Monday 9 December 2013
Different Thriller moodboard
Thursday 5 December 2013
Type of Narratives
-Liner
-non-liner
-restricted
-omniscient
Liner:
An example of Liner is Taken as it has a clear beginning, middle and end.
An example of a non-liner Thriller would be The Bourne Identity. This is when it has flashback throughout the film, the audience knows the characters more this way, but the film doesn't come clear until the end.
Restricted:
An example of Restricted is Shutter Island as the audience only knows a very little, but enough for the audience to carry on watching as they want to find out more about the characters.
Omniscient:
An example of an omniscient Thriller it The Transporter, this is where the audience knows everything about the characters.
Restricted:
An example of Restricted is Shutter Island as the audience only knows a very little, but enough for the audience to carry on watching as they want to find out more about the characters.
Omniscient:
An example of an omniscient Thriller it The Transporter, this is where the audience knows everything about the characters.
After looking at the different types of narratives a Thriller can be it has made me aware the kinds of things I will need when i choose what type of narrative my Thriller will be.
Mind map for Thrillers
This shows a mind map on Thrillers, which I need to make sure I include when producing the Triller opening sequence.
Monday 25 November 2013
TV drama lesson work
Masculinity:
Is mainly found in men, but some men can have more then others, also some men can have less masculinity then others as they could act, present and portray more feminine as they could be wearing what society associates with being a female colour such as pink for example. They could also be a woman who acts very masculine, they could also dress very masculine and sounds very manly.
Feminine:
Is mostly found in women, but there can be male characters who are very feminine. This can be displayed by male characters as feminine as they may act, portray or dress what society associates with being feminine. This can also be displayed by a prop such as a handbag or something pink as thats meant to be a girly colour.
Prime Evil-
How is masculinity and feminine shown in the clip?
The male who's wearing pink may be associated with being more feminine then the other men as pink is a girly colour, he also has a shovel as his prop when he goes to comfort the farmer about him having a lion. There is also another male in this clip that some people may associate with being more masculine then the others as he has dogs and a gum as his props. The other male who is being chased by the lion is quite masculine as he's trying to fight off the lion from harming the female called Becky. Becky is most probably the most masculine out of all the women as she tries to fight off the lion from hurting the man, who's chasing it into the trap.
The most feminine charter is probably the male in pink as he acts more like a female then the actual females as he dresses more feminine then the females, he also has more of a feminine prop the the actual females do when they face up to the farmer.
After looking at this I've realized that there doesn't have to be a female portraying everything a female does it can me a man portraying a females ways.
Is mainly found in men, but some men can have more then others, also some men can have less masculinity then others as they could act, present and portray more feminine as they could be wearing what society associates with being a female colour such as pink for example. They could also be a woman who acts very masculine, they could also dress very masculine and sounds very manly.
Feminine:
Is mostly found in women, but there can be male characters who are very feminine. This can be displayed by male characters as feminine as they may act, portray or dress what society associates with being feminine. This can also be displayed by a prop such as a handbag or something pink as thats meant to be a girly colour.
Prime Evil-
How is masculinity and feminine shown in the clip?
The male who's wearing pink may be associated with being more feminine then the other men as pink is a girly colour, he also has a shovel as his prop when he goes to comfort the farmer about him having a lion. There is also another male in this clip that some people may associate with being more masculine then the others as he has dogs and a gum as his props. The other male who is being chased by the lion is quite masculine as he's trying to fight off the lion from harming the female called Becky. Becky is most probably the most masculine out of all the women as she tries to fight off the lion from hurting the man, who's chasing it into the trap.
The most feminine charter is probably the male in pink as he acts more like a female then the actual females as he dresses more feminine then the females, he also has more of a feminine prop the the actual females do when they face up to the farmer.
After looking at this I've realized that there doesn't have to be a female portraying everything a female does it can me a man portraying a females ways.
Monday 18 November 2013
mock question
Cover the four technical areas in the clip from the link.
The four technical areas are:
-Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
-Editing
-Sound
-Mise-en-scene = location, props, lightening and costume
The first time I will be watching this clip I will be commenting on the camera shots, angles, movements and composition.
