Away for the Holiday :)

I will be away for the festive period so i will not be blogging from the 28/12/10 till the 03/01/11

Looking for Music

As we now know what our thriller film is about we are looking for music to feature in our film. We must use sites which allow us access to unsigned, non copyright music and be absolutely sure they give us 100% permission to use the music.
We are using a website called mobygratis.com to find this music as it is a site full of unsigned music. The site is dedicated to projects like mine where people can use the music for free, on their projects and have the permission of the artists as the music is unsigned.

Mise En Scene: Positioning of Characters & Objects

Positioning of Characters & Objects

Film makers can use positioning within a frame in a variety of ways:

• if the character or object is in the foreground of a image we know as a audience that we should attach some sort of significance/ importance to this character/object, and vise versa 
• A moving body/object placed against a stationary background will immediately draw our attention as it would in real life. 
• Characters/objects positioned evely within a frame will give a balance feel to the shot. if they are all at one end of the frame, it would create an inbalance for the eye by making the shot feel heavy on one side. This can be used to make the audience feel settles or unsettled , thus involving them in the action.
• The positioning of characters can indicate relationships. If two people were very close to each other, huggin, we would asume they are friends, possibly lovers,

        if they are on either side of the frame then we would assume they are very distant with each other.

Mise En Scene: Lighting & Colour

Lighting


Like i have spoke about before, lighting can be used to give a particular scene a realistic, or dramatic look.
It can be used in a variety of ways, including

• to highlight important characters or objects within the frame by drawing attention towards them with a bright light source (often in chiaroscuro) 
• to make a character look mysterious by shading sections of the face/ body
• to reflect a characters confused state of mind suggested by altering bright and dark light quickly, in a strobe effect

Colour

As discussed in a earlier entry, colour carries a very significant importance and influence to a mood or feeling a character needs to portray. The way which we associate certain colours with certain feelings, we associate certain colours with certain genres particularly with reference to film posters and publicity materials which rely on the public quickly being able to identify with a film even from a distance. 

Mise En Scene: Facial Expression & Body Language

Facial Expressions

In cinema the camera can be at a range of distances to portray the actor in a extreme close up, or as a dot in the distance through the use of a long shot.

This range of possible distances means that different emphasis's will be placed on facial expressions and body language to accurately convey the correct type of shot.

If someone was happy they would be smiling

If they were sad they would be frowning or crying

Depending on what the film maker wants to portray will effect the facial expression of the character.

Body Language

The way in which we hold and move our bodies also indicates how we feel and think. Not everyone portray the same body language but things which we will normally recognise are things such as curling up into a ball to protect ourselves.

Some films call for realistic types of behavior, although films from the music genre will contain types of behaviour that wouldn't usually happen in real life, for instance when the characters burst into a song.

Mise En Scene: Setting & Props

Setting

The setting of a film is more important and significant than the setting of a theatre and is ALMOST ALWAYS more detailed. In the initial stages of making a film the objective would be to find a location which already exists. This location will then be altered to reflect exactly what the filmmaker is trying to portray. A setting can be used for much more than simply telling us where something is happening. It can be used to manipulate the audience into building certain expectations.

In these different genre's our expectatons of mise en scene change, along with what we should take away form the shot.

 For example if we saw a image of a hill side...

... we would begin to think the setting is quite, peacefull, very agricultural. 

If we saw a image of a crowded city on the other hand, our interpretations change.

We would think of lots of people, a busy , lively setting.

Props


Props is the term given to objects that are present in the setting which lay a part in the action, instead of being a background object. This would be a gun for example in someone's hand.

Mise En Scene: Costume Hair & Make - up

The costume, hair and make up of a character plays a huge part in the mise en scene as it can be used in such a variety of ways to indicate to us a characters personality, social stats and job.
We can tell if the character is in the present day or past,

Their culture,

a clue as to the part the character plays in a film,

We can clearly see this person is a police officer via her costume.

and also the genre of the film.

With the use of this cape, w can assume that this film is of a thriller/horror genre.

Make Up

Make up in the early days of cinema was fundamental to highlight certain facial features as the black and white film stock couldn't register detail very well.

