Sound in thriller

Diegetic - Sound from the original recordings.

Non-diegetic - Sound that is added in during editing.

Asynchronous - Non-diegetic sound which is opposite of the mood.

Synchronous - Diegetic sound which relates to the mood.

Tone

Volume

Crescendo - Volume increase.

Silence - To increase tension.

Sadism - Pleasure from inflicting pain (sadist)

What makes a good thriller sound track?

-Slow pace to fast pace

-Crescendo

-Mixing in pitch

-Build up of tension

-Sadism

-Instrumental

-Minor key

-Heart beat

-No lyrics

-Sense of enigma (mystery)

sin city audience profile

Overview

Sin City was made in 2005 and it is a Hybrid genre. It is a crime thriller and it’s a neo-noir styled film. The majority of the film is shown in black and white but there are certain colours that are shown (e.g. red and yellow).

Demographics

Age:

It is rated an 18 but it is aimed at people up to 30 years old.

Gender: 

It is mainly aimed at men but it is also aimed at women.

Race/Ethnicity: 

This film is aimed at people of every race.

Socio-economic class:

It is aimed at groups E, D and C2.

I can tell that it is aimed at this audience because younger people enjoy action films and men especially like them. It is aimed at all races because there is no racial sidings or discrimination so no one will find it offensive. I think that it is aimed at those socio-economic classes because students enjoy action films and people who work in retail will enjoy something like this when they get back from work.

 

 

Psychographics

 

 

 

Interests:

This film is aimed at people who enjoy action, violence and thrillers. It is also aimed at people who like comic books, as this film follows the style of the original comic books.

Hobbies:

It is aimed at people who like being active.

It can also be appealing to people who like shooting guns.

Star Persona:

Furthermore, this film is aimed at people who are Bruce Willis fans and who enjoy the films he is in.

I know this because it contains all of the things that these types of people enjoy and it can help engage them in the film more when they have a better understanding of what is happening.

 

Peer assessment of pitch

 

Presentation skills - 2/3                                                                  
Eye contact - 2/3                                                                            
Excellent visual presentation - 2/3                                                  
Uses good shots from the film - 2/3
Uses excellent examples from advertising campaign - 1/3
Uses psychographics - 3/3
Uses demographics - 2/3
Uses socio-economic status - 2/3
Have you got a clear idea of the typical audience - 2/3

Overall - 18/27

Improvements:
I need to speak clearer and more confidently.
I need to make more eye contact.
I need to use more adverts for the film.

 

Preliminary-order of shots

-Extreme close up – The man reaching for the door handle.

-Mid shot - The man walks through the door and turns left.

-Long shot – The man walking down the corridor towards the camera.

-Close up – A wanted poster of the man.

-Over the shoulder – A Mexican at the bottom of the stairs.

-Close up – The man’s shocked face.

-Close up – The Mexican shoots at the man.

-Mid shot – The man runs back down the corridor away from the camera.

-Extreme close up – The man hastily presses the lift button.

-Mid shot - The man looks down the corridor at the Mexican.

-Mid shot – The lift opens with Mexican no. 2 in it.

-Extreme close up – The man's stunned face.

-Extreme close up - The Mexican no.2 shacking maracas.

-Mid shot – Mexican no.2 hits man with a maraca.

-High angle mid shot - The man falls to the ground.

-Black out – The screen goes black.

-Low angle mid shot – Mexican 1 is standing behind the man as he is interrogated.

-Mid shot - Mexican no.2 trying to open the briefcase.

-Low angle mid shot – Mexican 2 shoots the man with a revolver.

There will be a minimum of 19 shots in this sequence. There could possibly be more if we decide to include close-ups to show emotions and the characters looking at each other.

Vox pop research

Vox Populi - "Voice of the people"

How to get an audiences opinion?
-Verbal Feedback
-Interviews
-Ratings
-Forums
-Questionnaires
-Reviews
-Social Media

Interview
-It starts with a question.
-It then show the person with their name, age and occupation.
-They answer the question.
-It then goes to another person and does the same again.
-Then after more people the edit will go back to a previous person without their name.

-In an interview the person is on the right hand side and at eye level to the camera.
-It is usually filmed on a busy street to make it look like they picked a random person.
-The interviewer does not say much.
-The person speaks at the interviewer, not the camera.
-They only show 10 second clips at a time.

Vox pop interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0mD-BVuqM

From my Vox pop I learnt what people like in thrillers and what they want to see, also what people like as a subgenre to thrillers. From my research I learnt that people like to see crime and action thrillers. people enjoy crime thrillers as they are intense and keep them watching. people like action thrillers as they said that they like the action in them and there is always something happening for them to watch. This tells me that crime and action are the two most like thriller genres so this can help me to decide on what genre of thriller I will use when I produce my thriller. I also found out that people like to watch thrillers because of the excitement, suspense, mystery and that it keeps them on the edge of the seat. This tells me what I should put in my thriller and in my openings titles, I need to make it intense and have some action in it.

Preliminary task

Our preliminary task- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO2E0ewychA

Joke of the day

Joke of the day:

Tom: "Were you born on the highway?"
Jerry: "Uh no, why?"
Tom: "Because that's where most accidents happen."