Ideas By: Lewis Hamilton, Callum Cole and Toby Phillips
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Prelim Storyboard
Illustrated By: Toby Phillips
Ideas By: Lewis Hamilton, Callum Cole and Toby Phillips
Ideas By: Lewis Hamilton, Callum Cole and Toby Phillips
Prelim Action Script
Toby plays the 'Elusive Man'.
Callum plays the 'Contact'.
Elusive Man: "So glad you could join me, Mr Cole."
Contact: "The pleasures all mine."
Elusive Man: "I have an important job for you. Make NO mistakes this time..."
Contact: "I can't make any promises with a job like this...you know that."
This Dialogue takes place from shots 13 - 17.
Callum plays the 'Contact'.
Elusive Man: "So glad you could join me, Mr Cole."
Contact: "The pleasures all mine."
Elusive Man: "I have an important job for you. Make NO mistakes this time..."
Contact: "I can't make any promises with a job like this...you know that."
This Dialogue takes place from shots 13 - 17.
Summary of Genres
A genre is a type or category of film or music.
There are 3 main types of genre, which are as follows:
1. Major Genre - like action, romantic, horror...etc.
2. Sub Genre - smaller genres which aren't as well-known as the major genres, but are derived from them.
3. Hybrid Genre - a combination of major genres and sub genres that can create new ones, such as: RomZomCom films like 'Shaun of the Dead'.
A List of Genres (and an example.)
Romantic - Twilight
Comedy - Superbad
Zombie - Zombieland
Slasher - Scream
Action - Indiana Jones
Thriller - I Am Legend
Horror - Saw
Sci-Fi - Alien
Musical - High School Musical
Animated - Simpsons Movie
Drama (Social) - The Social Network
Fantasy - Narnia
Fiction - Transformers
Western - 'John Wayne' Films
Documentry - March of the Penguins
Gangster - Snatch
There are 3 main types of genre, which are as follows:
1. Major Genre - like action, romantic, horror...etc.
2. Sub Genre - smaller genres which aren't as well-known as the major genres, but are derived from them.
3. Hybrid Genre - a combination of major genres and sub genres that can create new ones, such as: RomZomCom films like 'Shaun of the Dead'.
A List of Genres (and an example.)
Romantic - Twilight
Comedy - Superbad
Zombie - Zombieland
Slasher - Scream
Action - Indiana Jones
Thriller - I Am Legend
Horror - Saw
Sci-Fi - Alien
Musical - High School Musical
Animated - Simpsons Movie
Drama (Social) - The Social Network
Fantasy - Narnia
Fiction - Transformers
Western - 'John Wayne' Films
Documentry - March of the Penguins
Gangster - Snatch
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Research and Summaries of the Thriller Genre
A thriller is a play, book or film that depicts crime, mystery and/or espionage along with supense, action and excitment.
A thriller is commonly called a 'Psychological Thriller', because they can mess with your mind and get behind the actually meaning of the film, hence 'Psychological'. Thrillers commonly follow conventions which make them thriller films, a few examples are: the characters and the aura about them, music/sound and cliffhangers.
Linear films are films which are in the right order, e.g. beginning, middle, end. But a non-linear film is when the parts of the story are mixed up, e.g. end, beginning, middle, end. This can happen because a character retells the story of their life or something similar. The film Kill Bill Volume 1 is a typical example of a non-linear film. The whole story is in a strange order, where the ending actually happens early on in the film, and the beginning is shown later. This is very effective as the audiene knows some of what will happen towards tthe end, but as the end is shwon first, they want the find out the beginning.
A thriller is commonly called a 'Psychological Thriller', because they can mess with your mind and get behind the actually meaning of the film, hence 'Psychological'. Thrillers commonly follow conventions which make them thriller films, a few examples are: the characters and the aura about them, music/sound and cliffhangers.
Linear films are films which are in the right order, e.g. beginning, middle, end. But a non-linear film is when the parts of the story are mixed up, e.g. end, beginning, middle, end. This can happen because a character retells the story of their life or something similar. The film Kill Bill Volume 1 is a typical example of a non-linear film. The whole story is in a strange order, where the ending actually happens early on in the film, and the beginning is shown later. This is very effective as the audiene knows some of what will happen towards tthe end, but as the end is shwon first, they want the find out the beginning.
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Questionnaire
Questionnaire
1. Gender?
Male [ ]
Female [ ]
2. Age?
10-13 [ ]
14-18 [ ]
19-24 [ ]
25-30 [ ]
31-40 [ ]
41-50 [ ]
Other [ ]
3. Do you enjoy watching Thriller films?
Yes [ ]
No [ ]
4. What should be the key features of a Thriller Opening/Opening Credits? (Please Comment)
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5. What sort of victim would you most expect to find in a Thriller Film?
