Planning: Micro elements - Ms.Begum

Planning: Micro elements - Ms.Begum

Sound

Music

What is used? 

In my research to find good thriller theme song I came across 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' green goblin theme song this theme song is used in the green goblins first official appearance in the movie.

When is it used?

This theme song is used when the protagonist enters the the building and first witnesses the trail of blood on the floor and follows it.

Why is it used?

It was chosen because the build up in the beginning of the song is perfect and low pitch and the sound level increases gradually into the song which works along side the build up to the speed Amani is moving at his breathing and also the thickness of the blood all these factors increase along with the insanity of the theme song.  

Off screen sound

What is used?

For the off screen sound we have decided to go with the people whispering affect and when searching for it we came across a child whispering affect.

When is it used?
It is used at the same time as the music when our protagonist enters the building and sees the blood on the floor.

Why is it used?

It is used becasuse our character suffers from mental problems and he can he the whispers so they increase along with the speed of all the traumatic things that he is witnessing. Also it works well with the theme music because it begins at a low pitch so when you combine the two sounds together it adds a greater affect. But the key point as to why the whispering is a child voice is because it works with the idea that he is now going crazy and it's his younger sister haunting his mind.

On screen sound

What is used?
For on screen sound we had heavy breathing and creek of the front door.

When is it used?
The heavy breathing is used when Amani is rushing up the stairs in shock of the blood trail and the door creek is used when Amani enters his house.

Why is it used?
The heavy breathing is used to create a mood of angsiety, fear and tension due to the speed of the breathing also how loud the breathing gets, its a rush of all these emotions when combined with the other elements. 

Editing

What is used?
multiple straight cuts is an edit used in the thriller.
When is it used?
It is used it the blackout scene when we get in sight into the main characters head.
Why is it used?
It is used to create an effect of fear and insanity as all the cuts act almost as a monatge of disturbing images and actions used to confuse and shock the audience.

Planning: Final Idea - Ms.Begum

Planning: Final Idea - Ms.Begum

Genre: Thriller 

Sub-genres: Horror, crime and action. 

Characters: 
Victim:Ruth
Protagonist:Amani
              
Title of storyline: That One Night.

Storyline
One night as the antagonist Amani puts his key in the door as he is at the final stages of getting home. As he puts his key in his pocket he notices blood drops on the floor, he bends down and touches a blot of blood on the floor and upon doing this he has a bad feeling, he begins to make his way up the stairs realising that the blots of blood have now become a trail this makes Amani trace the faster heart racing and heavy breathing. Upon get to the top floor the trial of blood is leading directly to the door with a imprint of blood on the side of his door where his sister should be. He bursts into the door to find the trail at it's thickest point and at the head of the trail lay his beloved sister Ruth lifeless on the ground. He clings to her hoping for a miracle with no result and blood of all over his hands he begins to rock back and fourth violently as he black's out and goes into a state of madness having visions and hearing his sister screaming, blaming her for the incident. Once he wakes up he finds himself laying next to her also only this time the bloodstained murder weapon is in his hands and the police knocking at the door...."could it be?"

Planning: Mise En Scene - Ms.Begum

Planning: Mise En Scene - Ms.Begum

 

 

Setting

 

Where?

There will be two settings of our thriller. The first one will be at Hazal's House (one of our group members) this is a good place to use as a setting because it has a long set of stairs before you reach the house.

 

Why it is used?

It is used because we intended to use the stairs in order to create a tension build up. We will do this by creating a trail of blood for our antagonist to follow from a first person POV and add in usage of heavy breathing theme music and off screen sound to create affect.

 

What response will this have on the audience?

The affect this will have on the audience is that it will build tension and keep them on edge because as the antagonists breathing (along with the music and off screen sound) gets louder, the trail of blood gets thicker and has more violent blots of it on the floor.

Where?

The second scene we are using is the dark drama room in Oasis Academy Hadley. (Not actual image) This is a good setting because the room is painted in black and it has black curtains that can be drawn to make the room even darker.

