In my opinion

I think filming went extremly well i think it was better than what i expected and the locations and props helped this to make it even better.

What Happened during filming.

ppenFinished filming yesterday on Wednesday 8th December most of our filming went as planned and some ideas were changed, as we filmed at the cathedral we took shots of the outside of the cathedral of the gargoyles and architecture to show the mystery and the archaicness of the church we filmed inside the church as well to show it has some evil essences to it. and because the church was only lit by candles and dim light is gave it a dark tone to the filming. We filmed the statues and the stain glass windows and the font and the top to show all the architecture also. Once this was done we started our actul filming this was taken place out side this church this was because this was a very nice area out side the church and the weather was good as it was raining it was just a dim day.
After filming at the cathedral we went back to jacobs to film some scenes there was an extra scene added as we has some problems with probs we filmed jacob getting ready for the wedding, the problem was as rebekah wore hair extensions for the wedding scene we would of had to use them for the woodland field scene but after we did her hair the hair extenions didnt look good like before so to carry on and still making the filming look good we had to have a scene were the bride because of her anger she cut her hair short as rebekah pretents to cut her hair but she is only taking the hair extensions out with using sissors as a props to show this. At jacobs we also do rebekah's make-up such as we put mascara down her face to give the impressions she has been crying.
As the indoor scene is finshed we move to our last scene which is in both a field and a woodland area. First shot consist of becky coming towards the camera with the knife and as we have two cameras on in placed on a coat and is look at the woods as rebekah runs over the camera we she here feets and snow is flicked up as she runs. As we enter the wood rebekah stabs a tree with her anger and jacobs is stood behind her as she gives up in trying to find him and because of this she represents this with a scream!

location

The location of a filming will be taking place in peterborough in the cathedral grounds this is where the wedding will take place.

Once the wedding scene is finshed we will head back to bourne because the area around peterborough doesnt contain any fields or woodland areas so will head back for bourne to use some of the fields or woodland areas to make the filming look more realistic. In a field such as this one.

Distraught bride

Our first idea is called distraught bride this idea is about a bride who has been left at the alter as the groom runs out with second thoughts leaving the bride left in a distress mind set this causes the bride to roam around searching for the groom to seek her revenge as she hunts for him which a knife.

The accurate story line is:

The bride is panting as she is searching for her husband to be this would be in a woodland or field area this will create feelings of mystery about where she is and what her feelings are! The scene from the woodland area fades to black to show mystery to show a flashback in this flashback the bride entering the church occurs she starts to walk up to the alter , the camera cuts to the groom getting ready as he stares into the mirror. Soon enough the bride realises the groom isn't coming and she sees him run out of the church avoiding the wedding  as he runs out the church  the Bride throws her rose bouquet on the floor this symbolises her feelings as how angry/sad she is.

The film then goes back to the present day when you see the roses are now dead this shows the viewer conventions such as death or connotations such as blood by the colour of the roses, this is a very important shot as it shows her emotion so it would be shown as a close up. As we see the bride is in the woodland area or field which was shown at the start she is still searching for the groom to get her revenge for leaving her.

In her range she can't find him she stabs a tree in anger and screams as she can't find him this would fade into a cross blur effect and by doing a over the shoulder camera shot  as the bride walks away the groom will be seen a while behind her but only his silhouette is seen by the camera but the bride doesn't see his appearance the camera will us a effect and fade into black to show the end and to show a cliffhanger and to show mystery.

This idea will be a classification of 15 this is because of the weapons used such as knife there are conventions such as death these have been presented by the dying roses that have been thrown on the floor.
The representation of these characters would be wedding clothing but once the bride is hunting for the groom she has slit her dress so her dress has loads of holes in people may infer this means that she is empty and hurt.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/

Props Needed!

Props we need to make the filming look more effective in a real wedding the groom has a corsage and the bride as a bouquet in this case we are using roses (red and peach with white flowers) we need to bouquet an alive set of roses and a dead set. We need a brides outfit we are using a modern short creamy dress with cream woolly tights and a Vail to represent the bride and the broom in a suit with a sliver tie. The next prop is a knife this is for the bride so it can show the conventions of death, we also have confetti to show a convention of a wedding. A prop we are using that isn't being shown is tiger balm this is to help the bride cry on cue because it the ingredients to encourage the persons eyes to water the the balm is rubbed underneath them.
Make-up is also needed such as eyeliner when she crys after the eyeliner and mascara will be down her face to show she has cryed this will also show mystery we will also need to bring a comb this so we can increase the size of the brides hair to make her look like she is angry and gone crazy!

Media ideas and questionnaire results.

