Production Roles- Miss Miller

During our filming and editing process for our opening scene, many things need to be done to achieve an effective thriller sequence in which we are trying to achieve. Therefore, within our group we have allocated specific roles to people in order to get everything done and completed. People need to be allocated roles when creating a film in order to make the process organised a quick. The possible roles within creating a film is the director, producer, the actors, directors of photography (cameraman), sound technician, screenplay writer, MES co-ordinators and the editors. 

Director- this is

a person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organization.

Producer- a person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the making of a film.

Actor- a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television.

Directors of photography (cameraman)- A cinematographer is the chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, and responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image.

Sound techinician-  they are in charge of starting the music for each performance and adding music to the scene when nessecary.

Screenplay writer- A screenwriter or scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media such as films. They are in charge of writing the dialogue for the film.

Mise-en-scene coordinators- This person is in charge of planning where certain things go within a scene that is typical of the genre.

Editors-  the editors are  respsonsible to  select scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film.

For our opening sequence we have allocated specific roles for each member in our group. This ensures that we all have an individual task and will help us to film and organise the porcess a lot faster than making one person do all tasks. We have also done this as we believe it wouldnt be fair to allocate all the roles to one person and let them do all of thw work. As we have done this, our project is fair. Also, we made up some names in order to make it look professional and so the same names were not repeated over and over.

I am the producer of our thriller, me and my grouped allocated this role to me as I am thought to be a god mathsmatician and i can therefore budget our clip and keep us in order financially. My group decided upon giving me this role as they believe I am very organised. I can also take instructions efficiently and get tasks done, when they need to be done.

The second role in which we allocated was the director. We gave this role to Heather Everingham. Our group all believed that she was the most experienced in managing a team and groups of people. She gives good instructions and gives good advice to people which is why we allocated Heather to be the director.

Freddie Conway is one of our main actors. We have chosen him for this role as he is an extremely good actor and is very dramatic and realistic when he performs. He takes drama as an A level in which is why we believe he would be perfect for this role. Freddie is also very enthusiastic when he is acting and listens to the instructions Heather and myself give him. Olivia Rugely is another one of our actors. She also takes A level drama and takes acting very seriously. She is very hard working and will get the work done when needed to.

Again, we gave Heather Everingham the role of the director of photography (cameraman). We have chosen her to do this role as she is very creative when it comes to filming and we believe that she will chose great camera angles in which we can use to our advantage to create a thrilling effect. Heather knows how to work with the cameras very well and is confident when moving around with the camera which is why we have chosen her. 

We have decided that we will all be the sound techinicians. When the editing stage approaches and we have to include our sound, our group will sit down together and discuss the sound that we want to be included in order to create an eerie feel and build the tension. As a group we want to be completely happy with everything that goes into our final clip which is why we have decided to talk about the sound together instead of letting an individual person do it. 

As there is very minimal dialogue in our opening sequence, there was no screenplay writer. The only dialogue in which you can hear from the characters is screaming and calls for help. All of our group decided to include this as it creates a fearful sense to the clip and it builds our relationship with the characters. 

The Mise-En-Scene coordinators role is split between Heather and myself. We believe that we can both bring our creativeness to the role and create a clip full of conventional mise-en-scene to the thriller genre. When filming, we will assist eachother in where to place certain objects, how we want the lighting, what costumes in which the character should be wearing and so on. 

The final role that we allocated was the editor. We gave this role to Freddie Conway. We gave Freddie this role as we believe his best suited to do this. He edited our pleminary task which was good, so, we allocated him to do the editing as he is most confident using the software in which is used. 

Filming Schedule- Miss Georgiou

When our group is planning to film for our opening scene, we created a film schedule. A filming schedule is extremely useful to the group when planning an opening scene as it puts everything into one focus so that we know what has to be done and when we will be getting it done by.  This makes the filming process a lot easier for the group as it will make sure everything will run smoothly and avoid any disruptions or potential arguments. 

By doing the film schedule we are able to recognise the significance of the deadlines of filming and how much we need to do in certain amount of time. However, as we have created a schedule, it will make the group feel less stressed and we will be able to co-operate better with each other in order to make the film more productive and efficient. 

Our filming schedule is what we are going to stick by so then it will enable us time time to edit once the filming has been completed. Editing will make the scene more engaging for the audience when they watch it. 

This schedule has extremely helped us to plan when to film. We were able to to see when we was all free, planning dates and times that are acceptable and reasonable for us all. Because of this, we were able to co-operate with each other successfully, showing good teamwork skills.

When it came to filming, we made a few changes to our plan and didn't stick to the timing of the schedule as well as we could of done. We wanted to be precise with our filming and achieve a film in which we were all happy with.We filmed each frame several times so when it came to the editing stage, we were able to pick the best one. Another thing in which changed in our schedule was our actor. Unfortunately, on the days we could all film together our actress Olivia Rugely wasn't able to make it. Therefore, we had to cut her from the opening sequence.

