Inspirations
During these past weeks I have been taking out a lot of research revolving around the thriller genre through various posts.We need inspirations before we can create something so that, we can have ideas of what makes a succesful thriller clip. In these post I have discussed a series of thriller conventions such as, sound uses, expected characters, mise-en-scene, cinematography and camera angles. By taking out deep analysis I can now look back at my work and decide how I will incorporate the ideas within my own thriller opening scene to make it as effective and suspense filled as possible.
My very first inspiration was given to me from the first post I made based on cinematography. The clip I used was Insidious-Face Of Fire where many camera angles were evident such as, handheld, mid shots, zoomed in, POV, over the shoulder and long shot. The main ones that stood out for me were handheld and longshot which, I decided to now include in my own opening of a thriller. I will use the longshot to show the audience the whole of the train carriage, which, will establish the setting for the audeince. I will be using the handheld camera during many scenes of my clip as, we are telling the story from the killers point of view and this use of cinematography will give of the use uneasiness. The hand held shot in the clip showed a jerky and unsteady image which, made me as an audience member feel uneasy about what was going to happen next. Given that my opening is of the same genre I want my audience to feel similar feelings that those of watching my analysed clip were and using the correct cinematography has shown to establish this. The longshot alowed the characters in insidious all to be shown at the same time aswell as their surroundings. The effect of this in insidious was to show everyone's reaction to the focual characters reaction. This alowed us as an audience to view the situations true impact on everyone which, then made us build more of a relationship with them. I will be using this as the better the relationship the audience develops with a character the more they care about the events that occur and happen to them. These as my first two inspirations will help me develop and link together my opening in an interesting way that keeps the audience in suspense with the tension remaining and running through.
My very first inspiration was given to me from the first post I made based on cinematography. The clip I used was Insidious-Face Of Fire where many camera angles were evident such as, handheld, mid shots, zoomed in, POV, over the shoulder and long shot. The main ones that stood out for me were handheld and longshot which, I decided to now include in my own opening of a thriller. I will use the longshot to show the audience the whole of the train carriage, which, will establish the setting for the audeince. I will be using the handheld camera during many scenes of my clip as, we are telling the story from the killers point of view and this use of cinematography will give of the use uneasiness. The hand held shot in the clip showed a jerky and unsteady image which, made me as an audience member feel uneasy about what was going to happen next. Given that my opening is of the same genre I want my audience to feel similar feelings that those of watching my analysed clip were and using the correct cinematography has shown to establish this. The longshot alowed the characters in insidious all to be shown at the same time aswell as their surroundings. The effect of this in insidious was to show everyone's reaction to the focual characters reaction. This alowed us as an audience to view the situations true impact on everyone which, then made us build more of a relationship with them. I will be using this as the better the relationship the audience develops with a character the more they care about the events that occur and happen to them. These as my first two inspirations will help me develop and link together my opening in an interesting way that keeps the audience in suspense with the tension remaining and running through.
My second inspiration was gathered from my second post which was based on the editing styles used in my chosen clip which was, Scream 3 Cutting room. I learnt from this post that when we watch a film we notice how it is joined together at certain points. Each scene may last a few seconds or continue for a few minutes. The length of each shot determines the pace of the film and helps determine the mood. In between these scenes is some use of editing. Editing can be done during filming or usually done after filming has been shot ‘edit stage’.In this scene many editing styles were evident but, slow editing and jump cut were two that stood out for me in being placed in my opening. The use of slow editing has numerous of effects. It is mainly used in action films to create dramatic effect, but can be used for this in thriller film. I will use this technqiue in the part of my thriller when the killer is gradually approaching the victim. It can create suspense and make a scene seem scary from the build of tension. It is crucial to a thriller film to obtain tension which, is why I have chosen to use slow editing in the editing process of my opening creation. The use of a jump cut however, a cut in film editing in which two shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly. This is used to create a fast pase and give of the impression of jumping forwards into time. I will use this to make the time the killer has been following the victim seem longer than it is. As I only have a shot time setting to film my opening scene, by using a jump cut I can get more into my opening scene as the pase will appear faster. As well as this the effect of a fast pase will create suspense for the audience which, is conventional to the thriller genre and thus, something I feel would be essential to use.
My third inspiration was from my third post which was based on conventions of a thriller genre, which is what the audience would expect to see. For this post I chosed to analyse a scene from Prom Night. In this scene we are shown a blonde haired, female victim. This is conventional to the thriller genre as, it is stereotypical that blond haired females are quite naive and vulnerable. This inspired me to use a blonde female as my victim as it tells the audience from the off set who the victim is and alows them to gather who they should sympathise with straight away. Another convention that was apparent was low key lighting. This I found was conventional to a thriller as it shows you limited amounts of what's going in creating a 'fear of the unknown.' I have chosen to use this in my opening as it will make the scene appear more frightening and scary which, will make whatever happens in it more appealing to my target audience.
My fourth and final inspiration for my thriller opening was gathered from my fourth post which was based on sound. I found that sound was really important by watching a thriller clip with no sound and then watching one with one, and finding the one with sound a lot more scary. This investigation really brought to life just how important sound would be in my opening scene. The clip I had chosen to use was Physo's iconic shower scene. In this clip an instrumental is placed over the top of the scene which, appeared to me as very effective as the music created an atmosphere for the whole scene. I will use this in my opening scene to do the same but, also to justify and build up key moments to the audience so they are in suspense. This will be used as the killer is introduced to the scene so, it creates a sense of engima and dramtic irony when the music is played for the audience.
In conclusion, I found my posts very useful in the considerations of making my own thriller opening scene. All of the aspects were inspirational and I have concluded that the more of them I can use the better my scene will be providing I use them tactically. By doing this research I have developed this knowledge and without out it the planning process of my scene would have been found a lot harder than what it was with the research being taken out. Overall, after being inspired, I feel my clip will benefit a great deal more as will the audience watching/participating in it.
You have provided excellent analyses of the first two micro-elements discussed, explaining where you have taken inspiration from and why, as well as how you will include them within your sequence and how this will help build a relationship between the audience and characters and how it will make it more interesting for the audience, drawing on personal experience. However, this level of work was not continued in the final two paragraphs.
ReplyDeleteTo improve your post you need to:
1) Put as much effort in your final two points as you did for your first two
2) Make sure you explain what you plan on using and why, relating back to the audience and genre at all times
3) Analyse mise-en-scene and characters also