 

Why it is used?

It is used for symbolism and to create affect as it represents the darker corners of our antagonist mind and as he is on screen doing weird and disgusting things the darkness of the room makes it easier to understand the abnormalities of the things our character is doing.  

 

What response will this have on the audience?

This creates a gruesome feeling response from the audience because of the sick and twisted music combined with the montage of weird activity and extremely close up shots.  

 

 

 

Iconography

 

What will be used?

 A blood-stained kitchen knife will be used in the process of the film and this will be the murder weapon used to kill our antagonists' younger sister

 

Why it is used?

This is the weapon of choice because using a knife as a murder weapon is seen as a more personal statement and a more physical method of killing someone. We also decided to make it a kitchen knife because it captures the brutality of a tool that is used for everyday purposes which creates a darker connotation for the item because you would have to use quite vicious and violent movements to stab someone with it and a lot of force is used.

 

What response will this have on the audience?

This will put a lot more fear into the audience because the viewing age of the people that can see our thriller is an age rating that has probably used a kitchen knife for cooking before, also they can relate to it because the weapon most used to commit murder for that age range is actually a knife so the fact that they can relate to the iconography creates a more fearful response because of their own imagination. 

 

Lighting and colour

 

Where it will be used?

lighting and colour will be used in the opening scene when our antagonist finds his murdered sister in their house and also in the blackout scene when he is in the drama room.

 

Why it is used?

It is used to captivate the mood and the intentions of each scene 

 

 

What response will this have on the audience?

This creates a manipulative response from the audience that can easily be changed by the primary colour and contrast that is being presented on screen in the film.  

Planning: Story Board - Mrs.Begum

Planning: Story Board - Mrs.Begum

 

 

 

 

 Storyboards help to create a story line for the movie project you are making, a lot of detail goes into story board making the scene, what happens next, all aspects of sound used, what edits will be used everything is noted down and analysed this makes the film a lot easier to make when it comes to animating or shooting scenes because everything is planned in full detail.

 

Planning: Shot List - Ms.Begum

 

 

Planning: Shot List - Ms.Begum

 

 

The shot list is an organised list of what shots will be used in each individual scene. It covers detail of how what shots will be used in terms of what angle and size will be used, during what movement and for how long the shot is for (duration).

 

This gives us a guide as to what shots we can use while filming each scene because if it is planned before than we can just follow the list during filming instead of think of what shot to use in any scene, making it quicker and easier to film in affect. 

 

 

 

 



Planning: Initial ideas

Planning: Initial ideas

In the group that I have been placed in I now work in a group of  4 including myself. Each of us came to the group with our own initial ideas of what film to create and do.

Amani (Me): My initial idea

Genre: action thriller

Theme: modern day gangs, Drugs, Murder

Plot: Revenge

Narrative: A boy who is doing well for himself in school strays his path due to his older brother being murdered in a gang related attack, in an attempt to avenge his brother he follows a dark path and goes after each gang member before the police get them. On the way he is consumed by the life of gangs guns and drugs and the further he goes down the path the more he finds out about his older brothers dark past too.

Gizem:
Narrative: Starts off with seeing the school class rooms. One of the employees of the school are watching the CCTV cameras everyday for normal daily security. The employee starts to realise something weird is happening in the classrooms at school. Then cuts are starting to be made in the CCTV footage. The employee goes around the school and into the classrooms he/she realises blood on the walls and the tables have been moved around Into weird places. Meanwhile after 7 days everyone has realised that 7 students have been gone missing and it must have been planned because it will done professionally. 

Alsi:
Narrative: A women has murders her 2 daughters because we partner cheated on her. The women starts to have flashbacks and starts to act weird which came to a solution that she has gone crazy due to her husband cheating on her and her killing her children for her husband. The women has been taken away to the mental hospital and she has killed her doctors while being checked up. 

