Photo storyboard-

Here is a slideshow of the photographic storyboard..
This has been made using Windows Movie Maker.

storyboard

Final Draft of Shooting Script-

I have now finished my shooting  script by adding the notes my teacher gave me to improve.

1st Draft of shooting script-

 

 

 

 

This is our 1st draft of our shooting script, with improvement notes.

 

Audience feedback on our Pitch-

 

Here is a video on our audience feedback from our pitch.

 

 

The pitch-

Creating our pitch-

Our pitch must include our initial ideas and also what camera angles, sound, lighting and mise-en-scene we use. We also have to mention what genre, sub-genre or hybrid we will base our clip on and why.
Our clip must be a minimum of 2 minutes to get the most out of an opening scene without ruining the whole film storyline.
We will also at the end of our pitch, ask for feedback on what ideas our target market liked, disliked and what we could improve.

One Title sequnce I Like-

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

The shots are slow at first then they get quicker and quicker which builds up the tension for the audience.
The fast shots of writing which allows you to read the important bits get you asking questions of why is the Hulk being hunted? And why is the Hulk in a rage anyway?
The use of dark colours make the green stand out more especially when there were moving pictures in the background.
I like this because of the fast pace and mystery this film starts of with.

Analsis of title sequences- Se7en-

All the way through it has tension, (good for thriller films) and it is already making the audience have questions. The pictures are clear and the words are moving about quickly but you are still able to read them and see the picture behind. The lighting is low-key and the lettering is white with a font similar to Chiller...

This makes the title sequence set the mood of the film and what you're expecting to happen, I personally think that this font is great for the thriller and horror genre as I think there will be blood (and maybe some mild gore).
All these ideas have come from the font and colouring alone!

During the title sequence the first shot you see is a book from the front view it is a very shadowy and creates mystery right from the start. The appearance then changes from a mystery black to white to red, these colours could be representing possible blood and danger. normally white on it's own shows innocence but the red with it makes it look cynical and clinical. This first shot is very mysterious as you can't read the writing in the book and raises questions. Then after a few shots of the pages in the book you see someone shaving skin from their finger tips- this for me suggests that there will be blood definitely in the film and maybe some gore or scenes that viewers may find disturbing. The soundtrack of the title sequence is very mysterious  and doesn't give you very detail, you are able to hear a constant build up in the background until the title Se7en appears which is the climax to the title sequence after that the soundtrack becomes a little quitter but you know from what you have already seen the ending will be unpleasant.

Summary of Art of the Title- The inner Workings-

A title sequence is the method by which films or television programs present their title, key production(s) and cast members and filming crew, utilizing conceptual visuals and sound. It usually follows but should not be confused with the opening credits, which are generally nothing more than a series of text.

Analysis of opening sequences- Salt

This is film starts and few years earlier with the camera on Evelyn Salt (Jolie) beaten up. The first questions the audience would be asking is, 'whats happened to her?' 'why is she crying?'
There is low-key lighting which makes the audience think somethings not right.

Analysis of opening sequences- Flightplan

At the start, Flightplan begins with a passing yellow train; this shows the audience the location of film is based in which is America. There is a slow zoom in of a woman with her back towards the camera. It then cuts to the front where we can see her face and surroundings which is a underground sub-way. The high pitched sound effect is added which enhances the movement of the train. The previous shots fades into the next shot, and the camera steadily zooms in the protagonist head. You start asking yourself questions: 'why does she look sad?' 'What happened?' as you know something has happened by the slow soft background soundtrack and by her facial expression of the main character as the camera is in a front angle. The next shot is followed by a rapid fade into the, intertwined with a sound effect of a gun being triggered. This is where the tension started building up. Then we find out that someone has died as we see a coffin... we then find out that it is the main characters husband due to the flashback of her at the station and he comes to take her home. It is set when the weather was snowing. Snow suggests fun and joy but this way it is shown as cold, bleak and depressing. This is what makes you want to watch the rest of the film- to find out how her husband died and how she overcomes this which is holding her back from moving on in life.

Analysis of opening sequences- Limtless

• The screen is black with write writing of the Idents with a fade banging noise which we quickly find out is banging on a door. We then start to hear things being dropped on the floor and talking coming from the other side of the door.
• As the main casts names' appear the banging noise starts to increase giving us the feeling that someone is in danger.
• The screen then goes black and there is a voiceover of Bradley Coopers character, Eddie.
• The camera then shows a wide shot with a steel door in the middle, the banging continues.
• The camera then shows a close up of the door with a doorknob in the centre. You are able to see the door move when it is being knocked with the voices from the other side still.
• The camera then cuts to the inside of an apartment panning around the room to set the opening scene.
• There is dialogue from a man on the other side.
• You then hear a chainsaw starting up as the camera slowly zooms towards the door.
• Bradley's voiceover starts up again as the camera quickly shows people dead on the ground floor. then as the camera does a reverse zoom we see different lighting from the inside and outside.
• The inside is light to show a warm and safe environment which contrasts with the dead people inside then the outside has low-keg lighting meaning that's the place where more violence should happen.
• We then pan up the building to the top, to show height. The voiceover pauses until the camera stays still and Bradley then says one line before the camera cuts to an Arial shot. This makes us, the audience feel a little on the edge, and the questions popping in our head is 'is he going to jump', 'why is he in that position'
• The camera then shows an extreme close up of 'Eddie's' feet on the edge of the building just about to step off (building up a lot of tension) when suddenly there is an anti-climax, we hear a gun shot and 'Eddie' pulls his foot back safely on the building.
• The camera then makes it look like 'Eddie' has fallen and he's about to crash on the pavement.

Genre Research-

To begin with, the difference between a Thriller film and a Horror film is...

In a thriller the aim is to be worried for the character, on the edge of your seat wondering whats going to happen to them.

Then in a Horror the aim is to make you scared by having scary music to create tension and make you tense and making you release that tension by either a climax or an anti-climax.

 The thriller genre uses suspense, tension and excitement as its main elements. They are heavily stimulate the viewer's moods, giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror.
The most common subgenres are psychological thrillers, crime thrillers, erotic thrillers and mystery thrillers.
My group is thinking about making a psychological thriller.

My Group-

My group consists of Poppy Goldstraw and myself. We both find working in a too big group is more difficult as not everyone has the same ideas and it all ends up with an arugement. Also some people will be contributing more than others so it won't be fair on those who will be doing all the work. Working as a pair will make it a lot easier to pitch ideas and the work effort would be spilt fairly.
I worked with Poppy in the prelim task and we worked well together. We bounce around ideas until we come to a final conclusion.

initial thoughts-

What I'm looking forward to most in this main task is creating ideas for the beginning of a thriller film. being able to make the audience fear for the character instead of themselves.
What I fear most about the main task would be meeting up with my group members as I don't live near them.

The Brief, Description-

AS main Task

This main task is 50% of my AS which means all my work must be detailed. The AS task concise's of researching, planning and constructing a thriller clip to be no longer than 2 minutes long.
It must keep the audience entertained .
Everything used must be original by myself and my group. 

Link to my Prelim Task-

 Here is my Prelim Task link... hannahedwardsas.blogspot.com