Evaluation task one
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The document provides screenshots and analysis of shots from a student film opening for a psychological thriller. It summarizes that dark lighting is used throughout to create tension. Quick cuts were used at the beginning to build suspense. Close ups and mid shots of the main character were included to help audiences relate to her vulnerable state in a nightmare scene. Similar shots from the psychological thriller film "Insomnia" are shown for comparison.
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The survey results showed that more female students aged 16-18 with part-time jobs watch music videos than males. Pink and Bruno Mars were favorite pop artists. Narrative music videos featuring stories were preferred. Most audience members use YouTube converters to purchase music, though some prefer iTunes for quality. Social media does not generally influence music tastes, but can help discover independent artists. The task helped establish the target audience which will inform creating a Voki and rate card, and later evaluating the music video's audience.
Conventions of a psychological thriller
Conventions of a psychological thrillerKatieDring123
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Psychological thrillers commonly use certain conventions in their mise-en-scene, sound, and camera work/editing to build tension and suspense. Settings are often in cities or confined indoor spaces like houses or offices to limit characters. Costuming typically features the antagonist in dark, smart clothes while the protagonist wears brighter colors. Low lighting, mirrors as props, and non-diegetic high tension music or silence are employed. Quick editing, mid shots and close ups are used to show characters' emotions and relate tension. Flashbacks provide backstory while fast pacing keeps audiences on edge.Evaluation target audiences
Evaluation target audiencesKatieDring123
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Shannon O'Conner, a 17-year-old student who enjoys psychological thriller films, was shown the opening clip for a new film. She said that she enjoyed the clip and thought it effectively built suspense through tense music. While initially confused by the storyline, she felt it fit the psychological thriller genre once a nightmare scene introduced a character struggling with a mental problem. Shannon praised the actor's performance, and said she wants to see the rest of the film and would watch it in theaters.Evaluation task 3 new
Evaluation task 3 newKatieDring123
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The group researched psychological thriller films and found that Warner Brothers was a common major distributor. Warner Brothers had distributed successful psychological thrillers like The Orphan and Copycat. The group decided Warner Brothers would be the best choice to distribute their film because films they distributed had large budgets and earned close to double their budgets. A large budget would allow for better production quality and marketing. Warner Brothers' experience distributing similar films would also help the group make a memorable and effective film. Choosing a major well-known distributor like Warner Brothers would help publicize and promote the film, increasing the chances of success and profit.Evaluation task 3 new
Evaluation task 3 newKatieDring123
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The group researched psychological thriller films and found that Warner Brothers was a common major distributor. Warner Brothers had distributed successful psychological thrillers like The Orphan and Copycat. The group decided Warner Brothers would be the best choice to distribute their film because films they distributed had large budgets and earned close to double their budgets. A large budget would allow for better production quality and marketing. Warner Brothers' experience distributing similar films would also help the group make a memorable and effective film. Choosing a major well-known distributor like Warner Brothers would help publicize and promote the film, increasing the chances of success and profit.Evaluation task 3 new
Evaluation task 3 newKatieDring123
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Warner Brothers would be the best distributor for the film because they have successfully distributed many psychological thriller films in the past with large budgets. Their experience distributing films in this genre would help the film succeed and they have the resources to promote the film widely in theaters. Choosing a major distributor like Warner Brothers over a small independent one would give the film a better chance of being shown in cinemas rather than just released online or straight to DVD.Costume Plan
Costume PlanKatieDring123
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The document provides costume plans for the protagonist and antagonist characters as well as a nighttime/bedroom scene. It outlines different costume options to distinguish the main characters and convey their roles to viewers through their appearance for a key scene taking place at night in a bedroom.Costume ideas
Costume ideasKatieDring123
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The document provides costume plans for 3 elements: the protagonist, antagonist, and a night-time/bedroom scene. It breaks down costume ideas into categories to develop characters and set the tone for a pivotal scene.Black swan 2
Black swan 2KatieDring123
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The document discusses the genre of thriller films and the group's choice to create a thriller film opening. It mentions that while they selected the thriller genre, they still needed to decide on a specific sub-genre. It also states that they will first research two basic conventions found in all thriller films.Black swan
Black swanKatieDring123
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The group chose to do a thriller film and decided to research the basic conventions of the thriller genre. They specifically looked at the film Black Swan to analyze its opening scene. The analysis describes the opening scene which starts with credits over a black background with ominous music. It then shows a ballerina dancing on a lit stage with contrasting dark background. The scene cuts between shots of her feet and body as she dances to the music. A male dancer then joins and seems to stalk her as the music becomes more tense. They engage in a dramatic dance before he leaves her alone on the stage.Black swan
Black swanKatieDring123
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The group chose to do a thriller film and decided to research the basic conventions of the thriller genre. They specifically looked at the film Black Swan to analyze its opening scene. The analysis describes the opening scene which starts with credits over a black background with ominous music. It then shows a ballerina dancing on a lit stage with contrasting dark background. The scene cuts between shots of her feet and body as she dances to the music. A male dancer then joins and seems to stalk her, putting her in a vulnerable position. Their dance becomes more dramatic and fast-paced. The male dancer then leaves and she is left dancing alone, showing her as the dominant one. The next scene shows the main character waking from thisThriller
ThrillerKatieDring123
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The group chose to do a thriller film and decided to research the basic conventions of the thriller genre. They specifically looked at the film Black Swan to analyze its opening scene. The analysis describes the opening scene which starts with credits over a black background with ominous music. It then shows a ballerina dancing on a lit stage with contrasting dark background. The scene cuts between shots of her feet and body as she dances to the music. A male dancer then joins and seems to stalk her as the music becomes more tense. They engage in a dramatic dance before he leaves her alone on the stage. The next scene shows the main character waking from this dream.Evaluation task one
- 2. Screen Shots from our two minute film opening.
- 3. Here are some screen shots from our two minute film opening. From these screen shots we can see that dark lighting is used continuously throughout the whole clip. This shows that as a group we’ve looked back at our blogs and re-read our research on what our target audiences thought made a good psychological thriller. The dark lighting creates a tense and mysterious atmosphere making the audience feel uptight. This provides the audience with an adrenalin rush which therefore provides them with entertainment and a sense of escapism. When we re-read the survey answers back, we saw that most of our audience thought that fast paced editing/cut is needed at the start of a psychological thriller. Therefore as a group we decided it would be best to edit our film with quick cuts as it would create suspense and make our audience feel on edge. Also when looking back on our research of an analysis of a psychological thriller, we saw that they also used quick paced cuts, which means that this editing type must be very common within psychological thriller films. As you can see most of our shots are either close ups or mid-shots. This is because our research on what the ‘typical’ conventions of a psychological thriller are, show these shot types were the most popular. This is because they allow the audience to connect with the main character, as the close proximity of the character helps the audience relate to their situation.
- 4. Here are some examples of some similar shots that exist in actual films. The screen shots are from the film ‘Insomnia’ Similar exciting films These shots are almost identical, except our shots have been interpreted in a different and unique way. The close up shot of our actress Jess’ face is the first time the audience establish her as a character. She is having a nightmare and is represented as a weak and vulnerable woman . This is a traditional representation of a woman. This shot makes the audience feel empathy toward the character. This is being achieved by the camera being positioned higher than the actress, which makes her look small and helpless. Our actress Jess is wearing a white t-shirt which suggests to the audience that she is the protagonist, as the colour white is normally seen as being a good and pure colour. An exciting psychological thriller film that has used similar shot types as ours is the film ‘Insomnia’ which was released in 2002. This film is about two Los Angeles homicide detectives who are dispatched to a northern town where they investigate the murder of a local teen.