IMDB template for Question 3 of Thriller Evaluation

Imdb blank template from Media Studies

This is the IMDB template needed for Question 3 of the evaluation.
You can download it directly from slideshare by clicking on it.

Thriller Project Timings & Deadlines

7th Jan to 11th Jan: Thriller introduction.

14th Jan to 18th Jan: Analysis of real and student examples/ Production logos.

21st Jan to 25th Jan: Planning and delivery of pitches.

28th Jan to 1st Feb: Storyboarding, shot lists and other planning.

Cameras are available from Friday 1st Feb at 4.10pm until shooting deadline of 9am Monday 4th March. Students can have 2 overnights or one weekend to film.

4th Feb to 8th Feb: Filming.

11th Feb to 15th Feb: Half Term.

18th Feb to 22nd Feb: Filming and editing.

25th Feb to 1st March: Filming and editing.

4th March to 8th March: 8th March Shooting deadline. 2nd lesson of this week is Rough Cut Deadline. Third lesson of week, rough cut feedback.

11th March to 15th March: Editing and begin evaluation tasks. .

18th March to 22nd March: End of second lesson this week is Final Cut deadline. Plus evaluation tasks.

4.10pm 28th March: Evaluation tasks deadline.

Thriller Evaluation Tasks

G321 Thriller Evaluation Tasks

Below are details of the 7 tasks you and your group need to do in order to answer the 7 evaluation questions also listed below:
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Question: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Task: Choose 6 stills from your finished thriller that you think illustrate how you have used thriller conventions and opening sequence conventions (3 each). Annotate each still with notes on exactly which convention is being shown and whether you are using, developing or challenging it.

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Question: How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Task: Select a still from your thriller that you think shows an individual from a particular social group you have represented. Then, select a still of a character from A. another film that discusses the group and B. a still of a real individual, possibly from a news story, who also represents that group. Write annotations for all of the stills that discuss why you have represented this group in your particular way and how your representation compares or contrasts with both your chosen real media text and the still of a real person.

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Question: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Task: Use the www.IMDB.com template to create a page for your film. You will need to fill in all of the blank information.

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Question: Who would be the audience for your media product?
Task: Decide on a film magazine that you think would be most likely to carry reviews and adverts for your film. Create a word document that includes an image of the front cover of the magazine, a 300 word analysis of why you think the publication would be appropriate for your film and a 300 word review of your film that could potentially be found in the magazine.

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Question: How did you attract/address your audience?
Task: Re-import your finished thriller sequence into Final Cut and create either a voice-over or text that discusses key technical devices and other strategies that you used to engage your audience.

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Question: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
Task: Use the stills of you with shooting equipment that you took whilst shooting, screen grabs of software and of you using the software. For each of the stills, note down what you learnt about the equipment/ software, what it allowed you to do and what you might consider its drawbacks.

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Question: Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Task: Create a Prezi that takes your ‘reader’ on a journey from preliminary task to finished thriller. Include images to illustrate your points.

2011 Thriller Opening Examples

VANTAGE POINT

DRIVE (2011)

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011)

HANNA (2011)

LIMITLESS (2011)

HOW TO PREPARE FOR A FILM SHOOT

How to prepare for a film shoot presentation

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Thriller Blog Archive 2011

Here are the links from student Thriller blogs from 2011:

http://01thriller11.blogspot.com/

http://02thriller11.blogspot.com/

http://03thriller11.blogspot.com/

http://04thriller11.blogspot.com/

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Evaluation

The questions in bold must be answered in your evaluation PowerPoint:

The questions in Italics are to help you think about how you might answer the evaluation questions:

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THRILLER CONVENTIONS

Here is a video that highlights some of the Thriller conventions seen in the movie INCEPTION.

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

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Here is a video that highlights some of the Thriller conventions seen in the movie PHONE BOOTH.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v03EHD-xa10

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Here is a video that highlights some of the Thriller conventions seen in the movie MEMENTO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK1_P4uZvR8

Video Lighting Techniques

These two videos give some simple tips for lighting. There are pleanty more on your tube!

HOW TO PREPARE FOR A FILM SHOOT!

