CCR tools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfg1LS5b5x8 - door closing
Un-linking sound from video

transitioning

dip to black

volume changing

volume gain
music - Piano

Peer critiques:

-Make the transition smoother between the knife scene and the car scene. (longer)
-Change the music in the car scene
-Build up the music more in the car scene

Question 2

question 4

question 3

https://prezi.com/p/edit/w9x1kpsve0te/

Question 1 by Kayla Lockington

Preliminary task 1 final copy

Preliminary task 1

Lost Preliminary task 1 draft

Call sheet

Camera (Thriller)

Camera angles/shot types 

Close up shots will be an essential part of our film as this can build tension and suspense. We never see the full picture that is happening around our characters we will just see there emotions/facial expression and in some cases actions speak louder than words.

Our match on action shot will be clearly represented when our female lead is opening the door to meet her ‘partner in crime’. She will be shown opening the door from the outside then our camera will swap to the inside of the building where she will be shown walking through the door frame, matching the action in which she has just made.

Shot reverse shot will be used in order to capture our characters dialogue between one another. This filming technique is used in many big time movies/films, one of my particular favourites is in the hunger games when the are supposedly doing an interview and the camera is not only doing “shot reverse shot” but it also shows an over the shoulder shot, allowing the audience to get a better picture of what is taking place in the scene.

Thriller script

DSL Films.

Garage - Night

Female lead enters garage door to find her male partner working with different equipment.

POV:

Female lead walks towards the white door from the camera (almost over the shoulder shot).

turns the door handle, opening the door: match on action shot.

Walks to the significant other standing in the work space...

                                                                       

                                                                         Female lead

                                                      (Paranoid tone) "Did you get her...

(short pause) "I saw her hit you what if someone else saw as well we could be done for if this gets out".

Male character walks with an almost distinct limp on the right side of his body.

                                                                         

                                                                        Male lead

(sarcastic tone, almost confident) "Yes, we got her... she was just sitting there. Calm down before you cause a scene or worse someone hears you".

Actions:

Both walk outside in an accelerated pace towards the car

Female lead sits in the front passengers seat whilst male lead makes his way to the back of the car...

Opens the boot to find tied up hostage.

(Hostage acting scared and frightened)

Celtx screenplay

Thriller rationale #2

Rationale (thriller) 

The scene starts with our young female lead walking in front of the camera almost starting off with an over the shoulder shot. She is walking at a hastily pace as if she needs to take care of something that is in dire need of her attention. The scene will start off in darkness with a dim white light surrounding our first character. This immediately gives the audience an impression of sketchy movement as the darkness is being used as a convention alongside shadows which creates the effect of fear and anticipation.

We have chosen to film our scene in an underground looking car park, this makes the atmosphere look and feel grungy so that the audience gets an impression of a lower class status from the two main characters. Our second location is set in a working shed so that the tools are used as a convention to show danger and a sense of mystery. Before our female character reaches the inside of the “shed” she is shown to be opening a white door. By using the colour white, this almost acts as a false sense of security for the audience thinking she’s going somewhere peaceful and calming, when really it is a false image leading her into a world of dismay.

An authorised personnel only so will be displayed on the right side of the screen as we see our character walking through the door this can be used as iconography as we get a feeling that our characters are not where they’re supposed to be. Our character will be wearing grungy simplistic clothing, again representing status and class and how even though our characters are doing something they should not be we get the feeling that is most likely related to money/financial problems. 

The door will be used to represent our match in action shot when filming we will see our female leads hand reach for the door handle and turning it, the camera position will then switch to see her walking through the other side of the door frame so that she is walking inside the shed. This will all be put together with continuity editing so that all the shots line up with the story/plot line. Another camera technique we will be using is shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. Our shot reverse shot will be shown when our female character enters the ‘building’ and has a direct conversation with our male lead. It will show them exchanging dialogue and the camera will be on a close up of the girls face then will transition to the male leads face so that we can see his response and facial expressions. The 180 degree shot rule will be used so that the screen balance of the film maintains its positioning, e.g. the camera doesn’t pass a certain point when filming, so it always stays on a straight line axis as if only moving in half a circle. 

When our male lead is introduced he will be seen to be doing “human-like” activities as if he is trying to almost ignore the fact that he has just taken a young girl hostage and locked her in the back of his ‘average’ car. The hostage will be seen to be a female adding the representation of male dominance in how she is tied up and helpless acting as our ‘damsel in distress’ except this time there is no hero to save her. Our female hostage that is presented to be in distress will have her face covered adding to the mystery of what she actually looks like whether she is older in the fact that she may have money that our two kidnappers want or is she younger and has wealthier parents and is most likely being held for ransom. 

Close up shots will be used frequently throughout the scene as it adds to the emotion used in the ‘short film’ we will get a sense of how our different characters are feeling and will keep the mysterious tone as we will never really see the full ‘picture’ of what is actually happening on the screen. Darkness and shadows are being utilised as they both represent thriller conventions building the tension and making our ‘film’ more realistic and professional. 

Location

Location 

Our thriller is tied together around a kidnapping that takes place in an underground car park. We wanted to make the atmosphere look as grungy as possible so that the audience gets an idea of the class and status that our two main characters have. Meaning that they are not wealthy and have to meet in an almost abandoned warehouse/shed in order to actually pull off their plan/heist. 

We decided to use the side door leading into the garage instead as it adds more of a simplistic tone and can also be used for our match on action shot. We also want to get a shot of the ‘authorised  personnel only’ sign as it tells the audience that they are somewhere they almost shouldn't be.  

The female lead is going to be seen walking through the door and our male lead (her partner in crime) will be standing at the workbench almost as if it will bring a more serious manner to the scene as if he is just doing “human-like” activities that an average male man would be seen doing. There are a lot of tools and working type equipment adding to the fact that they are in some type of grungy looking workspace adding suspense in the fact that the audience doesn't know what the characters are going to do in their as it looks like an isolated area.  

Little elements are going to be seen in different shots. For example when we have our shot reverse shot, when the two lead characters are having a conversation, in the background you will see  a metal cabinet with a HAZCHEM sign of the front indicating danger and as the scene progresses we will see our male lead use the cabinet to store different types of “kidnap” looking equipment. 

Our scene then moves to the outdoors giving an airy and lonely tone. There is almost no one there and by doing this it will add to the effect of sneaky and almost guilty behaviour. The car will be stationary in the car park. By having a wooden background and concrete floor/pavement it almost emphasises on the fact of money and how they cannot afford to take their hostage in a more wealthier setting for example a flash hotel. It adds to the thriller as it creates darkness and a foreshadowing of fear.