AS Media Coursework: Research & Planning

History Of A Thriller Genre

History of a Thriller Genre has many essential aspects which make the genre a “Thriller’, it must explore certain aspects which is: Intrigue, Suspense, with added potential for derring-do spectacle. The meaning of thriller is is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense , tension and excitement as the main elements. The aim for thrillers is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. The protagonist in these films is set against a problem – an escape, a mission, or a mystery. No matter what sub-genre a thriller film falls into, it will emphasize the danger that the protagonist faces.

The first ever thriller film was dated back in 1844, “The Count of Monte Cristo” which is about a man named Edmond Dantès who is betrayed by his friends and sent to languish in the notorious Chateau d’lf. His only friend is an old man who teaches him everything from philosophy to mathematics to swordplay. Just before the old man dies, he reveals to Dantès the secret location of a great treasure. Shortly after, Dantès engineers a daring escape and uses the treasure to reinvent himself as the Count of Monte Cristo. Thirsting for vengeance, he sets out to punish those who destroyed his life. (This was taken from wikipedia)

In this present time thrillers are completely different from the early 19th Century.

As now the advantage of CGI and advanced technology and script writing has made thriller genre films more thriller like, where as before the film and the equipment was fairly basic. An example of a more advanced thriller film is The Transporter which was Directed by Louis and Corey Yuen, Produced by - Luc Besson and Stephen Chasman, Writen by - Luc and Robert Mark Kamen, Starring - Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, Francois Berleand.

Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is a highly skilled driver known only as "The Transporter." The titular character is a former Special Forces officer who, disillusioned with his former leadership and tortured by the memories of his past, now lives on the French Mediterranean coastline with a lucrative "backup" career.

He will transport anything, no questions asked, from Point A to Point B, always on time, and he is known as the best in the business. He strictly follows three rules when transporting: Rule #1: "No new deals, when it's a deal, it's a deal", Rule #2: "No names", and Rule #3: "Don't open the package". October 2, 2002 (France) October 11, 2002 (United States) This a action/thriller film which means its a sub genre, meaning that two genres combine together to produce

In more recent years, thrillers have been changed and the audience have now interpretated it different, than in the 90's. The aspects of Thriller's vary, one key point is the sound. Known as iconic sounds. The sound of Thriller genre's are so significant in a sense that it can either make or break a film. Depending on the scenario and story line. Thriller music tracks are usually very repetitve and have a occuring sound played. When the tension builds the sound track becomes more fast paced. It has a constant sound to it.

Here is a time line of thriller films From 1931 - 2000:

The Lodger
26 Sep 1926

Alfred Hitchcock's silent film 'The Lodger' was the first of its kind and helped to shape the modern day thriller genre.

M
26 Sep 1931

M was a german drama-thriller directed by Fritz Lang, it was Lang's first sound film and became a classic.

26 Sep 1944

Directed by George Cukor, Gaslight was a psychological thriller that featured a scheming husband plotting to make his innocent young wife go insane, in order to acquire her inheritance.

The Spiral Staircase
26 Sep 1946

The Spiral Staircase was a psychological thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak, based on Ethel Lina White's novel Some Must Watch.

Strangers on a train
26 Sep 1951

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Strangers on a train is about two train passengers: tennis pro Guy and Bruno who staged a battle of wits and traded murders with each other.`Touch of Evil
26 Sep 1958

Touch of Evil is a American crime thriller film, written, directed by, and co-starring Orson Welles. The screenplay was loosely based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson. Touch of Evil is one of the last examples of film noir in the genre's classic era.Psycho
26 Sep 1960

Psycho initially received mixed reviews, but outstanding box office returns prompted a re-review which was overwhelmingly positive and led to four Academy Award nominations. Psycho is now considered one of Hitchcock's best films and is highly praised as a work of cinematic art by international critics. The film is often categorized by multiple sources as a drama, horror, mystery and thriller film.

Frenzy
27 Sep 1972

Frenzy is a 1972 British thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. Frenzy was iconic for being a violent and explicit and recieved an R rating.

Dead Calm
27 Sep 1989

Directed by Phillip Noyce, this psychological thriller had elements of obsession and trapped protagonists who must find a way to escape the clutches of the villain - these devices influenced a number of thrillers in the following years, the early 90's.

The Silence of the Lambs
27 Sep 1991

The Silence of the Lambs was a sleeper hit that gradually gained widespread success. Roger Ebert specifically mentioned the "terrifying qualities" of Hannibal Lecter,and has since recognized the film as a "horror masterpiece", alongside such classics as Nosferatu, Psycho, and Halloween. Directed by Jonathon Demme, he film blends elements of crime and horror genres.

Memento
27 Sep 2000

Memento is a 2000 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan and was met with near universal critical acclaim.

Peoples' expectations of a Thriller Genre

I also got the chance to watch the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock 'North by Northwest' in my media class. The film has a complex narrative as if a audience was to miss a part or section of the film, then it would be very hard for the audience to understand the narrative or plot of the film. The film is about a man called Roger Thornhill who is mistaken for "George Kaplan" by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive and to clear his name. I personally think this is one of the most dramatic and notable films of the Thriller genre's era, taken from wikipedia

also got the privilege to watch the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock 'North by Northwest' in my media class. The film has a complex narrative as if a audience was to miss a part or section of the film, then it would be very hard for the audience to understand the narrative or plot of the film. The film is about a man called Roger Thornhill who is mistaken for "George Kaplan" by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive and to clear his name. I personally think this is one of the most dramatic and notable films of the Thriller genre's era.

I watched the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock 'North by Northwest' in during my media class. The film has a complex narrative as if a audience was to miss a part or section of the film, then it would be very hard for the audience to understand the narrative or plot of the film. The film is about a man called Roger Thornhill who is mistaken for "George Kaplan" by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive and to clear his name. I personally think this is one of the most dramatic and notable films of the Thriller genre's era.

In this more modern and recent era, thriller films have developed and become more ‘spine tingling’ and can be combined with other genres, which is a hybrid of (Thriller and Comdey) as we see in the 2009 the Thriller film - Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz and Melanie Laurent. The film tells the fictional story of two plots to assassinate the Nazi Germany political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietor (Laurent), and the other by a team of Jewish-American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt).

My personal expectations of a Thriller Genre

For me personally I expect 3 things from a thriller genre:

1.) A thriller genre must have a mysterious sound track when a certain plot will start and give the audience the sense of mystery. This is an important aspect as this allows the film to make an significant progression into the 'thriller genre' and therefore can lead to suspense and other thriller emotions gained by the audience.

2.) Secondly, I expect a thriller genre to have a complex narrative, one in which keeps the audience creating their own enigmas (questions). This is a beneficial aspect for any director, as it allows the audience to have their own thoughts and opinions on the film and allows their minds to explore, and think of the outcome or alternative outcome. as if potential audience can't guess or speculate the narrative so the audience must see it to know what the narrative is about. I also outlined a film that has a complex narrative above (called North by Northwest).

