Research Part 6 (Fight Scenes)

This is a link to a top 5 fight scenes clip on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGoVzVCXCwU
In the first film, Warrior, we see a fight scene where an arrogant MMA fighter knocks out a training partner and complains that he needs a new partner. this arrogant character is always shot at a low angle to show his power over the rest of the club. A new character appears who is one of the two main characters, he steps up to the plate but is shot at a high angle showing him to be weaker or thought to be weaker than the MMA fighter. Most of the fight scene is shot with the fight going on out of focus and focusing in on ringside supporters. The shooting of this is mainly 2 shot and mid shot types of shots. After the main character knocks out the MMA fighter he is still shot in a high angle showing he is emotionally vulnerable not physically vulnerable; but the MMA fighter is shown in a high angle showing that now he has been beaten he is weak. The rest of the films are not suitable as they were choreographed by professional martial artists, and the two actors we have fighting have no martial art experience.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5tfBYLdw1s
This is a link to the film The Bourne Supremacy. This fight scene mainly consists of mid shots and close ups, this means that the fighting doesn't have to be of high quality but is still effective. The death scene of the assailant is shown out of shot only hinting his death by the frantic movements of his arms coming to a close.

Research Part 5 (Villians)

We found a video of top 10 villians in thriller movies, all of the villians seem to have psychopathic or sociopathic tendancies ( except the non human villians) so we will make our villian have these characteristics so we abide by the codes and conventions of a thriller film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sbf8TjSTz0

Research Part 4 (Target Audience / Focus Group)

Focus Group

Q1)The demographic of a psychological/thriller film is a young adult demographic from 18-25. In our production task we will follow this trend and target our film at this demographic, we asked our Focus group what they thought would be a better demographic 18-25 or 14-18? For example The Silence of the lambs is one of the most successful thriller films and was extremely popular with 18-25 year old, however this film was rated R, equivalent to an 18 in the UK, so younger audiences were not able to see this film until it was purchased on dvd or vcr. Similarly The sixth sense was a successful Thriller film, but it was rated PG in the UK and 13 in the US, this film has a lower demographic but is equally as good as Silence of the lambs, but is available to a larger audience; our focus group replied that they would prefer a younger audience at 14-18 as it is more appealing.

Q2) We asked our target audience what their opinion was on black and white films? Seven of our target audience said they think black and white is an effective technique and would happily watch a film that consisted of black and white. However 3 of our 10 focus group members said black and white films bore them, however films like kill bill entertained them. So we then proposed that we would use black and white as a flashback sequence? All members agreed that this would be good to use.

Q3) we asked our target audience what method of filming would they prefer to see? on a cannon 550D or a Nokia Lumia?
http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/reviews/item/18083_Nokia_Lumia_1020_camera-video_.php

This is a video capture comparative piece of research which ties into logistics of the production by reducing weight and size of hardware while also retaining quality. The reseach shown by this site( and this

http://mynokiablog.com/2013/07/16/quicktest-nokia-lumia-1020-vs-canon-eos-60d-pureview-vs-dslr-filmed-on-nokia-lumia-925/)
Our target group said that they like the idea of using mobile phone technology as it brings it into the 21st century however for quality and making sure we cover ourselves as much as possible. We will use the phone as well as the primary video capture (Cannon D 500) to ensure we can get at least two different camera angles, camera shots and camera movements in each take we have.

Research Part 3 (Camera)

http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/reviews/item/18083_Nokia_Lumia_1020_camera-video_.php

This is a video capture comparative piece of research which ties into logistics of the production by reducing weight and size of hardware while also retaining quality. The reseach shown by this site( and these .... )

Are target group said that they like the idea of using mobile phone technology as it brings it into the 21st century however for quality and making sure we cover ourselves as much as possible. We will use the phone as well as the primary video capture (Cannon D 500).

Research Part 2 (Codes and Conventions)

Codes and Conventions we plan on using in our film

Camera Movement/Angles - This Convention helps to give a film its genre, as differentcamera angles create different senses of body language and emotions. Thriller film also use Camera Angles such as facial close up shots and mid - ranged shots

 

Flashbacks - do a selection of different things during films

1) Space and Time Distortion

2) Creates Cofusion

3) Gives Audience Inslight into the Past

4) Used in Key/Important Scenes

 

Editing - The other important convention that makes up a thriller is Editing, this gives films things like quick cuts. these quick cuts can also be seen in films such as "Psycho". This makes the film fast paced and makes it more tense. This has been used in the film "Three Monkeys"

Sound - Different music themes produce a different mood and feek for thriller films. For example jumpy and quite scary music which are played in each scene, can be named as themes as they produce different moods and settings for thrillers. Other sounds elements which are used to give the films there Thriller Genre are, Diegetic/Non-Diogetic sound, Synchronous/asynchronous sound, ambient sound



 

 



 

Research Part 1 (Film Research)

 

These are 5 videos of film intos we analysed

 

Resiouvor Dogs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9LnjZ3DRhg
World War Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlLkR5mTVGc
Pi  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIfYpTS5H48
Kill Bill Volume 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nCu4q7TPjA
Kill Bill Voulme 2  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApiQUPpaMSQ