How to make fake blood - Research idea for final group thriller opening

Here I've posted a video I'd found on youtube of quick and efficient to make fake blood. This could be a way in which my group and I could achieve this realistically if we later decide we're going to need it our thriller opening.

Genre and Sub-Genre

There are many types of film Genres which include:

• Action
• Adventure
• Comedy
• Crime
• Drama
• Horror
• Musical
• Sci-Fi
• War
• Westerns
• Animation
• Romance
• Family
• Fantasy
• Mystery
• Thriller

The purpose for Genre's when referring to film is to make the audience aware of what they can expect from the movie, as typical genre's follow the same genetic similarities. In addition to this, having a specific genre or genres, works well in the producers favour when it comes to advertisement.

Sub-genres are identifiable sub-classes within larger film genres, with their own distinctive subject matter, style, formulas and iconography.

Some examples of thiller sub-genres are:

- Conspiracy Thrillers

- Crime Thrillers

- Disaster Thillers

- Mystery Thrillers

- Political Thrillers

- Psychological Thrillers

- Religious Thrillers

- Supernatural Thrillers

- Techno Thrillers

Film Opening- Hall Of Fame Reseach

Hall Of Fame

To get a clearer understanding of an opening of a thriller I researched into other students from previous years thriller opening that they have produced this helped me gain ideas about the thriller opening my group was going to produce. I looked at many of the thriller opening that were available but the one that I was interested in was Catechize.

 Sound - The non- diegetic sound that they used was very effective and it set the scene of the thriller, the music built up the tension for the audience. Also the use of the diegetic sound of the tap water and clock set the mood , which was very effective.



 

Camera Angles- There were different type of camera angles used however the camera angle that was used the most was Extreme Close Up. The use of ECU on the eye was effective because there was a use of diegetic sound which was the noise of the tap water dripping.This could represent innocence. Also the the second example of the ECU of the face emerging through the glass window is a good use because it builds up suspense about who's behind the door.

 

 Editing- There were lots of different editing used for example the black and white effect this sets the mood of the thriller opening and makes it seem more scary.Secondly the jump cuts that was used makes it more tense as the cuts were not in order and there for make the audience figure out what happens

 

Mise En Scene- Clear setting were not shown, however there where mise en scene such as the tools shown that were shon. This is effective because it gives thoughts about how the victims were killed/injured which is most likly using these tools.

 

 

 

 



 

Holiday Homework Research - Conventions of a Thriller Film

Thriller Film is a genre that revolves around anticipation and suspense. The aim
for Thrillers is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. The protagonist in these films is set against a problem – an escape, a mission, or a mystery. No matter what sub-genre a Thriller film falls into, it will emphasize the danger that the protagonist faces. The tension with the main problem is built on throughout the film and leads to a highly stressful climax.

Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful

heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains. Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings, and cliff-hangers are used extensively.

Sound: Sounds in thriller films are used to create understanding and meaning for the audience. As well as sound being used to evoke the characters feelings and emotions, in order to get a response from the audience, it is also often used to symbolise both the protagonists and antagonists movements in the scene. By carefully using the sounds employed in the scene it creates the right mood and atmosphere and in the context of the thriller genre, helps to build suspense and tension. There are many different sound techniques that directors use within a scene, examples of these are: diegetic, non-diegetic, parallel sounds, on screen sound and off screen sound.

 

Mise-en-Scene:

 

- Colour is a key convention for mise-en-scene in Thrillers, as we associate emotions and thoughts with different colours. For example black can be used to symbolise death and red can be associated with blood.

 

- The lighting is mainly low, which is usually used during mysterious and sinister scene, emphasising the suspense and tension, as well as creating an unsettling atmosphere.

 

- Props are any movable articles or objects used on the set of a film. Referring to Thriller films, the props often determine the narrative, identity of the characters and genre. They usually include weapons such as knifes, guns, etc.

 

- Thrillers often take place wholly or partly in exotic settings such as foreign cities, deserts, polar regions, or high seas.

 

Cinematography:

 

- Tracking movements that follower the characters.

- Close ups; which show the characters emotions clearly.

