Autumn time: Childrens playground in daytime -- observational shot of children playing in park, merge shot out into a second shot, same angle of playground, however, its later on the day (initally was around midday now around 6). Girl sitting alone on swing, slowly going back and fourth.
Diegetic sound of her singing a nursery rhyme under breathe, rusty swing creaking as she goes back and forth. Leaves blowing in the wind.
Different angles of her, one of her feet as they touch the ground to push her back and forth. Close-ups of the hinges as they creak.
Cuts here, camera follows feet of a man along the floor, through the leaves. Walking down an alleyway towards the park. Strong sturdy shoes (Doc Martin Boots), dark trousers, diegetic sound of his breathing. Important through the whole film that the audience do not see the man's face.
Cuts to a hand held shot from the man's perspective as he walks towards the playground, jolty, still sound of his breathing.
Cuts back to girl on swing, still singing. Cuts to feet of man once again, extreme close-up shot as his foot lands on a stick which breaks. Edit sound to echoe again and again -- cut back to the girl on swing who stops in her tracks and quickly swerves to look round to see where the noise came from.
Cuts to hand held shot from man's perspective once again, this time he is back against the edge of the alley, breathing heavily out of sight.
Girl carries on swinging, back to the man, we see his silhovette come into shot in the far distance, shot cuts to mid shot from behind the girls head, zooms in and as this happens she turns round. Shot cuts back to her from in front swinging, however, the man has vanished.
Shot of leaves blowing in the wind, then cuts to a close-up of the metal of the slide, suddenly a dark reflection swerves past. Cuts to sand pit where there are large footprints marked across.
Next shot starts as an extreme angle of the girl on the swing from the front. It zooms in extremely quickly until it reaches an extreme close-up of her eyes, she screams, cuts to blackness.
Final shot is of an empty swing creaking back and forth with no one in sight.
Sound: We could use a non-diegetic nursery rhythm being sang by maybe more than one child as a continuine throughout the film. This would juxtapose the thriller genre and the events taking place, to also represent childhood innocence.
Costume: Girl would be wearing something simple and neutral. Something which tells the audience she is just a regular child playing in the park, maybe a bit dirty, hair in a simple pony-tail.
Man--all blacks, maybe a big coat, but we never see him exactly, when he is seen in the background, ensure it is blurred.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Initial Ideas: Train...
Girl alone, travelling home from a party in London from Waterloo Station.
Starts with her leaving a group of friends to walk back to the station. Filmed from all angles as she walks along, closeups of her face, then extreme shots, then shots of her feet walking through puddle etc.
Idea of hand held shots from behind pillars as she walks through a subway -- creates the impression that someone is watching her.
As she enters waterloo, shots are quicker and more juddery, reflects the pandemonium of the station. Close-ups on clock, (time is running out), she then takes out ticket (Close-up) and goes through the machine onto the train around halfway down platform.
Close-up on hands and ipod, diegetic sound of blast of music in her ears, reflects innocence and how she is not fully aware of surrounding.
A buisnessman gets on train and sits opposite, train leaves station.
Mid shot of her from side on listening to ipod and the blackness rushing past outside, (Careful to not film the camera's reflection.)
Train pulls up to next station, buisnessman waits to get off behind her as she remains seated. Camera does 360 degree shot round her head, audience see's girl, then buisnessman, then suddenly a hooded figure in the distance on the train, right at the end of the carriage. Camera now becomes more jolty, editing picks up speed between the two protagonists.
Girl notices man, becoming suspicious, close-ups on eyes and hands fumbling - vulnerability.
She moves through carriage, (range of shots used) extreme - closeup, some panning also. Juddery as train moves.
Hand held shots of him following her, then cuts back to heras she notices he is following.
As the train draws into next station she gets off, however, catching her bag on a chair so that she drops things everywhere. Meanwhile all other passengers have left and are walking out of the station gates. Finally when she steps off the train hurriedly, the train pulls away from station.
Filmed from opposite platform, train leaving, as it moves out of shot, camera spots girl alone then suddenly the figure standing further away down the platform moving towards her.
Then blackout.
Costume: Girl -- Dressy, however messy hair and make-up (esspecially toward the end when she panics and is hurrying down the train.)
