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Storyboard

Storyboard media from izzychambers1234

Sound

Sound 

Within my film opening sound will be an important factor as i need to get the audience in the mind set for a horror film. The sounds job will be to scare the audience and to heighten  the impact of the visuals.The inspiration for my music within my work is "Every Breath You Take" by Police the reason for this is the lyrics relate to my narrative and this will help my audience understand the plot to my film opening.Also the sound track within "Blair Witch" includes a remix version of Every Breath You Take i would like to create this myself as the sound is eerie and disturbing.Sound effects have been used to add to the theme of horror and to relate to the films narrative i would like to achieve this for my films sound track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMWbSDFq6tM

Character Profile

This will help me develop my characters and convey there personalities within my film beginning. Due to only having limited amount of time I need to place enigma codes in the scenes  which link to there past so the audience develop a better understanding of the character. The two characters contrast highly this is a use of binary opposites to highlight there opposite characteristics. The back story of my villain is very important within my plot as it tells the audience why he has an incentive.

Due to casting problems my antagonist will be female however if I were to make the film with more casting options I would have liked the character too be male.

Ghost Ship Analysis

Ghost ship

At the start of the opening scene the film is at the stage of equilibrium. The diegetic sound is calm contrasting with the event about to come. A medium shot is shown of a well-dressed young girl this is shown to show she has importance throughout the film. Due to her look of innocence it may imply she will be a damsel in distress when looking at Propps Character Function. An establishing shot is shown at 0.15 to show the audience the setting of a large ship. This shows these people are wealthy and part of a prestige group. 

 At 0.18 the audience are positioned to see a change in mood in this scene, as the lighting is dark implying something negative is about happen. The contrast in colour between these scenes is a use of Binary Opposites showing a negative and positive mood. Also the sound becomes less calming with the screech of the machine. Editing is used to hint that the different scenes are linked together and that it will be a negative factor to the plot due to the large contrast in mood.

 The music then changes at 0.23 showing something negative is about to happen this keeps the audiences asking questions as they do not know what is about to happen. At 0.37 a wide shot is shown of the background of the passengers is blurred out highlighting the importance of the steal wire. Through out the beginning the wire has been an enigma code teasing the audience. The scenes leading up to the passenger’s death are straight cut to create a seamless montage of images to built up tension before the main action. This was done to keep the audience engaged and impatient for the disruption within the plot. The begging of the film follows the order of Todorovs Narrative Theory.

At 0.49 they is a close up of flowers being cut in half these represent innocence and beauty being torn by evil. The flowers are a metaphor for the dancing passengers foreshadowing that they will be killed. This scene is slowed down to enhance its impact to the audience as this reveals the importance of the steal wire within the scene. A sound effect has been added to intensify the power of the wire. At 0.50 a close up is shown of the caption, his emotion is shocked and scared showing the audience the peoples deadly fate.

A close up tracking shot is shown as the wire slices through the people this shows little detail, only the diegetic sound tells the audience the pain the characters are going through. The close up of the bloody wire gives a gory image to shock the audience. This is shown for 4 seconds to let the audience processes what as just happened. Medium shots are shown of the characters to position the audience to look at their features. It is still unclear what has happen to them, as they are still and calm.

At 1.19 they is a close up of the glass behind it shows blood coming from the mans chest, the glass shows the audience what has happened to the people. All at once the people fall ending the climax of the scene. Graphic images are shown to highlight the horror the wire has caused. At 1.48 we see a high angle long shot of the dead showing the devastation. The girl is positioned in the middle to highlight her importance and how she is still standing. At 2 her reaction was filmed as a close up so the audience can see her true fear. The audience will feel sorry for the girl and question her fate.

 In conclusion questions are still left unanswered after the opening this gives the audience an incentive to watch the film. Within my work I want to leave questions to add mystery to my film and to keep the audience motivated to watch.

Thriller and Horrors

Thriller and Horror

I have been researching into what makes a film a thriller or horror genre. These genres have some similarities such as having a theme of dark and sinister content. The main factor what separates them apart is there purpose. Thrillers jobs are to keep the audience on the edge of their seats and a horrors is to scare. The different genres target different audiences such as a horror will target fun attics on the life matrix as they want fun and horror films provide easy entertainment with very simplistic plots. As a preferred audience for a thriller will be dynamic duos as they are hard driving and want to be challenged by a film. “Don’t Breathe” is a hybrid of the thriller and horror genre making a subgenre targeting a larger market.

The characters within the two genres are also very different to how the protagonist acts towards to the antagonist within the plot. Within a horror the characters make active decisions that lead them straight to the monsters or murderers domain braking the equilibrium within the film. Most focus is on the villain rather than the hero or damsel in distress in a horror the villain helps the plot progress on. This contrasts with a thriller as the protagonist avoids walking into a trap as they are a step ahead of the antagonists plan. Also the protagonist is what fuels the plot.

From this study I have found my film will be a teen horror mixed with a crime thriller creating a hybrid. I want a mixed genre as it creates multiple audience responses such as suspense and thrills. By widening my audience my film become mainstream increasing its profit.