Final Thriller Production

Rough Cut - Miss Georgiou

Introduction:
Feedback is key, as it gives my group and myself a better idea on what the audience except to see within our thriller sequence. By having outsiders opinions it gives us a better outlook on what to improve in a thriller. Therefore the rough cut is essential to have as it's more a less a practice into something that can be improved massively later on. Having audience feedback gives the audience a say in what they think my group and myself would need to improve in our sequence; it gives us a chance to see what we've missed out in our thriller sequence as we're so used to seeing our thriller sequence as a group we think it's completely fine, however with an outsiders opinion there may be things that we've missed out in our sequence. By carrying out our rough cut it makes my group and myself a basic planning idea on what we would like our thriller sequence to be like; we can also edit and improve the sequence along the way.

Receiving feedback from the audience was easy an easy procedure as we carried out questionnaires on what the target audience would like to see in our thriller sequence; it made us have a more successful rough cut as we included the target audiences opinions into our sequence. When we finished our rough cut we uploaded it onto youtube we got more opinions on what to improve on our thriller sequence even though it's completed. This feedback is important as it makes my group and myself have a better rough cut overall. By having feedback from our film industry it gives our thriller sequence an opportunity to be able to fit into the film industry ideas on what they would except and it would give them the best product to sell to the audience; with having a specific film industry name you need to make sure your thriller film is perfect as your representing their name branding industry; if the film isn't perfect then it would give the industry a bad name but if the thriller sequence is good it will make the industry have a good name and will represent them well.

We uploaded our film Imprisoned to youtube to get both positive and negative feedback back; so it will give us a better idea on what we should improve on; The positive and negative feedback we got
back was helpful as it made us rethink what we should add and what we should keep the same. Below is the comments we received from our film 'Imprisoned'.

Our first  comment was overall positive, saying that our thriller was amazing; with this comment it made our group feel more enthusiastic knowing that the audience enjoy watching our thriller sequence and they can see the conventions in it. Also we would add different types of filters that would make the thriller much more conventional; this would make it more conventional as it would show the audience different types of moods; for example if I was to add a black and white filter at the end it would show that there is death involved as the conation of the colour black is associated with death and misery, which is conventional in a thriller genre. however the first comment had suggested that we use more edits and filters to make the suspense greater; i'd take this into consideration and is a good way of showing myself and my group what outsiders say about our thriller sequence, to create more suspense I'd add suspenseful music which builds up throughout the ending when the victim gets stabbed; even though we have suspenseful music we could make the sounds sound more dramatic to the audience; which would engage them more into feeling more sorry for the victim; due to the sound at the ending it could

Our second comment was saying that the thriller sequence is conventional to the thriller genre; which is a positive comment as it's key to make it clear to the audience that the thriller is conventional; This is good for us, as it shows us that it's a good thriller sequence and that it pleases our target audience; The same person also commented a negative comment which made us realise some of our minor mistakes; such as saving a contact as anonymous; this isn't realistic as no one saves someone they don't know as anonymous; it would usually just be +44. We would take this into consideration and in the future make sure we go over our minor mistakes.   

Lastly our comment was about our sounds and how we didn't necessarily use them correctly; such as when we placed a sound where it didn't flow consistently which could seem like its just been cut out quickly; this would effect our overall tension on the audience as it doesn't flow in that part of our sequence; to improve this for next time we need to be more careful as to where we place our sounds.

Filming Schedule - Miss Georgiou

Introduction:
Filming schedule is important to have as it makes the group understand more about what we have done and how we done it; it's important to have a filming schedule as it makes it clearer when each blog was due and it organises our work; with a clearer idea of when we did them. It's like a storyboard however it is more in detail of the times we would be doing each frame(scene). By nothing down everything we would need to create a successful opening sequence it is key to have all everything organised. The filming schedule makes us have a better idea of what times would be appropriate to film.

When we began filming we followed the schedule as it made us as a group more organised and made us have a clearer idea of what we needed to do to make the filming not stressful and confusing. With the Filming schedule it gave us a the mindset of what needs to be done and where it should be done by, by setting deadlines of each filming session; it gives us more time to develop on what we have already filmed by editing it. When we discussed our group storyboard we discussed that their would be a shot of an abandoned house- this house is now and abandoned house in Buchurst Hill. Also with this first frame we discussed and decided that it would be a long shot however now it's an establishing shot to begin the sequence, as this is more effective and creates a sense of sinister more to the audience.