Hazal: 
Narrative: lady sleep walks to her daughters room and kills her daughter by biting her neck. When the lady walks back to her room he starts to have nightmares of her daughter. When she wakes up she realises that her nightmares have happened while she was sleeping. She walks to her daughters room and doesn't see no sign of her daughter no blood or anything. The lady starts to hear things such as " you killed your own daughter" the people around her thought she had gone mental and took her to a mental hospital. No one believed her which made her committee suicide and die. 

Planning: Character Roles - Mrs.Begum

Planning: Character Roles - Mrs.Begum 

Name of Character: Amani

Played by : Amani (Me)

Age:18

Gender stereotype role: 

Costume: White T-shirt with black jeans and black trainers also a silver bracelet located on the right arm.

Hair and makeup: Uncut hair with blood smudged on the face and right arm also blood located on both hands and heavy blood stain on the shirt.

Represented as: A character who is continuously losing grips with himself and is becoming mentally unstable.

Role within narrative: As he is coming home to his sister Ruth he finds a trail of blood splatter on the floor only to trace it right back to his own house. As he enters his broken into house he finds his beloved sister lying lifelessly on the floor covered in blood and passes out in shock, however upon waking up he finds himself lying on the floor next to his sister holding the murder weapon with the police knocking on the door but the question is, did he do it? There is a dark presence lurking inside him that refuses to hide anymore.

Name of character: Ruth

Played by: Ruth

Age: 11

Gender stereotype role: Innocent younger sister of Amani 

Costume: A white shirt with a black fleece and tracksuit bottoms

Hair and make up: Blood stains on his clothes 

Represented as: The only character that used to keep Amani's sanity in check so she was saving him just as much as he was saving her but with her now gone and Amani having witnessed her cold body lying on the floor the memory of Ruth will continue to haunt Amani and his mind state will twist her image as his attachment to his younger sister will be his mental torture.

Role within narrative: Ruth is brutally murdered at the home she shares with her big brother Amani and although she is gone in body she lives in Amani's head and is made to seem very,very real to him.

Planning - Pre Production Paper Work - Mrs. Begum

Planning - Pre Production Paper Work - Ms.Begum

Before we are able to record me and my group must produce our 'Pre-Production Paperwork' which legalises our production and filming in the settings chosen for the locations and the actors and also the timetables of who and what is needed of our production crew on certain dates of filming different scenes of the film before brining it together in the edits.  

Production Schedule: Is an asset to a production company that are shooting a movie project. It's the time-table showing the locations of where the filming will take place at what date and time and who from the movie crew is needed for that specific day, this saves time and money for the production crew because its expensive to have the whole production team on scene at one time when filming and it's a waste of money if their services are not needed for that scene because the production company will need to pay everyone. It is crucial that every member of the production crew has this time table so they know when they are needed for filming. (Our production group document below)

 Location Recce: The location Recce is a document produced by the member of the production team who is tasked with finding the locations for the scenes. After liaising with the script writers and story boarders and if they agree that the location is suitable for the scene, a recce then needs to be produced of the location analysing aspects of the location, how to get there and potential risks or problems with the location. All these details of the location must be included to notify the team when going to the location they know what problems they will or may face when recording at the scene location, so on the recce you can also place a method of how to overcome this problem next to where the issue has been mentioned, which saves time for the crew when it comes to figuring out how to solve the problem. (Our production group documents below)

Risk Assessment: The risk assessment is a very important document because it helps reduce possible injury or death on set. Any possible dangers on set are analysed and identified before recording so that the production crew are aware of the hazard and take precuations to either lessen the potential danger or eliminating it making it safer for both actors and the rest of the team while on set. It is in table form and all the hazards are listed in the likely hood of the danger occuring and also how bad it could possibly be and the most important ones will need to be addressed first, this is neccessary because if th e accident is to happen noone can really make a claim against the production company because the problem was identified and was made known to the person before it happened.  (Our production group documents below)

