We were asked to do a specific task as an extra on the DVD of the thriller. Our group chose to do an interview with the editors.
It took us only one day to prepare and one day to film. During filming, it took us 15 takes to achieve a laughing/mistake free shot! We had difficulty answering one question which took up most of our time- as we weren't sure on what to say.
We included titles and made the interview run smoothly with the editing. We tried to cover our faces as much as possible to ensure that we wouldn't look unprofessional as we are amateurs.
Overall, we have created a successful interview and would be useful to use this as a DVD extra as part of our thriller film.
Showing posts with label Elif Huseyin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elif Huseyin. Show all posts
Friday, 26 June 2009
Friday, 27 March 2009
Thriller Evaluation
Thriller Evaluation AS- Elif Huseyin
For my coursework, we had to work in groups to successfully create a thriller. Firstly we were given a tutorial of how to use the equipment and the Mac’s. Then we got onto the actual filming by doing a practice thriller of a ‘Thrilling Card Game’. After, we did a match cut exercise to help us to understand what a match cut is and this of which I have posted onto my blog. Looking back at the match cut exercise, I have seen major improvements in my filming skills which I will mention further in this evaluation.
The typical convention of a thriller is included in my work as it successfully raised questions such as: what is going on? and why is it happening? The whole concept of our thriller was influenced by current happenings shown by the mass media today. Our thriller included a perverted character that held a girl hostage, in a cold isolated basement. Thrillers usually use the base colours of grey and black, and the natural setting had those colours which made it look realistic and creepy. An example of this is ‘The Terminator’ this helps emphasise the mood of the situation. We also included a flashback and put a filter colour of blue on it.
Shots from 'The Terminator'
For my coursework, we had to work in groups to successfully create a thriller. Firstly we were given a tutorial of how to use the equipment and the Mac’s. Then we got onto the actual filming by doing a practice thriller of a ‘Thrilling Card Game’. After, we did a match cut exercise to help us to understand what a match cut is and this of which I have posted onto my blog. Looking back at the match cut exercise, I have seen major improvements in my filming skills which I will mention further in this evaluation.
The typical convention of a thriller is included in my work as it successfully raised questions such as: what is going on? and why is it happening? The whole concept of our thriller was influenced by current happenings shown by the mass media today. Our thriller included a perverted character that held a girl hostage, in a cold isolated basement. Thrillers usually use the base colours of grey and black, and the natural setting had those colours which made it look realistic and creepy. An example of this is ‘The Terminator’ this helps emphasise the mood of the situation. We also included a flashback and put a filter colour of blue on it.
Shots from 'The Terminator'
This helps show the coldness of that time and also makes it look as something that happened previously. Our thriller has challenged usual creepy thrillers, as a blue colour filter is often found in action thrillers such as ‘The Terminator’. Including this makes our thriller unique and challenges other thrillers of the same genre. Our opening includes clear establishing shots, which are all evenly sized and makes sense.
The people featured in my thriller are young characters. This kind of film is mainly aimed at 16+ teenagers as they can understand the situation of a girl being held ransom/hostage and will understand the creepiness of it. On our feedback, it was mentioned that the actual lighting made it look creepy as well as the thriller itself.
In further feedback, our group was told that we had made good music to go according with our thriller. The group worked together in making the music. Jennifer gave the idea of adding classical music into the opening to make it ironic. I added a baseline throughout the thriller, but it went on for too long, which would make an audience lose interest. The in and out of focus shots worked well as it made it look very effective and professional. The fact that we filmed from a cameras point of view and a characters point of view helps the audience see the story from two different points. For the characters point of view, I handheld the camera in order to give it a shaky effect and to show the perverted fashion of the situation which the previous image with the ‘REC’ sign shows this.
Focus Shots:
The people featured in my thriller are young characters. This kind of film is mainly aimed at 16+ teenagers as they can understand the situation of a girl being held ransom/hostage and will understand the creepiness of it. On our feedback, it was mentioned that the actual lighting made it look creepy as well as the thriller itself.
In further feedback, our group was told that we had made good music to go according with our thriller. The group worked together in making the music. Jennifer gave the idea of adding classical music into the opening to make it ironic. I added a baseline throughout the thriller, but it went on for too long, which would make an audience lose interest. The in and out of focus shots worked well as it made it look very effective and professional. The fact that we filmed from a cameras point of view and a characters point of view helps the audience see the story from two different points. For the characters point of view, I handheld the camera in order to give it a shaky effect and to show the perverted fashion of the situation which the previous image with the ‘REC’ sign shows this.
