EVALUATION QUESTION 1!

Question 1

EVALUATION QUESTION 2!

Question 2

EVALUATION QUESTION 3!

Question 3

Similar film: Orphan.

More films distributed by Optimum Releasing:


Unknown.

Eden Lake.

EVALUATION QUESTION 4!

Question 4

EVALUATION QUESTION 5 PART 1!

HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS YOUR AUDIENCE?



From the Audience Reviews, I have learnt that they have liked the originality of the storyline. They also seemed to like the camerawork, the humour, the black and white colour effect and the special effects such as slowing down the speed. I am happy with the feedback they gave, because my group spend a lot of time doing the project. If I had to do it again I would take in the recommendations from the reviews and make the fight scene longer, so James's character can be seen fighting back and also use more cuts to increase the tension for the audience.

EVALUATION QUESTION 5 PART 2!

THE ANNOTATIONS FOR THE AUDIENCE!

EVALUATION QUESTION 6!

Question 6

EVALUATION QUESTION 7!

Preliminary Task:


In Your Mind


Question 7

In Your Mind... FINAL VERSION OF OUR FILM!

Production and Making of In Your Mind...

This is a quick update on production and making of In Your Mind... Filming it was a little bit of a challenge, because although the location was just our college library and we did not need to travel anywhere, other problems appeared. We used two different cameras which made it harder to edit our film later on in terms of colour. Martins was playing the main character James and he was not the best actor, however in the end we managed to get some decent footage after directing all of his movements. Irena was organized and was a very good camera woman. We also ended up filming on top of some of our footage, so we had to film some parts again. I really enjoyed playing the little evil girl Eris, because I had to wear scary make up and act all creepy.

Shot List for the Opening Sequence "In Your Mind."

S.B.Shot 1.  Medium Long Shot	Angle Eye level	Movement Tracking (follows the character)	Notes James  walks into the library to find headphones on the table.
2.      Close Up	Point Of View	Zoom	The camera zooms in as he picks up the headphones .
3. Over the shoulder shot	Audience’s Point Of View	Tracking Shot	The character hears the thoughts of the female character passing trough.
4. Medium Shot	Point Of View	Panning of the camera after the passing character.	Nerdy guy runs past the protagonist.
5. Long Shot	Point Of View	Camera Zooms	Character realizes he can hear people’s thoughts
6. Over the Shoulder Shot	Character Point of View	Steady Camera	The Camera Reveals a girl,
7. Close Up	Eye Level	Shot Reverse Shot	The girl looks up at the protagonist, then the camera cuts to James.
8. Close Up	Eye Level	Shot Reverse Shot	James is in shock as the girl and his headphones disappear.
9. Two Shot	Point Of View	Steady Camera	James is talking to his best friend.
10. Over the Shoulder Shot	Eye Level	Shot Reverse Shot	James and his friend’s conversation.
11. Close Up	Point Of View	Steady Camera	End of their Conversation.
12. Two Shot	Eye Level	Steady Camera	Shock As James sees the girl again.
13. Extreme Close Up	Eye Level	Zoom In	James trying to escape and screaming ‘’ NO’’

Audience Research!

10 people participated in the audience research both males and females. My group has asked them the 6 questions we had planned earlier and that I wrote in one of the previous posts. The purpose of it was to discover what would appeal to the different audience of both teens and adults. All of the participants like the thriller/horror genre and they all have different films they like in that genre, whether it is "The Hills Have Eyes" because of the cannibals or "Insidious" because of the demon. These films scare the audience, keep them on edge and give them the adrenaline rush, which is why they like to go see them. The audience expects that these films will make them jump, scare them and show them something different that they can't get from other genres of films. Most of the audience agreed that the sound is the most important feature as this is what is actually used to scare the viewers and horror/thrillers would be not scary or as thrilling without it. However editing and cinematography were also mentioned as the type of shots and the way they are put together are also important factors to think about in order to achieve shocking, puzzling and terrifying the audience. In terms of the opening sequence that my group is planning to make, the audience gave us a positive feedback, as they thought that the combination of something unconventional, murder and mystery is something that is not often done and would work well together. This audience research gave me a better understanding of what audience like and want to see and I think it will help to make the opening sequence that my group is making more interesting, effective, popular and of-course more scary and thrilling, which is the aim!

Preliminary Task-Elina Davies, Irena Toneva, Martins Ibeh!

This preliminary task will not get my group or me any marks for our project, however in my opinion it was still very important for us, so we could  get the feel of what it will be like when it comes to actual filming and editing our opening sequence. The task was to have a small scene of someone opening the door, going into a room and having a dialogue with another person; but also to follow the 180 degree rule,have match on action and have an over the shoulder shot. It seemed like a very easy task, but it took my group a while to complete it, as we faced a lot of technical issues. We had to re-film the video a lot of times, as either the sound would be set too low or the brightness would be wrong. After several unsuccessful attempts, we changed cameras and were finally able to capture a decent video. Then we transferred it from the tape to a MAC computer, to an editing programme Final Cut Pro. I had experience using this programme and editing projects in the past, so it took us about 15-20 minutes to edit the different shots from the video to make it into a small scene. I can say that our group did not struggle with the aims of the preliminary task, I think that we were fairly successful with them and if it was not for the technical issues we would have finished it much quicker. I was glad that we had this task, as it helped to remember and feel what it is like to film and edit, which will definitely help me and my group when we do our opening sequence.

