Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Filming Location - Stubbing Court, Wingerworth
As a group we decided to use this location due to it being secluded and isolated, which is perfect for a thriller. We chose to create a horror/supernatural thriller and many films of the same theme tend to use similar locations as it's easy to create tension, suspense and an eerie atmosphere, whether it be because of the sound of the leaves crunching or the trees creaking in the wind. We also have permission to film within the building as it belongs to one of the group members (Frank's) family.
Secondary Research - Inspiration for Effects
The following link is my groups source of secondary evidence. It is a short clip from Youtube titled 'Im Never Turning The Lights Off Again'. Throughout the clip a series of interesting effects are used. As a group we decided these were the sorts of effects we could incorporate within are thriller opening piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzJCoJVgKA8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzJCoJVgKA8
Monday, 8 December 2014
Lighting Effects
We decided to play about with lighting within our group. We tried to use un natural lighting in a dark room to give the character a rather sinister look.
In this photo it shows the character (Frank) with the un natural light source shining on the right side of his face showing his facial expressions. Whereas on the right side of his face there is no light and therefore creates a mysterious and sinister effect. We may consider using this effect in our thriller. Also in this photo the lighting creates a shadow effect in the background, this was not intentional however is a technique we could look into using.
In this photo we decided to put the un natural light so it was shining under the chin of our character (Frank) this created the sinister effect we were looking for as it shows all facial expressions but doesn't give off any of the background. This again is a technique we may consider using in our thriller.
In this photo it shows the character (Frank) with the un natural light source shining on the right side of his face showing his facial expressions. Whereas on the right side of his face there is no light and therefore creates a mysterious and sinister effect. We may consider using this effect in our thriller. Also in this photo the lighting creates a shadow effect in the background, this was not intentional however is a technique we could look into using.
In this photo we decided to put the un natural light so it was shining under the chin of our character (Frank) this created the sinister effect we were looking for as it shows all facial expressions but doesn't give off any of the background. This again is a technique we may consider using in our thriller.
Thriller Film - Brief Ideas
We decided to mind map a few brief ideas of what we want our thriller to be like, these brief ideas included:
• Roles in the group - what each individual member will be contributing to the task.
• Location - just a few short ideas on where we want some of our scenes to be shot e.g. woods/beside a pond.
• Plot ideas - we decided to brainstorm a few plot ideas we may incorporate in our thriller. However these notes are brief and may not be followed as written.
• Genre - we decided we want to mix the horror/thriller genre as it gives us a wider audience of film lovers and we believe by adding the horror element we can incorporate more effects.
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