Jaws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8SnZmUjhAA

Location

This is a part of the scene called "jaws bridge"

The location is set in the fictitious Amity Island is holiday retreat Martha’s Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts.

Genre
I am chosing this film to look at and analyse because this is also a thriller genre, the sub-genres to the film would be action and horror. This is because it includes alot of death and blood making it a very villiant film.

Camera shot/angle/movement
The shot begins with a point of view going through the sea as if it was an animal (shark) this already starts to give us an inside of what the film is going to be about and based around within the first few minutes. Once the shot comes out from the sea it continues on to a tracking movement along side the group of teenagers, this allows us to see how many people there are in this scene and also what the teenagers were doing. The tracking movement continues through the teenagers on the beach till it gets to the end and stops at a medium shot of two characters a girl and boy showing that they are a main focus from the rest and something could possible happen at this time. As the scene progresses we get differented angles shots such as high angled to get a whole outlook of the set location, what is happerning, what they are doing and also who is there. Gradually we get to the shot were the girl is being attacked by the shark around 3:57, as we get to this time we get another point of view shot of the shark looking at the girl ready to attack her. Then once the girl has began to be attacked the camera shots begin to become more close-ups as we can see better facial expressions and get better emotions and see the girls pain and tears.

This is an imagin showing the close up of the two seperate teenagers at the end showing there main focus above the rest of the characters.









Mise-en-scene
Costume: The teenagers sitting on the beach are all wearing dark clothing that is quiet thick such as coats and jackets.
Lighting: The lighting in the scene is very dark but focuses around the main characters. They use the idea of natural light as it is night time so kept it very dark with only the light coming from the fire. Another example of the use of natural light is when Chrissie is being killed in the sea and the moon is reflecting onto her causing a natural light.

Institutional Research

After doing different research into thriller films and starting to construct my own thriller we come to the conclusion that the bbfc rating would be a 15. We decided this due to the fact most thrillers would be a 15. This is because the sections that make a thriller would include fast-pace and tension as it would usualy be driven by a villian and includes such things as crime and horror and would not be suitable for children younger than 15. Our thriller includes a fast-pace and shows scenes that could be of a bad influence to younger children.
Another part of the research that we concluded was that our thriller would be exhibited on tv and as adverts as it is not a full length film but an opening, It will be shown as a short clip to advertise and draw in an audeience. As we have found out the age rating that we are basing our thriller along when promoting it we would do this during times that the age group will be watching tv or between teenage programmes. Also another way is throught facebook and twitter as that is a main source or promotion in todays generation as over most the popluation is using these websites everyday.
I have found this information out throught various websites. One website i used to try and establish the age rating was http://www.bbfc.co.uk/. I went through many different thriller films and saw the different rating they have recieved and then made connections to my own thriller and what aspects it has like the other that would make it a 15.
Major distributers such as columbia tri-star film would promote my product as the organisation realises many different variaties of films into cinemas such as thrillers. To successfull sart distributing my film product they would have to start promoting before realise. This hightens the audeince expectation of the film, they would promote it through such things as facebook,twitter,youtube and then also throught flyers and posters.
Depending on the film genre, animation, fiction or non fiction it would be published by different companies. One way to publish a film yourself is through programmes such as movie maker.

Audeience Expectations Of a Thriller

An audience will have a certain expectation of a thriller as no matter what sub-genre it come under all thrillers as expected to be fast pacing. Different thrillers would have different expectations most thrillers are expected to have terror in them, keeping them close to horrors. The word thriller makes an audeince expect that the film will contain a deep storyline that will build tension throughout and keeps the audience in suspense. Thrillers are made to make the audience jump but are not the same as horrors as they are mainly about death and made to just scare the viewer, a thriller wants to keep the audience waiting and watching and makes them axious of what could happen next.

