Group StoryBoard - Georgiou

Group StoryBoard

We have created a group story board by all three of us doing parts of the story board each. I have drawn all the images relating to our narrative description written by Liam. The rest of the story board was written by alex who is story board manager. This will help us keep on track when we film so we know what we have to film.

Preliminary Task - Georgiou

Preliminary Task

(Liam-Alex-Daniel)

What was the purpose of this task?

The purpose of this task was was to get used to the equipment which was the camera and tripod. With this we created 40 seconds of footage which we used different camera shots taken from different angles. It also helped us gain more experience to how and where we place the camera to make our camera shots more effective. We had a lesson to film this in, basically 40 minutes as we had to quickly plan where and what we were going to film.


What went well?

What went well was that we were able to work together very well to create a small scene in not much time. We got allot of different camera shot in and most of them were smooth when we were editing. Like when I opened the door we used 3 scenes that ran smoothly when played. This was because I had to do do the exact same thing for it to look perfect. Some camera shot were a challenge like in the scene when i was talking to Alex we didn't know where to stand or put the camera, but we managed to do it in the end.


What went wrong?

Only a couple of things that went wrong (could have been better)... in the first scene when I was walking towards the door the camera was shacking. This is because we dint have enough room to do a panning shot. We were able to film it though by having Liam hold it as still as he could while panning at the same time. Also in the scene when myself and Alex were talking we didn't know what to say completely, so we had to make it up. Apart from that i think we did well, only some scenes which could have been better if we had more time and experience with the equipment. Lastly we went over our time limit by 10-20 minutes which could be costly in the filming industry.

How will this task assist you when creating your own thriller?

This task has assisted us with creating our thriller opening as it has given us some basic experience on how to use the equipment such as the camera and tripod. We learned that we may not have enough room in some scenes to place the tripod so we will have to use our imagination to make it happen. We also learned that's its best to keep checking on how much battery the camera has as it effects the filming if it dies.

During our recording we found out that some camera shots looked better for some scenes than other shots did. This will help us allot as we will be looking to experiment different camera shots when we film our thriller to get the best scenes, angles and shots.

We were not able to the lighting we will be using for our thriller opening as it is set at night. However we have plenty of time to film and experiment with more camera techniques and lighting outside of school. We not have to worry about sound as we will use music in the opening to our thriller.

Thriller Poster Analysis - Hartt

Thriller Poster Analysis 

(new) Individual StoryBoard - Georgiou

Individual Storyboard

I have created a story board based on the thriller narrative i created. It is important to create a story board as it is used as a guidance for what my narrative is about. I will share this story board by going through it with them and we will decide if we could take parts of it and add it to theirs so our group narrative will have something from each of our individual story boards.

Character Representation - Hartt

Character Representation

 It is important to have a variety of characters in a film as this makes the film more exciting and interesting. Also the characters representations can give a different impression on the film as the characters have different attitudes, wear different clothes and come from different background's.

During the creation of the characters we knew that their had to be a victim and a villain.

We created the victim by making sure he was smaller in height than the villain which  represents him as a weak character and an inferior person compared to the villain. This is shown when the victim is easily caught and killed by the villain. It is also shown when the victim gets scared and frightened very easily when the villain is talking to him on the computer.  The victim wears a white polo which shows innocence.

When creating the villain he had to be taller than the victim as it will show that he has more power over the victim. The villain is a strong character as he is able to torment and kill a boy very easily. This is show when the killer picks up the victim by the throat and strangles him to death. This tells the audience that he is physicaly stronger than the victim. He also wears black and a strange looking mask which shows that he is mysterious and frightening.







(new) Planning the Mise en Scene - Georgiou

Planning the Mise en Scene

 

Mise en scene is a french word which means how everything is positioned and designed in a set. This includes 5 important points to add, settings and iconography, costume, hair and make-up, facial expressions and body language, lighting and colour, positioning of objects in a frame. This is essential in a thriller film to add effects. I will be explaining how these five points are used in our thriller opening.

Lighting and colour

Low key lighting will be used in the first scene where the victim is in the living room on the computer. The low key lighting is the lamp in corner of the room which lights up the entire area. The colours will be cream from the wall, brown table and chairs etc...mainly what the audience expect.

Their will be natural light from the street lamps which is high key lighting. The colours will be what the audience expects when they imagine a street like; black, white, orange (street lamps).

Costume, hair, make up

The victim will be wearing casual clothes (mainly bright). He will be wearing a white/cream polo with brown trousers, the white will show his innocence. His hair will be combed over neatly, this changes when he is running out of the house as his hair then becomes messy. After the victim has been killed the victim will have red make up on his neck where he had been strangled. The killer will be wearing all black clothes to make him seem mysterious to the audience. He will also be wearing a orange mask which only has one eye hole which will make him appeal mysterious and will hide his identity. 

Facial expressions and body language

In the first scene the victim is has a concentrated facial expression as he plays a video game on the computer. The next scene is when he sees himself on the computer, he has and expression of confusion as he doesn't know why or how he is being filmed. When the victim finds out where he is being filmed from he has a expression of shock and fright. When the victim has been caught by the killer and is being strangled the victims expression is pain and struggle. The last scene ends with the killer looking up at the camera (with the mask on) which doesn't show any emotion. However you can tell he doesn't care about what he just did by the body language.

Setting and iconography

The first setting for our thriller is in a ordinary house set at night as its more conventional to a thriller. We will be filming in the living room as its a good size to film in. It has a computer, table and chairs, fireplace and a couch. We will also be filming in the kitchen for the first scene when the the victim takes a drink from the fridge.

The second setting is a street and alley way which we will film at night as it gives a better effect and is also more conventional as it is dark. The street we are using to film is about 100m long with houses to the left and bushes to the right. The street is lit up by street lamps which are about every 10-15m which keeps the street lit up well. At the end of the street their ais a alley way which we use for the killing scene.

Positioning

The victim will always be in the centre of the camera shot as he is the most important character at the start of the opening. The killer will be at the back of the camera shots as he is a mysterious character who follows the victim. At the end of the opening the killer is placed in the centre of the camera as he kills the victim. This changes who the important character is in the opening to the killer.