Mise En Scene: Intro

Mise En scene is the french term meaning, ' what is in the frame '. Mise En Scene has five elements;-

1. Settings & props
2. Costume, hair & make-up
3. Facial Expressions & Body Language
4. Lighting & Colour
5. Positioning of characters & objects within a frame

These elements are used to analyse shots and indicate the audience of the genre of the film. In these different genre's our expectatons of mise en scene change, along with what we should take away form the shot.

My Montage

This is my montage of our thirller idea.

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Productivity Meeting - Our Thriller Movie

On Friday me and my fellow comrades sat down together and discussed what our thriller film will be about.   We discussed possible, ideas and we tried developing some of the idea's we came up with on one of my earlier posts. We were split between all the idea's, so we tried to pick specific aspects from the majority of the initial ideas.

In doing so we created our final idea for the thriller film.

The film is about a hit man who has been assigned to particular target but refuses to carry out the mission. The hit man does find a target, but is it the right person?

The film is build upon mystery and suspense, which are essential according from my audience research.

The first shots are of hands, tried up frantically struggling. The shot is close up lighting above to show the mystery characters vulnerability.

From this we switch to a mid shot from behind the tired up person, with the hit man holding the gun to their head, the shot is out of focus so we do not see the target. The camera then switches to a low angle point of view shot from the person tied up.

From this shot we can graphic match to the next scene which is a flashback , in black and white, to meeting between the hit man  and a women, who a contractor. The women slides a photo across the table, and thought-out this scene, all in fact, will have the same music playing. The camera begins to zoom into the photo to the point of a extreme close up of the photo. The camera begins to zoom out, whilst returning to colour to represent its back to the present.

The hit man pics up the photo of the ground and starts frantically waving it, this will be captured using a high angle mid shot. The camera suddenly switches to a close up of the hit man who is furious. The camera then fades to black and white, and suddenly we are in another flashback. The camera begins to zoom out to a mid shot showing both the hit man and the contractor. She is putting cases, we assumed filled with money onto the table to convince the hit man to do the job but he begins to shake his head.

As he does so we are brought back to the present time were the hit man is shaking his head, shouting. This is captured by the camera going lower to the ground to make a low angle mid shot to show his power and authority. The camera switches to the gun in the man's hand. he is shacking it, this then changes to black and white with the women shacking the gun, as if this action triggers him to think of this meeting again.

The last scenes consist of the camera zooming into the eyes of the women in black and white. The camera slowly begins to zoom out while doing so, previous images begin to flash for  few seconds, this being of the frantic hands and frantic legs, all returning to the eyes. At this point the camera begins to return to return to colour. The camera keeps zooming out from the eyes reveal that instead of the target in the photo being tied up, its the contractor.

Audience Research: Survey Monkey Results

THE RESULTS ARE IN!

From the results of my survey our target audience are 16-19 year olds, the majority being female. The majority of people according to my research watch thrillers with their friends so we will not try and appeal to a 'family' audience. The overwhelming response to what makes people want to watch thrillers and what they believe a thriller should be build on is SUSPENSE. We will use this to our advantage and ensure that our film will be constructed to maximise the suspense. Surprisingly according to my results, thriller fans like to be scared while watching the film. This can easily be used to our advantage and to make sure we appeal to our target audience we shall make the thriller scary and extremely surprising. We will do this when possible.

Previous Students

In class today we were shown videos of previous entries by past students. We watched the films and discussed what was good and what we must make sure we shouldnt do. We analysed the film looking at

• what the idea was?
• the quality of the cinematography
• the sound used
• the performance of the actors

From watching the films a lot of the students struggled with their continuity editing. Along with this we noticed that the sound accompanying the film was vital as it gave different interpretations and made the film great, or sluggish. Although the performance of the actors doesn't have to be at the highest quality, the better it was the more believable the film was to believe. It made it easier for the audience to 'accept' the film.

From watching these past students work i have gained valuable information as to what to make sure my thriller includes, and what it shouldn't. This being

• making sure their is a high level of continuity editing
• the performance of the actors is to a high standard
• the sound accompanying the film MUST be parallel

Audience Research: Survey Monkey

To collect vital independent thriller research i have constructed a survey to be published on my facebook account. This survey consists of 10 questions covering all the vital points i need to know about when producing my thriller film.



This is my constructing my survey



This is the link on my facebook account that i have asked colleague's to complete

And this is the link to my survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FNRMCMX

I will publish my findings once a sufficient  number of responses have been collected.