By having the filming schedule it's made my group and myself, understand that with this schedule we need to follow step by step to ensure that it's a successful sequence; if we didn't go through with planning the whole ideas of the schedule then it would be confusing to everyone in the group as to when we would need to film our sequence. Moreover the whole idea of this is also to ensure that everyone has a copy of what is going to happen, so nobody in the group gets confused or doesn't know what needs to be filmed when or what iconography will be included in certain days for filming. It's to get every member prepared for the process of the upcoming filming.

When we began filming we followed our filming schedule as it made the group and myself more organised as to what we would need to include. However we made changes when filming such as not using the accurate sounds that we discussed in our schedule. However the outfits are slightly different as we mentioned that the victim should wear black leggings however didn't follow through with this idea; also the victims make-up wasn't natural and didn't look innocent whatsoever, the character for the victim only was conventional as her gender and overall appearance besides her involvement in costume and hair and make up; The victims costume was only a white blouse which wouldn't be necessarily conventional as it doesn't really portray innocence; to improve this it would be more conventional to add in the filming schedule that we are going to use a white floaty dress or top as that is more of a purer look.  The role of the filming schedule makes the whole group have a better understand of what we would need to do once we begin filming.

Opening Scene Narration - Miss Miller

My final ideas came from putting all of our ideas together; with our individual storyboards we managed to make our own ideas on how we would picture our thriller sequence. We then done a group narrative which we then discussed all of individual ideas, this makes our group storyboard more effective as it has different ideas from each member in the group.  We discussed in detail what would be better to use and what we would need to include, for example when we was discussing all of our ideas I mentioned on having our first scene of the storyboard based on the setting of the sequence as it would create an enigma to the audience throughout because the setting is in the middle of nowhere which would look eery and very sinister to the audience.

