Rumour

In the first week of our holiday we looked at our scene which is the park. It would be alright for us to record there anytime we like. We also looked to see how we can use the area. Its a big place so we would want it to look realistic. We are know looking for the two main characters and the other characters around the park.

Music for Rumour

Music for Rumour:
I have searched for music for our second video which is Rumour and I found some examples that we can use. Here is the music we can use for our rumour video. We would need to pick one out of the three and I think they are all good.

This one has a quick paste which would be good for our video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bta0lMT9nT4&NR=1&feature=fvwp

This one would also be good because it builds up tension at the beginning and it’s what we need when we show around the park. Also the crying sounds at the background would relate to our storyline.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfFM-h6NuoI&feature=related


I think this one is really good as well because it’s quite and it builds up tension. It would fit into our story but we would need to get permission by the creator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNAwkulMF0&feature=related

I like all three of them but this is the order I would rate them. I think the one I choose 1st is most likely the one we are going to use.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfFM-h6NuoI&feature=related

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNAwkulMF0&feature=related

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bta0lMT9nT4&NR=1&feature=fvwp

In Lesson

During lesson me and my friend Jessica uploaded our storyboard photos on to out laptops so that we could edit them. We used movie maker to join our shots and to add affects and transitions to them. We completed our editing with our titles but we need to find a tune for the background before we upload it on our coursework.

Storyboarding for Rumour

Today in my lesson I worked on my slide show presentation and on my storyboard. I double checked my hyperlinks and made sure that each slide opened when the link was clicked. When I finished looking at my slideshow presentation me and my partner completed the storyboards drawing and added the time in seconds and the information of each shot drawn. We also coloured in our storyboards and took pictures of it with a camera. We took more than one shot each one because we are going to join them up and use them in our Rumour animatic.

Editing

We were editing on Monday for two lessons and it went well. I put together our video and watched it but I need to insert the sounding and dialogue. This is because there is a problem with our sounds. We would need to record the dialogue again and put that in our Torment video. During editing my video I double checked if I included all the angles wanted by the exam board and made sure I had different shot types throughout the clip. I would only need to do the soundings and I will finish my video. After my editing I would need to evaluate my work and I would complete my first video and move on to our Rumour video.

Rumour

In lesson on Tuesday my partner Jessica and I thought of our idea 1 in detail which was the Rumour idea. We chose it as our main task and started planning out what we are going to do step by step. We wrote down our location which is the park and thought of the camera shots we are going to include. This is the camera angles Jessica and I though of:

360 degree rule of the park.
Tilt of the trees and bushes.
Close – up of peoples reactions.
Extreme close up to the two friends.
Birds eye view of the park.
Panning and crabbing across the park.
Over the shoulder shot of the friends planning.
Walking towards the camera.

We also thought of the sounds around the park. We are planning to have people talking about the rumour as the camera panned across the park. Here are some of the quotes we might use.

‘Emily don’t go near those bushes darling, stay close so I can see you!!’
PAUSE
‘Don’t talk to strangers and make sure I can see you!’
PAUSE
‘(Whistle to the dog) come here boy!’
PAUSE

We also thought of our props and we need to have a park setting which includes baskets and bikes and children running around. We need to have dogs around as well so we can set the scene. We would need fake blood and white clothes so that we can show the blood clearly. We are going to think about the props when it gets close to recording.

Finally we thought of the sentence at the beginning of the scene and we came up with this quotation:

‘Is it all a rumour? Or is the truth hidden within the bushes?’

Research for Coursework

I have been working on my slideshow for my coursework for four lessons. During the four lessons and after schools I researched on what pictures to use for my slideshow. I used the same tones of colours throughout my coursework which was mainly black and red. I also researched on what music to use for my slides. I used my piano music for my Torment slides and now I am researching for music for my main task. I also looked at what fonts to use and here are the lists of what fonts I used:

Homepage: Showcard Gothic
Torment: Old English Text MT
Rumour: Rosewood std regular

Here are some of the pictures I used for my coursrwork.

Camera Shots Used

What Camera Shots Did We Use?

