Individual Narrative

Individual Narrative

Characters

A female victim
Two masked males who are the main antagonists

Settings

A house which is in a suburb that is out in the open in Ukraine,within a quiet neighborhood. Dark and abandoned the female is at home alone which is good as this sense of lost surroundings builds up suspense.

Conventions of a Thriller that will be used

The character we will use are to be a female character who is presumably the victim of the opening scene to my thriller narrative, will have woken up from a nightmare in the middle of the night where she is being chased down a lond road by the villain in the mask who is running after the helpless female. She is petrified and has not come to her senses once she has woken, she is breathing rapidly and needs a drink of water to ease her throat. she leans over to the glass on her bedside draw but there is only a drop of water remaining, this results in her stepping out of bed and heading of downstairs for more water. she will open the fridge once in the kitchen with the camera placed in the fridge so that we can see the look on her face as she searches for water. when she places the glass on the table there will be a figure in the glass door behind her, she will see his refelction on the window of the cupboard and spin around to catch them in action but to only find there is no one there.

The telephone starts ringing in the front room, on the window sill. she picks it up and hears a muffled voice which screeches through the phone line, this fades into a beeping effect which means the phone call has ended. someone is banging on the back door which she immediately drops the phone and runs to the front door, to find it half open. when somebody knocks on the second front door she runs back insinde to find the phone hooked back up, remembering she dropped it confuses her.

When the female walks back into the living room she finds the antagonist at the other end of the room sitting at the dining table watching her. She sprints out of the front door engaged in the shock of seeing someone in her house, she becomes engaged in running as far as possible

Opening Credits

Se7en

These are the credits at the start of a film or programme that introduce the important roles, or in some cases the most famous actor/actress, these noted roles consist of director, writer and main actors. The opening credits can be shown in several different ways, but usually they are shown with a background soundtrack/audiomusic and an opening of a scene or piece of the film. This piece of film usually sets the scene to the movie and gives the audience a foundation of the movie.

There are no specific colours used, mainly dull lighting and shadows are present. Some of the colours used are pale and have no attraction to them, also everything in the scene is dirty and does not look appealing. When there is a close up lighting becomes high but when there camera is showing    images    on screen low-key lighting is used even when a blank dark screen comes up it shows the credits with the dark background. I think the black colours represent enigma at the start because we only see a pair of hands and the black colours that phase in between every shot creates a mystery based on what he is attempting to do. The white also shows innocence while it contrasts to the black colours, also the white credits on the black background shows that what he is doing contains a mystery.

The style of the credits in the film uses intense music that builds up tension as the credits play along. The credits do not come up in a certain pattern that matches the others, eat item of text is presented at a random view every time. If they were made to look neat every time it wouldn't present the thriller based upon its contents. The scruffy looking credits show that careless events are going to take place in this movie

Order of Appearance

Production Company

Director

Actor

Title of film

Actors continued

Casting

Music

Costumes

Editors

Production

Camera Operator

Co-Producer

Producer

Writing

Director

Vertigo

The colours present in this style of crediting is very dull at first. Its is with low key lighting that a woman's face is the camera shot and the writing present in the credits is stroked letters with a transparent fill showing the woman's face through the text. 
Also the black and white turns into a wine red filter which still doesn't show any colours but adds fear to the woman's face. When the screen becomes black and these abstract beams of light start to move around in the air it only creates mystery through the convention of enigma. The music used alongside it is classical music which seems to intensify as the credits play along on the screen.

Order of Credit Appearance

Production Company
Actors
Director
Title of film
Actors continued
Screenplay
Based on
Director of photography
Technicolor colour consultant
Art director
Special photography
Process photography
Title designed by:
Editors
Assistant director
Makeup
Hair stylist
Sound recorder
Costumes
Special Sequences
Music
Conducted by
Associate producer
Director

Our Thriller Credits

For our thriller credits we wanted to have original credits, we all came up with the idea of having the our credits embedded into our footage, making it look more mysterious and different.

Order the credits appear:

Production company: MultiMixedMedia
Director: Arthur
Actor: Sam
Camera Operator: Arthur and Orcun
Actors: Yel and Harry
Location Manager: Harry
Editors: Sam, Harry, Orcun and Arthur
Producer: Sam
Director: Arthur
Title of film: The Unexpected

Colours of font: Black with white stoke. or White with black stoke.

