fight club

Story Line

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion. Written by Anonymous on IMDb.

Characters

Fight Club contains famous actors such as Brad Pit, Edward Norton and Helena Carter so the Audience (in knowing that there were several talented and respected professionals in he film) would be more inclined to see the film.

The Film in One Line: an adrenaline filled fast paced film with a sudden twist.

audiences of a thriller

To try and find out the main audience for a thriller I looked at several thriller films of various types and compared them:
The Godfather, the main characteristics of this films audience (based on IMDb votes) were:

• males 
• people aged from under 18 to 29
• American's (more than any other country)

females also gave, on average, lower votes and there were significantly fewer female votes (around 260,000 less than male)

Die Hard, the main characteristics of this films audience (based on IMDb votes) were:

•  Males
• aged under 18 (Although they were fewer than males 18/21 they gave a higher rating overall. 
• Fairly evenly spaced between Americans and non Americans (possibly slightly towards the non Americans side)

Alien, the main characteristics of this films audience (based on IMDb votes) were:

• Males (beginning to see a theme developing)
• again although there were fewer males aged 18 and under they gave a higher rating than the 18/29 year olds.
• there were twice as many non Americans as Americans but you have to take into account that 'non Americans' applies to the rest of the world.

conventions of a thriller

Conventions of a thriller
• Scary (jumpy)
• Dark music
• Sometimes action packed
• Thrilling
• Unexpected
• Sometimes violent
• Anticipation and uncertainty
• Build up tension and suspense
• The Da Vinci Code
• Scream
Thriller themes
• Mystery
• Crime
• Investigation
• Life and death
• Murder
• supernatural

se7en analysis

a title sequence analysis for Se7en

From the analysis in the video i can conclude that in making
my opening

fan made content

The use of the internet has revolutionised the film industry, the main thing being fan-made spoofs, re makes, alternate endings and trailers. These fan-made media scripts are a huge sources of publicity for films as people (me included) will be enclined to watch the movie and compare it to the actual event in the film, spoofs can range from complete re-makes of scenes like the joker interview form the dark knight spoof above to people taking snipets from films and transforming the into songs such as the Lord of the Rings song below named 'potatoes'




many production companies are openly encouraging regular people to create fan-made content and movies such as snakes on a plane are almost entirely based on fan input. although not exactly fan made, there are spoofs tha include profesional actors expecialy jack black such as in this spiderman parody

Final Cut

When editing our first few scene that we have filmed and uploaded to final cut express. I learnt how to cut scene so that when changing from scene to scene it isn't some random jump its done nice and slowly to make it look more professional. We will add more effects and music once we have filmed our whole piece of work and uploaded it to final cut express.

North by Northwest

 Plot: A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. (taken from IMDb)

North by Northwest is a clasic thriller with all the usual elements (a lot of fast racy music etc.) it also has an unpredictable plot line that least you on so you think you know what is going to happen but then your whole assumption is smashed and replaced by a new one.

like most films from its era the main character is portrayed as a dashing, hansome man and is acompanied by a beatiful blond. along with this the sets loo relatively cheap and there fairly poor special effects (but this was the tecknology of the age and was seen as he peak of industry at the time.

Audience, as usual the voting is dominated by males aged 18-29, but the groups: females 18-29 and males 30-44 are no more than 3000 votes behind.

self evaluation

One main point i need to improve on is i need to
stay focused on my work (expecialy when im
doing posts) as i know that i am easly distracted.
I also need to try and make fewer custom videos
as they take a while to do and prevent me from
geting on with regular posts (there is only one
custom vid on at the moment as i have 2 on
the go which have been put on hold.

over all i would say i am puting reasonable effort
into our group and i am pleased to say i am
enjoying the course (so far...)

1st production meeting

Movie Opening Plan: girl running away from two mysterious men. the girl gets shot in the leg and falls to the floor. The two men tie her up and put her into the back of a car/pick up truck.

