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 We thought that it was a very unique way of
presenting the titles so we took the idea and put our own spin on things by
using the prop of the detective case file and notes to contain the titles
instead of ink and a notebook like in the Sherlock Holmes film, also
replicating the short piece of dialogue at the start of the scene to establish
the scene and plot with the added tension and suspense from the use of
diegetic/atmospheric silence and non-diegetic stopwatch sounds to create that
pace so the scene isn’t to slow and is quickly intercepted by the start of the
predominant moving images and then weaved into them the titles in the unique
way.

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 We thought that it was a very unique way of
presenting the titles so we took the idea and put our own spin on things by
using the prop of the detective case file and notes to contain the titles
instead of ink and a notebook like in the Sherlock Holmes film, also
replicating the short piece of dialogue at the start of the scene to establish
the scene and plot with the added tension and suspense from the use of
diegetic/atmospheric silence and non-diegetic stopwatch sounds to create that
pace so the scene isn’t to slow and is quickly intercepted by the start of the
predominant moving images and then weaved into them the titles in the unique
way.

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 When researching ideas for our opening
sequence we looked into films of a similar detective style genre and one that
stood out the most was the two Sherlock Holmes films and especially the first
one, It having a scene at the beginning in which contains a short dialogue that
establishes the story and gets the audience gripped from the start and then
suddenly cuts to the title sequence what contains a mix of stationary titles in
a sort of notebook in an ink posh typography emphasizing the historical feel of
the film as it is set in the kind of Victorian cross industrial era and moving
images of short snippets of the plot to grab the audience’s attention on what
is to come later in the film and get a feel of the plot.

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 When researching ideas for our opening
sequence we looked into films of a similar detective style genre and one that
stood out the most was the two Sherlock Holmes films and especially the first
one, It having a scene at the beginning in which contains a short dialogue that
establishes the story and gets the audience gripped from the start and then
suddenly cuts to the title sequence what contains a mix of stationary titles in
a sort of notebook in an ink posh typography emphasizing the historical feel of
the film as it is set in the kind of Victorian cross industrial era and moving
images of short snippets of the plot to grab the audience’s attention on what
is to come later in the film and get a feel of the plot.

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Narrative/plot: 

With thrillers the general convention is that
the narrative/plot is split into 3 main sections: The beginning, the middle and
the end. The beginning is where the titles of directors and such and also characters
of the film are introduced normally the main protagonist and secondary
protagonists also. Furthermore the setting and start of the plot are
introduced, and then nearer to the end of the beginning is where the storyline
begins to pick up with the introduction of the problem in which the protagonist
needs to overcome this transitioning into the middle section of the plot, this
is where the antagonist is usually introduced and this is where the climax of
the film is in, where all the action is mainly situated and where the
protagonist is overcoming obstacles to solve the main problem. Then onto the
end section, this is where the problem is resolved finally by the protagonist and
the antagonist is beaten. But as we are only creating the opening scene of our
thriller I will look more into the beginning section in more detail, in average
thrillers this part consists of a scene that slowly introduces the characters
and the titles roll and also introduces the setting and slight snippets of what
to expect to see later in the film and is normally a single narrative with no
flashbacks and also the main plot is eased in slowly after the titles roll. But
when it comes to detective style thrillers the narrative and the way it is
presented in this beginning section is quite different; as detective films
normally involve a plot that is to do with some kind of unsolved case from the slight
past, directors like to use dual narratives where flashbacks are involved to
show the audiences short snippets into the history of the case also as well as
what is to come so the audience can start to piece even more evidence together
as soon as the film starts, this done by the use of maybe an old notebook
containing old notes and even separate scenes all together. Also instead of
slowly introducing the plot of the story like the normal thrillers over the
beginning section directors of detective films like to surprise the audience
and begin the whole of the film with a short sequence that immediately introduces
the plot line and gets the audience gripped and get them thinking what is going
to happen next straight away while the titles roll. A good example of this is
again in the start of the film Sherlock Holmes where it starts with a black
screen and is suddenly interrupted by the main protagonist Sherlock Holmes
saying ‘case reopened’, this automatically giving the audience something to
think about, such as what case is he on about and what is he going to do to
help solve it, this very effective at creating mystery and curiosity in the
audiences mind and therefore creating tension and suspense.

