Initial ideas

Our initial ideas

Before we looked at our own ideas, we looked at thriller movies, such as...
-Casablanca
-Sin City
-Resevoir Dogs
-Se7en
-Raging Bull
-Heat
-Taxi Driver
-Blade Runner


All of these films contain typical aspects of a thriller movie, such as the opening of 'Taxi Driver' which is set in New York at night time with rain pouring down on the taxi. The effect of rain in a thriller movie ceates a mysterious and gloomy setting. Also in the film 'Casablanca' from the very start there is a shooting, murder is an aspect of a thriller and keeps the viewer interested and also it creates mystery because if there is a murder at the very beginning it easily sets the plot for the rest of the movie. In film noir movies there is always a femme fatale, a woman character with blonde hair and red lips and pale skin, who dresses in powerful authoritive clothing. The femme fatale is a dangerous woman who seduces the male protagonist. (Lee Ervine and Jack Ware)


The music that is used in the opening of the thriller movies is used to create suspense and tension in the audience or to create a certain opening atmosphere. Such as in 'Resevoir Dogs' at the beginning the sound track is 'little green bag' by George baker. This creates a cool, slick opening to the movie and almost gives the viewer a false sense of security. In are movie we have decided what background music we will feature the song is called I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire by the ink spots. This type of genre of music goes well with the time period that the film is set, this song as well goes well with the motive of the character and why he does what he does. (Lee Ervine and Jack Ware)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBRqVaOOLPQ

Old style detectives and gangsters. This gives an image of the date in which the movie is set and also makes the characters look darker and mysterious, because if they were wearing a heavy trench coat then it could suggest that they are hiding something from everyone and also creating alot more mystery about the charcter. (Lee Ervine and Jack Ware)


The setting of thrillers are usually gloomy and in the majority of the opening scenes that we have watched it is raining. The rainy setting is included in 'Sin City' and also 'Taxi Driver'. The rain creates a more sinister and dark effect to the film and also creates a very atmospheric opening. Although another thriller opening that we looked at was 'Se7en'. The opening to this is set in two different parts. In the very first part Morgan Freeman's character is looking around a house, even though the house is mostly dark, he is in a rural area, after this short scene the credits start, the non-diagetic sound that is being played during the credits almost sounds like a grinding type noise, like that of a rusty chainsaw or buzz saw. After these credits Morgan Freeman's character is in a taxi, at night and it is raining, the bright lights of the city at night along with the rain creates a sense of confusion. In our movie we probably wont be using a two part opening, simply down to the fact that we only have two minutes and if we try to split it into two parts it will seem rushed. (Lee Ervine and Jack Ware)


In our own movie we are trying to aim for a 1940s detective thriller or a modern day assassin film to achieve this style of film. We are considering having it in black and white, we were first struck with the idea of using black and white by the film 'Casablanca' and also 'Sin City'. We think that this will be effective because it also creates a dark mysterious setting and is a typical aspect of film noir. Another idea we may use from the film 'Sin City' is to use the red which in 'Sin City' signifies anger, passion, secretive, and lust. However in are film we will use it to key highlight parts in are opening of are movie. To add this effect we will edit it in when we have finished all are filiming we are not sure we will be able to add this effect due to the editing equipment. (Lee Ervine and Jack Ware)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm4YTs_Mr5M&feature=related