Focus Shots:
My film will be distributed by the British Film company: Working Title 2. It will be a low budget film because new actors/actresses will be featured in them. I will do this as a way to work up in the film industry. It would be more beneficial to use unknown talents rather than spend a lot of the budget on an actor because, if the film failed- there wouldn’t be so much of a financial problem.
I will attract my audience by advertising my film on British television first. The main channels I will focus on will be Film 4, ITV, Five and the BBC. This website http://www.channel4.com/film/cinemadvd/cinema_newreleases.html shows cinema releases and lists the ‘Top 10 Must See Movies’. The new talents will also encourage the audience to be more enthusiastic about watching it, especially if it is a niche audience.
The technology that I have used in the making of my film has been very useful and quick and easy to learn. It is not so complicated after getting used to editing. Throughout the making of the thriller, as the director of the film, I was the decisive person of the group and made sure everything was appropriate and went according to actual thriller conventions. These are things like, raising questions being unclear and not telling too much of the story in an instant. By using flashbacks, we have enabled the viewers to really think about what is going on.
Using Final Cut pro was very interesting and effective to see how the sequence of our thriller would look when it has been put together. We also used Soundtrack Pro which was much easier to get used to than Final Cut pro. On Soundtrack pro, I learnt how to adjust music (by making the pitch higher and lower at specific points of the soundtrack) and learnt what type of music goes with what. Understanding and being able to perfect a soundtrack and editing that goes according to the typical conventions of a thriller, shows just how much work and effort needs to be put in. Furthermore, I have learnt how to use www.vimeo.com in the making of the thriller as in the actual footage, the villain uploads the video of his hostage onto this website.
Looking back, I have learnt a lot of things that I never understood about the film making industry. I have learnt how to: film appropriately, log and capture footage, put effects on footage, do match cuts (which before this course I never even noticed), make a whole soundtrack of our own and be able to use the Mac’s comfortably. I have also improved my blogging skills and can comfortably write in simple everyday language of what I had done and my progression during the making of the thriller.
The very first idea of our thriller, was not appropriate as it was too complicated to be an opening of a thriller. It was like we were putting a whole storyline into an opening of a thriller- which wouldn’t match with the usual conventions of a thriller because it would have raised question but, it would have also answered them. This of course is not what we would have liked to aim for. We asked our teachers for advice and they told us to not make our opening complicated. Therefore as a group, we worked together to achieve a much simpler but exciting opening instead. We have called our thriller Victim No.6 and the title itself gives connotations of danger and shows a continuity of how the character (villain) is. After finalising the ideas, making a plan of what to film was useful because not using a plan can make things very stressful and confusing.
Overall, me and my group are very pleased of our thriller outcome. We believe that we have matched true conventions of a thriller well enough in our own film and that all this effort has had a positive outcome.
I will attract my audience by advertising my film on British television first. The main channels I will focus on will be Film 4, ITV, Five and the BBC. This website http://www.channel4.com/film/cinemadvd/cinema_newreleases.html shows cinema releases and lists the ‘Top 10 Must See Movies’. The new talents will also encourage the audience to be more enthusiastic about watching it, especially if it is a niche audience.
The technology that I have used in the making of my film has been very useful and quick and easy to learn. It is not so complicated after getting used to editing. Throughout the making of the thriller, as the director of the film, I was the decisive person of the group and made sure everything was appropriate and went according to actual thriller conventions. These are things like, raising questions being unclear and not telling too much of the story in an instant. By using flashbacks, we have enabled the viewers to really think about what is going on.
Using Final Cut pro was very interesting and effective to see how the sequence of our thriller would look when it has been put together. We also used Soundtrack Pro which was much easier to get used to than Final Cut pro. On Soundtrack pro, I learnt how to adjust music (by making the pitch higher and lower at specific points of the soundtrack) and learnt what type of music goes with what. Understanding and being able to perfect a soundtrack and editing that goes according to the typical conventions of a thriller, shows just how much work and effort needs to be put in. Furthermore, I have learnt how to use www.vimeo.com in the making of the thriller as in the actual footage, the villain uploads the video of his hostage onto this website.