Male [ ]
Female [ ]
Child [ ]
Elderly Woman [ ]
Elderly Man [ ]
6. What sort of locations would you expect to be featured in a Thriller Opening? (Please Comment)
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7. What sort of lighting would you expect to find in a Thriller Opening? (Please Comment)
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^^ The above Questionnaire has had to be changed slightly due to the way it is presented in Blogger.
^^ The above Questionnaire has had to be changed slightly due to the way it is presented in Blogger.
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Shooting of our Thriller Opening
We began our ideas for our Thiller Opening with our minds set on filming in Bulby Woods. It soon became apparent to us that this would not be an ideal location to shoot an Interrogation type opening, as the ares of path and grass were too great, not being able to give us the scene we wanted. So after checking out other areas and locations to film, we decided that Lewis' shed would provide much need key elements and features to effectively shoot a Thriller Opening.
The shed is small and compact with a single source of light - the window. Making this very easy to dim lighting, add light and create a closed-off, claustrophobic atmosphere.
After clearing everything out of the shed and removing a few shelves to allow the camera and tripod to be positioned in certain places, we went about looking for the props Lewis had told us he had. Once finding that the initial props had been sold or were never there in the first place, we subbed certain props and carried on perfecting our film set, adding two lamps to give the shed some light and placing certain garden tools leaning against the walls of the shed to create a more worrying atmosphere, as the consisted of: a pick-axe, a sledgehammer, garden shears etc.
Our first scene began with Lewis dunking his head into a bucket of water and myself pulling his head out. This had to be done first, as otherwise Lewis wouldn't have had water on him in the rest of the scenes. After a few failed attempts, too much noise and bad timing, we finally filmed the shot without any laughter.
We let Lewis dry himself off quickly as it was fairly cold outside, especially in the shed, and with him almost drenched, we felt bad leaving him soaked and shivering the whole time.
The rest of filming went very well, with the addition of some added scenes which were originally not featured. We quickly put together the action script for these new scenes and got them filmed right away. Overall, I am very happy with the amount of filming and the effects we believe to have created throughout our Thriller Opening.
The shed is small and compact with a single source of light - the window. Making this very easy to dim lighting, add light and create a closed-off, claustrophobic atmosphere.
After clearing everything out of the shed and removing a few shelves to allow the camera and tripod to be positioned in certain places, we went about looking for the props Lewis had told us he had. Once finding that the initial props had been sold or were never there in the first place, we subbed certain props and carried on perfecting our film set, adding two lamps to give the shed some light and placing certain garden tools leaning against the walls of the shed to create a more worrying atmosphere, as the consisted of: a pick-axe, a sledgehammer, garden shears etc.
Our first scene began with Lewis dunking his head into a bucket of water and myself pulling his head out. This had to be done first, as otherwise Lewis wouldn't have had water on him in the rest of the scenes. After a few failed attempts, too much noise and bad timing, we finally filmed the shot without any laughter.
We let Lewis dry himself off quickly as it was fairly cold outside, especially in the shed, and with him almost drenched, we felt bad leaving him soaked and shivering the whole time.
The rest of filming went very well, with the addition of some added scenes which were originally not featured. We quickly put together the action script for these new scenes and got them filmed right away. Overall, I am very happy with the amount of filming and the effects we believe to have created throughout our Thriller Opening.
Action Script for Thriller Opening
[Lewis' head is pulled out from a bucket of water by Toby]
[camera scrolls through the our names (Callum, Lewis and Toby) while images of murders appears on-screen]
[a light is turned on and the word "ROGUE" appears in the center of this light]
[Toby ties Lewis' hands behind his chair and walks round to his front to move the bucket of water of camera]
[while walking back to his previous position behind the chair, Toby begins to speak]
Toby: "So, why did you do it?"
[short pause, as he continues to walk]
Toby: "I said, WHY DID YOU DO IT?!"
[said with much more aggression, as Toby pushes on the back of Lewis' chair]
Lewis: " Alright, I'll tell you."
[said very reluctantly]
[the camera scrolls over various murder documents and photos linked to Lewis]
Toby: "Well the evidence here tells a different story."
[camera cuts to left side shot Lewis looking up at Toby]
Toby: "Who else was involved?"
Lewis: "I don't know, it was an inside job."
Toby: "Well then, it would appear your of no use to me."
[camera cuts to right side of Lewis, with Toby initially excluded from shot]
Lewis: "What do you mean?"
Toby: "Well with you gone, there's one less criminal on the streets."
[Toby pulls a gun to Lewis' head just after "well with you gone"]
[Lewis looks up to find a gun pointing at him]
[scene fades to black, and ends, credits roll]
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Thriller Story-Line and Plot
Written by: Toby Phillips
Ideas by: Callum Cole, Lewis Hamilton and Toby Phillips
Ideas by: Callum Cole, Lewis Hamilton and Toby Phillips
Thriller Opening Storyboards
Illustrated by: Toby Phillips
Ideas by: Callum Cole, Lewis Hamilton and Toby Phillips
Ideas by: Callum Cole, Lewis Hamilton and Toby Phillips
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