Over the pass week our group: Rebekah Willcox, Jacob Wright and I have been planning our thriller openings. last week we did our media pitch this turned out well because we had everything planned out and had what we had to say on queue cards ready.

Before in advance when had to find out from the pubic what kind of things entertained them when watching a thriller. We handed out 31 questionnaire to students around school from ages of 11-16 and to adults to get a different perspective on what people like and look for in a film. There were 12 questions which were:

What is your gender?
Male        Female


 What is your age?
11-16   17-24   25-30    31-40    Other


What is your favorite film genre?
Comedy   Thriller    Horror    Romance   Action     Other


How often do you watch films?
Daily     Weekly       Monthly     Other.


What are you expectation within a thriller?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
What is your favorite movie?
______________________________________________________________________________


Do you get a head start and go to the cinema or wait til the movie is out?
 go to Cinema     get it on DVD      Download


What do you expect in a thriller opening?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________


What types of characters would you expect in a thriller?
______________________________________________________________________________


What type of setting would you expect in a thriller?
Woods      House      Park      Graveyard      Morgue     Other


What thriller opening from what film do you find good?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________


What type of music do you expect in a thriller? (Opening)
Intense     Dramatic    Horror     Other


What type of film classification, When watching a thriller would you expect?
12      15     18


Do you think 18 is too higher of classification for a thriller?
Yes     No


What theme would you expect to be mixed with a thriller?
Horror    Action      Comedy     Other

Our media questionnaire helped influenced us on what idea to go into this is because we had to research thrillers as a whole and our thriller opening has to be what people like in a movie. So the media questionnaire helped us because it made us realise that a lot of people prefer romance to thrillers so our idea has a hint of hidden romance to the genre. When the question what genre would you mix with a thriller if it was a hybrid genre most people answered action then horror we have gone with the audiences idea of horror to create conventions such as mystery and sadness. The music is a key importance to a movie especially in a thriller in the options of intense, dramatic, horror and other most of the respondents said they prefer intense music in a horror this is because it creates a sense of suspense, also a lot people agreed with thrillers being taken place in a graveyard some of our will be shot in graveyard or there will be shots of the graveyard as we are shooting in church this will create connotations of death by seeing gravestones.

Three pitch ideas
Distraught bride

our first idea is called the distraught bride this story line is about a bride who gets left at alter and seeks out revenge on the groom with a knife conventions such as death by using dead flowers and weapons such as the knife and the film would contain areas of dispression this will be shown by showing a close up of the brides face of a tear running down her face this would be an 15 because of the conventions the conventions of death and horror. There would be no dialoge this is because just having music will make it more intense. 
the sound would be a scary sound somthing which can make you tell that the scene isnt right and makes your think what is going to happen next? the mise-en-scene would be settings like the church and the woodland area to create a mysetrious view of the actors.

The deal
 Our  next idea is called the deal. This idea involves props such as drugs, guns, knifes and gangsters. The plot is about about drug dealers and how someone is going to die as for revenge as someone has not paid hundreds of pounds to a drug dealer.

this may contain some chase scene and conventions such as death and connotations such as blood. shots would be used such as close up mid shot, long shots. and point of view shots 

this would also be a classification of 15 this is because has conventions such as blood and knifes and guns. 
The representation of these characters would be dark clothing and hooded characters this is to show secrecy of the drug deals.

Is it really paradise?The third idea is, Is it really paradise? This is about a couple that go on a honeymoon which is set out to be perfect and as they are walking down the street the man hears a scream. with the intentions of finding out who this was he goes to look who it is this has been planned that the husband leaves the women alone so they can be separated she is left waiting for hours for her husband be as expected he never returns. But there is a shadow lurking in the corner ready to take the man creates the disappearance of her husband.

This would be a classification of 12 this is because it doesn't have a foul language or any gore scenes, but weapons may be used such as a gun.The film would also only be a 12 because of reasons such as the darkness and mysteriousness.
The honeymooners representation would be in light colour representing happiness but the murder would be wearing dark clothes to indicate mystery.

film idea classifications

In our film idea we would give it the film classification of 15 the reason for this is because of the violent as a knife would be used and conventions such as death and signifier of blood, plus because the character has mental problems and is mentally distress.
This wouldn't be classified as 18 because it doesn't contain enough foul language or violents.

How does the "Donnie Darko" film cover reveal it's a thriller?

Donnie Darko is portrayed as a thriller, by looking at the cover. We can tell this because of the colours, font, facial expressions, signifier and conventions.
The front cover is assembled by using colours such as blue and black, the character Donnie is presented as blue this gives us an impression that the film contains ambiguity.
The colour blue also could lead us to infer that time travel is entered into scenes the colour blue is characterize as a negative colour which my give a clue that this may be a gloomy film to indicate death.

