decision because she would be able to guide everyone to also be creative and assertive whilst the making and filming of the end product.

Actors: Emine & Carlie.
As a group we decided that me and Carlie should take the role of the main characters because we are the most confident and comfortable in front of the camera.

Camera Operator: Katie
Katie was appointed to be the camera operator because she felt most confident with this role.

Editor: Emine & Carlie & Katie
As a group we all played a part in editing. We all delivered our creative ideas and opinions until we came to a final decision.
 
Difficulties we encountered whilst filming:
Whilst filming we encountered problems such as finding a quiet area with no background noise. Another problem was that since we where filming in school it was very difficult to film a scene whilst people kept wanting to walk past. Another problem was keeping the continuity throughout every scene. For example in one of the scenes there is no chair but as the scene continues you see a chair appear.

Difficulties we encountered whilst editing:
Whilst editing we encountered the difficulty of not having full knowledge on how to work with the software. We had to experiment with different ideas before making permanent changes to the footage.

What have I learnt?
I have learnt that the filming and editing process isn't as easy as it seems and that a lot needs to be taken into consideration before and after filming footage. I have also learnt that being more vocal with ideas and opinions is a good thing and that they could make a good contribution to the end product that is created.

Planning: Micro-Elements: Mr Smith.

Micro-Elements.

Micro-elements are used in films to make the best end product for the audience to view. Each micro-element is an important aspect that adds to the story of every film. Micro-elements are things such as, sound and editing and cinematography. In a thriller micro-elements are used to create tension and suspense. They are usually there to make everything much more intense and scarier. 

Cinematography:

I believe it  is important to think about the cinematography, especially in thriller films because it adds to the excitement of what the audience is watching. The type of cinematography used in a film is very important because different things can cause the audience to subtract a certain meaning through what they are watching. Cinematography can interrupt very many things, such as a calm scene and quite a action packed scene. 

A Shot reverse shot will be used when both the actors are arguing. We will use this to create tension between the two characters. This is conventional to a thriller because it will generate a reaction from the audiences as well as encouraging emotion and helping them withdraw meaning. 

A zoom out will be used to show both bodies laying on the flow. This will be used to create a sense of mystery. It will leave the audience wondering what happened and how it happened. This is conventional to a thriller because one of the themes that is related to thriller films is mystery and suspense. Again this type of cinematography will have the audience feeling various emotions.

An extreme close-up will be used when the antagonist is introduced. This will be used to give the audience a clear view of the character entering the narrative. It will show the emotion of the character therefore giving spectators time to try and figure out what her intentions are. This is conventional to a thriller because the extreme close-up will also show that the character has a hidden identity, making the audience feel uneasy. 

An Ariel shot is used right at the beginning when the scene opens and the audience see both bodies laying on the floor. We chose to use this because it will show the bodies and the iconography clearly for the audience to grasp the atmosphere in the first couple seconds of the scene. 

A close-up is used when showing Carlie's hand. This is to emphasise the cuts and damage that has happened to her. She will still be bleeding which suggests the violence that has occurred before. This will help give the audience an understanding of what has happened before hand. This is conventional to a thriller as close-ups are almost always used for emphasis to affect the audience. 

Medium shots will be used when the audience is shown the two injured bodies laying on the floor. We've chosen to used this because its shows a clear view of both of the bodies and how injured they are. This is conventional to a thriller because it allows the audience to not only see bot of the characters, but some of the scenery.

Long shot will be used for the end to show the last shot of all three characters. We have chosen to use this because it's a shot where we can see all the characters actions in the last shot.

A high angle will be used when the female victim is scurrying around after waking up from being knocked out by the violence between her and her boyfriend, she is looking for a gun.We have chosen to use this because  it will show the character as inferior. This is conventional to a thriller because it shows vulnerability in victims which is usually what is shown in thrillers.

Sound.

The sound used is important because it will also help the audience withdraw meaning and understanding of what is going on. 

