Monday 11 April 2016
Evaluation 4
Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our title sequence would attract an audience mainly of 15-30 year olds as this is the demographic we feel would relate and enjoy the themes of our film. The film may also attract an older audience because we have the older character of the detective who the older audience could relate too, as well as enjoying the thriller theme as this was seen through the ages of pre established fanbases of other thriller films such as Gone Girl and Gone Baby Gone. The actors used in the film also attract these age ranges through star power as they will be familiar with actors such as Kristen Stewart as she is popular with a teenage fanbase by being in films such as Twilight so therefore may be interested in viewing the film.
Evaluation
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
We deciced that the genre for our title sequence was thriller,we researched the general codes and conventions for a thriller film and discovered that thriller are usually framed on building tensions throughout. The antagonist is also often kept secret throughout the film until very late on. Many close up shots are used to show emotions of characters within the title sequence. We decided to use the codes and conventions of thriller and make our title sequence conventional and to go along with the thriller theme.The shots in our title sequence could be said to be conventional as they are very dark and quick which moves along with the story. We made the shots black and white and included intense music to move along the storyline and build tension. The montage scenes used made it clear to the audience that the main element of the plot was to find her brother through a journey, we used the montage to continually display this. The props and mise-en-scene of the title sequence fitted with the thriller theme as we used fake police evidence folders and files. This tells the audience that the criminal case was reopened and that it had an involvement of the police in the plot without actually physically showing this.The handwritten typography continued the theme of thriller by suggesting they looked like clues. The theme also kept to the codes and conventions of a thriller film as we used an investigation and secrecy of a character to create suspense. We also used editing and filming such as the low lighting, filters, music and props to enhance the thriller theme.
We deciced that the genre for our title sequence was thriller,we researched the general codes and conventions for a thriller film and discovered that thriller are usually framed on building tensions throughout. The antagonist is also often kept secret throughout the film until very late on. Many close up shots are used to show emotions of characters within the title sequence. We decided to use the codes and conventions of thriller and make our title sequence conventional and to go along with the thriller theme.The shots in our title sequence could be said to be conventional as they are very dark and quick which moves along with the story. We made the shots black and white and included intense music to move along the storyline and build tension. The montage scenes used made it clear to the audience that the main element of the plot was to find her brother through a journey, we used the montage to continually display this. The props and mise-en-scene of the title sequence fitted with the thriller theme as we used fake police evidence folders and files. This tells the audience that the criminal case was reopened and that it had an involvement of the police in the plot without actually physically showing this.The handwritten typography continued the theme of thriller by suggesting they looked like clues. The theme also kept to the codes and conventions of a thriller film as we used an investigation and secrecy of a character to create suspense. We also used editing and filming such as the low lighting, filters, music and props to enhance the thriller theme.
Final Cut
This is our Final cut of our title Sequence. We worked well with the group to create this title sequence .
Sunday 10 April 2016
Sub- Genre
The thriller genre is split into different sub-genre to describe the different type of thriller.
The different types of Thriller Genre are:
The Dark Knight is the 2008 film, directed by Christopher Nolan.
SPECTRE is the 2015 film directed by Sam Mendes.
The thriller genre is split into different sub-genre to describe the different type of thriller.
The different types of Thriller Genre are:
- Psychological
- Political
- Crime
- Spy
Psychological Thriller - this thriller emphasizes the emotional and psychological state of the characters. It also plays in audience's mind using enigma which creates suspense in the film. Characters often fight with their own mind; tying to find who they really are, and sometimes they are forced to death, deal with others death or fake their own death. Common elements can include stock characters such as serial killer and detectives.
Themes of psychological Thriller:
- Mind
- Identity
- Death
- Reality
- Existence/purpose
- Perception
Shutter Island is an example of Sub-genre film. This film was released in 2010 and directed by Martin Scorsese. This film was based on a novel. This movie is about "Tedder" investigating on psychiatric facility in Shutter Island.
Political- This is a thriller that set a backdrop of political power struggle. They are usually designed to give political power to the protagonist or the protagonist already has the power but the antagonist tries to destroy it. They can involve nation and international political scenario.Political thrillers can be based on true facts such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy or the Watergate Scandal. There is a strong overlap with the conspiracy thriller.
