Thriller Mood Board

This is my thriller mood board. I completed this to show I have an understanding of thriller films and also to give me experience of what a thriller should include.

Components Of A Thriller mind map

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This is a mind map of what i think the main elements of a thriller are. I completed this to show that I understand the difference between a thriller and other film genres. Feel free to click the link and view my mind map.

Paranoia Edit

This is the Paranoia video that myself, Leah, Tanaka and Kieran filmed and edited. This is the first chance we got to use the HD cameras and it gave us experience with working in groups. We were given different camera shots to use and then we had to film clips using these camera shots. This gave us another chance to use final cut and will show that our camera, mise en scene, edit and sound work is always improving. To make this better we should ensure that each scene is bright enough as you cannot always see the characters face.

My dexter morning routine.

This is my remake of Dexter's morning routine. I helped to shoot and edit this film. My editing and camera work has come a long way since my paranoia film. I have learned how a camera is used to show power and I now know how to gender a camera. This very much helped when filming this video. To improve I would need to make my edit sharper and make sure the soundtrack matches the video. I should also make sure that any clips I edit into the video work and are clear to see. 

My se7en edit.

This is the second title remake i completed. This task gave me experience in working with final cut pro for the first time. It also proves that my editing skills have come along after my Napoleon Dynamite remake. You can find this also on my blog.
I used a shaky effect to give my video a more sinister look and the font of my text and the images i use line up the genre as a thriller.

Mine and Tanaka's remake of the Napoleon Dynamite title scene

Me and my friend completed this title scene remake as practice and an induction task for our as media course. We did this to give us some experience of film making. We can also look back on this video to see how far we have come in the future. This helped me to understand what the course would be about.

Location Recce

This is a video of my location recce. For this me and some of my classmates went to London to look for places that would be suitable for a thriller film. I chose this location as I think that it is a good, urban location and it is near to a busy part of the city. This location leads to many different ally ways where we could film our peice without anyone being disturbed.

Two Minutes To Sunrise - opening scene analysis and mark

What Went Well:

• Good use of mise en scene with hazmat outfits and crowbars.

To Be Improved:

• Not the setting for a thriller film. 
• Does not create Suspense well.
• Music does not fit the video.
• The video does not make sense in the way it's put together. 
• Needs to use different camera shots to create mystery and suspense in the video. 

Overall grade - C 

The Edge opening scene - analysis and mark

What Went Well:

• Good use of adding title slates to the surroundings
•  Music creates mystery and suspense well from the start. 
• Good setting for a thriller film.
• Good use of mise en scene with the costumes and bomb prop.
• Good cinematography and iconography with suits and gun props.

Overall Grade - A

Concept Destrukt analysis and mark.

What Went Well:

• Good opening title credits.
• Good camera work and editing to prove thriller genre.
• Good use of iconography with cigarettes and alcohol.
• Good choice of thriller location.

To Be Improved

• I feel as though the music did not fit with the video.
• No sound effects were used.
• The sequence ends abruptly. 
• No mood and atmosphere is created.

Grade: C

Explain how gender links to the 4 technical areas of film in ‘The Street’

I am going to write about how the 4 technical areas of film (Mise en scene, camera, editing and sound) and how these areas connect to gender in the programme ‘The Street’.

The clip from ‘The Street’ shows a man and women arguing. The man is a stereotypical man as he is very loud and aggressive towards the female. The man’s aggression is shown through sound as he is much louder than the women and he has a much deeper tone of voice. The male character swears and the female character tells him not to as the children are about. This shows that the mother has more of a maternal instinct. On the other hand the female character is much more quiet and defensive. She does not attempt to shout over the male character and she does not swear. In the scene where the man is working there is a very loud banging sound. This emphasises the aggression and the anger of the male character. This is also a very working class sound as a builder is a stereotypical working class job. The banging sound ties in with the quickness of the edit. The fast edits and the loud banging sound shows the viewer that the male is angry and aggressive.

The mise en scene in this scene shows a clear gender divide between characters. The female character is doing the washing up during the argument which is a stereotypical house wife chore. The male character throws a towel onto the floor which shows he was helping with the washing up as well. The scene then switches to the man’s job which is working on a building site (a stereotypically male job) and he is hammering things to get his anger out. He is also wearing a hard hat and has a big hammer. This shows the man’s aggression. The male character is the bread winner and the alpha male whereas the female character is a stay at home mother and house wife. The female character is wearing a pink top symbolising feminism and a more positive colour. The male character has a dark green and purple polo, these are dark a dreary colours and are more negative.

 This also ties in with the camera as when the man is working the camera is using a close up shot which shows aggression. On the other hand when the female character is trying to fix the water pipe the camera has a slightly raised angle showing that the female character has no power and is incapable of fixing/doing anything. This again is another stereotypical female trait. The camera during the argument is at eye line. This shows that even though the male seems more aggressive that the camera does not indicate one character having power over the other. The two characters during the argument are far apart from each other symbolising that they aren’t very close and they are un-happy with each other. The two characters are facing each other but at times the female character turns her back to the male. This shows disrespect between the two characters. The characters movement is very sharp and precise and their gestures are very clear. This also helps the audience understand what the two characters are angry about. The camera view is through a cracked doorway so not all of the room is visible. Also you never see the male and female character together in the same shot. This exaggerates that they are angry and don’t want to be seen together. Some of the time the camera pans out so you can see the children. There is one shot where the female character is out of focus and you can see the female child’s face showing the argument is about them.

The argument is edited equally between the male and female character as when the male speaks the camera is on him and when the female speaks the camera is on her. This shows that the argument is equal and not one sided and also shares the power between male and female characters. Most of the editing is quick showing the fast passed nature of the conversation. Quick editing also shows anger and adrenaline. This is proved when the man is on the building site and is angrily hammering. The quick edit makes the man’s emotions clearer to the viewer. During the argument both characters have equal time on the screen. This again shows that the argument is equal. On the other hand when the female character is trying to fix the pipe she has more time on the screen. The edits are very quick and decisive; this ties in with the fast passed nature of the scene.