Group Storyboard- Miss Miller

As a whole group, we had a meeting regarding our group storyboard. We all looked at each others individual storyboard and discussed the best parts in which we would include within our final narrative. When discussing the storyboards, we decided to include a part of everyones individual ideas.

The first storyboard we looked at is Freddie Conway's. Freddie's scene seemed to be the most powerful and most realistic which is why we believe its the one that should be used. Within Freddie's opening scene there were many realistic and suspense building moments in which we believe that would create a thrilling clip. Because of this, we Incorporated many of Freddie's ideas in our group narrative. For example, we decided to set it within the kitchen of a house in which Freddie came up with. We believed that setting the scene in the kitchen would make the scene have a more realistic feel and therefore make it more tension rising. This is the main thing in which we have incorprated into our group narrative from Freddie's individual idea.

During our discussion we created an illustration for each frame in which we will want to be in our final clip. The layout of the storyboard allows us to see both the visualisation of what we are saying and then able to describe what we want to include. This shows as a group that we can have an idea then encorportate it fully. The storyboard is effective as is allows us to see how it will look on screen, we can then see if it fits the conventions of a thriller genre and we will also be able to see if it looks effective and fits our target audience. 

From our storyboards, it enabled us to put our ideas down on paper and see if they would work and achieve what we want, then, if it didn't achieve the effect that we wanted, we would finalise our ideas as a group and use for planning. As a group, this storyboard will be able to be used a visual aid to base our whole opening scene one. Overall, the group narrative is much more effective than our individual ones as it allows us to know the final things that will be included in our opening scene and as well, we now have something to direct us when we go through our filming process. 


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Inspirations post- Miss Miller

When planning for our narrative we took inspirations to inspire us and give us ideas on what to include within my narrative. Inspirations can be used as springboards, we can work around these ideas and widen them with our own twists. Inspirations for our thriller clips can be taken from other thriller films, trailers of thriller films and just in general from our ideas.

The first inspiration that I have taken to incorporate into my narrative is from the thriller film Insidious. This film has many things that are conventional to the thriller genre that have inspired me to include within my own thriller opening scene. Such as, low key lighting, jump cuts and long shots. However, the main thing from the film Insidious that has inspired me is the setting. The film is extremely tension building and suspicious, I believe this is because of the setting. As the film is set within a household environment, this gives it highly realistic feel, so when something bad and scary is happening the audience are led believe that it could happen to them at any point. Ultimately, this makes the film more scary and suspicious. Because of the scary effect this has on the audience, I will be using the house setting in my clip also. I will incorporate conventions of a thriller such as low key lighting and blood as well as the house setting to make my narrative as effective as it can be. 

The second film that I watched which gave me inspiration for my narrative is The Conjouring. The Conjouring creates a tense and scary atmosphere through the use of different cinematography in which it uses. It uses many camera shots such as point of view, handheld, high angles, low angles and many more. Through the use of these camera angles, we are able to build relationships with the characters and feel scared for the characters. The main camera angle that has inspired me and which I will be including in my own narrative is the high angle. During The Conjouring when the high angled shot is used, the character is seemed to be smaller than she actually is making it seem she is a victim and vulnerable to what may happen. This makes the film more tension building and thrilling. Because of the effect that it has within this film, I will be using this within my narrative as I believe it will portray the girl as the victim and extremely vulnerable to what is to come. Ultimately this will create the film to be more scary and engaging.

Another inspiration I have got is from the film The Human Centipede. This film has great use of sound to build the sense of enigma and build the tension. The sound heard within this film is dialogue, off screen sound, non diagetic and silence. These sounds have inspired me to include some within my opening scene. The one that I believe has the biggest effect and portrays a sense of fear is the use of silence. Silence used within the scene causes self-concious responses from the audience, it builds up our attention to what is happening and therefore makes us worried. This is effective as we are then fully engaged within the scene and our fear is built up. This has inspired me to include silence within my scene as I believe the audience will be led to feel scared. 

Overall, few thriller films have inspired me to include such things in my own narrative to create a sense of fear.

Risk Assessment- Miss Georgiou

When planning to film our opening scene, there are a number of things we had to look at before we started to film. We planned a risk assessment to keep hazards minimal when filming and to prevent any accidents from happening. Risk assessments are important in the film industry as the cast and film crew should feel safe while the film is being filmed and produced. Risk assessments on the set of films let people know what to keep an eye out for and how to prevent these risks from happening. 

