James Smith has just been released from prison for a crime he feels he was wrongly convicted for. Bitter and twisted he wants his own kind of justice for the witnesses who sent him to prison. Behind closed doors he searches for his victims through social networking sites, scanning, printing, copying addresses, names and faces. Once he has searched for them, his next step is to destroy them. Then they will be deleted.
From the chart in order to enage our audience we will need to come up with a creative, original idea. Secondly, we will need to produce characters that will intrigue our audiences. Lastly, by using a range of camera shots/angles and editing it will make our thriller more interesting to watch.
We asked the question 'What type of music do you like to hear in films?' The majority of our participants said they prefered popular music in films followed by dramatic music. This means we should try to use music that is popular amongst our audience. However, due to copyright this may be hard for us to do, so we should try to use dramatic music.
From the question 'What do you do in your spare time?' we can see that the majority of our audience spend their time on the Internet. This result means that we may try to incorporate the Internet into our opening as it will draw in our target audience because they can relate to it.
The question displays that in our opening we should make sure to sustain the audiences attention by creating an intriguing opening. By using editing to make the opening more visually interesting with symbols, so that we do not give everything away, but we incorporate links that might happen later on in the film.
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT - Key Points • Dark Opening - establishes mood and atmosphere that is conventional of thrillers • Tracking across venetian blinds with obscured figure behind - conventional use of shadow and light to create enigma, possible suggest split personality. • Ashton Kutcher slow motion running into opening shot - star presence hints that he may be central protagonist • Sartorial Codes - blue robe and unshaven - suggest psychological institution. Is there some sort of psychological disorder at the heart of the narrative? • Torchlight outside room - investigation • Close-up of handwriting "Save her" - important clue, hint at narrative, creates protagonist / antagonist conflict • Non-diegetic music - changes the pace when speeds or slows down - audience might feel tension building. • Titles - the Butterflies in mind shapes (Xray) - audience is possibly left thinking - due to twists. • Editing - dark titles to bright wide shot - boy cycling - journey and childhood (past, present, future) - calmer atmosphere. • Haunted childhood - twist - unexpected so soon in the beginning of a thriller. Incorporate into our thriller - • Add twists - edgy, more sophisticated. • Close ups - important clue - saves time to hint
LAYER CAKE - Key points • Non diegetic monologue (Daniel Craig character) - introduces possibly the main character- audience sees his perspective - makes audience feel in control. • Mellow non diegetic music - audience fully focuses on visuals - long panning and tracking shots. • Titles - positioned subtly on objects (e.g the door) - creates a sophisticated atmosphere. Incorporate into our thriller - • Use a range of subtle (quite, slower paced) and loud, quick paced, non diegetic music. • Placing titles on objects - simplistic, sophisticated titles.
SE7EN - Key points • Opening of book - side view close up - detective/ investigation • Names - same small writing throughout, appearing in different places - murders happen however, at different times - links between different events/objects • Editing - Quick paced cuts - attention drawn to next symbols/clues - builds tension - audience plays detective. • Non - diegetic sound - connect with visuals - reinforces an tense atmosphere • Imagery - writing, photos act as evidence - suggest planned crimes • The writing moving - blurs making it disoriented • Ending - showing books in a row also suggest planned crimes - final stages (the books complete and on the shelf) - builds up to that moment (climax) • Ending music - the music has a few words in - climax - anticipation to see the film Incorporate into our thriller - • Face drawn over - have a list of faces a cross them off (victims) • Symbols - simplistic - letting the audience gather information for themselves
Titles- the opening of the film shows the title in white with a sophisticated font with the background of a velvet material which is the colour blue. Sound- the non diagetic sounds starts of slowly then goes on to being louder and creating tension for the audience as it moves into the opening sequence of the film there is the music being played of a man singing ‘blue velvet’ which shows innocence because of the way he is singing. Editing- starts of with a slow shot of the flowers. Then the second shot of the children crossing the road. The opening explains the whole film. Also the music being played at the beginning suggests that the film is about a woman. Several shots switch back and front showing the man then the women and then the man again. Camera- mostly long shots and mid shots taken but close ups of shots where the viewer’s attention is needed. Narrative- the clip gives away the story as there are a lot of shots in the opening to show what the film may be about. The film is a thriller but it does not show it in the opening sequence as it is not showing mystery as other thrillers do and it also does not create tension for the audience. Background- it is a 1986 mystery film. It is written and directed by David lynch. It grossed a total of $8,551,228.
