Wednesday 1 December 2010

..FIRST PRODUCTION MEETING..

First idea


A thriller based on teeangers going camping into a dark woods and all getting killed one by one
but one survives. they get killed by anthore teenager who was not able to fit in with the rest so he decides to take revenge.


Seconde idea
is a romatic thriller where a woman has been engaged with her fiance for 5 years and they have not been able to get married. he constantly cheats on her so when she finds out she kills each woman one by one eventually she turns into a serial killer.


Third idea
the third idea we had we thought we would use a woman running away from something?someone and she scoverd in blood. she has lost her baby and she is not mentally stable.




as a group whe have decided on idea number three we have all signded a contract statign that we will attended each group meetings we will update frequently to see which pages eachorther are on present at this meeting is Viana, Jasmine and i.

..SE7EN OPENING SEQUENCE..

..FUNCTIONS AND ELEMENTS..


Element
Denotation
Connotation
Information
Narrative/Plot
Character Location
Themes
Genre 
The clips chosen for this title opening sequence show the narrative/plot based around one particular character that has believes of god and mythological believes. We as an audience are also shown the razor blades and the imagery of surgical practice when we see the stitching on the man’s head. The theme we are shown in these opening clips is based around both belief of God and also a puzzling theme when we see the elements of crosswords towards the ending of the sequence.
These things are used in order to build a story within the viewers head in order to make sure that the audience becomes interacted and wants to find out what is going to happen throughout the film and the possible twist and turns which they could predict or think are unexpected. Also the imagery shown to present the theme of this title opening sequence shows the distinctive difference between this theme (Thriller) and other themes.
Genre
The clips shown within this short sequence suggests that the film is categorised as a Thriller. This is shown constantly by the red wash that could suggest scenes of danger or blood. Also showing the clips of razor blades suggest scenes of violence/danger.
By using these particular scenes the audience is able to immediately recognise what type of film they are watching and also what type of elements within the film to expect. This therefore helps the audience because they will know not to expect romantic scenes and also scenes of horror.
Camerawork
The title opening sequence that I have been shown consists of many extreme close-ups on each part of action that occurs throughout the short sequence. There is also no movement such as panning within this piece because they want to keep their audience fixated on the important parts of information being shown.   
This type of camerawork is used in this sequence in order to capture the action and to make sure that the audience becomes captured within the short sequence. This is shown when the character starts to cross out words within the book in order to suggest a link towards a puzzle and how the film itself will unravel.
Mise-en-scene
Lighting
Movement
Figure
Props
Costume
Colour
Cinematography
Font
Title
The title opening sequence for SE7EN has a constant low lighting perspective throughout each scene shown with some momentary colour washes of red displayed across the screen. We as the audience are also shown brief images of props used by the main character within this title opening sequence such as the razor blade and the sewing needle.  Throughout this particular opening sequence the audience is shown brief glimpses of text we shows information about the actors or other important information that the viewer may or may not be interested in knowing. The font used for these brief titles both small but also looks as though someone has either scratched it or somebody has painted it onto the screen.
This limited usage of increase lighting effects is done in order to make sure that the audience both knows and can acknowledge what genre this particular film will fit under. Also by doing this they managed to keep the audience’s attention on the title sequence because this lighting and lack of movement creates more dramatic tension between the viewer and the opening sequence itself.  These title effects and the font they have decided to use for this particular title opening sequence again adds to the dramatic effects of the music and imagery being shown to the audience throughout. Also the props being shown such as the razor blade could symbolise with the text in that this character could be perhaps scraping the font off or trying to remove it.
Sound
Although there is a particular soundtrack being played throughout the title opening sequence the dramatic effects of this music do not take effect until half way through the sequence when the music starts to intensify by both increasing in pace and increasing in volume. 
This effect has been implemented into the opening sequence because these few moments will be the first thing the audience sees and therefore the makers of this film will want to build up a dramatic relationship between the viewer and the film. This particular piece of music has been used because the end of the track we managed to hear of a piece of vocals which is linked to the actions shown by the main character (cutting out the word God) and the lyrics we manage to hear are “Brings Me Closer To God”.  Therefore by making sure that the audience hears this piece of the soundtrack could have a significance to the story they are about to see unravel before their eyes.
Editing
This particular title opening sequence has a mixture of video transitions because towards the start of this piece the first image cuts straight onto the next image that we are shown but we are also shown some usage of a dissolving transition between frames.  This change of effect continues throughout the sequence changing each time whilst showing different parts of the action.
These particular video transitions used within this clip allow the audience to see what is occurring and start to possibly link these together to create a story of the film they are about to see. Also these transitions allow the audience to become more interacted with the title opening sequence due to the tension being created by these video transitions because they’re being thrown from one image then slowly shown another and this cycle continues throughout the momentary clips being shown.