How To Prepare For A Film Shoot GUIDE

Thriller Opening Sequences

Here are some some examples of Thriller Sequences:

INCEPTION (2010):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXkUzf1et4

SE7EN (1995) - Opening titles:

RESERVOIR DOGS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzMpH9jjo4w

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcisPdJVNl8

THE DEPARTED:

THE PRESTIGE:

THE LIVES OF OTHERS:

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN:

Evaluation Questions

Evaluation Questions

The following questions must be answered in your evaluation PowerPoint:

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Exemplar Shot List by Vincent Lin

Your shot list may not be as long as the one below, but it should at least be as detailed:

Shot List For Dogma Of Wrath

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Six Feet Under, Main Title Sequence

Six Feet Under, Main Title Sequence
Uploaded by numerof. - Watch original web videos.

Lord of War:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RgH5eDbCLU

Catch Me if You Can Opening Title Sequence

Dexter Opening Credits

Real Thiller Opening Sequence Examples

Quantum of Solace (2008)

Mimic (1997)

Fight Club (1999)

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcisPdJVNl8

Watchmen (2009)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2hNhM3dHB4

Hard Candy (2005)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLy0Cm8Pp_M

Mission Impossible II (2000)

Thriller conventions

Obviously, many thrillers these days are hybrids ie. they draw from more than 1 set of conventions. However, it is still possible to create a list of thriller conventions. Consider the list below in your analysis and technical construction of a thriller:

Thriller Generic Characteristics

The narrative centres around a crime eg. a theft or a murder.

The protagonist is fallible and has an 'Achilles heel' that is exploited by the antagonist. The title of the thriller may relate to this weakness eg Vertigo and Insomnia.

The protagonist will be seen 'in peril' in one or more scenes before the resolution.

The antagonist ensnares the protagonist in an increasingly complex web, until the protagonist feels isolated and helpless.

The narrative presents ordinary situations in which extraordinary things happen.

Micro elements combine in a build up of suspense.

Themes of identity are common: mistaken identity, doubling/doppelgangers, amnesia.

Themes of seeing, reflection and mirroring. Manipulation of perspectives, visual McGuffins, and optical illusions are common.

The audience of a thriller is placed in the ambiguous position of voyeur. Voyeurism can also be a theme and the objectification of female characters is common especially in earlier thrillers.

A series of/ one important enigma(s) are/is set up in the opening sequence of the film, is further complicated during the first part of the film and only resolved at the very end.

Previous Student Thriller Blogs

2009/10 BLOG ARCHIVE

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Guidance for Thriller Questions

VERTIGO (1958) - Opening Sequence Analysis

PART ONE: Titles


PART TWO: Rooftop Chase


KEYNOTE:


DOCUMENT:

Thriller Conventions

The following is a list of thriller conventions. Use it to both to create your own sequence and analyse existing ones, remembering that different films will use different conventions in different ways............:

Thriller Conventions.

A crime at the core of the narrative (often murder, but not necessarily).
A complex narrative structure, with false paths, clues and resolutions.
A narrative pattern of establishing enigmas which the viewer expects to be resolved.
A protagonist who is systematically dis-empowered and drawn into a complex web of intrigue by the antagonist.
Extraordinary events happening in ordinary situations.
Themes of identity.
Themes of mirroring.
Themes of voyeurism.
Protagonist with a ‘flaw’ which is exploited by the antagonist.
Titles often reflect an aspect of the pro/antagonist’s psychological state.
There is often a scene near the end of the film in which the protagonist is in peril.
Mise en scene which echoes/ mirrors the protagonist’s plight.

*IMPORTANT* Health & Safety for FILMING

Important Health and Safety information for when you are out filming:

• Remember that although you might be concentrating on your filming, you still need to be aware of traffic.
  
• Always be polite and respectful when interacting with the public.
  
• Do not attempt to film anything which could be construed by a passer by as illegal.
  
• If you are going to try and film in a public place, you should approach the people who are in charge of that place for permission.
  
• Do not film in dangerous places.
  
• If you encounter problems, ring the college on 01223 507400 and ask reception to be put through to Media Studies.
  

The Third Man

Blow Out

The Shining