3.) Thirdly and finally, I expect a thriller genre to not give the story away. In other words to keep the audience interested and stuck to their seats, rather than the story being told. Which most film makers have done in this modern day by saving some story for a sequel, for example Kill Bill volume 2 a sequel of Kill Bill volume 1. An example of a film which does not give its story away is also shown above (Inglorious Basterds).

Iconography collage of a Thriller Genre

After studying thriller films in general and also looking at typical features and the iconography you'll find in a film of that particular genre. I have put together a collage of visual images that represent a Thriller genre. Some of the visual images have been taken from some famous or notable thriller films (over the years).

Iconic Sounds connected with genre

Iconic sounds is sounds that make a film have the presence of a thriller genre. The films Jaws and Physco have the use of iconic sounds and are know worldwide. The sounds have the mysterious and dangerous sounds to give the presence of a thriller.

Iconic sounds usually start with a very distinctive noise/sound that the audience instantly recognises. It is usually a slam in a door or a loud bang. It then progresses into a quite sound, or a piece of music being played in the background. Quite often the piece of music sounds like someone is running away from something, maybe from someone as this is a common convention from a thriller film. It gives the audience the idea that something negative wis about to happen or has already progressed, but the character is trying to get away. Eventually the music will slow down, but has sudden noises which may make it seems like the character could be trying to hide. The music usually picks the beat up, slowly though, and we as the audience can just hear certain sounds such as: breathing, dripping water or footsteps.

However, some pieces of music that are used are quiet pieces which are soothing but they have a beat to them and the beat is consistent throughout that whole piece of music. This type of music can have the opposite effect and the audience may feel as everything is very suttle and relaxed and if something that makes the audience jump from shock, The music therefore may pick up this freight as the audience were not expecting it.

Thriller Films - Title Analysis - Scheme of work (Log)

•Vertigo

•Jaws

•Children of men

•Panic Room

•Se7en

Above is the Thriller films, my media teacher told the class we had to analysis, by loooking at the opening credits/title sequences. Once done, upload it onto the blog. This is because in analysing these 5 thriller films it will give the class creative ideas on: producing, editing and directing their own opening thriller film (for the main task).

Below is the set of questions that my media teacher gave the class. As a aid to analysis the opening credits:

1.)State the production and distribution companies. How are they introduced? What purpose do they serve at the start of a film

2.) 2.)List the information that is included in the title sequence:

3.) 3.)Where exactly is the film’s title placed? Beginning, middle or end of the opening sequence?

4.) Timeline – enter the start and end times of the opening sequence at each end of the line and plot the sequence along the line.

PANIC ROOM

1.)Who is being represented in the opening scene? Are these represnetations postive or negative?

Nobody is being representend in the opening scene, only buildings are shown which may have some influence or emphasises in the film depending on the outcome.

2.)What titles for each opening look like? Does this tell you that it is a thriller genre?

The titles for each opening are very brief they only show a building and then either a characters name/director/staff or a comopany which created the film, for example the first scene is of a long shot of new york and it shows Columbia Pictures presents. It doesn't tell us that it is a thriller as no body is even shown.

3.)Analyse the camera, sound, editing and mise-en-scene. How do these techinal areas make you aware that is the thriller

The camera shots used are all longshots, at the beginning a establishing shot is used to set the scene which is of new york. The editing of the changing of scenes is just a straight cut, however the time spent on one frame is roughly 3-4 seconds. The mise-en-scene is just buildings and eventually we see a ariel shot which shows citizens and vehicles on the ground.

4.)Does the narrative in the opening scence match the conventions of the thriller genre? How?

No it doesn't as the scenes are very oridinary they have no meaning as only buildings are shown which doesn't give us an identity of the genre.

5.)Which production company made the film? How might this influence what appears in the film?

Columbia Productions which is a conglomerate. Since they have a lot of money and power. if they dont like something in the film they can take it out.

6.)What do you think might happen in the rest of the film? Give brief suggestions

I think their will just be a plot, since we know it is a thriller genre most probably there will be a killer or a villian which will be captured near the end.

List the information that is included in the title sequence:

13 secs Columbia Studios

24 secs Columbia Pictures

28 secs Produced By: A Hofflund/Polone Productions

30 secs AN Indelible Pictures

35 secs Film Star: Jodie Foster

40 secs Film Star: Forest Whitaker

42 secs Film Star: Dwight Yoakam

46 secs Film Star: Jared Leto

57 secs Film Star: Kristen Stewart

1.02 secs Film Star: Anne Magnuson

1.02 secs Film Star: Ian Buchanan

1.05 secs Film Star: Patrick Bauchau

1.05 secs Film Star: Paul Schulze

1.09 secs Casting By: Laray Mayfield

1.05 secs Film Star: Michael Klesic

1.14 secs Costume Designer: Michael Kaplan

1.17 secs Music By: Howard Shore

1.21 secs Film Editors: James Editor

1.21 secs Film Editors: Angus Wall

1.26 secs Production Designer: Arthur Max

1.30 secs Directed of Photography: Conrad W.Hall

1.30 secs Directed of Photography: Darius Khondji

1.34 secs Produced By: Gavin Polone

1.34 secs Produced By: Judy Hofflund

1.34 secs Produced By: David Koepp

1.34 secs Produced By: Cean Chaffin

1.39 secs Written By: David Koepp

1.39 secs Directed By: David Fincher

Here is the opening title sequence

Children Of Men

1.)Who is being represented in the opening scene? Are these represnetations positive or negative?

The person that is being represented in the opening scene is a male man, who look's like an ordinary fellow. he seems to be a protoganists and doesn't seem to have any significant features about him. He is wearing formal clothes and looks like and average white male man in their late 30's.

2.)What titles for each opening look like? Does this tell you that it is a thriller gone?

The openings are very suttle but most shots are mid shots and long shots. The lighting is quite dull and the music brings tension towards the film, relating to the conventions of a thriller genre.

3.)Analyse the camera, sound, editing and mise-en-scene. How do these techinal areas make you aware that is the thriller

The camera shots used frequently are mid shots and close ups. The close ups are used on the main character to show his emotions and facial expressions. This can tell a story without us needing to hear a narrative. Mid shots are used to see things within a frame but it is not a long shot. This was used in a store where the main character and about 30 people where packed in the store all above knee height. The sound was suttle not very thriller like but had a few aspects of it, the editing was normal cuts straight to the next scene, which showed how fast paced the film is. Mise-scene-en, in one of the scene's we see vechiles, buildings an explosion, a few citizens and the main character. This technique really emphasises the awarness of this film being a thriller.

