Score Notes (Safia Shafi)
Score notes
The type of music you use is very important in a thriller as sound can help in building enigma. The type of music you chose is also important it must go well with your thriller. When it came to choosing what kinda sound I wanted, I went on the web site incompetech to help me chose appropriate sound, the kind of music I chose to use was vey fast pasted upbeat, action music. The reason for choosing this music is because the paste of the score was really good and went very well with our final product
I also used other sounds for our final product, I used a variety of impact sounds, the first one I used was a typewriter sound, I used this sound right at the end of my final when it says “…48hours before”.
The second impact sound I used was stone crash on the floor, I used this for when the title Rebecca appears and comes down.
I also used impact sound at the beginning of our opening sequence, when the logo comes in it goes round then stops as it stops we here a sound, which sounds a bit like a gun shot. And then below our logo “capturing movies in high definition” comes in with a sharp sword sound.
All the different sound we used went very well with our final product; it helped build lot of suspense and tension which is what we wanted.
score music we used for our final product
Movement Proposition by safiashafi score music we used for our final product
impact sound effect used for titles
Impact sound effects by safiashafi
this is the typewrighting sound effect we used for the ending of our sequence
Typewriter sounds by safiashafi
Weekly Update - Laura collins
We are towards the end of making the final draft of our opening, there several problems in terms of finding the right sounds for our sequence , and also colour correcting it seeing as it was to bright, me and Safia are working on this together at the editing suite.
Software Used - (Safia Shafi)
Software Used
We used many software’s to create our blog and will also be using some of these software’s when it comes to making our thriller. One of the software’s we used is Scribd, we uploaded our production schedule, production brief and our script on Scribd then put it on our blog, it is a very easy and straightforward software to use, we decided to use this software to make our blog as interactive as possible, using this software has given our blog a more professional and organised look.
Another Software that we used is bubbl.us, Laura used this software to create our brainstorm, it is a really good software for creating brainstorm cause it allows you to freely look at the brain storm, you can zoom in and out and navigate it left, right, up and down. Using this software has made our brainstorm look interesting and colourful.
The only problem with this software is that every now and then it doesn’t show on our blog, but this is a problem we will try to overcome in the future.
Final cut pro is software we used and we will be using in the future, unlike the other software this software is more complicated to use and is quite hard to use. It’s editing software that we used to edit our preliminary task and that our editor safia will be using to edit our thriller, I also used this software to edit our pitch and weekly update. After editing the preliminary task I found that once you get used to using it, it becomes easier to use. In the future I hope that as the editor I am able to use this software with no problems.
To create our logo tobi used Photoshop which is a software she is experienced in using, because she is experienced in using this software she was able to create an eye catching logo that is unique. She found this software very easy to use and was able to create the logo with no trouble.Also some of the things we uploaded were created using paint, which is by far the easiest to us out off all the software, this is because the software is very straight forward and easy to follow.
To upload all our videos we used YouTube, we first uploaded it on YouTube and then uploaded it on our blog, we sometimes had lots of trouble with uploading our videos on YouTube, for example when it came to uploading our weekly update it took longer than expected, the first time we tried one of my group members Laura waited almost two hours but it still wouldn’t upload so we decided to try it on another computer, but YouTube was the problem not the computer so eventually after trying so many times we managed to upload it.New Logo and Title Squence Design - Olutobi Odeleye
This is our New logo, which is quiet different from the other one....
Here is a step by step guide on how I made the title sequence on adobe photoshop CS5.
Step 1 : I opened a new layer and titled it rebecca
Step 2: I when on text and placed it on the layer, and typed rebecca
Step 3: In the layer box on the right hand side, I went on blending options.
Step 4: Then I used shadow, glow, Emboss.etc....
Step 5: Layer, Merge Layer.
Step 6: Save file as JPG.
This adds to the effects mood and feeling we hoping to evoke as a thriller genre.
Here is a step by step guide on how I made the title sequence on adobe photoshop CS5.
Step 1 : I opened a new layer and titled it rebecca
Step 2: I when on text and placed it on the layer, and typed rebecca
Step 3: In the layer box on the right hand side, I went on blending options.
Step 4: Then I used shadow, glow, Emboss.etc....
Step 5: Layer, Merge Layer.
Step 6: Save file as JPG.
This adds to the effects mood and feeling we hoping to evoke as a thriller genre.
Location Notes - Olutobi Odeleye
1. This is the subway location where you see the protagonists running inside. We decided to use this so as to make the first scene look as realistic and natural as possible. Also it distorts the audience, because the subway as several exit so it is not revealed exactly where the character is running from and towards.