Our Initial Thriller Idea's

To me and my fellow companions had a brain storm of what our thriller film could be biased around. This is what we came up with.

Thriller Opening : Shadow Of a Doubt

Today we looked at the opening sequence in the 1943 film, Shadow Of A Doubt. This film is produced by Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense.

Storyline

Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting wold happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated and much traveled uncle Charlie Oakley, her mother's younger brother. Imagine her delight when, out of the blue, they receive a telegram from uncle Charlie announcing that he is coming to visit them for awhile. Charlie Oakley creates quite a stir and charms the ladies club as well as the bank president where his brother-in-law works. Young Charlie begins to notice some odd behavior on his part, such as cutting out a story in the local paper about a man who marries and then murders rich widows. When two strangers appear asking questions about him, she begins to imagine the worse about her dearly beloved uncle Charlie.

Music

In the opening sequence a piece of music called the Mary widow, composed by Lehar. This music has great significance later in the film as the truth about uncle charlies actions begin to come to light.

Analysing the Opening Sequence

Using mise en scene, a lot can be established from the opening sequence. When looking at the settings and props used, the setting appears to be in a poor district, possibly the slums. We get this impression from the burnt out cars, tramps by the lake, and the children playing on the street in poor clothes. Yet by contrast when we meet Uncle Charlie, there is money scattered on the floor, which indicates this money means nothing to the man. By looking at the hair,make up and costume of the character, it is in vast contrast to the place he is living in. This is because Uncle Charlie is wearing a very expensive suit, with his hair slick back. This doesnt fit in with the setting as Uncle Charlie appears very wealthy, with the money just scattered across the floor, and by him wearing this very expensive suit, it adds to the feeling that he doesnt belong in the city. He appears to belong to a higher social class such as that seen in the opening credits of the film. The colour of the suit also gives us a insight into the personality of this character as it is very dark, which can suggest he has a sinister side to him.
By observing the facial expressions and body language of the character, we first see Uncle Charlie laying on the bed, in his crisp suit with a cigar in his mouth. As the sequence develops he shows hardly any emotion on his face, thus giving the impression he is a heartless man and not much effects him.
The lighting used is low key lighting, creating a contrast between light and dark which can be used to interprit that this character is a dark character as he is constantly covered in darkness with his suit and the very little amount of light on him. This enables us to give Uncle charlie the title of the Antagonist ion this film. In contrast when we first meet charlie she is covered in light, giving us the impression she is a good person, making us believe she can be given the title of the protagonist in this film.
By looking at the posisition of Uncle Charlie and Charlie, when we are first introduced to them, they appear in the same position as each other. This indicates to us that the two have some sort of link, and that their paths are bound to cross. This technique is called mirroring as they appear to be 'cut from the same cloth' yet they are so different personality wise, in the from that one is obviously more evil and sinister than the other.

Film Language : Parallel and Contrapuntal Sound

When the sound we hear should usually go hand in hand with the image on screen. This is known on Parallel sound. For example if we were to watch a horror film and we are about to witness a murder, you would accompany some dark, fast tempo music with the action.

When we hear sound that we woudnlt associate with the events on screen we would call this contrapuntal sound. For examlpe if we were to be watching children playing on the beach we wouldnt usually where the fast pacing music to accompany it as the two styles do not go together.

Constructing our Preliminary Exercise Video

To construct our preliminary video we split the video into eight scenes.

The first was a long shot, having our mystery character walking down a long, straight, corridor walking towards the camera heading for a door around the corner. To capture this shot we attached the camera on a tri-pod and placed it central of the corridor. This allowed us to use a panning shot to smoothly capture the character approaching the door.

The next shot was a low-angle close up of the door handle in which the character placed his hand on it, ready to open the door. We then recorded him from this angle entering the door as it would help us with the continuity editing.

The third shot was a low-angle shot, point of view shot from a second character. This was a shot of the man entering the room looking into the camera, with his right hand pointing towards the camera shouting the word, ' YOU!' . We used a low-angle shot here to show the characters position of power and authority.

The fourth & fifth shot was a mid-shot which gives us our first view of our second character, sitting at a table and the first character is just visible in the other end of the frame. This was used to show the distance between the two characters. The male character (character 1,) says ,'YOU MUST DO IT', out of shot but then slightly appears towards the end of this scene.

