In todays lesson we started on learning about different type of thrillers; the conventions of thrillers are:
- The Unknown
- Narrative Enigma (question that wants answering)
- Violent crime
- genre of thriller is hard to define
- complex narrative structure
- protagonist (a custom to violence)- investigation to solve a crime
- setting- city, woods, everyday situations
- somethign extraordinary happen in everyday situations
lots of themes- identity (Bourne Identity), mirroring and voyeurism (protagonist watching criminal)
- not a short film (opening sequence)
We also then wrote down conventions of a trailor but this is so that we make sure that we don't use this throughout the thriller due to the fact that if we used them then it would look too much like a film movie trailor.
- montage
- releases date
- corporate branding
- voiceover (deep voice)
- keylines from film
- advertising
- find a lot of the story
- title at the end of the trailor
- close up/ mid shot
We then watched several different beginning sequences from different opening sequences from thrillers. This is so that we could understand what to do and how to make it look as good as it possibly can, also to see what shots they use throughout the sequence.
Fargo ( Coen Brothers, 1996)
To access the clip click the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI_4wvBHkrw
- mysterious music (orchestra)
- blank background - misty colour (sky)
- names (actors/actresses)- spread out, uppercase letters
- font style- screen looks bigger, dissolves from the screen
- snow
- car appears- lights
- title again
- fade to blank page
- in the pub- everyday situation (normal)
- introducing main characters
- violence is beginning to show
- normal dialogue
- close up
- conversation not explaining everything
Lost highway (David Lynch, 1997)
To access the clip click the link below. Watch 4 mins and 50 seconds.
- fast paced music in background- piano, pop, upbeat, moody, disorientated
- repeated clip of highway (in the middle of the road)
- actors/ actresses names- the same transition throughout, big, slanted, fades through us (3Dish), capitals, yellow font (fits with name)
- fast pace
- very plain and simple
- dark lighting
- close up/ extreme close up
- silhoutte
- starts moving quicker
- camera doesn't always follow the character
- characters acting- nervous, tense, eyeline match to buzzer, fast cuts, moving quite slowly
Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
To access the clip click the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEZK7mJoPLY
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Scary font- small, different transitions, flash/ flicker, randomly placed around the screen, fits with the genre, eye catching, fits with the name
- montage of different clips- wondering what is going to happen throughout the film
- scary music - machines working in the background
- extreme close up of what the character is doing in the clips (not telling us everything about the film)
- linking with above (not giving anything about the story away)
These are all of then notes that I got down whilst watching different opening sequences of thrillers, giving me different ideas for thrillers.
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