Close Up
We used close ups to the girls and mans face to show their emotions. We had close ups to the girls face to show that she was frightened and not comfortable about the situation she was in. We included a close up of the man to show that he was the opposite of the girl’s emotions relaxed and content about what was going on. We also had close ups of the setting like the gramophone and the phone to show that it was set in the 1920’s.

Extreme Close Up
We had many extreme close ups to the characters faces. We had a close up to the girls eye watering and her biting her lips which again showed that she was worried. We had close ups to her clothing and shoes as well to show her high status. We had close ups to the male characters cigar and hat to show that he was the mistrustful character and that he wasn’t a good character.

180 degree Rule
We had to include a 180 degree rule in our animatic which was needed by the exam board. We had the 180 degree rule when the female character came into the place looking around the room. In out 180 degree rule shot we started from the bell on the wall all around to the phone to show that the equipment and the props we used was suitable for our era.

Tilt
We had a tilt up the building (The Monument) showing that it was a big building when compared to the girl. She looked precious and venerable because she is small compared to the big building. Also we included the tilt up to building to make our audience want to know what’s next. This is because there was no dialogue when she was on the phone so they would want to know why she was scared and why she is there.

Shot Reverse Shot
We also had a shot reverse shot which was also wanted by the exam board. We had this when the male character took out the envelope with the photos inside it. We had his grinning face standing up and the female character with the bag in her handing looking around trying to find a way to get out the building or to find a solution to the problem.

Over The Shoulder
We also included an over the shoulder shot when the female character was sitting on the chair. The male character was behind her talking to her talking about the envelope in his hand. We had this shot also to show both of there emotions and that one was unperturbed and one was uncomfortable about the circumstances.

This is a over the shoulder shot. We used this shot in our Plimenary task just like it was done in the photo.

Filming Process

Filming Process

Before we started to film we had to go and learn how to edit using Macs on a school day. It was hard but fun because we had to edit a video given to us and then edit a video we recorded called ‘The Dream.’ We worked in groups of three to record the shop scenario given to us. We had to add sound tracks on the videos and titles before showing it to the rest of the class. After that course we went home w with the camera and the equipment given to us and looked over the storyboard we drew up for our animatic. We started recording Friday night at my house with the help of our families and friends. When we finished the house scene we went to the Monument the next day which was a Saturday and recorded the staircase scene. It was a challenging because it was a long way from the area we lived in and it was hard to find. When we found the Monument we had to climb up the stairs to the top so we had different angles in our task. We had to record the same section of the video from different angles which was tiring and a lot of hard work. We had our storyboard throughout our filming process so that we added all the rules given by the exam board which was the 180 degree rule and the shot reverse shot with a character opening a door and walking in a room. We didn’t record our Preliminary task as it was in the storyboard we started from the house scene and then went on to record the stairs. After the stairs we had a shot of Jade’s house door which we then had to edit to put in order. Our filming took 2 days and we had to record in three different scenes following our brief in these two days.

The Monument

This is a bird eye view of the staircase.

This is a long shot of the building from outside.

The Monument was where went to record our staircase scene and it was on a Saturday. We chose to do it in the Monument because we wanted to have a scene of the girl walking up spiral staircases from different shots which then would let us pick from the ones we recorded from. The Monument had 311 steps and it is an historic building which fitted into our era we chose which was the 1920’s. We also included a tilt up of the Monument because it’s an old building and it would make the audience want to know where the girl is and why she is there.

Music Used

This is the soundtrack we chose the use in our Preliminary Task. We chose to use this because our title for our task was Torment and we wanted to make our audience want to know why we chose this title. This music creates suspense and slows down towards the end showing that it comes to an end and something suspicious happens at the conclusion. It has conventions to thriller films which made us want to use it in our task. The music would start and finish with the video and it would only be quite when there a conversation.




This is the gun shot sounds link and we chose the one towards the end which comes up after the first minute. The gun is called the Dark Blue Model 10 which is an old gun fitting in our 1920’s era. We have a gun in our preliminary task and a gun shot when the girl fires the gun when there is a black out. There would be just the sound with no shots leaving the audience on a cliff-hanger.