The camera shots changed as the different scenes came about. The opening scene when the couple are arguing, the camera goes backwards and forward to the female and male, there argument is about their daughter breaking something so their daughter is shown. When the argument has ended the mother goes up to the daughter and kisses her, this is shown as a close up because it shows the audience emoshion the mother feels towards her daughter.
When the females pipe bursts and Peter come and helps her fix it, we can see that there is chemistry between them as the 180 degree angle rule is used to show their conversation they're having and we can see both of their expressions.
When Peter is in the car and hits the daughter there is an extreme close up of his shocked face because he can't believe what he's just done, he doesn't get out of the car to help or see how the little girl is, he just sits in the car shocked at what has just happened. When the father of the daughter runs out to see his daughter lying on the floor, there is a close up to show how angry he is that Peter has just knocked his daughter over.
There is panning when the mother realises what has just happened and rushes to see her daughter. There is a close up when she realises that the man in the car is Peter as she is very shocked and also doesn't want her husband to find out what has gone on between the two of them.
The second time I watched the clip I made notes on the sound.
Shouting as the clip begins between the husband and wife as we later discover that they're arguing over their daughter breaking something that the father has worked hard to pay for. There is calming music in the back round during them arguing, the calming gets more clear as they stop arguing. When the husband is at work he's hammering something, which he may be taking out some of his anger out on from the argument that he had earlier which his wife on. The sound of the burst pipe is unexpected, the wife shouts for Peter to come and help her fix her pipe. When the pipe is fixed they both start whispering, as the two lovers start to kiss the music changes, they also whisper when they're planning to meet up next time. We start to hear the noise from the football on the telly which is louder then any other sound. When Peter gets in his car there's an alarming sound we hear with bits of the football sound, as if its building up to something. When the girl is hit by the car we hear intervals of the football on the telly and also of sounds from what has just happened out side. We hear the father getting very angry at Peter, we then here the sirens from the ambience and police turning up. We hear the anger in the mothers voice as she thinks the father wasn't keeping a close enough eye on his daughter and shouts at him for watching the football.
The third time I watched the clip I was looking at the editing of the clip.
When the couple are arguing it goes backwards and forwards between the male and female depending on who's speaking, it then does to the person who the argument is about. The edits slow down once the argument is over and it makes more or a relaxed mood for the audience to watch. The shots are placed as though it's the day just going by. The blond female has the most time on shot. The editing is slow when the girl gets hit by Peter as it makes it more dramatic, the football on the television slows down.
The forth time I watched this clip I was looking at the Mise-en-Scenc.
The lightening in the house is rather dual, but it's more bright when it's out side. The way people are dressed is rather casual as they aren't doing anything special in there day, the only person who is dressed rather smart and that's Peter as he may work in an office. The mother is very emotional and shocked to find her daughter knocked over by a car especially Peter being the driver as she doesn't want her husband to find out about them. Both of the men are the main bread winners of the house holds, but the women still get there say on what goes on in the house. The location to where the husband is normally in front of the telly or at work, as for the women they are normally in the kitchen, cleaning or looking after the children.
Could/should of added more information on camera shots,
who has more like on screen
who is more motivated
angles to show who has more power
how does it show who's a stereotypical man or woman
sounds e.g screaming, shouting and banging (masculine or feminine sounds)
The four technical areas are:
-Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
-Editing
-Sound
-Mise-en-scene = location, props, lightening and costume
The first time I will be watching this clip I will be commenting on the camera shots, angles, movements and composition.
The camera shots changed as the different scenes came about. The opening scene when the couple are arguing, the camera goes backwards and forward to the female and male, there argument is about their daughter breaking something so their daughter is shown. When the argument has ended the mother goes up to the daughter and kisses her, this is shown as a close up because it shows the audience emoshion the mother feels towards her daughter.
When the females pipe bursts and Peter come and helps her fix it, we can see that there is chemistry between them as the 180 degree angle rule is used to show their conversation they're having and we can see both of their expressions.
