Sound is important in films as the different music or sound that is used within films can create the atmosphere needed to make the audience react how the directors have aimed for them to react. The sound that is used can give away clues to the audience as to what type of film they are going to be watching. It is very important to use music that s relevant to the film genre. If the music does not fit the film then it can ruin the whole feel of the film. For example, if there is a thriller film and the music that has been used is an up beat happy piece of music then it can change the whole perception of the film.
Sound is particularly important to use within thriller films as the music can create an atmosphere and create a suspense for the audience. In some cases, the music that is used in thrillers, can scare the audience more than what is actually happening in the scene.
For our thriller i am going to use a piece of music during the opening credits. i am going to aim to make this music eerie and strange. i want the music to have these particular points as i feel that by using music like this it will reflect my thriller. Within my thriller there are strange goings on and the atmosphere i have tried to create is eerie.
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i have considered this sound to include within my thriller as i feel that the sound will go well with the images that we use. My thriller has ghosts and weird things that go on and this music has an eery atmosphere to it.
Target audience is important because it allows film creators to create a film that includes all the conventions relevant to that particular age group. It can help the creators differentiate between what would make an appropriate film for a child to watch or a for an adult to watch. We carried out a different variety of research to try and get different information from a group of people. we did this because we feel that it was the best way to make sure that we could get as much information as possible from different sources. When we got the information together that we had got it gave us a clear understanding as to what is expected in a thriller film from a range of different ages. It gave us an insight to the difference between the age groups and what is appropriate in the films. We gave out a questionnaire which gave us clear information as what they want
One form of research we carried out was a questionnaire. This research particularly helped us to identify the different age groups in thrillers. this helped us to decide on a target audience for our own thriller. We chose to use the age group of a '15' because we feel that this is the best age to target as this can have very scary elements but not make it too disturbing, also the amount of blood and gore that is shown within the thriller must be limited. this aspect helps us in a way as it may be hard to re create without advanced props and lighting. by using the age group '15' we can still convey a scary story line with strange paranormal activity minus the violence.
another form of research we carried out was the vox pops . This was a very affective way to collect various information and display it in a way that is clear for us to see the results. By doing the vox pops the most useful information that we found out was what ages would like to see what in their thrillers. From our results we could see that the younger generation would much more prefer a more subtle take on our thriller, with very little blood and gory, the story line for this age group was to be scary however it could not be to disturbing. The older the ages got the more blood, gore and violence they were willing to watch. Their story lines were to be more disturbing and twisted as they preferred to have a story line which involved a mystery of some form which they could really get involved with when watching the thriller.
By doing this researh helped our group to understand what aspects of thrillers are essential to include. It gave us a clearer view of how to interpret the different points correctly in order to create a good thriller fullfilling everyones exectations of what a good thriller should be.
During the making of a thriller film there are many different roles and responsibilitys that need to be filled. Some of these are the camera man, the actors, the editors and directors.
Each of these roles have a number of responsibilites, the camera man has to ensure that they know the different shots which are going to be needed to create a good thriller film. We have chosed Will to be our camera man as we feel that he has had the most experience with filming and using the camera and also he is aware of the shots that are going to be used to create the tense atmosphere for out thriller.
The Actors responsibilies is to make sure that when they are acting they are playing their role properly and sensibly. They have to ensure that they are talking clearly throughout so the camera can pick up the sound. The actors have to be able to put themselves into the situation in which they can make it as realistic and belivable as possible. Me, Brittany and Tayler are the actors in our thriller. We have chosen our charachters carefully as we feel that by me ans Brittany both being girls we are almost immediatly seen as vulnerable charachters in the thriller. Tayler at the end is playing the part of the demon, we feel that Tay is the best person for this role as he comes across domineering in the thriller and that was the perception we was trying to give off.
The editors of the films are there to select the best bits of all the shots to make it the best it can be. They can edit all the different scenes to make it as belivable and realistic as it can be. We have decided that within our group we will all fullfill the role of the editors as we can put all of our ideas together to hopefully achieve the best outcome.
The directors job is to tell the actors what to do. They do this as they are watching from the audiences perspectives and can see what works well and what doesnt. They have complete control over everything that is involved in the making of the film. Our director is Will again. As he is the one who is incharge of the camera he can see what the final product is going to look like therefore this way we will be able to change any acting techniques or the use of props when needed.
this research into the production roles has helped me to establish the difference in resposibilties for each individual role.