Torment Page

This is my page for my Torment task. The images I chose fits in with the time period our video is in. I have the hat for the mafia character and I have the cigar as well to once again show the mafia character in our task. There is a gramophone as well which we have a shot of in our Preliminary Task Torment. There is also a kiss image as well to show the female character in our 1 minute task. There is also the vintage car at the background once again to show the 1920's periods.

Homepage

This is my Homepage I have created it would open into my blog posts, main task and preliminary task. I have insterted the lip stick the lips and the male and female character because of my preliminary task was based on the 1920's and that it has a link with the female character in our first task. I have the blood images around as well because we chose to have a horror thriller for our second task which is the main one.

Shot List

Animatic

Idea 1 for the Main Task

Idea 1 for the Main Task

We started to plan our main task and we have found a scenario which we think would be good. It is based on a rumour going around in a park were a part of the park is said to be cursed; having something mysterious in there. In the scenario we are going to have to friends which plan to scare the people in the park by pretending that they got hurt by the creature in the cursed section of the park. So the whole video would be recorded in the park so we would need to make sure it looked realistic with a large group working with us. When the two friends make the joke about being hurt everyone is going to be scared about the idea but when it happens for real no own would believe them again…

Props

Fake Blood
Clothes to tear to show that they have been attacked
Make-up
Bikes
Picnic Equipment
Balls

People and Animals

Dogs in the park
Children playing around
People doing exercise; jogging and riding bikes
People walking there dogs

Task

Today I completed my table which showed the following:
Shot number
Brief description
Location
Date and Time
Special Information

Here is an example I filled in which later I am going to as a table into my coursework:

1

Woman in her house
Denizs House
13-11-09
17-17:10
White dress
Pearls

2

Woman walks towards the phone … talks
Denizs House
13-11-09
17:10 – 17:30
Old Phone

3

Open Draw get a gun out
Denizs House
13-11-09
17:30-17:45
Toy Gun

Homepage

Today I started to design pn powerpoint the presentation of my portfolio for my coursework. I saved photos from the internet and changed them so that it would fit my Prilimanary Task. My task was based on the 1920's so the images I chose fits the 1920's periods and our theme. I downloaded fonts which would also fit with the 1920's and wrote Torments page and the Homepage. I did this because I want to my presentation to match with my theme and the times they were set in. For example for the 1920's one (Torment) I prefered to use an old font. We also started to find our second idea for our 2 minute video and started to write some ideas down. When I started doing my presentation I concentrated on making it flow , so that it would be easy for the examiner to mark it and to check it.

Props && Locations

Locations:

Deniz’s House
Jades House
The Monument

Props:

White Dress
Make-up: lip stick – mascara – hair products
Pearls
Toy Gun
Antique Furniture: chairs – table – scale – gramophone – candles - statues
Old Phone
Envelope
Photos
Cigarette
Suit
Shoes
Hat

Recording

- We have finished recording our Media Torment video.
- We have followed our storyboard and did the same thing so we didnt get confused.
- We fitted in the 1920 style and made sure our props and buildings looked realistic.

In the Torment video I made sure we had all the costumes ready so that there was no problems when recording it. We spoke with my partner Jessica and the characters to double check that the clothing and setting matched with the 1920's. I recorded some parts of the video and these were the scenes at the house. I also recorded some parts of the stairs in the Monument. My other important job was that I had to get the house ready so that it was ready for recording. I had the equipment at home but I had to re-organise it so that we moved around freely with the cameras and the wires. We recorded each step differently to the storyboard but we followed the notes on our story board and lists.

Torment

Language

We are going to have a short dialogue between the two characters. We know that the language must reflect the time period (1920's) were posh and clear. Our second character is a member of the mafia so we know that we need to show his background with his clothing and his accent. The language is really important because by this we are going to show the difference between the two characters and that one is the villain and one is innocent.

Representation

In our production we are going to show the relationship between the two characters. We are going to show the innocence of the young lady and we want to show to the audience that she is in pain in stress like our title torment.This fits in with the genre because theres always an innocent character needing help. We want to leave the audience on a cliff hanger for them to guess on what’s going to happen next.


