Evaluations

Our previous project of the childrens film opening, we believe wasn't as successful as we had hoped however with this in mind we made sure we were 100% focused on making our thriller opening better. The evaluation I made from last time wasn't as detailed as it could have been therefore now that i have another opportunity to do this, I'm going to try and make it better than the first.

10 Seconds Short.

Due to our feedback given last week, we made sure that we cut some of the filming in the bedroom scene to make sure it didn't drag on too long making our audience loose interest. This unfortunately has left us 10 seconds short on footage meaning 10 seconds less than the two minutes. We were told this would not decrease our overall marks, however to us this is disappointing as we planned on not having enough footage making a new storyboard leading to over 2 minutes.
To fill the nine seconds we decided to make the ident longer, this was a piece of our feedback from the class stating that our ident was successful however it wasn't shown off enough.

Feedback

Our original idea for our thriller opening was to have a tape recorder in the background of every scene (except the one's where Ben is talking) to add effect and produce clear sound to the audience. Having had feedback from the class, it was said that the tape recorder was needed as the sound produced by Ben was very quiet. As we didn't have time to add in the sound for the tape recorder we didn't have this in our rough cut draft however it is an essential feature to our film and therefore will be included before Friday's final day.
On Tuesday 9th March - we discovered that their was an element of sound missing from our thriller opening from around 2minutes 10 - 2 minutes 40. This was important because we had limited time to add it in and it was important for adding effect, therefore Eloise and I made sure we completed it in this time on Tuesday for the rough cut on Friday. We managed to produce some sound however we discussed it as a group and decided that it wasn't the right genre type to add in for our final deadline, therefore we again, had to change it. Over all, from now, I feel our thriller opening is coming together leaving us just enough time to make the ideal changes it takes for a better outcome.

Analysis of Six Feet Under Credits

In the opening credits of six feet under, the first name listed as a credit appears in the skies. This suggests that the film could either consist of a form of fairytale or death. Knowing what the narrative of the film contains, we know that it's about death. With this the titles are cleverly written. As the first credit is in the sky, it suggests a heavenly feeling.
The next shot is a sudden departure of two hands, this again implies that death has come between two people. The music begins slow but tragic and appears to be the same all through up until after the mourning and the death of the person, here it turns to being somewhat brighter.
The way the credits are written is all relevant to the storyline of the film. The family run a funeral home therefore deal with deaths a lot and so when we see the credit of the foot labelled with "Matthew St Patrick" it creates a certain effect for the audience.
The scene is then changed to a hospital where a body is being pushed into the light. This suggests that the person on the bed is dying and the light represents the well-known saying of "don't go into the light" created around death. The credits are produced all through this being placed both in the light and in the darkness afterwards.
Towards the end we see the last of the credits produced onto a gravestone therefore implying that the person shown throughout the opening sequence has died. We also know this through the fact that a close up shot of a coffin in shown.

The Opening Credits in this sequence are produced in a highly credible way, this is because they start as if an accident must have taken place and explain a story afterward about a persons death.


Six Feet Under, Main Title Sequence
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Comparisons of antagonist and protagonist.

Protagonist - the good character who tries to solve a crime at a race against the clock. In our thriller, "The legend of the Sphinx," the protagonist is the detective played by Henry Jones. His character is trying to discover the murderer of young girl, Aquanetta Stream. She was violently killed after not being able to answer the riddle provided by the killer. In relation to this, in the film "The Da Vinci Code" there is also a protagonist similar to ours as he is racing against the clock and is in need of finding clues leading up to the answer of his problems.


The Antagonist is the bad character, in thrillers, that normally commits a murder that the protagonist is determined to find in order to solve the crime.
In our Thriller, the antagonist is unknown throughout, this is due to the different factors that aren't easy to solve. The voice cannot be detected and the face is left unseen. Similarly, in the thriller 24, the murderer throughout the episode is not found for a few weeks. This keeps the tension high as the audience is trying to figure out the murderer themselves too.

12 Certificate Homework

A certificate is given to a film in order to illiminate harm and distress to viewers watching a film.
The classification guidelines for a 12 certificate are
1. the person watching and/or buying a 12 film must be at the age of 12 or over
2. there must not be any foul/bad language by the actors on screen
3. there should not be drugs in the film however if they're are they must be minimal
4. no detail of self harm or abuse should be seen
5. sexual activity should be breifly displayed if not no sex should be included.
. violence should be low and nothing that may be seen in an over 12 action or horror film should be included.

