Manipulation AS Media Thriller Proudction Report

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AS Media Thriller Production Report(Mark sheet included)ResearchThe task was to produce the opening sequence to a thriller. The sequence should be between two and three minutes in length and should include titles for the film. In our group was Emma, Kim and Bill. Our group’s aim was to produce a sequence which looked professional but on a limited budget. As a group we had worked together before on a previous project which went well but we wanted to improve our planning to have more time editing the sequence.We watched a few films to get an idea of the conventions of a thriller. There are several types of thrillers including detective like Seven and Along Came a Spider. There is also the action thriller like Lethal Weapon and Gone in Sixty Seconds. Most of the films concentrated their opening sequence on introducing the characters and building suspense. We liked the way in which Seven tries to give the audience clues about the film in the sequence without giving the whole film away. We were targeting an audience group between I8 and 30 as this range were old enough to understand the underlying clues and are not too easily shocked. In ourfilm we wanted to play withthe audience’s senses and confuse, them so we agreed that this age range were more likely to accept anything we could throw at them. The people we would expect to watch our film are people who like murder mysteries with a edge. So we thought it would appeal mainly to males as generally they like to be shocked.The detective element of our thriller has wide appeal as most people can relate to something they have seen or heard in the news. There have been many detective films so the conventions are already set. We wanted to stick to the conventions already set so the audience could concentrate on the story line more.We all agreed that we wanted the camera to be still in all our shots as we didn’t think we had the capabilities to pull off a good zoom or tracking shot. But this made us worried that if we were using all close ups and the camera was still
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the project would look a bit dull. So we thought we would try and use a lot of different angles to focus on parts of the action. As for the locations wewanted them both to be inside as we would have more control over lighting and the weather wouldnot affect us filming.PlanningWe decided to produce a sequence with a similar feel to it as Seven as we liked the idea of using mainly close-ups. Using mainly close-ups would mean we could produce a impressive looking sequence which didn't rely on the strength of the acting. Keeping the sequence very simple ...

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