The sequence begins with unpredictable orchestral music playing, which creates an uneasy, mysterious atmosphere. Restricted narrative is used, which limits us as to what we can see, all that is in the frame is water with reflections of light. Low key lighting is used whilst the setting aspects of Mise en Scene remain hidden. It then fades to black, and tells us that it is set in San Pedro.
In this whole sequence, the characters and objects fill up the majority of the frame, this makes it hard for the audience to get any grasp of where the characters are, it also reflects the fact that there is no way of escaping. This is not only restricted narrative, it could also be seen as an enigma code because it raises the question - where are they? applying something like this in our group film would create a nice effect and keep interest and suspense in the audience.
In the next shot we see a man set a line of gasoline on fire. Match on action is used to follow the fire's line across the floor, whilst this happens, dead bodies are shown on the ground. This is an enigma code, which raises various questions such as - why and how were they killed? what were they doing there? etc... We then see the camera pan down to show the fire being put out bya liquid dripping from above. The camera then pans up to a figure urinating on the flame. Hard lighting is used to create a sillhoutte, when this character is in the frame, scary music begins to play. These aspects tell us that this character is the Antagonist in the picture. It then cuts back to a close up of the other character who- judging by his facial expression - looks dissapointing and desperate, we assume that this man is the Protagonist. The antagonist is then shown walking down the stairs towards the Protagonist. We see the dead bodies as he approaches the Protagonist, which gives us the feeling that he was involved in their deaths. The antagonists face isn't shown at all, the sequence is made up of close ups of his feet, legs, hands and body, this creates suspense and makes the audience question his identity.
Shallow depth of field is used in the binary opposition dialogue sequence, the small part of the Antagonists body on show in the frame is out of focus whilst the Protagonist is in focus, which tells us that he is going to be the main subject in what happens next.
Shallow depth of field is used again when the Antagonist is holding the gun at the Protagonist. There is a close up of the gun which is in focus, and in the background of the frame you can see the Antagonists body which is slightly out of focus.
Restricted narrative is used when the gunshot is heard. The camera is placed outside while the action is happening inside. There are several shots of the exterior of what appears to be a boat whilst the shooting takes place inside.
It then cuts back to the Antagonist for a final time, There is a close up of his hand dropping the cigerrete. Match on action and slow motion is used as the camera follows the cigerretes journey down to the ground. Dramatic music begins to play as the cigerrete sets the gasoline on fire, to reflect how drastic the act was. A long shot is used to show the Antagonist escaping before the fire progresses any further. A low angle shot is used as the boat explodes into a giant fire ball, to show that it's overpowering and unstoppable
Health and Safety considerations:
Lighting:
When using either the red heads or the portable lights we must make sure that any waires are taped up and that the lights themselves are on a stable base as so thay do not fall and cause injury. GLoves will be used when handling these lights, especially when they are turned on to avoid buring
Props:
As we are planning to use knives in our film we must make sure that we handle them with care, especially around other people
Trains:
We are going to be filming at a train station so we must take obvious precautions to not endanger ourselves or other people that may be at the station
When using either the red heads or the portable lights we must make sure that any waires are taped up and that the lights themselves are on a stable base as so thay do not fall and cause injury. GLoves will be used when handling these lights, especially when they are turned on to avoid buring
Props:
As we are planning to use knives in our film we must make sure that we handle them with care, especially around other people
Trains:
We are going to be filming at a train station so we must take obvious precautions to not endanger ourselves or other people that may be at the station
Synopsis of Thriller opening - David, Chris and Jamie
We want to keep the story of our thriller opening simple, but we also wish to make the veiwer want to carry on watching the rest of the film. We will do this through raising Enigma codes and use of restricted narrative.
The plot of our thriller will be based on a phycotic murderer who is pursuing a victim. We will base this in a village and the targeted victim will be at a train station when the attackes choses to strike. The victim is then taken back to a house where he is gagged and knocked out by the murderer, with the use of knives the killer will kill people from his list of targets. The list is kept in the form of pictures.
The film starts whilst the victim is on the floor of his house, there will then be a flashback and the story will follow from there.
The plot of our thriller will be based on a phycotic murderer who is pursuing a victim. We will base this in a village and the targeted victim will be at a train station when the attackes choses to strike. The victim is then taken back to a house where he is gagged and knocked out by the murderer, with the use of knives the killer will kill people from his list of targets. The list is kept in the form of pictures.
The film starts whilst the victim is on the floor of his house, there will then be a flashback and the story will follow from there.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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