Audience

The primary audience is the people that like watching Thriller films in the 1920’s. Also the primary audience would also be people interested in Thriller Films as a whole. The secondary audience is influenced by the Primary Audiences because they get advice from them. Our audience would be over the age of 12+ because the film is a thriller and I think the BBFC would class it as a 12 because there is guns and threats in it. Anyone over the age of 12 can watch Torment because there is no violence and crime shown.

Torment

Skills

For our media video we would need to know how to use the camera and how to work on the computers. We would have to work on how to make the clips. We would have to know how to use Windows Movie maker and other professional programmes such as Adobe Premier Pro.

Medium

We are going to do our work on Moving Image this is because that’s a fasinating way we can bring our ideas to live. It’s the best method to show our work to our audience.

Audience

Our video would be targeted to mostly adults and over 12's. This is because there is going to be violence in the clip also that there is going to be guns which would be a negative thing to children under the age of 12.

Group Work

I am working with my friend Jessica and we are working in a pair to record our video. We worked together to find the places and props that we are going to use in our 1 minute clip. We worked together to find everything we needed and we set out and planned our whole script and camera angles. We are going to have two characters. One of the character’s Jade Morrison and she is a drama student and our second character is Sinan Osman which is my father which is going to be the mafia character. We chose to have Jade in our video because she is a good drama student and she is studying it in Alevel. She started drama from Year 7 and got a good grade in Year 10 and 11. We chose to have Sinan Osman in our video because he also did drama in schoola and we believe that he was the best character we could find. We had other friends with us so that we can get ideas from them as well and we asked after each recording what they thought about it.

Research

For our video we researched on the live styles of people in the 1920’s. We researched on what they wore and there make-up so we had something similar to it. We also researched on the cars they had so had an old car like them so it would be like it was set in the 1920’s. We knew that we needed spiral staircases so we researched on four different places till we found the staircases. We researched on the following:
- make-up
- clothing
- cars
- places
- settings and props

Final Brief Torment

Film: Torment
Type: Classic Style 1920’s
Characters:Jade Morrison && Sinan Osman

(A character had to enter a room and cross the room to have a dialogue with the second character. There had to be a 180 degree rule during this short video clip and it had to be around 2 minutes. )


The lady is classy looks scared about the situation she is in. She is a victim of torment and that’s why we named our story 'Torment'.

The lady gets a phone call and she gets out her house and gets into car. Before getting out of the car she is going to get a gun out of a drawer. All the equipment we are going to use is going to fit in to the time. This is important because we want it to fit the 1920's to make it look realistic.

The lady rushes to go to the spot. The scene is set in a spiral staircase. There is going to be shots of her going up the stairs and we are going to record her from her back making her look vulnerable.

We are going to have circular panoramic shots as she goes up the stairs.

We will have close ups to her clothing and her face to show her prettiness and her wealth and social status.

The male character is going to look like a character from the Italian mafia which is classic. He would have his back turned and would have a cigar in his hand. He would wear an Italian hat so it would be obvious that he is Italian andit would add to the image that he is Italian. The camera angles and shots would show his power. We would have close ups to his face when he smiling and we would have close ups to his cigar which would make him look evil.

We will have a shot reverse shot when the man is smiling and we would show his evil eyes and his facial expressions. This would fit in with the conventions because there is always an bad character and this would be shown to the audience in a clear way by their actions and by the use of camera movement.

We would have the 180 degree shot in this scene as well.

We haven’t found a dialogue yet but the man is going to be in control demanding her to sit down. The conversation is going to be heated and the woman would be in distress when the man comes close to her. A typical convention is damsel in distress.When the camera comes close to the lady the audience would be sorry for the girl because she looks innocent and she cant do anything about the situation. The man would have an envelope in his hand with pictures. She would snatch it off and take something out her purse.

The screen goes black and there is going to be a gun shot. When the screen is black we are going to hear footsteps of someone running out living it on a cliff hanger making the audience think of what’s going to happen.