Looking back, I have learnt a lot of things that I never understood about the film making industry. I have learnt how to: film appropriately, log and capture footage, put effects on footage, do match cuts (which before this course I never even noticed), make a whole soundtrack of our own and be able to use the Mac’s comfortably. I have also improved my blogging skills and can comfortably write in simple everyday language of what I had done and my progression during the making of the thriller.
The very first idea of our thriller, was not appropriate as it was too complicated to be an opening of a thriller. It was like we were putting a whole storyline into an opening of a thriller- which wouldn’t match with the usual conventions of a thriller because it would have raised question but, it would have also answered them. This of course is not what we would have liked to aim for. We asked our teachers for advice and they told us to not make our opening complicated. Therefore as a group, we worked together to achieve a much simpler but exciting opening instead. We have called our thriller Victim No.6 and the title itself gives connotations of danger and shows a continuity of how the character (villain) is. After finalising the ideas, making a plan of what to film was useful because not using a plan can make things very stressful and confusing.
Overall, me and my group are very pleased of our thriller outcome. We believe that we have matched true conventions of a thriller well enough in our own film and that all this effort has had a positive outcome.
Friday, 27 February 2009
Thriller Complete!!
After a long and hard 2 months, making an opening of a thriller has come to an end!!
Today, the group gathered round perfected every shot, and added our own sountrack to it. The soundtrack itself is great. We made the sounds go according to the scenario and added effects which helps emphasise the idea of it being a thriller. It was a very time consuming task but we managed to pull it off. We had fun using and experimenting with the different sounds. As a group, we made a decision of the sounds and today's effort and groupwork really paid off and made our thrillers look professional.
We decided to use a very dramatic soft sound at the beginning and dominated the film's soundtrack with the bassline. At the end of the sequence (which was a present tense scene) we used classical music. It may seem ironic that we have included classical and dramatic music together, but this helps bring out the irony and show the characters perverted characteristic.
We were able to adjust the music by making it fade in and out and get louder and softer at points. This is much better rather than just including a new sound into the soundtrack. It would have sounded too chunky and organised whereas, we blended in the music which makes not only the storyline flow, but the actual film itself.
It was interesting to see different work of others because, it's good to see what others perceive a thriller as. All the other thrillers I have seen by other people, were very interesting and there was a lot of thriller conventions in them.
Overall, making a thriller is quite stressful (even though it was only for 2 minutes!!) but also fun experimenting and being able to create footage and sounds of your own.
Today, the group gathered round perfected every shot, and added our own sountrack to it. The soundtrack itself is great. We made the sounds go according to the scenario and added effects which helps emphasise the idea of it being a thriller. It was a very time consuming task but we managed to pull it off. We had fun using and experimenting with the different sounds. As a group, we made a decision of the sounds and today's effort and groupwork really paid off and made our thrillers look professional.
We decided to use a very dramatic soft sound at the beginning and dominated the film's soundtrack with the bassline. At the end of the sequence (which was a present tense scene) we used classical music. It may seem ironic that we have included classical and dramatic music together, but this helps bring out the irony and show the characters perverted characteristic.
We were able to adjust the music by making it fade in and out and get louder and softer at points. This is much better rather than just including a new sound into the soundtrack. It would have sounded too chunky and organised whereas, we blended in the music which makes not only the storyline flow, but the actual film itself.
It was interesting to see different work of others because, it's good to see what others perceive a thriller as. All the other thrillers I have seen by other people, were very interesting and there was a lot of thriller conventions in them.
Overall, making a thriller is quite stressful (even though it was only for 2 minutes!!) but also fun experimenting and being able to create footage and sounds of your own.
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Thriller Nearly Complete 2
Today's progress was great. The group noticed that we needed a match cut to put into a shot as it was too long and would bore the audience- therefore today we filmed the necessary shot and included it in our sequence. We filmed the same shot but from a different point of view. This way, it would make the shots looks shorter and more interesting.
Afterwards, we logged and captured the needed footage and included it into our sequence. We also made sure that we added colour to it (as this was part of the flashback) and it looked like tighter shots.
We also fixed up the titles and decided to put the TITLE of the thriller which is 'Victim No.6' at the end of the whole sequence. We made the 6 bigger and put the words 'Victim No.' on top of the 6 and faded in a big 6. It looks very effective with its red shadow.
The main colours of which the thriller consisted of is very dark, grey cold colours. By putting the flashback as a blue colour it makes it more effective than black and white. It also emphasises the cold/dangerous/mysterious situation of the thriller.
