Group Meeting: Monday 28th November

We have all come in today to film our remake of Parity, for this we have brought in ketchup to use as blood and have borrowed a bucket and mop from the school cleaners. The filming is taking place in the boys toilet as it has a mirror we can use and a similar setting to the toilet used in Parity.

For our remake we asked a friend of ours called Josh, who acted as the murderer, and Connie acted as the victim. Katie directed and filmed the remake by using a shot list  and the stills sir had posted on his blog to use as guidelines. Katie was behind the camera, paying close attention to the directions Connie was giving. Chloe is in in the process of editing the shots.

Group Meeting 24th November 2011

We came together as a group to discuss the shooting of Parity which is a remake of another student's work. The topics we discussed were how we were going to shoot it and the mise en scene aspects we will need to film it as close to the original as we can. We watched the video itself and paid close attention to the stills Sir has posted on his blog. We propose to create a shot list, obtain the following props; fake blood, a knife, a bucket and a mop. Also, we are going to message two boys asking them to star in our remake, we will be print-screening the message as evidence.

We have decided to meet every Mondays after school, Tuesdays 3rd Period and Thursdays 3rd Period. Plus, we will write a list of the things we will complete before the following meeting.

Here is the video of Parity.

Brainstorm:

Mr. Barton asked us to produce 3 brainstorms as a group to the three Scenarios that he proposed. Here are the Scenarios: We all produced a brainstorm each. I chose to create a brainstorm for the "Crime thriller scenario". I used the website www.bubbl.us for this. Here is my brainstorm: Mr. Barton also asked up to research Thriller that we think are like the one we brainstormed for. I used the The Internet Movie Database website (www.imdb.com) to find photos and posters on the films I researched. My brainstorm is a little like Seven, although Seven is a psychological Thriller is does have elements of crime thriller in it and i think my story-line is like Seven's because the murderer in Seven murders to get revenge on the people who are committing some of the deadly sins.  Memento is also like my brainstorm as the lead character is seeking revenge. Why completing this task I learnt that you have to think about certain details when thinking up a thriller story-line in order for it to make sense. I was constantly thinking, does this make sense? Is it to complicated to film/act or understand? Is there elements of suspense? Will it appeal to the target market? I feel that my story-line would be more effective if the budget for our production was higher.The actors would need to be in there late 20's. In the end we decided to go with Katie's idea for a Psychological Thriller. This is because psychological thrillers are easier to film on a lower budget, her idea was great and effective, we all agreed strongly that we would like to film it. Here is the brainstorm for Katie's idea:

Moodboard: Final Thriller

Here is our moodboard of the aspects we will include in our thriller. Frankie and Chloe based the photographs on the treatment and ideas the whole group have discussed.

Katie and Connie brainstormed the ideas and planned locations etc for our thriller.

Group Meeting: 22nd November 2011

We met up as a group in order to film our remake of Resevoir Dogs.
We had met up on the 16th and the 21st to film however the people who we had asked to be in our remake did not show up, so today we all met up and got a group of boys together in order to film.
We used goals as our location as their was a wall we could use. Connie was directing as well as Katie, who was also filming and Chloe will be editing the final piece. Katie messaged and invited the people we asked to a group via facebook, so she will print-screen the group invitations and the message.

Brainstorm: Redundancy

As a group we were given these scenarios to choose from individually, so that we could each produce a brainstorm for a thriller of our own. In total our group should have 4 brainstorms, one for each member.

Here is my brainstorm, I chose to take homage to Taxi Driver and Se7en, as my thriller is a psychological thriller called 'Redundancy'. 

The reasons I chose Taxi Driver as I felt it has a very enticing storyline and the whole concept of being trusted when you are a taxi driver by your customer, made me think that this would be an ideal character for my thriller. Plus, the audience would expect the taxi driver to be trustworthy at first and would be surprised when he turns out to be the murderer of the film. I also chose Se7en as the murders in Se7en are very different to each other and yet they all have something in common, for instance, like John Doe, Luke Corseno is mentally unstable and even though they both give off the impression that they are sane, it is a front.

From this task, I found it easier to understand why the directors of thriller films included certain characters, props and the idea for their film a lot more clearer, as when thinking about the different aspects I wanted to incorporate in my film, I wanted to ensure that the plot would be enticing to the audience, that the story would conclude well and that it was understood. In all, this task has helped me a lot to think about the many different types of thrillers, the genre conventions and why they are used.

