Juno recreation

I didn't manage to finish the recreation but this is what i have come up with so far.

Our storyboard so far

After about 3 lessons worth of work this is what we have come up with, we are still working on our storyboard and shot list and I will be updating this regularly with our movie Angelus.

What's a storyboard

We started our storyboard today and we were given this sheet to help us understand storyboards

Seven Thriller 9 frame analysis

This is the first image that comes up on the movie opening, this is an extreme close up on a book by the looks of things, it gives a sense of enigma, because you want to know what is in the book, and who's book is it. The titles are very distorted, and look jagged and not welcoming, which tells you that it is not a romantic movie. The big element of this shot is the enigma of the book and what is in it, this is a key element when it comes to thrillers.

This is the second frame within the movie opening. in both of these frames there is always a hint of darkness within the frame, which is another key aspect, because you want to know what is hiding in that darkness, which gives a sense of enigma, also the picture of the hands, makes you wounder who's hands they are. This frame is a lose up, they have got very dim lighting in this scene as well which adds to the tension of this scene.

This frame is the actual name of the film, and as you can see it is very dull and gloomy, but then the text pops out at you because of the very bright white color off the text, the text font is also strange, it is not standard font it is very uneven and faded, and this again shows enigma because we want to know why it had faded, the mise-en-scene is pretty plain and simple, yet effective because it stands out even though it has standard colors.

This is an extreme close up of someone writing or logging in a book of some sort, and there is an effect where it looks like he/she had been writing for a while. The mise-en-scene is well presented in this frame of the film opening, because of the extreme close up, you only focus on that specific area of the frame which makes you want to know who is actually writing in the book. This also implements bits of enigma, as you don't know who is writing it and why it's being written.

This shot is an extreme close up, of a page and someone is filling in some parts of the text with a black pen, you usually see this on private documents. This shows a key element in thriller movies which is enigma, because you don;t know who is doing this or why he is doing this, this gives you a sense of mystery which is a massive part of a thriller movie.

Again this is an extreme close up of a picture, which looks like a boy. The titles are a big contribution to this frame because it says a lot about the movie or the main character in the movie, the font is not straight or organised and the font is displaced around the page, which could mean that the main character is slightly crazy, if it relates to the font., the mise-en-scene is the lighting which is dark all around the central image, which attracts the attention towards the center of the frame.

The was an extreme close up of a picture on a man with a sharp object in the back of his head, which is very strange because this person has kept a picture of it and putting in a scrap book of some sorts, maybe he is logging his killings or he is a police officer looking at a murder. The mise-en-scene is the lighting which is dark all around the central image, which attracts the attention towards the center of the frame.

This is a one of the titles used during the movie opening, and as you can see it has a plane black background and bright white text, this stands out against the black background which draws your attention, the black background could represent evil and the white text could mean hope.

In my opinion this is a vital clue in relation to the main character, As you can see that is an american dollar bill and there is a message at the bottom of the bill, and as you can see the person has cut out the work "God" which could either mean that he is very religious or the complete opposite maybe an Antichrist, or a saytan worshiper. This is also a very extreme close up. 

Different Types Of Genres

There are many different types of genres in movies now, and there are ways of distinguishing them from other genes. Ways of doing this is from film posters, you can tell an action film, from its high amount of colors and visual effects used within the movie and you always have the protagonist on the front of the poster so people know who the main character is, and a horror film is most of the time, a dark and gloomy poster, with no indication of a protagonist or antagonistic, so you don't know much about the film until you actually watch it for yourself. 

Cross-genre (or hybrid genre) writing blends stylistic and structural elements from two or more literary genres in an experimental format. Hybrid genres are now more common these days as most thriller films have inserted more meaningful contents, such as a psychological thriller, these generally have things to do with your mind and that area

• Action comedy
• Comic science fiction
• Romantic comedy
• Romantic fantasy
• Science fantasy (science fiction and fantasy)
• Science fiction Western
• Supernatural drama
• Tragicomedy
• Weird West

Narrative Work

Vladimir Propp

1. The villain — struggles against the hero. 

1. The dispatcher— character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off.

1. The (magical) helper — helps the hero in their quest.

1. The princess or prize — the hero deserves her throughout the story but is unable to marry her because of an unfair evil, usually because of the villain. The hero's journey is often ended when he marries the princess, thereby beating the villain.