4.)Does the narrative in the opening scence match the conventions of the thriller genre? How?

No it doesn't at first as the opening scene is just a room full of people, which can't be assumed to be a thriller genre. However it gruadually leads to one as the narrative describes a child which died, the youngest child alive

5.)Which production company made the film? How might this influence what appears in the film?

At 30 seconds the typography text of ‘Universal Studios’ this allows the audience to come up with their own questions (enigmas). As Universal Studios is famous for its role in the film world. Universal Studios is also a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, which is one of the six major movie studios (Conglomerate) in the film world. This serves a purpose of advertising their production company to the audience.

This gives the audience the impression that the film Juno is going to be interesting as 20^th Century Fox is owned by one of the media conglomerates (News Corporation). This gives Juno the financial backing to do make the production practices of the film good.

Also at 19 seconds the text Strike Entertainment which is an American production company. Strike's films are distributed through Universal Studios. Its first film produced was The Rundown starring The Rock. This also gives the audience an incentive to consume all of the film. This can benefit the films target market as good critics, means more audience.

Thirdly at 30 seconds the text ‘Hit and Run Productions’ appears, which is a movie production house in the UK.

Finally at 34 seconds the text Universal Pictures appears which serves a purpose of promoting the films’ Studio Company involved in the film to create awareness. This has the possibility of increasing good reviews for this film.

Co: Universal Pictures this might influence what appears in the film as they have enough money to change what they may not like in film.

6.)What do you think might happen in the rest of the film? Give brief suggestions

I think the main character may have to elimante the villian who killed the baby, and may have to work with antagonist to get out of trouble to secure he's own life.

List the information that is included in the title sequence:

13 secs Universal Studios

26 secs Produced By: Strike Entertainment

30 secs Produced By: Hit and Run Productions

34 secs Universal Pictures

40 secs Film Star: Michael Caine

44 secs Film Star: Chiwetel Ejiofor

49 secs Film Star: Julianne Moore

50 secs Film Star: Danny Huston

54 secs Film Star: Tehmina Sunny

56 secs Film Star: Peter Mullan

59 secs Film Star: Pam Ferris

1.00 secs Film Star: Clare-Hope Ashitey

1.02 secs Film Star: Kim Fenton

1.05 secs Film Star: Michael Klesic

1.07 secs Film Star: Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi

1.09 secs Film Star: Clive Owen

1.12 secs Film Star: ED Westwick

1.16 secs Based on a Novel By P.D. James

1.20 secs Directed By Alfonso Cuaron

Here is the opeining title sequence for Children Of Men

SEVEN

1) Who is being represented in the opening scene? Are these represnetations postive or negative?

A hand is being represnted in the opening scene, we cannot see the face so this leaves us with a sense of mystery and we find the person to be mysterious, unkown. The representations seems to be negative as the hand has a bandage around the finger, then later on we see a spot of blood drop onto the book that he is going/reading through.

2) What titles for each opening look like? Does this tell you that it is a thriller gone?

The titles for each opening are very dark, lack of light and is very mysterious, leaves us with a sense of the unknown. This does tell us that it is a thriller convention, reason being every time a name of a character or someone to do with the film is shown the back gorund it black, it also has an irrattive look, plus combined with sound, which is quite high pitched and very distrurbing.

3.) Analyse the camera, sound, editing and mise-en-scene. How do these techinal areas make you aware that is the thriller

The camera shots used are close ups on this person hands. He is holding a type of blade and then he starts writing, the main focus is the hands as they have some sort of represetnation for the film. Next a ariel shot is used on a picture of someones hands, this looks very distrubing and signifcantly relates to a thriller convention. The sound is very high pitched, very edgy and high pitched some what disturbing too. For mise-en-scene everything within which is photos of dead bodies, the constantly shown hands. A pen, a book with notes, mechincal equipment and sublimable messages. This does relate to a thriller convention as it bring mystery and disturbing scenes.

4.)Does the narrative in the opening scence match the conventions of the thriller genre? How?

Yes it does as we have a close up on the hands and the picture of the hands used by an ariel shot which builds tension and awarness of it being a thriller genre.

5.)Which production company made the film? How might this influence what appears in the film?

Cecchi Gori Pictures made the film, Since they have a lot of money and power. if they dont like something in the film they can take it out. At 3 seconds the typography text of ‘New Line Cinema’ is shown this allows the audience to come up with their own questions (enigmas). As it’s an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner Bros. This gives the audience the impression that the film Se7en is going to be interesting and the financial backing to make the production practices of the film run efficiently.

Also at 6 seconds the text produced by ‘Arnold Kopelsonwo’ appears who is an American film producer. Among his credits are Platoon, Seven, Outbreak, The Fugitive and The Devil's. This can benefit the films target market as good critics, means more audience.

Finally at 10 seconds the text ‘A Film by David Fincher’ appears which serves a purpose of promoting the films’ director involved in the film to create awareness. This has the possibility of increasing good reviews for this film.

6.)What do you think might happen in the rest of the film? Give brief suggestions

I think someone is going to get killed by the persons hands which was shown, seems to lead to a plot of murder and violence.

3 secs New Line Cinema

6 secs Produced By: Arnold Kopelson

10 secs A Film By: David Fincher

15secs Film Star: Brad Pitt

18 secs Film Star: Morgan Freeman

30 secs Film Star: Gwyneth Paltrow

33 secs Film Star: Richard Roundtree

39 secs Film Star: R. Lee Ermey

42 secs Film Star: John C. McGinley

46 secs Film Star: Julie Araskog

46 secs Film Star: Mark Boone Junior

54 secs Film Star: John Cassini

54 secs Film Star: Reginald E.Cathey

54 secs Film Star: Peter Crombie

58 secs Film Star: Hawthorne James

58 secs Film Star: Michael Massee

58 secs Film Star: Leland Orser

1.04 secs Film Star: Richard Partnow

1.04 secs Film Star: Richard Schiff

1.04 secs Film Star: Pamala Tyson

1.11 secs Casting By: Billy Hopkins

1.11 secs Casting By: Suzanne Smith

Opening credits of SEVEN

VERTIGO

1) Who is being represented in the opening scene? Are these represnetations postive or negative?

In the opening title of Vertigo, a woman is being rpresented. her eyes are opened and look blunt, she looks left then right. Staring into the camera without blinking. When the name of the film comes up, the back ground is red and she looks anxious and nervous. Her emotions are represnted through the sound track, her personality changes depending on the sound. Its a negative stereotypical representation of women as the helpless victim.

2) What titles for each opening look like? Does this tell you that it is a thriller gone?

The titles for this opening does tell us that it is a thriller. The text is bold and white, it stands out from the background and keeps moving about on the screen. The background also has an influence to distinguish it as a thriller. It is effects like spirals that change colour maybe representing mood.