2. This dark subway tunnel worked well in adding an enigma to the clip, as it creates a scary mood and atmosphere, the protagonists runs towards the camera, this suggest perhaps she finally escapes from what she was running from
4. The bridge scene is a very peculiar location for our clip; it shows the character crossing to the other side, this creates an unsolved mystery whether a run to safety or danger waits. The bridge adds to the exquisite feelings intended and the codes and convention of our thriller genre.
5. This is where the high angle was used to show the protagonists inferiorities, as she looks smaller. Here the audience are still puzzled as to what she is running from, or running to. This location also was successful at linking with the park scene, where it both looked similar.
6. An extreme long shot was used for this location because it was a very long path, and filming her from close would confuse the audience as to where she is. Hence it was also a form of establishing shot.
7. This is the first door the protagonists attempts to go through escape or get into her reached destination. Also this scene is the first instance where the true identity of her character starts to unveil as she tries to get through the door in an aggressive manner, and perhaps she isn’t has innocent as the audience perceived at the start.
8. This is the window, she tries to open as her second attempt in trying to get into the building, this shows her desperateness.
9. Then this Second door, behind the building was her success in breaking through the building as she pushes the door open. finally this is where the purpose of her running is revealed, as she looks straight at the antagonists at the end.
Cast Notes - Olutobi Odeleye
Name : Rebecca Wormwood. Age : 25
Gender: Female
Appearance - Chesnut hair, green eyes.
Height – 5ft 8
Mise en Scene – (Costume)
- Brown jacket – This colour symbolises the dull mid tone colour we wanted for our thriller sequence.
- Black jeans that also represent the dull plain colour needed in order to connote a thriller genre.
- Black boots
- Black bag
Props Used : Keys
Occupation: Babysitter
Character Information: Rebecca comes from a D class background. She is from a Israeli decent, who believes in an “Eye for an Eye” which simply means what ever a person does to someone should be done back. Rebecca’s father is a fisherman who is divorced with Rebecca’s mother who is currently unemployed. Rebecca is also the 2nd out of three children of her parents.
Name : Tom Hayes
Age : 34
Gender: Male
Appearance - Short Hair, Grey Eyes , Bruises and cuts
Height – 6ft 1
Mise en Scene – (Costume)
- Black Jacket
- Blue Jeans
- Adidas Trainers
Occupation: Banker
Characters Information: Tom is from an A class background. Who is a born British, although he has busy schedules he loves travelling round the world with his wife Tanya. He has hidden secrets from the past, which affects him however he cannot trace this to the cause. Will the secret come out?
Name: Cheng Hee
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Height: 5ft 5
Mise en Scene – (Costume)
- Black jacket
- Skirt
- T shirt
- Dolly shoes
Occupation: Student
Characters Information: Chena is a young girl from A Japanese background. Her father is in Japan currently married to another wife. She lives with her mother in Britain and goes to Hill Mead School. Her mother is currently mentally ill and had to be sectioned, but has been released on conditional terms which is to take her medical Drugs.
Weekly Update - Olutobi Odeleye
We posted our first draft today , as we have little time left for the first deadline, there are still things that ought to be changed in our sequence, like the title sequence and the fonts, I will be making the title sequence rebecca.
Weekly Update - Safia Shafi
This week we have finished editing our first draft and we hope to upload it very soon. Editing was a challenging and interesting process; we think that our product has been greatly improved by it.
Logo/ Justification - Olutobi Odeleye
As I am an experienced and a confident user of Photoshop CS5, I used this advantage in making our company Logo. The Letters in the logo “TLS” is made up of the first letter of our names. I used various blending options on Photoshop to bring out the crooked look of the logo, which justifies the thriller genre in which we are exhibiting. Likewise the letters are joined, to add to the "creepyness" of our clip.The grey, black and red colour used for the logo represents emotions the protagonists and the antagonists portray in the film, and likewise the code and conventions of a thriller film.
Blue Screen Technology - Olutobi Odeleye
Blue Screen Technology
In order to make the graphical context of our opening more of higher standards, we decided to add the blue screen technology. This is used primarily in the making of movies, this technology allows actors to perform in front of a blue background screen, upon which background images are superimposed later by computer. Blue screen is a technique that is referred to as colour keying, colour -separation overlay.
I also looked into films that used blue screen, I found that 300 (2006, Zack Snyder) used blue screen in particular.
I also looked into films that used blue screen, I found that 300 (2006, Zack Snyder) used blue screen in particular.
From the acclaimed graphic novel artist Frank Miller, came the story of a heroic Spartan King who led his soldiers into an epic battle against the Persians. A few years later, this graphic novel has been made into a successful film filled with action-packed scenes benefited by the art department of both the 3D and visual effects. The film as a whole has been built with computer-based effects like visual effects and 3D, but also used actual props to make this film more believable to the audiences. Because the movie was based on a story of an ancient Greek legend, this was the best opportunity for the story to seem more realistic through a motion picture, and visually impacted with the technology of the film art department. Throughout some parts of the film, the environment shots are mainly an actual miniature sculpture that has been shot from a primary angle in a blue screen, and then later adding in the background along with the characters in the scene to make it look like an actual setting. From everything to all the battle scenes to a normal setting scene, the actors were shot in a blue-screen room along with props and limited built-environments on the set.
