Throughout the past four weeks the group has accomplaised alot with contributions from everyone. On monday the 16th we began setting up the scene which was the university dorm room of a young girl called sophie. All 3 of us brought in props for the room such as: teddys, books, pillows, duvets, make up, accesories etc. the room was finished within 3 hours we had used posters to cover the back wall. we used the bungalow to have the effect of a real room as there is a small room there which looks like a bedroom, this allowed a good sense of mise-en-scene and we were able to create a realistic effect.
On wednesday the group had to come to some major decisions as the actress we had picked was unable to do the filming during our free periods. so we had decided on Leidy Dhiana from year 13 who was able to do it during out free periods but we have a time limit as she is due to go on spainish exchange on friday the 27th march so we had to do all the filming with various shots and angle changed so that we had a variety to work from....
we have now decided on the music and need to edit the shots to enable the final peice to be created......
Sunday 29 March 2009
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Lights, camera, action!
Today we have started filming. So far we have the footage of the murder seen which consisted of many issues including camera angles as the room was quite confined. we have also got the shots for the ritualistic preperations that sophie performs inorder to face her love interest. For these particular shots we will use fades to give a sense of continuity. The shot where sophie is putting on the red lipstick in the mirror was the hardest as she wasn't able to see how and where she should put the lipstick, because the mirror we used was small and hand held, she also had to face it towards us so we could get her reflection in the shot.
We have bettered the appearance of the bed and our male lead sits in front of the part of the bed which drops through thus it doesn't effect the mise en scene.
We have bettered the appearance of the bed and our male lead sits in front of the part of the bed which drops through thus it doesn't effect the mise en scene.
Filming Preparations.
During the making of the set we purchased suitable posters for the scene. We put them around the room with school resources, for the mise en scene, as we needed it to look like a university dorm room.
We had many difficulties involving the making of the bed. Firstly, the nails were too small to build it. Secondly, there was no mattress, resulting in us having to find a replacement, which was a wooden board, so the sheets wouldn't fall through the gap.
At the last minute, we had to replace our female lead because she was unavailable. However, we are very happy with the new arrangements.
We had many difficulties involving the making of the bed. Firstly, the nails were too small to build it. Secondly, there was no mattress, resulting in us having to find a replacement, which was a wooden board, so the sheets wouldn't fall through the gap.
At the last minute, we had to replace our female lead because she was unavailable. However, we are very happy with the new arrangements.
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Character Profiles. Male and Female Lead.
Male Lead: Professor Joseph Fletcher, (Joe). Played by Mr Meade.
He teaches Psychology at University.
Female Lead: Sophie Marlow. Played by Mandeep (Yr 12).
She is currently studying Psychology at University, and has developed an obsession with Joe.
He teaches Psychology at University.
Female Lead: Sophie Marlow. Played by Mandeep (Yr 12).
She is currently studying Psychology at University, and has developed an obsession with Joe.
what we have done.
The story board is completed, but now because of the restrictions of props and costumes we are unable to carry out shot three, which consists of tracking with Sophie's feet because even if we used different shoes, it would not have the same promiscuous effect as the red stilletto's.
So far we have set the seen in the bungalow as we needed a bedroom set. we have decorated one of the rooms with posters and a bed to make the scene very convincing.
we have found our female lead to play the part of sophie, however so far we are having trouble to find our male lead bacause we have asked two male members of staff but they have both cancelled on us, so we have settled down with Mr Meade.
Future Plan.
Filming is planned to start on Wednesday 18th March. It will take place in the bungalow period 1.
Tuesday 10 March 2009
story board
the deadline was missed for our story board therefore me and sam shall take over the story board.
Sunday 8 March 2009
Gothika.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UKckOhf3EUM
Gothika (2003) is a supernatural thriller directed by Mathieu Kassovits. It is based on a story of a psychiatrist named Miranda that works in a mental home, and one day she finds herself on the other sides of the bars as she is accused of murdering her husband. At the beginning of the clip (1.15) we see the door handle opening by itself, whereas Miranda believes the ghost of a young girl is opening it. It is very dark and we are not able to see Miranda’s face. She is quite small within the shot, forcing the audience to focus on the surroundings. As soon as the door handle turns, we hear a low rumble of base playing. When Miranda gets up, this sound gets louder. As she makes her way towards the door, the camera zooms in on the handle, and pans to the left. So we end up with a low angle shot of Miranda through the glass. The light is coming from behind her, so that we can’t see her face. The camera movement along with the music makes the scene very tense. When the door is opened, the shot changes to a wide shot of the corridor. The lighting is very dim and we can tell it is night time. When Miranda walks into the shot, she again, appears small in the shot. She may be vulnerable because of her clothes, she is in pyjamas, and has bare feet. When she starts walking down the hall, the music starts to play and the pace of her walk speeds up. The camera is then lifted upwards to make Miranda look even smaller, adding to her vulnerability. As she gets to the end of the corridor she reaches a door and the shot and music change. As she walks through the door, a straight cut takes us to a close up of her, where we see her face. This side shot captures her emotions. With a high pitched violin noise in the background the audience can sense that something is going to happen here. It then cuts to an image of a ghost walking through a wall, this is what the protagonist, Miranda sees. This shows the audience her psychological fear, typical of the genre.