Client Release Form:The client release form is a legal document that is made for the actors that agree to star in the movie project so it must be given to all the members of the cast. This document goes over any terms and conditions made between the actor or his agent and the production team to have them have a roll in the movie being created, before signing this however the production team must present an analysis of the location and the calculation of risk and upon seeing these factors they must decide if they want to sign the form or not. If they sign the client release form it protects the production team if the actors tries to take any legal action against them by claiming they didn't know the risks or come to an agreement. (Our production group document below)

Location Release Form: The location release form is a legal document which is made for the owner of the location to sign as proof that they have agreed to allow you to film on their property, this means that if you have problems with recording onsight you notify whoever giving you problems that you have been authorised clearance to film at the location by the owner. A copy of this will be needed for both the owner of the property and the production crew you may also add in the document that if the production cew damage anything on the property they do not need to cover the costs to replace it so they must sign it at their own descision. (Our production group document below)





Preliminary task - Mr.Smith

Preliminary task - Mr.Smith

The reason why we have done the preliminary task is to gain experience and the feel of what it's like to shoot a film and record on a professional level for the first time. The task was to record a short video of ourselves using various camera angles and techniques that we have previously learned during our research stage. We then had to then edit down the shots taken to turn it into the 30 second video but fit it all in all the shots we took.     

The scenario of the video was two people talking about their AS subjects in a classroom and about the struggles. The conversation was between me and Gizem

Group roles for this task was:

• Amani (me) - Person 1 talking about subjects (actor)
• Gizem - Person 2 talking about subjects (actor)
• Hazal - Camera Operator (Filming the preliminary task)
• Asli - Camera Operator

 

Problems and difficulties during the procedure: The difficulties that we encountered on this task was the lack of filming and the amount of shots that group had filmed. When recording our camera operators ran out of ideas on what angles to shoot so we didn't do as many shots as we possibly could.   

Another difficulty that was encountered during editing was due to the amount of footage we had and because of the lack of various shots we couldn't make a lot of edits otherwise we wouldn't have 30 seconds worth of footage. So we couldn't fit in a lot of edits and shots because we didn't record a lot of them.

Conclusion: I have learned that in order to have a film that is 2 minutes long a lot of thought has to go into filming in order to have enough material to edit  because if we don't have a lot of footage we will struggle during the editing week that follows after filming and we may need to go out and record some more which would be a waste of time also if we are not creative enough and don't come up with a wider variety of shots then our film won't look professional or serious.  

Planning: Production Roles - Ms.Begum

Planning: Production Roles - Ms. Begum

Introduction

In film industry different people are assigned different jobs during the production of a single film, this is why the credits are so long at the end of the film because it has to go through all the names of the people who helped make the film to give credit to them.

The different roles and definitions to them (include images)

Producer - The producers are the company logo that you see at the beginning of the film they are the ones that give the director the film budget to create the film after they view the script.

Director - The director is the one who created the basic storyline of the film and essentially it's their project.

Lighting operator - The lighting operator is the one that decides what lighting is best for each scene in the film and not one light that is on set has not been planned every light you would see in that film was placed there by the lighting operator in order to create affect and bring the scene to life.

Location manager - The location manager is the one who finds the right location in order to shoot certain scenes in a film they must know exactly what the storyboarders and directors are looking for in the scene then theymust go out and find possible locations for the scene to take place. 

Make-Up artist - The make up artist the one in charge of all the actors in the film whether they are big names or the fillers.

Story board organiser - The story board organiser breaks the whole story down into scenes into full detail. Before they shoot a scene it is storyboarded and everything that happens in the scene is planned from the sound effects to the actions of the characters, they must work closely with the director and co-script workers also to tailor the scene to the original script.

Editor - The job of an editor is one of the hardest jobs in the film because they can be given hundreds of hours of uncut original footage and they then have to make cuts and edits within the film and cut down the view time to something like 1-3 hours long without changing the entire outlook of the film but not drag the film on long enough to lose the interest of the viewers. 

