third screengrab from final video

This screengrab shows part of the interview, we edited in the breaking news at the bottom to make it look more realistic.

second screengrab from the final video

This is another title, this time showing the actors name. The background however is slightly different, it looks more like a black background with blood splattered on it.

Screengrabs of final video.

This is the opening title, it is on a red and black background. It creates the setting and genre almost immediately.

Final Video

This is my storyboard which shows our ideas of our task.

Props, music, costume & technology.

Props:
we didn't have many props in out film because it was mainly based around snapshots to create the thriller effect. Our opening scene consisted of images, titles and short film clips.

Music:
It took us quite a while to find a suitable track for our film. At first we researched a lot but couldn't find what we needed. We eventually decided we would use the sweeney todd soundtrack as it is similar to our film. We also realised we had a problem with copyright, but then found out as we were only using it for educational purposes it was fine.

Costume:
Like props this wasn't very essential for our opening scene, however for our interviews we did use costumes, the history teacher was in a suit and the pe teacher was wearing sporty clothes. Our snapshots didn't include characters so it wasn't needed a lot.

Technology:
The only technology we really used was the camera and editing software. This included cutting and putting the clips and images together. Then putting the soundtrack in and making it quieter when people were talking.

My responsibilities in our task

In our task my main responsibility was the editing; we all helped with the planning and research. I would have been there to help with the main filming but i was absent when this was taking place. Therefore i did the editing, this was also because i was the one who knew how to use the editing software best.

3 thriller films

Secret Window

The opening of Secret Window starts with the actor Johnny Depp in his car. The camera is close up so all you can see is his face. His hair is scruffy and covered up by a hat and his face is unshaven, giving him a rough appearance. The camera stays on him and its all quiet until a voice is heard, it says “turn around, turn around! Turn the car around, get the hell out of here, right now!” This creates the atmosphere and portrays that it is a thriller movie right from the start. The lighting is also very dark, its snowing outside the car and its filmed just before nightfall. As soon as the voice is gone Mort, Johnny Depp’s character, turns the car violently around. When he’s turned fully around the voice returns saying “don’t go back, don’t go back to her.” He then reverses the car but the camera stays still, letting the audience see where he is. Behind is bright red letters is the sign for a motel. Mort goes into the motel, takes some keys and goes to a room, he opens the door and we see a man and woman in bed together, the audience can guess by the voice from before that the woman is his wife. You see Mort shouting and then the camera backs out of the door, past his car and slow intense music starts to play. It is now clear that the voice from earlier was in fact Morts, this could lead the audience to thinking that maybe he is crazy because he is talking to himself; this could make it even more obvious it is a thriller movie.

Sweeney Todd

The Sweeney Todd opening actually starts when the DreamWorks logo appears because the music played behind that is creepy and automatically gives off the atmosphere of a thriller movie. Straight after this it’s a high angled camera shot of the sky, its cloudy and raining, then it suddenly thunders and music starts playing. The camera moves down enough so we can see the tops of buildings and chimneys, the lighting is extremely dark, suggesting it’s in the middle of the night. Among the raindrops there are occasionally drops of blood dropping as well. Titles are running over the top of this scene, shown in plain white writing. The camera moves along the houses until it gets to a window, it zooms in on the window and you can clearly see a barber’s chair, suddenly a splatter of blood lands on the window and the directors name comes up. The camera them jumps to a wall and on the wall are paintings with blood dripping from them, Actors names are shown beside the paintings. The camera then follows the blood that’s dripping; it drips onto cog wheels and then away from the camera. The blood is obviously animated into this bit but the effect is still good, making it completely obvious it’s going to be a thriller movie. The screen then goes blank and the title come up. However it then carries on with actors names and it cuts to a scene where meat is being pushed through a blender, then again it jumps to a scene of fire and then pies coming out of an oven with blood on the baking tray. The blood runs from the fire, down a drain and into the sewers, it’s all extremely dark and quite hard to see except for the bright red blood running down the centre of the screen. The director’s name is then repeated and the movie starts.

Nick of Time

The opening of Nick of Time starts when the paramount pictures logo comes up, behind we can hear a clock ticking, and then music, a girl humming. The music is creepy because the singers voice echoes. The camera zooms in on a child’s clock, it’s a teddy bear and its eyes move as it ticks. The camera slowly moves behind the clock and actors names come on the screen one at a time in yellow writing beside it. Behind the clock the camera goes on to show the cogs working, whilst still showing actors names. The title of the film comes up, which leads the audience to think that the film is about to start but the opening scene carries on. The camera now shows the barrel of a gun, opened with no bullets in, it’s zoomed in a lot and the background is very dark. The camera is moving extremely slow, enabling the audience to realise what is being shown, the fact that it is a gun almost certainly portrays it is a thriller movie. The music changes after a while and it creates a lot of suspense. The camera flicks between shots of a gun and the cogs behind a clock. When it shows the gun for the fourth time it is now loaded. You see towards the end the gun being fired, but it’s like it’s doing it by itself, no-one is there holding it. The music then changes to the sound of a big clock ringing and the camera shows a big white clock.

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