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CHANGE OF PLAN
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It came apparent that our initial plan to produce a horror was difficult to put into action. Our footage was too complicated and ultimately gave away too much of the storyline, which is not the goal of a title sequence. However, my team and i discussed this issue in a group meeting and decided to use elements of our horror idea and put them into a new idea to effectively create a thriller.
As these genres are close in relation to eachother there was not much excess filming to be incorporated into our work. Using the new location of the TV studio, we re-shot our footage with a simpliar vision in mind using bluescreen to creatively produce a sillhouette effect of our protagonists. The effect of this is that it would maintain suspence as the audience cannot see the faces of the protagonists and will see this as a reason to stay focused and keep watching to find out the overall story-line. This corrects the mistake we made first as we will not give too much away and the characters identity lies unidentified until the movie progresses. However, the audience do get to see body language of the protagonists and establish a sense of what will be included during the film wich will immediently keep them hooked.
This idea of using blue screen was inspired by the iPod advert which is effectively dependent on the actors body language to sell their product.
Costumes and Props for our new idea have also changed and have proven drastically simpilar.
As the actors are going to be presented as nomore than just sillhouettes, there was no need to fuss about costume. Props that we included were very simple and consisted of only a chair and a paper rolled up as a cigar to fit the conventional idea of the male protaginist being a person of high status and importance.
All in all we believe this new plan will allow us to show off more of our creative side and demonstrate simple yet effective media techniques.
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TREATMENT
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Original Storyline Death on Tuesday was initially intended to be a movie from the horror genre. It was planned to be set during a 6th form detention where students are all sat in silence and boredom (which was to be shown by the use of a panning shot which was to highlight the boredom on each person’s face), until the teacher conducting the detention leaves, however during this time, one boy, (the male protagonist, a young man called Trey) and his girlfriend Elesha are shown sending private notes around the class room. This was going to be highlight by the use of a close up shot of everyone passing the note around the classroom. Once the teacher exits, the class then become socially active, talking, laughing and listening to music amongst each other and some in small groups. Certain division within the class are then noticed, again by the use of a close up shot to emphasise the different groups amongst the class, for example, the ‘Gossip group’.Elesha is then seen sending Trey a note instructing him to meet her in the toilets shortly.The camera then follows her out of the classroom until she enters the toilets and begins fixing herself up and humming, waiting for Trey’s arrival. Trey is then seen following shortly behind her until he too enters the toilets and a scene of intimacy takes place. Due to our target audience and target rating being a 15 we ensured the sex content was kept down to a minimum and the lights cut out before any action of extreme intimacy is noticed. A point of view shot was planned to then be used so that the audience could see that there is one else in the toilets watching them, this idea would’ve aroused suspicion and tension amongst viewers and make them feel as if they are key to the storyline as they know something the protagonists don’t, that someone is watching. Trey and Elesha then pursue into the cubicle adjacent to the one containing the ‘Third-party / person watching’. To maintain the feeling of them being watched we planned to use a high angle shot above Trey and Elesha inside the cubicle.With the lights turned off, nothing but a scream is then heard from Elesha, which is the cue for the lights to turn on. The audience then witness only Trey is standing over Elesha, who appears dead. The door of the toilets then closes, suggesting someone’s exit. The effect of this is that it doesn’t give away who killed Elesha and maintains suspense.New Idea and SynopsisDeath On Tuesday is now an action-thriller containing elements of mystery and murder however also portraying themes of sexual desire and relationships. The protagonists throughout the film opening are presented as sillhouettes. The effect of this is that it upholds a sence of mysteriousness and arrouses suspence, conventional aspects to the thriller genre. As Death On Tuesday is also combined with the 'Action' genre, it was essential we portrayed this aspect through the opening to ensure the audience caught a grasp of this part of out vision.To do this, we ensured that even the music suggested action by using drums to mimic the sound of a heartbeat.Dialogue is absent from this opening, music is dominant to create and set the atmosphere.Our storyline follows a serial killer, known for trapping his female victims with his charm, leaving them in a vounerable position and in love with him. As the relationships between them progress and gain a sense of seriousness, he then strikes, proposing to her yet leaving each vistim as a cold corpse bride.His newest victim however, doesn't go down as easy, she knows how to put up a fight. She is a female assain who is aware of her 'Lover/Victims' status and movements. She makes herself vounerable, eager to give him what he deserves. This contains much action between the pair, resulting in someone leaving triumphantly?
Analysis Of Texas Chainsaw Massacre Title Sequence
The opening of this film starts with the presence of eerie music which immediently builds suspence and gives the audience the impression that something not particually normal is either happening, happened or about to take place. The music involved in this scene works effectively as it not only creates a certain amount of tension amongst the viewers to prepare them for the events that are due to follow, but also compliments the low key lighting to ultimately generate a dark mysterious setting typical of a horror genre. The low key lighting is created by the use of candles, which also act as the key light. The candles during the title sequence create a gothic feel as they are mostly identified in churches and hold religious significance.
This title sequence is dependent on the use of photographs, a very simple yet effective decision as it makes the audience feels as if they are people told a story from a family photo album, making them more interested to proceed to find out about the storyline. The use of close-up shots on the photographs and news paper cut outs also helped to create a feeling of involvement towards the audience as if they are being shown the items personally. However, the camerawork was presented as very fast paced. The effect of this is that it dosen't reveal too much of the storyline and helps to also build tension and suspence, keeping the audience gripped and staying true to the horror genre.Other aspects that contributed to making this title sequence successful were the use of iconic and conventional horror figures. For example, blood.Blood is commonly connected with movies from the horror genre as there is usually always elements of death present within them. The other conventional aspects involved during this title sequence were the use of knives and chains. As the film title includes the word 'Chainsaw' this could also be a play-on aspect. The title of the film also suggests mass murder within the word 'Massacre' and therefore, the presence of knives are chains could help portray this idea and theme of muder further.Close-up shots of dead animals and newspaper cutouts involving the words 'Killing' and 'Murder' also help do this.
At the end of the title sequence, a photograph of a baby with a deformity, a cleft lip (which was also shown at the beginning of the title sequence) is being burnt. The connotation of this action is that it suggests the innocent baby in the photograph is nomore, and could infact imply that the baby is now of another form and plays some involvement into the murders that have been taking place as the photograph was shown at the both the beginning and end of the sequence.
Analysis Of Hustle
Hustle comtains elements used witih the iPod advert which eventually is the product we plan to produce with our short film coursework.
The opening credits of this television drams has acted as inpiration for our film and also provided us with a few ideas of which we would creatively change, and incorporate into our own work.