Off Screen sound will be used when the gun is used to shoot someone. You will not be able to see where the gun shot is coming from but you will here it. We have chosen to use this because it is very conventional to a thriller, by the way it will leave the audience in suspense and it will encourage the theme of mystery. 

Diegtic sound is a sound part of the film world and will be used during the flashback scene of the couple arguing. The audience know exactly where the sound is coming from and it is important for the audience to hear the dialogue between both characters. This is conventional to a thriller as without diegetic sounds the audience will not understand the film.

On screen sound will be used when Carlie is arguing with Lashane and objects are being smashed about e.g. the glass and frames. The audience is able to hear the smashing and see exactly where it is coming from and where it is being created. 

Parallel sound is used when the flashbacks are happening with the couple, you hear their voices and what they are arguing about. We have chosen this so the audience see and feel what the characters are feeling through their words and passion in their voices. This is conventional to a thriller because it shows violence in the characters and the situation itself which is needed for the audience to have an understanding. 

Editing.

Fade to black is used when the production company's name comes up on a black screen and edits into the next shot of the hand dripping with blood. We have chosen to use this edit because it smoothly with the background of black in the first edit. 

Fade to white is used when we are doing a flashback scene. We used the fade to white as this symbolises the reminiscence of what had happened. This will give the audience a clear understanding that the scene is going into a flashback. 

Straight cuts will be used regularly as it is one of the most significant edits when putting a film together. It is easy to use and does not confused the audience which is why we chose to use this edit.

Conclusion:

This shows overall how important the micro-elements we use in our thriller are. Each micro-element we use conveys a different emotion, feeling and represents things in a certain way. It also shows that we have a clear understanding of all the techniques we wish to use.
 

Planning: Character Representation: Miss Begum

Character Representation.

The representation of a character is extremely important in the film world because it allows the audience to understand each character in more detail. Having characters with different personalities helps keep your audience interested. This also makes it easier for your audience to identify each character separate from each other. 

Name: Carlie Cokell-Smith

Character Role: Character 1, girlfriend of Character 2.
Age: 21
Gender Stereotype of Role: Young female, attractive and innocent.
Costume: grey clothing, casual.
Hair and Make-up: Big curly hair, natural make-up, quite pale.
Body Language: Confident and Upright, slightly weak and vulnerable.
Facial Expression: Angry, frustrated, angry and scared.
Represented as: Angry girlfriend who is hurt by her boyfriends actions.
Role within Narrative: Arguing with her boyfriend after hearing that he cheated on her. She attempts to kill him as he is unconscious however she is stopped by a mystery girl who walks in with a gun.

Name: Lashane Williams

Character Role: Character 2, boyfriend of Character 1.

Age: 21

Gender stereotype of role: young male, attractive, suspicious but has a dark side.

Costume: all black clothing.

Hair & make-up: neat hair & no make-up.  

Body Language: confident, masculine, strong, built and superior.

Facial Expression: angry, frustrated.

Represented As: Deceitful boyfriend who denies cheating on his girlfriend.  

Role within Narrative: Arguing with his girlfriend over him cheating on her. Gets caught up within the situation with both girls and almost gets shot by character 1.

Name: Zelal Keskinbicak

Character Role: Antagonist.

Age:21

Gender stereotype of role: young female, intelligent, arrogant, attractive,selfish. 

Costume: all black clothing, choker around her neck and black hoodie hiding her identity.

Hair & Make-up: Long Straight Hair, simple make-up, dark nails and lipstick.

Body Language: Upright and Confident.

Facial expression: Bland, emotionless, serious.

Represent as: crazy girl who is in love with character 2.  

Role within Narrative: She attempts to kill character 1. Seen putting lipstick on, she looks good and proud of herself. Audience don't know if she succeeds within her attempt.

The character representation planning has been extremely helpful to my group because each member has a clear understanding of every character and what they bring.

Planning: MES: Mr Smith.

The role of Mise en Scene in a thriller is important because it allows the audience to grasp meaning and responding to what they are watching. It is also important because all the various elements play along with the storyboard to help reveal the narrative.

