Planning music

I have searched some music that is available on YouTube. These sounds are ideal to use as sound is a convention when providing the genre of a film. As our film is a thriller we must find a sound tracks that can create tension, suspense, enigma, excitement and thrill all in one sound track. I think these songs follow the sound conventions in films:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opJqsHP22qk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Lij4JOh2Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNAwkulMF0  I like this the most and think this would be really effective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0sbZ_YIelw  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3dwSK5ybbk&feature

        Sound is important to make our audience happy. This is because people go to the cinema to watch a thriller in order to feel enigma, suspense, excitement, thrill and tension. Thus music plays a key element in doing this.



Planning - locations,props and costumes

Locations:

We have thought about possible locations to film and looked at the pros and cons about using these locations. The locations we thought about using are:

·         College

·         Clissold park

·         Finsbury park

·         Springfield park

·         Susana’s house

College:

Using college as a location would work because it’s easy to access whenever we need to. Also some locations in college such as the one below would work were our character Adriana could be running away from the male killer. Although college is easy to access whenever we need and there is no travelling problem it also has a disadvantage of our shots not looking realistic.

Also if we were to use the college garden our footage wouldn't follow the codes and conventions of a thriller as there is not enough trees and space to film.

As we realised the college wasn't a good location we decided to use a park instead, and after viewing all three parks we decided we would film in Springfield park. We decided this because it is closer to college giving us lots of time to film since we wouldn't have a travelling problem. Also out of all the parks Springfield looked really great in terms of filming because it fitted the conventions of a thriller. I think this location is going to work really well.

We also needed somewhere to film Adrianna coming home from work on her birthday. In this scene Mike will be giving her birthday present as a surprise. In order to shot this scene we needed a house and we are planning to use Susana's house. We decided to use a house because it would look realistic.

Costumes:

For Adrianna we plan to use a casual costume when she is running away from Mike because she has lost everything in her life including her job and, because of everything that she has been through. As a result she is always dressing casually . In the scene where she is coming from work I'm planning to film her dressed formally to show how normal her life is. Moreover filming her dressed formally and casually makes the film more effective because it becomes a thriller in a city therefore following the forms and conventions of thrillers.

Mikes character will be wearing casual because we need him to not look like the suspect so looking like the whole of society.

Props:

One of the props we plan to use in our opening sequence is a present bag and casual bag. We need a present bag so our audience can understand that its Adrianna's birthday. Also we need the casual bag so that Adrianna can look like she is coming from work fitting into the formal look.

We will need a necklace in order to make a link to the next scene and we plan to show Adrianna on her birthday getting this necklace from mike after the running scene.

We also need keys as a prop so our scene will look realistic when Adrianna walks into her house.

 

Finally we plan to use a box when Adrianna receives her present. We plan to do this so the present can look expensive so the audience can understand the importance of their relationship.

Camera angles, equipment and Adobe premiere pro research

Camera angles:

Long shot are used to show the whole shot, person or object. When we are filming and need to show the entire shot then we can use a long shot to show the viewer everything  going on.

Extreme long shot is where the entire landscape is shown in the shot. This is done because it can focus on the environment or landscape a central character is borne from or finds themselves in. An example of this is showing a character in London from an extreme long shot to show they are lost or isolated from the rest of society as they don't feel like they belong. Using an extreme long shot is great to emphasise on the the background or environment the character is in.

Medium shot the main shot that is used in films. Medium shots are used to show the whole subject of a scene from facial expressions to environment. Medium shots are good to use when shooting a conversation between charters. Additionally medium shots are from waist up.

Close up shot shows the subject of the scene or the action in detail where it dominates the entire scene in order to establish its purpose. Close up shots are good to engage its viewers with the characters emotions. In other words close ups emphasise on the subject rather than the background.

Extreme close up shots are used to show precise detail in a film or scene. An example would be filming the characters eye when crying so the viewers focus becomes the characters emotions. Moreover in a horror film using an extreme close up on the characters eye where they have just seen something would be extremely effective because it makes the scene more dramatic.

In conclusion because I have the knowledge of camera angles when producing our film I will be able to understand where to film from in order to captivate the audience.

Equipment:

The Equipment that is available for us to use is a HD camera. As it i a HD camera its focus on the scene will be good quality meaning we will have good quality videos. Also we are able to carry it with to our proposed locations which means its will be easier for us to film.

We also have a tripod available to use with the camera. The tripod will be really useful because the camera will be still since it will not be hand held. Also if we want a panning shot it will be possible. When we need to move the camera with the action in the scene the tripod will be holding the camera while we film. Meaning the outcome will be good, again as it is not following the action hand held.  

Adobe premiere pro:

We have been told we will be using Adobe premiere pro to edit our footage so far I do not know precisely how to use this software but this will not stop me from producing an excellent opening sequence. I have typed in what is Adobe premiere pro to find out more about the software. The result I got was: Adobe Premiere Pro is a real-time, timeline based proprietary video editing software application. It is part of the Adobe Creative Suite, a suite of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications developed by Adobe Systems. As I have already used the software for my preliminary task I feel more confident in using the software. By playing around with the software I'm sure I will become better with the software creating an excellent outcome.

In conclusion I believe the programme we will be using to edit our film  (Adobe premiere pro) will be incredibly useful. In Adobe premiere pro we can add transactions to our footage as well as cut footage we do not need. We can also add music we please as this software allows us to delete the sound attached to footage and add music we want. Thus because we used this software for our preliminary task I have some knowledge on the software.

Shot List

Date	Time	Location	Footage
March 16th 2011	4.30	Springfield Park	Adrianna running away from Mike. Mike knows that Adrianna is aware he is Spleen so he decides to kill her.
March 25th 2011	3.30	Susana’s house	Adrianna coming home from work on her birthday where he surprises her and gives her a present.

Production Planning

AS MEDIA STUDIES Production Planning Opening Sequence

Title of Film	N/A	Length of trailer (maximum one minute)	Maximum two minutes
Genre	Thriller	Imagery already associated with your chosen film genre	Se7en Gothika
Marketing purpose of  the trailer	Television Cinema	Target Audience	15
Opening sequence will be anchored by?	Voice over / narration Graphics/ text screens	What production details/ marketing information are to be included?	C.A.S.E Productions
Proposed locations	Clissold park Finsbury Park A house College	What time of day is appropriate for shooting?	Daytime or in the afternoon.
Who will appear in the trailer?	Susana Gonzalez Einars Jugans	Where can you contact these people?	By phone, email, facebook and in college.
Do you require particular costumes / dress codes?	Casual and formal for the female character. Casual for the male.	Do you need particular props/  If so, what?	Bag Necklace Keys Box
Which of the following techniques might be relevant? (tick as appropriate)	Establishing shots Tracking shots Panning shots	Freeze shots Fast motion Slow motion Odd camera effects	Edited to a musical beat Editing transitions  Sound effects

Cast and Crew

CAST

Susana Gonzalez – Plays Adriana	079********
Einars Jugans – Plays Mike	078********

Crew

Cagla Dogan	077********
Susana Gonzalez	079********
Einars Jugans	078********
Azhar Patel	079********