For our project have done an opening sequence to a film. The film is about a woman who has killed someone and is running away from what she has done. In my group the there were four people, Myself, Bethany Eddleston, Rachael Manning and David Taylorson. My role in the group was to be the head of cinematography.The genre for our opening sequence is thriller. To make this a thriller we have used fast paced music and editing to help build tension for the viewer. The fast paced editing was
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In our sequence women could be portrayed as criminals and bad people. This is because we have shown a woman violently attacking a man with a knife. This image that we have created of women in our sequence is a negative one, as it shows them as being aggressive and violent. This representation of women differs from many representations of women in the media which are of women being weak and vulnerable, and in many cases, on the other end of the line when it comes to violence. One person we surveyed said that it creates a different view on women, than how they are usually portrayed as in media. The costume the protagonist in our sequence is wearing is a casual, normal outfit however smeared with blood. This is done to show how she is a normal person however has a dark side. Also the shots of the stabbing and flashbacks are shown in black and white meaning she is acting differently than she normally does. We have represented women in this way because it offers an alternative to the norm and shows that women can be portrayed in the same bad ways that men can be, in the media.
Our film is aimed at the 16 - 25 years old age group and at those who like thriller films. This means that we have a wide target audience meaning there are more people that will go and watch our film. Our film is also aimed at no specific nationality or ethnicity, due to the fact that the thriller genre is popular in
During our media project we have used many different internet websites, such as, http://www.youtube.com/. We used You Tube to help us research and find other examples of thriller movies in order to compare them with ours. Also we used it find the music for our project. Another website we used is http://www.imdb.co.uk/. We used this website look for films that are in the thriller genre category. It was very helpful as it had lists of all types of films which made it easy to find the sort of film we were looking for. During the making of our project I have learnt many things about filming, editing and how to use the equipment. Such as, that there are many rules about filming, for example the 180degree rule, and the many shots that can be used to show certain things. For example extreme close-ups to show the emotion of the character and extreme long shots, to establish locations. One thing I have learnt about editing is that many different shots can be cut down and changed to fit into a small, smoothly running sequence. One thing that helped us a lot to achieve what we wanted is video FX. This helped us
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Looking back at the preliminary task I realise that our final project is much better in many ways. One way is that the final project flows much better. This is due to us being able to work hard on making sure each shot fits and flows smoothly. I have also seen that with music in the final product it helps it to build tension and create enigmas as it is fast pace and up beat. Another way in which it is a big improvement is that the shots used in the preliminary task are boring and not varied. However in the final project we have used many different ways of expressing emotion and telling the story as it happens, such as long shots and close ups.
In conclusion the many different methods and techniques we have used through our knowledge of similar past and present thriller films have made sure our film fits in with the typical characteristics of the genre.
Rhys Meehan
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