The sixth shotis a response of the the women (character 2, left of the frame,) in which she says 'I wont' in a timid voice to shows she is scared. Throughout this scene the camera is static and attached to the tripod and remains at the same angle.

The seventh shot is a high-angle, over the shoulder shot of character 1. The camera angle makes the women look very venerable to us which is the image we are trying to portray.

The last shot is a over the shoulder shot from character 2. This shot captures the size difference between the two characters. This represents the contrast in the two characters objectives.

Analysis Of Preliminary Video

After analysing our preliminary video, i noticed that there was several problems with the video.
The first been that in the opening sequence which consists of the male walking towards to camera. This sequence goes on for far too long which doesn't makes the sequence appear suspense which is against what we was trying to achieve. During this sequence the male also looks at the camera a couple of times. This makes the video appear unprofessional and the level of acting must improve for our actual thriller.
The second fault occurs as a result of poor editing. This is when the male enters the door. The continuity editing is of a poor standard and makes the video appear 'jerky' and it doesn't appear natural. The poor standard of continuity editing also appears again at the 16 second mark. The transformation from one angle to the other wasnt a smooth transition and as result makes the video appear 'jerky'.

AS Media Studies Preliminary Video

Me and my team, Daniel Onslow and Amanda Ngonyama created our Preliminary video. The point of this video was to get us used to working with the equipment i.e the tri-pods, camera etc. It was also a chance for us to get some acting experience in preparation for our actual movie.

This is our Preliminary video.

Film Language : Camera Movements

When using a camera to capture shots, there are several types of shots that can be used to capture the right image.

Panning Shots
This is where the camera moves slowly across from side to side on a fixed axis



Tilt Shot
A tilt shot is where the camera moves up and down on a  fixed axis.

Crane Shot
A crane shot is where the camera moves around above ground level, mounted on a crane normally. For example the first few seconds of this clip from Godzilla.



Tracking Shot
This shot is were the camera follows the action on a set of tracks made especially for this scene.

Rolling Shot
A rolling shot is were the camera moves diagonally across the screen making the image askew.

Audience Research : What was established?

From the vox pop we established that the main aspect of a thriller is creating suspense and miss-leading the audience through the use of macguffins. We will use this vital piece of research and make sure we include the techniques and themes mentioned in our vox pop to make sure we deliver the experience viewers seek, in a thriller movie.

Technical Analysis of Our Vox Pop

On the hole our first attempt of a Vox pop is very well executed and well constructed. We have the three questions asked by our presenter Amanda, followed by the responses of two anonymous people. The frames include the peoples heads, nothing is cut out and the subjects are central in the frame. Their is not bundles of empty space in the frame, it is all occupied by the subjects which is good. When analysing the sound, it is very clear, and every word can be heard. There is no unwanted sound , background noise or any noise interference.

As for the quality of the video, it can be better. Several times in the video their is some unwanted footage , one being when the presenter finishes asking her first question the screen goes black for a short period of time. This demonstrates that the editing of the video could have been better and we could of used a transformation effect to elimiate this black screen. On the hole i believe our first vox pop attempt is very well constructed but can be made better with some more editing. 

Constructing Our Vox Pop

To construct our Vox pop we decided to have a presenter ask questions, followed by the responses of the questions we would later record.
To record the presenter asking the questions we attached the camera to the tri-pod to get the camera at the right height, and to keep the camera steady so clear, steady shots can be made. We then had our presenter practice off camera to make sure when recording she knew exactly what she was to do, and what was required. We then recorded her introducing what she was doing and then stopped. We did this several times so we had several versions to use encase one of the versions had a problem. We then recorded the presenter asking one question, then stopping so we could edit in the responses. We did this several times for each questions as a precaution.
After completing this we then moved into a empty classroom and we managed to get a response from one of the teachers. Before recording we attached the camera to a tri-pod so the shots will be steady and we adjusted the height of the tripod so we had the person in the middle of the screen, making sure parts of her head was not missing as this would look very poor. When the camera was set up correctly we then asked the interviewee the questions and gave her time to think about her responses. When she was ready we then started recording a second before she starting talking so we could edit the piece easier. We repeated this for all three responses from this interviewee and the other as it was the easiest, most accurate and practical way to carry out our task. We also recorded each response twice as a precaution.
When all the recording was complete we then headed into the editing suite and pieced together our vox pop, making sure their was no time gaps between the questions asked, and responses.