The brightness of Donnie on the front cover could also give out a signifier of space and time travel. Because he has been portrayed as the main character. So the light shows his importance, and to the world. This is because light is a very heroic symbol so it infers he may be a hero.
The darkness of the film cover (black) which are losing in from each corner  revealed that the world maybe ending by getting this impression the audience could jump to the conclusion that Donnie is a hero because he is a saviour of the earth.
The props in the front cover is a item such as a axe to illustrate his destruction it gives the sense of danger and danger is a convention which is how we can determine this is a thriller.
The centre  of the body shows a bright beam (orb) this could infer he is being controlled and is under influence.

Another connotation is his facial expression these give off a negative vibe as it creates a sense of evil and deviousness, we know this by his eyes because they show that they are off concentration as if he is thinking of something. Which gives clearer thoughts towards the axe.
The last piece of information reveal it is a thriller film is the lettering and font, the main title  "Donnie Darko" is bold and is shadowy to infer mystery this provides conventions for being a thriller. 
The tag line shows it is a conventions of a thriller as it is a question " WHY ARE YOU WEARING THAT STUPID MAN SUIT" the words language comes across as angry and sarcastic as Frank say this back to him when he said " why are you wearing that stupid man suit".

Ruberta sparrow the author of the book which is given to Donnie is layed out on the film cover it is one of the pages from her book it is part over Donnie it seems as if he has been labeled like a skeleton diagram. this seems as if it labels his weaknesses and strengths to see if he is Worthy of a job.

How does Nolan convey memento as a psychological thriller?

Nolan convey memento as a psychological thriller because instead of a regular film it represented backwards which is non-linear.

The film has to be broken down because the film is very complex to understand as it the start if the film is the ending of the film this is because the character has a short term memory so the audience only remembers what the character remembers, which why it is non-linear.

Sound

The music shows tension because it is non-diegetic, in addition it reveals sadness because the sombre key. There different sounds which are diegetic these sounds have been emphasize for example the sounds of a gun firing by the sounds being emphasize it gives the notion that they are the only two people in the building because of piercing sounds being used this also provides the audience with tension because it creates a dark and mysterious scene to the viewers eyes.

Mise-en-scene

The mise-en-scene helps to give a clear clue in each shot to what the genre is it gives signifiers such as one of the first shots contain blood which hints that it is a thriller because it signifiers that it the film contains murder, because of the blood which gives us the impression of conventions such as murder, the connotations of the darkness shows the genre of the film also. This gives out a feeling of negitivatity this is partly because it is a sad movie for the reason that he cannot create new memories, plus he is trying to discover the person who murdered his wife. Because the film is non- linear it adds to the mystery of the film because it very hard to understand this is because we are seeing what the character is remembering or doing in the present time.

In the opening scene of Memento shows a close up shot of a photograph being held by Lenard by seeing this shot makes the audience feel hesitant about what is happening. As the shot of photograph stay in the shot for a long period of time it could confuse the viewer because it seems as the character need a long amount of time to take the image in. Because this film is backward it may take some time to realise it if the film has never been watched by the viewer but Nolan uses techniques such as making the photograph fade which gives the audience the hint that the film in backwards. 

The Happening

The music sets the scene at the start of " The Happening" this is because it creates tension and gives us an impression of mystery because we not know what is going to happen. at the beginning it is very stereotypical this is because they are in New York in central park walking their dogs and excising (jogging).

the close up shots show conventions such as high wind speed which tells us that things aren't calm. two characters are having a conversation about death which gives us the impression of depression and the mise-en-scene of death which helps us to know it is going to be a thriller and a mixture of horror. music plays whilst the character hears more conventions such as screaming to indicate more that this is going to be a thriller.

we cant hear her talking clearly which gets us wondering what is going on and what she is shock about.
this film presents odd types of reactions and creates and weird atmoshere this is because her friend kills her self but she just has a blank stare in her eye as she doesn't care that she has done this.
the dog from the start is now roaming freely which confuses us because we wonder where he owner has gone and "why the dog is off it lead" or " where is it's owner".
in my opinion think that is is good film and i really enjoyed it but the ending wasnt so good because it was a expected end.