1. Her father — gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and the father cannot be clearly distinguished.

1. The donor — prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object.

1. The hero or victim/seeker hero — reacts to the donor, weds the princess.

1. False hero — takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to marry the princess.

Vladimir Propp was born on April 17, 1895 in St. Petersburg to a German family. He attended St. Petersburg University (1913–1918) majoring in Russian and German Philology  Upon graduation he taught Russian and German at a secondary school and then became a college teacher of German.

Vladimir Propp's theory in the Star Wars Franchise 

The Villain= Darth Vader

The Donor= Yoda

The Helper= Obi-wan Ken obi

The princess= Princess leia

The Dispatcher= Yoda, Obi-wan Ken obi

The Hero= Anakin Sky-walker

Foley Artists

Foley artists are people who make sound for movies, they can make diegetic sound or non-diegetic sound. Foley artists are a huge part of any film making, they create all of the necessary sound needed to make a movie, for example in an old western film, you have the sound of the horse trotting away, the Foley artists then make the sound, from scratch, so this can be done by coconuts being bashed together to get the impression that its a horse trotting.

• Coconuts being bashed together to make the sound of a horse trotting
• To rub cloth together so that it sounds like someones walking through snow
• To rub clothing together so that it sounds like someones moving around
• To walk on a hard surface with big boots to have someone walking up behind you
• Hitting an apple with a stick to create the sound of someone being hit 

Genre Group Peer Assessment

• They described some points in very good detail.
• They presented information clearly 
• They taught me a lot about genre's which i didn't know before
• At some points in the video they used key terminology, and this helped me understand it better.
• They used good visual images to help grasp the concept better
• They say that there are many genre's and they describe a few of them
• They described about franchises and how they make an impact on movies. 
• Actors make a big impact.
• They could improve on the way they use the key terms, because sometimes they used it in the incorrect context.
• They stopped a lot and stuttered
• Some points they didn't describe or analyses in enough detail
• They are missing things like why each genre has a different fan base
• What makes it part of the category?
• How you define what is a Psychological thriller and a Paranormal thriller?   

Memento Opening Thriller Analysis

 How does the opening engage/create interest for the audience?

This is probably my favorite out of the 3 films i am deconstructing , this is because it is the most engrossing and more interesting opening out of the 3. It starts off with the opening titles and a man holding a photograph, and he is waiting for it to dry, but then you realize that its in rewind and he has killed a man and its going back in time to when it started, this straight away draws anyone into the movie because you want to now what is going on and its a good hook for the movie and the audience.

Does it establish characters? How?

The main character is introduced very quickly unlike the other films, the first thing we see of him is holding a photograph and then the movie rewinds to where he shoots another man, but we don't know who the two men are till later on through the movie, by the looks of things the man that shoots the other man, has a type of amnesia because he has to write everything down that he needs to remember, there is one scene where he has a sticky note on his leg and it says "shave" so this is a strange way of letting us know who he is.

Does the opening introduce themes, mood or story/narrative? How?

The opening of the movie straight away shows mystery and enigma, and this has a gloomy mood on the movie in my opinion, then after a couple of seconds the movie rewinds and you see that he has shot a man and killed him, this then gives us the impression that murder is a big part of the movie, and so tension is with you throughout the movie. Also the narrative is used when he is mumbling to himself about what to do and asking himself numerous questions.

 How are the opening titles displayed?

The opening titles of the movie are very simple yet very effective, they are blue writing and a video clip of the man looking at a photograph and waving it so he can see it better.

How is enigma established?