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Narrative/plot: 

With thrillers the general convention is that
the narrative/plot is split into 3 main sections: The beginning, the middle and
the end. The beginning is where the titles of directors and such and also characters
of the film are introduced normally the main protagonist and secondary
protagonists also. Furthermore the setting and start of the plot are
introduced, and then nearer to the end of the beginning is where the storyline
begins to pick up with the introduction of the problem in which the protagonist
needs to overcome this transitioning into the middle section of the plot, this
is where the antagonist is usually introduced and this is where the climax of
the film is in, where all the action is mainly situated and where the
protagonist is overcoming obstacles to solve the main problem. Then onto the
end section, this is where the problem is resolved finally by the protagonist and
the antagonist is beaten. But as we are only creating the opening scene of our
thriller I will look more into the beginning section in more detail, in average
thrillers this part consists of a scene that slowly introduces the characters
and the titles roll and also introduces the setting and slight snippets of what
to expect to see later in the film and is normally a single narrative with no
flashbacks and also the main plot is eased in slowly after the titles roll. But
when it comes to detective style thrillers the narrative and the way it is
presented in this beginning section is quite different; as detective films
normally involve a plot that is to do with some kind of unsolved case from the slight
past, directors like to use dual narratives where flashbacks are involved to
show the audiences short snippets into the history of the case also as well as
what is to come so the audience can start to piece even more evidence together
as soon as the film starts, this done by the use of maybe an old notebook
containing old notes and even separate scenes all together. Also instead of
slowly introducing the plot of the story like the normal thrillers over the
beginning section directors of detective films like to surprise the audience
and begin the whole of the film with a short sequence that immediately introduces
the plot line and gets the audience gripped and get them thinking what is going
to happen next straight away while the titles roll. A good example of this is
again in the start of the film Sherlock Holmes where it starts with a black
screen and is suddenly interrupted by the main protagonist Sherlock Holmes
saying ‘case reopened’, this automatically giving the audience something to
think about, such as what case is he on about and what is he going to do to
help solve it, this very effective at creating mystery and curiosity in the
audiences mind and therefore creating tension and suspense.

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Narrative/plot: 

With thrillers the general convention is that
the narrative/plot is split into 3 main sections: The beginning, the middle and
the end. The beginning is where the titles of directors and such and also characters
of the film are introduced normally the main protagonist and secondary
protagonists also. Furthermore the setting and start of the plot are
introduced, and then nearer to the end of the beginning is where the storyline
begins to pick up with the introduction of the problem in which the protagonist
needs to overcome this transitioning into the middle section of the plot, this
is where the antagonist is usually introduced and this is where the climax of
the film is in, where all the action is mainly situated and where the
protagonist is overcoming obstacles to solve the main problem. Then onto the
end section, this is where the problem is resolved finally by the protagonist and
the antagonist is beaten. But as we are only creating the opening scene of our
thriller I will look more into the beginning section in more detail, in average
thrillers this part consists of a scene that slowly introduces the characters
and the titles roll and also introduces the setting and slight snippets of what
to expect to see later in the film and is normally a single narrative with no
flashbacks and also the main plot is eased in slowly after the titles roll. But
when it comes to detective style thrillers the narrative and the way it is
presented in this beginning section is quite different; as detective films
normally involve a plot that is to do with some kind of unsolved case from the slight
past, directors like to use dual narratives where flashbacks are involved to
show the audiences short snippets into the history of the case also as well as
what is to come so the audience can start to piece even more evidence together
as soon as the film starts, this done by the use of maybe an old notebook
containing old notes and even separate scenes all together. Also instead of
slowly introducing the plot of the story like the normal thrillers over the
beginning section directors of detective films like to surprise the audience
and begin the whole of the film with a short sequence that immediately introduces
the plot line and gets the audience gripped and get them thinking what is going
to happen next straight away while the titles roll. A good example of this is
again in the start of the film Sherlock Holmes where it starts with a black
screen and is suddenly interrupted by the main protagonist Sherlock Holmes
saying ‘case reopened’, this automatically giving the audience something to
think about, such as what case is he on about and what is he going to do to
help solve it, this very effective at creating mystery and curiosity in the
audiences mind and therefore creating tension and suspense.