The start of the the storyboard is showing the setting of the scene, the camera shot being used is a long shot this is to show the audience in detail what the setting is and what is in the setting in full detail, The location of the first frame is a isolated wooded area this is to create an enigma through out the rest of the sequence. In this frame there is no iconography as it's not needed in the frame, due to it just being a shot of the location. The lighting in this storyboard is low-key; it's low-key as it's creating a sense of sinister straight away in the scene; which is conventional to the thriller genre, by using the low-key lighting it shows the audience that something bad is possibly going to happen. The sound is non-diegetic as it's creating tension for the audience not the characters in the sequence; the sound is a low rumble noise as this specific sound builds up suspense. Lastly the editing of the sequence is Linking of section this is to show the audience that the next frame upcoming links with the first frame to create an effect on the audience.In our second frame there is an extreme long shot, this is to creating even more tension to the audience as it's showing you how derelict and isolated the house is. The location again is an isolated wooded area, as it's creating an enigma to the audience, there is no iconography in the sequence as it's not needed. The sound is non-diegetic with again a low rumble noise, which is continuing from the previous frame. The editing in this frame is also Linking of section as it's showing the audience that straight away it's being linked with the next frame to again create an effect and sense of fear to the audience.With frame number 3 there is a point of view shot of someone tied up; this shows the audience that the character would be a victim as there is someone tied up and a point of view shot shows the audience that they're trying to be put into this particular characters place, which is normally used within a thriller when a victim is being exposed. The location is in a derelict basement this is to show the audience that there's no one in the location but the victim which is scary to the victim and makes the audience feel sorry for her. The iconography being used is a rope, this is one of the key elements throughout all of the frames in the storyboard as it signifies the victims incapability to escape from this disaster she is in. The lighting in this particular frame is low-key as it builds up tension and a sense of mystery, this is conventional which is why it's being used in this frame. Non-diegetic sound is used, but this time it;s a low rumble sound but gradually getting louder to build up more tension for the audience. A jump cut is used, to jump from one specific frame to the next to add a sense of shock to the audience.Next frame is showing the audience the victims identity and facial expressions with a close up shot, this is to show the audience the characters detailing in her face and what she is feeling at that very moment, The location is in the basement as it's creating a sense of fear and horror, due to it being isolated and due to the victim being alone. Only the victim is included in this frame as it's just going to be focused on her at that very moment.Frame 5 is a close up of the knife (weapon) this is to show the audience what weapon is the key element in the film; this is to scare the audience and make them think as to why there is a knife which creates an enigma. The location is in the basement as it's eery. The lighting is low-key. The sound is non-diegetic as it's creating an effect on only the audience. The editing is the Kushelov effect. The victim looks around and this is when she sees the blood covered knife. Frame number 6 is a mid shot of victim no.2 laying on the floor dead. When she turns around she sees that the body has blood on and comes to her senses that the body is in fact dead. There is non-diegetic sound as it's creating an effect on only the audience. And again is a kushelov effect. Frame number 7 is a long shot of the two victims in the basement. The lighting is low-key and again there is non-diegetic sound; The shot shows the victim alone in the room with the knife and the dead body(victim no.2).Frame number 8 is a point of view shot from the victims perspective, which is set in the basement and there is low-key lighting. There is no sound at this moment of the sequence as it's trying to engage the audience on seeing her break from the rope that was tied on her hands. The editing was a jump cut to create a sudden effect on the audience. Frame number 9 is a long shot/ zooming in effect. This is in the basement and the lighting is low-key. This time the only actor in this frame is the antagonist; the sound is parallel. The victim suddenly sees a shadow figure in the mirror and begins to panic but all attention is on the shadow figure potentially the killer (antagonist). Frame number 10 is of the victim making her way towards the mirror with a zooming in shot; the location is in the basement which creates a sense of suspense and eeriness. The sound again is parallel, the editing is slow editing to create an effect on the audience, such as suspense. Frame number 11, is a point of view shot from the victims perspective and is still in the basement. The iconography used in this is a smashed picture frame. The lighting is low key as it's trying to create a sense of foreboding atmosphere. The sound is diegetic and the editing is linking of shots. Which then triggers her memory of how this all started. Frame number 12, it a point of view shot of herself on Facebook in her bedroom. She's typing away on her laptop which is the iconography in this frame and the sound is diegetic and the editing is linking of shots. Frame 13 is an extreme close-up of the video on Facebook. This is set in her bedroom and the iconography involved is just the laptop with low-key lighting to create tension. The sound in this frame is diegetic sound of the video playing; then a jump cut to the next part in the sequence to create a sudden effect. Frame 14 is a point of view shot if the broken phone on the floor in the basement; the iconography is the smashed phone, with low-key lighting. The sound in this is a diegetic sound of shattered glass. The editing is linking of shots. Frame 15 is an extreme close-up, in the victims bedroom and the extreme close-up is a flashback of all the messages; the editing is again linking of shots. Frame 16 is a picture of a victim, the camera shot used is a shallow focus. This happens in the basement. The lighting is low-key with a non-diegtic sound. The editing involved is a jump cut again to create a sudden effect. This is when she sees a targeted photo of herself and begins to panic. Frame 17 is a shallow focus in an abandoned room; the iconography is a picture frame, with low-key lighting. the sound is non-diegetic and the editing is a jump cut again. this is when the vicim also sees a targeted photo of the dead person she saw previously. Frame 18 is a mid shot in the abandoned room; with low-key lighting and high pitch suspenseful music; the editing in this is a reaction shot; the reaction shot is of the girls face after she sees this targeted photo. Frame 19 is a mid-shot in the basement; non-diegetic sound is used with slow editing; she then becomes closer to the mirror. Lastly there is a shot of the victim and their is complete silence, theres a mid shot; the iconography involved in this is a mirror and a knife. Their is low key lighting as she sees the bloody knife in the mirror.

The mise-en-scene in the storyboard is conventional to the thriller genre as it creates sinister. For example the iconography in the storyboard are one of the key elements in the sequence as it represents the thriller genre conventionally, it does this as one of the iconography is the main weapon which is a knife; the knife is the Killers iconography which relates to his character role of being violent and domestic, due to him looking threatening with a knife.

In our narrative it starts of with the setting of the film then theres slow editing straight into the start of the storyboard, when the victim is tied up and there is an over the shoulder shot of the victim; this is to put the audience in the victims shoes and makes us build more of a relationship with the character as we're seeing what the victim is.

Risk Assesment- Miss Georgiou

Introduction:
The purpose of a risk assessment is for all the group members in a group to know all the hazards that could potentially happen, when planning out what risks could possibly happen it makes my group and myself could look out for. It's also key because when we're filming we can prevent ways of certain risks occurring. It's important to include discuss this before filming as it's highlighting all the possibilities that could happen when filming, it makes the group more aware as to what could happen and makes the risks less likely to happen as your being more careful.

Risk Assessments are carried out before any filming is started, it's important to ensure that the whole group are aware of what could potentially happen when we begin filming. Risk assessment is identifying all the risks, discussing the potential risks that can occur and then analyse how we would avoid these risks.