Enigma plays a big part in this movie, this is shown very early on where he shoots a man, and then it rewinds, and he is in a room talking to himself and just mumbling to himself and, in my opinion i find that quite weird and this gives mystery and enigma because you don't understand the story line as of yet. This is done by not giving any information about the main character away, and so leads you on to a mystery or an enigma.

Mise-en-scene

There was the props used for the movie which were the gun, the blood and the set location which plays a big part in this movie and, helps with the enigma that is trying to be perceived.

 Use of soundtrack

The use of the soundtrack really aids the fact that the mystery is there, this is because the soundtrack is asynchronous which means the tone goes up and then suddenly drops down again and this gives a gloomy effect.

Use of diegetic sound

Diegetic sound is the audio within the movie scene so the sound of the gun shot is part of the scene and so is known as diegetic sound.

Editing & Special Effects 

There is a few special effects used such as the muzzle flair from the handgun when shot which can be created vie Sony Vegas and is a good effect to use for the interest of the audience, and the blood splatter could be another effect used as well. The editing is really just cutting and connecting different shots together.

Camera Shots

The first shot we see in the movie is a point of view shot, where he is looking at the photograph during the title opening, which shows that we are looking from that mans point of view, and engrosses you into the movie more than just a long shot. At the beginning of the movie we have allot of close ups and extreme close ups, this is done, so its like a crime scene and there are people taking pictures as it where, and this gives a different perspective of the movies opening, and these close up shots on each part of the crime scene which makes it more apparent that someone has been killed.   

Enemy of state Thriller Analysis

How does the opening engage/create interest for the audience?

The opening of the Enemy of state is where an old man is killed by another group of people, and this makes us wounder why this even occurred, by having this before the opening titles it makes you stay and watch the entire movie because you are so curious why this has happened, and what was the motive to go with the assassination. Also Will Smith is in the movie and because he is such a famous actor people will want to watch it because people are aware of his work.

Does it establish characters? How?

The start of the movie it introduces various minor actors that are there for the scene, but there is also main characters that have been shown to play a big part in the movie, for example Will Smith is the main character in the movie, he is shown as a dodgy lawyer, this is because he pays £10,000 for a video tape that has incriminating evidence against another man. Right at the start of the movie we meet the chairman and another man, and because the chairman didn't agree with what the other man was saying, so he was assassinated, but was made to look like a drug overdose and the car was pushed into the lake.

 Does the opening introduce themes, mood or story/narrative? How?

Straight away you felt like something bad was going to happen, and it put a dreary mood as soon as it began, you felt like betrayal was among them, the also mentioned national security which then makes us feel like they are under attack on numerous occasions, one way of them introducing themes and moods is the setting, when the chairman was killed it was 6:45 in the morning and at that time no one is around so its a perfect time to kill someone, and the music to go with it also makes it have a tension in the air which makes people want to watch on.

How are the opening titles displayed?

The opening titles are displayed with a video clip in the background playing, with an audio track as well to get your attention, the opening titles are with a cctv or satellite images as the background clips, this is a really good opening titles because it makes you think that the characters and you are being watched continually by the government, and some letters are different like the E's are changed to have jagged edges for the actors names if they have an E in it.

How is enigma established?

This particular movie is based all around enigma, and the enigma begins as soon as the movie starts, this is where we see the old man early in the morning with his dog, and the other men in black suits and another old man in a car, the both look like they know each other but agree on different things, and then when he is a about to leave in his car he is injected with a substance which kills him, but then they made it look like a drug overdose. This makes us think why did this happen and many other mysterious questions that we want to know, so it hooks you into the movie more and more.

Mise-en-scene

The mise-en-scene is everything you seen on the plot, so one example is the clothes worn in the movie. Different types of clothing represent different levels of hierarchy, for example this is show when the old man with his dog, he is wearing formal wear and the other man is in a suit and this gives you power levels and this is because the better dressed you are the more powerful you are according to the movie.