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Narrative/plot: 

With thrillers the general convention is that
the narrative/plot is split into 3 main sections: The beginning, the middle and
the end. The beginning is where the titles of directors and such and also characters
of the film are introduced normally the main protagonist and secondary
protagonists also. Furthermore the setting and start of the plot are
introduced, and then nearer to the end of the beginning is where the storyline
begins to pick up with the introduction of the problem in which the protagonist
needs to overcome this transitioning into the middle section of the plot, this
is where the antagonist is usually introduced and this is where the climax of
the film is in, where all the action is mainly situated and where the
protagonist is overcoming obstacles to solve the main problem. Then onto the
end section, this is where the problem is resolved finally by the protagonist and
the antagonist is beaten. But as we are only creating the opening scene of our
thriller I will look more into the beginning section in more detail, in average
thrillers this part consists of a scene that slowly introduces the characters
and the titles roll and also introduces the setting and slight snippets of what
to expect to see later in the film and is normally a single narrative with no
flashbacks and also the main plot is eased in slowly after the titles roll. But
when it comes to detective style thrillers the narrative and the way it is
presented in this beginning section is quite different; as detective films
normally involve a plot that is to do with some kind of unsolved case from the slight
past, directors like to use dual narratives where flashbacks are involved to
show the audiences short snippets into the history of the case also as well as
what is to come so the audience can start to piece even more evidence together
as soon as the film starts, this done by the use of maybe an old notebook
containing old notes and even separate scenes all together. Also instead of
slowly introducing the plot of the story like the normal thrillers over the
beginning section directors of detective films like to surprise the audience
and begin the whole of the film with a short sequence that immediately introduces
the plot line and gets the audience gripped and get them thinking what is going
to happen next straight away while the titles roll. A good example of this is
again in the start of the film Sherlock Holmes where it starts with a black
screen and is suddenly interrupted by the main protagonist Sherlock Holmes
saying ‘case reopened’, this automatically giving the audience something to
think about, such as what case is he on about and what is he going to do to
help solve it, this very effective at creating mystery and curiosity in the
audiences mind and therefore creating tension and suspense.

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Sound: 

In all thrillers sound is key at creating pace
and tension inside the moviescape. The main type of sound used to create this
tension and pace is a non-diegetic soundtrack, normally in thrillers the
soundtrack is very fast paced to create a sense of urgency, the rhythm quite
repetitive getting the audience into the groove of the beats and getting their
hearts pumping and often the beats in the rhythm compliments the action in the
scene itself also, this stimulating the audience more than ever as not only are
they visually stimulated by the events in the scene but also audio wise as
well. On the other hand in detective films the non-diegetic soundtrack is
different, it has a much slower pace and isn’t so repetitive, because of this
slowness in pace it almost creates a uneasiness in the scene, that it is not
what it seems thus creating a sense of curiosity and mystery in the sequence,
also giving the audience time to reflect on the events inside the scene instead
of it being interrupted by load repetitive sounds you may get in action films.
Also to build more on tension, the soundtrack normally crescendos as the scene
plays out evermore getting loader to signify a key even at the end of the scene
what the audience are anticipating because of it. A great example of a
soundtrack that crescendos over time for an extremely effective tension build
is the iconic ‘JAWS’ theme tune what can be seen and heard below:

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Sound: 

In all thrillers sound is key at creating pace
and tension inside the moviescape. The main type of sound used to create this
tension and pace is a non-diegetic soundtrack, normally in thrillers the
soundtrack is very fast paced to create a sense of urgency, the rhythm quite
repetitive getting the audience into the groove of the beats and getting their
hearts pumping and often the beats in the rhythm compliments the action in the
scene itself also, this stimulating the audience more than ever as not only are
they visually stimulated by the events in the scene but also audio wise as
well. On the other hand in detective films the non-diegetic soundtrack is
different, it has a much slower pace and isn’t so repetitive, because of this
slowness in pace it almost creates a uneasiness in the scene, that it is not
what it seems thus creating a sense of curiosity and mystery in the sequence,
also giving the audience time to reflect on the events inside the scene instead
of it being interrupted by load repetitive sounds you may get in action films.
Also to build more on tension, the soundtrack normally crescendos as the scene
plays out evermore getting loader to signify a key even at the end of the scene
what the audience are anticipating because of it. A great example of a
soundtrack that crescendos over time for an extremely effective tension build
is the iconic ‘JAWS’ theme tune what can be seen and heard below:

