Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Monday, 28 November 2016
Mise En Scene Questionnaire
Questionnaire: Mise-en-scene
1. What type of lighting would you expect to experience in a thriller film?
Low-key lighting High-key lighting
2. What location would you find most intriguing in a thriller film?
Dark woods On the street In a house
3. What kind of music would you find most engaging and tense in a thriller film?
Eerie (approaching danger) music A baby's scary doll music Choir music
4. In which way would you expect this music to be presented?
Linked to a character On-scene music Background music/sound
5. Would you expect different characters to have different lighting when they appear on stage?
Yes No
6. What image do you find more frightening?
7. In a thriller, what type of camera movements would you expect?
Fast motion with many different angles Slow with less angles
8. In a thriller, what type of props would you expect to see?
9. Which age of Thrillers do you prefer?
Before 1950 1950-1980 1980-2000 2000-2010 2010+
10. Do you think that the costume and makeup of a character or the setting and location is more important in order to create a the suspense atmosphere of a thriller?
Costume and Make-up Setting and Location
Casting Audition/ Monologue
Casting Audition:
In order to shoot our film opening we will need to cast auditions to potential actors and actresses to play a role in our film. By casting auditions, we can allow ourselves to discuss and decide who will be acting. They would have to fit our criteria to suit our characters that we want. The that will be auditioning for our film will be:
In order to shoot our film opening we will need to cast auditions to potential actors and actresses to play a role in our film. By casting auditions, we can allow ourselves to discuss and decide who will be acting. They would have to fit our criteria to suit our characters that we want. The that will be auditioning for our film will be:
- Michael Brennan
- James Sutherland
- Jack Ross
- Mason Marrable
- Jack Frisenda
- Jody Cook
- Billie Ayres
Person 1: N/A
Person 2: Auditioner
Monologue:
Person 1: Where have you been?
Person 2: Nowhere, it doesn’t concern you anyway. (agitated)
Person 1: Alright mate, I was just asking.
Person 2: Alright, well just leave me alone now, I want some alone time. (depressed)
Person 1: Okay, I guess I’ll see you at school then, will you be in?
Person 2: JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! (scream/frustrated)
Friday, 25 November 2016
Focus Group Questions
1) We have decided to use the institutional name of ‘Dark Room Productions’; do you think that this a good production company name?
2) Out of King Georges, Shenfield Common and Thorndon Country Park, we chose that Thorndon is the most suitable location to film in, do you agree or disagree with this location setting?
3) We were originally going to use a clown as the main antagonist but we have chosen to have a psycho instead, this is because of the situation that has happened recently about clowns in the streets scaring people. Do you think this was a smart choice?
4) We have three characters in our film, the psycho, a girl walking the dog, and a stranger tied up screaming for help. Do you think that three characters is enough or should we have more?
5) We have debated in choosing to film at night afternoon or the morning, we have chosen to film in the afternoon because we feel it will be getting dark and that night time will be too dark to film. Do you agree with our decision in filming in the afternoon?
2) Out of King Georges, Shenfield Common and Thorndon Country Park, we chose that Thorndon is the most suitable location to film in, do you agree or disagree with this location setting?
3) We were originally going to use a clown as the main antagonist but we have chosen to have a psycho instead, this is because of the situation that has happened recently about clowns in the streets scaring people. Do you think this was a smart choice?
4) We have three characters in our film, the psycho, a girl walking the dog, and a stranger tied up screaming for help. Do you think that three characters is enough or should we have more?
5) We have debated in choosing to film at night afternoon or the morning, we have chosen to film in the afternoon because we feel it will be getting dark and that night time will be too dark to film. Do you agree with our decision in filming in the afternoon?
Institutional Production Names
Dark Room Productions
This production name implies low key lighting because of the word 'Dark' which suggests blackness and and a creepy atmosphere. Also because of the word 'Room', implies that the room is black and creepy. This creates suspense & sense of unknowing for the audience, relating to the genre of a thriller.
Twisted Time Productions
The word 'Twisted' relates too sick minded people, that are referred to as twisted or mentally ill. The fact that it relates to the mind has synergy with the genre of the film, to mentally challenge the audience. The fact that time is twisted illustrates that time is never ending, and infinite.
Potboiler Productions
This production name builds up tension (blood boiling) because of the word 'Potboiler'. A potboiler connotes a witches cauldron, and is seen as bubbling with poison and heat. This links with a thriller because of poison, where it is lethal by not gory like a horror.
Open-mouthed Productions
Open-mouthed is possibly the weakest of the four possible production names. However, it still relates to a thriller film because when you watch a film, you are usually scared, or anticipating something, therefore you open your mouth subconsciously to possibly, eventually scream or say something.
This production name implies low key lighting because of the word 'Dark' which suggests blackness and and a creepy atmosphere. Also because of the word 'Room', implies that the room is black and creepy. This creates suspense & sense of unknowing for the audience, relating to the genre of a thriller.
Twisted Time Productions
The word 'Twisted' relates too sick minded people, that are referred to as twisted or mentally ill. The fact that it relates to the mind has synergy with the genre of the film, to mentally challenge the audience. The fact that time is twisted illustrates that time is never ending, and infinite.
Potboiler Productions
This production name builds up tension (blood boiling) because of the word 'Potboiler'. A potboiler connotes a witches cauldron, and is seen as bubbling with poison and heat. This links with a thriller because of poison, where it is lethal by not gory like a horror.
Open-mouthed Productions
Open-mouthed is possibly the weakest of the four possible production names. However, it still relates to a thriller film because when you watch a film, you are usually scared, or anticipating something, therefore you open your mouth subconsciously to possibly, eventually scream or say something.
Final Logo Design
We finally decided on using this Logo Design as we feel that out of all we designed, it gives the best effect. There are no edits on this logo design so it makes it look more realistic and sophisticated compared to the other designs. The colour and font of the writing tie in well together as the colour is dark, but just light enough so that it is possible to see it. The room shows low key lighting which reflects on the genre of our film perfectly and we decided to use a dark room as the picture of the design as it goes with the title. Even though there is a little bit of high key lighting seeping in through the window, it does not give too much of the dark room away which conducts mystery as to what is in the room. Overall, we are pleased with this final logo design and we think that out of all of the ones we designed, this best fits and goes with the feeling that we are aiming to achieve when producing our film.
Thursday, 24 November 2016
Friend Request Trailer - Reaction Vlog
In this vlog, I filmed myself watching the trailer to Friend Request which I had not seen before. I spoke a little bit about what I was seeing throughout the trailer, then at the end I said what I thought of it and why the trailer was a good and successful one. I decided to choose this genre of film trailer because it is relevant to the genre of film me and my group are going to be making and it is useful to get ideas from other horror or thriller trailers.
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