Final Film story board

I'm very pleased with the final outcome of my film. I put in a lot of effort and it payed off in the end.



This is a story board of all the scenes that are in my film. All the components that made up film film slotted together well and i look forward to making another in my A level year... I would also like to thank CRAIG(my media teacher) for all the encouragement and support that he gave to me whilst making this film.

Editing my film with the new shots

When editing my film i a found it a lot more enjoyable the second time round as i felt i new what i was doing and therefore it didn't take so long. I also like the new camera shots as they were a lot more intimate to watch and had a better view of the characters. I found that the first time round i had hardly used a variety of shot sizes, where as the second time i was more confident using the camera and was able to experiment with it.

1st attempt of making my film

I made my film with the intention of it being my final copy, however once i had completed it, i found the narrative very boring to watch so i decided to include another character which changed the story completely. I also added parallel action as it created a feeling of fast pace.

Shot lists

This shot list was very useful when i came to the editing suite as i had an idea of where abouts each shot was on the tape, how long it lasted for and the type of shot it was. I am pleased i chose to create this as it made my life a whole lot easier.

Brainstorm Ideas For my Film

I generated a few ideas when i first looked into the thriller genre. I came up with a few, however, decided to go with a completely different idea after researching more thriller films. Once i had done this research, i felt more confident about the thriller genre and therefore came up with a suitable narrative of my own.

Initial Story Board

This story board shows the original plan for my film, however after shooting and editing I realized that there were a few problems with the continuity. I also found the narrative of the film quite boring and slow moving. It did not resemble the thriller genre that i had researched and therefore i decided to change it and re-shoot most of my film.

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THE BOURNE SUPREMACY

Title sequence

- Universal pictures
- Titles are in a cold blue and white colour, setting the tone of the movie from the very start

Mise-en-scene

- Driving car, raining, photographs, a gun
- guy lying in bed as if he's just woken up from a bad dream
- when guy wakes up looks sweaty and distressed

Camera Shots

- Hand Held camera, very jolted shots
- Drops in and out focus
- close up shot of guy - aerial shot, showing him looking quite vulnerable.
- hand held camera pans across the room showing him walk into a bathroom
- mid, shot, two shot of man and woman in bathroom

Lighting

- Colourful, light and dark shots - traffic lights, reflection of therain on the car window, light and dark as all the shots flash up
- dim lighting inside the car
- unfocused street lights
- Scene 2, dim lighting on one side of face and light on the other
- Very dim reating a silhouetteof guy sitting on a bed

Editing

- shots chop and change and flash up on the screen quickly
- boice over, faint voices, voices in background
- Scene changes on the sound of gun shot, creating a dramatic effect
- lots of cuts, making the viewer feel uneasy whilst watching the opening, also showing the charcters disorientation and confusion

Sound/Music

- Music goes over the credits, eery, cold music creating suspense
- gun shot
- quite no music when scene starts
- different voices drifting in and out echoing
before the guy wakes up the sound gets louder and faster making the sound of the gun shot more powerful
- After the gun shot, it's very quite, creating a contrast to the very opening of the film

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KILL BILL VOLUME 2

Title Sequence

- miramax Films
- suspence building piano music, Staccato sounding
- Voice over, over the credits
- Titles are in an old fashioned font
- The film looks quite arty from the beginning (typical of Quentin Tarantino)

Mise-en-Scene

- Opening scene, blood on girls face, lying on a wooden floor, looks beaten up (looking very vulnerable)
- Scene 1, see blood when gun is shot, scene cuts and changes
- Scene 2, woman driving nice car starring into the camera, addressing the audience as if shes talking to the viewer.

Camera Shots

- Aerial shot/close up of bloody beaten woman showing vulnerability, as if it is point of view show of the guy who is talking leaning over the woman.
- Scene 2, , mid shot of girl driving
- Camera slowly tracks in revealing important information, adding intensity to her words.
-Focus on just the face

Editing

- Opening scene, are in black and white, making it look old fashioned
- The scne cuts on sound of gun shot adding sharpness and edgeto the beginning of the film
- Cut from girl in car to balc screen with title of the film

Lighting

- Dark ray of light on one side of her beaten up face, strong lighting on the other side
- Scene 2 still balck and white, but much lighter as it seems to be day light

Sound/music

- Opening scene,just before she's shot music builds up to create intensity
- The music is very reminiscent of the typical 'psycho' music. Viewer can hear something bad is going to happen
- Can hear music, amn talking and woman breathig heavily, gives the impression of her being scarred,
-Voice over
musicis edgy creating suspense, carries on over credits , then the music stops as the title of the film appears.

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Pulp Fiction

Title Sequence

Miramax films, no credits a decription of the word 'pulp'

Mise-en-Scene

- Guy smoking, dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, doesn't appear to be very well off, suggesting he is working class, dialogue also helps as he dicusses with a friend how to rob a bank

Camera Shots

- Two shot of people in cafe
- medium close up, close ups mid shots and long shots are used.

Editing

- Shot reverse shot
- conventional cuts

Lighting

- very bright,
- natural light coming in the windows of the building

Sound/Music

- Non-diagetic music is used?

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COLLATERAL

Title Sequence

- Paramount pictures, dream works

Mise-en-Scene

- First scene in an airport or train station
- Main guys dressed in smart business suits
- Car park/garage

Camera Shots

- Medium shot to close up, two shot of men meeting- low angle shot, making them look powerful
- close up of car parts
- Close up different activities, such as people on the phone, reading newspapers, fixing cars etc.
- only main charcters in focus in bust train station
- Extreme close up shots are used frequewntly making it difficult to make out what i in shot

Editing

- Parallel action/cross cutting
- conventional cuts are used

Lighting

- Brightly lit, creating the look of it being natural light.

