Thursday, 6 May 2010
Part Six
I think that we did meet the criteria for our target audience this is because of the positive feedback we got from our class, which we showed our opening sequence to. Our class understood and found out what the narrative was straight away, they wanted to watch on, but as its only an opening sequence they cant!
During our planning process we made a few changes to our narrative so that it would appeal to our target audience more. One of the changes were, we added clips of chains rattling and this created the effect that the scene would look a little more realistic and I felt that this gave the shot a big boost.
We had a quote from our class saying that our music was very original and made our opening sequence feel a little more suspense, at first we didn’t have this kind of music, but after on Garage Band we experimented with the keyboard and came out with a fantastic thriller kind of music, the audience really liked it so this is a positive thing for us.
On other quote that our class said was that at the beginning of our opening sequence at the credits, they said that the credits went on for too long and were starting to feel bored, this also had appealed to us because if we were to make something like this again we can learn from our mistakes.
During our planning process we made a few changes to our narrative so that it would appeal to our target audience more. One of the changes were, we added clips of chains rattling and this created the effect that the scene would look a little more realistic and I felt that this gave the shot a big boost.
We had a quote from our class saying that our music was very original and made our opening sequence feel a little more suspense, at first we didn’t have this kind of music, but after on Garage Band we experimented with the keyboard and came out with a fantastic thriller kind of music, the audience really liked it so this is a positive thing for us.
On other quote that our class said was that at the beginning of our opening sequence at the credits, they said that the credits went on for too long and were starting to feel bored, this also had appealed to us because if we were to make something like this again we can learn from our mistakes.
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Part Two - Audience for product
In our opening sequence we chose between the ages of 15 – 30, which were male. We chose those ages because the main character in our opening sequence is the same age to our generation, this means that the audience can relate to him in their real lives. We have chosen to set middle class and working class as our audience, as the main character in the opening sequence doesn’t really have a high paid job, also the film contains drugs/violence/gang references, so this is how working class and middle class link to these references. The films we expect our target audience to have watched are; Scarface, The Godfather Trilogy, Heat and Taken.
We made a survey to find information on our possible target audience. We then collected the results and analysed them to find out specifically what our target audience is interested in. Looking at what we found out, we found out that the most watched thrillers are crime thrillers and this is the sub-genre of our opening sequence. This means that our opening sequence will appeal to the target audience that we have set which was between 15 – 30 and also our opening sequence has an unclear narrative and will keep the audience occupied at all times.
We made a survey to find information on our possible target audience. We then collected the results and analysed them to find out specifically what our target audience is interested in. Looking at what we found out, we found out that the most watched thrillers are crime thrillers and this is the sub-genre of our opening sequence. This means that our opening sequence will appeal to the target audience that we have set which was between 15 – 30 and also our opening sequence has an unclear narrative and will keep the audience occupied at all times.
Part One - The Brief
We were asked to create an opening sequence of a thriller which would be in the duration of two minutes. We then made our pre-production planning which consisted of documents such as; Potential thriller ideas, shooting script, 5 part narrative structure. Every part of the planning was beneficial for my group as we knew exactly what we were doing once we started filming, so we were able to complete filming fairly quickly.
The title of our opening sequence is “Reloaded”. We chose this title because we believe that the title gives a hint of the narrative to the audience, which will make them want to watch to film to find out what will happen. In our opening sequence a man is found dead in a bin, and a flashback is then used to show the audience of how the man ended up dead.
The sub-genre of our opening sequence is a crime thriller. From our audience research we found that the most watched thriller was crime, which was good for our opening sequence as this was the sub-genre. We chose this sub-genre because of the nature of our narrative and it was the main sub-genre which was related to our opening sequence.
The title of our opening sequence is “Reloaded”. We chose this title because we believe that the title gives a hint of the narrative to the audience, which will make them want to watch to film to find out what will happen. In our opening sequence a man is found dead in a bin, and a flashback is then used to show the audience of how the man ended up dead.
The sub-genre of our opening sequence is a crime thriller. From our audience research we found that the most watched thriller was crime, which was good for our opening sequence as this was the sub-genre. We chose this sub-genre because of the nature of our narrative and it was the main sub-genre which was related to our opening sequence.