3) Analyse the camera, sound, editing and mise-en-scene. How do these techinal areas make you aware that is the thriller

The camera shot is a close up, the close ups emphasises the facial expression of the woman. Non-digetic sound is also used, as a sound track is played over. The editing is the visual affects such as the change of colours with the spirals. They come out of each other showning a new name everytime. The sound mirrors the woman emotions and is a bit creepy.

4.) Does the narrative in the opening scence match the conventions of the thriller genre? How?

Yes it does show that it is a thriller because it has supicison and mystery

5.) Which production company made the film? How might this influence what appears in the film?

Paramount pictures, this may influence what appears on the film as they have made brilliant films before such as Black Out.

Opening title sequence of Vertigo

JAWS

1) Who is being represented in the opening scene? Are these represnetations postive or negative?

In the opening scene, a shark is being presented but in a 1st person view. Showing it swim through the water, there is a voice of a narrator describing a shark. The representation are negative, as the shark eventually attacks a woman isolated in the sea/lake.

2) What titles for each opening look like? Does this tell you that it is a thriller gone?

The opening title is the word JAWS in bold white captial which stand out from the background. The film stars shown but in ariel text, they dissolve after a few second and another repeatedly shows. It matches the scene as water flows natural and is smiller to a disolving transition. This does show that it is a thriller, even though white is a connotaion of purity and health, it is also a sign of death.

3.) Analyse the camera, sound, editing and mise-en-scene. How do these techinal areas make you aware that is the thriller

At the beginning there is a sound track which is being played, its very thriller like and beings to become faster and more upbeat, like an event will happen which builds tension and affect. Then the sound becomes country music very suttle and slow.The camera is a mid shot and a tracking shot, as it moves to thr right showing everybody within the area. A long shot is then used when the woman jumps into the lake.Which shows how vast the sea is which represents that there might be hidden dangers. Then at the end the boy is sleeping on the beach is a long shot, which shows that Chrissie has not come back out of the sea. She has disappered.

4.)Does the narrative in the opening scence match the conventions of the thriller genre? How?

At first we have got a shot which is a point of view shot, which is possibly from the shark. That builds tension and suspense which is a conventiomn of a thriller film.

5.)Which production company made the film? How might this influence what appears in the film?

Universal studios made it, which is a conglomerate. Since they have a lot of money and power. if they dont like something in the film they can take it out.

6.)What do you think might happen in the rest of the film? Give brief suggestions

The shark is obviously the main character and is a antoganist so i think the shark will kill many victims and then end up killed by someone of power.

List the information that is included in the title sequence:

10 secs Universal Pictures

23 secs Produced by: Richard D. Zanuck & David Brown

27 secs Film Star: Robert Shaw

28 secs Film Star: Roy Schieder

29 secs Film Star: Richard Dreyfuss

39 secs Film Star: Lorraine Gray

45 secs Film Star: Murry Hamilton

46 secs Film Star: Carl Gottlieb

46 secs Film Star: Jeffery C. Kramer

46 secs Film Star: Susan Backlinie

54 secs Music by: John Williams

1.01 secs Director of Photography: Bill Butler

1.08 secs Screenplay by: Carl Gotlieb

1.08 secs Screenplay – Based on a novel by: Peter Benchley

1.20 secs Directed by Steven Spielberg

300 (This Is Sparta!)

1) Who is being represented in the opening scene? Are these represntations postive or negative

There is no certain individual being represented, however there are artistic pictures of the events that pop up on the screen which are quite bloody happen in the film which is know as forshadowing.

2) What titles for each opening look like? Does this tell you that it is a thriller genre?

The titles for each opeining look bloody and are darky. Only the outlines of the pictures are shown which show mystery and supsnense. This therefore those show that it is a thriller. As there is the sense of cliffhangers in the title sequence, the titles shown are in red which is a connation of blood and danger.

3) Analyse the camera, sound, editing and mise-en-scene. How do these techinal areas make you aware that is the thriller

Camera - The camera shots are mid shots, which don't show everything in the frame but is significant as it shows the key frames, such as the killings and supsense.

Sound - The sound is similar to greek music since the film is based around a greek/roman empire. The music is up beat and has chants playing through which show the strength of numbers the men have since its 300 men. The mise-en-scene

4.) Does the narrative in the opening scence match the conventions of the thriller genre? How?

Thriller films tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is villain-driven plot, whereby he or she presents obstacles that the hero must overcome. Therefore I belive that, yes it does show that it is a thriller becauseit shows all the listed above.

have since its 300 men. The mise-en-scene

5.) Which production company made the film? How might this influence what appears in the film?

The production company that made the film is, Warner Bros. Pictures. Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), (formerly AOL Time Warner and branded as TimeWarner) is one of the world's largest mass media corporations with headquarters in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc. and Time Inc., (along with the assets of a third company, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.) form the current Time Warner, with major operations in film, television and publishing. Among its subsidiaries are New Line Cinema, Time In., HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, The CW Television Network, TheWB.com, Warner Bros., Kids' WB, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim, CNN, DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Castle Rock Entertainment. The company used to also have telecommunications assets through Time Warner Cable and AOL, but in 2009, they were spun off from Time Warner into independent companies. taken from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner.

|This shows how big of a conglomerate Warner Bros Pictures is under and therefore can easily promote the film.

6.) What do you think might happen in the rest of the film? Give brief suggestions

I think that in the rest of the film, there will be vilonce and a lot of war. Since the title sequence shows the essence of war and how cruical it is in the film. Therefore it will be shown, also it will be bloody and grusom.

Title sequence

0.07 - Screen Play By - Zack Snyder, a Kurt Johnstad and Michael B.Gordon

0.11 - Based on the graphic novel by - Frank Miller and Lynn Varley

0.14 - Produced By - Gianni Nunnari

0.18 - Produced By - Mark Canton

0.23 - Produced By - Bernie Goldmann, Isffrey Silver

0.28 - Executive Producers - Deborah Snyder, Frank Miller, Craig J. Flores

0.35 - Executive Producers - Thomas Tull, William Fay, Scott Mednick, Benjamin, Waisbren

0.41 - Director Of Photography - Larry Fong

0.46 - Production Designer - James Bissell

0.50 - Edited By - William Hoy, A.C.E

0.55 - Gerard Butler

1.02 - Lena Headey

1.07 - David Wenham

1.12 - And Doeminic West

1.18 - Vincent Regan, Michael Passbender

1.23 - Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin

1.32 - Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro

1.36 - Peter Mensah, Stephen McHattie

1.38 - Casting By - Carrie Hilton, COC

1.42 - Co-Producers - Steve Barnett, Josette Perrotta

1.46 - Costumes Designed By - Michael Wilkinson

1.49 - Music By - Tyler Bates

1.53 - Visual Effects Supervisor - Chris Watts

1.57 - Warner Bros. Pictures - Presentation

2.01 - In Association with - Legendary Pictures

2.07 - And Virtual Studios

2.11 - A Mark Canton / Gianni Nunnari Production

2.15 - A Zack \Snyder Film

Name of film: Juno

1) Who is being represented in the opening scene? Are these represntations postive or negative

The person being represented in the opening scene is Juno, the main character, who is pregant. She is represented in a negative way, show the downside of being pregant, which is having to constantly drink orange juice. She takes a long walk and the title's apear often.

