Planning editing style

Editing is essential in any film as edits are the device that makes the film or the genre it is, or puts more emphasis on the genre as certain types of genres use certain edits more than others to achieve desired affects.The length of each shot determines the pace of the film and helps determine the mood.


The first editing style that my group will use will be "Slow Editing". Slow editing is when clips are juxtaposed together at a slower pace and this is used to create suspense. We are going to use this to prolong the scene and create tension for the viewers. By using Slow Editing it allows the action from the thriller to take its time to be revealed and creates a dramatic effect. It is conventional to a thriller film because it creates suspense for the viewer and makes the scene seem scary from the build up of tension.

We will also use "linking shots" this is where a number of shots are linked together to add emotional impact. We are going to use this because we think by linking shots together it will create a tense atmosphere and will leave the viewer on the edge of there seat thinking of what is going to happen next. This is conventional to a thriller because it brings one scene into another which makes the thriller flow and make sense.


Another shot we will use is "jump cut" this is when the film suddenly focuses on something else. We are going to use this shot to shock the viewers and to make them get in to the thriller more by keeping them on edge. By using the Jump cut it goes from one part of the thriller to another to create tension and suspense. It leaves the viewer thinking what has just happened and wanting them to watch more. It is conventional to a thriller film because it is not just focusing on one scene it focuses on another one which therefore, makes it seem more real and makes you think that the things going on are actually happening.


The last shot we will use is "Shot reverse shot" this is mostly used in films where a conversation is taking place and it is when one shot quickly follows another. We are going to use this because there is a conversation in our thriller movie and we think this shot will work well with our thriller. By there being a conversation in our thriller when we use the Shot reverse shot we can have both the characters talking within the same frame therefore, it all blends in together.It is conventional to a thriller film because it makes the conversation  going on work within the Thriller and it makes the viewers think what is going to happen next.

Opening credits

The purpose of having opening credits is that it shows the audience who is in the film such as the actors and who the director is off the film. Credits also help the audience to get a better image of what genre the films going to be.

Opening to se7en

The colours used in the opening of se7en are mostly black which builds up the suspense and then the white film credits contrasts the mood of the audience because white represents purity there also is a little bit of red to suggest blood and murder which creates tension and represents danger.

The style of the credits are small and flickery and sometimes get bigger to emphasise the atmosphere of the film. The flickeryness of the credits builds the suspense within the film and by doing this relates to a thriller. The generic conventions of a thriller film are the eery dark colours and the enigma to who the character is in the opening credits and the digetic sound when the writing is being written and when it is getting blacked out. Also the background music is slow eery creating the conventions of a thriller.

Order of appearance

Arnold Kopelson production
Film by David Fincher
Actors- Brad Pitt
Morgan Freeman
Gweneth Paltrow
Richard Roundtree
R.LeeErmey
John McGinley
Casting by- Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith, Kerry Borden
Music by- Howard shore
costumes designed by - Michael kaplan
edited by - richard francis bruce
Production designed by - Arthur Max
Co Producers- stephen brown, nana greenwald, sanford panich
Written by - andrew kevin walker
Produced by Arnold Kopelson , Phyllis Carlyle
Directed by - David fincher

The Sixth sense opening scene

The colours used in the opening of The Sixth sense were black and white. The black and white contrast each other because the black is used to create suspense and to leave the viewer on the edge of there seat waiting for the film to start where as white is a Sign of purity and innocence therefore they work well together because the viewer doesn't know what to expect.

The style of the credits are in a plain white font and when they go into a new credit a different effect is used each time this is used to keep the viewers thinking all the time about the film. This is used to create an every nature to the thriller.


Order of appearance

Hollywood Productions - Production company
Spyglass entertainment - Production company
Bruce Willis - Actor
Hayley Joel Osment - Actress

Filming schedule

A filming schedule is important to have so you know what your going to do and when your going to do it, you also have timings so you can tell if you are on track or not. We did follow the filming schedule completely kept in timings and done what the schedule suggested.

Shot	Date and time	Location	Content/action	Shot type and duration	Costume/hair/make up	Iconography	Personnel	Equipment
1	18/11/12 7.30pm	Wills house	Kate and Britt sitting on sofa talking about  playing with the Ouija board then go on floor to play with it	High angle	Tracksuits, hair tied up	Sofa Ouija board	2 Actors Director	Digital Camera Batteries Tripod Lights
2	18/11/12 8pm	Wills house	Actors still playing with Ouija board in front room beginning to become scared at what's happening	Panning	Tracksuits, hair tied up	Ouija board TV	2 Actors Director	Digital Camera Batteries Tripod Lights
3	18/11/12 8.30pm	Wills house	When Tayler is looking at his past victims that he has killed and now planning to get Kate and Britt.	Hand held	Tracksuit	Paper Pictures	1 Actor Director	Digital Camera Batteries Lights
4	18/11/12 9pm	Wills house	Kate and Britt have been caught by Tayler they are sitting in chairs with there hands, legs and mouths being tied up.	Zooming in	Tracksuits, hair tied up and Tayler in full black.	Window Sofa  Tv  Knife  Chair	3 Actors Director	Digital Camera Batteries Tripod

