The Girl on the Bridge

Tension is created through a wide variation of sounds, editing techniques and cinematography. The sounds are used well as there is alot of silence to create tension. also there is selected sound as the knives are thrown, this adds to the tension as the contrast in sound is used very well. There is also alot of close-ups and medium close-ups these show the reactions of the characters which also adds to the tension in the piece. There is also a lot of different camera angles around the curtains being closed which also has a tense effect. We mite use some of these techniques in our project because it has a good effect.

The Darjeeling Limited

Through the use of colour in the darjeeling limited narrative is created using a number of techniques to create the right mise en scene. The main focus on colour is yellow. This is because it is a bright colour that relates to the culture of the setting of the first scene. Also it relates to happiness which fits the comedy genre of the film. The colours are all filtered so that everything appears more yellow. We may use a light filter in our piece, but use it to fit whatever genre our piece is, because it adds to the effect.

Creep

Suspense is created in this film by using diagetic sound and silence. Also eary music is used to create suspense and the feeling something is going to happen. It also uses close-ups to show reactions which create suspense as the characters feel scared. The camera techniques conform to the normal horror convensions using techniques such as hand held camera work. The techniques we liked that we want to steal from this film are, the hand held camera work which gave the impression of the someone spying on the character. Close ups of the face to show certain emotions that can give a good effect on the rest of the film.

Harry Potter

At the start of the film it shows the Harry Potter symbol. The camera then moves towards it and through it into a shot which is flying through the air. This is a better way of doing an establishing shot as it is more intresting. It then shows Harry sat down, the shot uses a wide lens to show more background than normal making Harry more isolated. Then when Dudley and his mates arrive the camera slowly zooms to each party on the matched cuts. This creates tension and is a good technique which we might use in our piece.

Misdirection

We watched a film by Tom Edwards called misdirection. In this film there is a lot of skilled camera techniques and editing. For example, when it shows the book on the table it slow zooms, this is accompanied by the music getting louder. This also builds tension and gets the audience more involved with the film. Also at the start of the film there is a lot of quick cuts and obstructed shots showing the hecticness of the city. We would probably use these techniques in our piece as they are most effective to the audience's perspective.

Questionnaire Results

All of the people we asked were between 16 - and 20 years of age.

1 male.
6 females.
100% of these people go to the cinema 1-2 a month.

The results for the favourite genre and their reasons are as follows:

3 counts for comedy- " I like laughing", " because you can relax and enjoy it insted of being scared".
3 counts for Romantic Comedy-" you can relax and enjoy it".
2 counts for Action-"Because it my favourite".
1 counts for Thriller-"keep you on the edge of your seat".
0 for Horror.
0 for Family.
0 for Animation.

Favourite actor/actress results:

Daryl Hannah.
Kate Hudson.
Jake Gylentall.
Jonny Depp x 3.
Jason Statham.

Favourite film results:

SAW.
Die Hard 1.
Fear and Loathing.
Pulp Fiction.
I am Sam.
Almost Famous.
Kill Bill.
57% of these films fit into their favourite film genre.

The public feel that the best aspects of a thriller film should be:

Twist in the plot.
Enigma.
paranormal activity.
people getting killed.
tension and suspence.
psychological aspects.
something that fits the horror conventions such as darkness and isolation.
and something that is different and unique.

Production Task: First Step

Our first step for the main production is to plan out using a story board our film and take pictures of the location describing lighting and mis en scene.

Production Task

We were asked to find a short story/poem to base our first ideas for preparation towards our main piece. We drew a storyboard of the piece and made a poster for it. The exercise was only intended to improve our skills and to be handed in as preparation for the main task. However we don't have to carry these ideas to our main project.

Next step

What we will do is a questionnaire to find out the audience's option on the piece and their view on how it could be improved from their perspective. This will contain some questions like, Good point, bad points and improvements etc...

Improvements for next time

We will probably find some suitable music for the next piece as ours was a bit rushed. We will also film in a more suitable place for the piece where there is less diagetic noise.

Mis en Scene

The first shot was chosen to be taken just outside the room because it was a wooded area gave the impression that Atko was walking to a secluded place. We then chose to use the hall as it is usually a busy place but it was empty which gave the impression of secracy aswell.

Sound

For the sound we only used diagetic sound as we wanted to keep a sense of realism. The only sound we concentrated on was the dialogue from the 2 characters.

Camera Shots

the first was a tracking shot of atko walking along a path and down the stairs, this is also turned into a match on action when it cuts to a shot from inside the hall. This next shot was a medium shot of atko walking in the cameras direction. then when atko reached a certain point it cuts to obstructive medium/long shot, we did this because it gave the impression that the character was being spyed on because of the railing in the way of some of the shot, this also shows realism for the audience as something is in the way. Atko then reaches for the chair and it cuts in to a close-up as his hand touches it. Then when he sits down it cuts away to where the shot was before. This also created a match on action. It then cuts to a medium/close-up of atko sitting down. He then does some swift hollywood eye movement on the close up of his face, making an eyeline match as it cuts to a medium shot of Jim in the doorway. He then walks towards the camera and it cuts to an over the shoulder shot of Jim sitting down opposite Atko. Then the lines of dialogue continue as there is some shot/reverse shots from over the shoulder following the 180° rule. After the dialogue is finished, Atko gets up and walks to Jim as he puts his hand on his shoulder it cuts to a close up of Jim as Atko puts his hand on his shoulder.

Preliminary Movie

The object of the coursework was to film a character walking into a room, and sitting down on a chair and having a few lines of dialogue with another character. The project had to include the 180 degree rule and a number of different camera shot techniques such as, a match on action, eye line match and shot reverse shot. This project is only required to be at least 30 seconds long.