Group Meeting 14th February

Today we decided that we would start developping the story and writing the script. We all know what the story for our film is but we all had different interpretations of it so we needed to clarify what is going to happen in our film.

thriller poster analysis

This is the advertising poster for one hour photo. the first thing you notice is Robin Williams, a well-known actor which suggests that the film is good because he is known to be a good actor. He has been in the thriller film Insomnia (2002) and plays a similar character. The colours used are sinister - red symbolising danger and the grey is used in contrast to the red and emphasizes it. The burning orange letters stand out against the black shadow on Williams' face, emphasizing 'truly deeply scary' which again adds to the sinister tone to the image and film, and suggesting that the film is a thriller. This film is a psychological thriller and tells the story of a man who was abused as a child and because of this, attempts to intergrate himself into a family's life by stealing their photographs and engaging in sinister fantasies. At the end he completely breaks down and terrorizes the husband and his lover at a hotel. The film creates a lot of tension and suspense as the film goes on, building to the climax where Williams finally breaks down.

This is another film starring Robin Williams. The fact that the majority of the image is in darkness suggests the sinister tone to the film. The red writing symbolises danger and perhaps blood. The lighting is in a typical film noir style and creates a mood of mystery and suspense using shadows. It looks like the characters are on the run - how the spotlight shines on half their face, and the other half is in shadow, as if they are in hiding/are undercover. This suggests that perhaps they are involved in a crime or are trying to solve a crime secretly. This film is a crime thriller.

Like the other two posters, the colours in this poster are very dark, creating a sinister atmosphere which is typical of the thriller genre. The fact that the woman is smoking is very 'film noir' because in a lot of film noir films the woman hero is smoking a cigarette to show that she is tough and not a typical girl.

conventions of thriller films

-suspense
-cliffhangers
-crime
-tension
-mystery
-heroes/villains

preliminary task

This is the preliminary task that Sheree and I filmed. This is the version that i edited. I added a title clip and shortened some shots to make the film cuts smoother. :)

Preliminary Task

Today Sheree and I created a short film for the preliminary task. We had to use shot/reverse shots and the 180 degree rule in our film.
This is a diagram explaining the 180 degree rule:

This was the plan/script we created for our film.

• Emily walks in and sits down
• SHOT/ REVERSE SHOT
• Sheree: Hey Emily, did you watch that film on Channel 4 last night?
• Emily: I watched that thriller film Taken if that's what you mean
• 180 DEGREE RULE SHOT
• Sheree: Yeah Taken, I thought it was pretty good
• Emily: Yeah same, I thought it was going to be really scary but I don't think it was that bad
• Sheree: Apart from the part when the girl was dragged from under the bed
• Emily: oh and when he found the dead girl!

end of film.

instead of cutting between each person talking, we filmed the whole script from each person's view and then using the 180 degree rule, and then we were going to edit it so that the shots are mixed. During the filming, I furthered my knowledge on using the 180 degree shot as I hadn't really used it before.