As previously mentioned, our final aim is the music. The soundtrack needs to be fast and possibly help build up tension. Most importantly we don't want to scare the audience but we want to use a soundtrack that will alert them, that something is wrong is happening.
Afterwards, we logged and captured the needed footage and included it into our sequence. We also made sure that we added colour to it (as this was part of the flashback) and it looked like tighter shots.
We also fixed up the titles and decided to put the TITLE of the thriller which is 'Victim No.6' at the end of the whole sequence. We made the 6 bigger and put the words 'Victim No.' on top of the 6 and faded in a big 6. It looks very effective with its red shadow.
The main colours of which the thriller consisted of is very dark, grey cold colours. By putting the flashback as a blue colour it makes it more effective than black and white. It also emphasises the cold/dangerous/mysterious situation of the thriller.
As previously mentioned, our final aim is the music. The soundtrack needs to be fast and possibly help build up tension. Most importantly we don't want to scare the audience but we want to use a soundtrack that will alert them, that something is wrong is happening.
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Thriller Nearly Complete
Today, myself and Eman both edited our current sequence. We were shown how to put on effects and things that a conventional thriller would have. I have noticed that by editing, a sequence can make so much more sense-and look very effective.
Today, we asked Mickey to show us how to put on the effects of the previously mentioned:
-Flashbacks
-Record sign (flashing in the actual sequence)
and finally,
-Title sequences
-A soft dissolve into another shot.
So far in our thriller titles, we have included a director, co-director, editor, co- editor and co-assistant.
Today was a success as we have completed all the necessary editing. Further editing (if any needed) will be taken into consideration this whole week.
Our final aim is to include the music of our thriller. The type of music needed has not yet been discussed with the group but tomorrow, we will be thinking of ideas and hopefully get on with starting to compose the music.
Today, we asked Mickey to show us how to put on the effects of the previously mentioned:
-Flashbacks
-Record sign (flashing in the actual sequence)
and finally,
-Title sequences
-A soft dissolve into another shot.
So far in our thriller titles, we have included a director, co-director, editor, co- editor and co-assistant.
Today was a success as we have completed all the necessary editing. Further editing (if any needed) will be taken into consideration this whole week.
Our final aim is to include the music of our thriller. The type of music needed has not yet been discussed with the group but tomorrow, we will be thinking of ideas and hopefully get on with starting to compose the music.
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Thriller Sequence Complete
Today I completed the logging and capturing, and putting the sequence in order.
The group will now work hard after next week to try and edit everything to perfection and make the thriller amazing! The thriller itself so far is about 1minute 48 seconds. Respectably, not forgetting the title sequence and once it has been edited, it will be a good 2 minute sequence.
The sort of effects that we need is:
-black and white
- slow motion
-edit an occuring scene to make it look like a camcorder recoriding something. (This will be needed for the villian filming the hostage. It also increases the realism in it, as it show us a scene from the villain's point of view. Also, after watching the current sequence- the thriller seems to have some conventions of a real thriller. Most importantly, it raises questions about the situation which is just what we wanted to achieve.
Personally I felt that constructing this thriller was quite difficult- but I think that editing it will be even harder as that (the editing), is what perfects it to be a thriller.
The process of filming has been very long, and I feel we should have spent less time filming so that we have more valuable time in editing. After the half term, each of the group members will be editing on Wednesday and Friday- and we will try to organise our selves to edit throughout the week everyday.
The group will now work hard after next week to try and edit everything to perfection and make the thriller amazing! The thriller itself so far is about 1minute 48 seconds. Respectably, not forgetting the title sequence and once it has been edited, it will be a good 2 minute sequence.
The sort of effects that we need is:
-black and white
- slow motion
-edit an occuring scene to make it look like a camcorder recoriding something. (This will be needed for the villian filming the hostage. It also increases the realism in it, as it show us a scene from the villain's point of view. Also, after watching the current sequence- the thriller seems to have some conventions of a real thriller. Most importantly, it raises questions about the situation which is just what we wanted to achieve.
Personally I felt that constructing this thriller was quite difficult- but I think that editing it will be even harder as that (the editing), is what perfects it to be a thriller.
The process of filming has been very long, and I feel we should have spent less time filming so that we have more valuable time in editing. After the half term, each of the group members will be editing on Wednesday and Friday- and we will try to organise our selves to edit throughout the week everyday.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Final Day of Filming
Today, myself and the group have now completed the filming part of the project! Hopefully - we will not be in need of any more shots.
