Idea 1

The scene will start with a tracking shot of Lewis (Luke) coming out of college as it is getting fairly dark. Conversation with random people ensues until the bus arrives and he gets on it into town. In town it is now dark and gloomy. meanwhile Danny (Greg) who happens to be smoking a recreational cannabis roll-up with a roach orders out a hit on Lewis on the phone to his man Julius. Time passes with shots of town and cars and stuff. Then Julius (Matt) sees Lewis walking across town, Lewis also clocks Julius and a chase ensues. The chase leads to a dead-end and Julius shanks Lewis once in the stomach. Thinking that Lewis is dead Julius turns around and calls his boy Danny. Danny is on the other end and the camera switches to him, the phone goes dead and then switches back to the dead end where Pedro is lieing dead with blood pouring out of his neck. Ends with a shot of Lewis hobbling away holding his stomach.

Mood board

This is our mood board. It reflects our initial idea's and concepts that we will try to include in our piece.

The globe shaped puzzle implies the collectiveness of knowledge that Wikipedia embodies. The usage of Greek letters has connotations of advanced academia.

Other pupils work analysis.

This piece follows many of the conventions of psychological thriller. The non-diegetic soundtrack creates an atmosphere of suspense & tension reinforce the apprehension the swift shot cuts build up. Tracking shots help us to follow the action as the plot unfolds. The mise en scene features a fat guy and other elements that are typical. The motif of the chess set as a recurring theme through the piece draws intrigue.

The Condemed

This movie is an action thriller starting hard man Vinnie Jones and ex wrestler Steve Austin. The choice of actors gives the film its rugged edge, along with its fast paced camera angles and dramatic non-diegetic soundtrack make this an action thriller. The cinematography used in the film is all brisk, featuring panning and zooming shots that emphasise the action packed pace of this particular genre. The mise en scene features a lot of guns and explosives which is typical of this kind of action thriller.

Plans for filming

For the mise en scene of our filming we plan that the two gangster debt collectors to be wearing jeans or tracksuits with Nike Air Max trainers. And the person in debt to be wearing scruffy clothes looking like they have been living ruff. Shots take place in gloomy area multistory car parks, ally ways. The sound in the sequence would be quite slow and eerie to keep the suspense ongoing and then in certain parts of the intro until the chase scene when the tempo of the music changes completely and

THX Studios Intro

Pixar Animation Studios Intro

Alfred Hitchcoccks essay Why Thrillers thrive

We believe that the main points that Hitchcock is trying to put across in the article that thrillers are used to put a insecurity to the viewer to make them feel as if there in the characters shoes 'we don't sit by as spectators; we participate' therefore we are subconsciously afraid of what is going to happen and keeps them on the edge of their seats. It gives the impression that they are there feeling what the character is feeling but with the assurance that they are in a safe environment.

1958 Classic Hitchcock thriller

Spinning shapes in the eye - see what she is feeling.
The shapes are showing what you would see if you experienced vertigo.
The non-diagetic music giving suspense to the viewer wondering whats going to happen next, feeling trapped.
Hypnotic spinning images.

Snowball

Prelminary task

In our preliminary task we had to demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. We decided to shoot outside in the snow and do someone throwing a snowball as our main theme.