 

- High angle shots in order to see the larger locations and action in the scenes.

 

Editing:

 

- Fast editing can be used for effects such as time lapsing, whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster, so it is lapsing.

 

- Slow editing has numerous of effects. It can create suspense and make a scene seem scary from the build of tension.

Film Opening Hall of Fame - Review

For a clearer idea on the way thriller film openings are usually portrayed I researched into the Film Opening Hall of Fame where students in the previous year have posted examples of their own thriller film openings. Amongst the many available, I chose to watch on one named 'Victoria'.

Within the opening clip, I felt their use of sound was extremely effective. The music was mostly non-diegetic throughout the scene, creating an eerie vibe which works well in providing the audience with the right sort of feel and direction the film is going in. There were also elements of diegetic sound, which I also thought contributed in setting the mood of the film, for example the creepy/evil laugh we hear towards the end of the extract.

The editing throughout the clip was also done well. They follow the conventional order in which film titles are usually shown, starting with the Production Company,

then the Distribution Company, and so forth.

In addition to this, they used a wide variety of camera angle shots, as well as a selection of different effects, relating to the lighting, colouring, etc. For example, their use of the fade effect and overlap throughout the clip between the transformations from scene to scene and the shadow created of the ballerina in the opening clip.

Beside using special effects and props to make their piece more interesting and realistic, they used a series of locations and had the actor execute her role well. By doing so, it made the entire thriller opening seem professional.

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Media Research 

For further research into thriller film openings i watched on of the 

previously mad thriller openings by my colleges very own students 

from last year. the opening i watched was called 'inside'.

the use of sound was very effective from beginning to end, throughout

the opening we hear a non-diagetic sound which gives off a sense of the 

unknown/mystery also expressing an eerie kind of vibe.

another very well used aspect of sound is when the phone from the 

phone box rang the diagetic sound used was very also effective 

because the typical sound for a phone was added rather than the actual

sound from a phone box.

Also the use of editing done by this group was effective because they followed 

the typical conventions of an thriller opening and started with the titles as shown:

by doing this it made there thriller opening more realistic and made it professional.

The dull effect used throughout the video also implies mystery/unknown and 

creating this eerie kind of vibe just like the sound used which i explained earlier:

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StoryBoard

This is our storyboard we created before we filmed our Prelm

Storyboard p1

Storyboardp2

Behind The Scene- Pictures

Behind scene- long shot of two people walking down the corridor 

Behind Scene- The two people walking towards the camera

Behind Scene- Of two people in the room having a conversation 

Group 6 Prelim

We practised shooting different camera angles and used them in a scenario of two people walking into a room and having a conversation. However we decided to add an extra character as the stalker who is following the two people waking into the room. We used different camera such as longshot,midshot. 

Intertexuality

Intertexualilty means to borrows visual or audio elements from a film prior to the one being made. It is often used to recreate memorable events and characters that have been previously created and shown in a movie. This concept is considered effective when considering Thriller movies.

An example would be the comparison between the character Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street and the janitor in the film Scream who wears the same costume.

Arlington Road

We were given clip from the opening clip of Arlington Road, we had to arrange them in the order of a tittle sequence using final cut pro. The clips did not have any sound so therefore we had to add sound and also create our own foley sound to add to the clips. 

Creating the foley sounds for the clip was a challenging task . However creating the foley was not as difficult as I knew what i wanted but adding it into the clip was more difficult. By adding a sound track I released that sound is very important in a clip because it sets the mood to the audience.

Intertextuality- Research

Intertexual is a term used to describe a visual reference between films, it can be also known as borrowing scenes from another film. They do this to make us , the audience to recognize a certain camera angle or aspects of Mise en scene, snippets of sound or methods on editing that you may of had seen in other films.

An Example: Between Psycho and Stepfather

 Both of them are still images of a man holding a knife towards their  victims. However in Psycho the character is not identified where as in Stepfather the killer is revealed.

Psycho

Stepfather









In these images both of the victims the man and women are sliding down tiles and covered in blood. Both characters seem to be in pain, weak and helpless.