2) What titles for each opening look like? Does this tell you that it is a thriller genre?

The titles for each opening are quite childish, in the sense that they are firstshown a s cartoons and look like a child's programme but then disolved into the actuall title

sequence.

3) Analyse the camera, sound, editing and mise-en-scene. How do these techinal areas make you aware that is the thriller

4.) Does the narrative in the opening scence match the conventions of the thriller genre? How?

5.) Which production company made the film? How might this influence what appears in the film?

6.) What do you think might happen in the rest of the film? Give brief suggestions

State the production and distribution companies. How are they introduced? What purpose do they serve at the start of a film?

At 15 seconds the typography text of ‘Fox Light Pictures Presents’ this allows the audience to come up with their own questions (enigmas). As Fox Light Pictures is a subsidy of 20th Fox which distributed the film ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’. This gives the audience the impression that the film Juno is going to be interesting as 20th Century Fox is owned by one of the media conglomerates (News Corporation). This gives Juno the financial backing to do make the production practices of the film good.

Also at 19 seconds the text A Mandate pictures/ Mr. Mudd Production which was formally an independent film studio. Also co-produced the sequel film ‘Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay’ which also gives the audience an incentive for the audience to consume all of the film.

Finally at 24 seconds the text A Jason Reitman Film appears which serves a purpose of promoting the film director and producer Jason Reitman. Who has directed such films as ‘Up in the Air’ starring George Clooney.

Where exactly is the film’s title placed? Beginning, middle or end of the opening sequence?

The typography texts run throughout the whole sequence from beginning to end. Times From 0.15 to 2.08 in the opening title sequence of this film.

In terms of the placement of the text, it’s varied in positions.

This sequence is a non - conventional way because there's action being played while the titles are being played.

Timeline – enter the start and end times of the opening sequence at each end of the line and plot the sequence along the line.

15 secs Fox Light Pictures Presents

19 secs A Mandate pictures/ Mr. Mudd Production

24 secs A Jason Reitman Film

37 secs Main Film star: ‘Ellen Page’

42 secs Film star: ‘Michael Cera’

48 secs Film Star: ‘Jennifer Garner’

55 secs Film Star: ‘Jason Bateman’

1.01 secs Film Star: ‘Allison Janney’

1.04 secs Film Star: ‘J.K. Simmons’

1.10 secs Film Star: ‘Olivia Thirlby’

1.16 secs Casting by: ‘Mindy Marin’ & ‘Kara Lipson’ - csa.

1.21 secs Costume Designer: ‘Monique Prudhomme’

1.25 secs Music by ‘Mateo’ & Songs By ‘Kimya Dawson’

1.31 secs Music Supervisors: ‘Peter Afterman’ & ‘Margaret Yen’

1.38 secs Co-Producers: ‘Jim Miller’, ‘Kelli Konop’ & ‘Brad Van Arragon’

1.42 secs Film Editor: ‘Dana E. Clauberman’

1.47 secs Production Designer: ‘Steve Saklad’

1.51 secs Director Of Photography: ‘Eric Steelberg’

1.56 secs Executive Producers: ‘Joe Drake’ & ‘Nathan Kamane’ & Dainel Dubiecki

2.04 secs Produced By: ‘Liamme Halfon’ & ‘Join Malkovicn’ & ‘Mason Novick’ & ‘Russell Smith’

2.08 secs Written By: ‘Diablo Cody’

Sherlock Holmes (Analysing Title Sequence)

The films production and distribution companies were Warner Bros. Pictures and Silver Pictures production. It also mentions that it is a Guy Ritchie Film and that it is a Wigramproduction. They are introduced towards the end of the film and are shown in a fancy font on old looking paper which looks like paper that investigators would have wrote on so its giving us a sense of the film already in the way it shows the credits.

In the opening sequence Information is shown of the Director , the writer of the screenplay , the producer and executive producers as well as the co-producers , the director of photography , the production designer and the editor. There is also information shown about the cast as well as the film title " Sherlock Holmes" , the casting team , music producers , costume designers , Visual effects supervisor . Then at the end of the sequence the production and distribution team is mentioned.

Where exactly is the film’s title placed? Beginning, middle or end of the opening sequence?

The film title is placed right in the middle of the opening sequence.

List the information that is included in the title sequence:

0.07- Directed by Guy Ritchie
0.12 - Screenplay by, Michael Robert Johnson and Anthony Peckham and Simon Kinberg
0.17 - Screen Story by Lionel Wigram and Michael Robert Johnson
0.22 - Produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, Dan Lin
0.29 - Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were created by the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and appear in stories and novels by him.
0.34 - Executive producers , Michael Tadross and Bruce Berman
0.39 - Co- producers , Steve Clark - Hall
0.44 - Director of photography , Philippe Rousselot
0.49 - Production designer , Sarah Greenwood
0.54 - Editor , James Herbert
1.00 - Robert Downey Jr.
1.03 - Sherlock Holmes title appears
1.07 - Jude Law
1.12 - Rachel Mcadams

1.16 - Mark Strong

1.19 - Eddie Marsan

1.22 - Kelly Reilly

1.26 - James Fox, Hans Matheson, Geraldine James

1.31 - Casting by Reg poerscout - Edgerton

1.35 - Music Produced by Hans Zimmer and Lorna Balfe, Music by Hans Zimmer

1.42 - Costume designer, Jenny Bearan

1.45 - Visual Effects Supervisor, Chas Jassett

1.50 - A Warner Bros Pictures Presentation

1.54 - In Association with Village Roadshow Pictures

1.57 - A Silver Pictures Production

2.01 - A Wigram Production

2.06 - A Guy Ritchie Film

YouTube documentaries or programmes which give the audience or anyone an insight into thriller genre

Below is Lee Child's views on a thriller. With a special guest appearance on QVC discussing the thriller genre and why he chose it. And are the makings of a successful thriller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX_m2dB2UDs&feature=player_embedded

By watching this film i have learnt the expectations and reactions an audience should get when watching a thriller film.