The common theme of political sub-genre can be political corruption,terrorism & warfare.
This are the two examples of Political Thriller. 'The IDES OF MARCH' and 'GHOST WRITER'. THE IDES OF MARCH is the 2011 film, directed by George Clooney. Ghost writer is the 2010 film, directed by Roman Polanski.
Crime- Crime thrillers focuses on the criminals of the crime rather then the actual law. The main topics of crime thrillers are often about murder, killers, heists and robberies.
The Dark Knight is the 2008 film, directed by Christopher Nolan.
Spy- Spy thriller is considered as being a sub-genre of both action and thriller. Spy thriller usually focuses on the main protagonist adventure, escapism and revenge. This consist of activities of government agencies as main plot.
Typography
As a group we decided that we are going to use handwritten font. We choose this as we got influenced by the Se7en typography which is hand written. The reason we choose handwritten not just because we got influenced from Se7en but it links to the narrative of the missing boy in our title sequence. The handwritten will make film look naive as the handwriting will be scruffy and childlike as it won't look as neat. The typography of Se7en is very scruffy and flashy as if someone is writing with the blade and makes the audience feel cringe.
As a group we decided that we are going to use handwritten font. We choose this as we got influenced by the Se7en typography which is hand written. The reason we choose handwritten not just because we got influenced from Se7en but it links to the narrative of the missing boy in our title sequence. The handwritten will make film look naive as the handwriting will be scruffy and childlike as it won't look as neat. The typography of Se7en is very scruffy and flashy as if someone is writing with the blade and makes the audience feel cringe.
Typography
All of these fonts has one thing is common which is that they are all Big and bold and stands out from the background as the all the background are quite dark and low key lighting. The colour scheme that thriller film uses are black, white and red. In thriller movie black is often used to represent the dark side and the red is used to represent danger, death and blood.
Mise-en scene
The location is important in film because it help the audience establish the theme. In thriller films they often use urban areas. Lighting comes under Mise-en scene as well and low key lighting is often used in thriller to give the creepy and suspense theme.
In costume antagonist tends to wear dark clothes whereas protagonist will be wearing everyday casual clothes.
Composition, props make-up is important, along with acting.
The location is important in film because it help the audience establish the theme. In thriller films they often use urban areas. Lighting comes under Mise-en scene as well and low key lighting is often used in thriller to give the creepy and suspense theme.
In costume antagonist tends to wear dark clothes whereas protagonist will be wearing everyday casual clothes.
Composition, props make-up is important, along with acting.
Editing
When editing thriller movies the editor need to add lots of jump cuts because there will be things that the audience will be unaware of but it will still makes sense. Also cross cutting is a key thing in editing thriller movie as it builds suspense which is very important in thriller.Finally the continuity editing helps the audience understand the film better and clearly.
When editing thriller movies the editor need to add lots of jump cuts because there will be things that the audience will be unaware of but it will still makes sense. Also cross cutting is a key thing in editing thriller movie as it builds suspense which is very important in thriller.Finally the continuity editing helps the audience understand the film better and clearly.
Codes and Convection of Thriller
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A thriller genre gives viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise and anxiety.
Thriller movie keeps the audience on the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. Thriller movies tends to keep the important information from the viewer. for example; plot twist. A thriller plot is usually a villain-driven plot, whereby he or she creates obstacles that the protagonist must over come. Thriller movie often uses street or urban areas.
Thriller usually consists of a battle between the protagonist and antagonist, when there is a disruption in the equilibrium. The aim the protagonist is to restore normality, while antagonist wants to destroy it.
The antagonist will have a hidden identity that the viewers will uncover eventually when the film progress. Antagonist is always taking revenge from a past event.
the theme of the storyline for thriller movie is designed so that it will make the audience think that the story can reflect them in their real life, which makes them scared or emotional.
Music is important in any film to understand the mood of the character and situation. In thriller music adds suspense and tension, in thriller music usually starts from slow paces and then builds up as the movie progress to make the scene more dramatic for the audience.
Conventions of a Thriller
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