To be quite honest im not sure if this is right but i gave it a go! :S

GENRE	WESTERN	GANGSTER
WHAT WE SEE	Horses, Cowboys, guns Stables, Outback/deserts	Guns, knives, cars, backstreets
WHAT WE HEAR	Western country music, wind, their speech would have an accent	Shootings, car screeching
TYPICAL CHARACTERS	Sheriff, Indians, cowboys	Victim, criminals
TYPICAL STORYLINE	Cowboys and red Indians enemies (robbery)	Criminals actions
THEMES MORALS IDEAS	Good over evil	Good over evil
EXAMPLES	The wild west	Al Capone

SCI-FI	HORROR	ROMANCE
Aliens, space ships, monsters, machines, robots, special effects.	Darkness, murders, weapons, blood, torture, violent, shadow, Forrest	Love, flowers, dates, passion/lust envy, tears
Machines, Synthetic noises	Silence, screams	Laughter, Romantic music, crying
Robots, aliens	THE KILLER! victims	The lover’s parents, EX- lover.
Destruction of the world	Murder	Boy meets girl and love blooms
Good over evil	Good over evil	Love can happen when least expect it!
Inception, Irobot, war of the worlds	Wrong turn 2 Paranormal activity  Hills have eyes.	The holiday, A walk to remember, the notebook.

Camera shots and editing and other key word

When a directior is using a camera, lots of different shots maybe used such as:

•  Close-up (CU)                                                      Extreme close up (ECU)
• Mid shot (MS)                                                       
• Low angle point of view                                         
• High angle point of view                                          
• Long mid shot                                                        
• Extreme closp up (ECU)                                         
• Long shot (LS)                                                       
• Big close up (BCU)                                                 
• Wide angle shot
• Point of view
• Extreme/ establishing long shot (ELS)

Terms for movement
Pan
Tilt
Dolly/Tracting shot
Zoom
Crane
Steadicam/Handheld
Flying cam(Aerial cam)

COMPOSITION

Rules of thirds

this divides the screen into three  and the middle point is used as the point of interest where the camera is focused at.

Golden mean

 this points out where the point of interest are which are the dots along the line.

Thriller- This can be a book, film or play, depicting crime, mystery or espionage in a atmosphere of excitement and suspense.

INFER AND DECDUCE

Infer means you have a logical guess and Decduce is when we know something is true when it is a fact.

Genre!

Genre is a type of category of film for example: Action, Romance, Thriller, Comedy, Animation :) which i love, Gangster, Horror and western.
 There are three different type of genre which are: Major genre, Sub genre and Hybrid genre.
Major genre
a important category which most people would know of because it is an obvious genre such as action.
Sub genre
this would be a minor category that is similar to a certain major genre.
Hybrid genre
combination of genres that create another type of film for example these may be horror or western.

Some key words:
Audience
analyse
construct
market
niche
characters
stars

You can guess what type of genre a films is by looking at signs for example mise-en-scene, conventions and sometimes character because some star may play specific roles in movie such as Jim Carey normally stars in comedy's which helps you define the movie easier.
Mise-en-scene- what has been put in the picture or frame of a shot this may include: the set, props, characters or the landscape.

Thriller genre

The thriller genre is a type of genre filled with suspense and tension which makes your heart pump normal thrillers contain lots of action when seeing this is normal to see chase scenes in thrillers and can contain violent such as seeing props as knife and guns are normally used within thrillers and normally contains a good person and a villain. Thing such as ransoms, captivities, heist, revenge and kidnappings are typically known to happen in these.

elements of a thriller

this can show the viewer that this is a thriller because of violent and knifes this helps to show the mise-en-scene and to show it is a thriller. 
And the scene at the graveyard show darkness and mysteriousness which are conventions of a thriller this is a one normal setting for a thriller and it is a empty place.
And people is Hooddies is a typical costume for a thriller this is because gangs are used a lot in thrillers as they create a feeling of intimidation and fear.

Media Lessons

 I have had three Media Studies lessons so far, lessons are going pretty well and I'm enjoying it, even though its only been three lessons!
 In the first lesson we were introduced to each other which is quite nerve racking if you don't like speaking out loud. Which I don't! Because I get all shy. But other than that lessons are really good. During the second lesson we have created this blog which I don't know how to use at all and learned about genres. In my third lesson which was today we were talking about all the types of camera shot which are involved when producing a film.
I have watched a really good film lately called TAKEN which is amazing its an action thriller with the star Liam Neeson. The film is about a father who Is searching for his daughter after she has been "taken"  from Paris and turned into a prostitute. Her father is an ex-spy who will do anything to get his daughter back. this film contains loads of filming such as different types of shot and other techniques, such as during  an action scene his daughter (kim) get dragged out from under a bed which is a close up which is quite rare because most action shots are mid shots or long mid shots. Also during the flim when there are flashbacks they present it well because they make the movement slower and the shot brighter.