Gothika (2003) is a supernatural thriller directed by Mathieu Kassovits. It is based on a story of a psychiatrist named Miranda that works in a mental home, and one day she finds herself on the other sides of the bars as she is accused of murdering her husband. At the beginning of the clip (1.15) we see the door handle opening by itself, whereas Miranda believes the ghost of a young girl is opening it. It is very dark and we are not able to see Miranda’s face. She is quite small within the shot, forcing the audience to focus on the surroundings. As soon as the door handle turns, we hear a low rumble of base playing. When Miranda gets up, this sound gets louder. As she makes her way towards the door, the camera zooms in on the handle, and pans to the left. So we end up with a low angle shot of Miranda through the glass. The light is coming from behind her, so that we can’t see her face. The camera movement along with the music makes the scene very tense. When the door is opened, the shot changes to a wide shot of the corridor. The lighting is very dim and we can tell it is night time. When Miranda walks into the shot, she again, appears small in the shot. She may be vulnerable because of her clothes, she is in pyjamas, and has bare feet. When she starts walking down the hall, the music starts to play and the pace of her walk speeds up. The camera is then lifted upwards to make Miranda look even smaller, adding to her vulnerability. As she gets to the end of the corridor she reaches a door and the shot and music change. As she walks through the door, a straight cut takes us to a close up of her, where we see her face. This side shot captures her emotions. With a high pitched violin noise in the background the audience can sense that something is going to happen here. It then cuts to an image of a ghost walking through a wall, this is what the protagonist, Miranda sees. This shows the audience her psychological fear, typical of the genre.
Wednesday 4 March 2009
treatment
With a troubled childhood, coy university student Sophie seeks desperately for a father figure, and finds that figure in her psychology lecturer. Slowly but surely she ends up falling in love with him.
Day and night she picks petals off flowers to see whether or not fate wants them to be together. She is a girl that who won’t take no for an answer. As time goes on she finds that madness and obsession begin to consume her. She won’t listen to anyone who tells her that he has a family already.
Slowly she begins to realise what she has done. Her love interest has to pay the ultimate price. With another impulse she lights a cigarette and looks to him in despair and recollects everything he had once said to her. She asks every question raised in her mind, but there’s no reply.
Day and night she picks petals off flowers to see whether or not fate wants them to be together. She is a girl that who won’t take no for an answer. As time goes on she finds that madness and obsession begin to consume her. She won’t listen to anyone who tells her that he has a family already.
Slowly she begins to realise what she has done. Her love interest has to pay the ultimate price. With another impulse she lights a cigarette and looks to him in despair and recollects everything he had once said to her. She asks every question raised in her mind, but there’s no reply.
The Others 2001 (Maariyah)
The Others. (Directed by Alejandro Amenábar. With Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, and Christopher Eccleston)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypPXbU0fM0A&feature=channel
A woman named Grace retires with her two children to a mansion on Jersey, towards the end of the Second World War, where she's waiting for her husband to come back from battle. The children have a disease which means they cannot be touched by direct sunlight without being hurt in some way. They will live alone there with oppressive, strange and almost religious rules, until she needs to hire a group of servants for them. Their arrival will accidentally begin to break the rules with unexpected consequences.
In this scene we see the servants who have just been exposed, as the family and the audience find out they are dead. Grace. As Mrs. Bertha Mills begins talking to Grace she begins to expose the truth about the, as the conversation continues Grace hears a scream from above of one of her children. She obtains the courage to start walking up stairs towards her children; she shakily recites the Lord’s Prayer which shows the audience her religious views. She slowly approaches the door as she does not want to be heard and is also trying to hear the conversation between her children and the others in the room. When she gets into the room she sees the medium who looks possessed sitting at a table with four other people. The medium is questioning Anne (Graces’ Daughter). Anne then tells the medium how her mother killed her but when the medium repeats it more tension is created as ghostly music begins to play and Anne’s face portrays shock and denial. Grace, Anne and Nicholas look shocked as they do not know what to believe. the characters are in denial about there death as the meduim questions why they remain in the house. All three characters (Grace, Anne and Nicholas) begin repeated "we are not dead" the emphasis of three voices overlapping eachother shows the realistic element of the scene. upon hearing the news Grace becomes almost possesed and beging shaking the table and ripping up papers, this shows her unstable state of mind. after the communication has ended the medium begings talking to the current tenants whom we are told very little about they are portrayed as middle class parents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypPXbU0fM0A&feature=channel
A woman named Grace retires with her two children to a mansion on Jersey, towards the end of the Second World War, where she's waiting for her husband to come back from battle. The children have a disease which means they cannot be touched by direct sunlight without being hurt in some way. They will live alone there with oppressive, strange and almost religious rules, until she needs to hire a group of servants for them. Their arrival will accidentally begin to break the rules with unexpected consequences.
