Infogram time and equipment

Sam's work (me)

Well known directors

This is a link to the work on well known directors of thriller films


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxhKCrZ-rVegS1dmdGRHbkhsTk0/edit?usp=sharing

Nathan and Angus's work

Time and Equipment planning

Time and Equipment

 

Equipment

The equipment needed:

Panasonic Video camera to record the film

A Tripod to keep the camera steady when recording

External microphone to record sounds and gets a lot better sound quality when recording the film

The bad guy should wear dark clothes in the film which would connote to the audience that he/she is the bad guy and know who to be fear full off

The two people running away from the bad guy should wear bright clothing to show that they are pure and innocent in the whole scenario

The weapon to be used would be a sharp object as they are commonly used as murder weapons in thrillers and can add a certain fear factor in the film

 

Time

The film will be recorded in an evening between the times 4 o clock to 6 o clock the reason for this is that it would not be too dark all the time when recording as it is winter while we are recording the nights will be colder and darker this will work to our advantage as we are recording a horror thriller so they tend to be darker as that makes them more horrific.

We want the recording to all be finished by the 7^th of February so we have plenty of time to be able to assess what we need to edit possibly re-record certain parts of the video and edit the video  to make it as good as we can.

 

 

 

Aaron Baskerville (group work)

Classification of Films

Classification of Films

U stands for ‘universal’, the films are suitable for ages 4 and up.

·         U’s don’t contain any nudity, discrimination, drugs, horror, imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sex or violence

·         They only contain very mild language (e.g. damn, hell) and the occasional ‘bloody’ or ‘bugger’

·         A U film may include brief fight scenes, and any emotional stress is resolved quickly and the outcome is reassuring. Horror is the same; it will be resolved quickly and broken up with comedy or music

·         Examples are: monsters university, the Smurfs, Cars 2 and Diary of a Wimpy Kid

·         I think this is a correct classification and has valid reasons for not including violence, horror etc.

                           PG stands for Parental Guidance, the films are suitable for ages 8 and up.

·         This means a film is suitable for general viewing, however, some scenes may not be suitable younger children and parents should consider whether it will be suitable for their children.

·         Not all PG films are made with children in mind, films like the artist are rated PG because they are suitable for ages 8a and over, but it was mostly grownups that enjoyed it.

·         No theme is banned from PG’s, as long as it is treated appropriately to the rating. Smoking and drinking won’t be glamorised, and if a child is seen to be smoking or drinking then it will be emphasised to look bad.

·         It may contain mild bad language such as ‘shit’ or ‘son of a bitch’ however; frequent use of bad language or it being used in an overly aggressive way then it will be passed to the next category.

·         There should be no detail of violence in a PG, blood may be seen but the way the wound is inflicted should not be covered in detail. Horror is allowed in ‘jump’ moments and scary scenes, but scenes showing significant horror should not be very long.

·         Actions that children may copy like playing with electricity or climbing in a washing machine are not accepted, especially if they are seen as safe or fun.

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12A means anyone over the age of 12 can go and watch the film, and anyone under the age of 12 has to be ‘accompanied’ by an adult- someone over the age of 18.

·         The 12 certificate is used for videos, DVD’s and Blu-rays only. 12A is used for cinemas.

·         12’s are seen as appropriate for people over 12, but parents can take younger children if they feel it’s appropriate.

·         It is stated that 12 or 12A’s may contain strong language (eg f***) but it must be infrequent. The context of strong language is important, aggressive uses of strong language may cause the film or DVD to be placed in the 15 category.

·         Sex may be briefly and discreetly portrayed in 12 and 12A’s. Verbal sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers.

·         Moderate violence is allowed but should not be too detailed. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood but occasional gory moments will be permitted if they are justified by their context.

 

·         No one under the age of 15 is allowed to watch 15 films at the cinema, or buy/rent 15 films.

·         15 films can contain any of the following:

-          Strong violence

-          Frequent strong language (eg ‘f***’)

-          Portrayals of sexual activity

-          Strong verbal references to sex

-          Sexual nudity

-          Brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence

-          Discriminatory language or behaviour

-          Drug taking

  18 works are for over 18’s only and contain strong issues such as:

-          Very strong violence

-          Frequent strong language (eg ‘f***’) and/or very strong language

-          Strong portrayals of sexual activity

-          Scenes with sexual violence

-          Strong horror

-          Strong blood and gore

-          Real sex

-          Discriminatory language and behaviour

Sam's work (me)

 

 

Interview video questionnaires

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5xTOt0FhGs

This is our interview questionnaire where we found out what audiences expect from the opening of a thriller.

Group work

Thriller planning video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ-UhOiJecw
This is the link for our planning video, where we discussed various issues that we'd have to deal with.
 
Group work

Interview Questions

These are the questions we used to see what the audience wanted and expected in a thriller:

1.      What type of thriller do you prefer?

Horror                      Spy                       Conspiracy

2.      What do you expect from the first two minutes of a thriller?

(E.g. main character to be introduced, building up of tension)

3.      How many characters would you want in the opening?

1                     2                  3                     4+

4.      What period of time would you want a thriller to be set in?

5.      Do you want there to be a narrative theme?

 

My work