Our opening sequence

Evaluation Question

Health and safety

During filming we all took health and safety very strongly before we started anything. Some of these included making sure there was no tripping hazards.
Some of the things that we did are as follows:

• Tripods - Every time we as a group went out to film in the public or in the school domain, we always, made sure that the tripod wasn't dangerous to anyone. By this I mean that we all made sure that the tripod wasn't able to be tripped over or hit anybody when being moved. 
•   When we were deciding where to film our scenes, we all decided to only go where we though it would be safe to film. This was vital because we didn't want to have any injuries caused on set or in filming. When we chose the locations based on safety, we made sure when we got their we stuck to protocol and made sure people could easily get round us if they needed to and that they would also not be put at harm by our filming equipment. This also included us.
• Slipping - When on set sometimes it was slippery. To stop this as a hazard and risk to our safety, we all made sure that everybody working on set would be wearing sensible footwear/shoes. This was taken in mind when we came to thinking about the mise-en-scene department of pre-production.

Audience Feedback

Rough Cut audience feedback

In all of these sheets the audience had 3 questions each to ask us about the opening sequence. Some of these included questions like:

Why does the hitman threaten someone in the underpass and who is this person ?

The simple answers to these asked questions are that the person who is being threatened by the hitman is a person that was involved with the hitman in the past.

As to why the hitman is threatening him. This is because as the hitman walks past him, the stranger goes on to threaten the hitman. We chose for this to happen because the hitman's mind is a very unstable one, he could snap at any moment.  

If we made this as a full film we would have to make sure that to ensure these questions not being asked again, we would give the stranger a bigger role and explain his character a bit more.

rough cut OS

Storyboard

Planning for storyboard

Kareem and Alex planning he storyboard. Taken by Luke.

audience interviews

What would you expect to happen in the film? 

Hacker should play with the hitman's mind as he tries to track him down.

What type of scenes and shots would you expect in the opening sequence?

Hacker should stay completely anonymous. There should be subtle ways to hide the hackers face. Also lots of close ups.

What costumes would you expect?

Hacker should wear fairly normal clothes and the hitman should have a trench coat and maybe sunglasses.

From these interviews we have learnt many things. One of these were what the audience members thought the acting style should be for both characters. We will now make sure that all characters will be acting in the way that the audience want them to. 

The other thing we got the audience's feedback on was the props they thought we needed. These included a gun and computer, with this we will make that we used both of these props in the OS.

Iconic sound effect that we will also be using in our OS

Video of planning for storyboard

Our props and their analysis

Collage and Mood Board of Thrillers

Font of titles analysis

When a thriller film is made they must all have different types of font in their film and the font in the film must more importantly match what the film is suggesting.
Here are some examples of fonts in different films.

 In Shutter Island, the opening credits are designed in a bold flashing font to try and generate a type of fear factor to the audience. The font is also in a bloody red colour, meaning the font may be relating to a feature in the film.

However in the opening titles of Se7en, the titles are designed to look very flashy and sketchy. This is because the font and writing in the opening sequence is never still which is also a lot of the time the same case in Shutter Island, this suggests that both films are going to have a twisted storyline and plot.

History of our film Genre

The Crime thriller film Genre is one of the most successful in the film industry. One of the most common reasons for this is that Thrillers generally keep the audience on the edge of their seats as plot builds towards a climax. Here are some other reasons why people watch thrillers.

1.) Tension which causes your heart to quicken and you become more alert.
2.) Being able to experience danger without actually being in danger. 3.) The unknown aspect of most thrillers is quite exciting. 4.) Often you feel a bond with the characters more. Than say you would a comedy movie.5.) Action, suspense, anxiety, drama all of these things are hard to turn away from.6.) Often (not always) they have complex story lines and can be challenging to follow, so as a viewer you are always guessing what is going to happen next.7.) Usually have clever endings that maybe you didn't see coming. If I don't figure out the ending of a movie before I am halfway thru especially right up to the end that's great and often times. Thrillers will have such endings. 8.) Often thrillers are about subject matters the average person would never experience so that is or can be exciting to watch.

