Friday, 28 November 2014

Potential target audience questionaire results

We asked 20 people to complete our questionaire. These are our results:


Question 1

Question 2

Question 3 

Question 4
Question 5
examples of answers:
  • Bruce Willis
  • Mark Wahlberg
  • Robin Williams
  • Nicolas Cage
Question 6
examples of answers 
  • Taken
  • The Shining
  • The Equaliser 
  • Psycho 
Question 7 



Question 8

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Research on our Potential Target Audience

Questions we asked a variety of people to find out our potential target audience of our thriller movie:

1) how old are you
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2) What sub-genre of thriller do you prefer?(action, crime, supernatural, physiological, horror, comedy)
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3) Do you prefer tension and suspense in a thriller movie?
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4) How much do you like thriller films (1-10) (1=not a tall, 10=love them)? 
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5) Do you have a favorite Thriller actor?
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6) What was the last thriller you watched?  
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7) How important is a good opening scene (first 2 minutes) for a Thriller (choose a number from 1-10) 

 ________________________________________________________________________
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8) Do you prefer a thriller, which includes violence, death and crime?
 ________________________________________________________________________
 ________________________________________________________________________
 

New Partner

I have decided to work in a pair. This will be beneficial for my media piece as it will allow me to combine my ideas with another person. Therefore, this means we will have a greater variety of ideas and have a different perspective on what works well and what doesn't. Also, combining different skills and strengths for example, directing and creativity therefore creating a better outcome. 

Also, working in a pair will allow me and my partner to divide up tasks in order to get things done quicker.

link to my partners blog- showing Sophie Comptons media development and journey of ideas, in which are combining with my ideas at this stage.
 
http://sophiecomptonasmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/

Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Preliminary Task

 During the preliminary task we were give instructions as to what shots we had to do. We had to 're-create' a small film. We did this task so we knew how to use all the equipment we needed, including the camera and how to do the types of shots we wanted. This made our opening sequence better because we went in knowing how everything worked, and so we didn't need to waste time figuring it out.  
At the beginning, it was hard to film the types of shots we wanted because we weren't used to the camera, however, as time went on, we started figuring out how to use it easily and efficiently. When we had filmed all of the shots we had to, we moved on to editing. For this we used a programme called 'Final Cut Pro'. I was really glad that this task gave me the opportunity to figure out how to use 'Final Cut Pro' because it is a very complicated programme and I needed practice before we had to edit our opening sequence.
Even though we made a few errors in our task, and this meant it wasn't the best we could do, the main reason for doing the task was to practice using all the equipment. We had learned from this task and we knew we mustn't repeat them when it comes to filming and editing our opening sequence



The task was made up of 11 shots:
  1. There is a long shot of someone walking down a corridor
  2. Then there is a cut to a close up of a hand opening a door
  3. Next is a cut to a medium long shot of them walking into a room
  4. The next cut is very fast and it is a medium shot of another person sitting at a desk
  5. The following cut is to a 2-shot and long shot of the two people in the room
  6. There is then a cut to an over the shoulder shot of the person sitting at the desk and a medium close up shot of the person who entered the room and also dialogue: "Can I borrow a DVD?"
  7. There is another cut and again, and over the shoulder shot is used but this time of the person who entered the room
  8. It then cuts back to the first over the shoulder shot of the person at the desk
  9. Another cut goes back to the second over the shoulder shot of the person who entered the room
  10. Next there is a cut back to the original over the shoulder shot of the person at the desk
  11. The last shot is a cut back to the second over the shoulder shot, it is then ended with a fade out to black. 