Sound Technician - The sound technician is the one who creates any sound effects in the film whether it be running noises or the sound of someone being stabbed the sound technician may polish these sound effectsd and make them more louder and with more base inorder to create a better effect on the viewers. 

Assign each role and state who has the role and justify why

 The people in my group will be assigned the following roles

Amani (Me) - Director / Actor / Production manager

Hazal - Director / editor / Storyboard

Gizem - Producer / Sound Editor

Asli - Producer / Lighting

Conclude, how has this been beneficial?
This has been beneficial because this has evened out the amount of work that each person has to do and its not so we actually have a structure and an idea of what each person has to do in terms of what role each of us have to play. This would also make the amount of work each of us do a fair distribution. 

Reseach:Opening Credits-Mr.Smith

Reseach:Opening Credits-Mr.Smith

What are opening credits?

The opening credits are the brief credits that are shown on screen just before the film starts or maybe even during the film sometimes. They show the just the founders of the film who have played a primary role in the films creation and star actors in the film so they will appear on both the opening and closing credits.

What is their purpose?

this is to show the viewer what company produced the film and who directed it so in future if your looking for a film  and you see that the company that produced a good film you've seen or the director that created it your more likely to see more films associated with them. This will also do the same for actors whether they are very known actors you have recently discovered or if they are upcoming stars it's good publicity for them.

What information do they provide? In order of appearance?

The first thing shown on the opening credits will show you the films producers (who gave the film budget and brought the film to life) This comes up twice withe the producers on little logo shown before the actual film is shown then it is said in writing again. Then they would tend to show the director of the movie next, which is then followed up by the title of the film and once this has been presented the star actors and lead roles of the movie are presented, if the film is playing during the opening credits the characters are likley to be currently shot whilst their credit appears so you know who it is if you have never seen the actor before. After that any additional information is added in such as:

• Along with any co-/executive producers .
• The film editor and production designer.
• Who created the sound tracks of the film.
• Who created the costumes and visuals.

These will vary in the order of who comes where so I have placed the bullet points in my order of importance

Also opening film credits aren’t always the same length as each other so if the film’s opening credits are not long then the additional credits tend to be very few maybe only 1-3 more credits are shown and anything that couldn’t fit will appear in the final credits in bolder font and more isolated credits than the others in order for it to stand out. 

An example of this is?

An example of theis is the Spider-Man opening credits this is a good example because the bright bold colours acctract the viewers attention and it also works with the credits so the vieweres definetly take in who helped put the film into place also even though the film is'nt playing yet they show the previous films art work and whenthe actors name comes up the picture of the actor appears so you know who is who but the thing that makes it special is that the images are used to re-cap the prequals storyline so anyone that forgot or never saw the frst one could get a brief catchup.

What feelings does this give the audience (My chosen analysed opening)

I have chosen the  film SE7EN as my analysed opening based on how this makes the audience feel because it is the most brief bt affective opnening that i have seen only lasting 2 minutes and it mentally prepares you for what is to come. It shows something soo basic and turns it into something so twisted and demented that you can't wait until the credits are over through the use of filming in such detail and especially the soundtrack this gives the audience a sickening feeling towards the opening. (which is similar to the Dexter series opening which has taken this idea and turned it into it's own.

Also the opening gives viewers an insight as to what themes the film is based on if you pay close attention as to what you see the hands doing which gives viewers antcipation as to see what how the storyline links to what the hands are doing. 

Conclusion: What information will you use in your oening credits

In my opening credits I must add the most important information but keep an eye on how long it lasts because my film is only 2 minutes long I will try and make my credits about 30 seconds long and whoever stars in it will be on the current shot so people know who is who like Spider-Man, I also must use a cleaver sound track in order to create the right tension and suspense to the audience like se7en.