Risk Assessment

Risk assessment

It is important to consider risks before filming because if you don't  your characters are at risk of getting injured and could seriously hurt themselves. You need to assess the hazards if there are any during filming and take the appropriate action to prevent them happening and making sure filming is safe and able to do.

The risk assessment will assist you by filming because it makes you aware of the hazards and tells you what you need to do in order to prevent them.

Group narrative

Out of our group we have each made an individual narrative but with all of them there will be advantages and disadvantages, by the end we will choose one of them and stick by it for our opening scene to our thriller film.

Brittany Terrelonge

For Brittany's narrative it is 4 friends sleeping over starting off as a normal sleepover watching films as discussing secrets when one of them decides to put across the idea of doing an Ouija board and they all end up agreeing to it. But when they do it one of them gets spooked and drops the glass, this is bad and as soon as it happens spooky things start happening around the house and they all become scared and what follows is unknown.

Advantages of this is that is has a good basis for a film and can easily include special effects that could show the house to be haunted and what things happen could be presented well. It is also is good as it relates to the age group as it is something that would happen at a sleepover but includes what could go wrong.

The disadvantages that come from this are that it may be hard to include all special effects as we only have the basics, it will also be hard to create a scene and make the house seem spooky and haunted. It will also be hard to be all serious about what is happening and will have to include some good acting which may be hard to do.

Katie O'Shaughnessy

Katie's individual narrative is that there are 4 people living in a house and one of them becomes possessed, this is because she is the youngest and most vulnerable, the other 4 get spooked out and decide to do an Ouija board and it spells out the girls name, and says other various spooky things, in the end the get in an exorcist to sort her out.

Advantages of this theory is that it is a good set for a thriller film, you could include various jumpy scenes, eery sounds and edits to make it seem as if the girl is truly possessed.

Disadvantages of Katie's narrative is that it would be very hard to edit it to a good standard to make the story believable and also have to include various props and things that may be hard to obtain, another down side is that it seems the narrative for the opening scene has all of the story embedded in it and what happens later on will just be little extras and no real surprise.

Tayler Coe

A man has been kidnapped and taken and put in a room alone. If he is not saved or found his way out of the room within the 6 hours he is given by his kidnapper then a new form of spider will be released upon him where it will eat and kill him. The charachter in the room will be a man who has been part of a gang and robbed and killed inocent people and this is now his karma. The enigma behind the man captured, Carter ( the kidnapper ) is one of the people that was a victim to the gang but survived the incedent and is now getting his own back on him.

The advantages of taylers is that he thought about it lot and that if it could work it could be effective.

 The disadvantages of this idea are that taylers idea is that it would be hard to find a life size spider that is capable of killing and eating someone alive.


My narrative

My idea for my thriller is that we create a voodoo doll of Taylor so that when we do anything to the voodoo doll it happens to Taylor for example if we broke the leg on the voodoo doll Taylor's leg would break as well. 

The beginning of the thriller starts off that brittany is obsessed with taylor and because she is mad and completely loopy she creates the voodoo doll of taylor so if he ever hurts her she has a way to get him back which is very twisted.

Brittany's best friend katie is very shocked that she has come to this solution to try and get Taylor bearing in mind Taylor is wild and has so many birds on the go. Katie is trying to look out for brittany because she doesn't want her to get hurt and doesn't want her to get in trouble for creating the voodoo doll.

Taylor has annoyed Brittany so much that it is driving her crazy seeing him with other girls that aren't her and therefore decides to use the voodoo doll. Katie hears about brittany going crazy and sends her beloved will to go and find brittany and to save Taylor's life and stop Brittany from getting into trouble

The advantages of my thriller film are that

Planning cinematography

Camera shots are important to include within a thriller film because they give off effects that may make the audience feel emotion, it can also build tension and suspense or give the feeling that something is about to happen.

One of the camera shots being used in the film is High angle- this is when the camera is positioned above the object and this makes the image look smaller. We are going to use this camera shot when Tayler is looking at his past victims and when he is setting his sights on his new targets katie and brittany. This is conventional to a thriller film because it leaves the audience in anticipation for what is about to happen to the girls. By doing this shot makes the girls look weak and innocent and that something bad is going to happen to them.