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Jaws (1975) - You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat Scene (4/10) | Movieclips

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Lighting:

Lighting is a useful part of mise-en-scene
especially when it comes to defining to different characters and their roles,
such as good and bad. This normally done by showing one character in more light
than the other often by the use of shadows, the person out of the shadows in
more of the light is presented as the good person or the hero and the person in
the lesser light such as a shadow is presented as the bad person or the villain
or the victim. A good example of this is in the first of the Matrix films when
Trinity is being chased on the rooftops by the evil agents, when Trinity looks
down off the building her face is shown in a lot of light therefore emphasising
her hero role in the film and at the bottom of the building an gent stands and
low key lighting has been used to enlarge the shadow of him, this darkness
representing him as the bad person in this film.

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Lighting:

Lighting is a useful part of mise-en-scene
especially when it comes to defining to different characters and their roles,
such as good and bad. This normally done by showing one character in more light
than the other often by the use of shadows, the person out of the shadows in
more of the light is presented as the good person or the hero and the person in
the lesser light such as a shadow is presented as the bad person or the villain
or the victim. A good example of this is in the first of the Matrix films when
Trinity is being chased on the rooftops by the evil agents, when Trinity looks
down off the building her face is shown in a lot of light therefore emphasising
her hero role in the film and at the bottom of the building an gent stands and
low key lighting has been used to enlarge the shadow of him, this darkness
representing him as the bad person in this film.

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Costume and actors: 

Costume and actors are a very important piece of
mise-en-scene in thrillers to emphasise and explain the role of a character in
the film, for example if it was an action film the main protagonist would most
probably be wearing clothes that emphasise his physique what is normally quite
muscular and also clothes that show he is experienced in action and combat such
as his clothes being ripped presumably from some kind of fights, but when it
comes to a detective film the clothes are very different to those in action
films, they are normally very smartly dressed in shirt and tie, waistcoat and
an overcoat and sometimes a hat. Because of this smart costume it emphasises
the intelligence and wisdom of which a detective normally has and needs to have
to solve investigations to do with his profession. Again using the example of
Sherlock Holmes, throughout the movie he is always wearing smart clothes such
as shirt, waistcoat, over coat and hat also. This smartness of clothing used to
show the intelligence and wisdom of Holmes, also used as a contrast to him and
those around him and how he is seen as a higher class in intelligence and
profession as people around Holmes are dressed a little less smartly and
slightly scruffier thus showing them as not as smart and intelligible than
Holmes, keeping the main focus on him. When looking into ways detectives dress
in existing thriller films and how it emphasises the intelligence and wisdom of
the characters wearing it we really wanted to replicate this in our thriller
opening with our characters so we took inspiration from the way Sherlock Holmes
dresses and also a character from a popular detective drama TV programme Ripper
Street Edmund Reid dresses, very smart with a shirt and tie, trousers,
waistcoat and a posh over coat, this really emphasising the experience and intelligence
of our main detective.

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Costume and actors: 

Costume and actors are a very important piece of
mise-en-scene in thrillers to emphasise and explain the role of a character in
the film, for example if it was an action film the main protagonist would most
probably be wearing clothes that emphasise his physique what is normally quite
muscular and also clothes that show he is experienced in action and combat such
as his clothes being ripped presumably from some kind of fights, but when it
comes to a detective film the clothes are very different to those in action
films, they are normally very smartly dressed in shirt and tie, waistcoat and
an overcoat and sometimes a hat. Because of this smart costume it emphasises
the intelligence and wisdom of which a detective normally has and needs to have
to solve investigations to do with his profession. Again using the example of
Sherlock Holmes, throughout the movie he is always wearing smart clothes such
as shirt, waistcoat, over coat and hat also. This smartness of clothing used to
show the intelligence and wisdom of Holmes, also used as a contrast to him and
those around him and how he is seen as a higher class in intelligence and
profession as people around Holmes are dressed a little less smartly and
slightly scruffier thus showing them as not as smart and intelligible than
Holmes, keeping the main focus on him. When looking into ways detectives dress
in existing thriller films and how it emphasises the intelligence and wisdom of
the characters wearing it we really wanted to replicate this in our thriller
opening with our characters so we took inspiration from the way Sherlock Holmes
dresses and also a character from a popular detective drama TV programme Ripper
Street Edmund Reid dresses, very smart with a shirt and tie, trousers,
waistcoat and a posh over coat, this really emphasising the experience and intelligence
of our main detective.