Research: Censorship - Mr.Smith

Research: Censorship - Mr.Smith 

Who is the BBFC and what is their role?

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) are an organisation that determine not only the age rating of the films but they also determine wether scene(s) too graphic are cut or edited out from movies, if the director does not comply with this and doesn't cut the scene(s) the film will be banned and will not be shown in a cinema or released on DVD in the country. 

Why is the role of the BBFC important to the film industry? LOGO

The BBFC  is important to the film industry because they assist parents in monitoring what films show children and people under age which can effect them and stopping them from access to films, limiting content that viewers may find inappropriate, extremely disturbing or could influence them to harm themselves or others. Because they are to young to differentiate the real from the fake etc.

      
       What things get censored and why? (examples)

       The BBFC tend to censor things such as for the following reasons:

• Religious - Any religious content that people of that religion may find offensive or disturbing towards them and affect how the rest of society view them/ things that can slander a beliefs reputation in the eyes of others. One film that was banned for a very long time was 'The Excorcist'. This filmn was not only banned by the BBFC for being too graphic but the Catolic Church forbids believers to watch it because of how the film exploits on the idea of satan and demonic possession.
  

• Political/ propaganda - Any political representation in films that can cause propaganda and uproar amongst society and make the government look bad (riots/civil war and problems) a good example for this is the 1979 release of 'SCUM' starring  a much younger Ray Winstone. This film was banned for the way it portrayed UK prisons, prisoners but more importantly the gaurds and warden. Making them currupt characters that weren't much different from the convicts in the prison, in modern day society this wouldn't have been such a big day but the 1970s-1980s wasn't soo lenient. 

• Extremely graphic violence - Films with extreme amounts and unnecessary violent scenes that are followed by a pontless/weak narrative or dosen't have much to do with the storyline tends to be censored don to the fact its unneccessary. The only example of this I know would be 'The Human Centipede 2' The sequel to the first film makes you wonder how it was possible to get any worse but the storyline is based on a crazed fan of the obssessed centipede doctor and he begins to make his on human centipede, however the fact he isn't a doctor makes it so much more gory and disgusting and with an extreme amount of violence it has been banned in 50 countries. I have personally seen this film and it lives up to the statement that "It makes the prequel look like my little pony".  

• Rape/ child rape & Sex nudity and sexual violence - Films that contain child rape and rape in general are poorly looked upon and to most people would find it disturbing to view wether your an adult or a minor its just innapropriate and a film that contains both of these in it's content is 'A Serbian Film' This film has been banned in more countries than 'The Human Centipede 2'. UK included, A film based on a male pornstar who's career is fading into darkness and he is offered to shoot one final movie. However he is tricked and is forced into creating a "snuff movie" ( real life film real deaths and sex scenes.) it is packed with nudity rape both child and adult and is considered apart of the movie underworld.

All of these films are the worst offenders of their categories which so as a result they've been banned, however if a film has a minority of these scenes are like this the BBFC will ask the director to cut or edit the scene and the film may still be aloud for release. 

What is the difference between films being cut and films being banned?  Examples

If a film is cut any scenes that that the BBFC have deemed to be innappropriate and offensive they will not be permitted to be realased with the film the director must then cut this scene from the film or edit it the scene diluting its affectivness, inorder tio allow it to be aired or reach the cinema. Later on the director may realease an 'UNCUT' DVD version contain all the original scenes fro  the film giving the viewer the option to see what wasn't permitted upon release.

However if the film was banned it is completely unable to reach cinema because either there are too many unacceptable scenes or the director refuse to cut the scenes that the BBFC said too. If they fail too listen the film is banned and will not be in cinema or promoted for viewing.

Discuss for forna (for) and kemode (against) debate and the disscuss where you own opinions lie on this matter

Conclude with what you have learned about film regulation and what you need to consider for your own thrillers. 

