Narrative Structure: Linear narrative, we are intoduced to the killer, we are shown him at a bar, and then the day after when he wakes up, the main character takes us through his routine.
Thriller codes and conventions:
Question and answer model, "who is he?", "why did he threaten her?", "what happened to her?"etc
Transformed city: bar turns into a place of threat and danger.
the main character is exotic as a person, he is odd the way he is acting, in two normal places, the bar and home.
CAmera work: overhead shot shows the building is packed with people, maybe a fun place to be.
Over the shoulder shot over the bar maid, makes us feel as if we are peering in to see whats going on as if we shouldn't be there.
Tracking shot when we go through the mans apartment.
Close-ups create intimacy with the characters. highligts their main aspects.
Mise en scene: There is contrast between the night at the bar where the man is wearing black and the morning where everything is white and he is acting normal.
we are shown that the main character is obsessed with everything he doeshas being perfect.
Sound : diegetic sound is used , in the bar, it sets the scene of the area.
the music in the house is unclear as to wether it is diegetic or not, it is classical music, a piano playing, this hints at his personality.
the main character is narrating over his own actions, howvere this is non-diegetic, he introduces us to himself and his lifestyle.
Editing : shot reverse shot between man and the bar maid.
there is SLow paced editing during the house scene which fits the music and what he is doing.
Graphics: central, white, small yet capital to show their importance.
COntrasting font to show different personality on different actors.
Thursday, 27 November 2008
results - charts.
Today we changed our results from our conclusions and changed them all into graphs. we are currently working on uploading these to blogger.
Questionnaire results.
Today we wrote our results onto the computer, so we could use these to start our ideas on what to include in our thriller and who our target audience should be etc.
Questionnaire Conclusion
After looking at the results we came to some conclusions that will benefit us when we make our thriller opening sequence as we know what the audience want.
We asked 40 people in total. We asked 20 males and 20 female. 2 were under 16, 35 were between 16-18 and 2 were over the age of 18. It is helpful that most of the people we asked were between 16-18 because we can now give our thriller a 15 or 18 certificate as we know what people of this age would like to see.
We put on our questionnaire a choice of thriller films and then asked people which was their favourite and least favourite. The three films we gave as a choice were ‘Jaws’, Seven’, and ‘Silence of the Lambs’. We found that ‘Jaws’ was both the favourite and least favourite.
We found that psychological thrillers were the favourite so we can consider doing one of these as it was the most popular.
We found that 50% of the people we asked liked the plot the most about a thriller. Therefore
when we start our thriller we will concentrate on a good plot.
We found that 50% preferred to be scared and 50% preferred to be intrigued by a thriller.
We found most people would associate a male with being a killer.
Most people would expect a bad character to be evil.
22 people would like to see a lot of blood and 18 people wouldn’t. As this result was close we could consider using a small amount of blood and not making it too gory.
Most expect a thriller to be more tension building rather that violent.
Most would not expect to be introduced to the killer at the beginning of a thriller.
Almost half of people would associate creepy music with a thriller. Only 4 people would associate bassy music with a thriller therefore this will help us decide what type of music to use.
Red is the main colour people would associate with a thriller so we can consider using this.
22 people would rather the villain won while only 18 people would prefer the hero to win.
36 voted that the killer should be human.
Most people thought that the killer should use weapons.
A majority of people thought the thriller should be set in a remote location.
Most people thought loud breathing was the thing that scared them the most, closely followed by silence.
Questionnaire Conclusion
After looking at the results we came to some conclusions that will benefit us when we make our thriller opening sequence as we know what the audience want.
We asked 40 people in total. We asked 20 males and 20 female. 2 were under 16, 35 were between 16-18 and 2 were over the age of 18. It is helpful that most of the people we asked were between 16-18 because we can now give our thriller a 15 or 18 certificate as we know what people of this age would like to see.
We put on our questionnaire a choice of thriller films and then asked people which was their favourite and least favourite. The three films we gave as a choice were ‘Jaws’, Seven’, and ‘Silence of the Lambs’. We found that ‘Jaws’ was both the favourite and least favourite.
We found that psychological thrillers were the favourite so we can consider doing one of these as it was the most popular.
We found that 50% of the people we asked liked the plot the most about a thriller. Therefore
when we start our thriller we will concentrate on a good plot.
We found that 50% preferred to be scared and 50% preferred to be intrigued by a thriller.
We found most people would associate a male with being a killer.
Most people would expect a bad character to be evil.
22 people would like to see a lot of blood and 18 people wouldn’t. As this result was close we could consider using a small amount of blood and not making it too gory.
Most expect a thriller to be more tension building rather that violent.
Most would not expect to be introduced to the killer at the beginning of a thriller.