Monday, 3 May 2010
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Monday, 15 March 2010
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
pre-limenary exercise, strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
Sound created the atmosphere for the clip and flowed well, volume changed in the music at the right time.
Good variety of shots used, for example close ups, match on action.
Weaknesses
Unclear dialogue.
Mise-en-scene was poor as the briefcase was not in my hands at some points.
Lighting was quite dark and unable to see action properly
Girl walked across the camera in one of the scenes, this ruins the flow of the shot.
what needs improving:
lighting needs to improve
dialogue needs to improve
Sound created the atmosphere for the clip and flowed well, volume changed in the music at the right time.
Good variety of shots used, for example close ups, match on action.
Weaknesses
Unclear dialogue.
Mise-en-scene was poor as the briefcase was not in my hands at some points.
Lighting was quite dark and unable to see action properly
Girl walked across the camera in one of the scenes, this ruins the flow of the shot.
what needs improving:
lighting needs to improve
dialogue needs to improve
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Monday, 22 February 2010
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Monday, 8 February 2010
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Analysis of "The Bourne Identity" Opening Sequence
On a stormy night, a young man is pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea by the crew of a fishing boat. Thinking the young man is dead, a curious fisherman with a scalpel finds two bullets in his back and a miniature laser device in his hip. The laser reveals a Swiss bank account number. Then the mystery man (Matt Damon) wakes up and starts asking questions to the man that took the bullets and laser out of him, this is a typical convention of a thriller, as right at the beginning of the film the actor asks questions and the audience also wants to know the answers to his questions in the film. The typical question was "who are you?" .."I dont know", this question not only the actor wants to know but the audience also wants to know. We do not know if Matt Damon is the Antagonist or the Protagonist yet as the films starts off to a mystery, not knowing who this man is and what his destiny is. There was already a slight use of mise-en-scene, the boat, and the bullets. When the man cut open Matt Damons overall he saw bullets in his back, this straight away indicates that this is a thriller and the the audience wants to know how those bullets got there and how did the laser get there and what exactly does it suppose to mean?. This film straight away gets the audience thinking on what Matt Damon might be, and what he is going to be up to. Questions that audiences may be asking:
Who is he?
Why has he got shot?
Who was after him?
Why was he found in the sea?
Where is he going next?
What is his plan?
This is the typical thriller where the audience starts asking questions right from the start. The audience do not exactly know whats going to happen, they may think of their own story but the film may twist in to a red herring, turning it into a wrong lead. Also the music which was used was very tense, you could just tell that this film is going to be a thriller.
The Dark Knight Opening Sequence
Chaz Analysis
Who is he?
Why has he got shot?
Who was after him?
Why was he found in the sea?
Where is he going next?
What is his plan?
This is the typical thriller where the audience starts asking questions right from the start. The audience do not exactly know whats going to happen, they may think of their own story but the film may twist in to a red herring, turning it into a wrong lead. Also the music which was used was very tense, you could just tell that this film is going to be a thriller.
The Dark Knight Opening Sequence
Chaz Analysis
Thriller Conventions
Thriller Antagonist:
Usually psychotic due to past experience.
May have strong ideologies.
Isn't always obvious at the beginning.
Kill or threaten protagonist.
Thriller Protagonist:
Ordinary person.
Find the answer to something.
Scared/threatened/vulnerable.
Middle class, big house.
Typical Thriller Conventions:
Weapons used.
Depending on location, sub-genre changes.
Fast paced/slow and lingering.
false endings.
Use of silence.
End with something sad/scary/spooky.
Usually psychotic due to past experience.
May have strong ideologies.
Isn't always obvious at the beginning.
Kill or threaten protagonist.
Thriller Protagonist:
Ordinary person.
Find the answer to something.
Scared/threatened/vulnerable.
Middle class, big house.
Typical Thriller Conventions:
Weapons used.
Depending on location, sub-genre changes.
Fast paced/slow and lingering.
false endings.
Use of silence.
End with something sad/scary/spooky.
Evaluation of students work
Having seen the past students work, I can see that I need to work on the variety of shots that are used, and also making sure the mise-en-scene relates to the sequence.
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
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