As a group we spoke about what we would do to increase the risks that could possibly happen, As a group we discussed all the risks we had, and we were aware of all the possible hazards and if something did happen we had a back-up plan, so we would know how to fix what went wrong. We knew how to be careful with what we are doing and what we should do to fix our faults. Also to ensure that the risks are highlighted and made obvious to each group member. When we was managing the equipment, we followed our risk assessment discussed what we should and shouldn't use to decrease the possible risks that could occur when filming. We all understand the risks and would could potentially happen which is why we have made a decision to use the safest of equipment.

When filming we didn't encounter any risks as they were avoided as we wrote down the risks and followed what to possibly avoid that may occur. We ensured that all risks were avoided, due to every member in the group being aware of what was happening around them. The role of a risk assessment is to ensure that all risks are avoided and it made every member in the group have a better understanding of what not to do when we began filming. When we was filming we ensured that all group members had suitable footwear on, this was to make sure that everyone involved didn't step in glass, due to the scene where there is broken glass and we avoided going on the grass as it had been raining a lot which would of made it slippery and a hazard to everyones safety. To ensure that everyone was aware of what is going on around them we followed our risk assessment on what not to do, Every time we was filming we made sure that the camera was fully charged as we didn't want to have a camera wire in the way; which could cause one of our group members to trip and injure themselves.

Group Storyboard - Miss Miller

Introduction:
Group storyboards are to initiate everyone's individual ideas and combine them all together to create a final successful storyboard, with a group storyboard it has a piece of everyone's individuality which shows the audience a different range of ideas. By having a group storyboard it makes everyone in the group involved as it's including everyone's ideas, Some members of the group may have more effective ideas compared to other members in the group which is what we would discuss with each other.

From all of our individual storyboards we selected elements which we thought would work well from each of our own ideas, however the beginning of out storyboard starts with the setting as it creates an enigma throughout the rest of the film; even though this wasn't apart of anyone's Idea on individual storyboard, I mentioned that we should add this at the start due to the reason of it creating an enigma which is conventional to the thriller genre. Even though all of our group adding in the flashback which will happen in the sequence, Sasha's idea was more effective as to how it will be triggered, the leading up to it, is more effective due to their being a lot of suspense and focusing on certain iconography in the sequence that may trigger it.

Luca's idea however started with an over the shoulder shot of the victim where she wakes up tied together with a rope; instantly this triggers a sense of fear towards the audience as well as the victim due to the over shoulder shot as this makes the audience feel more involved and build more of a relationship with the victim, as your placed in her position and experiencing everything the victim is.

In another part of our group storyboard we used Sasha's idea when there's a close up of the hands tied together with a rope; this clearly highlights the specific iconography being used as it makes the audience wonder why she's tied and they can clearly see what the victim is tied up with, it creates a relationship with the audience as it makes the audience worry for the victim as she's tied up; rope is known to be very strong and hard to get out of, by highlighting the specific iconography it shows the audience that it's the main element in this part of the scene.

In another one of our ideas that we discussed and compromised on was a picture of someone with a cross on it; this is from both Sasha's and John's idea, this is conventional to the thriller genre as it's revealing an identity of someone who's unknown to the victim; this is creating a sense of foreboding atmosphere as it's introducing another victim through a picture who has been crossed out, so it shows that, that victim is dead and the main victim now could be next.

From my idea we used the idea of a reaction shot straight after seeing the messages from the anonymous person; this showed the audience the victims feelings towards the messages and how sad she is, this is conventional to the thriller genre as it's using shock to create an effect on the audience; this makes the audience build a relationship with the victim as you begin to understand how the victim is feeling.


In conclusion the group storyboard made us a group come together and discuss our own individual ideas, which made our group storyboard effective and a piece of each of our members own ideas. With the group storyboard it made my group and myself have a clearer understanding of how to set out our opening sequence and what micro-elements we need to include to make it a successful thriller opening sequence. By putting all of our ideas together it made our sequence a lot more conventional and sinister as there is different thriller elements included.

Planning Opening Credits- Miss Georgiou

Introduction:
Opening credits are to introduce the narrative of a film; in some films the beginning of the film is added to make the audience understand what is going to happen in the film; it shows us what genre it is going to be; It will show the audience this by the design of the Credits for example for a thriller film the credits would normally be Bold with red or black writing, Red will show the audience that blood is going to be involved which will then make the audience realise that death will also be involved. The opening credits will make the audience see information on the film and about the characters, due to the way their name of the opening credits appear to be. The production team shows the audience what the genre of the film is going to be for instance if the production film was going to be PIXAR it will show the audience that the film is going to be a Disney film.

