Task Four Section 4: Audience Research

The Questionaire


) How Old Are You?Under 12 12 – 15 16 – 18 18 Or Above
2) How Often Do You visit The Cinema?Not At All Once A MonthOnce A Week More Than Once A Week
3) What Gender Are You? ......................................
4) Do You Think AGE Interprets What Type Of Genre Of Film You Will Enjoy? .................... .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5) Do You Think GENDER Interprets What Type Of Genre Of Film You Will Enjoy .............. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6) What Is YOUR Favourite Genre Of Film, Please Give Reasons For Your Choice ............... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
7) What do Think a Typical Thriller Storyline should Contain? ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
8) What qualities Do You Think A “GOODIE” or hero Should Contain? ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Questionaire Result

Question 3
What gender are you? Male- (17) Female- (13)
Question 4
Do you think AGE interprets what type of genre of film you will enjoy?
(Most popular) Yes because a little child wouldn’t want to see blood and guts
Question 5
Do you think Gender interprets what type of film you will enjoy?
(Most popular) yes, not all males will enjoy romance films
Question 6
What is your favourite genre of film, give reasons.
(Most popular) comedy, because I love to laugh
Question 7
What do you think a typical thriller storyline should contain?
(Most popular) so form of death
Question 8
What qualities do you think a “GOODIE” or hero contain?
(Most popular) Good looking and just an average everyday guy

Task 6 Section 6: Character outlines and script

Jack Forde - 15 years oldDresses “Indie” (Jeans, shirt etc) Tall, Brown Hair, Muscular,Kicked off Football team due to the coach brown noses rest of the teamLives In rough Area London, East end OutskirtsRegular murder’s/fighting/knife crime etcAverage Intelligent/ Emotionally ChallengedFinds Comfort in the Killer,Jason Bates - 26 Years OldDresses Smart for work/Casual For OutsideIncredibly CleverWorks as an Anaesthetist at the Local HospitalHe IS the Killer, but hides itHe is Emotional but again, hides it...
Mother - 31 Years OldDresses Skimpy ClothesSuffers From AlcoholismHuge Flirt/Flaunts HerselfDoesn’t Work/On the DoleDoesn’t Care about her Son/blames his father for the way he is.
Carl - He Is Jack Fordes Stepdad37 Years OldSuffers From Alcoholism and Frequently Smokes MarijuanaWears Jeans, Shirt’s, Wears Same Denim Jacket for Days on the Run,Works On the Docks Part Time.


INT. JASON BATES HOUSE – NIGHTJASON BATES slides attic panel back on, blood is visible on the panel.CLOSE UP of BATES walking down set of laddersBATES walks down landing and looks into the mirror, fixes his presentation and see’s blood on his hand and licks it cleanBATES grabs mop from a cupboard, only his arm is seen reaching out for itBATES walks down hallway with the mop, camera focus’ on legs only when he walksBATES leans mop against wall. He picks up a sharp knife and looks intense when holding it, he chops bread, starts mopping the floor whilst eatingBATES cleans a mirror franticallyINT. BATES’ GARAGE – NIGHTBATES takes a tool box from garage, picks out a hammer; combs back hair before taking a tight grip of the hammerINT. JASON BATES HOUSE – NIGHTBATES turns on his music player, takes off dressing gown. A camera shot will reveal a body in the front room. Music will be playing loudly

Task 7 Section 7: Recce and Locations sheets

To ensure safety we will make Sure The Extension Cords are securly taped to the floor and kept away from water or any other danger such as doors to prevent tripping.

Task Five: Synopsis, Section 5: Treatment

Synopsis
Our thriller’s narrative follows two individuals who find comfort and support in each other’s company. One is a confused, neglected adolescent lad who is finding growing up harder than he thought it would be and the other is a middle aged psychotic living in the house next door. The lad has no real father figure in his life, excluding his mother’s drunken mess of a boyfriend who often would rather hand out a beating than some fatherly advice. The boy’s murderous new neighbour finds that there may be alternatives to killing people for his kicks through the friendship with the boy, which is the first non killing fun he’s experienced in his highly troubled life.The mid section of the film shows how both characters learn from one another, the lad learns some life lessons about only being able to trust himself in the world while the films killer struggles with his inner demons in an attempt to form a relationship with a female character rather than killing her. The tension in the film is created because the audience understands the neighbour is a murderer from early on, and is therefore on edge waiting to see if a major character will be killed will be killed when in his company. After a few false scares, the kill will come at an unexpected moment to the audience.