Almost half of people would associate creepy music with a thriller. Only 4 people would associate bassy music with a thriller therefore this will help us decide what type of music to use.
Red is the main colour people would associate with a thriller so we can consider using this.
22 people would rather the villain won while only 18 people would prefer the hero to win.
36 voted that the killer should be human.
Most people thought that the killer should use weapons.
A majority of people thought the thriller should be set in a remote location.
Most people thought loud breathing was the thing that scared them the most, closely followed by silence.
Our Questionnaire
Our Questionnaire which we made 40 copies of to hand out.
1)Age: __<16>18
2) Are you male or felmale?
3) What is your favourite Thriller and Why?Silence of the lambs. Jaws. Se7en.
4) What is your least favourite thriller and why?Silence of the lambs. Jaws. Se7en
.5) What is your favourite style of Thriller?Action Disaster Erotic Legal Medical Political Psychological SpySupernatural Techno-thriller.
6) What do you like most in a thriller?good plot good characters good setting other: ______
7) Would you rather be scared or intrigued?
8) Would you associate a killer with a male or female?
9) What would you expect from a 'bad' character?Evil Psycho Schizophrenic
10) Do you like to see alot of blood?
11) Would you expect more violence or more tension building?
12) Would you expect to be introduced to the killer at the beginning?
13) What type of music would you associate with a thriller?Creepy Slow paced Fast paced 'bassy'
14) What colours would you associate with a thriller?Black&White Red other: ______
15) What style of graphics would you associate with a Thriller?'Aa Bb Zz' 'Aa Bb Zz' 'Aa Bb Zz' 'Aa Bb Zz'
16) Would you rather see the hero win or the villain?
17) Do you think the killer should be human?
18) Do you think the killer should use weapons?
19) Where would you expect a Thriller to be set?Normal place Remote place woods city
20) What makes you scared?Footsteps loud breathing the sound of wind silence
1)Age: __<16>18
2) Are you male or felmale?
3) What is your favourite Thriller and Why?Silence of the lambs. Jaws. Se7en.
4) What is your least favourite thriller and why?Silence of the lambs. Jaws. Se7en
.5) What is your favourite style of Thriller?Action Disaster Erotic Legal Medical Political Psychological SpySupernatural Techno-thriller.
6) What do you like most in a thriller?good plot good characters good setting other: ______
7) Would you rather be scared or intrigued?
8) Would you associate a killer with a male or female?
9) What would you expect from a 'bad' character?Evil Psycho Schizophrenic
10) Do you like to see alot of blood?
11) Would you expect more violence or more tension building?
12) Would you expect to be introduced to the killer at the beginning?
13) What type of music would you associate with a thriller?Creepy Slow paced Fast paced 'bassy'
14) What colours would you associate with a thriller?Black&White Red other: ______
15) What style of graphics would you associate with a Thriller?'Aa Bb Zz' 'Aa Bb Zz' 'Aa Bb Zz' 'Aa Bb Zz'
16) Would you rather see the hero win or the villain?
17) Do you think the killer should be human?
18) Do you think the killer should use weapons?
19) Where would you expect a Thriller to be set?Normal place Remote place woods city
20) What makes you scared?Footsteps loud breathing the sound of wind silence
Sunday, 16 November 2008
silence of the lambs
Today we made notes on the opening to the film "silence of the lambs" We noted down all of the conventions, camera angles etc etc.
narrative structure- We see that a woman is on a running somewhere. However we do not know where she is going or why.... She is sent to the boss' office leaving the audience thinking what she's done She sees something that might be of importance on the wall which leaves the audience thinking what it is
Codes and Conventions:
Partial vision is used a lot as mentioned in narrative structure, we aren't shown what she see's on the wall until later on, and at the start we aren't shown why she is running.
Question and answer model : The audience have a lot of things hidden from them during the intro.
Tansformed city is used when the woman is running through the forest, as it's a police assault course, yet it is made to look dangerous to us.
THe woman is shown to be exotic as she is completely different to everyone else in the police depot, small, and wearing grey where-as everyone else is wearing either blue or red.
Camerawork: The woman runs into the shot when she is on the assault coure. An over shoulder shot is used when the man comes into shot, this shows that maybe we shouldnt be there, hinting to us that maybe he shouldn't either.
Mise-en-Scene:
COntrast is used when the woman enters the elevator dressed in gray and small, while all the large men dressed in red enter.
Sound: There is a quiet non-diegetic music which is supposed to represent a heart beat increasing. There are diegetic sounds of leaves crunching and breathing, the breathing becomes very heavy, There is little dialogue.
Editing:.The fast paced editing matches the action while she is running.
Graphics: Peoples names are black with a thin white outline, bold and in the centre of the screen.
Monday, 10 November 2008
Thriller notes pt 2.
this blog is posted late because we had no phone line for over a week.