Risk assessments are also important because they provide a plan for a safe filming setting. Safety rules are created for the film crew to follow and are aware of hazards and risks in the working place. They can identify who may be at risk and where this risk may happen. In order to know this, the filming process will have a minimal chance of risk as we know what risks may happen and where and therefore trying to avoid them. However, if a risk does occur we can then know what to do to overcome it and move on.

As you can see in my risk assessment, the chart has a list of the potential risks in which could happen and we have have found what precautions are needed in order to prevent it from happening.

My risk assessment will help our group into successfully filming our narrative without any risks from occurring. However, if a risk does occur we will know how to overcome it and move on from what has happened.

Planning Editing Styles- Miss Georgiou

When planning for our group narrative we have to plan precisely what we will be including within our clip. In this post I will be discussing the editing styles that our group will use in our final clip. Editing within films makes sequences more effective and engaging for the audience. Editing also allows the 'Three 'S'' to take place, shock, surprise and suspense. The potential editing styles that we could include within our clip are straight cuts, jump cuts, montage, linking shots, fading, kuleshov effect and many more. However, the editing styles we have decided to use are:
- Jump cuts
- Fading
- Blurring out the background
- Montage 
Including a few others.

Jump cuts are used when the film wants to quickly and suddenly focus on something. We have used this style of editing within our clip in several frames as we believe it will add excitement and create a chaotic effect whilst focusing on one part of the film. The first time in which you will notice a jump cut is when the hob on the fire turns on. The jump cut here will imply to the audience that something bad is going to happen with the fire, but yet, still making it seem that everything will be fine because there is a sense of realisation and are led to believe that possible nothing bas is going to happen. This ultimately will make the scene more engaging as the audience start to focus on the fire and start to question what is going to happen next to the person within the house. Jump cuts are conventional to the thriller genre as they build the suspense and tension as we start focus on certain things. Jump cut used within our clip will create a relationship between the audience and the victim as they start to feel sympathy towards her and want her to be careful around the fire.

The next editing style we will be using is fading. We have used this when the screen fades to black and will portray danger or that something is going to suddenly take a dramatic change for the worse or something may jump out at the audience creating a scary atmosphere. This editing style has helped our narrative to achieve suspense and shock. It has also created tension as when the screen goes to black, we are unable to know what may happen next. It also makes the audience sit on edge and gets them ready for something to take a dramatic twist from reality and normality to disruption and death. The fading into black is conventional to the thriller genre as the colour black is associated with danger. The danger portrayed here may mean is will result in death.

We will also be using montage. This is when editing is quick, the shots are quickly put together to create excitement. We have used this specific editing style as it joins lots of different frames together at a fast pace. We are using this editing style to make a heartbeat sort of pace, the clips will get faster and faster, just like a heartbeat. We have done this to make sure the audience are more engaged and and pay more attention to the film due to the fast pace of the film. This will create a relationship with the audience as they are engaged with the film, paying attention to the little detail, feeling on edge for the victim and hoping nothing bad will happen to her. 

Target Audience Results- Miss Miller

When planning our opening scene to a thriller film, we handed our questionnaire to 40 people, asking what people expect to see in thrillers to inspire us to then put specific things into our opening scene.

The first question in which we asked on the questionnaire is 'Are you Male or Female?'. We asked this in order to know which gender people who answered the questionnaire were and we could then see if the different genders prefer different things to each other and we could then include specific things within our scene which adheres to the taste of both genders.


The next question in which we asked was what age certificate do you watch the most. In asking this question, we were able to see which age certificates where watched the most through all ages and genders. In order to know this, we were able to then pick easily what age certifcate to base our opening scene on. Our results concluded that the certificate watched the most was 15, meaning that, our opening scene will have an age certificate of 15.

The thrid question that we asked was 'What interests you in watching a thriller?' we gave tick boxes giving several answers in which they could chose from. Suspense, tension, plot, villain and other. However, suspense was the answer in which got the most votes being 12 out of 40. This ultimately gives us an idea of what interests the audience in watching a thriller meaning that we will include suspense in our clip making it enjoyable for the intended audience to watch.

The next question was one in which links in with the previous question, we asked, 'what do you expect to see in a thriller?'. We again gave tick boxes giving answers in which you could pick from. The answers in which we gave were, good plot, villian, victim, low key lighting, blood, girl, iconography, death and murder. The answer in which had the highest result was death. This gives us an idea of what the audience would like to seem in a good thriller, therefore, we will include death within out narrtative. Blood being the second highest answer, we will include blood also.

We then asked a closed question of 'do you like sequels?' we gave simple tick boxes of yes or no. The majority vote was no. We asked this question in order to know if the audience would watch another film in which leads on from ours. 

Overall, asking these questions to people, we were then able to know what people wanted to see within our thriller and what we have to include to make it as scary as it could possibly could be. Getting a wide range of answers allows us to include an element that everyone would like to see not just a certain age group.