Storyboard for the Opening Sequence "In Your Mind."

Script for the Opening Sequence "In Your Mind."

„IN YOUR MIND”

Script
By
Elina Davies
Irena Toneva
Martins Ibeh




FADE IN
INT. LIBRARY –DAY

A late teen/adult boy James walks through the library towards the tables. On one of the empty tables there is a pair of earphones. James picks up the earphones and put them into his ears. James realises he can hear what people are thinking. A student girl in a short skirt and a tight top walks past James.


GIRL (NARRATIVE OF THOUGHTS)
Wow He’s Hot!

A nerdy looking student guy with books in his hands runs past James.

GUY (NARRATIVE OF THOUGHTS)
I’m so late, I’m so late, I’m so late!

James looks to the corner of the room and there is an innocent girl in a pink dress Eris sitting behind a table. She sitting sideways and her hair is down covering her face. Eris is reading a book. Eris looks up and her eyes and lips are covered with black make up.

ERIS (NARRATIVE OF THOUGHTS)
DIE!

James closes his eyes and opens them, then looks to where Eris was sitting. There is no one there. The earphones are gone from his ears as well. James’s friend Tony walks towards him.

TONY
What’s up man? You look like you just saw a ghost!

JAMES
Just some girl with black make up, she was just here and now she’s gone and I think she wanted me to die!

TONY
I think you either done too much studying, which I doubt or too much drinking last night, which is more likely! So go home and get some sleep, before you see even more weird girls who are trying to get you killed LOL!

James and Tony slap each others hands and James quickly walks towards the door and out of the library. As he shuts the door behind him he looks up and the corridor is empty, except for Eris who is standing infront of him. Eris puts earphones around James’s neck and starts strangling him. Cut to the black screen with title of the film „In Your Mind.”

FADE OUT

Treatment for the Opening Sequence "In Your Mind."

FADE IN! James walks into a library/student room and sees an empty table with a pair of earphones. He walks to the table puts them into his ears and realises that he can hear what people are thinking. A girl walks past him and he can hear her thought "Wow he's hot!" A nerdy guy or girl runs past and the thought is "I'm so late, I'm so late, I'm so late." James looks forward and there is an innocent, dressed in pink Eris sitting behind it. He sees her sideways and her hair is covering her face. Eris looks up, she has a lot of black make up around her eyes and the thought he can hear is "DIE!" James closes his eyes and as he opens them Eris is gone and so are the earphones. James's friend Tony comes up to him and James tells him what happens. Tony doesn't take it seriously, thinks James has either studied too much or partied too much and tells him to go home and get some sleep James quickly walks out of the library/student room and as he shuts the door behind him, he looks up and sees Eris. She puts earphones around his neck and starts strangling him. CUT OUT to title of the film "In Your Mind."

Questions for Audience Research:

1. Do you like thriller/horror genre?
2. Out of all thriller/horrors you have seen which one is your most favourite/memorable and one reason for that?
3. What is the reason for you to go see thriller/horror?
4. One expectation that you have from thriller/horrors?
5. What is the most important feature in thriller/horror? (Cinematography, Sound, Editing, MES.)
6. I am doing an opening sequence with an unusual/unconventional element, element of mystery and element of murder does that sound like an interesting combination or something you would be interested in seeing and why?

Unknown Opening Sequence Titles Analysis!

Unknown Opening Sequence Titles:

00:00---
00:04-The Weinstein Company and IFC Films present.
00:09-In Association with Rick Lashbrook Films.
00:13-And Eleven Eleven Films.
0018-Unknown.
00:25-Starring (in alphabetical order).
00:29-Jim Caviezel.
00:33-Greg Kinnear.
00:41-Bridget Moynahan.
00:48-Joe Pantoliano.
00:56-Barry Pepper.
01:00-Jeremy Sisto.
01:04:-Peter Stormare.
01:12-Also Starring.
01:15-Kevin Chapman, Clayne Crawford.
01:22-Wilmer Calderon, David Selby.
01:30-Chris Mulkey, Mark Boone Junior.
01:37-Casting by Shannon Makhanian.
01:41-Costume designer Jane Anderson.
01:48-Production designer Chris Jones.
01:55-Music By Angelo Milli.
02:02-Edited by Paul Trejo, A.C.E., Luis Carballar.
02:07-Director of Photography Steve Yedlin.
02:11-Line Producer Brent Morris.
02:16-Co-Producers Ross M. Dinerstein, Bobby Schwartz.
02:22-Co-Producers Russ Chasney, John Yull.
02:27-Executive Producers Ariel Veneziano, Cedric Jeanson.
02:33-Executive Producers Randolph De Lano, Tamara De Lano, Frederick Levy.
02:39-Produced By Darby Parker, Rick Lashbrook, John S. Schwartz.
02:44-Written By Matthew Waynee.
02:48-Directed By Simon Brand.
02:52---

Media Convention Analysis: THRILLER/HORROR!

