Monday 23 November 2009

research potential locations









Locations, this is the field next to the school.
I will use these woods for the chase scene because there are paths so the victim can run through. These woods would be the best because it is close to were i live so it will be easier to film, because I will need to get all my actors to go there. it will also be good because it doesn’t let a lot of light through so it looks like all the woods on real thriller/horror films.
One bad reason is that its next to a field were people walk their dogs, so if the actor is running around shouting for help they might not know were filming. some cons of this woods is its not very big so the main character might have to run fast the same part of the woods again but ill do it at different angles.

Other locations, there are not any more places I could film this, I was thinking about vassals but It takes me like 40 minutes to get there and most of my friends/actors don’t want to walk there. Plus it is not the right setting I wanted anyway, there is another woods across the road from the one i have chosen, i have not been over there yet but it has tall trees and looks like a big forrest, one con is the monster is sup post to be right behind the victim but you never see it because its just behind the bushes so in this woods there are not many bushes because it looks like it just has trees.

For my classroom shot I need a classroom that has a window in the background and bushes in that window, because I need them moving in the shot. I was thinking of doing it in one of the art rooms.



Mise-en-scene
When I am doing the chasing scene in the woods I can’t really have random objects in the background. Because most of my clip is in the woods it doesn’t really matter about the mise-en-scene all I want is woods in the background. The only time mise-en-scene might matter is in the classroom, but that will only be 1 shot of 2 people talking then it zooming into the window where you see bushes moving outside.
When he is in the classroom, the things that will be in the mise-en-scene are objects that will show it’s a classroom and because it’s a real classroom I will use the objects that are in the room.
i will have to find objects that give hints that he saw the future and show he has powers.








In this picture you can see a road, in my film I don’t want it showing any road so this is the mise-en-scene I don’t want, when I am filming I will make sure the camera is not pointing towards the road.

Sounds;
breathing
heartbeat
twigs snapping
the monster roar

these are the only sounds i will have in my clip, i might have thrilling music in the background of all the sounds.
i will have thriller when the titles are coming up and have sounds when each title appears

dialog; the dialog will just be the main character shouting for help and when there in the classroom

woods script;
character 1: is anyone there?
character 1: hello?
character 1: help!
character 1: please someone help me!
character 1: help!
character 1: please god dont let it find me (when hes hiding)

classroom script;
characters 2: are you alright?
characters 1: ye (nods)

Wednesday 18 November 2009

which of these films do you like the most?


i asked this question to see what film they like the most, all of the films i asked are thrillers with different sub-genres, people voted the dark knight as the top, this is an thriller action film, when action got the least votes in q3 but this may be because the horror film i had listed was old so not many people have watched it.

how many thriller films do you watch in a month?


i asked this question to see how many thriller films they watch from the results people mostly watch 4-6 films in a month

should you know the identity of the killer at the start?


i wanted to know if the killer should show his face, because everyone voted no this means it will not be seen at the start

how should the movie start


i asked this question to see what my target audience would want to see in the first 3 mins of the film, i already decided to do a chasing the victim type and that is the one that got the most votes anyway

which of these sub-genres do you like the most with thrillers?


i added this question to see if i added a sub-genres which one my target audience would wants to see

Tuesday 17 November 2009

how old are you?




i asked people that liked the genre thriller, the reason i have this question is so i can see my target audience age group, from my results i can see that my target audience are teenagers

Tuesday 10 November 2009

3 ideas for my film

my first idea
there would be a boy that gets bullied, the film would start of with him in school and he would be on his own because he had no friends, at lunch he would be on his own when the bully comes over and punches him because he just doesnt like him, then a teacher would come over and stop the fight, and they would stop fighting with the bully saying things like ill get you later.
after school the boy who gets bullied is walking home but he takes this short cut through some woods, the bully sees the boy and follows him, in the woods the bully starts shouting 'im going to get you' at the boy. then the bully starts chasing the boy, the boy trips on a stick and falls over when the bully gets to him he stands over him then a earth quake happens and the ground opens and the boys get swallowed into a big hole,

that would be the start of my film but if it continued there would be rain and other things that puts the kids at risk and at the end they would be found after 5 days missing and they would be friends because they helped each other survive

i cant have the ground opening up because i dont no how to do that but maybe the ending could be the earthquake so i could shake the camera and then the kids screaming .

the sounds would be music because the boy has is ipod in most of the time, the only time u hear people speak is when he gets punched in school because his headset falls out and when hes walking home because he thinks hes seeing things so he takes his headset out, then u would hear the bully

software- i dont need to no about any other programs all i need to do is add music and edit it so some parts quickly cut

there are only 2 main characters and 1 other character
kid
bully
teacher

titles, i would have the title shake, because of the earthquake then it would fall from its position and fall down to the bottom of the screen

show its a thriller- there will be quick cut senses when they fight in school and when the bully is chasing the boy

certificate- 12a, the film has violence in it but not blood and the hole film would be about them trying to survive

skills- when he's in school i will have that max-on-action technique when there fighting ill do the 180o rule, low to high angle when looking at the bully and high to low when looking at the boy