Equipment Needed:
- white dress for the girl
- italian hat
- old equipment to set the scene e.g phone,chair and tables
- cigar for the male character
- envelope and some photos
- bag for the girl ( a small purse looking bag)
- pearls and makeup suitable to the 1920's
- spiral staircase
- suit and shoes for the male character
- a vintage old place/building

Camera && Shot Types

Extreme Long Shot
This is a shot were the character or object looks really small in the frame. It shows a small figure and it’s mostly done in from of big buildings and objects to make that figure look smaller and weaker.

Long Shot
In this shot the figure is shown as whole and its closer to the camera. It’s also done to show its relation with the surroundings.

Medium Long Shot
In this shot the character is seen in more detail and the whole body is also shown. This shot can be used to set the scene to show the audience were the character is.

Medium Shot
In this shot the whole body is not shown. It’s from the knees to the head. This shot is also called the mid-shot. It’s also similar to the Medium Long Shot but the only difference is that below the knee is not shown.

Medium Close Up
This shot is from the mid chest to the head. It shows more detail of the character and it’s mostly used when characters are talking and having a conversation.

Close Up
This shot only shows the head and the shoulders. This shot is very detailed and it’s used to show the characters emotions and feelings.

Extreme Close Up
This camera shot shows a small part of the face. For example it would be the eyes to show that a character is crying, to show extreme fear and emotions.

Birds Eye
This directly shows the scenery. Its sets the scene and shows everything from above.

High Angle
This is a similar shot to the birds eye view it shows the scene as well and its done to show things smaller.

Low Angle
This angle makes the character look stronger in control. It’s mostly done to show the characters power and that they are scary.

Birds Eye View

Extreme Close Up

The Birds

The Birds

At the start of the film we can clearly see the directors name Alfred Hitchcock. The bird sounds and the video of the birds gets the audience ready for something unordinary change in the birds making them want to know what it is and hot it happens. it would show the audience of what to expect. The bird sounds gets louder and louder as the actors names starts to come to an end. The video at the beginning is all black crows which don’t have a good image to the audience. This is because the colour black is significant because it symbolises death and bad news and the crows are not known as good creatures. In the opening scene we can see that is set in a busy city. The female character walks through the busy roads and there are the bird noises overcoming the train and car noises. The female character looks up and there is a wide angle of a big group of birds flying around. This makes the birds seem important and it makes the audience want to know whats going on.We can see that she was shocked about this because she walks in to a pet shop and she has a conversation about it. The outside noises stop when she gets in but there are the noises of the birds inside the pet shop. This is a good really scene to have the film recorded at and I think Hitchock did this to create more tension. We know from the films name that its based on birds and in all pet shops there are birds. After the conversation between her and the assistant the assistant goes in and she pretends to be the assistant to a man. We can see that she is lying because she doesn’t know what she is saying and the man knows that she’s not the assistant as well. The camera pans along with them along the cages so the audience can see each of there steps. During there conversation a bird escapes and they have trouble of catching it. The camera once again pans along with the bird to show were its going and there is tilts when they are trying to catch the bird. During the starting ten minutes there is nothing unordinary apart from the birds outside. The audience is waiting to be scared and there is tension and suspense built when they are waiting for something terrifying to happen. Tention is always found in horror films it is like an convention as it is in most films. Waiting for something to happen is an ordianry thring in Thriller Films.