The main aim of all thriller films is to create a rush of emotions, fear,panic and excitement for the audience and keep them on the edge of their seats at all times. Thrillers are always scary and tense, however there tends to be a less amount of blood and violence in them, they are more based around strange things, for example, pshycological thrillers, crime thrillers and mystery thrillers. The political thriller was made popular after the assaination of the American president Kennedy.
The earliest thrillers were by Alfred Hitchcock. In 1926, the first thriller that he made was a silent film called 'The Lodger.' a suspensful story of jack the ripper, which was qucikly followed by 'Blackmail.' in 1929. Black mail was Hitchcock and Britians first sound film.
A thriller film that has been banned was 'Natural Born Killer.' It was released in 1994, directed by Oliver Stone. The film stars two charachters who had both suffered from very traumatic childhoods, had fallen inlove and together they became mass murderers. The film start Woody Harrelson and Julliette Lewis. The film was seen as being unnapropriate as it is seen to glorify murdering and give of the impression that to do so is the correct thing to do. The film also created 'Copycat Crimes.' From the moment of the release, the film has been repeatedly accused of being the cause of numerous murders in North America. Including the Columbine High School Massacre. This was a school shooting in 1999. During the massacre a total of 12 students were shot and 1 teacher. A further 21 students were injured. This event was seen as being inspired by the 'Natural Born Killers' thriller.
The fil was banned from theatrical distribution in Ireland, however it has since been unbanned. It was banned in the USA due to the amount of violence within the film.
Se7en is a 1995 American thriller filmm written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Bradd Pitt and Morgan Freeman. The two actors play the parts of 2 homocide detectives who become heavily involved in the case of a serial killer whose precisly planned murders harmonize with the seven deadly sins; gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, pride, lust and envy. This thriller will create an atmosphere of suspense troughout the entire film as the audience are engaged and involved with the case themselces.
Another thriller that i will look at is 'The Strangers.' This is another American thriller film written and firected by Bryan Bertino, starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman. This film is about a young couple who are terrorized by 3 masked strangers who decide to intrude in the couples remote summer home where they are both staying. This film particurlary leaves the audience on the edge of their seat at all times as they can really relate to what is happening in the film. Nearly everyone has had to stay somewhere on their own and become paranoid of someone or something being in there with them.
By doing this research it will help me to uderstand the best conventions of a thriller film and also how thriller films have developed over the years. Also this will help me to differentiate between the conventions of a thriller and a horror and how they are different.
We will start the opening scene by having me and brit sitting together having a normal converstaion with a ouija board next to us considering weather to do one or not.
Once we decide to do it it show me and brittany sitting there with the glass and calling in all good spirits, after a couple of seconds brittany starts to move the glass around the table and and complain that its not working. Brittany gets impatient with the ouija board and removes her finger from the top of the glass, I say to her that she cant do that as by doing this it allows any bad spirits into the room with us.
Me and Brit put our fingers back on to the glass and wait for a momen, once the glass begins to move it scares both of us and we both think that one another is playing a trick on us. However, once we realise that the glass is moving completly by its self, we both take our fingers off and jump back from the table. A few minutes later the lights start to flicker in the room and things fall over and there are strange noises. Me and Brittany jump up and start to run around the room. When we are turned round Tayler (the demon) is standing by the window behind us but me and brit cant see him. the fact that we cant see tayler in the shot creates a sense of panic and engages the audiece in the thriller as they will feel the need to interact with the charachters and tell them to get out of the room.
The room is left in complete darkness for a few moments, when the lights turn back on both me and Brit have been tied together on two chairs back to back. Tayler the demon is now in the room and standing above Brittany. He is holding a knife to her and Brittay screams and the opening sequence cuts there. The props we have used are conventional for a thriller film as we have used a knife which is assosiated with danger and murder in the correct context, we have used socks to tie round our mouths and ropes round our wrists to keep us together. The fact that we are both tied up and i am facing away from the window where tayler is still unaware that he is in the room and that he is standing over brittany creates suspense and tension of what is going to happen next.
