Finding Sound and music

Almost every film has some sort of music in it, our film is no different, we had to find some music and sound effects for our film. To find this music we had to download some non copyrighted music that could be put into our film.

This is how we did it.

First of all we went to the website http://www.freesfx.co.uk/sfx/

We then just from this searched through the music and found the mysterious music that we was looking for in order for our thriller to try and look relatively more like an actual film with the music in it. This was needed in our Thriller because we needed some music in it in order for it to be able to set the mood of the film and to keep the audience from being bored because otherwise, if there actually was no form of music that could of been used in the film, it would of been incredibly boring snd just basically talking with the odd sounds of footsteps here an there.

Finding a font

For our Thriller I felt that we needed a decent font for our movie title and our credits for the film, I searched all around on the mac, however could not find a font that I wanted to use for our film, so I chose to download a font for our thriller, we eventually found and downloaded a font.

First of all I had to go to the website www.dafont.com/

However I already had the idea of the font that I wanted to use, It was called 'Prowler', so i searched it up on dafont, 
found it and then downloaded it.

Risk Assesment

Group Members: Marianne Webb, Joe Howlett           Location: Joe Howlett’ House, Jamie Martin’s House

Hazard	Person(s) at Risk	Likelihood of Hazard 1 – Extremely Unlikely 5 – Extremely Likely	Severity of Hazard Outcomes 1 – Very Low Risk 5 – Very High Risk	Risk Level (Likelihood + Severity) 2	Measures to Take to Manage Risk	Risk Managed? Y/N
Filming on the road	Joe Howlett, Marianne Webb, Jamie Martin, Amelia Braz	3	3	6	Move out of the way if a car came by.	Y
Slipping on the road and pavement (it was raining)	Joe Howlett, Marianne Webb, Jamie Martin, Amelia Braz	1	2	3	Keep your footing on the ground.	Y
Breaking the equipment	Joe Howlett, Marianne Webb	1	4	5	Hold equipment carefully and securely.	Y

Shooting schedule

Day	Scene	Location	Equipment	Costumes	Props	Cast +Crew
1 (Sat 25thJan 2014)	1-17	Joe Howlett’s House	Camera, Tripod, Boom Microphone and Pole	Jamie Martin: White Shirt, Black coat, Brown Shoes, Black Trousers	Cables, Chair, Duct Tape	Marianne Webb, Joe Howlett, Amelia Braz, Jamie Martin
2 (Fri 31stJan 2014)	18-33 (possibly 1-17)	Jamie Martin’s House	Camera, Tripod, Boom Microphone and Pole	Jamie Martin: White Shirt, Black coat, Brown Shoes, Black Trousers Amelia Braz: White top, Small Black coat, Jeans, Trainers, Black hoodie, Black Tracksuit bottoms, Boots, Black gloves (maybe)	Magazine, Mobile phone	Marianne Webb, Joe Howlett, Amelia Braz, Jamie Martin

Props and costumes

Character Name: Kidnapped Man	Played by: Jamie Martin
Costume: White Shirt Black coat Brown Shoes Black Trousers	Props: None
Character Name: Female Villain	Played by: Amelia Braz
Costume: Black hoodie Black Tracksuit bottoms Boots Black gloves (maybe)	Props: None
Character Name: Kidnapped Man’s Wife	Played by: Amelia Braz
Costume: White top Small Black coat Jeans Trainers	Props: Mobile phone Magazine

Past Student Analysis

Past student Analysis 

Before my group will make our film together we will first start off with watching some past student's films and then comment on them, what we like about them, what we dislike and what we think could have been done better. We have to do this so then we could possibly use some of their techniques that they used, and then maybe try to incorporate them into our film.

Finders Keepers

In my opinion this example of a student Thriller is an excellent one, straight from the beginning of the film we can see some key thriller conventions, first of all starting with the fact that the macguffin of the story has been seen straight away. The use of music in this thriller has been used almost perfectly, it has been used to build up the tension needed at the start of the film and then also when the chase starts, the music changes into a piece of music with a faster tempo, therefore making it seem like that everything has picked up in pace. The location of the filming is excellent as well, they went up to London so they could have the space to run about and film in great detail. I think that there is barely anything to note that I disliked about the film, I thought that the camera shots were steady, the music was incredibly suited well to the film. However one thing I would try to change the ending because it ends up being too dark.

Finders Keepers (Film)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGX_pag43XU&list=PLFD03BEAAAA4F563F&index=1

The Routine

Another Student Thriller that i watched was called 'The Routine'. I thought that this one was yet another good type of Thriller. However I also thought that it would end up being quite predictable, it has a few re runs of the protagonist's daily routine from when he wakes up but one day the routine of his day are slightly ruined, things kept changing and it was pretty obvious that the antagonist was the person who changed the routine. The use of music throughout this piece of work was done incredibly well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNxP9HjpivQ&index=2&list=PL643A575553997720

Waking up

Here is another Past student thriller that I watched and enjoyed, it is called waking up and consists of very decent aspects that make the thriller a decent opening, it contains aspects such as compelling music, accompanied with decent acting. The premise of the opening is good as a thriller ,as it leads us into the overall story of the thriller quite fast, then ends when the thriller is getting interesting, just for it to grab our attention for long enough to want to watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eJWx_nKNoWs

Movie title sequence

Skyward Studios (Ident)

Ident

All filming companies need an Ident for their films, here is ours. Skyward Studios. We chose this one because we wanted to do something that is to do with the sky so we chose a background with the mixture of sky blue and white, like the sky and the clouds. We chose the font to be in black so then it will be clear and take over most of the screen. We chose that type of font because we thought that it would go well with the background, the colour black was probably the best colour to use for it as it was the colour that came out the clearest.

Studio Ident analysis

Studio Idents

All big time studios have their own ident at the beginning of their films, they are used to help the audience know who helped to make their movies. Some big studios that could be named could be that of are studios like Paramount, Universal and 20th Century Fox.

Paramount

This is Paramount's studio ident, it contains its own font, to accompany it is the mountains. This is an Ident that loads of people know already due to the films that they have made. They seem to be quite a huge studio hence why their studio ident id well known, they helped to make films such as the Indiana Jones series.

Universal

This is the Universal Studio Ident, it contains the world with Universal written over it, this works well as it is the idea of the universe with the image of the world. Again this is a huge movie company as it has helped out do some films such as that of the Fast and Furious series.









20th Century Fox

 Here is the 20th century Fox studio ident, it contains the writing of 20th century Fox surrounded by loads of spotlights. The writing is in a bright colour, so therefore it is eye catching so it works quite well. The Colour of the sky in the background helps us to see the brighter colours more easily. Some films that they have done are such as the Simpsons movie for example.

Title sequence order

Title sequence

This is our Title sequence for our thriller:

After our Ident fades in then out

Skyward studio presents

A Film by Joe Howlett and Marianne Webb

Starring- Jamie Martin

               Amelia Braz

Editing By- Joe Howlett 

Sound By- Joe Howlett

                   Marianne Webb

Casting By- Joe Howlett

Script By- Joe Howlett

                  Marianne Webb

Enter Title 'Difference' 

Title Analysis

Here is the opening sequence to the thriller film Skyfall. It works incredibly well as a thriller opening for a number of reasons, ranging from the use of music that is attached to it to the way that the text appears on screen at certain times. The fact that they decided to use music from a well known singer is also a way to try to attempt to make the title seem better than it is. The constant use of red and blue work together well in this opening. The text of the title also makes use of the title well, since the text mostly appears in the middle of the screen it is the main focus point of the opening from the parts that text is actually on screen.