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

In this film the scene is set on an important day, Christmas. This is an important point because Christmas is an important day for Christians and it means a lot to them. This may have been set in this time to make people think about the dates and a reason for this time chosen. The scene starts with laughing and screaming sounds so that the audience knows that there is someone playing a game without showing who it is and what’s happening. This makes the audience want to know who it is and whats going on. Then the camera zooms in to the girl in the park with the mother spinning on a ride. The spinning might have been done to cause confusion, because the camera tilts up to the sky showing the girls view. The father then comes close to them and watches them and that could show his distance realtionnship to them. The next scene is at home in the little girl’s bedroom. The mother walks in to the dark room playing hide and seeks lsupporting the title. This is an important point because it’s shown in the title. This scene shows the mother and childs perfect relationship. The mother then kisses her daughter and in her dialogue it suggests that the mother has something to hide or she is speaking to her as if she would not see her again as if its for the last time and close the door behind her. The screen goes dark which could have been done to show the mothers mood. The girl calls her mother and the mother slightly opens the door. There is binary opposition here, the light is only in the girls face blanking out her whole body. This is significant because this was done only once in the film. This time showing the life the little girls going to be through. She refuses to reamin in the dark and asks her mother to open the door for her. The light behind the mum suggests that she cares for her daughter. During the conversation between the mother and child there is a peaceful tune playing softly at the background this was done to show her soft and gentle the mother is to the child and to create tension. The audience realises something wrong because the mother gets emotional when she talks to her little girl and this is seen also in the kitchen seen. The mother has black clothing in contrast to the white cupboards this could have been done to show that danger is looking ovver her or she has problems. The mother takes tablets with alcohol showing that she isn’t living a happy life. During the scene the photo on the table is on the screen. The photo includes the mother father and daughter but the light only shines on the mother and child showing there relationship and leaving the father out. In this stage we asj wether the husband and wife don’t get along. This was shown in the short scene together when the husband works and the wife watches and goes to have a bath. From this shot then we jump to the scene were the husband is sleeping in the bedroom without the wife. We can sense the tension between the two. There is a water droplet sound at the background creating tension, with the clock changing. The man sees a nightmare and wakes up, which also creates tension because this wasn’t expected in this shot. He wakes up and goes to check were his wife is. As he walks to the bathroom the water droplets gets louder and only his breathing is heard. This makes the audience know that theres something going wrong. The man breathes slowly as if he is expecting the wife to do something bad. After this the director chose to have a slow motion to show each part slowly. The husband walks in and there is candles in the bathroom. He opens the glass door and sees the wife dead in a blood puddle and tries to rescue her. During this scene the little girl is watching everything and this is seen from behind the shoulder. This was done to show her innocence and to make the audience feel sorry for her garding her loss. There is a piano sound in this shot gets louder and stronger to create suspense and to show the husbands and girls sorrow. The screen blacks out as the family breaks apart. Black has negative symbols on people. Black is known as death and this was found in the film. Death and seperating from people is a convention found in horrors and thriller films and it was found in 'Hide and Seek.'

What to expect from Thriller Films...

In most Thriller films there is always silence to create tension, after a pause of silence there would be a banging noise or something that would make the audience jump. This is normally done to create suspense and to lead people to the wrong path. In nearly all the Thriller films there are crimes with unpredictable endings. The audience is always guided to another way so at the end they would be shocked about the ending because they would expect something else.

There is more then one type of thriller here are some examples: spy thriller, medical thriller, horror thriller , crime thriller and action thriller…

Idea 1

Idea 1:
In the one minute clip we are going to create we chose to do Japanese horror. In this theme there would be a character in white and we chose to have a young girl on the stairs looking innocent and small. Her face is not going to be shown till the second character goes next to her. Our second character is going to be on the top of the stairs looking big with power on the phone.This would be done to show that she can help the little girl at the stairs. When she would see the litle girl she will go down the stairs slowly to help. There is going to be a 180 degrees shot with zooms and tilts between the two characters. The clip is going to end when the second character the girl going down to help the little girl. When she touches the little girls arm and realises that she is not a normal child we will end the scene.We would leave it on a cliff hanger so that the audience would want to know what happens next. In most horror films it is a convention to leave it in a confusing scene and some films are finished by this way. Also in most horror and thriller films there is a scene were there is a blackout were the audience wants to see what happens next. This would be shown later in the film. We are working on props and where the scene is going to be done. We want the staircase to be long and plain were our voices will echo. This is a summary of our idea and we are going to develop and show each step in our work. We are now working on the characters as well as the set and clothing.