When Peter is in the car and hits the daughter there is an extreme close up of his shocked face because he can't believe what he's just done, he doesn't get out of the car to help or see how the little girl is, he just sits in the car shocked at what has just happened. When the father of the daughter runs out to see his daughter lying on the floor, there is a close up to show how angry he is that Peter has just knocked his daughter over.
There is panning when the mother realises what has just happened and rushes to see her daughter. There is a close up when she realises that the man in the car is Peter as she is very shocked and also doesn't want her husband to find out what has gone on between the two of them.
The second time I watched the clip I made notes on the sound.
Shouting as the clip begins between the husband and wife as we later discover that they're arguing over their daughter breaking something that the father has worked hard to pay for. There is calming music in the back round during them arguing, the calming gets more clear as they stop arguing. When the husband is at work he's hammering something, which he may be taking out some of his anger out on from the argument that he had earlier which his wife on. The sound of the burst pipe is unexpected, the wife shouts for Peter to come and help her fix her pipe. When the pipe is fixed they both start whispering, as the two lovers start to kiss the music changes, they also whisper when they're planning to meet up next time. We start to hear the noise from the football on the telly which is louder then any other sound. When Peter gets in his car there's an alarming sound we hear with bits of the football sound, as if its building up to something. When the girl is hit by the car we hear intervals of the football on the telly and also of sounds from what has just happened out side. We hear the father getting very angry at Peter, we then here the sirens from the ambience and police turning up. We hear the anger in the mothers voice as she thinks the father wasn't keeping a close enough eye on his daughter and shouts at him for watching the football.
The third time I watched the clip I was looking at the editing of the clip.
When the couple are arguing it goes backwards and forwards between the male and female depending on who's speaking, it then does to the person who the argument is about. The edits slow down once the argument is over and it makes more or a relaxed mood for the audience to watch. The shots are placed as though it's the day just going by. The blond female has the most time on shot. The editing is slow when the girl gets hit by Peter as it makes it more dramatic, the football on the television slows down.
The forth time I watched this clip I was looking at the Mise-en-Scenc.
The lightening in the house is rather dual, but it's more bright when it's out side. The way people are dressed is rather casual as they aren't doing anything special in there day, the only person who is dressed rather smart and that's Peter as he may work in an office. The mother is very emotional and shocked to find her daughter knocked over by a car especially Peter being the driver as she doesn't want her husband to find out about them. Both of the men are the main bread winners of the house holds, but the women still get there say on what goes on in the house. The location to where the husband is normally in front of the telly or at work, as for the women they are normally in the kitchen, cleaning or looking after the children.
Could/should of added more information on camera shots,
who has more like on screen
who is more motivated
angles to show who has more power
how does it show who's a stereotypical man or woman
sounds e.g screaming, shouting and banging (masculine or feminine sounds)
Sunday 17 November 2013
Pitch for opening sequence
Characters:
Business man
trespasser
woman
The business man is going to be doing his daily routine to work, as he sits by his desk he notices that there is a brown envelope containing information of a woman. The kind of things the file will contain are things such as photocopy of her passport, birth certificate, there will also be pictures of the woman going to work, going places also of her at home and cctv of her and all the other personal documents. We follow the business man into work and we follow the trespasser who is dropping off the brown envelope into the office.
The way this will be a opening sequence of a Thriller is that it will build suspense as it will include extreme close ups of the man worried as the female is either wife, girlfriend or bit on the side. There is mystery as the audience will not know who the woman is to the man and we dont know why they are targeting the couple. There will be tension as the trespasser enters the building because he will be dressed as any other business man who worked in the building looks like.
The location will be an office in London.
This kind of Thriller will be a Crime Thriller as the information that the business man receives will be in a brown case folder.
The way this will be a opening sequence of a Thriller is that it will build suspense as it will include extreme close ups of the man worried as the female is either wife, girlfriend or bit on the side. There is mystery as the audience will not know who the woman is to the man and we dont know why they are targeting the couple. There will be tension as the trespasser enters the building because he will be dressed as any other business man who worked in the building looks like.
The location will be an office in London.
This kind of Thriller will be a Crime Thriller as the information that the business man receives will be in a brown case folder.
