Locations- Kareem Lyew-Sang

This location would work for our opening sequence as it could be seen as a dodgy area in which the assassin might have to go to find a target. It links to our sub genre (crime thriller) because it looks like a location crime may be committed such as drug deals. Creatively I think it would work thanks to the graffiti displayed on the walls which would and a dark and gritty feel to the opening sequence.

 

This area would work for our opening sequence because it its a dark and secluded area where the assassin may want to bring a target to kill them. It links to the crime thriller sub genre as it has a dark effect like you see in most crime thrillers.

 

Different types of thriller films with there directors and filming locations - Alex Fox

Shutter Island is a thriller film starring Leonardo DI Caprio that was released in 2010.  It used many different locations for filming around the USA and had a large budget for creation. Some of the following locations were used to film the film:

Peddocks Island, USA

USA Acadia National Park, USA

Medield State Hospital, USA 

Boston, USA 

Whittenton Mills, USA

Nahant, USA

Hull, USA 

Hyde Park, USA

The film had a budget of $80,000,000 and entered the box office as one of the most watched films for its opening weekend. The film was produced by paramount pictures, Phoenix Pictures and Sikelia productions and was directed by Martin Scorsese.

Another thriller film is Jason Bourne (2016). This film is the most recognisable out of all three of these films, the film made the most money and used the most money to be created. However this film used many different locations to be filmed by the production team. Some of these were the following:

Santa Cruz, Spain

Las Vagas, USA

Berlin, Germany

Iceland

London, England

Rome, Italy

In the Box office the film was very successful because the film made one of the biggest profits on record. The film was given a $120,000,000 budget and was produced by Captivate Entertainment, Double Negative, Kennedy/Marshall Company, the Pearl Street Films and Universal pictures.  

No country for old men is a thriller film that was released in 2007 staring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin and was based on the novel created by Cormac McCarthy. The film had many different filming locations such as:

 Marfa, Texas, USA

Desert Sands Motel USA

Las Vagas, USA

Big Bend National Park, USA

Albuquerque, USA

El Camino Motel & Restaurant, USA

 In the box office the film was not as successful as was hoped as the film only made just over $1,000,000. However the budget of the film was not as much as others but was still a good size of $25,000,000.

The film was created and produced by Paramount Vantage, Mirimax and Scott Rudin Productions, the film was also directed by Ethan Coen.

Directors

·         David Fincher ·        Christopher Nolan ·         Alfred Hitchcock ·         Ethan Coen ·         Quentin Tarantino ·         David Lynch ·         Roman Polanski ·         Martin Scorsese

                   

·         Warner Bros ·         Universal pictures ·         Paramount pictures and vantage ·         Lionsgate ·         New line cinema ·         Miramax ·         Legendary Pictures

locations-Luke Burnip

 I think that this picture would work for our opening sequence because in the dark scene that is shown above. In this lighting it would be easy to establish a character and at the same time keep the genre at the same time. An arch like this would make it easier for the audience to see the full view of the character in a long shot. This would give the character a good opening and it fits the genre which is what people of our target audience would want in a film. I think that this would work creatively because it is generic of a thriller to have the character walking in such a dramatic place.

 I think that this place would be good to be used a reveal for a the character. Alternatively it can be used as a sort of alleyway that the character can walk through when there is a build up to something. I think that this would appeal to our target audience as the location provides suspense as you know that he is walking in too.

Finally, this spot could be used as a meeting ground between the hacker and the hitman. It would give the opening a certain mystery to it as to what the two characters do. I think that it is vital that they are together to push the plot forward and this is how it will attract the audience because it's scenes set in places like these that give the opening a sense of enigma.

Sub genre photos-Kareem Lyew-Sang

This is medium shot and the shot shows the thriller sub-genre of gangsta thriller. We feel this shot shows the sub genres of gangsta thriller through the use of the hooded jacket in the use of hoods is fairly common in the gangsta thriller sub-genre as it shows that someone has something to hide. What I felt could have been done better with this shot is to have a clearer background and what I felt went well is that the shot shows the subject it's trying to portray very well.

















This a long shot that shows the horror thriller sub-genre. The reason why we feel this shows horror thriller is due to the use of the hand rising out of the bushes because shots like this are used very often in horror thriller. Also the fact you can only see the hand helps to insight fear of what is behind the bushes. What we could have done better is zoom out more to show that it is a long shot. What we felt went well is the use of the hand to portray the horror thriller sub-genre.