Psycho







Stepfather










I think that Intertexuality might influence our group’s thriller because we could consider using it however it may not be ideal as the thriller we will make will need to be our own camera angles etc

 

Conventional Order of Film Titles/Examples

Conventional Film Opening Sequence

- Production Complany (Ident)
- Distribution Company (Ident)
- Production Complany (Title)
- Distribution Company (Title)
- Actor 1 (Star)
- Actor 2 (Star)
- FILM TITLE
- Actor 3
- Actor 4




- "

- "
- "
- Casting
- Costume
- Music Supervisor
- Music by
- Edited by
- Production Designer
- Director of Photography
- Executive Producer
- Written by
- Director

This is the general order in which the Credits of a film are shown. The production Company and the Distributers are shown first as they're most important, followed by the stars of the film, before the film title.


UNKNOWN (2011)

00:06 - Warner Bros Presents (A TIMEWANER COMPANY)
00:12 - Dark Castle Entertainment
00:21 - Studio Babelsberg
00:32 - Warner Bros. Pictures PRESENTS
00:37 - IN ASSOCIATION WITH Dark Castle Entertainment
00:44 - A PANDA Production
01:25 - Liam Neeson
01:41 - Diane Kruger
02:04 - January Jones
02:13 - Aidan Quinn
02:28 - WITH Bruno Ganz
02:42 - AND Frank Lagella
02:47 - UNKNOWN
02:57 - CASTING BY Lucinda Syson
03:05 - COSTUME DESIGNER Ruth Myers
03:21 - CO-PRODUCERS Richard Mirisch
                                Adam Kuhn
                                Charlie Woebcken
                                Christoph Fisser
                                Henning Molfenter
03:29 - MUSIC BY John Ottman AND Alexander Rudd
03:36 - EDITED BY Tim Alverson
03:57 - PRODUCTION DESIGNER Richard Bridgland
04:24 - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Flavio Labiano
04:32 - EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Susan Downey
                                           Steve Richards
                                           Sarah Mexer
                                           Peter McAleese
04:40 - PRODUCED BY Joel Silver
                               Leonard Gold Berg
                               Andrew Rona
04:50 - BASED UPON THE NOVEL BY Didier Van Cauwelaert
04:58 - SCREENPLAY BY Oliver Butcher AND Stephen Cornwell
05:07 - DIRECTED BY Jaume Collet-Serra


THINK LIKE A MAN

00:10 - Screen Gems. (A SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
00:25 - RAINFORST FILMS
00:32 - Screen Gems PRESENTS
00:35 - A RAINFORST FILMS PRODUCTION
00:43 - THINK LIKE A MAN
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01:55:32 - DIRECTED BY Tim Story
01:55:44 - WRITTEN BY Keith Merryman AND David A. Newman
01:55:51 - BASED UPON THE BOOK 'ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN' BY Steve Harvey
01:55:55 - PRODUCTED BY Will Packer
01:56:00 - EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Steve Harvey
                                                Rushion McDonald
                                                Rob Hardy
                                                Glenn S. Gainor
01:56:05 - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Larry Blanford
01:56:10 - PRODUCTION DESIGNER Chris Cornwell
01:56:14 - EDITOR Peter S.Elliot
01:56:16 - Michael Ealy
01:56:19 - Jerry Ferrara
01:56:22 - Meagan Good
01:56:25 - Regina Hall
01:56:29 - Kevin Hart
01:56:32 - Taraji P.Henson
01:56:36 - Terrence J
01:56:39 - Jenifer Lewis
01:56:43 - Romany Malco
01:56:46 - Gary Owen
01:56:49 - Gabrielle Union
01:56:53 - La La Anthony
                 Chris Brown
                 Wendy Williams
01:56:57 - Sherri Shepherd
                 Caleel Harris
                 Arielle Kebbel
01:57:02 - CASTING BY Kimberly R. Hardin
01:57:06 - MUSIC BY Christopher Lennertz
01:57:09 - COSTUME DESIGNER Salvador Perez
01:57:13 - A FILM BY Tim Story


'Unknown' follows a similar pattern in which the general order in which the Credits of a film are usually portrayed, wheres 'Think Like a Man' takes a rather different and unusual approch having all that's usually placed in the beginning of the film opening, at the end. All except the Production Company, Distributors and The Title which still remain the most relevent and most important.