Initial Ideas for the Main Task

Below is the initial brainstorm ideas (Planing Ideas), the group came up with, which is shown below

This was done by using MS Word features of the shape tool

The plot of Re-Birth

Re-Birth is about a man who is fighting another man and finds himself weaker than the other man. Then gets KO'd by the stronger man, then eventually finds himself in a mysterious location and is confronted by the devil who offers him Immortal Power so that he can then avert the affects of knock-out (KO) and win the fight. But the Devil gives the man a choice, between Immortal power or die from the injuries he sustained in the fight. The inital ideas above also illustrates the types of props, music, location, scenes, etc... Alterations made along the way

Finally the storyboard our group came up with is also shown below. Which indicates the possible scenes and actions that may take place.

Story Board Plan

A change concerning the main task: Unforunatley one of our group members Kelsey has announced that she will no longer be able to film with the group (group 1) on the main task therefor this left us with one less film star (actress).
Now the group agreed that we will have to adapt and continue to plan for the main task without Kelsey.
However it's confirmed that Darren Smith from the other group (group 4) will assist us, by appearing in the fighting scene for the main task thriller opening (Rebirth).

Main task - Update (Log) - 30/03/12

Filming for the main task (for group 1) will take place after the Easter break. (16/04/12). This is because we as a group must set a date to when it's convenient for ALL group members to film for the main thriller task.

Planing for the main task

Photos of the plaining stage (for the main task)

Planing for the main task took place in our media classroom, as Denzel highlighted possible locations where the filming for the main task may be held.

By the end of this 45 minute discussion we all decided that filming for the main task, will take place in 2 locations which are shown by the map (below).

Picture courtesy of Google Images

Label 1 indicates where filming for the first scenes will take place opposite the college. At the nearby forest near the 'Queen Mary's hospital'.

Label 2 indicates where filming for the last scenes will take place, Inside the school premisses on the college field.

The reasons for these certain locations is because as a team we all thought that it had the certain atmosphere of mystery and has that mysterious setting. Which will therefore allow the audience to creater their own theories on this narrative. As we all thought that a location with minimal activity (i.e a lack of cars driving, etc) will be less disracting for the audince but most importantly the film stars when acting. This will keep the audience glued to the opening thriller film from my group. And what it's trying to showcase.

Props and equipment used

First thing first, with the anticipation of coming up with ideas for the thriller opening (main task) we as a group needed to outline possible risks when filming. Especially in the public eye. So we watched a short clip (as shown above) which outlined possible dangers when film making.

Secondly we as a group didn't fill in a risk assessment sheet, as we were all confident that our filming we go to plan. Also we all (as a group) visited the two outlined locations in advance (as talked about before).

Finally my media teacher stated to the class that no group are to use a gun or a firearm of some sort when filming for the main task, as if we were to use guns when filming in the public eye you could face being arrested for possessing an offensive weapon. This is because the public may not be aware that it's a fake gun so this specific prop shouldn't be used in the public eye (e.g. in the park).

The reason for these locations is because we all thought that it creates that mysterious setting, which will allow the audience to create their own enigmas on this narrative. As we all thought that a location with minimal activity (i.e a lack of cars driving, etc) will be less disracting for the audince but most importantly the film stars when acting. This will keep the audience glued to the opening thriller film from my group. And what it's trying to showcase.

Filming schedule

Date

Time Spent

Location

Who Edited

Monday 23^rd April 2012

1 hour (1h)

Media Classroom

Denzel, John and Seun

Wednesday 25^th April 2012

1 hour and 10 minutes (1h 10min)

Media Classroom

Denzel, John and Seun

Monday 30^th April 2012

2 Hours

Media Classroom

Denzel and Seun

Wednesday 2^nd May 2012

1 hour 20 minutes (1h 20mins)

Media Classroom

Denzel, John and Seun

Tuesday 8^th May 2012

30 Minutes

Media Classroom

Denzel

The filming schedule was created by Denzel, who formed this by using MS tool, of the table tool.

Risk Assessment

Finally my media teacher stated to the class that no group are to use a gun or a firearm of some sort when filming for the main task, as if we were to use guns when filming in the public eye you could face being arrested for possessing an offensive weapon. This is because the public may not be aware that it's a fake gun so this specific prop shouldn't be used in the public eye (e.g. in the park).

Date	Location	Time	Characters	Scene	Props	Duration
Friday 20^th April 2012	Forest near the 'Queen Mary's hospital'	2:45 pm	Darren	Steve’s running scene	N/A	20-25 minutes
Friday 20^th April 2012	Forest near the 'Queen Mary's hospital'	3:10 pm	Denzel and Darren	Demon and Steve’s conversation	N/A	40-45 minutes
Monday 23^rd April 2012	In the school ground on the college field	8:55 am	John	The transformation to ‘SJ’	The Ring	15 - 20 minutes
Monday 23^rd April 2012	In the school ground on the college field	9:15 am	John and Seun	The throwing of Dr. Jones	The Ring	10 minutes

Editing Schedule

Main task - Update (Log) - 30/03/12

Filming for the main task (for group 1) will take place after the Eater break on the 1st day back (16/04/12). This is because we as a group must set a date to when it's convenient for ALL group members to film for the main thriller task.

Alterations Made along the way: However there has been many alterations made in the lead up to this mainstask. As the whole narrative has been changed, due to the fact that John (from the group) couldn't make the outlined date when filming was supposed to commerce. So me, Denzel and Darren had to be creative and make use of that day and the very little time available (Aprox. 2 hours), to film only the first scenes in the 1st loaction (the forest near Queen Mary's Hospital).

Main task - Update (Log) 20/04/12

Filming for the main task (for group 1) took place on the 20/04/12, which was completed on the day. The location of the filming was held outside the college at the nerby forest located near the Queen Mary's Hospital and finially the last scene was held on the college field. The reason for this location is to create the Thriller setting which then could transmit to the audeince and allows them to create their own enigmas, as this is one important factor or convention a Thriller genre must show. As the whole reason for this main task is to meet the conventions of a Thriller genre.

Gladly the filming went to plan. And John announced that he will be avaliable to film his scene (which happens to be the last scene) on the date 23/04/12.

Equipment used (for the main task)

Nikon HD - Camera

The camera our group used was a Nikon HD camera. We all thought it was suitable because this technological device is portable and handheld, which allowed the camera man to easily record scenes as the cameraman can freely move his wrist while in possession of the portable camera. Even in the bad wether conditions (my group exprienced). Also the dialogue some of scenes had was easily recorded with barely or no problems.

Secondly the audio the Nikon camera was able to capture was significantly good (of an high quality). This helped the group imensely, as the when filming none of us had to raise our voices significantly loud becuase the camera was able to pick up the sound.
However due to the camera's good audio dector features this enable one of our scenes to have noise from a passing by car which made the the actors voice (Denzel) seem very low. On the otherhand this was soon corrected by the final cut pro feature, of audio modify, which in somewhat solved the problem but not completely (as some of the noise of the car still remained).

