Samson Evaluation

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Hi Samson,

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Thanks,

Hannah

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Thriller

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Story board

Locations, mise-en-scen

Locations, mise-en-scen

In thrillers location and set design are a crucial part of the film as it can add or take away from the naturalism of the thriller.

In our piece we are going to try and use location and set design that will enhance our piece and make it more real and entertaining to watch.

When filming Rebecca being followed we will have walking in a dark light street which is quite deserted, the alley way she then turns down is long and thin and very dark light, this will help build the atmosphere and suspension of the piece.

When filming Ollie eating chinese, we want the house to be quite cosy and ordinary so the audience will be able to relate to him, we want him to be eating chinese and watching tv just so the audience can see that this and be able to empathize with it, making it more naturalistic and real when will then make our thriller more chilling

Our target audience

Our target audience is quite varied and our film could appeal to different audiences, such as teenagers and adults because our plot consists of someone who is in their early 20s so it could appeal to the older generation and the younger generation. it is quite complex so i would say some one in their early teens would find it too complicated.
However someone 15 and above would be the right target audience.

Our film has the right amount of complexity and fun that it is sure to grip any audience

Production planning, prop list and location

This is our Production Schedule, where we specify, where we film, when when we film, what we film & who is included in the filming.

1. The first day of filming
Date: friday the 4th december
Time:3pm-7:00pm the latest
Location: samsons house
we will be filming the scene in samson's house of the man at home eating chinease food and stalker watching from the window we will then film the scene in the alley way with the stalker following the woman. we will also film the scrap book scene at samsons house.

The props we will be using on this date is,
- answering machine

- romote control
- chinease

- scrap book and a picture of percy and rebecca

- rebecca to where some formal clothes

-gloves

-mobile phone

-black hoody

2. The second day of filming

Date: saturday 5th of december 2009
Time: ?
Location: samsons house this day might not happen if we finish our shooting on friday however if not we will finish it all on saturday.

The props we will be using on this date is,
- answering machine

- romote control
- chinease

- scrap book and a picture of percy and rebecca

- rebecca to where some formal clothes

-gloves

-mobile phone

-black hoody

After doing all of this we will then see if there are any parts that we want to be re filmed or re done or if we changed some certain shots or wanted to add extra things.

Character profile

Character profiles

In our piece there are 3 main characters in the opening scene who play a significant part in the entire film if we where to film it all :


Rebecca : Female early 20s business woman has had a hard past a bit paranoid of her surroundings has something to hide and constantly feels like she is being watched however she acts ( normal ) on the outside concealing her real emotions. She lives alone because she is sooo focused on her career and the reason the stalker follows her is because some point in her life she has done something that has hurt him physically or emotionally. She went out with the stalkers best friend and the stalker used to like her.

Ollie : Male early 20s as well, is quite a cocky person and thinks he is very good looking. He is in a relationship with Rebecca and has quite an easy past. He used to be best friends with the killer but he betrayed him and went out with some one that the killer thought he could end up marrying (Rebecca) .

Timmy : The killer ( stalker ) HE STALKS AND COLLECTS A SCRAP BOOK OF ANY ONE WHO HAS EVER DONE WRONG TO HIM. HIS FIRST VICTIMS ARE HIS BEST FRIEND AND EX FIANCEE AND THE SCRAP BOOK SHOWS THE ORDERS OF HIS NEXT VICTIMS


Detective Sean Johnson :He is following the case as it happens and tries to uncover who is the next victim. He is not seen in the opening scene only his voice is heard through the answering machine .

Shot List of Thriller

1. LS (Long Shot)- Scrap book. (Music ??)

2.MCU (Medium close up) - Scrapbook turning pages

3. CU (Close up) - Of a photo (with titles in front)

4. MCU ( Medium close up) - Scrapbook turning pages

5. CU (Close up) - Of a photo (with titles in front)

6.MCU (Medium close up) - Scrapbook turning pages

Zoom..

7.CU (Close up) - Photo

Fades out into..

8.POV (Point of view) of Stalker - Following Rebecca

9.Two shot- Of Rebecca and stalker behind her walking on phone.

10.Long shot - From behind the stalker following Rebecca (non digetic, phone call of Rebecca saying, "shes being followed" , it muffles then it goes silent)

11.POV (Point of view) of antagonist running behind protagonist moving forward past her.