Today we watched the film "Jaws" and made notes on all of the following categories.
Narrative structure:
Linear, flowing, follows what happens in a normal structure and shows us whats happening in the naturla order.
Equilibrium is used when the are having a party on the beach.Howver dis-equilibrium is used when the shark is attacking the woman.
Thriller codes and conventions:
Transformed city is one of the main conventions used in the opening sequence, the safe beach, crowded with friends is turned into a dangerous place when the shark attacks
Partial vision is used in the introduction a few times, when the camera uses the eye level shot we cant tell who we are, this creates the question and answer model too.
The question and answer model is used when we are questioning the fate of the teenage girl “whats happening to her?" "does she survive?"
Camerawork :
At the very start of the opening sequence we are given an eyelevel shot, seeing what the shark is seeing, this creates an unsettling view for us as we dont know who we're following, or why..
there is a tracking- mid shot of the teenagers as the camera slowly tracks through the party. This puts us in line with the characters,and because we are in an over the shoulder shot we get the impression that we shouldn' be there, as if we're peering in, this makes us think, as the audience " should the teenagers be here either?"
We are given a close up of the drunken male to show his importance.
a high angle shot on the teenagers makes them look vulnerable or weak, as if something bigger is watching them.
There is a low angle shot is then used when the boy falls, maybe to show us him losing his power over her?
A long shot establishes where the girl is compared to the drunken, passed out boy.
a low angle shot is then used while the girl is swimming, however is used nconventionally as is doesnt show her being powerful to us.
Mise-en-scene:
The party on the beach is shown to us to be a safe place and there is no urgency between the characters.
The scene however, is very dark which creates partial vision, makes us feel as if something is in wait in the darkness.
Sound: non-diegetic music is used, a piece which later became a very famous piece of music.
There is a diegetic sound from the bell of the bouy... maybe to replicate the sound of a toll bell, symbolising death.
Editing:
The first scene is a very long take which could show whatever we are following is in wait.
When the drunken boy and the girl are running a shot/reverse shot is used to show sexual tension. A long take is also used in the underwater scene at the beginning. A cross cut is used between: underwater and the beach party, this could mean that it's changed to a safe area, knocking the audience's balance off guard.
Graphics:
during the intro,there is bold, white font which makes the credits the centre of attention.
the name Steven Speilberg is bright white and larger than all the other credits so that it is " in your face"
this blog is posted late because we had no phone line for over a week.
Today we watched the film "Jaws" and made notes on all of the following categories.
Narrative structure:
Linear, flowing, follows what happens in a normal structure and shows us whats happening in the naturla order.
Equilibrium is used when the are having a party on the beach.Howver dis-equilibrium is used when the shark is attacking the woman.
Thriller codes and conventions:
Transformed city is one of the main conventions used in the opening sequence, the safe beach, crowded with friends is turned into a dangerous place when the shark attacks
Partial vision is used in the introduction a few times, when the camera uses the eye level shot we cant tell who we are, this creates the question and answer model too.
The question and answer model is used when we are questioning the fate of the teenage girl “whats happening to her?" "does she survive?"
Camerawork :
At the very start of the opening sequence we are given an eyelevel shot, seeing what the shark is seeing, this creates an unsettling view for us as we dont know who we're following, or why..
there is a tracking- mid shot of the teenagers as the camera slowly tracks through the party. This puts us in line with the characters,and because we are in an over the shoulder shot we get the impression that we shouldn' be there, as if we're peering in, this makes us think, as the audience " should the teenagers be here either?"
We are given a close up of the drunken male to show his importance.
a high angle shot on the teenagers makes them look vulnerable or weak, as if something bigger is watching them.
There is a low angle shot is then used when the boy falls, maybe to show us him losing his power over her?
A long shot establishes where the girl is compared to the drunken, passed out boy.
a low angle shot is then used while the girl is swimming, however is used nconventionally as is doesnt show her being powerful to us.
Mise-en-scene:
The party on the beach is shown to us to be a safe place and there is no urgency between the characters.
The scene however, is very dark which creates partial vision, makes us feel as if something is in wait in the darkness.
Sound: non-diegetic music is used, a piece which later became a very famous piece of music.
There is a diegetic sound from the bell of the bouy... maybe to replicate the sound of a toll bell, symbolising death.
Editing:
The first scene is a very long take which could show whatever we are following is in wait.
When the drunken boy and the girl are running a shot/reverse shot is used to show sexual tension. A long take is also used in the underwater scene at the beginning. A cross cut is used between: underwater and the beach party, this could mean that it's changed to a safe area, knocking the audience's balance off guard.
Graphics:
during the intro,there is bold, white font which makes the credits the centre of attention.
the name Steven Speilberg is bright white and larger than all the other credits so that it is " in your face"
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