Font:

Face Your Fears (http://www.dafont.com/face-your-fears.font)

Group Analysis and Ideas

As a group we have discussed the different credits and which ones we liked and preferred. We like the used of motion tracking in other opening credits that we have seen and we also like the idea of white text on the background but with a glow like it would be a light. An example of this is
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But we want it to be white or more suitable colours. we want them to be gloomy and dark or at least the rest of the shot to be dim white a bright white text. one of the fonts that we liked we saw when we were watching a YouTube video, the font is called optic and it has sharp edges that resemble a knife. this font was obtained from Dafont.com.

Another font that we liked was called face your fears and this was also from Dafont.com. this style looks like it is blood painted onto something which shows death and this is the font that we will be using. 

Group Mise-en-Scene

Mise-en-Scene Group

The purpose of this is to create the right image of a camera shot and it is a very convenient way to portray conventions of a Thriller. It helps construct every part of a film in order for it to contain the right elements needed.The different categories we need to follow in order to have a successful thriller are:

Lighting

Clothing

Iconography

Body language/expressions

Positioning of character(s)

Lighting

There will be three main light sources. There will be light from outside which will be the backlighting. The lamps will be used as main light as to keep the room dark enough to keep to the common conventions to thriller films. The filler lighting will be a combination of different light all over the house and will be used antagonistically. We will use the fridge light to fill the lighting in the kitchen whereas the backlighting in the living room will be a lamppost and a dim flood light to just increase the power of the lamp post. These lights are very slight so will not be very obvious but will give us the slight bit of light needed. We will use low key lighting to keep to the common conventions to a 'typical' thriller film. This is to create shadows so the characters look intimidating and allow the audience to see what is not directly in the camera shot. We will use lighting to make the scene bright enough for the raw footage to be clear enough, so then for editing we will be able to edit to clip so it is low-key lighting which is conventional for a thriller film. The low-key lighting in the movie gives it a dark colour which reflects on the emotions of the character to show dark events are going to take place within the sustained amount of time.

Costume Design

For the victim, we want to make her as vulnerable as possible so we have given the character a costume of casual home clothing such as pyjamas to aid the fact that she is taken by surprise. This shows that she weak and that the killers unexpected arrival has confused her and taken her by surprise. The killers will be dressed all in black whilst there faces will be hidden with the use of a gas mask. This is to put fear and an unsolved identity so that the victim does not know who they are and what they are doing. This is important to the conventions of a thriller because it shows that they want to be seen but not identified so that the audience is suspicious into who it is.The hidden identity is the code of enigma which is a good convention as it is mysterious to the audience  which is a very good way to build up tension for the audience as the question of identity will always be there to portray the convention. The home clothing that the victim is wearing is a good way to for surprise as she isn't prepared for what is going to take place which makes it tense for the audience to view as she is attacked out of nowhere.  

Iconography

For the props we will be using a small range; a phone, a door, a glass, a fridge, and masks. we are going to use all of these because each plays a part in what the killer is doing. as the door and the phone are going to tell the audience that something is going to happen to the character because you know that there is a killer in the house and outside. the cup of water is the excuse for the lady to get out of bed which then leads into the rest of the story and finally the masks are for the killers to hide there faces and to add a fear affect to them. The significance of using the phone will be to break the suspense as its building up, then the unexpected phone bell makes the audience question who it may be but obviously there is not going to be anyone who picks the phone up causing the victim to feel fear. We will not give our villains weapons or any sort of item to inflict violence with because in common conventions the villain always has a weapon of any kind and we think that our villain will look weak if he has the weapon so without one it makes his actions unpredictable and deadly.

Body Language/ Facial Expressions

The body language of the victim will first of all be calm and tired. She will seem distraught and numb throughout the narrative as she has just woken from a drastic nightmare so she will not be in any other mood. There will be a sense of confusion on her face by the first time she believes she got a glimpse of the masked man and this puts her on edge for all she knows somebody could be in the house. As the clip goes on she becomes tense and wiry and her facial expressions shows fear and confusion. Then finally towards the end she is all but shocked surprisingly that these events are actually happening to her. she will be viewed as petrified and all her body language shows this. whilst all this is happening the killer looks like he is under control and is calm but we cannot tell what kind of emotions he is under because we cannot see any facial features or physicall giveaways that show what he is feeling.