Theme-mystery thriller

Plot- Annie's kind act in helping a friend rapidly turns bad and before she knows it she gets caught up in a drug war beyond her imagination.

Setting- in a wood

Props- hand gun, car/pick up truck, rope, fake blood, black hood.

Costumes- Girl: casual clothing
                  Gunman and helper: casual clothing, hoody/jacket, balaclava
                  Driver: baseball cap and sunglasses

jelly baby story board

1. we started our jelly baby thriller with a shot of an ambulance coming on to the scene of two jelly babies that had been beaten up.
we started off with this shot, and then swapped the time code in the next shot, to create suspense. this would create suspense because the viewers would be unaware of why this is happening.

2. we then changed the time code to earlier when the two jelly babies had been running away from a group of bad jelly babies.

this shot is an enigma code because the audience will question why the jelly babies are running away from the bad jelly babies.

3.

today in lesson we learnt that

swapping the time code can

create suspense as the viewers

are unaware as to why this 

future event is happening.

e.g. we started with two 

people that had been beaten up and 

it then flashes back to them 

running away.

the enigma code can intertwine

with changing the time code

as this can make it even harder

to interpret what is going on.

e.g. in our jelly baby thriller we 

did a shot of two jelly babies

running away from a big group

of jelly babies. this is an enigma

code because it will make the

audience question why they are 

running away.

story board

1: Opening Titles
2: child running through woods; gloomy setting,
over shoulder shots of child looking back,
POV shots from pursuer looking down on the child running,
 child shouting for help in russian
3: person waking sharply up; close up on eyes opening, morning time,
 heavy breathing, medium close up of man sitting up on a bed in a cluttered room
4: person getting dressed; close up of his reflection in a mirror doing up a tie,
slightly gloomy as curtains are still closed. (MUSIC STARTS)
5: person getting ready; close up on his hand picking up a toothbrush,
close up of him brushing his teeth
6: person starts packing; starts packing clothes, close up on suit case,
opening credits start to appear on items he is packing
7: person starts packing more sinister items; packs items like wire cord,
cling film and knives.
8: person packs a gun; medium close up of him reaching under bed, pulls out a gun,

(MUSIC INTENSIFIES AND SUDDENLY STOPS)

risk assessment

obstacles in the woods, triping and hurting yourself or damaging equipment, we will make sure the route we choose is clear.

bb pistol, its a projectile weapon, the pistol will remain with the owner and the barrel will be blocked.

leads for the camera, trip hazard, there will be someone with the leads the whole time.

location: elsenam woods (for the opening of the child running through the woods)
and a cluttered room (for when the man is packing)

costume: the boy running through the woods will but dressed in typical childs clothes
that will be a bit tacky and the man will be fairly casualy dressed but will have a feeling of
order and routine an his habits and clothes

props: the props will be; a suitcase, numerouse clothes, toiletries, a mirror, a general mess
and a 'hand gun'

lighting: the woods will be fairly dark (we hope to get a twilight time of day look) and
the room will be fairly gloomy but will be fairly light as it is meant to be morning.

film rating

                                      Suitable only for 15 years and over

Discrimination 

:there will be no racial, sexual descrimination

Drugs 

:the only form of drug takin will be the odd scene of someone smoking

Horror 

:there will be no form of horror throughout the film

Imitable behaviour 

there will be scenes of variouise hard to get weapons (e.g. sniper rifle, hand guns etc)

Language 

there will be mild swearing throughout the film and none or very little srong swearing 

Nudity 

the only nudity will be mild and in brief glimpses

Sex 

if any there will be mild nudity 

Violence 

there will be mild violence throughout

to view the BBFC guide lines

lighting and editing

in order to get high quality shots we are going to film while
it is light, and when we come to edit it we will use the colour
corrector to make it seem like night time.

we will also use the colour corrector and the fish eye effect
in the shots from the pursuers point of view to give a non
human effect.

Step in the right direction

We have started to put together our final piece after a successful session of filming..