Some examples of other Crime thrillers are, No Country for Old Men, The Usual Subjects and The Long Good Friday. 

Representations of characters- Kareem Lyew-Sang

This is a screenshot from the opening scene of the dark knight (2008) of the joker played by Heath ledger. Here the joker is made to look abnormal, strange and insane to the audience. This is shown in the scene through the use of hair and make up. For example the black around his eyes adds a scene of darkness to his character and makes look more menacing if you look him in the eyes. Also the use of the red on his lips and over his scares as emphasis to the area on his face making the audience look and wonder why he has those scares. His hair also helps to do this as it is not pampered and looks messy and dirty which adds to the unhinged look also the green hair linking with the idea of clowns which links to his name as the joker. In this scene it is a close up of the jokers face which makes you really focus on how crazy he is.

>

This is a screenshot of the banker that chooses to retaliate against the robbers. Here he is shown to be upper class and high up in his job through the clothing and is also shown to be someone who is willing to fight back. For example his suit is clean and looks as if it has been ironed which tells the audience that he is high up in his job and is a upper class citizen. He is positioned in the centre of the screen as if he is demanding attention from the audience and from the robbers in the room. Also the use of the shotgun suggests that he is ready to commit violent acts in order to protect what he owns. 

This is a screen shot of a pair of robbers who are apart of the crew of robbers that are robbing the bank. They are shown as average robbers in the way they are dressed and the way they act but the mask on their faces gives of a commical effect. Also the way they are positioned suggests that the robber behind has another agenda also the way his arm is raised ready as if he is about to the other robber. 

Brief

In AS media studies we have to create a a preliminary exercise. This is a continuity task which has filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting own in a chair opposite to another character. This person also exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task is made to demonstrate the match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Costume analysis Kareem Lyew-sang

This is a screenshot is of joker from the dark knight. This screenshot shows the sub genre as it shows the joker in criminal/anarchist type clothing. You can clearly see that he is the criminal by the dark clothing, dirty clothing that gives him a criminal look. In this case the criminal is more of anarchist so he stands out from the crowd with his colours.(use of purple and greens) This screenshot helps the narrative as this is early in the film. So it is a time show the joker personality and what he is about to the audience. The costume is a important part of that. This screenshot is creative because it shows the joker entering a room of mobsters with no care. The use of the purple and green suit and him walking into a grey area makes him stand out. Which says something about his personality.

 

 

 

 

This screenshot shows the sub genre of crime as it shows the criminal against the protagonist. The use of tattoos on the criminal shows the audience that he is a criminal also the use of the gun is a key prop in most crime thrillers. This screenshot helps the narrative as it shows that the protagonist is in combat with a potential high ranking criminal. The fact the criminal is not completely clothed suggests that he was perhaps relaxing before the protagonist entered and there for must be higher ranking as normally low rankers have to dress a certain way if hired. Also the protagonist is in dark colours which suggest he just infiltrated the area also the blood on the clothing shows that they have been in combat. This screenshot is creative as it shows a clear distinction between the two characters with the protagonist in all black and completely clothed and the criminal shirt less with an unbutton shirt and tattoos making him seem like scum. Making the audience dislike him. This could be used in are Opening sequence to have a clear separation of good and bad. The all black clothing would be useful for the assassin to seem as if he wants to go unnoticed.

This screenshot shows the sub genre of crime as it shows the character in a integration room and he has a suit and tie which comes quite common in crime thrillers. This screenshot helps the narrative as it shows that the character in question is not bothered by the fact he is interrogated and seems completely innocent. For example his clothes seem smart and completely clean suggesting he has not been involved in anything. I feel like this screenshot is creative because to someone who has not watched the full film it hides all sense of guiltiness from the character in the way he is dressed down to his expressions.

 

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.

 

Planning For Storyboard