Group Storyboards

Throughout the whole of the opening scene we stuck to the stroyboards and did not change a single thing, we felt this worked well and everything went successfully.

Sound

In films sound can be important as it can produce man effects and open up the audience to a sense of what is going to happen for example a sound escalating getting higher and higher may signify the murderer or villain approaching.

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This sound would fit well into most thrillers as it has the ability to create fear and possibly build suspense, although it is not a perfect fit for out thriller film it could still be used when the stalker is standing in the window and while the girls are on the Ouija board. The way the sound contains the eery, spooky evil effect however is a great convention towards a thriller film and in the right place could be used to great effect.

http://ccmixter.org/files/nickleus/28583This sound would fit in better with our thriller than the last one as due to our opening scene being placed in a house it would be difficult to play loud high escalating music, this one however is still scary and eery but is more quiet and can be played in the background throughout the whole of the scene. The way this piece of music is conventional with thrillers is that it is slow eery and builds up slowly creating a lot of suspense and fear.

Planning editing styles

Editing is important in films as you need to create an effect on the normal film to create suspense and tension as a convention to the thriller. With the editing throughout the film it can also make it look real and get the audience involved and if anything has happened they can relate to real life circumstances.

The first edit we will include is slow editing, this is when Brittany is sitting down at the start reading the newspaper when she realises what she has seen, there will also be another use of slow editing when the stalker is looking over the girls through the window.

Another edit involved linking shots, this is when you link a number of shots together to create a motion effect, this will be when the ouija board first goes wrong and the girls are running around and getting scared bringing an effect to assume they are scared.

Jump cut will be another edit used, this will be used when the lights are flickering from different rooms and the camera will switch from the girls to outside and back creating suspense and shock to see what is going to happen.

All of these edits will be conventional through our thriller film as they will create suspense and horror the whole way through keeping the audience on the edge of their seat and then when the stalker comes the slow edit will come in the show horror and the audience may feel to interact with the girls shouting for them to get out.

Opening Credits

The purpose of film credits is so the audience knows who the actors are and who everyone is in the film such as the director and other things. Film credits also help the audience to get a pre-judgmental guess on what sort of genre the film will be, due to font etc.

Opening to se7en;

The colours used are all dark mostly black and white with some red intwined suggested blood and murder.
The style of the credits are thin font and flickery, occasionally getting bigger and are emphasised this suggests an act of building of suspense and horror. The generic conventions of the thriller are that of the use of dark imaging, the enigma behind who the man is in the credits and the diagetic sound when the pen is writing or highlighting all links and creates an eery setting along with the background tracking music which is slow and spooky, all tying together making the conventions of a thriller film.
Order of appearence;

New line - Production Company
Arnold Kopelson Production
David Fincher - Director
Brad pitt - Actor
Morgan Freeman - Actor
Se7en - Film title
Gwyneth Paltrow - Actress
Richard Roundtree
R. LeeEmrey
John C.McGirley
Julie Araskog
Mark Boone Junior
John Cassini
Peter Crombie
Reginald E.Cathley
Micheal Massee
leland Orser
Hawthorne James
Richard Partnow
Richard Schiff
Pamola Tyson
Billy Hopkins  - Casting
Suzanne Smith - Casting
Kerry Borden - Casting

The sixth sense opening scene

The background music behind the opening credits is slow and has a good effect to build suspense and ere. The font used is white against a black background and flickers occasionally this is conventional as it is bold and you can see what it is, the flickering is included to create suspense and will also draw the audiences attention to who's name it is which is a good trick so they know who is in the film and what sort of genre the film is if they don't already know. The writing will also occasionally smudge which is a good effect to create suspense, another thing is the diagetic sound as when a name comes up a typing sound will start as if the opening credits were being tyepwrited which is a spooky image.

Order of appearance;

Hollywood Productions - Production company
Spyglass entertainment  - ' '
Bruce Willis - Actor
Haley Joel Osment - Actress

This will be the font we will be using as it looks spooky and would match our narrative for our opening scene. And the faded effect on the font would also look significant of a ghost. We had also chosen this particular font as we felt it was completely relative to thriller films and with the effect on the font the audience may get a clue of what type of genre the film is and what the villain may be.