Saturday 9 November 2013
Evaluation of four different characters from two different TV Dramas
Hollyoaks
Mercede McQueen
-The two most popular camera angle used when Marcede is in shot are extreme close up and close up.
-The first reaction we get about Mercede is that she's very popular with the man and is always picks the wrong men, she's always managed to get off the hook whenever she's been in trouble.
-She has had many relationships with a number of men. She has a couple of sisters and a bother, she also has her mum, she takes most of her family for granted.
- She speaks well, we can tell when she's feeling emotional as she changes her voice.
-She wears heavy make up, but keeps it as natural as possible.
-The shot of the photo is a close up of her.
- We do not feel sympathy as they she has committed many horrid and cruel things during her time and is now paying for the evil things she's put people through.
- Some people may hate her some may love her as she's a character to do what she wants and won't let anyone or anything get in her way, she's a free sprite to a certain extent.
Will Savage
- Will is faking his disability to get gilt from many of the other characters as he's a very jealous and mental man.
- His main prop is either a wheel chair or a walking stick, he also wears glasses.
-He is dressed quite casual, but if he's got an important event, he dresses very smart.
- He speaks well
-The shots are normally close ups, extreme close ups when he's saying/acting mental, medium shots have been used, tracking and panning have been used too.
- We do not feel sympathy for him at all as he's very sick and twisted. He's also murdered a couple people but tries to get away with it but acting the hurt one.
- The amount of people who dislike will have increased as he tries to kill the people who love him, as they have found out that he's murdered love ones of theirs.
Mercede McQueen
-The two most popular camera angle used when Marcede is in shot are extreme close up and close up.
-The first reaction we get about Mercede is that she's very popular with the man and is always picks the wrong men, she's always managed to get off the hook whenever she's been in trouble.
-She has had many relationships with a number of men. She has a couple of sisters and a bother, she also has her mum, she takes most of her family for granted.
- She speaks well, we can tell when she's feeling emotional as she changes her voice.
-She wears heavy make up, but keeps it as natural as possible.
-The shot of the photo is a close up of her.
- We do not feel sympathy as they she has committed many horrid and cruel things during her time and is now paying for the evil things she's put people through.
- Some people may hate her some may love her as she's a character to do what she wants and won't let anyone or anything get in her way, she's a free sprite to a certain extent.
Will Savage
- Will is faking his disability to get gilt from many of the other characters as he's a very jealous and mental man.
- His main prop is either a wheel chair or a walking stick, he also wears glasses.
-He is dressed quite casual, but if he's got an important event, he dresses very smart.
- He speaks well
-The shots are normally close ups, extreme close ups when he's saying/acting mental, medium shots have been used, tracking and panning have been used too.
- We do not feel sympathy for him at all as he's very sick and twisted. He's also murdered a couple people but tries to get away with it but acting the hurt one.
- The amount of people who dislike will have increased as he tries to kill the people who love him, as they have found out that he's murdered love ones of theirs.
Tuesday 5 November 2013
Audience Research
The audience for Thrillers are typically males between the ages of 18-29. This is because men this age normally are interested in the type of things Thrillers create. This is not to say that women and men different ages do not watch Thriller or that they do not appeal to them, the target audience for Thrillers are men between the ages 18-29, thats why the biggest percentage of the audience are who they are.
This is rating reviews for Usual Suspect, as you can tell from this the most common person to watch this film was a male between the ages of 18-29. As you can see there are women who watch Thrillers, but there is as much as men.
The viewing rating for Silence of the Lambs, as you can tell there is a huge difference between men and women viewers for this film. There are is a very small number of viewers under the age of 18, this is down to the age set on the film as it may contain something that isn't appropriate for younger ages to be viewing.
This is the viewing rating for Shutter Island, again you can see that most of the viewing are men between the ages of 18-29. This shows that people other then men between the ages of 18-29 have seen this film, but this films target audience is men between the ages of 18-29, this shows that they'er fulfilling there target audience.
From the charts above I have found that the most common viewer of Thrillers are men typically between the ages of 18-29. This has show me what my target audience should be.
This is what my target audience would look like. These are photos of men between the ages of 18-29. For more research and reliable research I will be asking 18-29 year old men what their opinion of Thrillers are.
