Interviews

For our research into the public, we decided to interview people to get valid information for our horror task.
This is the link to our interviews:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5xTOt0FhGs

Group work

Well known directors and producers

Well known Directors of thriller films

Directors:

1.       Alfred Hitchcock was a British film director and producer who created many techniques which included suspense and psychological thriller genres. Alfred was most famous for his film rear window (1954) which is an all-time classic thriller. Alfred died in 1980 but his films and legacy continue on to this day.
 

 

 

2.       Steven Spielberg is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and business person. Steven is well known for his films addressing world problems like the holocaust which could have been a very controversial. Steven is best known for raiders of the lost ark which is just one of his many films but this is a thriller.

 

 

 

3.       James Cameron is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter and editor. James has been nominated for six academy awards and won three for titanic. James is well known for his thriller film titanic (1997)

 

 

4.       Kathryn Bigelow is the first female director to win an academy award.  She is best known for the military thriller: The Hurt Locker.  This film was Oscar nominated in 2008 for nine categories winning six of them.

 

5.       Quentin Tarantino is a famous American director and producer who directed the iconic film Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino has also won two academy awards for best director. These were the films; Django: Unchained, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.

 

 

 

Links :

http://movies.toptenreviews.com/directors/list_thriller_director.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Mine and Angus's work

Marketing and Promotion

Marketing and Promotion

 

A way of Promoting our thriller film would be by creating a teaser trailer, this would be a very short video that would be broadcasted in the cinema before other films of a similar genre, (as they would be our target audience) and after nine o’clock as we are not aiming our film at children as it is a horror thriller. This trailer would make the audience watching our trailer start to ask questions about it if it is short and sweet, not giving too much information away. The benefits of this would be that people will start talking about the advert and being publicised more. Another place to put our trailer would be online so adverts on YouTube before a video or on Netflix when somebody is about to watch a thriller film as they would be interested in that kind of film to help us build a larger audience.

 

Another way of promotion would be too have a large poster made and put up on a billboard of the main character looking sinister on a billboard; these posters would be put inside the cinema so it will attract the attention of “movie buffs.

Aaron's work

Target Audience

Target Audience

For our opening 2 minutes of a thriller we as a group need to have a target audience so we can make the thriller for that specific audience.

We have chosen teenagers from the age of 11 to 16 year olds for our target audience. The reason for this chose is that our entire group is 16 years old and so we can specify the opening for what we want to see in terms of the action, characters and colours so we can achieve good levels of interest for our thriller.

Our classification for our thriller film would be a 12 age rating. This is because we would be able to attract more teens to watch our movie as it will have a lower age restriction. With our thriller being a 12 age restriction we include things such as:

·        Some strong language but it must be infrequent

·        Moderate violence but not too detailed as there should be no emphases on the blood or gory.

The way that we will achieve this age restriction is to have low levels of violence and do not show any blood or gore if somebody dies. Also we could have some to little amounts of swearwords and this could include the less offensive like (Pr*ck or Tw*t) to also keep the age rating low.

In our group we did research to find out:

·        What type of thriller do you prefer?

·        What do you expect from the opening first two minutes of a thriller?

·        How many characters would you want in the opening?

·        What time period would you want the thriller to be set in?

·        Do you want there to be a narrative theme?

With this information we could find out what people wanted from a thriller and then cater it to our target audience which is teens. We will do this by getting all this information from the survey questions and then doing the type of thriller which the audience wants.

Angus's work

Script for horror thriller

                                                                  Script for horror thriller

Cast
Aaron – Central Antagonist
Nathan – Central Protagonist
Angus – Helper (Friend)
Sam- Dead body
Sam is also the lead camera man
Nathan is also the director

Horror thriller opening, set in present day, shot in a wooded area (Establishing shot of the woods). The two friends are walking through the woods having a day to day conversation (Long shot switch to tracking shot), when they stumble across a dead body (Point of view shot). The two friends check the pulse of the body, when they first see it (Close-up of dead body). One scans around the area, whilst the other one tries to ring for help (Close-up of phone) (He can get no connection on his phone).  Then a quick jump cut to the sharp object in the hand of the killer, then it cuts back to the two friends. Then we see a point of view shot from the view of the antagonist as he is walking towards the backs of the friends. We then hear a branch snap and the two friends turn around and run away. The killer does not chase them, but is seen in various places as they are running away, but the friends do not spot him. One friend falls to the floor, then as he gets up, is grabbed by the killer. The central protagonist carries on running away and takes cover to breath behind a tree. He then comes head on with the killer, which we can see from a point of view shot in the eyes of the antagonist. The screen then fades to black.