Treatment

Killer house: Killer cleans his house to cover murder tracesChanging room: Football coach shouts at football team for playing badly. Jack Forde defends his team but ends up being kicked off the team.Estate: Jack walks through his estate, bumps into his mate. He walks past his killer neighbours and sees the ‘for sale’ sign in his bin.Jack’s house: Jack gets verbal abuse off his mother and her lousy boyfriend Carl. He then goes to sulk in his room. He spots killer leaving the house next door in his car.Killer’s car: Killer drives around until its dark and eventually pulls up to a sandwich restaurant. A cut shows that time passes and he spies on a girl who’s sat across the restaurant. Killer makes notes which indicate he wants to kill her.Girl’s apartment: Girl from restaurant is going up stairs of her apartment block whilst being stalked by the killer, but he ends up handing her the keys she didn’t know she dropped at the restaurant. They have a conversation but he does not kill her. He kills someone in an opposite apartment instead.Jack’s back garden: Jack is kicking a ball in his garden but it goes over the killer’s fence. Jack gets mad but is relieved to see the killer throw the ball back. After a conversation the scene cuts to the killer’s front room swiftly.Killer’s front room: Killer and kid some drugs and have a conversation which gets deep into Jack’s personal troubles, the killer obviously does not reveal his troubles. The killer should say intimidating with a cold stare that he wants to show Jack something, but the scene cuts to them playing a computer game which they both enjoy.Jack’s home: Jack goes home and lies on bed, editing will show night turn to morning without Jack sleeping and he swiftly gets ready for school. On the way out he drops his school bag and the killer helps him put the books back in it, after a brief chat the scene cuts to the killer’s front room.Killer’s front room: The two share drugs again. Killer offers advice to Jack to never trust anyone, and to never say aloud that he hates things, he tells him to keep things inside and to use bad feelings as comforting things. The seriousness of the killers tone at first makes Jack look scared, but we understand that he appreciates the killer’s time. The killer leaves abruptly saying he has to get some work done.Girl’s workplace: The killer visits the girl he’d stalked at her workplace, like she previously had invited him to do so. The killer witnesses that the girl’s boss is mistreating her verbally but she cannot fight back because of her lack of self esteem and strength. After she leaves to finish work, the killer gives the boss a very cold look, to the point where his face is almost red. We understand that the killer wants to kill the boss there and then.Killer’s home: Killer and girl talk back at his house; he makes meal and provides booze. He looks genuinely touched by the fact that she’s a nice girl who’s mistreated in society because she’s quiet and appears to be weak for her age. The two find that they understand each other, and the audience presume that the two have sex.Woods: The killer and Jack are in the woods; the killer hands Jack a rifle and tells him to shoot it saying that it’s a great way of dealing with issues. Jack implies at what he’s shooting is his mother’s boyfriend, and later says he’s pretending he’s shooting at his mum too. When it comes to the killers turn to shoot, he hesitates, but however goes on to shoot eventually.Jack’s home: After Jack returns, a huge fight breaks out between his mum and her boyfriend, leading him to step in, only to receive a beating from Carl. This quick scene then cuts to the morning after with Carl walking out of the back with a bag of clothes and being closely watched by the killer from next door. Jack comes out soon after and looks over to the killer who sees his bruises. Jack sees his neighbours upset by the sight and he decides to turn back in.Outside pub: The killer stands keeping himself warm outside a pub which we understand is where Carl will be. After providing some random person from the pub with a cigarette when he is asked to, the killer spots Carl leaving and decides to let the random man keep the entire pack. Killer trails Carl throughout the estate in secret. This scene then cuts to Jack’s room.Jack’s room: Jack and his mate are chilling out, but the mate says something which Jack would normally let slip but instead gives his mate a mouthful about how insensitive the comment was. In the end, the mate decides to get up and go because he’s a little scared.Estate: The killer is still following Carl and starts to taunt him from behind. When Carl stands up for himself, the killer murders him in a fit of rage and then drags the body down an alley. The editing will show that it’s later in the night and Jack’s mate is wandering the streets. We feel that he will be attacked but he isn’t.Girl’s workplace: As the killer’s girlfriend’s boss is locking up the place, killer surprises boss, intimidates him by speaking some rather comical gibberish and then the editing skips to a shot of the killer sat down smoking in the workplace staff room, there is blood on his hands and we presume that he’s killed the boss off screen.Football training grounds/changing room: Jack, whilst hooded smashes up the football training grounds late that night and ends up running back home after doing so. Once far away he takes the hood down and he appears to look troubled, and also disappointed in himself.Killer’s house: The morning after, Jack knocks on the killer’s house and requests to smoke with the killer again. The killer is uncomfortable around Jack now as he is constantly feeling the urge to kill, when in the kitchen he says for the second time in the film he has something to show Jack, and then opens up a cupboard which has his Carl’s body in it, but because Jack’s in the other room he obviously doesn’t know what the killers talking about, killer asks Jack to leave for his own safety.Girl’s apartment: The killer looks distressed when at his girlfriend’s but he clearly still likes her. He puts a video on of him killing her boss in a state of a nervous breakdown, he tells her to run out of the apartment for her own safety, which she does, but unfortunately he catches up with her and chokes her on the stairway. Once she’s dead the distressed look on his face goes away and he looks normal again.Jack’s room: Jack apologises to his mate on the phone and realises that his methods of dealing with his stress have just made him a worse person. When seeing that the killer is not home he decides to get his game back from his house.Killer’s house: Jack gets in through killers window and walks through house to find his game. He stumbles across Carl’s body, the boss’ body and the apartment man’s body. To the audience’s surprise the killer’s girlfriend’s body is also there, showing that the killer has returned home and is in the house. After a tense walk through the house, a chase between the two begins which leads outsides.Woods: Jack runs through the woods where he was taught how to shoot, whilst being chased by the killer. After tripping over, Jack gives up trying to escape. The killer asks if Jack could turn around so that he does not have to look at him while he aims the rifle. Jack does so, but the killer shoots himself.

