Course Work Genre Decisions

As a group we decided that the genre for our opening sequence will be a thriller , when looking through a number of genres we felt that thriller would be the best to do.  from my research I have become very aware of the codes and conventions and what is expected of a thriller and compared to other genres they are the  easy to portray effective to ensure the audience is aware of the genre we  have chosen. src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-tUvZLDvAcQ" width="560">



This applies with the convention we see in many thrillers the hidden identity of the protagonist ,they use a number of different camera shots and techniques to abstract the audience from being able to see his full identity . We are able to see some close ups of parts of his face but they never give away the full identity this adds to the mystery of the film and builds up the tension for the viewers.the way in which they have done this is very clever especially the reflection in the picture and if able to i would like to Incorporated this idea into our opening and feel this is a key convention to a thriller.  The tittle also apply s to the codes and conventions of a thriller with the red and black writing being the main focus and significant colour for a thriller.





The bone collector:

·         Low lighting creating a dark atmosphere

·         Fast paced shots

·         The sound the style of music is similar to many other thrillers such as (saw)+(seven ) with the use of loud noises and strange sounds.

·         Shadows

·         The images of E-rays reinforce the idea of injury and pain   

Presentation of individuals favorite film title

Opening of Choice Presentation

Analysis of five film openings (codes+conventions)

Five Title Openings

Analysis of Seven opening scene (codes +conventions)

Codes and Conventions of Seven (Triller)

Script writing practice

Avocado Baby Looking at scripts and being able to write a practice script gave us the understanding of how we would write our own , this will be very beneficial because when we come to writing our script we will already have a clear idea on how to do this , meaning we can get straight on with it. we will then have more time for other parts of the planning process and longer to film out media.

Evaluation of preliminary task

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The preliminary Task

    

This task involved us filming a short sequence that would involve the character walking through a door entering a room where they would sit down and have a conversation with another character evolving around a basic story line. We would have to make sure that the 180 degree rule would not get broken, ensure we used Shot, reverse shot, and included a match on action. Once everything was filmed editing took place for this we used final cut for many this would be the first time giving us a chance to experiment gaining understanding and knowledge for future tasks.

The story behind our short film  involves a student being late to his detention when he tries to sneak into the class room without the teacher noticing ,this fails and the pair are involved in a argument ending with the student being sent out and the teacher continuing with her work. This storyline was very basic but we decided this on the basis of our surrounding as we where based in a school we took advantage of what was around us. 

The 180 degree rule

A visual image of the 180 degree rule

The 180 degree rule  is there to prevent  confusion for the views, this view is very important and should not be broken especially when filming a conversation. This rule means that the characters in the scene always have the same left or right to each other,  the rule is broken when the camera crosses the line this is called a reverse angle when this happens it causes a disruption to the scene and confusion to the viewers.

Introduction to the brief

This is my AS media blog where i will be logging all my reaserch planning and any work that contributes to my final course work ,  this is the construction and will be worth  60 marks and we will have to c create a title opening of a new fiction film.

with that as our guide lines allows us to have so much option and choice in what we do we need to chose our genre ,ours storyline , our characters with have so much option with what we can do and I am exited to start planning and gathering our ideas together.