Planning: opening scene narration - Mrs.Begum

Planning: opening scene narration - Mrs.Begum

 In the opening scene me and my groups initial idea is to base the narrative on a group of friends who have committed a murder in the past and recently got away with it in the eyes of the law. And now the victims killers are now being hunted down by the possessed spirit.

The backdrop of the story is that they killed someone in their school, didnt own up to it and got away with the murder and they are going to this party to technically celebrate they didn't get caught and were'nt commited for it.

The opening scene will start with the group of friends on the way to a Halloween party, they are soon being attacked and realise that the attacker is the spirit trying to get revenge via possession of one of the members of the group. After being possesed the member of the group states it is the victim possessing him and that he has come for revenge an onslaught then begins and the majority of the group is killed by him he stabs one of the boys in the leg for protecting his girlfriend and him and the girl manage to escape. After this the possessed me then shouts at them that he's coming for them and they won't survive the night he then takes his mask of and stabs himself with the blade which in affect also kills the member who got possessed. 

Results from questionnaire - Mrs.Begum

Results from questionnaire

What is the important get back and analyse feedback? Relate to direct, specific audience feedback. 

The most important answers to get back and analyse would be the thriller based questions because that is the most important information you need for reseach the diegetics would be a secondary or an add on even because it isn't as important.

Example of various graphs you created

Example 1 - The bar chart/graph:
This graph is the most basic and easy to read of all the graphs, I chose this specific graph for this question because this question was a closed question so I could only get a yes or no answer and seeing as there was eith one answer or another there was no point in using a more detailed graph, this one shows everything I need. How many people in total answered and how many said either yes or no.

However there was times when i had used the barv graph for multiple choice questions but this was selected as the preffered graph only because there was no 'other' answer given so other didn't need to be specified. 

Example 2 - Pie chart/graph:
The pie chart was my chosen graph for the more high detailed questions with more various options used. This is because the graphy uses a circle diagram and breaks down each slice of the circle as a different answer and breaks it down into a percentage giving a clearer undertand of what percentage of people chose what option. This graph helped especially for the "what is your favourite thriller weapon?" question because there were many options to chose from.

How has the research been beneficial 
The research has been beneficial because it has helped me gain understanding of what the target audience want to see in my thriller and the graphs have made it clearer and easier to read, which is better than just tallying the answers of my reseach

Research: Questionnaire - Mrs.Begum

 

 

Research: Questionnaire

 

What is the importance of primary research? Relate to direct, specific audience feedback.

 

Primary Research is important because it's your clinical, personal research that goes towards your own individual specific findings. This is needed in my media research because it's going to help me find an idea of what my target audience want to see through their feed back in the answers in the questionnaire. The advantage of this would be that we know what the audience want to see in the film, the disadvantage  of this is that if they go against your own personal ideas then this would change how you wanted your film to be.

 

 

 

Who did you ask and why?

 

I only asked my target audience in which case was secondary school pupils because they tend to know the latest in thriller movies, however I also asked some teachers and adults because they have knowledge on classic thrillers.

 

Example of your questionnaire

 

Here is some images of the questionnaire and the types of questions I asked. In the beginning I started with the diegetic questions, personal to the person answering them this is to gain vague knowledge of there background to put them into categories much easier.

 

 

Then I began to ask basic multiple choice questions and if they had picked the 'other' as an answer I had asked them to specify just in case others also had that answer.

 

I then gave them open questions giving them the freedom to answer whatever they liked, for example what "movie do you like?"

 

Research: Age Cerification - Mrs.Begum

Age certification

The BBFC are the is the British Board of Film Classification, they are important to the film industry because no film is allowed to be put out into the UK without having been rated and view by the BBFC so it can be branded with an age certification.


An age certification is the age label you'd see at the side of the disk or poster for a film this means if you have to be at that age or over to view the film anything below this then you aren't allowed to watch it due to the fact the content of the film my be inappropriate to anything under the age of the branded viewer.

However certain films might not have an age but they would have a letter(s) like U PG or maybe even 12A. These are basically regulations to watching the film,below is a screen shot of the meanings of each symbol.

