Thriller Opening YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxlcP8gLHa4

Links

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/realistic-smoke-effect-photoshop-tutorials/



For this blog post, the reason why it is all fire and smoke effects is because our final scene is a fireplace and so we thought as group that we should get fire effects for our typography.


 

This is a relevant effect for our thriller openings typography due to it being black, Smokey and just genuinely dark and sort of uncomfortable to look at, which would match with our thriller opening and follow the thriller genre.


 

This typography is relevant and a potential use for our thriller opening due to it being white and would be much clearer against a dark and black background.

 

This is a good art style that would be potentially useful and effective if we could convert it into text.

BBFC Research

The BBFC stands for the British Board Of Film Classification and is the UK's leading rating board and is government approved. They also rate other sources of media such as Music and Video Games since the 1984 media recording act. It is an independent, non-governmental body that was set up in 1912. It is a not-for-profit business that 

They have several stages of ratings in their classification system, spanning from U to 18. 

U for Universal is the lowest age rating that the BBFC offers and signifies that it is suitable for all audiences and contains no content that is likely to offend or harm people. Usually children's films and games are mostly covered in this rating level. 

PG stands for Parental Guidance and covers a wide area of films and other media.It is aimed at young children but is advised that parents watch it with them because some content or scenes could upset young or particularly sensitive children.  

12 is the first set up into the more violent films that the BBFC rates. It is only suitable for children aged 12 or over as some kinds of sensitive or offensive content such as violence, profanity, racial terms and sometimes sexual references are often present in films to achieve the 12 certificate. 

15 is the second to last rating level offered by the BBFC and is only suitable for people in at least their teens at 15 or above. This category is only given to films and other media if they have more controversial and mature content included. Amongst these are frequent profanity and strong language, sexual references and sometimes actual sex scenes, fairly strong to strong violence and racist and discriminatory terms. 

This is the final and highest rating level that the BBFC offers, and only covers the most mature and violent films and other media. A film or another piece of media with an 18 certificate usually strong bloody violence, strong sex and sexual references, very frequently strong language, sensitive topics i.e drug addictions and taking, and sometimes frequent racist and discriminatory terms.


For our thriller opening, if it was to be an actual film, I think it would be given an 18 certificate due to its dark themes and the would be frequent use of voilence and profnity.

Moodboard For Our Thriller Opening

 

 

 

 

StoryBoard For Our Thriller Opening

 

STORYBOARD

 

Shot Number	Framing	Duration
Shot no.1	Close up	0.03s
Shot no.2	Close up	0.04s
Shot no.3	Close up	0.03s
Shot no.4	Close up	0.03s
Shot no.5	Close up	0.04s
Shot no.6	Close up	0.03s
Shot no.7	Close up	0.04s
Shot no.8	Close up	0.05s
Shot no.9	Close up	0.04s
Shot no.10	Close up	0.05s
Shot no.11	Extreme close up	0.04s
Shot no.12	Close up	0.04s
Shot no.13	Long shot	0.05s
Shot no.14	Long shot	0.05s
Shot no.15	Close up	0.04s
Shot no.16	Close up	0.03s
Shot no.17	Close up	0.04s
Shot no.18	Close up	0.05s

Job roles, filming schedule, lighting and costuming

Job roles

Harry Sandall- Harry will be an actor in some of the shots and he will also double up as a camera man. Harry is very good at acting and good at camera work. he showed good accting skills in the auditions and he also showed a good use of filming in the preliminary.

Conor Durrant- Conor will also be another actor and will also use the camera for some shots. Conor is very good at using the camera, he showed many camera skills when filming our prelminary.

Peter Jewett-thomas- Peter will be editing the clips, because he has some previous experience and will also use the camera.

Filming schedule

11:00 -everyone meets a big Tesco, Bourne. then begin to make way to filming area.

11:30- arrive, begin to set up some of the shots.

12:00- Film shots.

12:15 - packed filmed stuff away, begin to set up more shots.

1:00 - film more shots.

1:15: packed filmed stuff away.

1:30 -take a break from filming.

1:55 - set up last shots.

2:00 - Film last shots

2:15 pack up and go home

 Lighting

 On the filming day, we'll check the weather before we start because you need good light to get better quality footage. But the lighter it is the less it follows the thriller conventions, we are planning on editing the shots to create an effect of film noir and during 'film noir' films, shadows are commonly used to create a dark and grungy atmosphere.

Costuming

 There isn't much costuming. Two shots contain costumes, one shot, a close up, of harry adjusting his tie. the tie will be red this connotes, anger, danger or violence. whilst wearing a black shirt of blazer, this suggests death. Another shot will be of conor walking, he will  be wearing normal shoes, this suggests that he is an innocent character, where as if he was wearing boots he would be seen as an antagonist.