Another shot which will be used is Zooming in - this is when the camera moves in and out of an object to create importance and to draw the audience into a closer relationship with the subject. We are using this shot when the movie comes to an end when tayler appears outside and he is behind the girls and they have no idea he is there. Zooming in is conventional to a thriller film because it catches the audiences attention and leaves them on the egde of their seat because they want to know what is going to happen next. It also shows the body language and facial expressions of the characters therefore, the audience can get an idea of how they are feeling.

Hand held shot is used to produce a jerky, bouncy, unsteady image which can create a sense of immediacy or chaos. We are going to use this when the girls first suspect that things start to go wrong  by doing the wigi board by the lights flickering on and off and noises being made, we are going to use the hand held shot at this point. It is conventional to a thriller film because when it starts to go wrong for the girls we want the audience to get into the film and leave them in suspense because they will be wondering why the camera is bouncing and jercking from side to side.

A long shot is a shot that shows all of a fairly large subject such as a person and usually much of the surroundings. We are going to use this shot when Tayler is following katie into Brittanys house this is how Tayler knows where the girls are going to be. By using this shot we can see katie walking to the house and Tayler closely following behind her. This is conventional to a thriller film because the audience will be shocked when they see Tayler following katie and it will leave them in suspense and on the edge of there seats for what is about to happen next.

Overall my target audience will build a relationship with the characters because they will be able to see what the film is about and what the characters would go through if it was an actual film and they will be able to see how the characters are represented and how they act.

Character representation

It is important to have a variety of characters because it makes the story line much more interesting than it would if it was just a film with one main character it also allows the audience to view different emotions from the different characters. With all different types of characters the film is going to be less boring and more things will be happening. Its also important to have various representations within a thriller film because you do not want all the characters to be perceived as the same you want them to be different otherwise there wouldn't be any point to the film being made.

Will Stacey
16
Male
White
White british
I am the director and the camera man of the film.
I will only appeal to the audience if they think the thriller film is good and that they like it.

Tayler coe
16
Male
White
White british
Tayler is the stranger in the film that has followed the girls to there house and plans to kill them.
I doubt tayler will appeal to the audience because he is the one in the wrong and is going to kill two innocent girls who have not done anything to deserve it.

Brittany Terrelonge
Female
17
White
White British
Brittany is one of the girls that is captured by Tayler. He has been spying on them and has finally caught them.
I think Brittany will appeal to the audience because she is portrayed as being weak, innocent and upset when she is caught.

Katie O'shaughnessy
Female
16
White
White Irish
Katie is the other girl that is captured by Tayler. She was being followed on her way round to Brittanys and lead Tayler to the house.
I  think Katie will also appeal to the audience because they will feel sorry for her because of what has happened to her and that it was unlucky for Tayler to target her and her friend for no reason.

Planning the Mise-en-scene

Location and iconography- The location for our thriller film will be Wills house in Buckhurst hill we are goin to use his front room for filming. The iconography will be the Wigi board this is when the girls use it within the room of his house. This is conventional to a thriller film because it is different and things start to go wrong when they use the ouiji board. Also when the girls are tied up to the chairs by tayler and when he has the knife in his hand and is about to kill them they are also examples of iconography.

Lighting and colour- The lighting in the room starts off on when the girls are talking on the sofa however, the lighting flickers on and off when they start to play the wigi board. In one instance the whole room goes dark and when the light comes back on that is when they have been caught by Tayler and tied up to chairs. This is conventional to a thriller film because when things start to go wrong the lighting gets darker within the room.

** image of lighting **

                                                

Costumes- the girls will all be wearing track suits and Tayler will be wearing all black.  We have chosen to use dark clothes for the attacker because we think this is conventional to a thriller film, and we will use light colours for the victims because they will be wearin light coloured tracksuits to show there innocence, for example in the film prom night the killer is wearing black clothes and the victim is wearing a light coloured dress.

**image of taylers dark clothing**

Positioning and characters- the girls will be on the sofa talking before they decide to do a ouiji board and that is when they decide to do it on the floor. The sofa is placed in the middle of the room by the stairs. Tayler follows Katie to where she is going because this is how he found where the girls would be. When the movie is coming to a close Tayler comes into the house from outside and he appears behind the girls only the camera man can see him outside the window because that is too the back off the girls and it is dark outside. The window is behind the girls all the time. When tayler ties them up the chairs are placed in the middle of the room and they are back to back.