12.MCU (Medium close up) - Scrapbook turning page

Zoom..

13.CU (Close up) - Photo of Rebecca and Ollie in scrap book. (non digetic, voice mail message of detective saying " Ollie should be careful and should phone the detective back")

Fades out into....

14.POV (Point of view) of Stalker- Voyeuristic shot of Ollie eating chinese through window

15.MCU (Medium close up) -Of Ollie eating and just general relaxation

16.OTS (Over the shoulder shot) - Of Ollie eating and watching tv

17.CU (Close up) Answering machine bleeping.

18. EC ( Extreme close up) Of red light on answering machine.

19.THE SCRAPBOOK (BLACK BACKGROUND)

Production companies

Warner Bro's is an American producer of film, and television entertainment. It was founded by Jewish 1918 it is the third-oldest American movie studio in continuous operation. It is the maker of films such as : Looney tunes
Harry Potter
Batman Begins
Ocean's Eleven.

Thriller Target audience

I feel that the thriller target audience is probably 15-35its for people into intrigue and mystery with a tint of a twist. Its for people who like to try and work things out for themselves but sometimes never quite gets there .A person who never gives up trying and will always give it a shot on working out what in happening, yet still loves the element of surprise. But it also depends on the sub genre of the Thriller, action thrillers for example are mainly for young people where as political thrillers are maybe set for an older audience.

Thrillers music

From watching past students examples and analysing Thrillers I have established regular patterns that occur. The music tends to be very quiet during opening credits and seems to get louder as it goes on. Thriller music tends to be very atmospheric and orchaestral and always supports the theme and sub genre of the thriller. The music is key to the success of the Thriller and how it can make the audience feel, it is used to heighten the mood and the effect the thriller is meant to have.
It builds tension and makes the audience uncomfortable and brings the anxiety.

I have included the music to insomnia to highlight how music has a key effect on a thriller.

Thriller Actors

Samuel L. Jackson

He was born 21 december 1948, He usually played bad guys and drug addicts before doing 'The long kiss goodnight'. His performance in Pulp Fiction gave him an oscar. He has starred in such thrillers such as Pulp Fiction(1994), Snakes on a plane (2007) Kill bill(2004)

Al Pacino

Alfredo James "Al" Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American film and stage actor and director, he grew up in East Harlem and won the academy award for best male actor. He has starred in such thrillers such as Insomia (2002), Scarecrow (1973).



Matt Damon


Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, writer and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good will Hunting, from a screenplay he wrote with friend Ben Affleck. He has starred in thrillers such as The Departed (2006), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Confessions of Dangerous Mind (2002)

Directors

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwritter, producer and actor. He has been named as the 5th best thriller director following Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spiel-berg and James Cameron. Some of his best films include 'My Best Friends Birthday'(1987), 'Reservoir Dogs' (1992), 'Pulp Fiction' (1994), 'Jackie Brown' (1997) 'Kill Bill (Vol 1:2003, Vol 2: 2004), 'Death Proof' (2007) and 'Inglorious Basterds' (2009) His films have earned him Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Palme d'Or Awards and he has been nominated for Emmy and Grammy Awards. In 2007, 'Total films' named him the 12th greatest director of all-time.

Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producerr. In a career of over four decades, Spielberg's films have touched on many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fi and adventure films, sometimes centering on children, were seen as an archetype of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years his films began addressing such issues as The Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. Some of his best films include: Jaws (1975), Jurassic Park(1993).

Philip Noyce

Noyce was born in Griffith, New South Wales, attended Barker College, Sydney, and began making short films at the age of 18, starting with Better to Reign in Hell, using his friends as the cast. He joined the Australian Film & Television School in 1973, and released his first professional film in 1977.
After his debut feature, the medium-length Backroads (1977), Noyce achieved commercial and critical success with Newsfront (1978), which won Australian Film Institute (AFI) awards for Best Film, Director, and Screenplay. Some of his best films include: Heatwave(1982) The saint (1997)

180 degree rule

This diagram shows the axis between two characters and the 180° arc on which cameras may be positioned (green). When cutting from the green arc to the red arc, the characters switch places on the screen. This enforces the 180° degree rule so that whilst filming actors alway remain on the same side of the camera every time.