The genre I am going to work in is thriller/horror, but the thriller genre will dominate, while there will be presence of some horror elements. These films usually create intense excitement, nerve-wracking tension, level of anticipation, expectation and anxiety. The purpose of this genre is to thrill and scare the audience and keep them at the "edge of their seats" and this is achieved with a puzzling plot that usually leads to a climax. There is always a mystery, dangerous setting, the idea that escape is impossible and ofcourse life threat with dangerous and deadly situations. Great examples to emphasise this points are films like "Saw" and "Unknown" where this is pretty much what happens to the characters. There are conflicts involved between the characters or outside forces and there can either be one lead character or several. The protagonist is in thriller/horror as important as antagonist as they both play an equal role to create tension and fear. Romance is an element that will be involved, as there will always be something about a partner, loved one or even children and family. The narrative of these films can be be both linear like in "The Exorcist" or "The Shining" or non linear like in "Memento" and "Pulp Fiction," however for higher thrill and suspense the non linear narrative is often chosen by directors and film makers. There is a specific visual style, as you can always expect hard, fast cuts at tense moments, extreme close ups and shallow focus for mystery and a few jumpy moments, so the audience is not relaxed. The iconography of thriller/horrors would involve running water, artificial lighting weapons, confined spaces, street lamps, shadows and even bars on windows. The main difference between thriller/horrors and normal thrillers are that the protagonist usually encounters combinations of mental, emotional and physical confrontations and that the antagonist is often monstrous. "The Silence of Lambs" is a great example to that. There will always be either a creepy soundtrack, a hard rock soundtrack or soundtrack so innocent that it scares the audience like the "Lullaby" used in "Rosemary's Baby." The sound effects would include shots, banging, hitting, clapping, shouting and sometimes there would be complete silence to make the atmosphere even more tense. The instruments used for sound effects would be violins and pianos, played in low key. The setting would be isolated, dark and abandoned to set the scary, nervous mood for the audience. Budget is usually quite low with thriller/horrors, "Cube" had a very low budget of $CAD365,000 and they are also often independent films. Probably for that reason this is one of the genres that gets the lowest ratings in the film industry, but at the same time attracts enough of the male and teenage audience for it's popularity to continue. By combining horror with mental puzzles and enigmas, the film makers achieve success within the audience as the combination of the genres in thriller/horrors will be liked by audiences who like thrillers and by audiences who like horrors.

Fight Club Opening Sequence Analysis!

http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/03/28/fight-club/

Fight Club Opening Sequence:

The opening starts with a quick sound of an old classical music and after about 2 seconds the soundtrack changes into a loud, full of beat tune and it being low key creates a creepy atmosphere. The movement on the screen is fast paced in dark colours and it is supposed to reflect the inside of someone's brain. The camerawork shows  very precise details and there are sort of electrical impulses running through the brain that can represent different feelings, in case of this atmosphere it is more likely to be fear and confusion. The scale is changed the whole time, so the audience are able to see close ups of different lobes and also medium shots of other brain chords, nerve connections and particles. What is also interesting to notice that as the sequnce goes on the pores seem to be more and more clogged. Overall this represents and shows that the film will have a lot to do with someone's thinking, mental stability and there is going to be a lot to think about for the audience as well. The credits are going on at the same time and Brad Pitt has one of the main roles, which will attract more audience. As the credits finish the pulling out of the brain fades into an extreme close up of what we discover to be a gun inside someone's mouth. At the same time there is diegetic narration that mentions the name "Tyler Durdan." This establishes two characters for the audience and creates and enigma, as we are wondering what is the link between them. At the same time another enigma is created as the person who holds the gun diegetically speaks, but we can only see a close up of his arm and later backside, which creates a mystery of who he is. He mentions the time of "3 minutes" and asks if the other person has any "last words to mark the occasion." This is another confusion for the audience, as we are wondering why he is so specific with time and if the occasion is killing the man or something else. There is a slight humour to break the tension as the man attempts to talk with the gun in his mouth and when his mouth is free he says "I can't think of anything." This little moment in the opening is a huge enigma, as the film has a non-linear narrative and as it starts at the end, we have no idea what is the story behind what is going on. The antagonist-potential killer and the protagonist-victim are established, as well as the mysterious persona Tyler Durdan. The setting is in the dark and the atmosphere with gun is very tense and nerving, which creates a worrying mood. Just from this little clip the genre of the film can be established as a thriller and there are a lot of enigmas and puzzles created for the audience right from the start!