Thursday 17 October 2013
Locations for where thrillers could be filmed
This is about where Thrillers are filmed, they are typically filmed, they are typically filmed, for example they are normally filmed where things are less likely to happen or there are the same type of people are so they almost have a discus and also the typical business dressed male isn't going to commit a crime as the stereotype says. Such as Usual Suspects the men are all dressed in suites, the typical stereotype of a business dressed person is that they wouldn't dream of committing a crime as they have been well educated to not do things relating to crime.
These are all locations on where Thrillers could be filmed. What I have found from this page is that when it comes to my test footage and also my final filming, I will need to film in a busy town. Many of the actors and locations in Thrillers are dressed as business men, as they wont, draw attention to themselves when commenting a crime and there will also be men with similar description.
Tuesday 15 October 2013
Thriller genre
Conspiracy - either hero or heroine, journalist investigator trapped in a powerful organisation, enemies, secret organisations, lies and propaganda,
Identification of good to over rule the evil of the world, secrecy of governments and secret organisations in history.
Crime thrillers - focus on criminals and their activities, emphasise action over pscychological aspects, serial killers and murders, robberies, chases, shoot outs, heists, double crosses.
Disaster thriller - survival in conflict with natural or artificial disasters, causes of human activity, future going to bring.
Mystery thriller - relates to crime, detective or private investigator, solver mystery, circumstance of the mystery of crime, makes the audience think, dramatic effect.
Put in the role of detective.
Political thriller - stability of government, reliance on hero or heroine that is employed to prevent bad things happening, common scenarios eg elections and prevention of world wars.
Psychological thriller - plays with audience mind, produces suspense, shows mentality of the character and the thought processes.
Religious thriller - plots closely religious objects, institutions and questions. Unravel good and bad points of religion.
Supernatural thriller - otherworldly element that shows something, tension and suspense, unsuspected twist, villains have supernatural gift, closely linked to religious thrillers.
Techno thriller - manipulation of sophisticated technology playing a prominent part of taking over the world, mainly based on fictional speculations on life, common themes; world wars, action, and science fictional occurrences such as aliens.
Tuesday 8 October 2013
Match on Action edit
This is my edit of a match on action. For this task I had to edit the clip where it was the same on both angles of the camera. We done this task because we will have to do similar things when we edit our opening sequence to a Thriller. This also helps us to get use to the software we will be using when editing. We will be demonstrating this when he produce our opening sequence to a Thriller as we come to edit it.
Spoiler to Silence of the Lambs
Silence of the Lambs
There has been a kidnap of a woman called Cathrin which detectives are confident that a man called Buffalo Bill is responsible of this. It's not easy to track him down so they diside to ask a man already in prison called Hannaibal. They know that a man who they have in prison knows about Buffalo Bill and knows just what he's capable of. The female detective is new to the team of detectives and wants to go and question the man in prison, for committing a very similar crime as Buffalo Bill has comited, this man goes by the name Hannibal. Hannibal is a very sick man and knows a lot about the case the detectives are trying to crack, so the police want to gain as much evidence as they possibly can. Clairice promises Hannibal if he helps her with cracking the case he will be able to move cells, he does just that, but when he has moved to his new cell me manages to escape. As hannibal manages to escape Clairice is taken off the case, but she still tires to crack the case and manages to detect where Buffalo Bill is keeping Cathrin and let the police know. Hannibal is still on the loose, but rings up Clairice to congratulate her on her findings.
There has been a kidnap of a woman called Cathrin which detectives are confident that a man called Buffalo Bill is responsible of this. It's not easy to track him down so they diside to ask a man already in prison called Hannaibal. They know that a man who they have in prison knows about Buffalo Bill and knows just what he's capable of. The female detective is new to the team of detectives and wants to go and question the man in prison, for committing a very similar crime as Buffalo Bill has comited, this man goes by the name Hannibal. Hannibal is a very sick man and knows a lot about the case the detectives are trying to crack, so the police want to gain as much evidence as they possibly can. Clairice promises Hannibal if he helps her with cracking the case he will be able to move cells, he does just that, but when he has moved to his new cell me manages to escape. As hannibal manages to escape Clairice is taken off the case, but she still tires to crack the case and manages to detect where Buffalo Bill is keeping Cathrin and let the police know. Hannibal is still on the loose, but rings up Clairice to congratulate her on her findings.
