We go to the cinema to see our lives reflected on the screen, but the kind of lives we don't actually experience ourselves or the same life but with differences, emotional disturbances also known as ''thrills''.
We feel that our nature needs ''shake ups'' other wise without them we become sluggish, but our best way to experience this is artificially, on the screen. When in a theatre we can see what's happening from out seats, and we can watch the struggle of life, but to appreciate the characters we have to project ourselves into their consciousness, where we get our thrills 3, which isn't a good method, watching a film we don't watching we participate in the movie.
When we are watching the films we are put in the thrillers seat, so that shudder runs through us as the audience but we know there is no harm as our subconscious knows that we are safe in our chairs just watching. Even when we leave the cinema they can leave us with a subconscious assurance of safely but yet still surprise our imagination into playing tricks on us. There is a another type of thrill where the audience seems to participate, where a certain characters have gained the audiences sympathy and is then involved in danger, and the screen can be used to make the impression of great danger when in-fact there is none.
An example of this would be that suppose the protagonist is to throw themselves over a castle rampart into a moat filled with a crocodile on stage you can hear the characters should there are crocodiles and you see the hero jump upstage and disappear and hear maybe some water splash, this isn't as affective. However when on screen you can see for yourself a terrible height, you see the reptiles swimming around you see him jump,fall,hit the water, you watch him swim away desperately you see and believe the evidence with your own eyes.
Scenes that set the blood pounding through the veins, are in-fact beneficial for indigestion, gout, rheumatism, sciatica, and premature middle age. The audience thrives on thrills, the cinema thrives from the audience, the directors thrive from the cinema so everyone wins. However ''horror'' films are entirely different situation. The term ''extreme aversion'' has been loosely applied to films, to give an emotional jolt, exploit sadism, perversion, bestiality and deformity, it is wrong to be vicious and dangerous. Its aloud to be horrific but not horrible.
Thrillers must be wholehearted the more exiting the better it is and from this we can see that the authentic ''thriller'' will thrive and the ''horror'' will soon die and fade out.
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Digital Storyboard
SHOT 1
Character running through forest, Handicam, shot of characters feet to show movement.
SHOT 2
Unknown character in dark room looking at photo of the victim, the dark ness, shows/connotes tension.
SHOT 3
Running through forest-handi cam, showing panic as character runs away
SHOT 7
P.O.V shot in dark room of antagonist looking at photograph of the victim
SHOT 14
LAST SHOT- tilted cam to show character falling to ground.
Saffron and Sam
Character running through forest, Handicam, shot of characters feet to show movement.
SHOT 2
Unknown character in dark room looking at photo of the victim, the dark ness, shows/connotes tension.
SHOT 3
Running through forest-handi cam, showing panic as character runs away
SHOT 7
P.O.V shot in dark room of antagonist looking at photograph of the victim
SHOT 14
LAST SHOT- tilted cam to show character falling to ground.
Saffron and Sam
Risk Assesment
Possible hazards or difficulties which we may comes across whilst filming, also health and safety risks we need to consider and be aware of whilst filming.
Mis-en-scene blog.
Location 1 - The forest- giving a scary effect, because the forest is known for being scary and a place of the 'unknown'.
Location 2 - The Dark room- just to emphasize the character looking at photographs of character 1 and with the lighting in dark rooms being very low it also creates a tense atmosphere.
Costume- Young male, usual clothing, jeans, top, trainers etc.
Not giving away anything about the character being a victim, that merely relies on the body language.
Antagonist- ( unknown character ) dark clothing, connoting the ''evilness'' or maybe some kind of suit, which is common for 'patients' in psychological thrillers. Only 2 characters are shown so there is only 2 costumes, one dark, one light colored, trying to show the antagonist and protagonist roles.
Lighting- We will most likely be filming in dark areas, e.g. dark room, also in the forest we will want it to look scary and dark so we may have to wait until its dark, but also we need to be aware of the weather incase it rains/snows etc. We want it to overall be dark so that it emphasizes the psychological thriller genre and also create tension on the audience.
Props- there are not many props in our film only the characters newspaper cuttings and pictures of the victim to emphasize the fact he is 'stalking' the first character. There will be enlargers, and chemicals in the dark rooms which could be classed as props. however in the forest the only things we will have is the filming equipment which will not be seen.