The five sections of Mise en Scene are: 

Setting- 

In my group we chose to set out thriller in a normal dark room in a house. The rooms we are using the most are living room and bathroom. We chose this type of setting to show that our characters live together and share an intimate bond. 

Iconography- 

The iconography we are using is blood, glass, frames,guns and lipstick. The blood will be used to represent violence and hatred. The frames will represent the reality of their relationship breaking down and that she is over it, this is the same for broken glass. The lipstick will portray the confidence of the character.

Costume- 

Carlie: 

Grey casual clothes 

Natural make up (dripping by the end)

Big curlie hair 

Lashane: 

All black clothing 

Zelal:

All black clothing 

Dark lipstick and nails 

Straight, long hair. 

Lighting- 

The lighting we will use is low key lighting, candles and a smokey atmosphere. The low key lighting is being used because it is conventional to a thriller and will build tension. The smokey atmosphere created by the candels will build anxiety within our audience.

Colour- 
The colour we will use is black and grey. These colours are being used because they are dark and represent things such as grieving, depression, stress and devastation. They also convey that no one is innocent or pure.

Conclusion. 

To conclude the planning of my groups MES, it shows how important it is to plan ever aspect so that your audience withdraw the correct message from what you are showing to them and also that your scene conveys the right emotions towards your spectators.  

Planning: StoryBoard: Miss Begum

Storyboard.

A storyboard is produced after the script. The storyboard is used to explain the narrative of the film, shot by shot. Storyboards are essential because it helps make ideas more organized and help the filming process become much more easier and simple. It helps instruct everyone what to do, for example the camera operator, director and lighting. The storyboard gives information on what props will be used and focuses on the micro elements that will be used in each scene. The micro elements it focuses on are:

1. shot
2. duration
3. iconography
4. setting/location
5. lighting
6. sound/ dialogue
7. edit
8. characters
9. narrative description

 My Storyboard:

Planning: Open Scene Narration: Miss Begum

Open Scene Narration.

The beginning of my thriller will be a scene full of images from a crime scene. There is a dead body on the floor that is unidentified to the audience. The victims body is covered with a sheet and there is detectives surrounding it. The audience will be able to hear the sound of the camera taking images of the scene and sirens from police vehicles in the background.  The next scene is a medium shot of the antagonist whilst they are being interviewed, the audience does not yet know that this person is the antagonist, however they will still be wearing dark colours. The police are talking directly to the antagonist but she is unable to comprehend or respond to what they are saying because of the voices in her head. As the scene goes on the apparent voices in her head seem to get louder and louder and more distracting. Eventually she faints because she is unable to handle the noise of all the voices going round in her head; at this point the scene fades to black. When she awakens she can hear shuffling noises and finds herself tied down onto a bed. The antagonist then starts to have graphic flashbacks. The first one is of her boyfriend dead and her in the corner shaking and panicking. The scene turns back to her on the bed with a close up to her face, it then quickly flashes back to another flashback, this time it is of her murdering her boyfriend. The end of the scene shows her smiling as she mutters the words "Our love died, so i guess he had to."

Planning: Final Idea: Mr Smith

The final Idea.

Possible Titles: Unknown. Red Flag. Alone.

Narrative/Plot:

There will be scattered pictures across the floor from the crime scene. The pictures will have the family and friends in them so they link and show relevance. There will be muffled sound of whispering and sirens. Also the sound of a camera flashing whilst it takes a picture. The scene then transitions into the young girl placed in a room being interviewed by the police. Whilst being interviewed the girl can hear voices and whispers in her head, you can see that she looks disturbed. As the tension increases the voices she can hear get louder and louder and faster and faster. She gets herself into an awful state and ends up having a fit. When she wakes up after fainting she finds herself handcuffed to a chair; at this point in time she is listening to her own thoughts and reflecting on her recent actions. This is when the door opens to the room she is in and the scene flips to a flashback of her killing her boyfriend, as you can hear the words, "our love died, so i guess he had to." 