Research

Before we started the coursework for Media Studies I researched about famous Thriller Films and evaluated theiropening scenes. In this I looked at camera angles and why the film makers use that method. I worked on a project with my friend and we researched on the film 'Orphan'. It is a good film to watch because of its use of media institutions. It conforms to the convetions of our genre because it has the following things in it :

• silince
• screams and yells
• building tension
• needing help
• being innocent and vunrable

Here is a banner we made for the film:

Opening Scenes Of Other Films

Paradise Lost

The start of in the film was different to the other two films because it had a bit where there was a woman lying in a white room crying tied on bed. It is similar with the other films as well because she is also in danger. She is screaming and there is zooms to her eye. This was done to show the reflection of the person or creature torturing her. It’s a really bloody scene and the torture is shown step by step to show what the woman is being through. This is done so that the audience would feel sorry for the woman. Then it jumps to a group of tourist in Brazil. This makes the audience want to know what happened next. Why the woman is in that situation and who that person is. The scene being shown in Brazil is clear because of the Brazilian song at the background. It’s a happy song and they are travailing in a coach around Brazil. The driver is not concentrating on his driving and he is really fast. There is a zoom in to the baby drinking milk in this scene showing her purity showing that she is not aware of anything. The characters are shown vunrable by the camera angles. When the characters are shown from an birds eye view or a high angle then they seem smaller and weaker. It is a frightening scene but there is comedy in it as well. The main character which is a man is scared and tells the driver to slow down and the girls are not interested in his opinion and they joke and laugh about it. When the coach whizzes pass a motorbike then the music changes from happy to a song that creates pressure and implies that there is going to be something wrong. Straight after this they have an accident and the coach slides to the edge of the mountain. It is stuck and the camera zooms around the wheel showing that they are in danger. There is a 180 and 360 angle in this scene showing everyone running around trying to get out the coach screaming and yelling. Loud noises , yells and needing help is found in all horror films it is a conevtion to horror films. When everyone escapes from the coach then the coach rolls of the mountain, this created tension to the audience because they were worrying about the character s in the coach and the innocent baby with the mother. The effect on the viewers by this shot is that they want her to save her baby and want to know that the innocent baby is safe. The shot of the coach was from a high angle and it was shown from the characters eyes as if it was them looking down to the coach. This could have been done for the audience to feel like they were a part of them as well.

Opening Scenes Of Other Films

Black Water

This film started with the name of the film written blurry with a scary song at the background. The writing was blury so that it fitted in with the water being blury. It also may have been done in this to make the audience want to know what its called Black Water and why it might of been done blury. From this straight away we can understand that it is a scary horror movie. This is because when something is blury its hidden and its hard to be read , so it would show that there is something different , blury about the film. In the corner of the screen there is little writing in white showing that it is a real story. This would make the audience think about how it happened in real life and it would make them imagen themselves in the same situation. There is a family in a jungle area and they are going back from the country. They get into there car and starts the journey. The zooming out and panning of the car can show that they are being followed and that there is going to be something happening to them. This fits in with the genre because in most horror films when the characters are in a cool safe enviroment and there is panning/following then something wrong is expected. When the names of the actors come on the screen there are pictures from the film. They have photos of there holiday and them having fun. A picture that made me think was the picture of them pretending to kill each other. This is something ordenary, a joke between friends and people but it makes it look extrodinary.There is something wrapped around man joking about death. This at the begining makes the audience think of deaths in the film and they would start to create there own ideas in there heads.They would also want to know what happens next so they will carry on watching the film , they would be drawn to it. The movie being a thriller created a path for the audience and made them think when they saw the picture. The girl wants to go to a crocodile area for the last time. They have a map showing that they don’t know the area much. This is expected in horror films as well. Once a character looks lost something bad always happens. There is always the unknown. The map can be symbolic it can show dependence and Vulnerability . It can show dependence and vaThe camera zooms to the map to show that they rely on that and that they will be lost without it. Everything is normal in this scene there is nothing wrong with the opening. It shows a happy families journey back home during the ten minutes. They go to a pub like most British people and talk about routines situations. When they go to the crocodile area then tension is created. In the scene there is a man holding food down to a crocodile and it shows the crocodile eating it within seconds. This is important because there is a zoom to the crocodiles mouth showing that it has power and that can happen to the visitors as well. The music was also creating tension to the audience but not to the characters. It creates anxiety and awarness that something bad is likely to happen. They were there having fun enjoying themselves. There were zooms and shots of people in the crocodile place of children and happy families. This is done to show that they are innocent and unaware of the things that is going to happen to them. It is done to make the audience feel sympathetic for them. This could have been done to once again show innocence and that they are not aware of what is waiting for them. It may indicate the sense of danger. It also can indicate the problems they can be exposed to.