Character Positioning

We will position the characters all through the scenes, in the bedroom you notice Yeliz is always right up to the camera showing that she is the victim and the killer is a mid range to a long range to the camera showing the he is the killer because you can always see what he I doing. There is dramatic irony as the audience see the masked man but never does Yeliz actually know someone is there until she really sees him, up till then she only thinks she saw someone which makes her very tenses. the masked villain will always be a set distance away from Yeliz until he actually comes in for an attack, the barrier between them will build tension as the audience know he is there but do not know when he is actually going to take any sort of action towards Yeliz.

Planning The Production

Camera Operator: A camera operator or cameraman is a professional operator of a film or video camera. In film making, the leading camera operator is usually called a cinematographer, while a camera operator in a video production may be known as a television camera operator, video camera operator, or videographer, depending on the context and technology involved, usually operating a professional video camera.The camera operator is responsible for physically operating the camera and maintaining composition and camera angles throughout a given scene or shot. In narrative film making, the camera operator will collaborate with the director, director of photography, actors and crew to make technical and creative decisions. In this setting, a camera operator is part of a film crew consisting of the director of photography and one or more camera assistants. In documentary film making and news, the camera is often called on to film unfolding, unscripted events. In 2006, there were approximately 27,000 television, video, and motion picture camera operators employed in the United States.

Participants: Arthur and Orcun are most experienced with cameras as well as having good knowledge about them. They were also the ones who chose the camera shots within the pre-production of the thriller.
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Actor: Is a person who acts in a dramatic or comic production and works in film, television, theatre or radio in that capacity

Participants: Sam and Orcun are simply the tallest, to fit the role of the actors we need tall, male actors; in which they fit.
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Sound Technician: An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist, recording engineer, sound engineer, sound operator, or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including electronics, acoustics, psychoacoustics, and music. An audio technician is proficient with different types of recording media, such as analog tape, digital multitrack recorders and workstations, and computer knowledge. With the advent of the digital age, it is becoming more and more important for the audio technician to be versed in the understanding of software and hardware integration from synchronization to analog to digital transfers.

Participants: Sam, Harry, Arthur, Orcun
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Editors: A film or video editor is responsible for assembling raw material into a finished product suitable for broadcasting. The material they work with may consist of raw camera footage, dialogue, sound effects, graphics and special effects. This is a key role in the post-production process and the editor's skill can determine the quality and delivery of the final product. The editor may be part of a team and they will usually work closely with the director to achieve the desired end result.The majority of film/video editors are employed on a freelance basis, working on short-term contracts for post-production studios, television companies and corporate employers. Editors may work on a variety of productions including feature films, television programmes, music videos, corporate training videos or advertisements

Participants: Sam, Harry, Arthur, Orcun
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Film Director: Directors are responsible for overseeing creative aspects of a film under the overall control of the film producer. Together with the producers, directors develop a vision for a film. Once this vision is developed it is then the director’s job to carry out the vision and decide how the film should look. Directors are responsible for turning the script into a sequence of shots. They also direct what tone it should have and what an audience should gain from the cinematic experience.

Participants: Arthur is the most experienced in film making and directing so he is the director since he is most suited for the role.
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Location Manager: The location manager is responsible for the finding and securing locations to be used and coordinating the logistics involved for the production to successfully complete its necessary work. They are also the face of the production to the community and responsible for addressing the issues that may arise due to the production's impact on the community

Participants: We are filming in Harry's house so it is his location we are filming and the second part of the film is recorded in Sam's garden which is his location, therefore they are both the ones organising the location, becoming the location managers.
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Storyboard Organiser: This person will work out how long each camera shot will take and where the camera should be positioned based on the purpose of that camera shot.

Participants: Arthur and Orcun thought up the whole concept and story of the thriller so they will be the ones who will be coordinating the story correctly, since they are most clear of it and what they want the story to be filmed like.

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