Integral - Memory Stick

Finally another good feature of this camera is the memory card contain in the camera can easily be transmitted into the integral memory stick (or USB). This had allow our group to export our raw footage from the Nikon HD camera our own computer. This saved us a lot of time, to focus on other issues concerning the development of the film.

Ring (jewelry)

The ring is suppose to connote power (immortality). As the main character sees the changes in his appearance (physically, vocally, personality, etc...) but firstly he notices his hands have appeared bigger and much longer.

Mise-en-scene aspects (of our main task)

The clothing (shown below) is what I'll be wearing in the scene I'll be appearing.

Chino - Cream colour

Jacket - Dark Green

The reason why we as a group chose these type of clothing is because the role I'm playing is one of a passer by, which notices a man in a lot of distress (John). And it was important for me not to over shadow John (who is playing the co-lead role) by wearing more calmer wear or clothing. As in comparison to John, he is wearing very dark clothing and this was very important aspect because it allows the audience to construct a view that John is very powerful or more dominant than me.

Finally another important feature that played to our group advantage or favour, was the height difference between me (Seun) and John. Because John stands at 6 ft 3 whereas I stand at 5 ft 11 which also allows the audience to construct a view that John is more dominant in this scene. Which is the view our group is trying to portray or illustrate because we're trying to showcase the characters changes in his physically, vocally and his appearance as compared with the previous scene, as John was 5 ft 7 before.

Pictures of the actors appearing in the Thriller Opening (Re-Birth)

Thriller opening credits, that helped decide that our group's 'Re-Birth title' will appear at the end of the thriller sequence

The film below is 'Whispers From Within' - Opening title sequence or credits

This short clip is an Psychological Thriller, which shows the title sequence of the film, which is only 29 seconds long. At the closing stages of the title sequence is the name of the film (the text shows ''Whispers From Within''). This creates that drama, and is purposely placed there to make sure the audience sees this so they can remember it.

This gave our group the incentive to place our title (Re-Birth) right at the end of the title sequence. This will create that dramatic tension for the audience to experience. But most importantly the Re-Birth title gives the audience that sense of the thriller film, however the text (Re-Birth) will be purposely place at the end of thethriller opening to create that suspense and for the audience to want to see more.

Finally we as a group I've decied that all the other roles, such as actor, producer, director, etc... Will appear at the beginning of the sequence.

Main Task - Title sequence planning

Production Company

Planning for the production titles and opening text was underway. I (Seun) carried out using a visual software (Adobe Photoshop) to create two titles (as shown below). The name of the production company is 'A blades's production presents' headed by me (Seun Jonah).

Production Title: 'A blades's production presents'

Our group decided to come up with the name 'A blades's production presents' to appear right at the beginning our main opening thriller sequence. Which is the main production company. It was important for this to appear at the beginning of the sequence to insure that the audience understand what production company produced the 2minute thriller opening. Also as I carried out research of thriller trailers that do the exact same thing. For example the film 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' also embedded their 20th century fox text at the start of their official trailer sequence (as shown below). From 0:08 to 0:10 seconds.

This might have been because the production company puts a lot of thought and planning into the production aspects of the film. For example the studio, etc. So it may have been justified that they get the credit.

Closing Title: 'Re-Birth'

The title 'Re-Birth' will appear at the end of our thriller opening. To create that suspense and for the audience to want to see more. This will create that dramatic tension for the audience to experience. But most importantly the Re-Birth title gives the audience that sense of the thriller film

Even though most thriller films tend to have the name of their film at the beginning of the sequence of the opening or generally located somewhere in the middle. But the group decided that they want our thriller opening to be different (to stand out of the rest). As our group has an idea, of creating that added tension or drama. So to conclude we all agreed that this is a possible risk as the audience could get confused or maybe bored of the action being played without the name of the film being shown at the beginning. But it's a risk that we our prepared to take. As the all great or notable film directors or script writers take risk.

Alterations Made to the title sequence text: The group decided to switch from the current text (Gloucester MT Ex...) being used, to the 'Protagonal TT TC' text located on final cut pro. As we all agreed that the text stood out more to us. Even people that aren't even in the group also agreed with the decision we made. Finally the colour of the text changed from black to white, as it was more visable to read.

Preview shots of our groups Thriller Opening

Pearl And Dean Research

This is the research into our target audience of 3 particular films. I personally went on the film salt in more detail. As the thriller genre is the one my group need to focus on for the main task.

Our film will be a 12a, and this shows the category of the audience that might come and see our film. The most common audience in the picture above is: 15-24, 25-34 and 45+. This shows the likely audience that would attend our film when promoted.

Audience Research

Our film is similar to Salt, so therefore our target audience will be similar to the film.

27% of the target audience is 45+. Which is the highest percentage, then 25 - 34 which is 25 % and 15 - 24, which is 24%. This is the top three percentages with the most percentages. The Male gender is more interested in the film, with a 54% rate, unlike Females with a 46% rate. The social class is also an important factor. The highest percentage is Class - AB with 37%. This is the highest social class and shows how high status individuals are interested in thriller genes. Unlike DE with 14% which show that this genre id not interesting to them.

The salt film was released on the 20th August 2010, the genre is thriller. The price is B+ and the estimated box office profit was £10,000,000.

Brief plot or narrative: In the final scene of the movie, Salt must flee from the U.S government and the CIA because no one can believe her that she actually saved the President and stopped Nukes. But what about the President? He was there and saw Ted Winter commit murder to all his staff and threaten him, surely he could say that Salt want not responsible

Above is the Thriller films, my media teacher told the class we had to analysis, by loooking at the opening credits. And once done, upload it onto the blog. This is because in analysing these 5 thriller films it will give the class creative ideas on producing their own opening thriller film (for the main task).

This is the opening credit for Jaws

Iconic Thriller Director
Quentin Tarintino

Quentin Tarintino was born March 27th, 1963. He is a American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films including nonlinear story-lines and the aestheticization of violence
Inglourious Basterds
His latestest film is the Inglourious Basterds. Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells the fictional story of two plots to assassinate the Nazi Germany political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietor (Laurent), and the other by a team of Jewish Allied soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt). It was widely released in theaters in the United States and Europe in August 2009 by The Weinstein Company and Universal Studios.
The film was successful at the box office, grossing $320,389,438 in theaters worldwide, and therefore making it Tarantino's highest-grossing film to date. It received multiple awards and nominations, including eight Academy Award nominations. For his role as Hans Landa, Christoph Waltz won the Best Acto Award at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He has directored many films which have been succesful in the Blockbusters. These films are mostly thriller and have made a huge turnover (profit):

Inglourious Basterds (20-May-2009)
Death Proof (22-May-2007)
Grindhouse (6-Apr-2007)
Sin City (1-Apr-2005)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (16-Apr-2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (10-Oct-2003)
Jackie Brown (25-Dec-1997)
Four Rooms (16-Sep-1995)
Pulp Fiction (14-Oct-1994)
Reservoir Dogs (23-Oct-1992)