Sound/Music

- Muttering sounds of airport/train station,
- voice over
- No music at first
- Music slowly comes in getting louder and faster building up the scene and creating tension
- Car noises are used in the garage
- when guy iswalking the sound of his footsteps are loud, creating focus on this character
- Background sounds increase

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RESERVOIR DOGS

Title Sequence

Credits on a black screen, fading in a out.

Mise-en-Scene

- Guys sitting round a table in suits, look like gangster as they are smoking cigars and having a meeting of some sort
- Located in a cafe/restaurant
- Only one loaction is used throughout the opening of the first 2 minutes.

Camera Shots

- Over the shoulder pan shots (360 degrees) of the men sitting around the table
- Mid shots and close ups are used when the characters are talking
- Out of focus on their backs so you can see their point of view across the table

Editing

- Long takes are used

Lighting

- Brightly lit

Sound/Music

- No music
- Sound of people talking

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FIGHT CLUB

Title Sequence

- Appears to be the stimulations of the brain, we follow the camera moving around the brain then out of the mouth and down the side of a gun, whilst we are following the camera, credits appear sharply over the imagery, setting the feel of the movie
- Titles are done using CG I (computer generated images).

Mise-en-Scene

- Guy has been made to look beaten up using makeup, with a gun held to his mouth
- 2 characters are positioned in a empty room, creating the feel of isolation
- the only props in the room are a chair and a gun

Camera Shots

-Close up of mans face which is very bruised and swollen, creating a strong opening scene, setting the mood of the film
- Side shot of the guy sitting in a chair with a gun being held to his mouth
- wide shot/Two shot of guy siting and guy standing by massive window looking out onto the city, creating a sense of remoteness from the real world.
-Tracking shot from medium close up to close up, to focus on one of the characters as he talks, making what he's saying seem important.
- Camera moves very fast from location to location (building, outside the building, car park, van etc.)

Editing

-Use of special effects, tracks out of the 'brain'. Zooms down building and other locations, creating the feel of a journey.
- Computer generated images are used very effectively, looks like were fast fowarding what the other charcter has already seen.
- Voice over

Lighting

- dim lighting, creating a cold atmosphere when inside the building
- light appears brighter when outside the building, as were being brought back to reality

Sound/Music

- loud manic sounding music with a heavy beat as credits appear cathing the attention of the audience
- Music stops as the first scene comes in creating tension
- Ticking sounds are used, which get louder and faster as if a bomb is about to go off, then the scene cuts and te ticking stops creating a sense of apprehension.
- sounds of swift mnovement as the scene moves from location to location.

Main Task Script

titles

intro-logo

director

main cast

1.ext.city.day

We travel along the city low slung as if from the point of view of the car.

Off screen the music of

we arrive outside a rough area of council estates.

2.int(inside).Flat/house.day

ECU of a man with rugged looks wearing glasses can barely be seen as he talks to another person.In the glasses the reflection ofobjects on the table for example a picture a gun and written notes

cuts to second man smoking a cigarette

music volume decreases

man smoking says a few lines of dialog.

3.Title of Film

Music comes increases and bold title of film across the screen.

Genre Research (Thriller)

Thriller films include numerous and sometimes overlapping sub genres. They are mainly determined by the fast pace, frequent action and heroes who ruin the plans of villains (often better equipped than the hero). They use devises such as suspense and cliffhangers.

Thrillers often take place mainly or partly in exotic settings such as foreign cities, deserts, polar regions, or high seas. The heroes in most thrillers are often "hard men" adapted to danger: law enforcement officers, spies, soldiers, seamen or aviators. However, they can also be ordinary people drawn into danger by accident.

Thrillers often overlap with other mystery stories, but are renowned by the structure of their plots. In a thriller, the hero must stop the enemy's plans, rather than reveal a crime that has already happened. Thrillers can also take place on a much grander scale: the crimes that must be prohibited are serial or mass murder, terrorism, assassination, or the overthrow of governments. Threat, danger and violent conflict are standard plot elements. Unlike mystery films that climax when the mystery is solved, a thriller climaxes when the hero finally defeats the villain, saving his own life and often the lives of others. However, the hero may be killed in the process of saving others.

In recent years, when thrillers have been increasingly influenced by horror or psychological-horror exposure in pop culture, an ominous or monstrous element has become common to intensify tension. The ominous or monstrous presence could be anything,a supernatural being, aliens, serial killers, or even microbes or chemical agents.

Thrillers are defined not by their topic but by their approach to it. Many thrillers involve spies and intelligence, but not all spy stories are thrillers.
Thrillers may be defined by the key mood that they extract: Apprehensive excitement. In short, if it 'thrills', it is a thriller.


Sub-Genres

Action thriller - When the work involves a race against the clock, contains lots of violence, and an obvious rivalry. These films usually include a lot of guns, explosions, and large elaborate set pieces for the action to take place. These films often have elements of mystery films and crime films but these elements take a backseat to action. Notable examples are the James Bond films.

Crime thriller - Crime thrillers are a hybrid type of both crime films and thrillers films. These films often focus on the criminal(s) rather than a policeman. Crime thrillers usually accentuate action over psychological aspects. Vital topics of these films incorporate murders, robberies, chases, shootouts, and double-crosses are central ingredients. Some examples include Seven, The Godfather and Reservoir Dogs.