Audience Research Task: Vox Pops

I was set a challenge with my media partner, to create a vox pop. A vox pops are normally short interviews which are shown in public places and provide spontaneous opinions on the questions asked by chanced encounters with the people in those places. In a vox pop you ask the same questions to a variety of people to give provide  a variance of responses. The wider the audience, the more variety responses you will get which will enhance the creditability of the results as you would have gathered responses from all types of people.

Our vox pop was about the thriller genre and we asked the following three questions.

1. Whats your favourite thriller?
2. What do you like about the genre?
3. what makes a great thriller?

This is our attempt of a vox pop.

Film Language : Sound Bridges

A sound bridge is used by film makers to connect two scenes together, to create a smooth transitions from one of the scenes to the next. If this did not happen then the film would appear very disjointed.

Film Language : Diegetic & Non Diegetic Sound

Diegetic Sound

Diegetic sound is sound that can can be heard in the film world . This type of sound can be heard on screen or off screen. For example dialogue between two characters onscreen, like the dialogue between Batman and Com. Gordon on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ycgsDIQVDs&feature=related

Non Diegetic sound is sound that cannot be heard in the film world like a soundtrack. My example the music in this clip of spider man.

Colour

When talking about colour in media, it can be described by two words, Denotation and Connotation.

Denotation

Denotation is the literal descripton of an concept,object or idea.
For example the colour RED is the first colour we see in the electromagnetic spectrum.

Connotation

A connotation is what we ossociate with the concept, object or idea.
For example words we can ossociate with the colour RED would be stop, danger, romance, passion etc.

Colours can be used to represent thoughts, feelings, and attitudes of the characters, writers intensions and many other factors.

Lighting Part 2

By the use of the under lighting, filer lights etc, Directors use these to create a certain atmosphere that they wish to convey. These are in the form of Low-Key lighting and High-key lighting.

Low Key Lighting

Low-Key lighting is used to create dramatic contrasts between light and dark using only key and back lights. The effect used to create a strong contrasts between light and dark areas is called Chiaroscuro.

Example of Low-Key Lighting

High-Key Lighting

High-key lighting is used to give a more realistic and normal viewing to our eyes. It can be used to describe  the lighting used on a brightly lit set such as a sunny day in the park or to describe a more subtly-lit night scene which actually looks quite dark to our eyes. Shadows will appear but not as harsh or dramatic as in low-key lighting.

Example of High-Key Lighting

Film Noir
Film Noir is the term given to a set of films by french critics to American films which were released in the beginning of the 1940's (1941). These films where normally American detective novels and were located in big cities with dark alleyways, wet pavements and sleazy bars, with characters who have devious motives. These films also include a femme fetal who betrays the protagonist.The films are called film Noir's due to the darkness of the subject matter and the visually dark look at the film.

Two Silhouette figures from the Film 'The Big Combo'

Lighting Part 1

Within the last few weeks we have completed a number of different components that are vital to the Media course. One of which are lighting.

We have learnt that within lighting, there are several key elements. These are The types of lighting, when they are used, and film Noir.

Types of Lighting

Key Light

A key light is like the name suggests, the most powerful and influential light that is used.

Back Light

The back light helps counteract the effect of the key light to give the subject a more 'rounded' shape

Filler Light

Filler lights are used to remove or soften the harsh shadows which are caused by the back and key lights. There may be more then one filler light used.




typical set up of Key, Back and Filler lights

By using these lights at different angles we can create different effects, these include under lighting, top lighting and back lighting.

Effects Of Lighting


Under lighting is when the main source of lighting comes from below the subject. This has a distorting effect on the subject which may make them appear scary. This technique is often used in horror films.

Top Lighting is when the light source is above the subject to give them a glamorous look.

Back  Lighting is when the source of light is coming from behind the subject. This is used to create silhouettes.

Aspects of a Thriller: Alfred Hitchcock's North By North West

Today we looked at aspects of a thriller that Alfred Hitchcock made to become aspects of thriller films as we know it today.