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Setting:

In most thrillers a quite urban
setting is used, the use of an urban setting such as a cityscape especially in
detective style films gives the film a sense of uncertainty, that as it is so
big and is so heavily populated a whole number of shifty things could happen
and anyone living there could be involved in such events, this making the
audience think carefully about each and every one of the characters  and what they have been up to in the
past  and present, even sometimes the
main characters and what may foreshadow unseen plot twists in the future of the
film connected to these characters and therefore if any plot twist come from this
this will excite the audience watching as it may be unexpected.


 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 

 


 We took
inspiration from this idea by having an urban office setting, really
emphasising the detective genre, but then we also added another setting to our
opening scene that goes against this normal convention of a cityscape setting,
we used a quite abandoned setting of an railway bridge, this showing the
audience that bad things don’t always happen just in the city but in rural
places too, this adding contrast to the normal settings seen in everyday
thrillers.

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Setting:

In most thrillers a quite urban
setting is used, the use of an urban setting such as a cityscape especially in
detective style films gives the film a sense of uncertainty, that as it is so
big and is so heavily populated a whole number of shifty things could happen
and anyone living there could be involved in such events, this making the
audience think carefully about each and every one of the characters  and what they have been up to in the
past  and present, even sometimes the
main characters and what may foreshadow unseen plot twists in the future of the
film connected to these characters and therefore if any plot twist come from this
this will excite the audience watching as it may be unexpected.


 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 

 


 We took
inspiration from this idea by having an urban office setting, really
emphasising the detective genre, but then we also added another setting to our
opening scene that goes against this normal convention of a cityscape setting,
we used a quite abandoned setting of an railway bridge, this showing the
audience that bad things don’t always happen just in the city but in rural
places too, this adding contrast to the normal settings seen in everyday
thrillers.

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Editing:

Conventionally in most thriller
films editing is used when creating fast paced scenes with very short time
spans between shots connected together by sharp and abrupt straight cuts, this
creating a sense of speed and urgency and therefor creating the tension,
anticipation and suspense that will grab the audience’s attention as it keep
them stimulated to watch on. But with detective thriller films quite a lot of
the time this convention is challenged, instead of fast paced straight cuts,
quite slow ones are used, and a bigger time span between scenes are used
because of this and the help by the mysterious narrative it gives the audience
time to reflect on what is going on in the different scenes, this vital for the
audiences as if it were to go so fast they may miss important information, and
because of this then the tension and suspense is created. Another use of
editing often used is CGI (computer generated images), the most common use of
CGI in thriller films is explosions and such in the action sub-genre of
thrillers, because of these explosions it adds huge amounts of action and
anticipation to the moviescape in which grabs the attention of the audience for
a more lively experience. 


 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 

 


 

 Another
editing technique that is common in thrillers are the use of different transition
between to pieces of footage like a straight cut or cross dissolves but one of
the most common transitions used in thrillers are ones that show some kind of
time passing and the transitions that do this are the fade to black or fade to
white. The fade to black is commonly shown to show time passing in the present
as a character or object moves or changes and the fade to white normally shows
or indicates a flashback to an earlier time, these giving the audience a look
into the past maybe to get unknown information relating to the narrative and to
show the long drawn out task someone has to do. Although in detective films
there may be some use of explosions, CGI is instead used to furthermore
emphasise the genre and its qualities, a good example of this can be found in
the opening of Sherlock Holmes, CGI is used when helping to reveal characters
and their titles in the form of a notebook (what most detective normally have)
with drawings of things similar to those in the moviescape in which graphic
matches are used to show this connection, this CGI notebook used after a new
character is introduced in the scene and their title is displayed in a ink with
a posh typography used to emphasise the historical feel to Sherlock Holmes and
therefore emphasising the genre and its qualities perfectly.