Our shots ranged from CU's to ECU's and medium shots. We did another match cut today- although this wasn't planned however worked well with the moment. We filmed the missing shots, and the computer shots (of which the villain was uploading a video of the hostage).
I have logged and captured some of the footage today- and will complete that by tomorrow.
Our shots ranged from CU's to ECU's and medium shots. We did another match cut today- although this wasn't planned however worked well with the moment. We filmed the missing shots, and the computer shots (of which the villain was uploading a video of the hostage).
I have logged and captured some of the footage today- and will complete that by tomorrow.
Monday, 9 February 2009
Further Editing
Today I fixed up some shots in the sequence. I have arranged it so it becomes a flashback event, which when it has been edited, it will be black and white or a sepia colour to indicate its moment in time.
The group have already about 1 minute+ of footage and when the final shots of uploading the 'hostage' onto the computer, which will hopefully be about 40+ seconds more of footage. Taking into consideration the titles- this will all successfully become 2 minutes of footage.
Saturday, 7 February 2009
First Day Of Editing
Today, our group started the most important part of the project, editing. It was very interesting to see the shots together even at this starting point. It shows you just how much editing can manipulate and make something seem very interesting.
We noticed that when editing, we could do with some more shots. This is to make the sequence make some sense.
We included match cuts in our sequence which made it look very effective - and we have about 2 main match cuts.
Our aim for next week is to completely finish filming for the thriller and to mainly focus on the editing so that it can be perfect.
We noticed that when editing, we could do with some more shots. This is to make the sequence make some sense.
We included match cuts in our sequence which made it look very effective - and we have about 2 main match cuts.
Our aim for next week is to completely finish filming for the thriller and to mainly focus on the editing so that it can be perfect.
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Re-filming of Shots
Today, we re-filmed the shots that had come out too dark. We made sure we used the lighting accordingly to match the mood and to emphasise the scary/isolated situation.
Unfortunately, we weren't able to re shoot Michael (our villain) because of the different outfit he had on today. To represent continuity, we will refilm him on Friday to make it look more realistic with more suitable lighting.
In the editing suite we noticed that we have to now start thinking about ordering the shots in a effective way.
Unfortunately, we weren't able to re shoot Michael (our villain) because of the different outfit he had on today. To represent continuity, we will refilm him on Friday to make it look more realistic with more suitable lighting.
In the editing suite we noticed that we have to now start thinking about ordering the shots in a effective way.
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Final Touches
It is essential that our group stops filming by this week Friday. (06/02/09) This is because I want to make sure that our group has enough time for editing and can be able to perfect the whole sequence, so that it can look realistic and effective.
Furthermore, I have been encouraging my group to blog because - they have good ideas but it must be evident on the blogs.
Furthermore, I have been encouraging my group to blog because - they have good ideas but it must be evident on the blogs.
Friday, 30 January 2009
Final Requirements for the Thriller
Our main aim is to actually film the villain uploading a video of the hostage onto a site called:
www. vimeo.com
which is a real blogging website. This will make it seem more thrilling and raise more questions without making it very obvious.
To do this we have shot a video that would be something that the hostage has supposedly shot of the hostage.
We are further planning to edit the shot by putting it in black and white- with a record sign to make it look from the hostages point of view. Also, this will seem very effective and raise even more questions- which is one of the main conventions of a thriller.
Second Day of Filming
Today, we filmed the final part to the thriller. It was successful as we did many shots including close ups, over shoulder shots, extra close ups and other various shots. It was tiring but fun.
The short part we filmed on Wednesday was not as successful as today. This is because, we didn't have enough time and the lighting wasn't very good. However on camera, the lighting seemed fine but when uploaded onto the computer- it was too dark to see. At another time, we will be filming the same shots again but with better lighting.
Personally, the hardest type of shot to put together is the 'match cut' shot. This is because you have to get the actors repeat the same thing many times (depending on the match cut you want) and it may make the actor feel bored or less enthusiastic. I can now understand that in real life it is very difficult and time consuming to put together such things and that I now appreciate the amount of effort and time that goes into filming and producing.
Also, we reminded Jen to wear the same clothes she had on before - this is to represent continuity.
Overall today has been successful. I managed to put our current shots on the hard drive and save it for now and this is where I saw other shots which weren't so successful.