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13th 1899. he was a English filmmaker and producer. he was behind many techniques in suspense which appear in psychological thrillers still today. After his great success in The UK in both silent films and the early talkies, he moved to the Sates and worked in Hollywood. Over a long career spanning over 50 years, Hitchcock he fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style.

Hitchcock believed that the only way to get rid his fear was to make films about them. Here are some of his quotes:

"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."

"If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on."

"Always make the audience suffer as much as possible."

Hitchcock was a master of suspense who's films came to become the benchmark for psychological thrillers. He used different techniques to achieve this. 

Maguffin

A maguffin ( Mcguffin or Macguffin ) is a plot device that motivates the characters and advances the story of the film, but as little significance to the actually film itself. A classic example would be in the film Psycho. When  Marion Crane was giving the money, this drove her to run away with it , leading her to stop at the hotel where she was murdered.

Enigmas

A enigma is a puzzle, mystery, inexplicable event or a difficult problem that needs solving. In thrillers this is commonly something which the protagonist has to try to find out or solve before the narrative is resolved and the film finishes. 

In Hitchcock's films, one of these enigmas is in the film North By North West, where Roger O. Thornhill is mistaken for Mr Kaplan. This then leads us to think, who is Mr Kaplan and the theme runs throughout the film.

The moment that Roger O. Thornhill is mistaken for Mr Kaplan, a classic enigma.

Red Herring

A red herring is the name given to a device which intends to divert the audience from the truth or an item of significance. A red herring can be used with other devices such as a enigma to create suspense. A example would be the persona of a George Kaplan in North By North West. In the film the bad guys are convinced that some one by the name of Kaplan is a spy for the government who has infiltrated there system. In reality, there is no Kaplan and it is a red herring used by the government to throw the criminals away form the rule spy, combined with the enigma of Roger Thornhill's mistaken identity is used by Hitchcock to creates suspense. 

Modern Thriller : No Country For Old Men

We looked at the open sequence to the modern thriller film No country for Old Men. The film was released in 2007 and was directed by the Coen Brothers. The film includes a cast of Tommy lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Woddy Harrelson.

When watching the opening minutes of this film i felt right from the beginning a sense of mystery and a unknown plot that would inevitably unfold. I got these feeling when a man's voice echoed out of the speakers with no image of the man just images of a hostile environment. This gave a sense of mystery into the film, as if something terrible was about to unfold. The fact that it was a hostile environment gave the impression that if something was to happen , there would be no help on the way for a substation period of time. When we hear the narrator's voice his tone is very negative which implies that there is a very negative mood about the film straight away.

The use of filming the environment when the sun is rising can be seen as the beginning of a story. The first significant thing we see is a police car. This instantly give me the impression that a crime had been or is about to be committed. When the car arrives and he picks up this unknown character , his face is out of focus. This made me feel instantly unsure about the character and that he has a sense of mystery about him.

The directors gives us a insight into the mystery character's personality and also his mentality as when he commits the murder he is very calm and he doesn't show any emotion on his face . This shows to me that he is very heartless character. This is also shown after the killing as he walks right over the victims body very slowly and calmly. When he commits his second murder he is very calm in his tone when he asks the man to get out of the car, also showing how heartless he is and his lack of emotion. This also shows that murdering people doesn't phrase the man. When he is committing the murder the director uses a high angle shot on the victim to show that he is very vulnerable and he powerless to what is going on.

Lesson 1 - what is a thriller movie?

In our first coursework lesson we got into pairs and we discussed and brain stormed what we believed made a film a good thriller film and words or people that can be associated with a thriller film.

This is what we came up with :-
• murder
• crime
• Mr Hitchcock
• suspense
• excitement
• corruption
• dramatic sounds
• anticipation
• happy endings
• cliff hangers
• mystery
• darkness
• uncertainty
• tension
• twists i'n the plot
• psychological in packs
• victims, ( femme fatale )

Brief

For my media coursework i will be producing the opening sequence of a thriller film within a group of up to four members of my classmates. The film will be around 2 minutes long. I am able to use people outside my class in the film and i may or may not star in the film too. This coursework will be assessed on the technical competence of the film and the use of my blog. My first task is to research the criteria's of thriller films.

Welcome to my blog

Hello everyone welcome to my blog. Throughout this blog i will be showing the journey i will be undergoing from this media studies course. I shall chart my progress constantly with images, videos and text.