Opening Timeline For Our Thriller Opening

 

 

Photos Of Locations - Justification

Photos Of Locations - Justification

The typical setting of a thriller is in an urban city. Usually the main colours used will be grey, black and white to emphasise the helplessness of the first character we see. Thrillers can also be set in quiet country villages, where everyone leads simple lives; often the villain will come from a small village. Usually only a small range of colours will be used, the main being black or grey if it is set in a city environment, to show how normal and mundane life is. However other strong colours are often used at particular plot points; for example if there is a lot of blue we can assume that someone has or is going to die, and if there is a recurring theme of red (i.e. alarms) then we understand the characters are in danger. The camera shots are usually either very steady or move around a lot. If there is a scene with a lot of dialogue, or a character is being shown as having a quiet or intimate moment, the camera will be still and focus on the characters more than the background. If there is more than one character in the shot, the cameraman will use a medium (or close up)- two shot to show how they relate to each other, i.e. if they are standing close and being intimate or not. If the camera is moving around a lot then an action scene is typically taking place; the increased cut rate allows the audience to feel more involved in the action and keeps them on the edge of their seat as they do not know what is going to happen next. The reason we picked our location is because it is out of the way and easy to get. The main reason why we picked the spinny bridge is because its warn out and abnormal. Also we will use the actual spinny because it is practical. This overall relates to our target audience (C2) as many locations that the protagonist or antagonists in thriller films visit are degraded and depressing environments that have a sinister and dark presence to them. 

Costume For Our Thriller Opening

We will only have ONE costume for our whole thriller opening as it is filmed in an opening titles style similar to that of The Walking Dead and Game Of Thrones. This means that there will little to no moving shots of us actors apart from newspaper clipping pictures and the shots that include the tie being adjusted (Pictured above) and the knife in the palm of a hand. Overall this is why we only have ONE costume for our entire thriller opening. 

Lighting For Our Thriller Opening 

For our thriller opening, we have no real control of the lighting as it is going to be filmed in broad daylight and we don't yet know what the weather conditions will be like, so well have to compensate for it if things don't go as planned. 

Overall,we don't have a set lighting plan because our film location is outdoors and if we do eventually desire to change something, we shall use the iMovie editing software to edit or change things according to what we want to achieve. Overall, if it is a fairly dim or foggy day that we hope it will be, it shall follow the conventions of the thriller genre due to many locations that are set outdoor are during foggy or dull days to emphasize upon the dark themes of thrillers. This also meets our target audiences (C2's) expectations because teenagers often enjoy scary and jumpy environment alongside the general scary and disturbing scenes in thriller films. 

Shot list for thriller opening titles

Shot number	location	Shot description	framing	dialogue	actors
1	Bridge, Bourne	Shell casing on floor	Close up	None	None
2	Bridge, Bourne	Photograph of a person	Close up	None	Conor
3	Peters House	Gun	Close up	None	None
4	Bridge, Bourne	watch	Close up	None	None
5	Bridge, Bourne	tie being adjusted	Close up	None	harry
6	Bridge, Bourne	man walking (just the feet)	Close up	None	conor
7	Bridge, Bourne	newspaper clippings	Close up	None	None
8	Bridge, Bourne	mags on floor	Close up	None	None
9	woods	cobweb	Close up	None	None
10	woods	barbed wire	Close up	None	None
11	Bridge, Bourne	eye	Extreme Close up	None	harry
12	Harry's House	knife in the palm of a hand	Close up	None	hary
13	woods	trees	Long shot	None	None
14	Bridge, Bourne	shot of bridge	Long shot	None	None
15	woods	water running	Close up	None	None
16	woods	mud	Close up	None	None
17	home	fire	Close up	None	None
18	Bridge, Bourne	wheat/grass	Close up	None	None
19	Bridge, Bourne	teddy	Close up	None
20	woods	leaf close up	Close up	None	None
21	unknown	derelict building	Close up	None	None
22	Bridge, Bourne	blood on floor in shape of front print	Close up	None	None
23	woods	Shaking fence.	Close up	None	None
24	Woods	shoe on floor	Close up	None	None

25. Rusty Gate Handle, Location= Harry's House, Shot=Extreme Close-Up

26. Car Wheel, Location= Harry's House, Shot=Close-Up

27. Street, Location= Billingborough, Shot=Long-Shot

28. Shed Interior, Location= Harry's House, Shot=Close-Up

29. Phone On Desk, Location= Harry's House, Shot=Extreme Close-Up

30. Moss On Walls, Location= Woods, Shot= Extreme Close-Up

31. Graffiti On Wall Saying, "Away With You",Location=Bridge,Bourne, Shot= Extreme Close-Up

32.  Rubbish On Floor, Location= Bridge, Bourne, Shot=Extreme Close-Up

33. Wanted Poster= Location= Bourne Shot=Extreme-Close-Up, Actors=Harry/Conor