Our group's aim is to now re-shoot the shots to actually complete the filming process of the thriller. Next lesson we will carry on filming the last of the thriller.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
First Day Of Filming
Today we started filming for our thriller. We used the college basment with was quite dark and things were stacked away which made the mise en scene look like an isolated place. It could have been more effective if things weren't in the basement but it is impossible to be able to remove them just to film.
Today we did interesting panning shots of the villain and close up and lots of shots of the hostage. Myself and Eman have taken the camerawork role as, Jen and Michael are acting.
The most interesting type of shot which was suggested by Jen was to have her in the frame but make it in and out of focus. By doing this, I can already see its creativity and will look really good once editted.
We did ECU's of Jen's feet hands and a close up of her face. We now need to get many more shots in and we need to include a 'flashback' of when the villan actually kidnapps the hostage.
We have used the props of a gun, a chair and a chain of loose metal to put around the hostage's feet.
I am quite pleased with what we filmed today and I'm sure things will progress by Friday.
Today we did interesting panning shots of the villain and close up and lots of shots of the hostage. Myself and Eman have taken the camerawork role as, Jen and Michael are acting.
The most interesting type of shot which was suggested by Jen was to have her in the frame but make it in and out of focus. By doing this, I can already see its creativity and will look really good once editted.
We did ECU's of Jen's feet hands and a close up of her face. We now need to get many more shots in and we need to include a 'flashback' of when the villan actually kidnapps the hostage.
We have used the props of a gun, a chair and a chain of loose metal to put around the hostage's feet.
I am quite pleased with what we filmed today and I'm sure things will progress by Friday.
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
FINAL PLANS FOR THRILLER
Myself, Jen and Eman discussed final plans for our thriller. As Jen wrote down shots that can be used, today, I finalised these ideas.
Finalised Idea For Thriller
Plot: A girl is being held hostage and the villain is filming his hostage. She is frightened and does not know what will happen to her. The villain then goes on to a computer and uploads his video of the hostage onto a website…
(locations/props/characters needed: basement, computer (room) hostage and villan, video camera for the villan and a CD, and a fake website)
Types of shots needed:
1. Location of the hostage being kept there tied to a chair or sitting on the ground.
2. FAST OCCURING SHOTS of hostage looking around, hostage feeling isolated, hostage struggling- trying to escape.
3. Hostage then stops looks frightened.
4. Shot of villains back walking towards the hostage. (Match cut) of villain walking.
5. Picks up a video camera.
6. Hostage looks confused/unaware of situation.
7. Presses the record button.
8. Hostage is being filmed by the villain- hostage becomes even more scared.
9. Goes into flashback of: the villain tying her up, kicking her, shouting at her, hostage crying and also screaming. (sepia or black and white)
10. Villain walks to a computer
11. Goes onto a website
12. Uploads video.
13. Shows upload complete sign (final shot)
The group will start filming as soon as a ideal location is found.
Finalised Idea For Thriller
Plot: A girl is being held hostage and the villain is filming his hostage. She is frightened and does not know what will happen to her. The villain then goes on to a computer and uploads his video of the hostage onto a website…
(locations/props/characters needed: basement, computer (room) hostage and villan, video camera for the villan and a CD, and a fake website)
Types of shots needed:
1. Location of the hostage being kept there tied to a chair or sitting on the ground.
2. FAST OCCURING SHOTS of hostage looking around, hostage feeling isolated, hostage struggling- trying to escape.
3. Hostage then stops looks frightened.
4. Shot of villains back walking towards the hostage. (Match cut) of villain walking.
5. Picks up a video camera.
6. Hostage looks confused/unaware of situation.
7. Presses the record button.
8. Hostage is being filmed by the villain- hostage becomes even more scared.
9. Goes into flashback of: the villain tying her up, kicking her, shouting at her, hostage crying and also screaming. (sepia or black and white)
10. Villain walks to a computer
11. Goes onto a website
12. Uploads video.
13. Shows upload complete sign (final shot)
The group will start filming as soon as a ideal location is found.
Friday, 23 January 2009
Thriller plans (nearly finalised)
In today's lesson, we discussed further plans for our actual thriller. Howvere we had many difficulties as the plans we had come up with, was too complicated to film for a two minute opening scene. One member of our group was missing (Micheal) so me, Jen and Eman were left to make final decisions about what should be taken out improved and put in.
