Animatic

This is our first idea as a animatic. We showed it to the group and listened to what they thought of it, in order to improve it and possibly change it, to make our ides better.


we have decided to change it so that the man is following the girl and then he catches her, then she get hit over the head and then we have flashing images of blood and death, she wakes up locks in a cupboard. while the girl is locked in the cupboard the guy is chilling out, having a fag and watching tv. Then the guy goes to the cupboard and opens it and the girl is not their, so the guy goes crazy and searches for her. (the girl with a torch trying to get free with a knife), looks around really trying to find her. Then the guy goes back to the cupboard and looks and she is their with a scary look in her face and gets up and stabs the guy, then she gets her stuff and makes a phone call 'Job done!" and leaves. Mean while the guy waking up in a pool of blood and has a fit. Close up on eyes opening.

So we are going to film this partly in the dark room is the cupboard. We can use a room in the college to represent the room where he is keeping her. We can have the walking part at the back on college on the field. These locations are not set and they can be changed.

Today's Lesson

In this lesson we finished our Final cut project. We uploaded 12 drawings from our story board, each was drawn by Samie and we took pictures of them using the camera on the Mac. When put in order the pictures show what we hope to achieve with our project. We have used close-up shots on some images for example on the last shot of the man dying on the floor. We chose the soundtrack that Mike had created, even though we liked Stu's it seemed to much of a dance track and didn't fit our thriller opening as well. Also Stu is not here again so he has't had much choice on what has been going on.

At the end of this lesson we hope to show our Final cut poject and answer questions that the class may ask us.

Soundtrack

We have started creating different soundtracks that we could use for our thriller opening sequence. Stu's creation was quite good and may work well for a thriller after a few changes. At the moment it seems to much like a dance track rather then a thriller soundtrack. Mike has also created a soundtrack which we may be able to use.

Both soundtracks have been created using Garage Band.

Lets Catch up =]

Looking around today it seems that we are quite far behind, so in today's lesson we need to get to where everyone else.

Our idea for our opening is not yet finalised however, we do have a rough idea of what is going on. We have decided to go along with the stalker idea but we are going to add distorted images of death to confuse the audience and draw them in to keep watching.

So far we haven't created a soundtrack for our opening but in today's lesson we ok pictures of our storyboard using photo booth. We then had to put our images on to the programme final cut and create something which will hopefully have some similarities to our thriller. While using final cut we are showing when we will be using shots like close-ups etc.

Next lesson

We need to take pictures of our story board and then add them on to final cut. By doing this we can get a rough idea of what our thriller opening should look like. When we have created a soundtack we will be able to add it to our final cut project to see if they work together.

storyline

During our thriller opening we have decided to use images of death and other images like the one above to give the effect of pain and add to the thriller.

Another opening we liked, Dexter

This is a thriller tv show. Even though it is not an opening of a thriller film we liked it because the story line is different.

Our Final Idea

Our final idea was a man being followed by a young woman walking through town, then a man walkes into a room and the women is behind the table in a room. The women then stabes the man and makes a phone call saying 'job is done' then exits the man then takes a breath. We think this should all be in black and white. We then did a story board to show our ideas and the camra angel we want to do.
we used garage band to make our theme music which is going to go with our triller.

Our Ideas

The movies that we thought of that would go with the mood of our thriller are;

After looking through various thriller openings we decided that 'Sin City' was very effective as an opening because the use of a comic book style mixed with the black and white made it different from other thrillers yet still very appealing. The use of certain specks of color for example the red on the women's dress makes the film seem modern and reaches a younger audience.


After looking at 'Sin City' we decided it would be a good idea to do our thriller in black and white and if possible we will try to have certain blocks of colour.

Another opening we liked was 'Se7en' the opening credits leave the audience confused about what is going on which makes them want to read more. The low chords and dim lights create a perfect atmosphere for a thriller which is something we hope to be able to achieve in our own project. The flashing images of death and the words that the camera focuses on gives the audience an idea of what the film will be about. The opening is clever and is memorable to the audience making it a very successful opening for a thriller.

First of the Blog =]

This is the beginning of the Thriller. Would you believe Stu isn't here, never mind.

We have spent this lesson looking at previous Thriller opening sequences made by LongRoad students, and we also watched the opening of 'Se7en'.

Here is an opening that our group thought was really good:



Structure/narrative and performance, the structure of the piece was really easy to follow , it didn't try to tell you the whole story in the opening, it did what it meant to by just doing the titles in a effective way. The narrative was clear throughout the opening, and the audience was able to tell that it was about.

Camera work - the camera work in the opening showed a varied amount of shots. The us of this made the opening more exciting and was able to keep the audience interested. The change between shots was fast which worked well with the pace of the opening.

Editing - The use of filter was excellent it made the opening seem distorted and worked well for a thriller. The ink in the bath was also good as it gave a clear and imaginative effect of blood.

Sounds - The soundtrack was the same throughout the opening and worked well with the rest of the thriller.

Titles - The titles were clear and simple whicvh worked well.