R2-52 : THRILLER PROJECT 2008/9

Handling the equipment

2008-12-19T01:44:00.000-08:00

When we were carrying the equipment we made sure that the camera was in its case and not on the tri-pod. When we were filming we would make sure shows that the camera is level and that we did not touch it unless we were panning to prevent joging it and creating a wobbly shot.

Backing Music for the rough cut

2008-12-19T01:39:00.000-08:00

On the rough cut I compose the music to make the audience make the fell what I want them to. For example I made it scary music when it needed to be and I also made so it is sad music once the victim dies. I added in sound effects for the gun shots as we filmed with BB-guns which doesn't make any sound. I found this quite difficult as I could not always find what exactly what I wanted. I would have preferred to compose the music on a keyboard.

Creating the Blood

2008-12-19T01:09:00.000-08:00

When I made the blood in the thriller, i did a few experiments keeping in mind that everyone in our group wanted the blood to be able to wash off. So after a few experiments I decided to use powder paint as the main ingredient. What follows here is the list of ingredients that I used, and the ruff amount of the ingredients.

Red Powder paint about 80%
Black powder paint about 10%
porridge oats about 5%
About 1% of washing up liquid
The rest of it was water.

These ingredients I mixed together, in a jar, making it a thick blood like texture, sealing it in a Jar I put it in a microwave for a few seconds to create a vacuum and so the ingredients would not separate straight away.

Rough cut movie R2-52

2008-12-18T06:33:00.000-08:00

This is our rough cut on our thriller. We kept to the 180 degree rule. There are two people acting in this thriller; and they are Angle and Phil. The camera man, director, stunt co-ordinator, editor and composer is done by Steve. Tim also did some editing. I tried to make the music go with the intensity of the movie to create the mood.

I think to improve this we could make it look as if it is night time as this would make it seem more scary. We would also take more takes and from many different angles and ranges so we can choose the best.

Backing music for the final cut

2008-12-16T06:47:00.000-08:00

I used spacey music for the intro to create the mood as it all seems normal to the viewer. Once the bad guy comes into the shot the intensity of the music increases. There is one point where the bad guy that the good guy is going to see him. After the situation is over the music goes back to less scary music as it is no longer tense. When the bad guy is getting closer to the good guy the music picks up in tempo, when he is getting ready to shoot her the I put pulse music to raise the intensity so it would scary the audience. I put in the gun shots into the music as we used BB-guns in the filming so they don't make enough noise. As soon the victim is dead I put in some remorse music to make the audience is upset about the good guy dieing.

Final cut of the thrillar opening sequence of '21 Dares'

2008-12-09T07:35:00.000-08:00

This is our final cut for our thriller showing the opening sequence of a killer stalking his prey, giving a air of mystery for the audience to contemplate, why it is happening, giving an interesting start to a thriller.

2008-12-02T08:02:00.000-08:00

Shooting Order

2008-12-02T07:36:00.000-08:00

The woman walking down the street scene
Woman solo shots
Duet with woman and mysterious character scenes
Solo mysterious shoots

Locations for thriller

2008-11-28T02:16:00.000-08:00

For this thriller opening we will be going to several different locations, these are some ideas for locations as follows:

Woodland
park
pond on school grounds
'Street'

This list might be edited

Props

2008-11-28T02:12:00.000-08:00

For this thriller we will be using the following props:

BB guns
Fake blood

This list might be added to later on, but these two items are main two props in the thriller.

Costumes

2008-11-28T02:01:00.000-08:00

The Costumes that where planning to use in the thriller are as follows.
Mysterious Figure's Clothing:

Balaclava
Pitch black clothing
black leather gloves
black boots

Woman's Clothing:

Brown vest
green Jogging bottoms
Pink and white Reebok trainers

Shot List

2008-11-28T01:43:00.000-08:00

In total there is 15 main shots in this storyboard.
These are shots in Order:

Woman walking to the left of the camera.
Over shoulder shot: Dark shadowy figure appears behind woman.
Close up of figure holding gun, facing to the left.
High angle shot of women walking through woodland.
Low angle shot of figure walking after woman.
Over shoulder shot of woman with figure in background.
Mid shot of woman turning head to left, while figure hides behind a tree, to the right.
Mid shot of woman continuing to walk, away from camera.
Long shot of figure running towards the camera.
close up of figures foot snapping a twig.
Mid shot of figure behind tree whilst woman turns.
Mid shot of figure jumping from behind a tree.
Long of woman being shot, falling to ground.
High angle shot of woman lying on floor dead loosing blood.
High angle shot of figure walking over to woman's dead body.

Usual suspects Analisis

2008-11-18T07:59:00.000-08:00

The 'Usual suspects' thriller opening shows example of the visual element of darkness. Also it shows you the character types of submissive, dominance. There is a use of a weapon and fire as examples of visual imagery. The sound in it is quite eerie, which adds to the tension and mystery of the opening sequence. The Characters in the opening sequence you can tell are bad because of the lack of panic, and the friendly communication between the murder and victim. Lastly the opening sequence to 'Usual suspects' shows you a wide range of visual cinematic, along with sound witch gives you a successful opening to what looks like a very good thriller.

Animatic Storyboard

2008-10-14T06:43:00.001-07:00

This Video shows an idea of what our thriller might be like. This idea being a opening with a woman being followed by a mysterious figure. As well as this the video gives you an idea of the shots that will actually be taking place in the final video.