PLANNING: SHOT ANGLES.

In todays lesson we researched the different types of shot angles that we would be able to use to portray the relationship between woman and child to the viewers.

This mid-angle wide shot shows that the child is busy drawing whilst the woman is about to stroke the child's hair, something which she should not be doing.

This is a low angled shot which shows both, the woman and the child's facial expression, that is visibly distracted. In this image the woman looks slightly possessed perhaps suggesting that she does not see that what she is doing is wrong.

This mid-shot shows the woman trying to restrain herself from touching the child as she knows that she should not be doing this.

 

PLANNING: THE DOLL

This is the doll that is going to be used in our film opening, we chose her as she is very lifelike in the way her eyes moves and when she walks in time. This will be the doll the woman becomes fixated on before kidnapping the young girl.

PLANNING G321: CAMERAWORK

In our lesson today we planned our camera work before filming as it is an integral part of our story board. We took time to analyse the shot types and movements we would use in order to build up our film opening. 

RESEARCH: STORY BOARD.

Today we made a storyboard, that was in depth and tells in detail what we plan to do with the film.

RESEARCH: TARGET AUDIENCE.

Target Audience.
Today we made an audience profile on who our target audience will be. We think our target audience would be both male and female between the ages of 15-40. The reason that both genders are able to watch this is because it is a psychological thriller. 

• Clothes: Topshop, Asos, Urban Outiftters, Superdry, Topman, Vans, Converse, Toms.

• Restaurants: Nandos, KFC, Wagammas, Creams, Subway.

• Films: Taken, Gravity and Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

• TV: Suits, Zen, Criminal Minds, CSI, The Following, Poirot, Breaking Bad and Dexter.

• Technology: iPad, Android Phone, Xbox, PS3, Netflix, Twitter and Instagram. 

• Games: Call of Duty, FIFA and Battlefields.

• Music: The Vaccines, Bombay Bicycle Club, Artic Monkeys, Alt-J, The 1975 and Mumford and Sons. 

RESEARCH: MAKING A SCOOP IT.

I made a 'Scoop It' today, this enables me to collect information from online and see it all in one place. This is useful as it is a simple layout and design and allows me to view it all at one point. I researched thriller film openings and created my own 'Scoop It' to help me with our title sequence that we will be making. This is a lot easier than having to search the internet and have different tabs open to view the information. Below are screenshots of my 'Scoop It'.

RESEARCH: EXISTING FILM THRILLERS- SPOOKS.

The shot types used were a wide high angle shot functioning as an establishing shot of MI5.

The ladies voice was used as a sound bridge to the staff meeting. 

The lighting was very dark and realistic.

In this type of drama there is lots of dialogues therefore there is vast amounts of shot reverse shot, meaning the view gets to see the face of the person who is speaking meaning that the viewer gets to see the facial expressions and tensions in the different peoples faces.

The nondiagetic humming help to make tension and atmos putting the viewer of edge.  

The percussion is often used to raise the heartbeat of the viewer. 

The whip pan increases the tension for the viewer however editing has made this faster therefore reinforcing the tension, frightening the viewer.