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Editing:

Conventionally in most thriller
films editing is used when creating fast paced scenes with very short time
spans between shots connected together by sharp and abrupt straight cuts, this
creating a sense of speed and urgency and therefor creating the tension,
anticipation and suspense that will grab the audience’s attention as it keep
them stimulated to watch on. But with detective thriller films quite a lot of
the time this convention is challenged, instead of fast paced straight cuts,
quite slow ones are used, and a bigger time span between scenes are used
because of this and the help by the mysterious narrative it gives the audience
time to reflect on what is going on in the different scenes, this vital for the
audiences as if it were to go so fast they may miss important information, and
because of this then the tension and suspense is created. Another use of
editing often used is CGI (computer generated images), the most common use of
CGI in thriller films is explosions and such in the action sub-genre of
thrillers, because of these explosions it adds huge amounts of action and
anticipation to the moviescape in which grabs the attention of the audience for
a more lively experience. 


 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 

 


 

 Another
editing technique that is common in thrillers are the use of different transition
between to pieces of footage like a straight cut or cross dissolves but one of
the most common transitions used in thrillers are ones that show some kind of
time passing and the transitions that do this are the fade to black or fade to
white. The fade to black is commonly shown to show time passing in the present
as a character or object moves or changes and the fade to white normally shows
or indicates a flashback to an earlier time, these giving the audience a look
into the past maybe to get unknown information relating to the narrative and to
show the long drawn out task someone has to do. Although in detective films
there may be some use of explosions, CGI is instead used to furthermore
emphasise the genre and its qualities, a good example of this can be found in
the opening of Sherlock Holmes, CGI is used when helping to reveal characters
and their titles in the form of a notebook (what most detective normally have)
with drawings of things similar to those in the moviescape in which graphic
matches are used to show this connection, this CGI notebook used after a new
character is introduced in the scene and their title is displayed in a ink with
a posh typography used to emphasise the historical feel to Sherlock Holmes and
therefore emphasising the genre and its qualities perfectly.

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 When reviewing these conventional shots we
felt that we could have taken inspiration from them to use our own characters
in our opening sequences to have the same effect. We really needed to emphasise
the main protagonist as the main focus in the film and show that his
intelligence, wisdom and experience in his profession is more in contrast to
those around him, to do this we used the low angle shot to get this effect.


 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 

 


 Also we needed to show a connection between
the main protagonist and his partner, to do this we were inspired by the
example of the shot in the film Sherlock Holmes in which I talked about earlier.

 

 the two
shot between Holmes and his partner Watson but instead of the good connection
between the characters in that shot we wanted to create an alternate meaning in
where it shows a bad or rough connection between the main detective and his
partner and to do this we used a high angle over the shoulder  two shot of the detective looking down on his
partner this giving us the idea that maybe the detective is disappointed in his
partner and maybe they never really did get on well together, this adding more
to the narrative, that maybe they weren’t the best of partners.

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 When reviewing these conventional shots we
felt that we could have taken inspiration from them to use our own characters
in our opening sequences to have the same effect. We really needed to emphasise
the main protagonist as the main focus in the film and show that his
intelligence, wisdom and experience in his profession is more in contrast to
those around him, to do this we used the low angle shot to get this effect.


 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 

 


 Also we needed to show a connection between
the main protagonist and his partner, to do this we were inspired by the
example of the shot in the film Sherlock Holmes in which I talked about earlier.

 

 the two
shot between Holmes and his partner Watson but instead of the good connection
between the characters in that shot we wanted to create an alternate meaning in
where it shows a bad or rough connection between the main detective and his
partner and to do this we used a high angle over the shoulder  two shot of the detective looking down on his
partner this giving us the idea that maybe the detective is disappointed in his
partner and maybe they never really did get on well together, this adding more
to the narrative, that maybe they weren’t the best of partners.

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Another
typical shot used in thrillers is the two shot, a two show is where two
characters are pictured in the scene and the reason for this shot is to show a
connection to the two characters; sometimes meaning friends, enemies, a
relationship or partnership and the way the actors /characters behaves in the
shot shows what one of the above it is. A typical use of this in a detective
style film is when the main protagonist (the detective) and the secondary
protagonist (his partner) are stood together, the shot is used to show a
partnership between the two characters and that they are able to work together
to further in the investigation. A good example of this is in a film called
Sherlock Holmes in which Holmes and Watson are pictured together in a two shot
when walking around the setting talking about the case this showing that these
two characters partnership is quite a good one and are able to work together
well and is evident in a lot of other thrillers that you can see below:

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Another
typical shot used in thrillers is the two shot, a two show is where two
characters are pictured in the scene and the reason for this shot is to show a
connection to the two characters; sometimes meaning friends, enemies, a
relationship or partnership and the way the actors /characters behaves in the
shot shows what one of the above it is. A typical use of this in a detective
style film is when the main protagonist (the detective) and the secondary
protagonist (his partner) are stood together, the shot is used to show a
partnership between the two characters and that they are able to work together
to further in the investigation. A good example of this is in a film called
Sherlock Holmes in which Holmes and Watson are pictured together in a two shot
when walking around the setting talking about the case this showing that these
two characters partnership is quite a good one and are able to work together
well and is evident in a lot of other thrillers that you can see below:

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Typical shots:

When it comes to thrillers and very evident in
the detective style ones the way camera shots have been done really emphasise
the main character who is the protagonist and creates contrasts between him and
the other character in the film to create a specific meaning, the main
conventional shot used on a protagonist or hero character is a low angle shot,
the use of a low angle shot makes the character of the protagonist feel larger
and more powerful than the other people in the scene thus creating the idea
that he is the main focus in the scene and who the audience  should keep their focus on when watching,
when it comes to in the terms of a detective film the use of the low angle shot
on the main protagonist (Who is the main detective normally) gives him a sense
of higher authority over the rest of the people in the scene and creating the
idea that he Is the most intelligible and wise as his profession needs these
characteristics in able to solve cases like a detective would.

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Typical shots:

When it comes to thrillers and very evident in
the detective style ones the way camera shots have been done really emphasise
the main character who is the protagonist and creates contrasts between him and
the other character in the film to create a specific meaning, the main
conventional shot used on a protagonist or hero character is a low angle shot,
the use of a low angle shot makes the character of the protagonist feel larger
and more powerful than the other people in the scene thus creating the idea
that he is the main focus in the scene and who the audience  should keep their focus on when watching,
when it comes to in the terms of a detective film the use of the low angle shot
on the main protagonist (Who is the main detective normally) gives him a sense
of higher authority over the rest of the people in the scene and creating the
idea that he Is the most intelligible and wise as his profession needs these
characteristics in able to solve cases like a detective would.

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General editing conventions: 

Typically in thrillers the editing is extremely
important to create tension and an immersive atmosphere, normally the main
convention in editing used in almost all films is the pace, the pace of the
footage is edited so that it is extremely fast that it created a tense
atmosphere and also confusion that has audiences gripped from the start; an excellent
example of this is the starting scene of one of the James Bond films in which
there is a car chase seen below:

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General editing conventions: 

Typically in thrillers the editing is extremely
important to create tension and an immersive atmosphere, normally the main
convention in editing used in almost all films is the pace, the pace of the
footage is edited so that it is extremely fast that it created a tense
atmosphere and also confusion that has audiences gripped from the start; an excellent
example of this is the starting scene of one of the James Bond films in which
there is a car chase seen below:

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James Bond - Aston Martin chase scene in HD

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General setting conventions:

Normally in thrillers the setting is typically
in an urban location that is very well known to all the typical characters, the
urban settings filled with the general public to add confusion and to show their
reactions to the narrative going on in certain locations.

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General setting conventions:

Normally in thrillers the setting is typically
in an urban location that is very well known to all the typical characters, the
urban settings filled with the general public to add confusion and to show their
reactions to the narrative going on in certain locations.

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Damsel
in distress: This is the female character who is normally the person who falls
for the main protagonist and his looks and skills and follows him around his
life and event, typically gets kidnapped and needs to be saved by the main
protagonist that just them hardens the love between the two.

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Damsel
in distress: This is the female character who is normally the person who falls
for the main protagonist and his looks and skills and follows him around his
life and event, typically gets kidnapped and needs to be saved by the main
protagonist that just them hardens the love between the two.

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Sidekick: Can be a character that is with the protagonist and the antagonist, normally helping them out and doing menial tasks that the main characters don’t want to do and they normally suck up to the main characters but sometimes they are almost partners and kind of the same person that do good jobs instead of the minion kind of sidekick.

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Sidekick: Can be a character that is with the protagonist and the antagonist, normally helping them out and doing menial tasks that the main characters don’t want to do and they normally suck up to the main characters but sometimes they are almost partners and kind of the same person that do good jobs instead of the minion kind of sidekick.

