Shake and Bake Produtions Questionnaire
We have divised a series of questions to help us find out what are the best aspects of thrillers we can use for are opening film. In lesson we were given a hand out about collecting primary data, this hand out gave us ideas ranging from questions such as open ended or closed. Also how to administrate either from structured interviews, unstructured or semi structured. We drafted are questionnaire couple of times to create the right questions we needed to give us a good understanding of people's views on thrillers. Once we had the the final draft we piloted six out to other students in are class, we received positive feedback and constructive criticism such as the wording of a question and spelling. We have handed out twenty questionnaires containing nine questions ranging from the gender to there favourite thriller. This is what we found. (Jack Ware and Tommy Guiver)
Every one gave their opininon on their favourite thriller movie and the results we for this question varied from the likes of 'Taxi Driver' to 'The dark Knight' we have come to the conclusion that the age of the person filling in the questionnaire has a link with how modern their favourite thriller was. (Harry Newsome and Lee Ervine)
The character types that people would expect to see in a thriller film also varied, but the majority of people would expect an anti-hero and a detective. Another question that was in our questionnaire was 'would a violent opening scene put you off a thriller film?' The majority of answers that we got for this question was 'no' a violent opening scene would not put the viewer off the movie. This result is what we were hoping for because we wanted a fairly violent opening scene to our movie. (Harry Newsome and Lee Ervine)
We also asked our audience which type of setting they would prefer to see in our thriller, we asked them this question because we were indecisive on where to set our opening, the results came in that most people would prefer a more isolated setting, so therefore we have decided to set our opening in a desolate isolated setting. (Harry Newsome and Lee Ervine)
Another key aspect of thriller movies is the music, this varied from slow tension to fast beat sounds. Once again we were indecisive in the type of music to use, so we asked the question in our questionnaire 'What music would you expect to be in a thriller?' The results we found were mostly tension music, yet we are still indecisive on what style to use. (Harry Newsome and Lee Ervine)
Our results that we recieved have helped us improve and build on our initial ideas and have also contributed to our storyboarding. (Harry Newsome and Lee Ervine)
Friday, 23 October 2009
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
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
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
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)