Individual Film Plot

Title: 'Secrets'

Opening:
I took inspiration from the movie Memento as the opening of my film will be a flashback of the murder that the women committed whilst she is in her prison cell and she is shaking and frantic.

The Film:
A middle aged woman named Rachel murdered her best friend Vanessa due to her being jealous and envious of her life. Only their other best friend Louise knows that Rachel was the murderer but is forced to keep it under wraps.
The neighborhood are questioning this murder and get police and investigators involved.
The stress becomes unbearable for Louise keeping this secret and she confesses to the police that she knows her best friend (Rachel) is the murderer.
Non Linear film

Location: London as it is a typical thriller landscape
Target Audience: Women aged 18-25
Genre: Crime thriller with aspects of a  psychological thriller. It will include props such as guns and cars and it will involve interrogation and dark scenes.

Falling Down Opening Remake

I created through looking at the falling down opening sequence and wrote down and recorded all the sounds that were within it. . I watched the first 2 minutes and 30 seconds of the film and noted down all the different sounds that were featured and the duration of each sound. This is shown below.


Garage Band enabled us to insert the sounds that were featured in the opening of Falling Down and merge the different sounds together. Using Sound Bible which is a website that offers and stores different sound bites, I searched for different sounds that were similar and more realistic to the sounds used in the falling down opening sequence, then added them to my Garage Band project.

This task enhanced my knowledge on different sounds used in a thriller and I was able to develop my iconic sound knowledge and Garage Band skills.This task was very helpful for broadening my expertise in using Garage Band which is a necessity when making my Thriller Opening.

Below is my Falling Down Opening Remake

Match on Action

Here is my video showing Match on Action. I was successfully able to complete this Match on Action task with my partner and it was good practice as we will be including this skill in our Thriller openings.

Spoiler review of a Thriller: Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace was the first Bond movie to be a continuation of the previous film, instead of standing on its own. It is jam-packed with stunts and fast pace action in its 1 hour and 45 minutes time span, making it the shortest bond film ever made. Director Marc Foster, the German-Swiss film maker previously directed very 'non-Bond' films such as Monsters Ball, Finding Neverland and the Kite Runner. 

As for a quick plot summary: still angered by the death of Vesper Lynd, James Bond goes after the shadowy international organisation he hold greatly responsible, even when ordered to stand down. Bond clashes with Dominic Greene, who is cornering Bolivia's water supply, and teams with Camille, who has her own mission of vengeance.

I must say that compared to all the other Bond films, this one stood out the most and not for reasons expected. The movie was much scattered and didn't follow a linear sequence at all, leaving the audience and myself confused. The theme tune was not memorable and was not fitting to the film unlike all the others. The title of the film alone isn't even made referenced in the film at all and is totally unrelated to the premise of the film. The movie on a whole is just thrust into explosive action and doesn't follow through with the drama and story essence of it. This, I would put down to the Director who I don't think has much experience in directing films such as these.

Synopsis Thriller Sub-genres & Narratives By Chloe, Nana and India!

This presentation discusses the different sub-genres that are within thrillers e.g. Psychological, Crime etc.
It also includes information about different narratives that are used in different thrillers

End of Module Reports

Level 3 = 12 - 15 marks

C = 13/20

Biggest Priorities I need to do to get my blog up to a Level 4- 
Upload and Edit remaining tasks,  
make sure there are no gaps between the pictures 
use more clips/pictures from actual films instead of clipart ones

Se7en Titles Remake Edit + comments

Below is my Se7en Title Remake edit that I created using Final Cut pro to put the titles, imaged and overlay the music with. I enjoyed completing this task as it was good practice with using this type of editor. It also enhanced my visual skills as I was sequencing different types of pictures and video clips to make a complete opening which had to embody a Thriller essence.

The main purposes of making a title sequence

• give the audience a general feel of what the film will be about by looking at the director, actors/actresses and production companies
• feature everyone who was apart of the film e.g. director, producers, actors etc.
• draw in the viewers