Thriller Homework - Taking Lives.

Film : Taking Lives
Action, Crime Thriller.
Cinematography

• mid shots
• long shots
• close up
• point of view shots
• pan angle shot
  
• tracking shot

Editting

• cross cuts
• continuity
  
• linear editting

as the clip i chose is at the end of the film, taing lives, linear editting is obvious as the story is followed.

• no transtions as its a film

I believe the film ad alot of funding as it's a popular film with good actors, including angelina jolie.

Mise-en-scene
characters:

• Angelina Jolie
  

- Dress and cardigan to show motherhood as she is pregnant
- Long straight air
- natural makeup to try and show a natural glow.

• Male character

- cold makeup to show an antagonist look
- dark clothing, brown jacket.
- deep voice to show tension

Location is far away in the hills to build tension so the audience can tell someone will be arriving uninvited and cause trouble.

There are many props involved in the last scene as she is determine to kill the male character. Theres also probs within the house that are general items of furnishing. She uses, scissors to kill him however she also comes in contact with a mug, a sharp metal object (to strangle her).

The shots identify their facial expressions, for example, a close up was used when angelina jolie was being strangled to allow the audience to feel what she feels and to see the pain he's causing so when he finally dies the audience are at ease.

• Lighting
  
• Natural, misty but clear enough to see people and expressions.
  

No obvious special effects used.

The dialogue is natural so the audience can relate to the characters as a feel of being in the situation.

Action Thriller Conventions

Action Thriller:

• Obvious antagonist
  - find out through mise-en-scene e.g. costumes.
  
• Race against the clock scenario
• Features more violence than other sub genres
• Disruption to equilibrium requires the protagonist.
  - use action to solve the problem.
  - protagonist must be physically fit or athletic.
  
• Usually involves characters of the opposite sex to drive the narrative e.g. rescue a female by a male/or the other way around.
  
• Their loyalty will be questioned (the partner or the opposite sex to the lead character)
  

Examples of Action Thrillers:
- Iron Man
- Hostage
- Equilibrium
- Double Jeopardy
- Taken
- Blood Diamond.



Taken is an action film from 2009 and we know this from the race against time to find a mans daughter before she gets killed by the people who took her.
We immediately know who is the good in this movie and the bad. The protagonist is Liam Neeson playing the girls father and the bad is not played in the trailer clip however they do appear later in the movie.
A popular phrase from the film is:
"I don't know who you are, I don't know what you want, if you are looking for a ransom, I can tell you i don't have money, but what i do have, are a very particular set of skills, skills that i have acquired from a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
I will look for you,
I will find you,
and I will kill you."
The drama from this phrase allows the audience to identify with the characters.
We know that this is an action film because the message in this phrase can automatically tell the audience that Liam Neeson will fight and kill anyone necessary to have his daughter returned. To fight the bad people, the protagonist must be pysically fit and athletic.
Liam neeson is the protaginist and his loyalty is questioned by his wife in the film as they are divorced and she doesn't believe he can find her. This is unusual because he is the main character.

Political Coventions.
- Threat is set against a back drop of political power struggle.
- Plots are designed to give political power to someone.
- Opponent characters are set up to try and prevent people recieving power.
- 2 sets of characters with 2 different roles or ranks. e.g. James Bond.



At the beginning of this clip there is an obvious link to politics, in America. The political threat that the film is representing is bombings. The problem of the bombings is realistic to real life, therefore the thriller itself is good for the people to relate to. The film is automatically seen as a political subgenre of a thriller as it begins with narrations of a man setting the scene as if he were a member of parliment, this leads the audience to know straight away.
Opponent characters are shown within the first scene of the film as the president gets shot. This suggests that the film has been created to excite the audience as well as have an interest in politics. The good character is also shown in this clip as Thomas Barnes. (Dennis Quaid) He is linked to the politics as he is a bodyguard to the president before and after he gets shot. We know Thomas is a good character as he is portrayed as heroic through the audience watching a clip of him taking a bullet for the president.
The threat shown in this film is revealed quickly as they want the audience to get into the storyline/narrative therefore they get into the politics of it quickly aswell.