Narrative Structure:

Todorov, Aristotle - provoking emotion which is conventional to a thriller. 

Characters: 

• nurses 
• teenage girl 
• two police officers 
• dead boy

Mise en Scene:

• Lighting - Low key, under lighting (when she wakes up after fainting), Top lighting (used for the interview scene) 
• The colours included should be dark however we plan to have the interview room all white to show contrast. 
• Setting - Hospital, Forest & Police station
• Body Language & facial expressions - The antagonist will be quite fragile and petite but shows bold confidence through body language.
• Costume, Hair and Make-up - Antagonist will wear dark colours to represent confusion and evil. Her hair will be messy and big but will also have dark make up that is quite simple. The nurses and police will wear their specified uniform so that it fits in with reality. 
• Iconongrapy - Blood, knives, ropes, pictures and medicine. 

Film Influences:

• se7en
• momento
• shutter island 
• identity

Why is this conventional to a thriller opening?

It is conventional because it builds tension that will make the viewing audience feel uncomfortable. It will also play psychological games with them which will leave them to draw meaning from what they are watching. Also the themes that are included and the iconography are all conventional to thrillers. 

Response from the audience?

The response i am looking to get from the audience is one where they feel highly uncomfortable. I do not want them to predict what is going to happen. My goal is to have them sitting on the edge of there seats because the amount of tension that is building up within the opening. However i want them to enjoy what they are watching as well. 

Planning: Initial Ideas: Miss Begum.

Initial Ideas.

My group has come up with 3 different initial ideas for our thriller. Each idea is conventional to the thriller genre in it's own way. Even though all three ideas are different, they all have similarities. The similarities fall into place when we discuss who the antagonist is and what they should look like.

First Idea.

Narrative:

• young girl being interviewed by two policemen, she killed both of her parents.

Sub-genre:

• Crime Thriller

MES:

• White room where the interview will take place
• Bedroom where the parents where killed.

Characters:

• 2 police officers
• Teenage girl
• Parents

Second Idea.

Narrative:

• There is a crime scene where you see someone dead. The eye witnesses can not explain what they have seen.
• The antagonist has a mental health disease

Title:

• The Unknown

Sub-genre:

• psychological thriller

Characters:

• victim/protagonist
• no antagonist
• maybe police

Narrative Structure:

• Aristotle
• Shows the importance of plot structure
• will arouse emotion from the audience

MES:

• forest
• abandoned places
• dark
• blood
• knives
• tools
• low-key lighting
• back lighting

Third Idea.

Narrative:

•  A young girl who loses her way in life and ends up spiritually possessed.

Title:

• The Red Flag

Sub-genre:

• psychological thriller

characters:

• female victim
• crazy man
• children
• police

MES:

• urban setting
• city
• flashing lights
• dark
• leather clothing

Conclusion.

To come to a conclusion on which idea we liked the best we had to discuss all three ideas until coming to an agreement. We decided that we would use elements from all three of our ideas to create something unique but conventional to the thriller genre. This discussion lead on to a even more detailed discussion about the narrative of our final idea.

Research: Results From Questionaire: Miss Begum

My Results

In this question I asked my audience what age rating the last thriller film they watched was. This will help me with my planning because I will find out what content I should put in my film and what type of thriller appeals to my target audience. It will also allow me to know the limits and boundaries of what content I can show.

 

 

This question was put in the survey to come to the decision on whether the protagonist/victim in my thriller should be a male or a female. Again this question will help me create a thriller that my audience can draw meaning from and hopefully it will entertain them. This question helps gain research on what my audience want to see.

 



Asking the audience how often they watch thriller films is important because it will give me an insight into how much they may or may not know about thrillers. It will inform me on how many different ideas and genre of thrillers they may have seen and how predictable my idea may be to them.

This part of my research will tell me what subgenre of thriller my audience would like to see the most. It will allow me to decide what things I include in my thriller so that it is as conventional to the sub-genre as possible.