Monday, 13 October 2014

Film Classification Guidelines

 Sourced from: http://bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/guidelines

Our guiding principles are:

• to protect children and vulnerable adults from potentially harmful or otherwise unsuitable media content
• to empower consumers, particularly parents and those with responsibility for children, to make informed viewing decisions
We fulfil these roles by providing age classifications and publishing advice (known as BBFCinsight) for individual films and videos. We do this without infringing the right of adults to choose what they view provided that it remains within the law and is not potentially harmful. We seek to ensure that films and videos reach the widest audience that is appropriate for their theme and treatment. Media effects research and expert opinion on issues of suitability and harm can be inconclusive or contradictory. In such cases we must rely on our own experience and expertise to make a judgement as to the suitability of a work for classification at a particular age category, taking into consideration whether the availability of the material, to the age group concerned, is clearly unacceptable to broad public opinion. Our extensive research into public opinion guides us as we seek to ensure that classification decisions generally reflect public sensibilities and expectations as these change over time. 

In relation to harm, we will consider whether the material, either on its own, or in combination with other content of a similar nature, may cause any harm at the category concerned. This includes not just any harm that may result from the behaviour of potential viewers, but also any moral harm that may be caused by, for example, desensitising a potential viewer to the effects of violence, degrading a potential viewer’s sense of empathy, encouraging a dehumanised view of others, suppressing pro-social attitudes, encouraging anti-social attitudes, reinforcing unhealthy fantasies, or eroding a sense of moral responsibility. Especially with regard to children, harm may also include retarding social and moral development, distorting a viewer’s sense of right and wrong, and limiting their capacity for compassion. We will not classify material which is in conflict with the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence. We act as a regulator across the United Kingdom. However, the United Kingdom does not have a single legal system, and so we take account of the different legal systems that coexist in the UK. Further details about the applicable legislation can be found in the Annexe

Sunday, 12 October 2014

ArtoftheTitle.com- timings only

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/panic-room/

Panic Room is a 2002 American thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by David Koepp. The film stars Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart as a mother and daughter whose new home is invaded by burglars, played by Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, and Dwight Yoakam.
  • 00:18- The first thing that appears on the screen is the Sony Pictures Entertainment Company to show the viewers where the film was edited and made.
  • 00:52- The convention of the title is in the middle of the film ( the main title normally is placed at the beginning or in the middle of the title sequence) 
  • 00:59- At this time in the title sequence its when all of the actors within the film are mentioned e.g Kristen Stewart 
  • 01:01- In this frame the names Ann Magnuson and Ian Buchanan appear on the screen, meanwhile in the right hand corner of the frame is a picture of a man and woman hugging, this maybe signifies the love of the couple
  • all of the writing nearly always appears on the sides of the building or in the air

Saturday, 11 October 2014

ArtoftheTitle.com


Using Art of the title I am going to show the difference in opening title sequences using James Bonds Skyfall(thriller) http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/skyfall/ and The Shining(1980) http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-shining/

Skyfall
 Music used- Adele Skyfall, Made for the the film


00:07- this is the first thing we see on the screen, which sets the see. Using only this picture from the film it looks like Daniel Craig has just had an accident and has fallen from a great height into the water.




00:21- Just before I screen shot this, it said on the screen 'Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions LTD... presents'  
Daniel Craig is the main actor as he is 'James Bond' meaning his name had to come up first in the title sequence
00:30- 'Skyfall' the title of this thriller film, it is rather near the beginning of the sequence as the images that appear after this are connected the this title
3:46- At the end of the title sequence, this sequence predicts what is going to happen in the film. e.g the swords of the graveyard, where the film ends. This is the directors name, appearing at the end to show that he is not the main part of the film and that Daniel Craig is.




The Shining
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 Music Used-


The opening may look like a travel log but the destination is not a vacation, its hell and the overhead camera work and sound track used make us believe the people who are in the car are in some sort of trouble.







01:10- This is the first piece of text to appear on the screen, the light blue writing come up as threatening to show its remote. As you can see from the screen shots i have taken from this sequence, this car shown is the only car seen though out the sequence on the road.
01:13- The main actors name appears on the screen.

01:25- The main of title of the film "The Shining"