Continuity...

Evaluation ..

For my preliminarily task i decided to do something basic, which was a sequence of a girl handing a letter over to a boy then walking out. I thought this task was going to be quite hard as i had never filmed before and didn't think it would make sense without editing.

Me and the group i worked with decided a good way to ensure the sequence flowed smoothly was too signal to the actors when the we was filming and when we wasn't so the sequence was  consistent + we found that this worked well the actors really helped.

In this task we also had to make sure we had certain elements, including keeping to the 180 degree rule, match on action+ shot reverse shot . I found that the match on action was quite hard as we had to move the camera to get both views + a close up shot of the exchange of the letter whilst making sure the actors we in the same position and very still to enable the sequence to flow in each shot. 

When it came to the 180 degree rule i thought that we followed it pretty well as we only had to slightly move the camera round to capture the shot of the girl entering/leaving the room + when the boy is at the table + it also made it very easy to decide on where to place the camera for the next shot. The shot reverse shot we did was good as it showed the audience the emotion in the actors faces + the audience would be able to understand the sequence better, eventhough the sequence was simple it was very effective because of the shot reverse shot.

Overall i was impressed by the final piece as we followed all the elements we were supposed to and it flowedd well. The only disapointment was the final shot where the girl walks from the table to leave the door + unfourtunatly we didnt get the shots to match so it jumped abit but ths did not effect the overall sequence that much.

Research into Thriller Genre...

Research into Thriller Genre...

All Time Top 50 Thrillers :

1. The Godfather (1972)


2.  The Godfather: Part II (1974)


3. Pulp Fiction (1994)


4.  The Dark Knight (2008)


5.  Rear Window (1954) 


6.  Fight Club (1999)


7.  Psycho (1960)


8.  The Usual Suspects (1995) 


9.  The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 


10.  The Matrix (1999)


11.  North by Northwest (1959)


12.  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)


13.  Memento (2000) 


14.  Se7en (1995) 


15.  Léon (1994)


16.  Taxi Driver (1976)


17.  Vertigo (1958) 


18.  Double Indemnity (1944) 


19. M (1931) 


20.  El secreto de sus ojos (2009) 


21.  The Third Man (1949) 


22.  Alien (1979) 


23.  Das Leben der Anderen (2006) 


24. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)


25.  A Clockwork Orange (1971) 


26.  The Shining (1980) 


27.  Chinatown (1974)


28.  Aliens (1986)


29.  L.A. Confidential (1997)


30. Reservoir Dogs (1992)


31.  Rebecca (1940) 

 32.  El laberinto del fauno (2006) 


33.  Metropolis (1927) 


34.  Some Like It Hot (1959)


35.  Touch of Evil (1958)


36.  The Prestige (2006)


37.  Safety Last! (1923) 


38.  The Great Escape (1963) 


39.  Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 


40.  Les diaboliques (1955) 


41.  District 9 (2009)


42.  Le salaire de la peur (1953) 


43.  Strangers on a Train (1951) 


44.  Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) 


45.  Sin City (2005) 


46.  Notorious (1946) 


47.  Hotel Rwanda (2004) 


48.  The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 


49.  Jaws (1975)


50.  The Big Sleep (1946)

http://www.imdb.com/chart/thriller

Classification Of Films 15 & 18...

-Suitable only for 15 years and over.

Accorging to the BBFC ( British Board of Film Classification ) a 15 film should have the following things :

# Drugs ... Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse.

# Horror...Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

# Imitable Behavior.. Should not be detailed. Wepons should not be glamorised.

# Language ... Frequent use of strong language may be used , but the strongest terms should not be repeated.

# Nudity/Sex ... Allowelled without strong detail.May be strong verbal references.

# Violence... May be strong but must not dwell on inflicting pain and injury. Sexual violence will proberly be prohibited.

 

- Suitable only for adults, no-one under 18 may see this film .

According to the BBFC ( British Board of Film Classification ) a 18 film should have the following things :

The Human Rights Act 1998 shows that any adult should be able to choose their own entertainment.

 There are exceptions though. These include  :


*Whereby the film is in breach of the criminal law or has been created through the use of a criminal offence.

* If the film looks at risk to harm the audience through the behaviour portrayed in the fim. e.g ..Sexual assault , illegal drug use , violent or dangerous acts.

*Explicit images of sexual activity.

Basic Ideas..

Basic Ideas...

* Man and woman walking through city centre laughing and joking suddenly they bump into the womans ex boyfriend. They stop and start talking , there is a sign they still feel something for each other. In her current relationship , she is always arguing despite being engaged. One day she is on her own christmas shopping and once again she bumps into ex. This time they stop and have a proper chat. He asks her out for dinner. Doesnt realise that her current BF is also going to have a meal at the same place , so she trys to avoid him. Throughout the movie their secret meet ups seem to be interupted by her current BF seems to always be around. But what she doesnt realise is , that her BF and her ex were also having secret meet up's , the audience seethis throughout the movie , with the neet ups alternating . Woman realises she is still in love with ex so decides to confide in her best friend, who tells her she should go wherever she would be happy. She relises she wants to be with her ex , but unfourtunatly he is moving away to Australia , she decides she is going to run away with her ex but doesnt want her current BF to know. The day arrives where they are meant to leave for Australia , keeps getting phone calls off her current BF , so she finally answers after 40 missed calls , he has found out she is going , through her supposide best friend , and he tells his GF that he is coming to the airport to get her. As she was meant to meet her ex at the airport she decides to go early so that her current BF doesnt have a chance in finding her. Their plane is meant to leave at 5pm and it was now 4pm and they were meant to be boarding but there was still no sign of her ex. So she calls him but his phine is off. 5pm approaches and she realises that he was not coming , she checks her bag for her purse to get out her ticket and finds it was not even in her bag . Once home , she checks around the house to see if she could find her BF but he was nowhere to be seen and also she noticed all his decent clothes out his wardrobe had gone ! She calls her best frined to see if she knew what was going on. Her friend says she will meet her in the local cafe. Once arrived at the cafe , her friend explains how her current BF and he ex BF were also having an affair and they were in fact both gay. The reason that they kept bumping into each other was because her current BF knew about them two but both off them could not tell her because they did not want to break her heart. Ends in the two lads in fact getting married and moving away to australia.



* Two young children got killed 5 years ago whilst playing on a park. A deranged man who was on holiday at the time was takingt a strole when he decided to stab them both to death after the death of his recently wife that passed away. He went through a trial but he was provede not guilty.
Him and his wife had 4 children aged between 5-15. The man decided he wanted a new start and wanted to move away, they found a house and this house happens to be right next to the park where he had killed the young children 5 years ago . He thought nothing of it and they moved in there. He is yet to realise that the park is haunted by the children he killed. His children play on there quite often. One day they get possesed by  the other 2 children , and one by one they begin to act very strange around the house and strange happenings begin. The children decide to transform the basement where their farther never went , into a secret meeting room. Where all 6 of them could hang out and plot ways to haunt and tourture the widowed killer. The killer starts to notice his children are acting strange and calls a psychic to take a look around the house. The psychic tells him that the house is being haunted and whatever was haunting the house had also possessed all of his children. He tells the farther taht he needs to perform an act which will take the spirts away and restore his children back to how they used to be. So he performs the act and they think everything is okaii , and they forget that the other 2 demons  were in the secrent basement so the act would not of affected them. One night they are all sleeping and the children burn the house down and the whole family except the smallest child dies. Leaves space for a second movie...