After break, we presented our ideas- gave a 'pitch' to the class. However our teacher Anabell believed that our idea wouldn't work so well. After trying to discuss what we could improve, we didn't come up with a solid plan. We thought that our plot should involve:
2 Spy's and one hostage who had links with the 'government'
The villan was meant to keep this person hostage until they had got what they wanted from the government.
We noticed that our idea was too complicated therefore did not go ahead with what we had planned.
For advice Mickey then came along. He suggested that we should have a less complicated idea and that we can do something that could stick with our hostage idea.
So our final decision for today was:
The villan will hold somebody hostage and he will film his hostage. He will film it in such a way that the hostage becomes frightened because she does not know the consequences. However we will have an interesting shot of the villan using a camera and we will in our own sequence have a part of the 'villans' filming.
During the sequence there will be black and white constant flashbacks:
- Tying her up
- Attacking her
- Shouting at her.
- Hostage screaming
But then after you will see the villan go to his computer and go on a website. He will then post a video of the hostage online.
The very final shot will include the hostage and a phone dangling down. This will be shown from a very low angle, possibly from knees down...
After break, we presented our ideas- gave a 'pitch' to the class. However our teacher Anabell believed that our idea wouldn't work so well. After trying to discuss what we could improve, we didn't come up with a solid plan. We thought that our plot should involve:
2 Spy's and one hostage who had links with the 'government'
The villan was meant to keep this person hostage until they had got what they wanted from the government.
We noticed that our idea was too complicated therefore did not go ahead with what we had planned.
For advice Mickey then came along. He suggested that we should have a less complicated idea and that we can do something that could stick with our hostage idea.
So our final decision for today was:
The villan will hold somebody hostage and he will film his hostage. He will film it in such a way that the hostage becomes frightened because she does not know the consequences. However we will have an interesting shot of the villan using a camera and we will in our own sequence have a part of the 'villans' filming.
During the sequence there will be black and white constant flashbacks:
- Tying her up
- Attacking her
- Shouting at her.
- Hostage screaming
But then after you will see the villan go to his computer and go on a website. He will then post a video of the hostage online.
The very final shot will include the hostage and a phone dangling down. This will be shown from a very low angle, possibly from knees down...
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Thriller Plans 2
In today's lesson, my group and I discussed further plans for our media thriller. Firstly we have decided that there will be:
CHARACTERS:
2 Spy's (links with government)
1 hostage (links with government)
1 villan (steals confidential information from government)
POSSIBLE LOCATIONS:
For the hostage and villan scene, we were thinking an low roof basment- totally empty and character is left hostage there.
Outside at night-spy's being followed by an unidentified character [this creates mystery and raises questions].
Shots from inside a building.
Governments office- dark computer room.
Finalised ideas will be blogged by Friday.
CHARACTERS:
2 Spy's (links with government)
1 hostage (links with government)
1 villan (steals confidential information from government)
POSSIBLE LOCATIONS:
For the hostage and villan scene, we were thinking an low roof basment- totally empty and character is left hostage there.
Outside at night-spy's being followed by an unidentified character [this creates mystery and raises questions].
Shots from inside a building.
Governments office- dark computer room.
Finalised ideas will be blogged by Friday.
Practice Thriller
Here is our finished practice thriller-
Starring Jennifer and Eman
Camera work by: Elif & Micheal
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Further Ideas For Thriller
I have thought about further ideas for the thriller.
There will be 2 government spy's trying to take violent action against a terrorist- and there could be another character possibly held hostage.
Yet again, these are not finalised decisions, I have just made an idea and will share with my group accordingly.
There will be 2 government spy's trying to take violent action against a terrorist- and there could be another character possibly held hostage.
Yet again, these are not finalised decisions, I have just made an idea and will share with my group accordingly.
Thriller Plans
Me and Eman have come up with some ideas for the actual thriller. We were thinking more of a spy thriller rather than a scary one.
We haven't finalized our plot yet- but we a have a general idea of what type of characters we would like to include in the thriller. We had discussed there being two spy's and one villan. The villan will be doing something and spy's will follow the villan.
We will need to discuss with the other two members of our group about further plans and whether they agree about the current ideas.
We haven't finalized our plot yet- but we a have a general idea of what type of characters we would like to include in the thriller. We had discussed there being two spy's and one villan. The villan will be doing something and spy's will follow the villan.
We will need to discuss with the other two members of our group about further plans and whether they agree about the current ideas.
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