Group Work- Audience Research Statistics

Double Indemnity

From looking at the ratings, it is denotes to me that this is a very popular film, as 28.6% of the people who rated gave the film a 10, 25.9% gave a 9 and 23.9% rated it an 8, therefore compared to the other ratings, it has fulfilled its aim of attracting it's target audience. 18-29 year old males rated the film the most so in effect I think that this film was aimed at the male gender and the specific age range of 18 - 29. Generally, due to the content of the film being scandalous and fast paced, it would keep the male audience enticed as they are primarily interest in action, plus seeing as the main character is a man, they can emphasise with him.

Fight Club

Setting aside that Fight Club is one of my all time favourite films, when looking at the statistics, it is relevant to say that many others enjoy watching the film as much as I do. The fact that 43% of the ratings are a 10, 28% are a 9 and 16% an 8, it is very clear that many of the people who have seen the film have enjoyed it rather than the minority of people who gave a low rating. The older the person, the lower rating they gave, which to me denotes that the target audience for this film was the younger generation of adults. Plus, due to the cast being male, with a fast paced storyline, it would explain why mostly men watch this film. Fight Club was one of the first films I watched knowing it was from the Thriller genre, therefore while watching it I could see it was a prominant film within the whole of the Thriller genre and its timeline.

Se7en

In comparison to the ratings for Double Indemnity and Fightclub, it seems that the older the viewer, the lower the rating, which in conclusion could be down to the fact that thrillers are dominantly certified for the viewing of 15 year olds and 18 year olds, therefore people of these ages are more likely to watch them and find them appealing. Also, following the trend of a male dominant audience, Se7en follows suit with 268,000 male ratings and just 45,000 female ratings. I think the reasoning behind the amount of males watching this film is due to the disgusting images from each crime, the male dominance of the cast and the enigma code of the film.

Group Meeting 15/11/2011

We were not successful as there was lack of communication and lack of time. This has resulted in level 1.
To change this, our action plan will include getting each others numbers. We have realised texting is not the best way to communicate with each other. We did not have a very good plan to begin to film.

We have planned to shoot on Thursday and film Reservoir Dogs.

Production Company Possible Logo's:

Script for Preliminary Task:

Script:

Preliminary Task:.

Scene starts with a close up of Mark putting a gun in his pocket.

We then see him straighten his clothes and loosen up (Long Shot).

There is then an emphasis Marks foot as he walks through the door and sits on a chair. (Camera places on floor, mark’s feet walk past).

We then see a Mark’s facial expressions as he sits at the table. He is nervous about the gun in his pocket. There is then footsteps heard. (Mid-shot).

Then Mary appears, she shits on her chair. (Mid-shot)

Close up on tea cup which is put on the table.

Mary: Here’s your tea. (Sounding angry)

(Two-shot: Mary pushes cup towards Mark)

Mary: How was your day dear? (Emphasis on the word “Dear”)

(As Mary speaks there is an Over-the-shoulder-shot from Mark, Grabbing the cup and nearly taking a sip. Yet he does not, he waits and replies to Mary)

Mark: Yeah, not too bad. (Playing it cool)

                                                     (Close up of Mark drinking)

(Extreme close up of Mary’s eyes then a mid-shot as she is clicking her fingers on the table)

Mary: I know you did it.

Mark: Did what?

(Mark dies loudly)

(Long shot as Mary stands up, Two-shot walking to body dialogue is said in these shots)

Mary: You killed your other wives. I guess you were finally out smarted and by a cup of tea. A real assassin. (Emphasis on the word assassin)

(Mid-shot of Mary looking smug)

Mary: They do say, true love never dies. Ha!

Research: History of Thriller

Group meeting 1st November

This is a group meeting to say who is doing what and what needs to be done in order to complete research.

Katie: Iconic Directors. Katie must finish and post her work on Ionic Directors, she will be doing a video of present the information.

Chloe: History of Thrillers. Chloe needs to complete and post her work on History of Thrillers. This will be presented in a movie.

Connie: Typical Thriller Synopsis. Connie needs to complete and post her work on the Typical Thriller Synopsis. This will also be presented with a video.


These tasks should all be completed and meet the deadline of Friday 4th November.