Wednesday 16 February 2011

race against time poster



We decided to use an eye for our poster as it is at the centre of our story as it gives the impression someone is watching over you. This is the exact same thing Mikey feels when he is on the bed and is the result of his growing paranoia that someone is chasing him. The clock is used to elude to the fact that Mikey believes there's only a matter of time before he gets caught. 

Monday 14 February 2011

Thriller Credits



The Prestige

The style of the credits are similar to our ideas where the name is faded in and out one at a time. It is also a good example as it doesn't reveal the title until the middle of the credits this is something that we want to do as well.



Se7en

The moving/shaking of the credits is in keeping with the thriller genre is the style of credits we want to use.

Monday 7 February 2011

thriller theme tune idea













































starts slowly to make it it seem more sinister, builds up the pace in the middle. Fading out at the end.

Wednesday 2 February 2011

feedback from initial ideas

  • Cut down the film make it a bit shorter
  • leave unanswered questions 
  • don't reveal answers too early 

Tuesday 1 February 2011

Why "Thrillers" Thrive

This piece by Alfred Hitchcock talks up the dying influence of horror films as audiences now are more interested in screened performances and interacting with the characters, almost personally. A feature-length film gives you time to engage with a character and makes you feel there emotions and dilemma's they face.  Hitchcock says this is where thriller's come in, there ability to work on screen to engage the audience to take them from scene to scene in thrilling, high-energy sequences. He notes that people these days want a thrill that stimulates you but can sit comfortably at home knowing everything is safe. Hitchcock says there is no room for "horror" films anymore as they cross the line to being 'vicious and dangerous' that can disturb the audience and create unnatural excitement. He concludes by saying the thriller genre will live on because audiences will always thrive on authentic excitement whereas a horror has to try and re-create this excitement and hype through fake/false action.

Why "Thrillers" Thrive by Alfred Hitchcock

This essay by Alfred Hitchcock shows what the thriller conventions are in real thrillers by explaining them through examsples in the essay. For example he tells the tension when a British plane has to fly into a zeppelin it means that a thriller has to grasp the meaning of the film and left them on a the edge of their seats and thaty he says makes a good thriller in a cinema. Also it gives ideas and tips on certin ways to make a really good thriler because he gives his own story of when he went to a sideshows about really good thrills and where a oillar was about to fall on the spectators but it stop in the air, that give them a thrill. The thriller films have to leave the audience in suspense throughout the film beacuse of all the dangrer involved in the film.

I think that  this essay helps to give yoy in idea of how a thriller film is ment to make the audience feel in the cinema while they watch the thriller. Weather it would be tension confused or making you jump. Thriller films want to make the saudience feel that they are in the film because that way they can see and possible see the life that is relfected in the thriller film. Alfred Hitchcock said that is why we all go to the pictures or cinema. Thriller secenes are made to be confusing and to make the audiences blood to pound round in their bodys because of the thrill that they get while watching the film.  

Posted by: Oliver Gibbs