Opening Scenes Of Other Films

An American Haunting

The opening scene of this movie was different to the other two films I watched. It started in a forest during the winter time. The film was set in the olden times and was based on a curse. The camera angles in the first scene showed a girl running home with something following her which was not scene. The camera zoomed in to the girl when she fell over to show her innocence. The camera moved around really quickly to create suspense and the camera was representing the girl’s eyes showing her confusion and her feelings. The young girl is out of breath when she gets home. The clock ticking can show the time for to escape is going down maybe getting closer to her death. During the opening seen we see that it was a dream. The girl wakes up screaming and hugs the mother. She wrapped her hands around her knees to show that she is scared and the camera shows this shot to show her feelings once again. The mother is an alcoholic she sits down and has a glass of alcohol in her hand. In this scene the camera had the mother in shot as well as the photo of the family. This can show that they had a problem because of her drinking, or that the mother is upset about the situation something that she cannot solve and finds the only way in drinking. The mother has a letter in her hand and the rest of the film carries on in a forest from the past. So they skip from the present back to the past. There is two lovers in a forest area and we can see them joking around. The camera in this scene then zooms in to a house slowly showing the whole family and the mise on scene. The props and clothing shows that it was a long time ago and that people still believed in witches and curses. The important thing in this scene was that it was Christmas time showing that they were religious. The scene starts with a zoom in the fireplace. The sound of the fire burning can show that it’s called and can be done to show relaxation. Then this is disturbed by a crying noise. When the mother and father walks up the stairs the noise carries on they whisper to each other to create tension they look around the house. There footsteps are herd and the creaking noise creates suspicion as well.

Opening Scenes of Films

An American Haunting

The opening scene of this movie was different to the other two films I watched. It started in a forest during the winter time. The film was set in the olden times and was based on a curse. The camera angles in the first scene showed a girl running home with something following her which was not in the scene. The camera zoomed in to the girl when she fell over to show her innocence. The camera moved around really quickly to create suspense and the camera was representing the girl’s eyes showing her confusion and her feelings. The young girl is out of breath when she gets home. The clock ticking can show the time for to escape is going down maybe getting closer to her death. During the opening seen we see that it was a dream. The girl wakes up screaming and hugs the mother. She wrapped her hands around her knees to show that she is scared and the camera shows this shot to show her feelings once again. The camera does this with a close up of her body language to show this. The mother is an alcoholic she sits down and has a glass of alcohol in her hand. In this scene the camera had the mother in shot as well as the photo of the family. This can show that they had a problem because of her drinking, or that the mother is upset about the situation something that she cannot solve and finds the only way in drinking. The mother has a letter in her hand and the rest of the film carries on in a forest from the past. So they skip from the present back to the past. There is two lovers in a forest area and we can see them joking around. The camera in this scene then zooms in to a house slowly showing the whole family and the mise on scene. In the forest seen there is noone around apart from the couple. It is a green area with trees around which is like an area to hide away from other. The props and clothing shows that it was a long time ago and that people still believed in witches and curses. The important thing in this scene was that it was Christmas time showing that they were religious. The celebration and the theme horror clashes. This is unusal because its a good day which is celebrated by Christians. This is not expected in horror films but it makes a difference when the film is set during special times.The scene starts with a zoom in the fireplace. The sound of the fire burning can show that it’s coldand can be done to show relaxation. It is calm and cosy atmosphere which creates the idea that something might go wrong.Then this is disturbed by a crying noise. When the mother and father walks up the stairs the noise carries on they whisper to each other to create tension they look around the house. Their footsteps are heard and the creaking noise creates suspicion as well.