Stalker -- Black duffel coat, hood up, black trousers, (important that audience never sees his face.)
Sound: Non Diegetic sound of heartbeat, getting faster towards end. Could even use in credits and start of film at random times to unsettle audience.
Starts with her leaving a group of friends to walk back to the station. Filmed from all angles as she walks along, closeups of her face, then extreme shots, then shots of her feet walking through puddle etc.
Idea of hand held shots from behind pillars as she walks through a subway -- creates the impression that someone is watching her.
As she enters waterloo, shots are quicker and more juddery, reflects the pandemonium of the station. Close-ups on clock, (time is running out), she then takes out ticket (Close-up) and goes through the machine onto the train around halfway down platform.
Close-up on hands and ipod, diegetic sound of blast of music in her ears, reflects innocence and how she is not fully aware of surrounding.
A buisnessman gets on train and sits opposite, train leaves station.
Mid shot of her from side on listening to ipod and the blackness rushing past outside, (Careful to not film the camera's reflection.)
Train pulls up to next station, buisnessman waits to get off behind her as she remains seated. Camera does 360 degree shot round her head, audience see's girl, then buisnessman, then suddenly a hooded figure in the distance on the train, right at the end of the carriage. Camera now becomes more jolty, editing picks up speed between the two protagonists.
Girl notices man, becoming suspicious, close-ups on eyes and hands fumbling - vulnerability.
She moves through carriage, (range of shots used) extreme - closeup, some panning also. Juddery as train moves.
Hand held shots of him following her, then cuts back to heras she notices he is following.
As the train draws into next station she gets off, however, catching her bag on a chair so that she drops things everywhere. Meanwhile all other passengers have left and are walking out of the station gates. Finally when she steps off the train hurriedly, the train pulls away from station.
Filmed from opposite platform, train leaving, as it moves out of shot, camera spots girl alone then suddenly the figure standing further away down the platform moving towards her.
Then blackout.
Costume: Girl -- Dressy, however messy hair and make-up (esspecially toward the end when she panics and is hurrying down the train.)
Stalker -- Black duffel coat, hood up, black trousers, (important that audience never sees his face.)
Sound: Non Diegetic sound of heartbeat, getting faster towards end. Could even use in credits and start of film at random times to unsettle audience.
Techniques commonly used...
A red herring is when the audience is tricked into beliveing someone or something is responsible as a diversion technique.
Example: a person held responsible for a crime and the audience is manipulated into believing they are the culprit, however, it is actually a different character all along.
A cliff-hanger is a useful technique used in many thrillers whereby it basically leaves the story open ended. This draws in the audience as they want to see the outcome, holding their interest. (Commonly used in TV Drama as the series will continue.)
This is a good technqiue to use as it creates an eerie atmosphere and will allow the audience to deduce their own ending to our thriller film.
Example: a person held responsible for a crime and the audience is manipulated into believing they are the culprit, however, it is actually a different character all along.
A cliff-hanger is a useful technique used in many thrillers whereby it basically leaves the story open ended. This draws in the audience as they want to see the outcome, holding their interest. (Commonly used in TV Drama as the series will continue.)
This is a good technqiue to use as it creates an eerie atmosphere and will allow the audience to deduce their own ending to our thriller film.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
What is a Thriller?
The actual definition of a thriller is a broad genre of literature, television and film which includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres.
A stereotypical thriller would include fast pacing, frequent action and heroes used to defeat the generally more powerful and better-equipped villian.
However, some thrillers use more psychological technqiues, playing purely on the minds of the audience so that they feel an unnerving connection to the drama.
All thrillers use ranges in camera angles, lighting, sound, mise en scene and editing in order to build up their desired tension, sometimes creating an urge of panic. This is definitely necessary when planning our ideas for our own thriller film.
Definition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)
A stereotypical thriller would include fast pacing, frequent action and heroes used to defeat the generally more powerful and better-equipped villian.
However, some thrillers use more psychological technqiues, playing purely on the minds of the audience so that they feel an unnerving connection to the drama.
All thrillers use ranges in camera angles, lighting, sound, mise en scene and editing in order to build up their desired tension, sometimes creating an urge of panic. This is definitely necessary when planning our ideas for our own thriller film.
Definition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)
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