When watching the opening credits for the film Seven; there was Jumpy credits this was presented by using a flickering effect of each credit; this is conventional to the thriller genre as it will make the audience see that the film will be jumpy. Throughout the opening credits their is tension building music such as loud thudding to scare the audience and drums; these sounds will be associated with a loud heart beat thud, which will create a relationship with the audience as it makes them wonder what will happen in the upcoming sequence. The colours of the opening sequence match the convention as there's one killer that kills the people, the white represents the innocence and the black represents the evil in the opening credits. Within the opening credits their are hints of red- which will be associated with danger,pain,blood. This again shows the audience that something bad is going to happen. Throughout the opening credits there's pictures of the victims; hiding their identity, this creates an enigma as you don't fully know who the victims are. Within this you can see certain iconography such as a weapon of a blade which shows the audience that this could be one of the key iconography that could create the murders in the film. Not only does the opening credits make it easier for the audience to understand but it shows the audience who the Director is; this makes the audience understand what the film is going to be like. The credits of the film starts of with the production of the film; the production team; the actors; the producers and finally the director.

Within my opening credits; I had a black layout for the background which represents death that will happen in the film, also it will associate with misery which is relevant within my sequence as the girl is going through an emotional dilemma such as bullying and being belittled. The font of my credits are red which will show the audience that blood and pain is going to be involved, the credits for my film title and the film production slowly slide past each other which creates tension for the audience as the attention is focused on the film title which has hints as to what the film is going to include. With this I ensured that I followed the conventions of a thriller as the font colours are the main colours used in a thriller sequence opening credits. However even though my font is white, I would change it to red as white isn't that conventional to the thriller genre. With my credits they would slide past each other slowly, to build up tension to the audience, then when both of the credits meet they would pause to show the audience what the credits are saying. The credits movement all together is going to be slow as I'm trying to build up tension through my credits.  I have chosen the film title as ' The untold events' as it creates a mystery as to what the untold events could possibly be, the film title alone creates an enigma as your unaware as to what the credits actually mean. Then the production of the film is a known production 'New lines Cinema'.

Johns opening credits however is conventional as the font is used for the production, johns idea is also very unique but may be seen as cliché as it has the obvious colours and font which is normally used in other thriller opening credits but the way he's done it, is like he's own original version which is why it would be seen as unique. The opening credits is effective as it looks like blood dripping down the credits which is very conventional to the thriller convention. His background is white which will make the font of the credits stand out more as it stands out; due to the red colour. However even though this is a conventional idea it doesn't create a dark foreboding atmosphere and doesn't seem very sinister.

Sasha's opening credits is based on the idea of the film seven it has the same similarities such as the way it's set out; its sharp and in your face which catches the audience attention, this could associate with the iconography of a knife as it's sharp which is conventional as a knife is a key element in a thriller. The colours is a mixture of black and white which could resemble the good from the evil; in this case the antagonist from the protagonist; so the killer and victim. However the only weakness from Sasha's idea is that it looks very basic so doesn't really have much sinister involved, to improve it there could be more darker colours to resemble the death that is going to happen. We have chosen Sasha's idea as it would create an effect on the audience as it portrays essential elements that would be seen as conventional for the opening credits. The text of this is what you would normally see for a thriller opening sequence for the credits; which shows it's conventional but may be seen a cliche. However this is why it works due to it being a very conventional text.

Luca's idea is a unique style for the font and the title for the production company. Luca used the font from the film Friday the 13th which is found on a text website we all used, Luca used this as it had already been used in this film and was very successful and created a atmosphere of tension. Luca's idea is very in your face, which is similar to Sasha's but has a bit more sinister in it due to the Friday the 13th font. It also has some resemblance to John's as it has blood dripping also, which is conventional, Luca's weaknesses is that it may be too much as there's too much going on, there's not much to focus on. It could also be seen as bland as there is two dark colours, it's not unique either as the font is used from a different thriller film.

Overall with this planning I think that Sasha's idea is the most conventional as it catches the audiences eye straight away as it's straight away in your face with the sharp text; even though their is not much sinister involved the text draws that away by having an effective font for it. It also shows the audience what could possibly happen in the thriller sequence as it's separating the protagonist from the antagonist due to the use of colours being portrayed in the credits.