Match On Action
TV Drama (notes from class)
How do TV dramas (characters) display disabled people?
Little Britain displays their disabled character (Andy) who relies on his friend to take him shopping, cook for him and also wash him. Andy is actually faking his disability as he is too lazy to want to do things for himself so he pretends he's disabled to get his friend to do everything for him. The way Andy is presented is very unhygienic as he isn't very clean and doesn't really care about what he looks like or how he presents himself. The portray they're creating of disabled people is that they aren't clever and don't want to do anything, but when Andy actually does get up and walks around it shows that actually he wants to be able to do things, but his laziness is stopping him from doing so.
Little Britain displays their disabled character (Andy) who relies on his friend to take him shopping, cook for him and also wash him. Andy is actually faking his disability as he is too lazy to want to do things for himself so he pretends he's disabled to get his friend to do everything for him. The way Andy is presented is very unhygienic as he isn't very clean and doesn't really care about what he looks like or how he presents himself. The portray they're creating of disabled people is that they aren't clever and don't want to do anything, but when Andy actually does get up and walks around it shows that actually he wants to be able to do things, but his laziness is stopping him from doing so.
Monday 7 October 2013
Mood board for what makes a Thriller
This is a mood board that shows different things about Thrillers, we are studying this as we will gain knowledge in what is contained when producing a Thriller.
Mood Board for Crack
Camera Shots
-rule of thirds
-long shot
-medium shot
-pan shot
-close up
-extreme close up
-high and low angle
-track pan
These are all different types of camera angles, these are mainly used in Thrillers as they build more suspense in scenes when there's an extreme close up on something or someone that is key to the story line. When using an extreme close up for example to build more suspense dramatic music is added, this also brings the views attention to what's happening. We need to be aware of these as we will have to use these when we film our opening sequence to a Thriller.
-long shot
-medium shot
-pan shot
-close up
-extreme close up
-high and low angle
-track pan
These are all different types of camera angles, these are mainly used in Thrillers as they build more suspense in scenes when there's an extreme close up on something or someone that is key to the story line. When using an extreme close up for example to build more suspense dramatic music is added, this also brings the views attention to what's happening. We need to be aware of these as we will have to use these when we film our opening sequence to a Thriller.
Falling Down sound remake with Ben Homewood
For this part of our course work we had to remake our own versions of the sound to the things which are happening in this clip. This will help us for when we come to edit our own clips, we will have to edit the sound from the opening sequence we film.
Thursday 3 October 2013
Se7en Title Sequence
This remake of Se7en's opening sequence has helped me get use to the editing involved when producing something similar to what I have produce for the course work.
Friday 27 September 2013
Notes from class
1: how does this relate to the course work?
We are remaking dexter tv drama opening sequence
2:what does it tell you about that character?
-Male
-not a villain
-doing everyday things
3:what symbols are there (what can you read into) reading into it?
Getting ready for his day
twisted way of a normal routine
~different ways to kill people
-Flow- stranglingor hanging someone,
-cutting someone the blood
-stabbing someone
-sufforcating someone
-Smashing someone head
-Other themes:
Music didn't change
Extreme close up
Blood
Meaning behind cutting the meat
Has mystery
Has a theme do killing people
-Shopping List:
Stove/hob
Frying pan, plate and cutlery
Bacon and meet
Egg
Coffee thing
Thin top
Orange
Sharps k
Shoelaces
Fake blood
Hand razor
Thursday 26 September 2013
Notes from lesson
What thrillers title sequence need
Establishes better then set the scene
Characters
Legal production
Builds suspense
What the story is about
Isn't a full film
Wednesday 18 September 2013
Spolier for Usual Suspect
The Usual Suspect came out in 1995. Directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuaerrie. This film stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Chazz Palminteri. Kevin Pollak, Pete Postletwaite and Kevin Spacney.