Use of soundtrack

The use of audio contributes hugely towards the suspense and interest of the movie and the audience, when the old man is killed audio is played to add another element to the action which is better then having no soundtrack.

Use of diegetic sound

Diegetic sound is the sound within the movie, so sounds of the voices actors and the sound of sound like the car hitting the water

Camera Shots & Special Effects

There were not any special visual effects during the opening of the movie, but there were numerous different camera angles, the first shot is a long establishing shot, this is used when you want to show the audience the location of where tge shots taking place. 

Editing 

They used editing for cutting bits out and matching them together so it looks more professional 

My Thriller mood board

Opening Credits

This is where i am going to write about what order the opening credits should be set into:

While there are numerous variations most opening credits use some variation of the basic order^[4] noted within:

• (NAME OF THE STUDIO)

Name of the studio that is distributing the film and may or may not have produced it (Walt Disney Pictures, Columbia, Lions Gate, Universal, Marvel Studios, Dimension, Miramax etc.).

• (NAME OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY)

Name of the production company that actually made the film or name of the investment groups or companies that financed a substantial part of the film (usually credited as "in association with" or "A (studio name) production.").

• (PRODUCER NAME) PRODUCTION or/and (director only) A FILM BY (DIRECTOR NAME)

Director's first credit, often "a film by XY or "a XY film".

• STARRING

Principal actors, (Sometimes the stars' and director's credits will be reversed, depending on the star's deal with the studio; sometimes, as in the Rodgers and Hammerstein films, or as in all three film versions of Show Boat, or, as in many of Disney's films, the title of the film will be shown before the names of its actors; sometimes, as in many of Cannon's films, the name(s) of the principal actor(s) will be shown before the name(s) of the producer(s), i.e. "The Cannon Group presents X in a Golan-Globus production of a Y film").

• (FILM'S TITLE)

Name of the film.

• FEATURING

Featured actors.

• CASTING or CASTING BY

Casting director.

• MUSIC or MUSIC COMPOSED BY or ORIGINAL SCORE BY

Composer of music.

• PRODUCTION DESIGN or PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Production designer.

As a variation some of the below may be noted:

• SET DESIGN
• COSTUMES or COSTUMES BY or GOWNS (older movies)
• HAIRDRESSER
• MAKE-UP ARTIST
• SOUND RECORDING (older movies)
• VISUAL EFFECTS DIRECTOR or VISUAL EFFECTS BY

• EDITOR or EDITED BY

Editor.

• DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Director of photography.

• PRODUCER or PRODUCED BY, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Producers, co-producers, executive producers, 'also produced by' (credited for various reasons according to contracts and personal scrutiny of the principal producer). Often, though, the name of the producer will be the next-to-last opening credit, just before the director's name is shown.

• BASED ON THE BOOK (PLAY, GRAPHIC NOVEL etc.) BY or FROM A PLAY/BOOK BY (older movies)

If based on a book or other literary work.

• BASED ON THE CHARACTERS BY or BASED ON THE CHARACTERS CREATED BY

If based on characters from a book or other media.

• STORY or STORY BY

Person who wrote the story on which the script is based, gets "story by" credit, and the first screenplay credit, unless the script made substantial changes to the story.

• WRITER(S) or WRITTEN BY

Screenplay writers. The Writers Guild of America allows only three writing credits on a feature film, although teams of two are credited as one, separated on the credits by an ampersand ("X & Y"). If each works independently on the script (the most common system), they are separated by an "and". If more than two persons worked on the screenplay, the credits may read something like "screenplay by X & Y and Z and W" X and Y worked as a team, but Z and W worked separately.^[5]

• DIRECTOR or DIRECTED BY

Director. The Directors Guild of America permits a film to list only one director, even when it is known that two or more worked on it. Except in very rare cases (a death in mid-production) there is only one directing credit

How sound effects a movie

I listened to saving private Ryan and listened to 2 minutes worth and noted down every single sound that is used.