NOTES; because this film wouldn't contain anything scary the certificate would be a 12a. however kids don't want to see things that happen in real life like people getting bullied.

my second idea
my second idea would be of someone getting murdered, it would start of with you following the murder or looking through the murders eyes, anyway the murder would have his hood up so you wont no his identity.
anyway the murder will be walking around school then he would go into a class room with only 1 person in it, the victim, and they would have there backs turned to the murder he would sneak up and then the victim would jump then smile because they no the murder as a friend, u would then see the murder hold a knife up and about to stab her then it would end

the reason it stops before the murder is because it would look like terrible acting and its a 15 so there would have to be blood, there would be rock music or scary music when the murder is walking around school then it would go silent when he sees the victim and he sneaks up on them, then the victim would say something like, u scared me, what are you doing with a knife.

characters- there would only be 2, the reason there is no one else is because the victim is in detention so its after school when no students are around

genre-i would show this by having cuts from the murder walking and the victim in detention, and there could be a heart beat in the background or deep breathing or a loud noise every time it cuts

software- i dont need to no about any other programs all i need to do is add music and edit it so some parts quickly cut

title- it could show while the murder is walking and have loud fading noises when it changes text

skills- when he is walking around school, ill do max- on-action when he uses doors and when there talking do the 180o rule, low to high angle when u see the murder

certificate- 15- if it didnt end before he stabbed the victim, it would show blood and the film would have people getting murdered

my third idea


this will be a story of a boy who has nightmares and at the start it would be a dream but you dont no this yet, it would be him getting chased though some woods, but you dont see what's chasing him yet, i would add sounds that sound like a beast chasing him, the sounds would be a mix between twigs hes standing on breaking, ,his heartbeat and his breathing.
he would be getting chased and it would start to sound closer so he hides then hes just got his eyes closed and saying things like 'please god dont let it find me' in a scared voice, it stays as a close up of him while ur hearing all this beast noises loud because its close and then u see the shadow of the beast, next to the boy and then he wakes up and hes breathing deeply, the end

you could also see though the beast sees, and to show this it could be black and white or another effect and i could run with the camera while chasing the victim.

genre- quick cuts while hes getting chased by the beast.

certificate- 15, this is just an introduction into the beast and 1 of the characters, if the film continued it would show the beast killing and eating people so blood would be everywhere

title- the title gets claw marks though it breaking it up.

skills, max-on-action of him walking though woods, 180 degrees of the victim, always stay on 1 side of him, high to low when u see the boy, when he falls on the floor

characters- 1 you wont see the beast so i just need someone running

dialog- just the boy screaming help and god please help me.

sound, beast, heartbeat, breathing, twigs breaking,

software- i dont need to no about any other programs all i need to do is add music and edit it so some parts quickly cut







evaluation
idea 1, this scripts is way to long to get put in 3 minutes. another bad thing is it is aimed at 12a because its not scary but children do not want to pay and go see other children get bullied, this idea does not show its a thriller until the last parts

idea 2, people that have saw this idea think it is not interesting and it would be boring to watch someone walk around a school for 2 minutes.

idea 3, this is the one i am doing and people that have saw it agree it is the best one, .

Tuesday 3 November 2009

research and planning

famous directors
quentin tarantino
this director uses nonlinear storylines which means events are in reverse order, he also uses alot of violence
david fincher
the techniques he uses are comical relief and very dark humour
christopher nolan
he presents events in reverse-chronoligical order which is the same as quentin tarantino





the genre i have chosen is thriller


13 ghost
genre-horror, thriller, mystery
setting-junk yard of cars, crushed old cars
title-13 ghost has a orange light/beam coming out of it and moving around the screen
characters-
old man-boss, in charge because he was the last one there and he had the best car, he was also ordering people around
man with powers-does not want to be there, scared, because he is shaking
mis-en-ses - yellow tape saying no access, means they are not sup post to be there and maybe doing something illegal

28 weeks later
genre-action, horror, thriller, sci-fi
setting- in the dark, house, kitchen
character-
man trying to comfort her, wants to forget and move on to a new life, in love with the women because they kiss and he is trying to show her there is nothing to be scared of
women- scared, worried, in panic,
mis-en-ses nothing much because their in a dark room but u can see kitchen items behind them

ace ventura- pet detective
genre- action, comedy, thriller, mystery
setting- walking down the street, in a flat
characters-
ace- looks like a package delivery man, careless because hes throwing the package around, looks like the fun type because hes messing around with the package, he likes dogs because he was talking to the dog at the door
man the package is for- looks angry, cruel, unhappy, because he looks messy does not sound happy when he talks and makes faces like he cant stand it when ace is talking to his dog.

evaluation
because 2 of the movies i picked are thriller / horror i think this had a big influence on my idea of a movie start, my start is just like a horror start, it is in dark woods with a monster/beast chasing him. But the way it will show its a thriller is by having thriller music at the title part and making the chase scene feel like a thriller, which means not scaring the audience very much.