Task Two: Brainstorm

Task One Section 2: Research into examples of comparable media products

As part of my next task for my media portfolio i have been asked to look at a number of thriller's opening scenes and describe the characteristics of each film, with the headings of; narrative structure, thriller codes and conventions, camerawork, mise-en-scene, sound, editing, grapyics.


In class we watched the film seven and made an analysis, here i will show under each pacific heading my anlysis- narrative structure, cinemotography, sound, mise-en-scene, editing and i will also conpare thriller codes and conventions with 'seven'

Narrative structure

The narritive structure of the film seven as you may well know is in cronological order; showing each new spacific day clearly to the viewer this is done with text appearing on the bottom of the screen being shown clearly to the viwer, and with each new day a cronological murder happens this being one of the seven deadly sins each time (this is why the film was given the title 'seven').As the film progresses the viewer becomes apparent that the each death then has a some what religious element behind it being that with each death that is commited the victim had followed that perticular sin.

Cinemotography


throughout Seven cinemotography features are seen, before the film was put into production the producer had to make some decisions about how the film was to be viewed and one decision he chose was that the fiml should involve the reader make them part of the action and to feel like they are there and not observing and the prodcuer creates this sence of feeling by perticuler camera placement. All through the film both mills and somerset are viewed at the same level showing that niether one is superior to the other. As i said previous that the prodcuer gives the impression the viwer is more involved in the film this can be more apparent when action scenes take place; as a chase is taking place the carema goes shakey this then gives a sence of building suspence and involvment. When any character is in control in Seven then are shown by the camera angled up at then as if we as the viewer looking up at the character co-insidently as John Doe is tied and kneeling on the floor the viewer is seen somthing different as for the one of the first times in the film couler and brightness is shown and this is behind John Doe giveing a sence that he is a 'martyr' and this maybe because he believes what he is doing is not nesaseraly wrong.

Sound

When the film starts the music as the opening credits appear seem to be some what eerie and hauting this gives the viwer at first glimps how the film may progress this then sets the seen for the rest of the film. To add the busy suroundings and atmosphere when new york city is shown all the viewer can hear is constant traffic, arguing, sirens adding the busy and movement life the film is trying to posses. In comparision to how the film is busy and there is alot of movement as we see in one of the scenes somerset is at home and he is listening to 'air on a g string' by 'Bach' and this maybe no trying to show how the film is in terms of emotions but informing the reader of Somersets interlect.