**image of girls doin ouiji board**

Facial expressions and body language- the girls are all calm and unfased of the situation there in until they decide to do the Wigi board this leaves them on edge and nervous of what is about to come of doin the Wigi board. This is conventional to a thriller film because the girls start off calm and unfased but there reactions dramatically change when the ouiji board starts to go wrong. The girls are excited as well because they want to see what happens. The girls facial expressions and body language change dramatically when they start playing the Wigi board the lights turn off and on and they are starting to think someone else is there with them. They are completely scared when all this is going on and they are becoming paranoid of every little sound that is made. Taylor's facial expressions do not change throughout because he is calm and collective and knows what his job is.

**image of girls scared**



Production roles

Camera operator- A camera operator or cameraman is a professional operator of a film or video camera. In filmmaking, the leading camera operator is usually called a cinematographer, while a camera operator in a video production may be known as a television camera operator, video camera operator or videographer depending on the context and technology involved, usually operating a professional video camera.The camera operator is responsible for physically operating the camera and maintaining compositionand camera angles throughout a given scene or shot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_operator


Actors- An actor is s a person who acts in a dramatic or comic production and works in film, television, theatre or radio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor

Sound technician- A sound technician is an assistant to both the production sound mixer and the boom operator on a film set.
Sound technicians earn around £15,000 to £30,000 a year, or more.Sound technicians need sharp hearing, creative flair and a natural ear for good quality sound. Musical ability and an interest in electronics can help.

Sound technicians assemble, operate and maintain technical equipment to amplify, enhance, record, mix or reproduce sound for films, television programs and live performances, including theatre. Their tasks include:

- setting up, testing and operating equipment to suit the acoustics
- selecting, placing and adjusting microphones
- servicing, maintaining and repairing sound equipment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sound_technician

Editors- An editor polishes and refines, he directs the focus of the story or article or movie along a particular course. He cuts out what doesn’t fit, what is unessential to the purpose of the story. He enhances the major points, drawing attention to places where the audience should focus.

http://theeditorsblog.net/2011/02/01/duties-of-an-editor-how-editors-help-writers/

Film director- A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors.

A new director working on feature films might earn as much as $200,000 a year, while the most successful can earn over $500,000 per film plus a some of the profits, which in some cases can lift their income to several million dollars.

Directors are responsible for overseeing creative aspects of a film under the overall control of the film producer. Together with the producers, directors develop a vision for a film. Once this vision is developed it is then the director’s job to carry out the vision and decide how the film should look. Directors are responsible for turning the script into a sequence of shots.

Film directors are responsible for deciding camera angles, lens effects and lighting with the help of the cinematographer and set designer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_director

Location manager-the location manager is responsible for the finding and securing locations to be used and coordinating the logistics involved for the production to successfully complete its necessary work. They are also the face of the production to the community and responsible for addressing the issues that may arise due to the production's impact on the community.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_manager


Storyboard organiser- someone who creates the storyboard for the film




I am the camera operator because i have the most experience in handling cameras and have the steadiest hand.
The actors are katie and brittany they are the girls that do the ouiji board and get scared of what comes out of it therefore, we thought they best suited the roles. Tayler is also an actor and he is the ghost that comes out of the ouiji board and scares the girls.
The sound technician is the whole group because we will discuss which sound to put in and agree which one we think is the best.
The editor is the whole group because we edited and put in the cuts together.
The film director was me as well because i was making sure all the characters knew what they were doing when they were being filmed.
The location manager was katie because she choose the mes en scene of the film.
The storyboard organsier was the whole group because we decided what to do and then put that into action.

History of thriller Films

Thrillers use suspense, tension and excitement as their main elements. Thrillers stimulate the viewers moods giving them a high level of anticipation, expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and terror. Thrillers normally have alot of  adrenaline in them and are fast-paced. Plot twists and cliffhangers are normally used within a thriller.

The usual sub-genres for thrillers are psychological thrillers, crime thrillers and mystery thrillers. A common theme in thrillers is that innocent victims dealing with psychos.

The aim for thrillers is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. The protagonist in thriller films is set against a problem, an escape, a mission or a mystery. No matter what sub-genre a thriller film falls into, it will emphasize the danger that the protagonist faces. The tension with the main problem is built on throughout the film and leads to a highly stressful climax.

Common methods and themes in crime thrillers are mainly ransoms, captivities, heists, revenge and kidnappings. Plots of thrillers involve characters which come into conflict with each other or with outside forces. Thrillers often present the world and society as dark, corrupt and dangerous. There are clues within a thriller and the viewer/reader should be able to determine the solution at about the same times as the main character.

Thrillers take place mostly in ordinary suburbs and cities, although sometimes they may take place wholly or partly in exotic settings such as foreign cities, deserts, polar regions or the high seas.

Ancient epic poems use similar narrative techniques as modern thrillers. The first thriller film was made in 1926 it was called The Lodger and was by Alfred Hitchcock it was a suspenseful Jack the Ripper story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)