Camera Shots in a thriller film ( SE7EN )

Camera Shots ( Research )

CLOSE UP SHOT

Close up shots are used to show an object in great detail so it blurs the background around the image. In films such as the thriller genre it is used to get close to the actors so that the audience feel almost involved in what is happening, showing the emotions of the actors at the same time. Like in this scene in the film Se7en after D.t Mills's wife has been murdered we can see his emotions.





EXTREME LONG SHOT

This  shot shows the whole setting from a distance, it could be used to show a full scene or an actors full body.

MEDIUM SHOT

A medium shots are usually from the targets head down to his or her torso. This type of shot is often used in magazines







LOW ANGLED SHOT

This shot makes the characters involved appear in charge and intimidating as they are looking down on the audience.


TWO SHOT



Two shots are mostly used in TV dramas were it shows friends side by side. It can also be used to show relationships. However the main purpose of this shot is for the audience to see what sort of relationship the characters have between them.




POINT OF VIEW ( POV )
This shows the view point of an actor. When this shot is used in films you can usually see the actors feet or hands, so the audience can straight away identify what sort of shot it is. In films this shot is used to show someone's eyesight as blurry, if they are becoming incurious.


OVER THE SHOULDER

This shot is taken from behind a subject to see someone else. It is sometimes used in dramas to show someone's facial expression and realism. It is more commonly used for when two people are having a conversation.

Location

Our filming locations will include the following:

• A camera shot of Oakwood street ( Raynes Park )
• Second Scene in a house ( Raynes  Park )

The rest of film will be shot near malden where the dark woods setting and some at Raynes Park station where we will need the busy atmosphere. We are aslo going to take images of the locations to use in the planning then analyse them to see where exactly would be the pefect spot to film our thriller.

Lighting Research ( Example )

Yellow is a bright colour which connotates sunshine and happiness giving the events, however in thriller films such as The Dark Knight yellow lighting brights up the darkness, making the events unclear and making the audience fear what will happen. The contrast of the colour yellow interestingly tricks the audience and gives two contrasting connotations.

 

 

 

 

 

Lighting

The lighting in several conventional thriller films is dark or has a blue tint, we are going to use this convention as these dark colours represent the mystery and tense events that usually occur in these types of films, setting the target audience on the edge. Since most thriller films tend to have this dark lighting with a blue tinted effect, we are going to use the blue effect lighting to represent coldness which gives a negative feeling while It helps to build tension the same way the dark lighting will do.

Graphic Intro ( Production Name )

This is the screenshot of the graprhic intro for our film company. We went with four³ or fourcubed as there are four members working in the group and we have our boxs or cubes open, by that this means that we are letting the ideas flow or even thinking outside the our box. We choose the background because it is dark and grungy and the chose of colours were bright and colourful because we want to change the conventions of the dark films with our own colours.

Synopsis

Amnesty is about a Protagonist's who see's his  parents dead and when he finds out who killed his mother and father he begins to hunt the murderers down. As a one man army with only two weapons representing his deceased mother and father, he takes out the 2 henchmen and then takes out the 3rd one but is stopped by the final guard is left for dead so close to killing his parents murderer.

Film Proposal

• Production name: Four3 (Four Cubed)

• Film title- Amnesty

• Genre- Action thriller

• Age- 12+

• Film Plot- The plot explores the idea of revenge since as the main character tries to avenge his parents death, buy tracking down the murderers.

Sound

Analysing several thriller films I found out that they use sounds/music to deliver  thriller conventions to the audience. For example in the thriller film 'Se7en' orchestral music is used to raise both suspense and intense to the audience. This is Non - Diegetic music meaning it is edited to be in the film. Using Non - Diegetic music has a lot positive feedback from the audience, however choosing the right one can be a very difficult task since many films go to fail by using the wrong type of non - diegetic music to go with their film. This is why for our film we are going to use a few  Non - diegetic music and sounds, most of the film's sounds will be diegetic which is music and sounds that comes withing the film itself. The reason we are not going to use a lot of Non - Diegetic sounds is picking out the right type maybe time consuming for us and the music may not be the perfect fit.

Story Board

This is one of our story boards, showing some of the ideas we have so far. It shows each scene and what camera shots we're going to use for the specific scene. So far the name is "Nightmare on Oakwood St." since the street we are going to film is called Oakwood. However the story board is due to change as this is not our final draft.

Conclusions

This shows the conclusions I came to after doing the thriller research and how it was useful to me.

An Example of Propp's Character Theory

Propp's Character Theory

Todorov's Narrative Theory

Analysis of similar products

Looked at a thriller film and analysed it to help me understand the genre furthermore.

Thriller Target Audience

Thriller Conventions

Brief

A brief to the thriller research and task.

Thriller Research

This is title page to my thriller research, which will give me and the rest of the group how thrillers are made, what's the target audience etc

Introduction

This a an introduction to my blog, featuring our task which is to create a 2 minutes opening to a thriller film.This blog will show the research into the thriller genre, such as the conventions, camera shots, analysis of similar products, sounds, lighting and relevant theories such as the Propp's character theory and Todorov's narative theory. Our film plan will also feature on this blog, showing what shots we are going to use in the thriller opening and what characters are going to be in it. After finishing reasearching planning with final ideas, as a group we will begin filming the two minutes opening to our thriller film.