The 12A rating came to be after the release of the previous Spider-Man sequel because the BBFC found it to be too violent to be a kids film, however the creators of the film said it wasn't fair to deny children of seeing their favourite comic book character. But the BBFC still wouldn't let up because it could influence kids in school to solve their problems with violence  just as Spider-Man does in the film, therefore as a result of the this, the BBFC created the 12A rating so kids could view it but only if accompanied by a parent/adult. This means that it was down to the parent of the kids if they wanted to let their child watch the film which also gave the film industry some free will. Since then a lot more films are rated 12A because they border line that of what kids might be influenced by but its content isn't enough to be a higher rated film (because there isn't really any blood death or strong language in them).

Thrillers tend to get higher ratings then most films because the content they carry. They have a lot of adult themes and plots that wouldn't be appropriate for the viewing of children because thrillers are made to excite viewers and the theme of danger amongst other aspects come into play to deliver this experience to viewers, but no one is going to get a thrill from child themed plots genres and ideas it doesn't have the same affect. This is why thrillers are usually directed at an older viewing audience. For example the conventions of a thriller such as weapons and violence can corrupt and influence a younger audience because they aren't ready or responsible enough to see these conventions.

I would give my personal thriller an 18, because I plan on using an extreme amount of blood and maybe strong language and weapons will be shown also the narrative may be beyond a younger viewers understanding none of these factors point towards a child rating.

I have learned that age certification is a very important concept in the film industry and I need consider wisely what my thriller film will be due to its content. it needs to be appropriate for my viewing audience.
 

Research: Mise En Scene Setting and Iconography - Mrs Begum

Research: Mise En Scene Setting and Iconography - Mrs Begum

Setting and iconography are important to thriller because they both tend to attract people see the film, for example if the person likes guns and films based in the city and they see this in the poster or trailer they would tend to go and see that film because thats what they want in film. It's also a must to stick to conventional settings and iconography because it's these ideas that keep a film interesting and original, because they stick to the best thriller types.    

If it's an action thriller a typical setting for this would be in the city and if it was a Horror thriller it may be in an isolated place, a small city or a church somewhere isolated to main branch civilisation. This is because with this setting the director can get the most out of the narrative this is because it's more tailored to the storyline an example of this would be something such as 'Nightmare On Elm Street' or 'Children of the Corn' Both setting is in isolated areas far from someone to help them making them more vulnerable and easier for the antagonist to prey on their victim(s) without being caught or stopped. 

How are settings dependent on sub-genres? - examples

Typical thriller settings all depend on the sub genre because thriller has such  various ideology and genre so when matched up to a sub genre it can be decided as to where the settings will be from there. For examplev a Horror Thriller is much different to an action thriller for many reason one being iconography and narrative. this is why something like the 'Bourne' trilogy is set in cities and alot of public filled areas becsause it can be use to express just how good an agent he is when he's on the run with so many people chasing him in such a tight, compact area. 



And somthing like Sci-Fi thriller like 'Riddick' Is set in places of Science fiction (non-exsistant) like planets and star ships because it's an inter-galactic based film.

 

Typical thriller iconography would be guns and knives this is because these are both deadly weapons. As for connotations a guns primary use is for peace keeping puropses but they can kill people, however a knife has many other uses mainly for cooking. As for dennotations by the way they are shown in the specific scene via lighting and the soundtrack can identify the intentions for the objects used. In this clip we see BatMan suiting up before going out to fight crime when thge lighting and soundtrack has been added to the film alothough its his costume it has added meaning to what he is doing, it's different from some just picking up objects.    

iconography is dependant on sub genre because sub genre changes exactly what kind of film the thriller is for example once again  'Riddick' being a sci-fi film has alot of futuristic weaponary like laser beams and non exsistant creatures where as a reular action thriller like. '007 James Bond' is set in present times so he deals with regular present timed weaponary.