The most recent is Ingloiurious Basterds which starred Brad Pit. However his most succesful thriller genre film/s was Kill Bill

Kill Bill: Volume 1 Is a 2003 American action/thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is the first of two films that were theatrically released several months apart, the second one titled Kill Bill Volume 2.
Kill Bill was originally scheduled for a single theatrical release, but with a running time of over four hours, it was separated into two volumes. Kill Bill: Volume 1 was released in late 2003, and Kill Bill: Volume 2 was released in early 2004. The two films are frequently referred to collectively as simply "Kill Bill."
They follow a character initially identified as "The Bride", a former member of an assassination team who seeks revenge on her ex-colleagues who massacred members of her wedding party and tried to kill her. The movie is often noted for its stylish direction and its homages to film genres such as Hong Kong martial arts films, Japanese chanbara films, Italian spaghetti westerns, girls with guns, and rape and revenge.

Kill Bill: Volume 2 Is a 2004 American hybrid of an action/thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is the second of two volumes that were theatrically released several months apart. Kill Bill was originally scheduled for a single theatrical release, it was separated into two volumes. Kill Bill Volume 1 was released in late 2003, and Kill Bill: Volume 2 was released in early 2004. The volumes follow a character initially identified as "The Bride", a former member of an assassination team who seeks revenge on her ex-colleagues who massacred members of her wedding party and tried to kill her. The film is often noted for its stylish direction and its homages to film genres such as Hong Kong martial arts films, Japanese chanbara films, Italian spaghetti westerns, girls with guns, and rape and revenge.

Thriller Questionnaire

Below is the
questionnaire I created, regarding the genre of a thriller.

1.) How old are you? (Please circle the correct age group, shown below)

10-15 16-19 20-25 26 +

2.) What region/or area do you live in (e.g. Sidcup, Bexleyheath, Greater London etc.)

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3.) What genre of thriller do you prefer to consume/ or watch (Circle your choice)

Action Conspiracy Crime Disaster
Psychological Political Spy Supernatural

4.) What is the most recent horror film you have seen?

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5.) Do you prefer to watch horror films on the following media platforms: (Circle your choice)

Cinema Internet Tv/DvD Other

If you circled other, please state what media platform it is (below)

……………………………………………

6.) From the following thrillers below choose which one you would prefer to consume/ or watch (Circle your choice)

Se7en Jaws Children of Men Colombiana Die hard The departed

What Lies beneath The silence of the Lambs Taken Pulp Fiction

7.) How many times in a month do you go to watch a film/or movie in the cinema?

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8.) What thriller is your favourite?

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Results from the Thriller Questionnaire

Here are the results of the age groups of the 20 people, that I asked for my thriller research. 2 people were in the age group of 12-15, 9 people were of 16-19 , 5 people were of 20-25 and finally 6 people of 25 and above.

So overall 16-19 were the most common people we asked our questionnaire to (At a figure of 45% in total, as shown below).

Above is the results, in a pie chart form

I also included on my questionnaire a question to see how my target audience watch their films on what media platform or instrument. I found out that 9 people view their films at the cinema, 6 people view their films on the internet and 5 people their film on the TV or either DVD. Therefore most people prefer to watch their films at the cinema, maybe because of the atmosphere it projects to the audience.

Above is the results, in a pie chart form

Below is the results of question 3. I found out from this question that more people prefer watch Action thriller film (Hybrid) compared to a political thriller which nobody chose (0). This could be due to the age groups. If the target audience for this questionnaire was adults, over the age of 40 just maybe more people may have chose political because of the history adult may remember.
However I asked a much more younger generation of people. This question was to help find which genre to use for my final task to get the audience interested and see what genre they would prefer to watch. So my group all concluded that are main task will be a Action Thriller film (called Re-Birth).

Here is the script for †he film - RE - BIRTH

RE-BIRTH: SCENE 1: SHOOTING SCRIPT

The audience gets a shot of the woods, the camera is panning a wide shot of the area

CUT TO:

The character STEVE JONES running in the woods being chased by something but at this stage no one knows what by. Different cuts of him running from different angles.

Eventually rest on the TREE breathing heavily there from nowhere the demon of darkness appears and the dialogue begins

DEMON

(Clapping his hands)

Well done, oh well done son

STEVE

(shocked reaction)

W-w-where did you come from?

DEMON

(still walking towards him)

Oh, don't worry about me, I'm here for you

STEVE

(confused look on his face)

DEMON

I'm just here to help you

(raises his hand out)

I see you've got good stamina on you

STEVE

(still with a confused face)

Thanks, ermm- thank you

(CONTINUED)

RE-BIRTH: SCENE 1: SHOOTING SCRIPT

DEMON

But how about I make you the strongest man in the world, how about I make you the fasted man in the world, all you have to do is sign a deed with me...

STEVE

B-but who are you though?

DEMON

(Smiling)

I'm just a man, a man, a man that can help you solve all your problems... Now shake my hand

(pulls hand out

STEVE

What shake it?

DEMON

Yeah, shake it

The hand meet and there is a close up on the hand shake, whilst the Demon is speaking random word which would sound like a spell is being casted. When this is happening, the earth beings to shake

CUT TO:

The new Steve but changes his name to just SJ. There is a shot of him getting up from the ground and looking up and down at himself, most in particular looking at the ring in his finger, because that holds all the power he possessive. Then there is a 360o shot of him and there is a voice over say

(Where am I? What I’m doing here? What happened to me? I don’t understand. Where did I go to? What did he do to me? Where am I? Someone help me, pleaseeee)

(falls to the ground)

(CONTINUED)

RE-BIRTH: SCENE 1: SHOOTING SCRIPT

Ahhhhhhhhhh, where am I, where am I!!!!

Passer by DR JONES tries to help SJ

DR JONES
Are you okay? What's the matter with you?

GET OFF ME NOWWW!!!!!!

(Knee’s and throws Dr. Jones away with his new extraordinary strength, then walks over Dr. Jones)

Then we get the title of the film whilst the film theme song is getting play in the back ground.

Date	Time Spent	Location	Who Edited
Monday 23^rd April 2012	1 hour (1h)	Media Classroom	Denzel, John and Seun
Wednesday 25^th April 2012	1 hour and 10 minutes (1h 10min)	Media Classroom	Denzel, John and Seun
Monday 30^th April 2012	2 Hours	Media Classroom	Denzel and Seun
Wednesday 2^nd May 2012	1 hour 20 minutes (1h 20mins)	Media Classroom	Denzel, John and Seun
Tuesday 8^th May 2012	30 Minutes	Media Classroom	Denzel