Dialogue

(Two friends walking down a hill in the woods)
(Nathan sees dead body at the bottom of the hill)
Nathan: Angus…Angus do you see that, down there?
Angus: Yeah, what is that!?
Nathan: Yeah, it looks like a dead body
(The two friends then run down the hill, and examine the body)
Angus: Yeah… it looks like you were right…
(Nathan then walks round, examining the area, and looking for a weapon)
(Angus tries to call for help, but can get no signal)
(They then here a branch snap, and turn around to see the killer)
Nathan: Run!
(The two friends run in different directions, Aaron chases Angus)
(Angus then falls over, and is caught by Aaron, and murdered)
(Nathan is then seen running away, and leans up against a tree, breathing heavily)
(As he then comes round the tree, Aaron is the stood on the other side. The two come head to head)

My work

Time and Equipment

Time and Equipment

 

Equipment

The equipment needed:

Panasonic Video camera to record the film

A Tripod to keep the camera steady when recording

External microphone to record sounds and gets a lot better sound quality when recording the film

The bad guy should wear dark clothes in the film which would connote to the audience that he/she is the bad guy and know who to be fear full off

The two people running away from the bad guy should wear bright clothing to show that they are pure and innocent in the whole scenario

The weapon to be used would be a sharp object as they are commonly used as murder weapons in thrillers and can add a certain fear factor in the film

 

Time

The film will be recorded in an evening between the times 4 o clock to 6 o clock the reason for this is that it would not be too dark all the time when recording as it is winter while we are recording the nights will be colder and darker this will work to our advantage as we are recording a horror thriller so they tend to be darker as that makes them more horrific.

We want the recording to all be finished by the 7^th of February so we have plenty of time to be able to assess what we need to edit possibly re-record certain parts of the video and edit the video  to make it as good as we can.

 

 

 

Aaron Baskerville (group work)

Production team

 

N.A.S.A company

·          The N.A.S.A® film company is a well known and popular company and is very established in the film industry

·          The company has been around for 2 years and it was founded on the 11/03/2013

·          The company specializes in making thriller films but also does a variety of other film genres

·          The company is worth a net total of £187,000 and generates profits of £32,0000 with sales of £68,000

·          N.A.S.A ® was done production work with big company names such as warner bothers and DreamWorks.

·          Our production team consist of four specialised workers they are Angus Stephens (Aged 16), Aaron Baskerville (Aged 16), Sam Carter (Aged 16) and finally Nathan Jackson (Aged 16) all these people have about 3 years experience with making movies and 1 year of production with big companies

Background story of the team

Angus Stephens

Angus Stephens was a football player but then got a injury that meant he could not play football anymore and so he had to find something else to and so he started producing films on YouTube, these films got thousands of views and so he started he own business which went well but he did not sell many films and he wanted to join a bigger company and so then later on he decided to join the N.A.S.A team. Angus has been with us about 2 years now.

Aaron Baskerville

Aaron Baskerville was a brilliant musician and started producing good quality music videos for about 1 year. After Aarons band got big all the fame went to his head and then he started using drugs which was not right and so the day finally came when Aaron got caught and then he went jail for 6 weeks. After Aaron came out of jail he was a changed person and wanted to start producing high quality films and so applied for a job at a few film companies but got turned down because of his criminal record but then N.A.S.A came along because they saw his previous work and signed him up for a placement for 4 weeks to see how he would do after 4 weeks  N.A.S.A signed he up for a full time job  and so he has loved his job to this day

Sam Carter

Sam carter was the first person the N.A.S.A team signed up after they saw his charity event video saying to donate money to cancer research and the YouTube video got over 1 million views and a worldwide audience. The video was so good and Sam did not have any help at all and the best part was that he was only 12 when he produced this video. Sam got signed up to the elite N.A.S.A team at just aged 13 and then started producing high quality movies straight away and was really happy. Unfortunately Sam left the company at aged 15 because of family issues but then re-joined at age 16 and started production more films and we are very happy with all the progress he has made.