Mise-en-scene

Where mise-en-scene is concerned this opens up a mide range of converation as this involves everything and enything involved in the film, first of all the lighting, this in seven is very dark and dull- makes the film eere and scary. Partial vision is used in the film seven this not just on behalf of the decision made by the producer for the viewer to be involved but to build suspense upon the viewer. When we find about about the probs such as the guns of the officers it tells us alot baou the personalitly of that chararcter, as it is said in the film mills has drawn his gun a number of times and has killed someone telling us that he is not worried about conflict, as for somerset it says that he has drawn his gun once but never had the intention to fire it showing us that he is a more carefull officer.

Editing

For the editing on seven the on screen graphics at the start anre blurry/unfocused, rough/scratchy, this and the unfomfatable music gives a scary/eere setting for the film.The montage of scary/gory/creepy im ages shows and gives the presence of a 'crazy' character.

Thriller codes and conventions

Seven meets many of Martin Rubans opinions on the genre thriller such as it is set in a urban landscape and in this case it is New York city and it is an everyday enviroment. Seven definitly shows Pascal Bonitzers points on thriller with the audinece should only see so much and up untill around half way through the film does only then the audience see the actual killer and his enviroment. As Lars Ole Sarburg says that the audience should have somthing hidden from then in sevens case as the audience is involved it is not just them but other characters have things being hidden from them as well. Noel Carrol's point on creating questions is shown in seven where several times the auidence is left contemplating one thing or another. Unlike many of the codes and conventions suggest in seven there is no perticular hero; the audience believes that mills will become the hero but at the end he is fooled and murders the villian, therefore can he be classed as the hero? and that is probably one of the major questions the viewers are left with as the film ends.So as i have given a detailed anlysis i think that we can conferm that seven definitly meets the codes and conventions of a 'thriller' and even though not all the codes and conventions are seen in seven the ones that arnt out way the ones that arnt, and as i have explained in one of my previous bloggs there realy is no concrete thriller definition.




American Pyscho (2000)

Narritive Structure-

This perticular film is written in a diary form, this is first recognised when the main charecter is describing themselves and telling the viwers about there life and interpritations. Another point on the narrative structure in the opening scenes is that it is in linier form (written in chronological) so therefore no flash backs are seen.



Thriller codes and conventions

For Americal Pyscho some of the thriller codes that can be viewed are in the opening credits of the film where the viewer can see (what looks like) blood, and the images of a sharp knife, but in this incidence it turns out the (what looks like) blood is actually sauce, and the knife that looks as though some sort of muder could be commited with is for cutting meat.

Camera Work

In AP there are a large amount of mirror shots in the opening, showing the charecter in different light, in his opinion this lets the viwer in the mind of the charecter. Also the viewer is only shown partial vision, so only as much as the director whats the viewer to see will.

Mise-En-Scene

The appearence of wealth can be seen a number of times in the opening, firstly with the smart clothes all the men are wearing (suits) and then the camrea is puposefully ained clealry at the credit cards being placed on the tray, another thing would be the contrast of physical attitude how the charecter acts very kind gives the inpression of a normal guy, but then we hear him speek and we are given an insight into his mind.

Sound

Eere music opens the music with un-rythmitical poundings of sound so then the viwer will be shocked to hear it, the melody progresses from a minor key to a mojor makeing it seem it is in the wrong place. Also as they are in the reseraunt, the music in the background gives the impression of intalect.

Editing

Editing has been done on the illusion of dripping blood within the openinig credits, also another thing would be the club to appartment change where these contrast one another greatly- the fake to real.

Graphics

The graphics in American physcho are simple and straight forward nothign complecated has been done to change the viwers vision in anyway, the only graphical illusion is the thought of dripping blood.

jaws

Narrative structure

Jaws was played in linear order, it followed a ground of teenagers having a beach party and a sing a long, then shows two of the teens going to the sea for a swim, where one of them ends up trying to fight of a shark.

Thriller Codes And Conventions

the film uses a technique known as portraction, this is where the viwer can see that the girl is in destress, and we know that she will die, the under water shots give the view we imagion the shark can see.

Camera Work

at the start of the film all is normal no odd or partial vision camera shots ahve been used to the prducers advantage, and it only changes what the girl can gone into the water and the viwer then can see visions of her from under the sea giving the feeling somthing is watching her and looking at her as pray.