Sam and Saffron
Location 2 - The Dark room- just to emphasize the character looking at photographs of character 1 and with the lighting in dark rooms being very low it also creates a tense atmosphere.
Costume- Young male, usual clothing, jeans, top, trainers etc.
Not giving away anything about the character being a victim, that merely relies on the body language.
Antagonist- ( unknown character ) dark clothing, connoting the ''evilness'' or maybe some kind of suit, which is common for 'patients' in psychological thrillers. Only 2 characters are shown so there is only 2 costumes, one dark, one light colored, trying to show the antagonist and protagonist roles.
Lighting- We will most likely be filming in dark areas, e.g. dark room, also in the forest we will want it to look scary and dark so we may have to wait until its dark, but also we need to be aware of the weather incase it rains/snows etc. We want it to overall be dark so that it emphasizes the psychological thriller genre and also create tension on the audience.
Props- there are not many props in our film only the characters newspaper cuttings and pictures of the victim to emphasize the fact he is 'stalking' the first character. There will be enlargers, and chemicals in the dark rooms which could be classed as props. however in the forest the only things we will have is the filming equipment which will not be seen.
Sam and Saffron
Shooting Scheduel
LOCATION 1- The forest
LOCATION 2- The Dark room
Friday 4th February- Day time
4.10- Collect camera equipment from college.
Monday 7th February- Day time
9.00- Go to LOCATION 1 : The forest
9.05-10.00- Set up equipment and begin to shoot. Shots 1, 2, 6.
Tuesday 8th February- Day time
12.20- Go to LOCATION 1: The forest
12.30-2.40-Film shots 7, 9, 11.
2.45- Go to LOCATION 2: Dark room
2.50-3.30- Set up equipment and film shots 3,4,5.
4.10- Return equipment to college.
Wednesday 9th February-Day time
11.00- Collect filming equipment
11.05- Go to LOCATION 2: Dark room
11.15-11.45- Shoot shots 8, 10.
Thursday 10th February- Day time
9.00- Go to LOCATION 1: The forest
9-05-10.00- filming last shots of 12, 13, 14.
By Saffron and Lynsey
LOCATION 2- The Dark room
Friday 4th February- Day time
4.10- Collect camera equipment from college.
Monday 7th February- Day time
9.00- Go to LOCATION 1 : The forest
9.05-10.00- Set up equipment and begin to shoot. Shots 1, 2, 6.
Tuesday 8th February- Day time
12.20- Go to LOCATION 1: The forest
12.30-2.40-Film shots 7, 9, 11.
2.45- Go to LOCATION 2: Dark room
2.50-3.30- Set up equipment and film shots 3,4,5.
4.10- Return equipment to college.
Wednesday 9th February-Day time
11.00- Collect filming equipment
11.05- Go to LOCATION 2: Dark room
11.15-11.45- Shoot shots 8, 10.
Thursday 10th February- Day time
9.00- Go to LOCATION 1: The forest
9-05-10.00- filming last shots of 12, 13, 14.
By Saffron and Lynsey
Location recce
`First location: Forest ( in college grounds )
- if there is construction work/maintenance taking place.
- train going past - would make too much noise.
- alot of background noise for example winds
- weather may make it hard to film e.g. rain. snow!
- other students in forest filming might get in the way
- areas off limits
- health and safety issues
Second location: Dark room ( in college )
- other students using it
- not enough light in the room to see what is going on
- too much background noise from students/machines
- not aloud to film in certain times, ( when class is on )
- health and safety issues
- chemicals on floor or on work tops
- not have permission to film
Saffron and Lynsey
Pictures of our location ideas.
Google Maps of College grounds.
Facilities
Considering we are filming in the college grounds, we know that we are surrounded by the possible needed facilities, eg. Toilets, are close to the forest and the dark room, also food places are close by (refectory) and also in the case of the dark rooms for health and safety there are teachers who are around for first aid, and also eye wash stations available. So in the case of an emergency or need of toilet or food the facilities are close by and every member of our group are aware so there would be no disruption to the filming.
Saffron and Lynsey
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