naming our film

We have decided to name our thriller film "13". This is because of the 13 victims of the murderer. 

We did some research into the name "thirteen" and "13" and found that there were several films that include the number "13" and one that is called "thirteen". From this research we decided to use the number 13 to name our film instead of the word as we originally planned to do.

Final Piece of Filming

After filming on Friday the 27th of February, we have decided to finish all filming by the end of Friday the 6th. 

This will be the final time filming before editing and then finishing. 

 

Friday the 27th

On Friday the 27th of February we have decided to go to our location and start organising the first location, then filming the second shot.

Backstory which motivates what happens in our film

The main characters mother saw thirteen different psychiatrists with mental health problems, they were all unable to help her because the illness was so severe. This led her to commit suicide, the main character has never got over this and seeks revenge on all thirteen psychiatrists. Prior to the start of the film he has killed off the first twelve psychiatrists and now he is after the thirteenth.  

Thriller representations in Usual suspect and Silence of the lambs

In silence of the lambs the representaions are experience and gender. Through the opening scene we can see how women are percieved to be less experience. This is shown as the man she talks to in the woods is giving her orders. Then we she goes into the building she is being told to wait by the men in suits standing by the desk. This is showing the mans domenance over the women. Men are also shown to me more powerful than women. When she gets into the elavator you can see how big the men are compard to the women, she looks small and insegnificant while the men look big and powerful.

In usual suspect the representations are masculinity and power. We first see man sitting in the chair is shaking and in old cloths, then we see the wealthy man who is dressed in smart cloths. We know he is wealthy as we see the rings on his fingers and the watch. These are the clues as we can only see his hands and not his face. This man is calm and sitting up straigh while the other man is shaking in his seat. This shows that this man is scared of the other man and fears him showing the man in the dark jackets power over the other man.

Inside the head of our killer

While working on our thriller we discoverd that we need to find out why this person is killing and if there will be a connection between the people who are being killed. We Have been working on whether this killer is going to have mental disorders like OCD where everything is perfectly straight and the people are all killed in the same way. e.g. All the victims might have their hands tied behind their back.

Then we though that our killer should be a little deeper than that. So we have chosen that the killer is only killing one kind of person. This type of person is a phychiatrist, and the reason this 25 year old man is killing them is because when he was little his mother had a mental disorder and the phychiatrists either did not want to or couldn't help his mother. This lead her to kill herself which the man saw when he was little and this traumatic event has scared the boy and even twisted his mind a little so he know want revenge on these 13 phychiatrists.

Sin city analysis - Camerawork

At the begining of the film we see a women alone on a balcony while a man is approaching, and narrating as he gets closer. Then we see the characters interacting we know this because we see the 180 degree rule between them. Throught their interaction we see close ups on his lighter and cigarrett, this might be a clue that we should be focusing on his hands e.g what he will do next. This is something for us to look out out for and it builds suspense. We see a close up on them holding each other and then kissing, this shows that they like each other. But as they go to kiss again he shoots her with a pistal while they are holding each other. As the audience we want to know what he is doing and why if he is kissing this lady has he shot her, this is the begining of the mystery.


Next we see the credits and there are images fading in and fading out with close ups. The music is slow as the pictures slowly fade but it gets quicker as the pictures become more promanant. Theres close ups of women, men with long coats and people holding guns to other peoples heads. The pictures gets quicker and the music gets quicker which is building tension. The picture we see suggest violence and evil characters which gives you a little clue of what will happen.

Today we have decided that we are going to watch the beginning of the film Sin City.

 We are going to break it up into section for analysis:

• camerawork-Colin
• Lighting and sound-Jasmine
• Mise en Scene-Charlie
• Editing- Adam

Each person will analyse the beginning and then we will put our notes together and update the blog.  

Questonaire results

we have put all of our results together and this is what we have found:

Only 2 out of 20 people we asked don't like thrillers.

We asked people what their favourite thriller film was, these are the one that are most common:

• Da vinci Code 
  
• Sin city
  
• sixth sense
  
• The mummy
  

We then asked, what makes you want to see a thriller?

• Excitment
• suspense
• The thrill
• The plot
• Action
• Death
• Mystery

We then asked what you expect to see in the film?

• Blood
• Death
• Car chases
• Gun fights
• Storylines-suspence
• Explosions

Comparasion of the three thrillers

hello I am now back from my geography trip and I am now up to date with the latest ideas and plans the group have discussed while I was away.

The three thrillers differed tremendously. Se7en was more scary and the cuts were very short and quick while One hour photo and the Day of the Jackle had long cuts. But they all had one thing in comon, they all built tension suspense and mystery in there own way.

At the begging of the film we see one of the characters lying in bed with a metronome on the dresser we see an extreme close up on this focusing on the sound and the swing of the pendulum. This could represent the time ticking away while he is lying there thinking or his heartbeat. This can make the audience feel quite nervous as this is the only sound we can hear in this clip. The metronome could also be the audiences heartbeat as we stare at the character waiting for something to happen, this creates a lot of suspense and mystery.

Next is the credits and introduction. The first thing you notice is the credits are in an old style of writing and as they change, are stretched and blurred. There are lots of short cuts through the opening sequence. We also see an extreme close up of a razor blade which we, as the audience, are meant to focus on. This adds a lot mystery to film and as we see further into the clip there are extreme close ups on peoples faces-which have been crossed out, needles and thread. When seeing the extreme close ups of the crossed out people, it creates a lot of mystery as we are asking, who are they? why has this man got pictures of these people? and why are there faces crossed out? With the low key lighting and the close ups on the items such as razor blades, we assume that this man could have psychotic personality and the reason why there are pictures of peoples faces which have been crossed is because he has killed them. We see red lighting which represents a photographic room but could also represent blood and death.

The images we see create a lot of suspense as we want to know what is happening or is going to happen. From the begging of the opening sequence the cuts are quick, but as we get to the end they get even quicker as the music gets quicker which builds tension.

However, completely different from se7en, one hour photo had a very long shot on what looked to be a camera which we were very slowly zooming in onto This created suspense as this clip was so long we didn't know what was going to happen, this made us nervous. This silence of the clip built tension which also added to our nervouness. Another difference was the length of the opneing seqence, this was an incredibly short openeing sequence but still had the same effect.

Simlilar to One hour photo, The day of the Jackle had a lot longer cuts than Se7en. In this opening sequence we were focusing on the man on the motobike. There was a lot of tracking as we were following him wondering what he was doing. While we were tracking we also wanted to know who the man on the motobike was following building mystery. This didn't build as much tension as Se7en or One hour photo but it still had suspense and mystery.

Although these thrillers are completely different they all have things in common. One is that they build suspense, tension and create mystery which draws the auidence in and creates different feelings through different types of camerwork, lighting and sound, editing and mise en scene. These are key things as i found out in my questonaire.

Hello, 

This is our first blog regarding the first three lessons of our Media Studies coursework on a thrillers. We have thought about a few plot ideas, these include:

•  A Kidnapping
  
• A shooting 
• A bombing

After conducting our research on what people like and expect in thrillers, we decided the kidnapping was the best idea. We chose this because in our research we discovered that people like suspense, action and the thrill of the plot unfolding.

Our idea is to have a man alone in his room crossing out pictures of girls. There are many pictures of his victims, but they are all crossed out. There is soft light with the TV playing, of  what seems to be a future target. While this scene is in progress credits are displayed at various times. The next blog will be udated