Planning

Our main Production is a thriller opening. The story is about a girl that is being stalked through the internet on facebook. We decided to add the use of facebook in on our thriller as it is more relatable to a younger audience who is our targert audience after deciding that the film would be a rating 15. The girl is also being followed around her college and then on her way home. She does not know anything about it till she is alone walking home and comes face to face with the boys. We wanted there to be more than one stalker as it is different from other peoples tasks and can add a twist onto it. Everything is being kept very realistic to keep to the fact that this can happen in real life. The editing is not going to be to dramatic but we just want it to make the audience aware, awake and to keep them interested at all times.

Filming Schedule:
Some of the footage is going to be filmed in college so will be done during or free time after college so we can still acess all the rooms we need to. This will be done last week of march before april halfterm. After doing this we will then film some of the other shots during the half term in the woods. Any re-filming that needs to be done will be done when we get back after half term as we will then begin to edit. Anything we dont like can then just be filmed again.

Editing Schedule:
Editing will also be started at the end of march once we have started our filming, this can be done in some of our lessons but will also needed to be done during our own time. This will be on wednesdays after college as this is the time we are all together. After getting back from halfterm in april we will then concentrate on the editing in lessons and free time to finish it.

Conventions of a Thriller

Conventions of a thriller are to do with sound and editing, such as quick cuts and the different camera angel changes. also the music that is played at different points that gives tension when appropriate and needed.

An example is from a scene in the film psycho, as when the women is being murdered diegetic music is played to build more tension. Without the music playing there is less emotion in the scene as the audience can become less aware of the situation, by playing the music we become more aware that something bad is going to happen and it makes us more anxious. Other examples in this clip is when close up shots are used to emphasise the characters death and her pain. For example as the killer leaves the camera cuts to a close up of the hand slowly moving down the wall, showing us how the women is hurt without having to focus on her face and making it obvious. Another shot is used at the end of the scene as it starts as a close up to the womens eye and slowly spirals out to a medium close up of her entire face. The camera making a spiraled movement could be interpreted as the water spiraling down the drain, and showing an end to her life We can tell again that the women is now dead as she is lifeless and not blinking. These are all different conventions as they are all different parts that have been editied and have used different camera angles and shots to build tension in the scene therefore creating a thriller.

This shows a close up shot of the girl being murdered. It does a close up to show more emotion in her face, as this is happening diegetic music is being played making the experience feel more dramatic.












psycho- the shower scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WtDmbr9xyY

History of thriller

Thriller is a genre used in films and television programmes that uses elements of suspense,tension, drama and excitment. Thrillers are usualy very stimulant as tension is built as the viewer watches in anticipation, they are usualy filled with surprise, anxiety and terror. Thriller films are a popular genre as they have a fats pace keeping the viewer interested .
The aim of a thriller is to keep the audience alert throughout and wanting to watch more to discover the end plot. No matter what the sub-genre of the thriller is the film or programme will always lead to a highly stressful climax.

Early thriller films go back as far as the 1920s, Alfred Hitchcock began a career in the late 20s were he created a successful "jack the ripper story" followed by another thriller "blackmail" which was also his first sound film. The sound films would have made his thrillers more successful as sound is a major part of a thriller and conventions, this would have lead to a new era of thriller films and letting them be more broad.

Script and Storyboard

Main task-thriller opening

Script: There is not a specific script as in our thriller opening there isnt going to be any speaking. The main aspects are just the girl being stalked walking down different parts of college not realising she is being stalked and also repeating this outside of college in the woods. The thriller we have created does not include speach as we believe this will make it more dramatic, this can create an active audeicne as the audience can create there own script in there mind feeling more involved with the film. Also as the thriller is only an opening it leaves time to show the action of the thriller to draw in more attention and make the audience feel more alert.

Storyboard for Main task:

Storyboard for preliminary:

Filming/editing schedule:


All scenes, filming and editing was completed on the 28/02/2012


Location:


The location was set in the collage hallway and then in a college classroom during after college times.

During the filming we had to use many different techniques such as... reverse tracking and tracking, reverse shot, over the shoulder shots, close ups and wide angle.

Doing the preliminary task first before starting filming for the thriller gave us a better idea os the use of the camera and the different angles and shots that can be used