Certification

The certification website is when the industry decides what age to give the film so, they protect children from unsuitable and harmful films. Otherwise, the other films can be from 12 and above.

Different methods of editing

Different methods of editing 

Straight cut

Most common and invisible form of transition. Where one shot moves instantaneously to the next without attracting the audiences attention. Straight cuts also, help to retain reality. They do not break the viewers suspense of disbelief. 

Jump cut

Jump cuts is where the audiences attention us brought into focus on something suddenly. This occurs by breaking the continuity editing. This is known as discontinuity and appears as if a section of the sequence has been removed. 

Dissolve

Is where an image fades from one shot off the screen while another shot is fading in. The audience will be able to see both shots on the screen at the mid-point of the dissolve. If the film wants to slow a connection between two characters this is the way.

Fades

Gradual darkening or lightening of an image until it becomes black or white. One shot will fade until onaly a black or white screen will be seen and this is to indicate the end of a particular section of time within the narrative that may show the passing of time. 

Wipes

One image is pushed off the screen by another by a wipe. Images can be pushed left or right. more common for the image to be pushed off the left-hand side, as this movement is more consistent with the sense of time moving forward. 

Graphic match

When two consecutive shots are matched in terms of the way they look. Film-makers can choose to place shots in a certain order to create a smooth visual transfer.



Thriller conventions

Thriller conventions

Thriller conventions contain many central plaots such as: justice vs injustice, blurred line of good and bad, enigmas, red-herrings, plot twists and cliff hangers. Either the characters in the movies are on a dangerous mission or their escape seems impossible that the mood the movie may create are, murder, menace, mystery and paranoia. the sub-genres in these type of thrillers are mysterious, full of crime, psychological or political and they may get you on the edge-of-your-seat, make you tense, with suspense chases, pursuits and deadlines. Many of the bad charaacters may look troubled, multi-faceted and morally complex. The society in the movie may usually be in the worst conditions; seen as dark and corrupt.

Editing

Editing

 

 

Editing is the process of looking at all the footage shots during the making of a film/tv programme and placing it in the desired order and joining it together.

 

 

Two key areas to concentrate on with editing are:

 

1. Speed of editing- how long does each shot last?

 

2.Style of editing- how each shot is joined to the next?

 

Speed of editing

 

In a film each scene may last a matter of seconds, or it could continue for inutes but the length of each sequence estasblishes the pace of the film moving the action along.

The speed of editing will help to determine the mood of what is taking place on screen. If the audience is to feel anxiety and suspense the editing will be quick, the scenes/shots changing frequently.

eg: in an action sequence.

 

If a relaxed mood is desired, the scene lasts longer and chages less frequently.

eg: romantic comedy.

 

Scenes at the beginning of a film, that tells a story, must eb long enough to understand where we are and what's going on. It introduces the main characters.

As the film progresses, the scenes may get shorter as editing cuts between telling two or more storylines at the same time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Lighting

Lighting

 

 

Key light: brightest and main light on the subject.

 

Filler light: softens harsh shadows-counteracts key light.

 

Back light: countersa the key light, helping to add depth of field and makes the subject look more 'rounded'.

 

Under lighting: main source of light comes from below the subject, mainly used in horrors.

 

Top lighting: when the main source of light comes from above the subject, highlighting features to create a glamorous and flattering look in a star.

 

 Back lighting: when the light source is behind the subject, creating silhouettes.

Low-key lighting: using only the key and backlights, a sharp contrast of light and dark is created, forming deep shadows.

High-key lighting: more filler light are used to create a bright daylight effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Thriller opening - Brick

The conventions of this thriller opening for 'Brick' are the dead body and flashback. It had specific camera angles such as, close up to the mans hurt face in order to suggest to the audience that, he may have done something awful, as his hands in his face show. Then it shoots a long shot to finally show why the mans so upset because of the body that lays near him. there are shot reverse shots to show the girls hair, bangles and shoes and then back to the man to see his unmoving reaction. In the final scene, we see the lockers and the bangles to prove to the audience that, it was her.

Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene

Is the arrangement of everything that appears in the framing; actors, lighting, decor, props, costume. Its called mise-en-scene, a French term that means "placing on set." The frame and camerawork also constitute the mise-en-scene of a movie.

Even though many professionals are involved in its creation, the director is the one that oversees the entire mise-en-scene and all its elements. Not just that, but during the early stages of pre-production, the director or his AD sits down with the set designers, prop masters, location managers, costume designers, and scenic artists to determine the look and feel intended.

Its the composition of a shot and everything in the frame. Things to consider would be:

Setting: location and environment where action takes place, colours used to light the action  exterior/interior, time of day.

Wardrobe: importance of costume for certain characters, make up, hair.

Props: what is visible in the frame, where are they (in/out of focus).

