Kiss Me Deadly Intro::

The video above is the intro from the film 'Kiss Me Deadly', the very beginning of the video is the close up of the legs and this is what we are intending to do with our piece.  

Idea for our thriller opening ::

Idea and background story:

Main character is a young teenager, their mother's ex-lover is the murderer getting revenge on their mother.  The teen finds their mother whilst the murderer is still in the house, they see the murderer, the murderer sees them and that introduces the chase scene down the road and through a field.  Opening scene is a track shot of the teenagers lower legs running and then cuts to a flashback which is the realisation of why they are running and what from it then backs to the track shot of the opening scene and then pans out to a track shot of the murderer chasing the teenager and then ends on an over-the-shoulder shot of the murderer behind the teenager.  Fade to black.

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Film analysing for research continued::

Defense of the realm - Opening credits

• Starts with a black background with the credits in white and a tension building soundtrack in the background - a simple but effective way to build tension.
• Through the showing of the credits the background gradually changes to a dark blue colour which is eventually identified as the night sky.
• Music soundtrack is then blended with a diagetic sound - which is a radio news report.
• Then a subtitle is shown which immediately states where and when you are.
• On the same dark blue background (night sky) a car drives across the screen.
• A above shot is then used as the car drives towards the camera.
• A close-up of the people who are in the car from the front windscreen.
• This immediately becomes a car chase which involves this car and a police car.
• The people in the car get out and run away and one of them is caught.
• A shot of the other man running across the screen.
• White light fills the screen.
• Immediately cuts to a crime scene with a torch close-up on writing.
• Close-up of a man/policeman in a car.
• Close-up of some photographs.
• Cuts to a group of men/policemen in a room discussing something or possibly a crime that is linked to the men in the first scene.
• Shot and reverse shot are used when the men are conversing with each other to show the person who is talking at each time.
• Cuts to men waiting for a lift and then conversing with another man that could be involved in what they are discussing.
• Another cut to some men in an office or factory workshop with close-ups of peoples faces.
• Over-the-shoulder and reverse shots are used frequently used in this scene whilst the men are conversing.

The Third Man - Opening credits

• Zoom in of a string instrument with the titles running over the top. (unusual and different use of the vertical/horizontal line device that is often used)
• Archive, location and film footage is used and mixed together with a first person narrator setting the scene of the time it is set.

Middle of the film

• Shots filmed on tilts changing from one side to the other.
• Music in background with dialogue above it.
• Loud footsteps in the background but all you see is the shadow of the person making them.

Se7en

• Shots of a book and pages turning cutting to shots of black with white writing (the credits).
• Close-up of a person writing (common technique for thrillers).
• Flash device.
• Weird, creepy and tension music in the background.
• Don't see the face of the person only their hands and fingertips.

Film Analysing for Research::

Marnie - Alfred Hitchcock (1964)::

• Dramatic/tension (violins) building music that moves to lighter, softer romantic music ( images look illustrated)
• opening scene and credits shown on pages of a book and pages turn to reveal the next. ( book technique indicates the film is a story)
• Starting scene back of woman - close up  of back ( camera follows behind then watches her walk away)
• Next scene is of a man describing a woman
• Another close-up  of woman's back and bag (still not seen her face)
• Close-up of suitcases being packed the a close - up of inside a bag then wallet ( several close-ups)
• Finally see her face (changed appearance)
• Close- up of key dropping into grid
• Over the shoulder and reverse shot 

• Genre indicated by words shown and the soundtrack
• Music then goes to more traditional thriller sound, anxious -  slows down again
• Music cuts - the extreme close up of the yellow handbag under arm of woman in tweed suit.
• bright yellow handbag- to stand out and show it significance
• Screen - filled but lighting suggests its morning and outside
• Only sound is heels/stilettos on the floor 
• camera and figure moving in unison (tracking shot)
• large shift in sound (contrast) loud violins to heels on the floor
• gradually figure and place that it is set is revealed. 
• clues given through hair outfits and props - enigma of who the woman is 
• Urban location due to background 
• walking along red line might indicate she is being funneled to something/ trap?
• Dramatic speech 'robbed' - links with woman makes you assume she's robbed something
• immediate cut to new set/place
• cut to empty safe - close - up, fills the screen
• Indication of office - door, files and safe, where he's stood and speech stops to show his importance 

Vertigo - Beginning Credits::

• Slow music played in the background
• An extreme close up of half a face (Girl aged around twenty - we don't see her eyes) - background is black
• Black and white image
• Camera zoomed into one eye ( possibly right eye)
• Black and white scene then changes to a red - could indicate death, blood, passion, hell, danger etc.
• The girl's facial expression does not change - eyes are the only thing that move > indicates she may be frightened, worried, lost, anxious etc.
• Title then appears from her eye starting from far away and then gradually getting larger. 
• Title then disappears and a spiral starts to enlarge while spiraling in her eye - signifying hypnotism, dizziness, a sense of falling into a black hole.
• Names start to appear while the spiraling graphic technique continues in the background. 
• The music is very dramatic and the volume increases at certain paints then decreases at others - signifying a shocking feeling or as if someone has jumped up behind you and frightened you. 
• The spirals are coloured but contrast between hot and cold colours to create a feel of awkwardness or anxiousness
• Then ends by going back to the girl's eye still in red 
• music increases to create suspense
• Then fades to black - don't know anything about the girl - create suspense enigma and tension

Pirates of the caribbean 2 please ::

The video below shows our final piece which is called 'Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 Please?'. The main aim for this piece is to try and create an area that the audience can relate to and can find familiar. While filming we found it difficult filming one of the scenes because in the scene there were two people in view which meant that we had to have a third member to move the camera! Thankfully Kat had one of  her friends come and help out who saved the day! After doing that scene we decided to do the Behind-The-Shoulder Shots which was also quite difficult to film when there were two people in the shot but we were able to start recording before we started acting. This also meant that there would be a lot more editing than we've done before. In the end, we both feel that the final video is at its best and we have learnt quite a lot about film making. We have learnt that instead of moving the camera back and fourth for each scene we should just film from one side and then repeat it from the other side! The only problem is we discovered this AFTER we finished filming! 

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Our Continuity StoryBoard::

Here is our continuity piece storyboard::

As you can see, we are using a range of different shots including; Over the Shoulder, Close-Up, Long Shot, Mid-Shot and a reverse shot. The reason why we have decided to use these shots in the order they are in,  is to create a mixture of shot types to show the viewer where everything is in the shot and the direction of the scene and we felt that it was the best way to show the story of the continuity piece. We chose this continuity sequence because it gave us the opportunity to include several shot types in one short sequence.

A lovely thank you to an absolutely amazing artist, Kat! We love you!

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