The film begins with a boat exploding, we also see a man dressed in full black who we then see drop a cigarette on the floor to set the boat alight. There are five men lined up for questioning about the event, they're made to repeat a sentence. The first man on the right is in question about the whole event. We get show what happens through his flash back to the night of the event. We are made to believe that there is a man called Keyser Soze, he's displayed as a man who would kill anyone who gets in his way, even his own family. Roger 'verbal' Kint is very scared of this man and gets very uncomfortable, even to the point he gets emotional when the ditective is questioning him abut this man. We are believed at this point that he is a victim to all of. The flash backs he keeps on having makes us believe that he's the victim, it doesn't come together until the very end when we are shown that he is actually protending to be someone he isn't, we find out that he's actually the villain. He has made such a disks of himself then he even went as far to pretend he has a limp. We are very mislead through this whole film as it has a lot of mystery to it's storyline.
The film begins with a boat exploding, we also see a man dressed in full black who we then see drop a cigarette on the floor to set the boat alight. There are five men lined up for questioning about the event, they're made to repeat a sentence. The first man on the right is in question about the whole event. We get show what happens through his flash back to the night of the event. We are made to believe that there is a man called Keyser Soze, he's displayed as a man who would kill anyone who gets in his way, even his own family. Roger 'verbal' Kint is very scared of this man and gets very uncomfortable, even to the point he gets emotional when the ditective is questioning him abut this man. We are believed at this point that he is a victim to all of. The flash backs he keeps on having makes us believe that he's the victim, it doesn't come together until the very end when we are shown that he is actually protending to be someone he isn't, we find out that he's actually the villain. He has made such a disks of himself then he even went as far to pretend he has a limp. We are very mislead through this whole film as it has a lot of mystery to it's storyline.
Tuesday 17 September 2013
Spoiler for Shutter Island
Shutter Island is set back in the 1950s, just after World War 2. It's set on an Island so none of the patients can escape from this mental island. There is a patient on the island who pretends to be somebody he isn't. The doctors let him believe that he is someone he isn't to see whether he can remember who he really is and if he remembers why he is on this island. He plays the role of a detective investigator and is someone called Eddie, he has a work partner called Chuck who is played by one of his doctors. They create this fake escape where a patient escapes, but they only way off and on the island is by ferry and that's all overlooked, so there is really no way of anyone escaping. The man who believes that he is Eddie has been told that he is asked over to the island to try and gain information of an escaped patient. Throughout the film Eddie has flash backs to this woman who was his wife, at this point we are told that his wife died/got killed by a man called Andrew. He also images a little girl which we later discover to be his daughter, whenever we see him she always says 'you should've saved me'. It doesn't fully get summed up until the end when Eddie realizes he is actually Andrew and was brought over to the island because he killed his wife who drowned his three children. The wife tries to blame her drowning the children on him not getting her any help for her illness.
Friday 13 September 2013
Questions from lesson
What is the sound telling us about this character?
He's becoming more and more aggravated as the sounds produce. He reacts to the sounds of the fly. He seamed rather nervous, worried and stress about something other then being held up in traffic.
How do we know this is a Thriller?
We know that this is a thriller as it has some non-diegetic sound and diegetic sound.
What is the role of the opening of a film?
The role of the opening to a film is that is sets a scene to the viewers. Building suspense to the viewer so they want to carry on watching to find out what happens.
Sounds we can hear:
-Children screaming
-Car horns
-Angry men arguing
-Radio
-people getting very angry
-Children screaming
-fly buzzing
-car horns
He's becoming more and more aggravated as the sounds produce. He reacts to the sounds of the fly. He seamed rather nervous, worried and stress about something other then being held up in traffic.
How do we know this is a Thriller?
We know that this is a thriller as it has some non-diegetic sound and diegetic sound.
What is the role of the opening of a film?
The role of the opening to a film is that is sets a scene to the viewers. Building suspense to the viewer so they want to carry on watching to find out what happens.
Sounds we can hear:
-Children screaming
-Car horns
-Angry men arguing
-Radio
-people getting very angry
-Children screaming
-fly buzzing
-car horns
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