This as added to our inspirations and we would use this technology, by creating an artificial background
In additional, we are also checking YouTube for tutorials on how to do the settings required, likewise with the help of our teacher.Weekly Update - Laura collins
We already started filming, and it is going rather smoothly however we had minor weather delays the first day we started as it started to rain. However we got really nice filming. we still need to upload more things on our blog.
Treatments - Olutobi Odeleye
Treatments
Production
The product that will be set is an opening sequence two-minute thriller sequence titled “REBECCA”. The marketing campaign techniques we are going to input into our sequences would be accessed through the mediums of the Internet, Social networks, Billboards and TV. Our aim is to manipulate our target audience so they can be engage on the product we will deliver. The Internet will allow us to target our audience effectively because it makes it easier for the consumers to access the product. Hence why a fan page is also created on Face Book so the audience can act interactively to share opinions and engage in the product. This shows elements of proliferation as we are constantly finding new ways in which the target audience could be aware of our opening sequences, and give feedbacks by engaging them in various accesses of mediums. Merchandising will also be provided to our consumers, as we are promoting our product.
Target Audience
The target audience for the sequences would be directed towards the age group of 15+ because the BBFC was considered before thinking of the target audience which this emphasise on what is appropriate and in appropriate for this age group. Also in considering the demographic social class status, D1-E will be targeted because on average 15+ age group are considered as students who doesn’t earn above the maximum of £5000 a year hence different criteria’s need to be examined in making sure they kept engage, and how its applied and represented as them. However this thriller can still be applicable to the older audience of perhaps 21+. The first example to examine will be to use the language in which the target audience can associate them selves with or perhaps understand in order to engage them and keep them entertained. Both male and female will be interested in this thriller genre therefore the enigma must be put across to the audience and a positive vibe or effect must be created. To intrigue the audience we must use techniques such as using both suspense and twist in the opening sequence of ‘Rebecca’
Context
The product will be exhibited through many media mainstreams and platforms in order to target our audience directly. This includes YouTube, its a video blog platform in which people share videos and interact amongst themselves, this medium attracts younger audience as they have access to internet and the computer, also video blogs shows high level of involvement, once our opening sequence is uploaded to YouTube, we could here audience feed back, and likewise it could be distributed to face book through HTML, or hyperlinks from YouTube. Television is a media mainstream in which a high population of our target audience use , they specifically watch Channel 4 , E4 ITV1 etc, because there is audience identification and the TV shows, films are drama direct there aims towards the younger age group, therefore we would make good use of this advantage and distribute our sequence to this channels. We aim to be successful in making the audience familiarise or be aware of our product by the ways in which we hope to publicise our opening sequence.
Media Language
In our opening sequence we are going to use different technical aspect in media to illustrate what is happening in the scene to the audience. E.g. the Editing technique shows juxtaposition of shots where Rebecca (Protagonists) is running away from something perhaps from the audience perceived as the “antagonists” in whom she’s running away from. Then the camera zooms out as she is running away, and long shot is used to see where she’s running to or establishing the surroundings of where she is running, then close up is used on her face, so the audience sees that she is in fear and anxious about something, this makes the audience sympathise with the Protagonists and creates an enigma in the audience wanting to find out what happens next.
Then also when Rebecca trips and falls down on the floor, transitions is used as the scene freeze and there is a caption placed on the screen. This gives the audience time to reflect on what is going on in the sequence and also engage them and bring about the conventions a thriller genre creates. In the area of cinematography a POV (point of view) shot is used and also the camera is shaky, which shows the anticipation and rushing effect of the character which makes the audience see them as the protagonist’s character. The next scene shows Rebecca barging someone as she runs and a 2 shot is used to show a direct physical contact, the 2 shot must be successful in establishing that the unknown character is not related to the Protagonists in any way the camera then goes to a medium shot of her running away, this connotates the urge and desperateness in running away from something.
Within our opening sequence the use of sound will be used effectively, e.g. score music would be used to create the thriller conventions, and perhaps major keys will be used to create tension and to create a negative atmosphere. The 15+ age group are not likely to be engage with a soundless or monotone piece of production. Therefore the use of tempos dynamics discordant will be used effectively. The Diegetic sound that would be used would be the one or two use of dialogue this is because the aims of using just 1 or 2 dialogue must prevent the audience from diverting their attentions to the conversations but rather just be engage in the build up of the sequence and how it leaves them hanging in suspense. E.g. when Rebecca Barge’s into the unknown character, the unknown character says “Are you okay?”She replies in a vulnerable voice back “get off me”. Non-diegetic sound will be used will be from the beginning of the film until the main dialogue which then rises again after that conversation is over. synchronous sound will be used where Rebecca insert the key inside the door , and then opens the door which establishes the protagonists as entered into another surrounding perhaps perceived as an escape from the antagonist, this gives audience has a sense of relief. Then when she punches the Antagonists who is seen at the end, the phone drops on the phone from his hands also. Now the audience are now able to put everything in order as the antagonists being the victim or perhaps the typical convent enemy.
