Rough Cut

Titles

This is the order we plan to show our film titles for our opening sequence:

1. Firefox films present
2. A film by Roger Dervsky
   
3. Music by Rob Blackwell
   
4. Camerawork by Pia Rolfe
   
5. Lighting by Bryony Richards
   
6. Editing by Steven Priest
   
7. Bonnie ____
   
8. Robert Whitehall
   
9. (Title) Bonnie
   

Possible Film Titles

• Missing
  
• Bonnie
  
• Lost
• Taken
• Gone
• Watched
  

Thriller Deadlines

Deadlines for the thriller project:

1. Animatic Deadline - End of the last lesson of W/C 24th November.
2. Roughcut Deadline - End of the last lesson of W/C 8th December.
3. Final Cut Deadline - End of the last lesson of W/C 15th December.
4. 9am, 19th December completed evaluation powerpoint to moodle.

Soundtrack sample idea

Here is a short sample of music i have created on garageband.
i found that the use of the high pitched melody with the sound of children laughing creates a weird tense moment for the auidence, this being perfect for are child thriller based theme.

Animatic

Concept idea for title sequence

The concept idea for our title sequence is based on a kidnap/murder mystery.
A loving father becomes obsessed with his daughter due to lack of contact with her during her early childhood years. After a divorce with his wife he was denied custody of his beloved daughter causing him kidnap his daughter out of desperation.
The title sequence starts with the father's memory of his daughter on a swing playing with her friends. To show it is a memory the first two frames will be very bright and dream like.
The third frame shows where the father is staying. It is a dim lit shack, the only light source being candle light. In this frame we can see pictures of his daughter on the wall and in frames showing his obsessive behaviour.
We show a close up of the father holding the childs doll which the flashes to her holding it and then back to the father. This is to create mystery as we do not know who has the doll or why.
From the father holding the doll, you see a medium shot from behind him as he throws the doll onto the bed. The camera will the pan around the room. This allows the viewer to become familiar with his surroundings. We also get an insight into his obsession with his daughter as this shot shows the pictures of the child on the wall.
After the pan shot, we see a close up of the fathers face. However we do not see all of his face as his eyes and nose are disguised by the shadows. This keeps the viewers guessing about the fathers full identity.
We then see a close up of one of the pictures on the wall showing the girl on the swing. The camera will then track forward getting closer to the picture which fades into the shot of the moving swing, however the swing is empty, suggesting that the girl is now missing.



Storyboard

Analysis of professional thriller opening sequence

The film I analyzed was Death Race. I investigated how sound was used in the sequence to create meaning and feeling..

The being of the Death Race starts with a non diegetic soundtrack. This sound was very heavy and full of strong bass. This gave a very hard tense feeling of power to the start of the film as the frame also shows heavy machinery at work, this being a very tense strong atmosphere. The sound is similar to the images on the frame adding deeper tension and strength to the start of the film.

As the sequence progresses, it shows a fast paced gun fight between two cars. The sound of bullets fling past (this being a digetic sound) creates suspense as the audience are eager to find out what might happening. This also creates a meaning of depression as the driver in front is damaged and under fire.

To the end of the gun fight there is a strong explosion this intises the audience into the film as the diegetic sound of the explosion is very strong and loud.

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First Blog :)

Hey, this is our first blog for our Thriller 2008 coursework. We are, Pia, Bryony, Steven and Rob. Over the next 5 weeks we will keep you posted with updates for our hopefully successful title sequence!

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