Mise-En-Scene
Jaws doesnt use anything extra ordinary within the making of the opeining scenes, everthing is normal looking and nothing is out of place, so that when the death does happen to the girl the audience realise that it odesnt matter who or what the person has or hasnt done anyone can be a victim and this then plays tricks within the mind of the viwer.

Sound

Jaws has possibly the most well knows music out of all films across the globe, the movie theme that John Williams wrote in 1972 is one of the simpilist scores to wright and almost anyone could play it, but its how it is used wich mkaes it so amazing. and when they decide to use it gives a scary and progressive biuld up to somthing.

Editing

Shots cut from the beach where all the teenagers are having a party to the deserted beach shore this could signify where they will be goin later on in the film.

Silence Of The Lambs

narrative structure

The opening scenes of silence of the lambs uses linier form, it shows an fbi agent in a somewhat scary and dull forest on a obstical corse where she is then shouted and told to go to an office.

Thriller codes and conventions

The only thriller code that could be distinguished within the opening scenes could be she is running, the viewers may see this as she is runing away from somthing of someone.

Camera Work

The camera tracks her as she runs on this what may be a fbi obstical corse as if we are a viwer, we then track her to the offiice she is requaired to got to, then we pan the wall where we can see evedence

Mise-En-Scene

The props used in silence of the lambs are clever they dont give to much away at the beggining as we see her running and for that reason we dont know why, we then see her enter a lift full of men wich i coincidently all taller and bigger than her this may connotate that men overule her in her job and everyday life

Sound

The panting of her breath as she runs shows a ruch within her and a sence of scare, but then we see what she is truely doin and we see the bigger picture.

Editing

The editing within the film helps us to follow her every action as cuts are only used to show a sudden change in view and that she is changing her surroundings.

Graphics

As the film opens it shows the title 'silence of the lambs' this is written in a some what messy font and is in red connotatig blood and death (all things that are bad) but then the white may connatate purenes and hope.

The shining

Narrative structure
The shining opens with the view over a lake which a lovely surrounind and the sun is shining, we the follow a car throuhg lon and windy roads untill we see a hotel

Thriller Codes And conventions

Within the opening few scenes there is not many things that could interite that the film is a thriller, one thing though maybe the contrast of a beatuiful surrounding and the eerie minor music that is played and the unsettelin voice like noises tht are created.

Camerawork

Throughout the opeing of the film we have an ariel view of the moutins but the subject of the vision is the following of a perticular car and the aidience is not shown what who is in it.

Sound

The music that is played along to the opeing of the credits is somthing that doesnt seem to fit what the audience see's they see a lovely landscape but then we have eere music and unsetteling voice like noises being played.

Editing

the credits open very cleverly as they have no perticular craftyness about them, they are shown in average font and blue and roll from the bottom of the screen to the top, and this then gives nothing away the the auidence so they dont know what to expect.

Bourne Ultimatium

Narrative structure

The film opens in a busy city, where the character is clearly hurt, he is trying to get away from the police and this can be seen when he hears sirens he goes to the underground, he then heads for a pharmacy in aid of drugs to help him self where he is then confroted by (russian) police but he gets out, and nearly shooting a officer in the process.

Thriller Codes And Convention

The use of guns and blood that can be seen on his hands as he goes to wash them in the room he trys to heal himself in shows that he has come over some form of fight or narraly missed death

Camera Work

The camera backs up the sounds by showing a busy atmoshpere when the camera shakes as we follow the character, aslo the camera uses qucick mivement letting the viewer know we dont know what is around each corner.

Mise-En-Scene

The use of a gun shows that the character has authorly and oest mind what he has to do to protect himself, also when we see him ebter the pharmacy, we see him grap a number of drugs, and we see him injecting himself with some of them, this shows that he must be in much pain.

Sound

In the BU as we open with are given straight away the sence of urgancy, with the sound of sirens and the beeps of cars horns, we also have a pounding theme in the background to show and biuld susspence and to add the viewing pleasure.

Editing

Throughout the opening the camera does quick cuts so show movement and sudden change, also at the very begining we see only the feet of the character and him waling in snow this then sets the surroundings and lets the audience know where he is and what he might come up against.

Graphics

At ome stage in the opeinig scenes we se the character having sudden flash backs the audience is shown this by how the camera has a couler tone change and a blurred effect is used to show the change in time.

sean forde. (this has been published abit late becasue i wasnt to well friday or sat, and that was when i had planned to publish it.)