Acting: positioning of actors, interaction with each other, casting.

Placement: how all of these things are positioned within the composition of a shot.

Effect: on the audience: mood, tension, atmosphere, emotion (patlos), implicit/explicit meaning.

Mcguffin

The mcguffin is what drives the plot along but isn't what the audience is focusing on. In North by Northwest the mcguffin is the villains trying to keep the CIA agents from finding out their plans to smuggle some microfilm.

Thriller openings - Memento

In Memento you have a photo being shaked and then it disappears. This confuses the audience as events are told backwards 10 minutes. There are close up shots of blood running backwards on the wall and an empty shell from a gun, glasses and a dead guy on the floor. This creates suspense to the audience because they don't know what has happened and will be eager to get the story therefore, carrying on watching the film.The music is very eerie, and frightens the audience, also, since it's going backwards, the music ends with a ticking of a clock, emphasizing what happened before the man was killed.

Sound: Parallel/Contrapuntal

Sound: Parallel/Contrapuntal

Parallel sound is when the music matches the action in the movie.
Contapuntal sound is when the sound does not match the action in the movie.

Sound: Sound bridge

A sound bridge helps to create a smooth transition between from onbe scene to another.The sound bridges the two scenes in a movie because the music carries on from one scene to the next.

Sound: On/Off

Sound: On/Off

 

On screen sound - the audience is able to see the source of the sound and where it's coming from.

 

Off screen sound - the audience is not able to see the source fo the sound, therefore the off screen sound enables the extention of the diegetic sound. 

Diegetic sound/Non-diegetic sound

Diegetic sound/Non-diegetic sound

 

 

Diegetic sound is any piece of music, sound or voice that is visible on the screen and comes from the world of the text.

eg: dialogue, sound effects, music music with a source within the text eg: radio.

 

 

Non-diegetic sound is where th epiece of mucsic, sound or voice is not visible on screen and refers to everything outside the world of text.

eg: voiceover, soundtrack, captions, titles, subtitles. 

Recipe for a thriller

Recipe for a thriller

 

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television progranming that uses suspemse, tension and excitement as the main elements of a thriller movie that, engages its audience. Thriller's stimulate the audiences views giving them a high-level of expectation, suspense, uncertainty, anxiety and terror. Thriller films tend to be adreline based- rousing and fast paced. Literacy devices such as red herrings; something that draws attention away from the central issue, cliffhangers; suspenseful situation occuring at the end of a scene, chapter or episode and plot twists; a change in the direction or expected outcome in a film. 

Psycho 1960

Psycho 1960



A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.

Director

Alfred Hitchcock is known as the greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Some of the most successful movies he had created were, Psycho 1960, Vertigo 1958, North by North West 1959 and Notorious 1946. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. after a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, billed as England's best director, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood to fulfil his career completely.

He pioneered the use of the camera in order for it to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in form of a voyeurism. He framed shots to maximise fear, anxiety, or empathy and used innovative film editing.

Hitchcock creates tension for the audience in the shower scene because it is very quiet in the hotel and the shot is usually eyelevel medium close up so we see  Marion Cranes (Janet Leigh) body which seems to the audience that, we are intruding on her private space. Hictchock then cuts to eyelevel medium close up in the shower and we see her washing herself like she is washing away her sins and guilt. We notice that she is very happy and relaxed because she is going to pay back the money she has stolen though, Hitchcock then, cuts to low angle close up from Marion's point of view which looks like the water is coming down at us very sharp. This creates tension because, at this moment we cannot hear the bathroom door open, only the water running when her killer intrudes and kills her.

 

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born 13 August 1899 to 29 April 1980 and was an English film director and producer. He framed his shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film endings. Alfred Hitchcock is known as the greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. His stories often feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters. Many of his films include twist endings and thrilling plots that feature violence, murder and crime. Many of the mysterious are used as decoys or McGuffins that the themes for his films and the psychological examinations of the characters. Overall, Hitchcock directed more than 50 films during his career and was often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker. Some of the most successful movies he had created were Psycho 1960, Vertigo 1958, North by North West 1959 and Notorious 1946.

North by North West

North by North West 1959

An innocent New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. 

Director

Alfred Hitchcock is known as the greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Some of the most successful movies he had created were, Psycho 1960, Vertigo 1958, North by North West 1959 and Notorious 1946. He pioneered many tnema in both silent films and early talkies, billed as England's best director, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. after a successful career in British cio fulfil his career completely. 

He pioneered the use of the camera in order for it to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in form of a voyeurism. He framed shots to maximise fear, anxiety, or empathy and used innovative film editing.

Hitchcock creates suspence for his audience by using cinematography and by the way he uses the camera position, angles, movement and shots. He also uses scary music and lighting when he wants to shock his audience or create suspense.

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