The opening credits will appear at the start and during the opening scene coming in and fading over the different shots, the order will be ;

Twisted Productions
Brittany Terrelonge
Katie 'o' Shaughnessy
Tayler Coe
Will Stacey
Presents Film title

Filming Schedule

A filming schedule is important to have so you know what your going to do and when your going to do it, you also have timings so you can tell if you are on track or not. We did follow the filming schedule completely kept in timings and done what the schedule suggested.

Shot	Date and time	Location	Content/action	Shot type and duration	Costume/hair/make up	Iconography	Personnel	Equipment
1	18/11 7.30pm	Wills house	Sitting on sofa talking about  playing with the Ouija board then go on floor to play	High angle	Pyjamas, hair tied up	Sofa  Ouija board	2 Actors Director	Digital Camera Batteries Tripod Lights
2	18/11 8pm	Wills house	Actors still playing with Ouija board in front room beginning to become scared at what's happening	Panning	Pyjamas, hair tied up	Sofa Ouija board	2 Actors Director	Digital Camera Batteries Tripod Lights
3	18/11 8.30pm	Wills house	Actors running away after Ouija board blows away towards the window and sitting by the windowsill	Hand held	Pyjamas, hair tied up	Everything in room Hairdryer	2 Actors Director	Digital Camera Batteries Lights
4	18/11 9pm	Wills house	All actors staring towards the camera with the demon standing tall behind them looking down upon Kate and Brittany .	Zooming in	Pyjamas, hair tied and demon in full black	Window Sofa Tv Knife Chair	3 Actors Director	Digital Camera Batteries Tripod

Risk Assessment

It is important to consider risks before filming as you have to protect the actors and actresses and make sure they don't trip, fall etc and hurt themselves. It also important as you must make the movie professional and if someone falls over during the film it will ruin the entire scene. The risk assessment will help us with filming as we will know what could go wrong and therefore nothing should impair our scene in any way. We now know what could happen and we could completely counter any tripping etc.

Planning Cinematography

Camera Shots

Camera shots are important to include into a thriller film as they give off effects that may intise the audience and make them feel emotion, it can also build tension or suspense or give off that something is about to happen.

One of the camera shots we will be using in our opening scene is high angle, this is when the camera is positioned above the object and this makes the image look smaller but only really focuses on one thing. We are going to use this camera shot when the girls are on the floor/bed playing with the Ouija board, this is relevant and it may build suspense as your only focusing on one thing.

Another shot we will be including is zooming in, this is when the camera moves in towards and object increasing its magnification, this can be used to draw in the relationship between cast and audience. We are using this particular shot when the movie comes to an end and when i appear in the corner of the room and grab brittany by the throat, this will be used to build suspense and tension and will make the audience feel as if they want to watch more to see what will happen.

Hand Held shot is to produce a jerky, bouncy, unsteady image which can be used to create a sense of chaos and immediacy. We are going to use this shot when the girls realise what the Ouija board has spelt out the name of the stalker and they begin to panic, this is when the hand held shot will come into place, this is conventional as it creates a sense of fear and chaos.

The other shot we will be including is panning, this is when the camera is on a stand still but is moving from left to right. This will be used when the stalker is looking over the girls when they are looking at the Ouija board trying to figure out what it has spelt out, The camera will move from left to right however it will focus on the stalker staring down. This is conventional as it allow the audience to know someone's in the room but creates the enigma of what it is and what will it do.

Overall my target audience will build a relationship with the cast with the specified camera shots in different ways;

High angle - The audience will get a feel for the cast and what they are doing with the Ouija board and may start to feel scared for them as they may think what if it was their daughters.

Zooming In - The audience will build a relationship as the camera will be zooming in on them and the audience can see their face and get a feel for their emotions and may start to create some emotions for the cast themselves.

Hand Held - This will effect the audience as they will sense the chaos and may start to become scared for the cast and think about what they would do if they were in the same situation.

Panning - This will reach the audience as they will feel as if they were in the room and start to feel the emotions and feelings that the cast would be acting out.