TASK 1:
Watch this sequence from Hitchcock's The Birds. It's an excellent example of continuity and uses the techniques we've seen in class this week.

Overall there where 16 shots with in that 1 minute 30 video clip.
There where various number of different shots in the extract clip, and mostly all of these clips had very good continuity through out the extract footage.

1st Shot: Long shot / establishing shot
2nd Shot: Medium shot
3rd Shot: Match on action to shot 4
4th Shot: Medium shot
There is panning during shot 4 of the house
5th Shot: Medium shot down the hall way
6th Shot: Medium shot
7th Shot: Reaction Shot
8th Shot: Point of view shot
9th Shot: Medium Shot
10th Shot: Point of view shot
11th Shot: Close up
12th Shot: Point of view shot
13th Shot: Long, Medium to close up
14th Shot: Medium shot down the hallway
15th Shot: Long shot
16th Shot: Close up

1. What principles of continuity are used here? How successfully? Refer to specific shots / screen-grabs.




This shot is very important this is because this is an establishing shot and a long shot so this gives the audience an insight on where the scene is taking place.











This is the point where the lady opens the door to enter the house












Then this is the match on action where after the lady opens the door it cuts the shot so that that the perspective is inside the house and shows a form of continuity.

This is another very good piece of continuity in this clip as you can see she is looking down the corridor and our perspective is from behind her so we are looking at her back.



Then in the next shot we are in the corridor looking down the corridor and she is in front of us and she is looking down the corridor, this is excellent continuity.

These 2 shots on my left and right are her points of views and this is what she saw, and then the shot at the bottom is her reaction shot of what she saw and then she ran away. This shows

Preliminary Task

Here i have implemented my match on action where Leena opens the door from the outside, and then i put the camera in the inside of the room and started filming her walking into the room and then in Final Cut i edited the footage so that it would flow smoothly.

Then i took a picture of the timeline and showed that i edited it in Final Cut and this is what it looked like on the timeline.

During my prelim i used a CCTV effect so that it would look more genuine, so i had a look through the effects and i found one called bad tv effect and this made the screen distorted but very distorted, so i edited the settings so that it had a low saturation so it was black and white, and therefore it gave the scene a much more realistic feel.

This is one of the camera angles we used this one is point of view from my view.

This camera angle was the over the shoulder shot.








1) We both came up with the same idea because we had inspiration form an A2 student and he used the same cctv footage effect and we thought that this would make the film feel more realistic to the viewer. Then after watching the A2 students videos we then started thinking on that it should be a accidental murder and then from there on all of the ideas kept coming into our heads.

2) We where planning our footage on a storyboard on an A3 piece of paper so that we could see what our layout of our filming shots would look like. We used postick notes so that if we wanted to rearrange our shots we could do it with ease.
We also made a script on a white board so we could revert back to our dialogue and remember what to say.

3) The shoots were fairly efficient because we did most of our takes in under 2 or 3 shots which was quick and less time consuming so then we had more time to edit our footage. The thing that was time consuming was to do the storyboard because we had to be creative and actually think of an idea for our preliminary task

4) We had to keep to the 180 degree rule where you couldn't pass the 180 degree line when recording 2 people separately and when we had to do it we found it pretty easy to do and really made our footage look much more professional, we also had to open a door which was simple, we also had someone walking in a room, but we didn't make them sit down because we had a different scene where i was on a chair so we didn't implement that but we still used everything else. we also used some small bits of dialogue where i was interacting with the co-actor. I found that the best shot was the match on action where Leena opened the door then we cut to her close up of her hand opening the door, i thought that was very well filmed and very well edited.

5) I learnt different camera shots which are simple but very effective in any films, this will help me in my further education in media studies and will aid my filming to a higher level. Before i started this i had know idea how to use Final Cut but after 3 lessons i know how to edit raw footage, use effects and leant how to export in HD and it the best possible quality, so overall i have learnt huge amounts of knowledge  and will implement them in my final project.