Possible title opening

  

Shahjahan

List of locations.

• Outside of A&E : To present the routine of the victims life. Conversation with co worker receptionist allows the audience to get an insight into victims personal life.
• St Dunstans Churchyard : The churchyard is a great place to film because it has connotations of death, it was also very convenient to film in as it was close to school.
• One of the receptions inside school : We were not able to film the reception scene in a real hospital reception therefore we made do with one of the school receptions. We used props such as hospital leaflets, a sign out book, hospital nurse uniform and a 'staff' pass around nurses neck to make the reception look as hospital-like as possible. 
• Media store room inside school : A small secret 'office-like' room was needed. The store room was perfect as we could fit a desk in there. There was no natural light present which was great as we only needed the light of a lamp showing what was on the desk hence keeping Harry's identity secret.
• Boys common room inside school : this room was needed as a hospital room to show the nurse doing her daily job. The bandage she uses on her unidentified patient is later seen in the mysterious figures office ! (shock horror) 

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Why we chose our genre

Out of the three genres - romance, action/crime & thriller, we have chosen to go with thriller as we were more enthusiastic about it after learning the generic conventions of it and further research. We automatically  came up with ideas of location, characters, narrative, props therefore we went with our instincts.
Earlier in the year we did individual storyboards on different genres of our choice. We had to pick which storyboard we liked best & we picked the thriller, however we still managed to link all our ideas together.


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Raw footage of our first receptionist and nurse scene

This is the piece of raw footage of our first receptionist and nurse scene. The actress who played the receptionist dropped out and we only filmed one of two of her scenes, therefore we had to find a new actress willing to take her part. The camera man made a few mistakes such as filming the walls more than the actual acting. we also realised that we couldn't hear what our actresses were saying and decided we needed a mic.

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Camera shots & editing reasons

We have managed to succeed in using all the camera shots we aimed to use in the beginning. 

Establishing shot: we filmed this shot however we decided not to use it as it wasn't necessary. The setting was established automatically through the props which were used. for example. the nurses uniform, the medical leaflets, staff pass, reception, discharge papers, sign in/out book, and the bandage scene which is the start of our opening

Over shoulder shot: this allows the audience to see that the nurse is signing out from work straight after the 12:00 close up shot of the clock. this creates suspense as she is a vulnerable young woman going home alone -this brings a sense of paranoia as to what will come after her. Both stalker and nurse were in churchyard at night and there was an over shoulder shot from the stalkers point of view of our nurse

Mid shot: this allows the audience to see the actors body language and how they are being portrayed in the opening 

Close ups: the time on the clock, the stalkers photographs of the nurse, close up of the two colleague conversing.  

Extreme close ups: lighting is usually dark is mostly dark in all of our extreme close ups because they are mostly the stalkers scenes which is hiding his identity. There is also an extreme close up of his smirk in the end which indicates to the audience that he is getting some sort of thrill.

High angle shot: high angle shot of photographs on our stalkers desk. For example 1-when our stalker tears the photograph of our victim and her boyfriend. 2-when stalker caresses nurses face on her photograph.

Two shot: To establish that the two colleagues are working at the hospital.

Shot reverse shot: conversation between two colleagues.

Parallel editing: the two sequences that take place; 1-stalkers. 2-nurse's.

Eyeline match: we were going to use an eyeline match when our nurse is in churchyard and looks back to see if theres anything or anyone their. however, we decided not to use this shot because we went back to film it but the lighting was not the same.

Credits: to show who was involved in the production of the opening

Continuity editing: continuity through each narrative individually

Jump cut: skips the excessive filming of our nurse walking

Action match: when our nurse is walking out of work

As our film was set at 'midnight' we needed to film when it got dark. We chose to set it at this time as it creates a mysterious sense of mise-en-scene.

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Sound research for thriller

The music in a thriller tends to be erratic to build suspense. Both the storyline and music go hand in hand to keep the audience at the edge of their seat. They are mostly of a higher pitch and rise in pitch and tempo.

The ‘saw’ soundtrack is a good example of this. It starts of in a suspenseful mellow tone and builds to a climax where the audience reaches the peak of their thrill and then the music is calmed down so the audience can ‘cool off’. 

Shahjahan

I've found a piece of audio that is suitable for the series of shots when our nurse is walking home in the dark and the camera is following her. The sound of the piano creates an eerie atmosphere yet still the piano gives a sense of innocence. This is perfect for a thriller as the music gives a slight enigma code; suggesting 

From 7.00sec -8.00sec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ7RZzEG_7s&feature=related

Our opening will include diagetic sounds such as heavy breathing and footsteps.

Shobnom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEZK7mJoPLY

The background sounds in Se7en's opening consists of heavy deep drone sounds. The drone sound can be felt physically as well as heard. These sounds are usually heard in thrillers to make the audience fear for the next scene.

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Title research for thriller

The conventions of a thriller title include eye catching, thought provoking text styles. For example in ‘saw 2’ they use two cut off fingers to convey the number two. Furthermore the ‘W’ in saw is manipulated to resemble a pitchfork. This has connotations that the film will be bloody and gory. The colour of the text is dull and grim which emphasizes the grotesque nature of the film.

Shahjahan

The font in the titles of Se7en are thin and crooked. The disorientated font brings a sense of confusion/amnesia.  The font is white on black which makes it stand out; there is no colour as it is not supposed to be a 'colourful'  film. That would be more suitable for a comedy or romance. The white on black conforms to the generic conventions of a thriller.

The font in 'The number 23' is simple yet complex. It looks like a typewriter would have typed this. This gives connotations of olden times. The red blood gives ideas of death, violence and danger. Blood is a generic convention of a thriller.

The font in 'Blade 2' is simple yet effective with the silver gradient topped with blood-like red. This alone already is a form of foreboding of what is to later come in the play for instance the violence being represented in the 'red' blood dripping from the bladed text.

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