Monday 29 November 2010

..STORY BOARDING..

This is the story board of our preleminary task, this is what we have to put into film

..CAMERA ANGLE..


This is a Long Shot




This is Medium Close UP






Canted Angle

Low Angle

Birds Eye View

moon slide

Monday 27 September 2010

..DAY DREAM SHOT LIST..

The video starts up with medium close-up of the main character who is about to be day dreaming about the main scenes throughout the DayDream sequence. Then as the character starts to show signs of falling asleep the camera starts to zoom in closer towards the character in order to clearly show the audience that the character is now day dreaming and not just sitting still which could bore the audience.

As we are led into the day dream itself the camera then appears over the shoulder of the main character. This will be done in order to show the audience both what the main character can see (corridor) and also the emotion of the character as he/she starts to walk down the corridor and towards a door. As he approaches the door which leads into the room that contains the other main character in this sequence and also the main dramatic sequence within the audio/visual product, the camera stays over the shoulder of the main character showing him/her opening the door.

Whilst the character enters the room the camera follows the character whilst in the motion of opening the door to then show the character entering the room which from over the shoulder we have seen the character approach. The audience will then be shown a close-up of the new character in the sequence in order to establish this character but then the camera draws back revealing both characters to the audience. As this conversation carries on we have a number of over the shoulder shots shows both sides of each character in order to portray the tention/emotion from both characters to the audience.

Finally we have a long shot of the scene showing the chair spinning around and the outline of one of the two characters creating a moment of suspense within the audio/visual sequence which will help the audience to become intergrated to the sequence.



The scene opens with an establishing shot and jump cuts into a close up of a phone and jumps back into mid close up: this is a shot reverse shot action.
There was match action when the elevator lift opened, high angle was used as the character spoke into a device on his hand to open the elevator, when he came out of the elevator he was on his fone whilst the elavator opened and whilst he walked out of the elevator.

Wednesday 22 September 2010

.....EMBEDED FILE....thirller



THE SCENE OPENS A MEDIUM CLOSE UP, PANNING TO THE LEFT, ITS BLURY AND FADES INTO ANOTHER SCENE.
THE NEXT SCENE IS A MID CLOSE UP OF THE UPPER BODY WITH OUT THE HEAD OF THE CHARACTER, THEN IT JUMPS INTO AN OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT.
THE SCENE JUMPS TO A CLOSE UP OF A FOOT CLIBING UP THE STAIRS AND IT FADES INTO A PANNING SHOT TO THE LEFT.


THE CAMERA THEN JUMPS INTO A MATCH ON ACTION OF WHEN A CHARACTER WENT THROUGH A DOOR.

IN THIS SHORT FLIM THERS A SERIES OF JUMP CUTS, FADES AND BLURS UED TO GET THE DISIRED EFFECT NEEDED FOR A THIRLLER, IT ALSO USES A LOT OF PANNING SHOTS.

Monday 20 September 2010

.....SCRIPTS.......and extras

CHARACTERS
Person met in the room - Person B
Character that walks in the door - Person A

Room opens with a sound effect of creaking door this signifies the opening door.
Sound effect.
As character steps into the room there’s a sound effect of rising tension.
 DIALOGUE
Person B (in a sinister voice): Hello
Person A (shocked voice): Oh no! What are you doing here?
Person B: I could ask the same about you.
Sound effect and music when credits roll.

.....SYNOPSIS.....of the daydream

Story opens with a character day dreaming about walking down the corridor and opening a door, the character opens the door without knowing what to expect in the room.

Character enters the room confronts the person on the other side, and then someone is dead

Who’s dead? The character day dreaming or the person who was on the other side?

The Mystery begins.........