Opening Sequence - Research

Opening Sequences for most Films

1) Production Company ident
2)Distribution Company ident
3)Production Company Tittle
4)Distribution Company Tittle
5)Actor 1 (star)
6) Actor 2 (star)
7)TITTLE
8)Casting
9)Costuming
10)Music Supervisor
11)Music by
12)Edited By
13)Production Designer
14)Director of Photography
15)Executive Producer
16)Written By
17)Director

This is generally the order of the Credits in a film, the production and distribution company come first as they are the most important

Sixth sense

00:07 Hollywood Pictures
00:14 Spy Glass Entertainment
00:32 Hollywood Picture and Spyglass Entertainment Present
00:44 A Kennedy/Marshall/Barry Mendel Production  
00:51 Bruce Wills
00:57 Sixth Sense                                                                   
01:05 Toni Collette
01:10 Olivia Williams
01:21 Donnie Wahlbary
01:25 Wenn Fitzegerald misca Barton
01:32 Trevor Morgen, Bruce Nerris
01:39 Casting By Avykaufman
01:45 Costume Design Joanna Jhonston
01:52 Music By James Newton Howard
01:59 Edited By Andrew Monoshien
02:09 Production Designer Larry Fulton
02:12 Director Photographer TAK Fujimoto A.S.C
02:25 Production By Frank Marshell, Katheen Kennedy , Barry Mendel
02:36 Written and Directed By M.wright Shyamalon



In the opening scene of Sixth Sense it is a similar opening to the original order

Types of Film Openings

Narrative - Set the scene and introducing characters and their situations.

The Shining

- Journey
- Music > Tense, Disturbing
- Arial Tracking - On Car

Transpotting

- Characters names in text
- Multiple Scenes together to give us sense of characters.

Discrete Opening - Separate film

Se7en

- Disturbing, rapid, distorted film
- All clips - no facial shots
- Props > Scrapbook

Title Over Blank Screen

Donnie Darko

- Sound > Thunder
- Font > Gothic
- Character + Setting

Type Of Thriller Opening - Reseach

Different type of film opening Examples

Narrative: Its sets the scene and introduces characters and there situation

Shinning 

 

Someone is in a car journey and the camera is Aerial tracking the car 

The music is tense and disturded 

Transpotting 

The first two character are introduced to the audience when they are being chased by the police, the rest of the charters are introduced with their names in text. 
There was multiple scenes put together there is also cross cutting when the main character is hit by the ball and when he drops while smoking. 

Discrete opening - Seperate film

Se7en

It is a disterbing, rapid , distorted film opening which shows no facial shots through out the opening scene, the main prop which shown mostly through out the opening scene was the scrap book

Types of film opening

Types of film opening 

Narrative opening -  set the scene, introduce characters + their situation an example of this type of opening is :

 'The shining': Journey, rural setting, isolated

  music: Tense, disturbed another example of a narrative opening is the film:

 'Trainspotting': shows characters name in text, has a voice over, multiple scenes of the characters.

  Discrete opening - seperate film 

 An example of this is in the film (seven) - Disturbing, Distorted film, All CU's - no facial shots

'The Matrix' is another type of narrative opening : its shows a kind of journey through a digital world, the two characters speaking referring to someone as the 'one' which could suggest that he is the main character, they speak about shifts which implies they have some sort of job to do.

music: sounds like adventurous kind of music

Research - knowledge of film openings (draft)

Types of film opening

Narrative opening - sets scene, introduce character and their situation

              Shining - journey, rural area, isolated,
                             music - tense, disturbed
                             Aerial tracking - the stalking the car

             Trainspotting - characters names in text, voice over,
                                     multiple scenes to give us a sense of the characters

Descrete opening - is a seperate scene from the film
               
             Seven - music - mysterious
                          creating a disturbing feel - editing is rapid, distorted film
                          All CU's (close ups) no facial shots

Titles over dark scene - text over a plain opening scene/credits

             Donnie Darko - Sound - thunder
                                       Font - gothic
                                       Character + Setting (narrative elements)