Mr Sean Farrell

hi there we are very excited to say that we have a new member, Sean has been given the opportunity and privilege to work along side myself and michael

Risk Assessment

In our first scene when the 40 year old man leaves the shop there is a risk of traffic becoming a dangerous factor but the risk will be solved by the man using the zebra crossing therefore there is no chance of him being effected by the traffic.

In our assault scene there is a risk of the steepness of the hill as the man has to walk down it and it could be wet and the man could end up falling or slipping over and hurting himself. We will solve this risk by making sure the weather conditions are okay for the man to walk down the hill and be fine. This is a 5/10 risk.

After the man has got to the bottom of the hill there is another risk on the bridge as it can be very slippery and we wouldn't want the man to fall over or even fall into the river so we will make sure the bridge is safe when we are filming our work. This is a 6/10 risk.

Another risk when filming our the cables involved with the camera as we cant have any of our actors tripping over them therefore we will place the camera and the cables well out of harms way so no actors will trip over them and hurt themselves.

When the 40 year old man is assaulted we will make sure that he doesn't actually get properly hit in the face therefore we will need good acting to make it look realistic without actually hurting the 40 year old man. This is a 8/10 risk

Filming Organisation

We will be filming our short opening scene on Thursday the 13th of Jan. we will be including in our film a group of our friends that have offered to help us out. We chose the 13th because the whole cast was available to film.

40 year old man- Tim Preston, a jacket, shirt and tie, trousers and smart shoes and the props he will need are a shopping bag, cigarettes.
 
The youths- Tom Paget, Miles PB, Miles Hornsby, Ben Pinner, dressed in trackies and hoodies with trainers, beers and cigarettes.

The Room

This is a picture of the room that we are going to use for the credits, this is the section when we see the man's pictures and research of the youths and their lives.

Crime scene

This is the location in which the man is attacked by the group of youths.

Lighting 2

The lighting for our piece is going to be important, this is because it is in a dark place so we are going to have to use some sort of artificial light in order to see the character during the opening scene, the light must have an urban effect and as well as this it must show that the place is intimidating to the general public.

Props 2

Cigarettes and Beer- The group of youths will have cigarettes and beers to add to the element of fear and to show that they are misbehaving in the local area.

The shopping- The man will have a shopping bag, this is because he is on his way home from the shop, he drops his shopping as the youths assault him.

Ipod/ Docking station- The group of lads will have music placying from and ipod and dock. This will show the effect that they have on the surrounding area.

Costumes 2

Costumes are very important in telling the viewer a bit more about the characters.

The Gang- The gang will be wearing hoodies and either trackies or jeans, some of them will wear a cap, the theme of their clothing will be urban and modern.

The man- The man will be wearing resonably smart clothing, to show that he is of better wealth than the gang. He will probably be wearing a smart jacket and trousers, also he may be wearing a smart shirt.

Conventions 2

There are many conventions of a thriller that we would like to use in our opening scene, I am just explaing a few of them.

 

This is a picture from the film scum, it is an example of how we would like the man to be looking up at the group as he is thrown to the ground.

This shot is taken from the classic film The Krays, this is a very good example of an over the should shot that we can use when the man is talking to the youths.

This is the sort of grime scene that suits our film so i thought that this establishing shot will show the scale of the interest. Music is also an important factor of a thriller and this shot shows the type of music we are going for.

This is from the film Tyson, it is seen in the opening credits and it gives us an example of what we can do when editing our piece, for example in this shot we can see that they have blacked out the background which makes mike tyson stand out in the shot.

The BBFC

This is the BBFC official website
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/

Certification

With every film there is a certification, the bbfc assign every film with a certificate for example the dark knight is a 12a.
We have decided that our is going to be given a rating of 15, this is because it involves violence, strong language and would not suit the viewing of a younger person.

 

No-one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

A film that is similar to our film is Adulthood, this also has a film rating of 15 for the same reasons as ours.