Planning Opening Credits-MIss Georgiou

Planning Opening Credits

The purpose of opening credits within a film is firstly to inform the audience on what the name of the film is called and the name of the production company that has made the film. As well as this the credits also contain the directors names, the actors names and any other member of the production team. In the opening credits they also inform and prepare the audience for the type of film they will be watching, in the case of these films they prepare the audience for a thriller.

Se7en Analysis:

Their are several techniques used in credits so that they are able to portray the genre of the film effectively. The first thing I noticed was the use of colour in the credits, to set the scene of "se7en" the producer has used dark backgrounds with white writing. These two colours contrast each other and give an effect of good and bad, because the credits are mostly black a number of conventions are used which tell the audience that they are watching a thriller. The low-key lighting that is used creates an enigma as the audience struggle to see what is going on within the scene and cannot see the mysterious character.

The writing itself also sets the scene well because it is faded and flickers in and out of focus, this obscurity creates tension which is typical in thrillers. The last point I noticed was that the credits themselves where hand written which gives the whole scene a feeling of being out of control which is conventional to the thriller genre also. 

The order of appearance for these credits are:

1. The Production Company 
2. The Main Actors Names 
3. The Name Of The Film 
4. Other Team Members 
5. The Dierectors Names 
6. Other Team Leaders

Individual Analysis - Memento:

There are also many techniques used in "memento" that are very different to the opening credits of "se7en". The colours used in memento for example are conventional but in different ways, they have still used dark colours with low-key lighting in the background of the titles. The colour that was used was dark blue in a bold font, this makes the words stand out more and gets in the face of the audience. The plain bold text seems to me as if the film is saying that this is an every day film with a twist which the audience could relate to. There are also many conventions use within these credits such as the slow editing used and the fading in and out of the text. This convention creates suspense and tension as the audience become more and more anxious for the credits to finnish. In the background of the text their is a man looking at pictures but your are not shown his face which creates another convention in thrillers which is enigma. This keeps the audience guessing as to who this mystery man is.
The order of appearance in these credits are:

1. Title
2. Star Actors
3. Other production roles 
4. Producer
5. Co-producer

My Groups Credits:

For my groups own credits will include a background of our footage we record with the text covering it alternating from fading in and flickering in to creates the feeling of the scene being unsteady and out of control. To the right you can clearly see the variety of colours and text fonts which our group will be deciding on. The group favourite seems to be the text font with the colour red, we also intend to use red as the colour of our connotations. we think this uses a combination of looking old and jerky with being bold and in your face. The text is conventional to thrillers because it is very dark blood red and the 

background shot would be filmed in a low-key light. This will be used to created an enigma and the flickering jerky effects will create and unsteady and out of control effect. 

The order in which our credits will be is: 

1. Production company - LAN productions
2. Actors - Lucy, Noah
3. Camera man - Alex
4. Music - Heather 
5. Title - The Woods
6. Editors - Alex, Lucy, Noah
7. Producer - Noah
8. Writer - Lucy
9. Director - Alex

By Alexander Flanagan

Risk assessment-Miss Georgiou

Risk assessment

This post will be looking at the risk assessment I have created for my group. I have found 5 risks involved with the filming and how we can take measures to avoid potential injury as shown here. 

 

It is important to consider all the risks as we as individuals and a group can educate ourselves and become aware of the potential dangers. Not following our procedure can lead to minor or serious injury which can also hinder the film making process.

 It will assist us in the way that when we arrive at our filming location we check around the area to make sure there are no holes, lose leads or water. We can also check our equipment to see if we all have charged mobile phones. We can also ass to the risk assessment if we see further dangers upon arrival.

By Alexander Flanagan

Target audience questionnaire results- MIss Miller

Target Audience Questionnaire Results

The purpose of doing the questionnaire was to find out what my target audience will be for my thriller trailer and what they would want to see in a thriller. Such as whether or not they would want a psychological thriller or a crime thriller, the questions asked will help define specific conventions and elements that are used effectively in thrillers. In my questionnaire I wanted a wide range and variety of results, to do this I asked forty people of a varying age, gender and taste in thrillers. I asked a variety of questions and my results areas follows:

We realise that we did not ask enough teenagers and asked mostly adults aged 39-45, this may mean that the information that we gathered may not be as relevant to our target audience, and may mean that our information may show more of an inclination towards more mature content. This may give us results such as more of a phycological theme rather than lots of horror, blood and gore etc.

Planning Characters - Miss Georgiou

Planning Characters

We used the planning out line of:

• Name
• Age
• Gender
• Race
• Background
• Purpose to the narrative 
• How the character appeals to the audience 

Character 1:

Name: Lucy

Age: 17

Gender: Female 

Race: White british 

Background: Vulnerable,she is walking with her friend because she is feeling upset at problems at home.

Purpose to the narrative: Lucy follows the other character into the woods and is very scared, later on she is left alone in the forest.

How the character appeals to the audience: Lucy is scared and makes the audience sympathise with her, feel scared for her and is a perfect convention of a victim within a thriller genre.

Character 2:

Name: Noah 

Age: 16 

Gender: Male

Race: White

Background: Brave, he is walking with Lucy to cheer her up after something that has happened at home.

Purpose to the narrative: Noah is the brave one of the two victims and convinces Lucy to go into the forest and then leaves her to check on the mysterious noise.

How the character appeals to the audience: Noah is brave and makes the audience feel that nothing bad could happen to him but at the same time he is also big headed and arrogant which almost makes the audience want something bad to happen to him. Therefore he makes a good conventional victim also.

Character 3:

Name: Mysterious killer

Age: ?

Gender: ?

Race: ?

Background: ?

Purpose to the narrative: This killer is there to stalk the two victims and to create tension 

By Alexander Flanagan