Thursday, 30 April 2009

My Final Piece*

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*Here is my Thriller*
Friday, 10 April 2009

Evaluation*

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In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? In our thriller we have follow...
Friday, 3 April 2009

The Music We Have Used In Our Final Peice:

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As with any film production, music is pivital in conveying the scene and allowing an atmosphere to be created. We needed to find a non-copyr...
Tuesday, 24 March 2009

My Opening Credits*

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The opening credits helps create our first impression: FONT* *traditional *adds to the eerie feel of the thriller *White font over a black ...

Summarising Our Editing*

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Transitions used: We added several transitions and often used fading to black as it gave it a eerie atmosphere. We had to be quick with the ...
Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Anamatic Storyboard*

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Introduction Shot* (Me) Jade Ashmore - Candidate Number- 3006 Carl Squires - Candidate Number 3188 Alex Papadopoulos - Candidate Number 3150...

Diary For Main Task*

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12th February- On our first meeting our group sat down to initiate our ideas. We created mindmaps, bulleted lists and a summary of our inten...
Friday, 27 February 2009

Our Chosen Locations:

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Why Do We Think That They Will Be Suitable?.. Our Thriller is about school children. The school will be a perfect place to film as it fits ...

Health and Safety Hazards*

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Our group will need to ensure we think about the following when filming: *Don't linger around anyone's house- as you could crea...

Timeline For Our Main Project*

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Our schedule to complete our Thriller, This includes: *Planning* *Filming* *Editing* It gives us a basic timeline as it shows us when things...

Internet Research Into Genre:

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Psychological thriller: (relevant to our Thriller)* Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the wide-ranging thriller genre. This...
Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Pre-limanary Task *Final*

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Media Preliminary task from Nico Turner on Vimeo . What I Like About My Film and What I think worked well: *I think t hat the music helps ...
Monday, 23 February 2009

Questionnaire Results*

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Results: I collated all my results and analysed them to get a better understanding of what my target audience would want.... Question One:...

A mini Questionnaire to help my research develop:

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1) Do You Watch Thrillers? Yes (13) No (2) 2) Do You Enjoy Watching Thrillers? Yes (13) No (2) 3) What Attracts You To Thrillers? 'Thril...

Titles For Our Thriller

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In His Sights On Track Captured Follower Preditor Prowler Intruder Imprison Reprisal: FINAL TITLE NAME We decided that this name was well ...

Devolping Ideas*

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Different Scenes We Would Like In Our Opening: *A mysterious man walking down the street... Of course this man will be the paedophile, howev...

Actors/Actresses:

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It is important who we choose as we also get marked on the acting, therefore our actors have been chosen specifically. Alex (a member of my...

Final Costumes*

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Man ( Paedophile): Will be dressed in: *Dark Clothing- Long Coat, black trousers and shoes. We want him to look dangerous however, he must n...

Final Idea*

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To get to our final idea we used several of our initial ideas to help create the best final outcome. We merged a variety of our ideas and c...

My Final Group*

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I was pleased to be working with both Alex and Carl. We started by brainstorming initial ideas to furthermore work towards an exciting, susp...
Thursday, 12 February 2009

Groups Diary*

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Planning and Research: We all planned our work very well and completed a very detailed plan to ensure it was easier to film. This was an ad...

Props that we are going to use in our Preliminary Task*

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Props* *Briefcase : Is used to add a suspicious feeling about what is inside it and why the main character is using it. *Door Handle : A...
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

What Is A Thriller?

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A Thriller is a suspenseful adventure. Their are different types of Thriller film types. They each intend to promote intense excitement, su...

Thriller Conventions*

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* A crime usually takes place at the core of the narrative (often murder). * A complex narrative structure, with false clues and resolutions...
Sunday, 8 February 2009

Research On Other Thrillers*

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Main Task*

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Things To Remember When I Start The Camera Work: *Clean Lens- check the aspect *Effects are better than manual *When recording, ensure you w...

My Storyboard*

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Here is my storyboard.

Simple Plan*

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Man walks down the hallway Opens the door slowly (create tension) Walks into the room (audience still unsure on what is happening) We then v...

Costume For Our Preliminary Task*

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Man One: *Suit **Shirt ***Shoes To make him look mysterious and dangerous! Girl One: *Clothes that look dirty **Very plain ***Hair a mess ....

Thriller Two- ‘What Lies Beneath’- Textual Analysis:

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How does the opening of the film What Lies Beneath create tension, and what techniques and conventions are used to do so? Lighting: The li...

Thriller One- Blood Simple - Textual Analysis :

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How does the opening of the film Blood Simple create tension, and what techniques and conventions are used to do so? Lighting: Several di...