But what is a Thriller film?

WHAT IS A THRILLER FILM?

A thriller film is a film that suspends and thrills the audience and has many overlapping genres. Thrillers are very fast paced, with frequent action , with resourceful protagonist who must destroy the plans of and even more powerful antoganist.
There are many many sub genres of a thriller: Action, Crime, disaster, drama, Medical, Political, Psychological, Spy, Horror, Science fiction, religious.

Thrillers often take place wholly or partly in exotic settings such as foreign cities, deserts, polar regions, or high seas. The heroes in most thrillers are frequently "hard men" accustomed to danger: law enforcement officers, spies, soldiers, seamen or aviators. However, they may also be ordinary citizens drawn into danger by accident.

Intro to prelim task

For our preliminary task we had to create a video which had continuity (for example if we had a shot of someone knocking on a door, the next shoot couldn't then just be them in the room, it'd have to be them opening the door) and that also included

- match on match action

- shot-reverse-shot

- the 180 degree rule.



We went through a range of ideas but decided on a video about an "obese" man who finds out that he is actually pregnant. To make sure our piece was still interesting and not a total joke we made sure that we included shots that would add to the intensity of this situation.



*Low angle shot from the floor (Jake steps over the camera, wobble affect)

*Long shot from side-on (show him walking towards the door)

*Ped, to slowly reveal Jake (ending in a close up of him eating)*Point-of-view shot (him knocking on the door)

*Medium shot (Samson turning, 'come in')

*Close up (of Jake opening the door, hand on handle)

*Over-the-shoulder shot (from Samson, looking at door opening and Jake entering)

*Two shot of the desk (Samson is in shot, Jake walks into frame and sits down)

*Switch between over-the-shoulder shots of both characters (dialogue)

*Close up (Jake's reaction the the news)*Extreme Close up (Jake's darting eyes)


We had some trouble getting the setting right of our prelim task, for example making our setting look like a doctors office and not a computer room in the Brit school, and editing our piece also seemed to have problems.

Analysing Valentine

Valentine is a thriller, which I found had particularly effective way to engage the audience. I particularly enjoyed the storyline and the symbolic qualities the film possessed.





The opening to the thriller is very effective, setting that sweet quiet scene allows the audience to become comfortable and are then shocked by the blackness that swifts across the screen. This transistion to the valentine's dance works very well and the fading in and out during this flash back allows us to know this is maybe a flash back and in the past.


On Valentine's Day, best friends Kate, Paige, Dorothy and Lily are terrified when they begin receiving violent anonymous threats. They soon learn that the stalker is Jeremy Melton -- a nerdy boy they mercilessly tormented years ago in junior high. Since then Jeremy has really come into his own. Now that he's a hunk with magnetic sex appeal, he devises a deadly and bloody plot for revenge against his teenage tormentors.
Also Known As:
Mortelle Saint-Valentin
Valentine's Day
Production Status:
Released
Logline:
Ten years after a nerd is humiliated by several women in college he seeks dark revenge.
Genres:
Comedy, Romance, Suspense/Horror, Thriller and Adaptation
Running Time:
1 hr. 36 min.
Release Date:
February 2, 2001 Nationwide
MPAA Rating:
R for strong horror violence, some sexuality and language.
Distributors:
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Production Co.:
NPV Entertainment
Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment
Studios:
(USA): Warner Bros. Pictures
U.S. Box Office:
$20,384,136
Filming Locations:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Produced in:
United States

Analyzing memento.

Next lesson we analyzed Memento directed by Guy Pearce and again talked about it and what we found effective.





Titles:They were presented firstly with the credits against a black background with suspenseful music, the black background fades into the first scene .
It also begins with a close up of a Polaroid picture which close ups then fades out, again this adds intensity and maked reference to maybe a loss of memory or knowledge.
Shots:Medium close up shots of a bullet, gun and wall, this again creates that intense atmosphere. Voyeristic shot makes u feel like you are invading the privacy of this character and that you shouldn't be there, which makes the audience uncomfortable.
The narrative was disordered to allow us to go back where we the story began, and from this the audience can infer that the story is not going to be in chronological order and maybe reflect on what the characters mind is like.
Mise-en-scene:Just a hand and a photo in the shot creates intensity. Black and white shot shows he's confused and disorientated.