Research Part 9 (Running Scene)

This link below is to the running scene from the film Fight Club. The sequence is shot, mainly in long shots and long shots to mid shots. This would be good for my film as I need to create a sense of isolation for my main character.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Hxl2Q6PI8

This is a link to a running sequence from the film Forrest Gump. The sequences is mainly composed of midshots to emphasise the struggles of the main character. It is also shot partly in slow motion to show the rapid change the main character has undergone and to create tension. The shot then cuts to a scene Tom Hanks talking; showing what we have seen to be a flashback. The scene then cuts back to the chase but this time the scene is shot in an longshot to extreme long shot; this shows the main character is free and is 'running off into the sunset'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2-MCPa_3rU



This sequence is from the film District 13 Ultimatum. This shows the professional free runner David Bell escaping some gangsters in a apartment block. The sequences are composed of tracking shots, mid shots, long shots and extreme long shots. The mid shots are used to show Bell's power and control over the situation. The long shot are used to emphasize the tricks and stunts performed in the escape. The extreme long shot is used at 2:40 to show the magnitude of the distance being jumped, used to pull the audience to the edge of their seats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTyWfbvX0xQ


The link below is to a clip from the film trainspotting. In this clip nearly all the shot types are mid shots with the occasional close up. This redirects the attention away from what is going on to cause the chase, but to the context which occurs during the chase e.g. at 8 seconds we see one character who is being chased fall behind, even though he is out of focus it is still clear to see. There is one long shot which shows one of the character get away while the other stops; this shows long shots to be useful when trying to create a sense of freedom and escapism, also shown in Forrest Gump and in D13 Ultimatum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0-CpuWSPxE

Reseach Part 8 (Parallel Editing and Cross Cutting)

This can be used very effectively in action films and horror films alike. It creates a lot of tension and suspense when building up to a climax in a film.
It is also used in the film industry to mislead the audience as the audience's inquisitive nature trys to connect the dots and make assumptions to what is happening a great example of this is the silence of the lambs.
Here the audience think that the policed raid is happening on (Psychopath) Buffalo Bills house.When in actual fact we realise that they have got the wrong house and that the FBI agent in the same time period has got the right house, and is possibly in danger as she has no backup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ts1x6uADFtM

Cross-Cutting the time in spaces always has to be simultaneous, while in parallel editing the scene time can be different like in the Mexican movie "Love's a bitch" or the 4th season of Lost. This is according to Bordwell (A prestigious professor of film studies) . So with our production we aim to use both.

Research Part 7 (Text and Titles)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mobGrUVGj2E
This is a link to the introduction of the film Lockout.
The film opens with this text; this text is faded and seems to give a military impression immediately also shown by the incomplete text which gives a camouflage effect.
The next text that comes on the screen is of Washington D.C. 2079, the text comes on in individual letters, giving an impression that someone typing the text, also as this reference to Washington D.C. with the military style text shows us that we are about to be shown a FBI or CIA scene as Washington is the home of both agencies. The next text slides into shot from the left, and is dynamically moving in a futuristic text box; this shows us the advances in this era in technology also introduces us to an ex CIA agent. The next text to appear is of Guy Pearce and occurs whenever he gets hit, the text exits when his head returns to its central position; the font is used throughout the film except this time it seems lighter and is complete this text is then used for the rest of the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqqEriE0ogc
This link is to an introduction to the film The Matrix; the matrix text opens in a Japanese or Chinese font that is green, the text appears scrolling down the screen like a computer code, certain characters are highlighted in a lighter green and show us parts of code.

 

The camera zooms in and the characters fade and the letters that spell out THE MATRIX drop intro alignment,

individual letters then fade out until the screen is black again. the next text comes onto the screen in a typing motion you would see on a monitor screen, this is relevant to the ideology of The Matrix but is an effective technique; the text the exits the screen by a cut giving it a robotic and null emotional effect. The same style of text is then used again and exits in the same style to a shot of numbers. Columns of numbers then begin to fade out as one number is placed at the top of the table of numbers.

From this research I have concluded that the ideal text intro is a fade in, and to exit as a fade out or a cut. The text itself should be relative to the hybrid of the thriller and should be used with an editing technique e.g. special effects or used on to show a cut.