Q1
Our Chosen genre for our two minute opening is Thriller. This allows us to share a range of ideas as this genre is broken down into a range of other genres. Each has different audience expectations and features we would need to look into if considering using that film genre.
Psychological- This sub genre shows characteristics of crime, drama, mystery and horror all incorporated. It is also one of the hardest to pull off successfully. This will usually include a protagonist or victim and will show their psychological path to solving some sort of mystery. This can be emphasized through horror or gore.
Legal- This is where the main character often has a job inside the law world. For example a Lawyer. They will try to find a way to overcome a ''Bad guy'' by ways such as ; A loop hole in the Action- This is often where the main character will have a weakness of sort description and will have to work with a certain time period in an ''All Or Nothing'' Situation. These can be very effective films if exploited in the correct way.
Crime - This will usually include some sort of organised crime where the ''good guys'' are working outside the law in order to achieve something good .
For our film I think we mostly look into an action/crime with an element of psychological all incorporated. So i choose one film from each category , I felt this would be an effective way to look into idea's and certain expectations of that specific Sub-genre.
Crime- Sherlock Holmes (Ritchie, 2009)
Action- James Bond; Casino Royale (Campbell 2006)
Psychological- The Butterfly Effect (Bress, 2004)
Q2
Sherlock Holmes (Ritchie, 2009): This is based on the classical novel, Sherlock Holmes. It shows a detective working outside the law to solve case and convicts or villain. How he does it remains a mystery until the very end. Clues are given along the way in order for the viewer to guess of how he actually solved the crime. Some are linked to how he done, some are there purely to misguide us. This adds to the intelligence to the plot of the film.
James Bond; Casino Royale (Campbell 2006): This is a typical James Bond film where again he works outside the law for justice with many distractions and weakness’ along the way EG a girl.
The Butterfly Effect (Bress 2004): This film is a psychological thriller, based on a theory. It explores it through different ways and is only revealed towards at the end. Throughout the film it is searching for a loophole and trying to find a way round it, putting you in the POV and through the eyes of the main character.
Q3
Typically a thriller includes some sort of race for something or someone or a ''cat and mouse'' scenario. There is also usually a weakness or distraction along the way to complicate things.
Tension is built up through a use of sound ; this can be high paced drum sounds , could sometimes connote a heartbeat or pulse . Another way is through scenes or high tension use a fast cutting rate which could sometimes allow the viewer trying to take in what every shot is trying to tell them , leading them to wonder the significance. I feel a technique we should use that all successful Thrillers do is let the viewer's imagination do the majority of the work. We can help by giving clues and half answering things that may not be clear at this point in the film, which will give a sense of mystery and hence leading the viewer to try and work out for themselves the problem.
Q4
For an Action we should use normal looking character but believable enough to go through the action scenes...
Our Chosen genre for our two minute opening is Thriller. This allows us to share a range of ideas as this genre is broken down into a range of other genres. Each has different audience expectations and features we would need to look into if considering using that film genre.
Psychological- This sub genre shows characteristics of crime, drama, mystery and horror all incorporated. It is also one of the hardest to pull off successfully. This will usually include a protagonist or victim and will show their psychological path to solving some sort of mystery. This can be emphasized through horror or gore.
Legal- This is where the main character often has a job inside the law world. For example a Lawyer. They will try to find a way to overcome a ''Bad guy'' by ways such as ; A loop hole in the Action- This is often where the main character will have a weakness of sort description and will have to work with a certain time period in an ''All Or Nothing'' Situation. These can be very effective films if exploited in the correct way.
Crime - This will usually include some sort of organised crime where the ''good guys'' are working outside the law in order to achieve something good .
For our film I think we mostly look into an action/crime with an element of psychological all incorporated. So i choose one film from each category , I felt this would be an effective way to look into idea's and certain expectations of that specific Sub-genre.
Crime- Sherlock Holmes (Ritchie, 2009)
Action- James Bond; Casino Royale (Campbell 2006)
Psychological- The Butterfly Effect (Bress, 2004)
Q2
Sherlock Holmes (Ritchie, 2009): This is based on the classical novel, Sherlock Holmes. It shows a detective working outside the law to solve case and convicts or villain. How he does it remains a mystery until the very end. Clues are given along the way in order for the viewer to guess of how he actually solved the crime. Some are linked to how he done, some are there purely to misguide us. This adds to the intelligence to the plot of the film.
James Bond; Casino Royale (Campbell 2006): This is a typical James Bond film where again he works outside the law for justice with many distractions and weakness’ along the way EG a girl.
The Butterfly Effect (Bress 2004): This film is a psychological thriller, based on a theory. It explores it through different ways and is only revealed towards at the end. Throughout the film it is searching for a loophole and trying to find a way round it, putting you in the POV and through the eyes of the main character.
Q3
Typically a thriller includes some sort of race for something or someone or a ''cat and mouse'' scenario. There is also usually a weakness or distraction along the way to complicate things.
Tension is built up through a use of sound ; this can be high paced drum sounds , could sometimes connote a heartbeat or pulse . Another way is through scenes or high tension use a fast cutting rate which could sometimes allow the viewer trying to take in what every shot is trying to tell them , leading them to wonder the significance. I feel a technique we should use that all successful Thrillers do is let the viewer's imagination do the majority of the work. We can help by giving clues and half answering things that may not be clear at this point in the film, which will give a sense of mystery and hence leading the viewer to try and work out for themselves the problem.
Q4
For an Action we should use normal looking character but believable enough to go through the action scenes...
A villain would typically have some sort of iconic feature, EG a scar or eye patch etc....
Q5
Two most commonly associated locations with a Thriller are;
Urban...
Or, Country/ Woodland area....
Iconography for a crime type thriller could be...
Police Tape.
Dead Body.
Q7
In crime thrillers in the past it was much more obvious or who was the villain and who was the ''good guy''. In more modern thrillers it is a lot more subtle and therefore allows a certain tension and keeps it more believable for the viewer.
In our Film i think the characters should be shown and expressed to the audience through actions, sound and clue's as opposed to simple dress wear.
Q8
Connotations of light and colour are something we have thought about a lot in our film beginning. Less light creates mystery and an instant tension and for that I feel it should be used in our filming. Simple connotations could be for instant red is seen as death or danger; where as a light blue would be seen as quite peaceful with little tension. We had a discussion about using both in different scenes to create a contrast and sense of enigma.
Q9
Here are some fonts I thought we could maybe use for our film opening credits etc...
Dead Body.Q7
In crime thrillers in the past it was much more obvious or who was the villain and who was the ''good guy''. In more modern thrillers it is a lot more subtle and therefore allows a certain tension and keeps it more believable for the viewer.
In our Film i think the characters should be shown and expressed to the audience through actions, sound and clue's as opposed to simple dress wear.
Q8
Connotations of light and colour are something we have thought about a lot in our film beginning. Less light creates mystery and an instant tension and for that I feel it should be used in our filming. Simple connotations could be for instant red is seen as death or danger; where as a light blue would be seen as quite peaceful with little tension. We had a discussion about using both in different scenes to create a contrast and sense of enigma.
Q9
Here are some fonts I thought we could maybe use for our film opening credits etc...
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