Angus's work

Nathan Jackson

Nathan Jackson was a new and fresh upcoming young actor who starred in many films but was wanted more then that. Nathan had a burning passion for filming and producing films instead of starring in them. Nathan was already studying with the academy of London arts and so he decided to change his course and so he did film production after qualifying in this course he started producing films but never got a break with any production company and so after 1 year the N.A.S.A team signed Nathan. Nathan did not fit in at the start but then quickly became friends with Angus and then Aaron and Sam. Nathan is a very valuable member of the N.A.S.A  team and has produced many brilliant films. And then the team was formed!

Classification of film

Classification of Films

 

 

·         U stand for ‘universal’, the films are suitable for ages 4 and up.

·         U’s don’t contain any nudity, discrimination, drugs, horror, imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sex or violence

·         They only contain very mild language (e.g. damn, hell) and the occasional ‘bloody’ or ‘bugger’

·         A U film may include brief fight scenes, and any emotional stress is resolved quickly and the outcome is reassuring. Horror is the same; it will be resolved quickly and broken up with comedy or music

·         Examples are: monsters university, the Smurfs, Cars 2 and Diary of a Wimpy Kid

·         I think this is a correct classification and has valid reasons for not including violence, horror etc.

 

 

·         PG stands for Parental Guidance, the films are suitable for ages 8 and up.

·         This means a film is suitable for general viewing, however, some scenes may not be suitable younger children and parents should consider whether it will be suitable for their children.

·         Not all PG films are made with children in mind, films like the artist are rated PG because they are suitable for ages 8a and over, but it was mostly grownups that enjoyed it.

·         No theme is banned from PG’s, as long as it is treated appropriately to the rating. Smoking and drinking won’t be glamorised, and if a child is seen to be smoking or drinking then it will be emphasised to look bad.

·         It may contain mild bad language such as ‘shit’ or ‘son of a bitch’ however; frequent use of bad language or it being used in an overly aggressive way then it will be passed to the next category.

·         There should be no detail of violence in a PG, blood may be seen but the way the wound is inflicted should not be covered in detail. Horror is allowed in ‘jump’ moments and scary scenes, but scenes showing significant horror should not be very long.

·         Actions that children may copy like playing with electricity or climbing in a washing machine are not accepted, especially if they are seen as safe or fun.

 

·         12A means anyone over the age of 12 can go and watch the film, and anyone under the age of 12 has to be ‘accompanied’ by an adult- someone over the age of 18.

·         The 12 certificate is used for videos, DVD’s and Blu-rays only. 12A is used for cinemas.

·         12’s are seen as appropriate for people over 12, but parents can take younger children if they feel it’s appropriate.

·         It is stated that 12 or 12A’s may contain strong language (eg f***) but it must be infrequent. The context of strong language is important, aggressive uses of strong language may cause the film or DVD to be placed in the 15 category.

·         Sex may be briefly and discreetly portrayed in 12 and 12A’s. Verbal sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers.

·         Moderate violence is allowed but should not be too detailed. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood but occasional gory moments will be permitted if they are justified by their context.

·         No one under the age of 15 is allowed to watch 15 films at the cinema, or buy/rent 15 films.

·         15 films can contain any of the following:

-          Strong violence

-          Frequent strong language (eg ‘f***’)

-          Portrayals of sexual activity

-          Strong verbal references to sex

-          Sexual nudity

-          Brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence

-          Discriminatory language or behaviour

-          Drug taking

 

 

 

 

 

·         18 works are for over 18’s only and contain strong issues such as:

-          Very strong violence

-          Frequent strong language (e.g. ‘f***’) and/or very strong language

-          Strong portrayals of sexual activity

-          Scenes with sexual violence

-          Strong horror

-          Strong blood and gore

-          Real sex

-          Discriminatory language and behaviour

 Sam's work