what have se7en and rear window have in common codes : a way of making meaning conventions : expected ways of doing things CHARACTERS -killers and victims -killer in control --> make protagonist in danger -mysterious killer --> who is it? when is he going to murder? -male protagonist --> vulnerable/flawed Mill - anger issue Jeff -...
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In this meeting, we finalised the plot and talk about the details of who the actors going to be, all the locations and symbolisation that we will include. Location we have considered several locations, mostly hotels to film the corridor shooting and we need a swimming pool for the drowning scene. inspiration scene from skyfall Bus stop/bts - everyday life city for filming...
Convention of Thrillers -weapons/violence - use of guns,knifes -realistic story lines so they relate to the audience -crime/drama -hero and villain share similar characteristics (se7en-somerset/doe/mills) -hide identity of antagonist (dark side/shadows/shot of back) -mirrors -non diabetic sounds to create tension -quick jump cuts -urban/ suburban areas -foreshadowing -quiet diabetic sounds (breathing/footsteps) -complex narrative -collateral -vulnerable protagonist -moral hero -immortal character -unpredictability -cliffhangers -close...
💙 #TOOGOOD - BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD IS OUT IN 4 DAYS!! - LINK TO PREORDER IS IN MY BIO 💙 A video posted by Troye Sivan (@troyesivan) on Dec 1, 2015 at 11:47am PST I think these kind of dim light picture will work with our mood in opening thriller scene. White flowers or subject when spy talks about innocent dies or something about...
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This is what we have came up with. We want to make a spy thriller scene but don't want it to be so cliche like a typical spy scene that have the running and chasing scene. I was inspired by James Bond film "Casino Royale", the opening scene ends with unpredictable gun shot killing the villain. The black and white screen make this...
Children of Men This is the opening scene from the Children of Men The director uses the 4 micro-elements to help set the mood of the film and to use that mood to create dystopian world that full of crimes, mixed culture, hopeless adults, etc. The black screen with diegetic sound of news reports seem to introduce us to the new cold world...
PANIC ROOM credits 1.Studio (big film company who funded) -Ideates : identify institution paramount 5 big film studios and their logo 2. Production Company 3. Stars 4. Name of the film 5. Co-stars 6. Casting director 7. Costume designer 8. Music composer 9. Film editor 10. Production Designer 11. Producer 12. Writer 13. Director ...
DEXTER is an American television crime, drama, mystery series. Dexter Morgan, a serial killer who disguise as a Miami forensics. He spends his day solving crimes and nights committing them. His job is to hunt down murderers who slipped through the crack of justice system. Denotation and Connotation of Dexter opening credits Micro-elements are used to create connotations. Sound In every scenes, diegetic...
Fear Fear is a powerful emotion that makes people react when they are afraid so that is why media have chosen fear to tease with our emotions and feelings. They use fear as an entertainment and it comes in the many forms such as horror movies, mystery tv shows, music or even video games. The fact that it is not real make us...
The antagonist ensnares the protagonist in an increasingly complex web, until the protagonist feels isolated and helpless. The narrative centres upon a crime e.g.. theft, murder The protagonist is fallible and has an Achilles heel that is exploited. Themes of identity are common mistaken identity, amnesia doubles/gangsters A series of animus are set up only to be solved at the end The audience...
Rear window is directed by Alfred Hitchcock which was often known as a "The Master of Suspense". He pioneered many elements of suspense and psychological thriller genres. He had directed so many great movies such as Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest, etc. Rear Window is about a man with his broken...
Character Analysis In this lesson we analysed how these two characters are different from each other and how do we know them. John Doe's apartment scene MILLS played by anger - how do we know? attitude,aggressive - man handles photograph vulnerable because he's emotional, we see him suffer impulsive/irratic - emotions taken over, kicks the door, remorse pretentious want to get the stuff done -...
LOCATION: Place (geographical) SETTING: how its portrayed atmosphere, time period SE7EN location : unnamed city in America - diegetic noise DAILY LIFE GOING ON siren ...
In this lesson I leant how to create sound effect with a given footage from a movie called 'Point Break'. We were expected to use premiere and add layers of diagetic sound to make a realistic sound effect. In the process of making sound, it is complicated than I thought because it has to be in the right timing and also associated with...
In this lesson I leant about how to create credits based on The Good The Bad and The Ugly. Clint Eastwood I was playing around with the motion of images...
#The Imitation Game I.C.U by George Nano Gigi Credits George : editer,actor and sound effects Nano : camera and special effects Gigi : camera and story board ...
This is our story board that we roughly sketch to plan each scene so we know how it is going to be. There are some dialogues and some guide line scene such as flashback scene and climax scene. Our challenge set is that we struggle with finding settings and rooms to film because we needed a black small room. We also need a...