The props and lightings shows that the thriller convention in the sense that, strong lights are shown on the character’s face so the build of fear is created.
Institutions
The institutions of this film production are a group of three students from Havering College of further and higher Education. We formed the company in year 2010 and established ourselves through different mediums. The company name is called TLS, which is the first letters of each of our names Tobi, Laura and Safia. The company Logo is called TLS, and our Motto is called “Capturing Moving Image in High Def”.
Our product will be distributed across the internet through many different mediums such as the internet, newspapers TV etc which enables us to target consumers globally.
Representations
Representation is the way that media products construct a sense of reality and offer us the idea that we are seeing on the screen is related to the real world, so it is being represented to us. Our film production characters are represented as the typical hegemonic stereotype of males and females. When Rebecca was running endlessly whilst acting as a frightened person and portraying a victimised character, this could be represented as a female who is weak, defenceless and always the easier target. However when it reach the end scene, where the audience then finds out that she tired the antagonists to the chair, the reverse portrayal is shown, where now the female is represented as someone who has “guts” , very brave, and likewise twisted. While John the antagonist is represented as defenceless because he is tied up to chair, also demined where the audience could see he is wearing his boxers only.
Genre
Within our open sequence we plan to stick with some of the typical thriller convections such as having a twist at the end, as our location doesn’t maintain a sinister, unnerving surrounding but the opposite which helps create enigmas raised as it becomes unexpected. Another convention we plan to use which is commonly used in thrillers is the ‘good vs. evil’ characters; this will be shown more in our featured film synopsis, as there will be a clear protagonist and antagonist. At the beginning of the open sequence the audiences have a sense that they can tell the clear antagonist but as we proceed on within the film it becomes clear at the end which is where the twist comes in that there is more than one antagonist. With the use of our location going against a typical thriller scene it raises tension which brings about the unexpected incident.
Meeting Minutes - Olutobi Odeleye
This meeting consists of the three of us I, Laura and Safia. We arranged to meet up on the 16th February 2011 to discuss the progress of our production. This meeting lasted approx.30 Minutes, GMT.17:00- 17:30pm.
17:00 – 17:10pm: Individual Work.
We had an overview of our work individually in order to see how far we have gone, likewise check the task list to see if they are correct and oversee what still need to be done. We had an issue where one of the group member felt the work was not spread evenly hence we had to re do who was doing which task was left, and set it out evenly. We also did background research of other people who had completed their 2 minute opening sequence in the previous years, to motivate ideas from for our thriller genre piece.
17:10 – 17:20pm: Filming.
We started talking about our potential locations and when we would start to film, we had three different sceneries in nearest town we could use, which was a subway tunnel near the station, near the market and the park. We decided we would have to go view these locations before we decide to use any of them. Laura whose role is the camera person, wanted us to go over the story Board and to discuss how we would implement the shots for the production and thought of new shots. However we concluded on the date we would start filming which is the 3rd week of February, on the 15th, a Monday because that is when our Actress (Emma Worby) would be available.
17:20 – 17:30pm: Moving Forward.
We had insight from our teacher on other things that need to be put on the group blog, and things we should add to our individual blog. Also we have to make sure we start filming and finish editing at the same time, in order to focus on the overall evaluation of the production.
Conclusion
We aim to have finished filming two weeks time commencing the above date.
180 Degree Rule - Olutobi Odeleye
For our “Rebecca” opening sequence we will implement different camera positioning and frame works in order to put across our narrative clearly. For example 180 degree rule, depths of field, Rule of 3rds etc.
180 Degree rule
This is a basic rule that means that two characters always have the same left and right relationship to each other, when filming you shouldn’t cross the line of vision this is an invisible line that has been established in the first shot. The media producers follow this rule to move the story along in a logical way that won't confuse or disorient the viewer. When a camera crosses the axis connecting to two subjects it is called crossing the line, and the new shot is called the reverse angle. Crossing the line when filming over the shoulder shot shifts the people’s eye line, meaning that the two people should always be on the same side. It also helps the viewer not to miss vital parts of the film. This was of beneficial to our production as we had different practice in putting the 180 degree rule to use. For example in our preliminary task taught us how to be consistent and resist the temptation of crossing the line whilst filming.
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