In this scene we see the servants who have just been exposed, as the family and the audience find out they are dead. Grace. As Mrs. Bertha Mills begins talking to Grace she begins to expose the truth about the, as the conversation continues Grace hears a scream from above of one of her children. She obtains the courage to start walking up stairs towards her children; she shakily recites the Lord’s Prayer which shows the audience her religious views. She slowly approaches the door as she does not want to be heard and is also trying to hear the conversation between her children and the others in the room. When she gets into the room she sees the medium who looks possessed sitting at a table with four other people. The medium is questioning Anne (Graces’ Daughter). Anne then tells the medium how her mother killed her but when the medium repeats it more tension is created as ghostly music begins to play and Anne’s face portrays shock and denial. Grace, Anne and Nicholas look shocked as they do not know what to believe. the characters are in denial about there death as the meduim questions why they remain in the house. All three characters (Grace, Anne and Nicholas) begin repeated "we are not dead" the emphasis of three voices overlapping eachother shows the realistic element of the scene. upon hearing the news Grace becomes almost possesed and beging shaking the table and ripping up papers, this shows her unstable state of mind. after the communication has ended the medium begings talking to the current tenants whom we are told very little about they are portrayed as middle class parents.
Tuesday 3 March 2009
Audience Research.
We asked our 10 people, what factors they considered make a good thriller. They were able to tick as many boxes as they wanted. The most common answer was Plot, with 8 people agreeing. 5 people thought Music and 5 people thought Effects. 1 person thought Characters and 1 person thought Location. And no one thought Other.
Sunday 1 March 2009
The Dark Night (thriller)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSq9_q0TgDc&feature=related
The dark knight is a mainstream movie with high production values; this allows the director Christopher Nolan to use the best effects and equipment for this thriller.
This clip involves The Joker who is the typical evil doer in this movie who fights against Batman after he has harassed the innocent hostages, one of which is a beautiful woman who out of bravery stands up to The Joker in order to save a man who’s face the audience assume is about to be mutilated, this builds up immense anxiety with the characters as well as the audience, and contributes to the climax of the fight with Batman and the joker.
This specific scene is typical of the thriller genre because it is set at night, in a very suave and sophisticated ball room where a party is taking place with upper class people, and then we immediately see The Joker who is the criminal, enter the room with a hostage and hijack the occasion, he asks for Harvey Dent and classically approaches the weaker people, who are stereo typically young women and also old men, and he scares them with his neurotic behaviour, but then the young woman stands up to The Joker but still has a sense of vulnerability, especially when The Joker comes very close to her and invades her personal space, also the height difference makes the women seem meek. When The Joker starts manhandling her that’s when Batman the hero comes to the rescue which is very typical of the thriller genre.
This clip has no use of non-diagetic sound, and allows the audiences attention to solely focus on The Joker, so the intimidation has full impact on them, only when Batman appears there is the use of repetitive drumming which suggests that the Batman has done this all before, and the fight scene is almost like a dance with the drum beat as the music. However The Joker gets hold of the women he was harassing and holds her dangling from the edge and this has the audience at the edge of there seat, when the Batman tells him to let go The Joker says that it’s a “poor choice of words” indicating his psychotic humour, and the audience feel empathy towards the damsel in distress.
The dark knight is a mainstream movie with high production values; this allows the director Christopher Nolan to use the best effects and equipment for this thriller.
This clip involves The Joker who is the typical evil doer in this movie who fights against Batman after he has harassed the innocent hostages, one of which is a beautiful woman who out of bravery stands up to The Joker in order to save a man who’s face the audience assume is about to be mutilated, this builds up immense anxiety with the characters as well as the audience, and contributes to the climax of the fight with Batman and the joker.
This specific scene is typical of the thriller genre because it is set at night, in a very suave and sophisticated ball room where a party is taking place with upper class people, and then we immediately see The Joker who is the criminal, enter the room with a hostage and hijack the occasion, he asks for Harvey Dent and classically approaches the weaker people, who are stereo typically young women and also old men, and he scares them with his neurotic behaviour, but then the young woman stands up to The Joker but still has a sense of vulnerability, especially when The Joker comes very close to her and invades her personal space, also the height difference makes the women seem meek. When The Joker starts manhandling her that’s when Batman the hero comes to the rescue which is very typical of the thriller genre.
This clip has no use of non-diagetic sound, and allows the audiences attention to solely focus on The Joker, so the intimidation has full impact on them, only when Batman appears there is the use of repetitive drumming which suggests that the Batman has done this all before, and the fight scene is almost like a dance with the drum beat as the music. However The Joker gets hold of the women he was harassing and holds her dangling from the edge and this has the audience at the edge of there seat, when the Batman tells him to let go The Joker says that it’s a “poor choice of words” indicating his psychotic humour, and the audience feel empathy towards the damsel in distress.
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