Treatment for my thriller

Our Thriller name is - Phonecall!

Outline of idea's:
1 man - Who is the killer/murderer
3 girls - 2 innocent, 1 not
1 phone call, to one girl

The resources that we will need:
4 mobile phones
1 male, 3 female actors
3 bedroom settings
3 front door settings

Justification of ideas in relation to the genre:
Mystery
Mysterous phonecall
Young naive protagonist

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MISE EN SCENE

Is a French term meaning 'what is put into the scene or frame'. A simple shot of a tree can be made to look threatening by stripping of its leaves, adding a creature or some lightening and shooting it in darkness.
The same tree can be given a different look if it is surrounded by children and shot in a sunny light.

Settings
The settings used in a film are very rarely just backgrounds to the characters' dialogue and we will often see shots of places without any action taking place. Settings can also be used to manipulate an audience by building certain expectations and then the action turns out different.

Props
Props is the term we give to objects in the setting which play a part in the action, rather than just being part of the background.

Costume
Costume plays a large part in the mise en scene because it can be an instant indicator to us of a characters personality social status and their job. It also tells us whether the film is set in the present and what society or culture it will centre around. It could also provide a clue to part the part the character will play in the action.

Make-up

In the early days of the cinema, makeup was used to highlight facial features as black and white film stock could not register detail very well. Some certain genres traditionally use make-up more than others.

Consideration of target audience

Target Audience -

Age -

• what age group of people go to the cinema?

Gender -

• What appeals to women?
• What appeals to men?

Women:

Physcological

Music

Story

Interesting Characters

Men:

Fighting

Gory scenes

Horror

Being drawn into the film

If known stars are presented in the film

Thrillers on currently in the cinema (24th January 2012) are:

Haywire - released on the 18th January 2012



The analysis of a past students work

Hide and Seek -
This is one of the AS 2011 media studies thriller videos:

Format of video:

At the beginning of the video they have placed their school they attended and the course number, then the next part they had their full name and their candidate number.

They also used 'Livetype' for their logo animation at the beginning, the titles were presented in a animated format.

They also had to use non copy-right music, this is because they would have had to have payed to use a 'well known' piece of music, the website where they got the non copy-right music was from www.mobygratis.com this is a well known music site and has non copy-right music on there, they had to ask the owner of the music for their permission to use the music and if they replied telling the individuals they can then they were allowed to use it.

Thriller Openings

Momento:

Conventions –

• Weapons
• Enigma – When the Polaroid goes backwards

Camera –

• Close up shot

Editing –

• Black and white scene – this resembles a dream or a flash back

Sound –

• Depressing, slow music

Mise-en-scene –

• Black and white – which means a dream or flashback
• Also this scene is very dull and dirty

Brick:

Conventions –

• Curious character
• Flash backs

Camera –

• Out of focus at the beginning
• Zoomed

Editing –

• Short sequence
• Graphic match – Bracelets and the past

Sound –

• Lively music

Mise-en-scene –

• Dull colours

Zodiac:

Conventions –

• Curious car driving around
• Weapons in scene
• Man killed for no reason

Camera –

• Long shot

Editing –

• Didn’t see the man with the gun, so they edited him out

Sound –

• 3 different types of music
• Digetic and non digetic sound, the song resembles the film

Mise-en-scene –

• Town setting, dull and dark

Cliff-hangers

Cliffhangers are sometimes, although not always used.

Often feature a main character in a precarious or difficult situation or confronted with a shocking revelation.

This can entice the audience to keep watching in order to see how the situation resolves itself.

For example – The Italian job (1969), Gives a witty example of this in its famous ending.