Preliminary Excercise

In order to prepare for our thriller opening, we were given a task of making a practice film using jelly babies. The idea that the group had was to have a vampire killing with a bodyguard who was in on it as well. For the task we had to show that we understood how to do a match cut and use the 180 degree rule properly.

We then had to film the idea and edit it using Final Cut and Soundtrack Pro.

While the video clip was in Final Cut it gave us the chance to delete parts we didn't need and elongate certain parts and then we got to add the sound from Sountrack on to it for the finishing touch.

this is a shot of us filming the excercise and below is the final edit.



Lurpak Ad Sequence

In class we watched a advert for Lurpak butter. Although it had nothing to do with thrillers, the concept of it was very interesting and thriller like. The idea of it was simple. It was just for a man to make a omlette but they way they showed it with the editing and mise en scene was really good. The beginning of the sequence starts with weird music. It has a scary undertone with operatic singing. This slowly transforms into triumphant music as his process of making the omelet carrys on. The camera angles used were very interesting as there was one where the camera was on the fork that was mixing the eggs. It was different and so therefore, nice to see.

Genre & Audience

1) How many suspense films were released in 2009? How many films were released altogether last year?

- In 2009 there were only 31 suspense films released when there was a total of 503 that were released.

2) Action, animation and comedy account for 52% of Box Office in the UK in 2009. Why do you think these genres are so popular?

-The majority of cinema-goers are pre-teens and adolescents. Action, animation and comedy are what the younger generation prefer and that is why it was 52% of the Box Office.

3) Why do you think Thrillers account for quite a low proportion of UK Box Office takings (4% in 2009)?

- I think that because of the age restrictions of the films, they are a low percentage. Most people who go to the cinema are of younger ages and so do not get to see the thriller films.

4) Looking at the 'genre by gender' diagram above, what information can be derived about Thriller audiences and gender?

- From the above diagram it shows that another reason for comedy being a big part of the box office is because it appeals to both men & women despite their ages. Also you can see that thrillers may appeal more to men as it can include horror and action, but because suspense is more on the womens side it shows they are interested in it as well as thrillers definitely have suspense.

5) Look at the age certificate for 10 of the films featured on the teaching blog. What does this tell you about Thriller audiences?

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- Looking at these pictures, it shows that the thriller audidences are targeted at a specific age group. This gives us and idea of why thrillers have such a low percentage in the box office. Alot of teenagers under 15 still go to the cinema and won't be able to watch these sort os films which means that the box office will be losing money and won't be seen by as many people as it could.

Photo's from our Preliminary shoot!

preliminary excercise

In a lesson we was given Jelly babies and a task to make a sequence making sure we used at least a match cut, a shot-reverse-shot and we had to use the 180 degree rule. This is when we to start planning our preliminary excercise with 4 jelly babies, obviously because there's only for actors. Cant lie the rest got munched!! we made a basic story line which eventually had been developed between group dicussions and contributions of ideas. We also added abit of music on there just to emphasise the suspense abit more. Even though they were just jelly babies, its the thought that counts. below is a picture.

BEHIND THE SCENES

Livetype and sound skills

In class we have recently been learning how to use the 'livetype' and 'sound'. It is essential that we familiarise ourselves with using these systems as it will be useful for when we record our real thriller opening. When i used the 'Livetype' programme i was able to choose different lettterings and fonts to make an effective title for the credits on my thriller film. The experience was good and you could choose different effects on the wording such as shuffling, blossom, fadings and all sorts. you could even choose words to make shapes which was used in other thriller films

Simultaneously, we was introduced to the programme called soundtrack pro which i was able to create some backround hip/hop-action rhythm which worked effectively well with the bagswap. I also added a few  sound effects to create emphasism of the action happening. Where we ha a short period of time to do it aswell i was surprised it even came out lyk that, pride#.

After successfully finishing off, my group then started to editing the bagswap short film then added it to the sound track pro application. It then opened on the top right corner in a small screen and we simply just put the music in synchronisation with the film.

 

 

genres and audiences..

1) How many suspense films were released in 2009? How many films were released altogether last year?

-In 2009, only 31 suspense films was released that year.

-In 2009, Altogether 503 films were released in the UK alone that year.

2) Action, animation and comedy account from 52% of Box Office in the UK in 2009. Why do you think these genres are so popular?

Personally I think that these genres are very popular mainly because of the target audience. Many young people and teenagers are the ones who mostly go cinema and they're also the ones who are mainly targeted by film distributors. The youth is also more than half of the population!

3) Why do you think Thrillers account from quite a low proportion of UK Box Office takings (4% in 2009)?

Although the thriller genre often has niche target audiences. I think the main reason this has occuredis because of the age restriction on certain thrillers. ome thrillers exclude those under 15 from watching but some thrillers also exclude those who are under 18 basically restricting most youths from watching the film but what they don't realise is that its the youths who are making them money and it's the youths who mostly use and watch these films. This is straight away restriction more than half of the population therefore highly dropping its ratings.

4) Looking at the 'genre by gender' diagram above, what information can be derived about Thriller audiences and gender?

The clear information which can be derived from simply looking at the 'genre by gender' diagram is that more males watch thriller movies than females because males like to watch more crime and action whcih are 2 of the main ingredients for a thriller movie. Woman are much more keener on watching romances, period drama and suspenseful films. The fact that some females watch suspenseful films means that some of the thriller audience are in fact females but only some whereas most of the audience for thriller films are males.

5) Look at the age certificate for 10 of the films featured on the teaching blog. What does this tell you about Thriller audiences?

These are 10 movies which i specifically picked out:

Just from looking above we can see that most of these thriller films are rated 15 and over.. This shows us that thrillers are targetting more mature teenagers and adults therefore they have a niche rather than a mass target audience. This also shows that the makers are not supporting the fact that young people may watch it because the film may include some explicit scenes which may affect someone at a young age. Because of  this in 2009, the box office in the UK only reached to 4%. Giving a small profit of just £42, 578, 104. This is because not many teenagers and adults are going to the cinema but children are. It is a fact that animation films make considerably more as in 2009 they made a enormous £159, 209, 734 in the UK box office.