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Main
Antagonist: Again typically male to show a kind of equal force against
eachother and also has a good physique but maybe not as much as the main
protagonist to kind of show that the protagonist will typically win. Also intelligent
and good in combat.

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Main
Antagonist: Again typically male to show a kind of equal force against
eachother and also has a good physique but maybe not as much as the main
protagonist to kind of show that the protagonist will typically win. Also intelligent
and good in combat.

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To get more of an idea of what to
include in our detective style thriller opening we researched into the
different conventions normally seen in already existing normal thriller films
and detective style thrillers and what makes them effective and  these are what results we found:

General characters in thrillers:

Main protagonist: typically male with a prominent
physique like big muscles, that shows the audience he is strong and a force to
be reckoned with and also helps appeal to the female gender but also male as
some may feel they want to be like the character. Very skilful in intelligence and
also combat.

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To get more of an idea of what to
include in our detective style thriller opening we researched into the
different conventions normally seen in already existing normal thriller films
and detective style thrillers and what makes them effective and  these are what results we found:

General characters in thrillers:

Main protagonist: typically male with a prominent
physique like big muscles, that shows the audience he is strong and a force to
be reckoned with and also helps appeal to the female gender but also male as
some may feel they want to be like the character. Very skilful in intelligence and
also combat.

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For
our thriller opening we didn’t want to go with the most well-known sub-genre of
thrillers such as the action and psychological because we wanted to create
something different to the rest of the group and also something we could come
up with an intricate narrative for filled with plot twists and authentic
characters that really radiates the genre and has the audience gripped straight
from the start and the one subgenre that really allowed us to do this was a
Detective/film noir genre as with this sub-genre being mystery narrative based
this gave us room to create this intricate plot that has all kinds of plot
twists which in turn creates the tension, suspense and anticipation that a
thriller film should have and is known to work perfectly as when we researched
into what the audiences expectations were of thrillers (By the use of Vox Pops
(Vox populi) in which we asked a range of genders and people aged  16/17 onwards who would be our kind of target
audience) and especially detective ones the main response we got was it has to
have a good storyline that has them gripped from the start that not only is
filled with suspense and tension but also gets the audience thinking. Also
something a detective film does perfectly as it has the audience guessing the
plot to come all the way through. Another important point raised from the
research was the idea that the thriller has to have good actors and therefore
good characters that have a strong presence in the film, characters that
radiates the genre not only by the way they act and someone who the audience
can relate to and also get into the feel of the character but also in the way
he is presented such as the role he has and even the costume the characters
wear. Taking this research on board we then had a simple plot structure to
develop that contains a gripping plot that has the audience gripped from the
start, also uses of plot twist to create even more tension and suspense
throughout the course of the opening what then could be developed further once
we researched into real detective thrillers to aid us (what can be seen later
in this question). Also we then researched into the already existing media of
detective films to come up with some basic ideas of what kind of characters we
should try to replicate so the audience’s expectations of a strong authentic
character who that they can relate to is fulfilled (what also can be seen later
in this question).

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For
our thriller opening we didn’t want to go with the most well-known sub-genre of
thrillers such as the action and psychological because we wanted to create
something different to the rest of the group and also something we could come
up with an intricate narrative for filled with plot twists and authentic
characters that really radiates the genre and has the audience gripped straight
from the start and the one subgenre that really allowed us to do this was a
Detective/film noir genre as with this sub-genre being mystery narrative based
this gave us room to create this intricate plot that has all kinds of plot
twists which in turn creates the tension, suspense and anticipation that a
thriller film should have and is known to work perfectly as when we researched
into what the audiences expectations were of thrillers (By the use of Vox Pops
(Vox populi) in which we asked a range of genders and people aged  16/17 onwards who would be our kind of target
audience) and especially detective ones the main response we got was it has to
have a good storyline that has them gripped from the start that not only is
filled with suspense and tension but also gets the audience thinking. Also
something a detective film does perfectly as it has the audience guessing the
plot to come all the way through. Another important point raised from the
research was the idea that the thriller has to have good actors and therefore
good characters that have a strong presence in the film, characters that
radiates the genre not only by the way they act and someone who the audience
can relate to and also get into the feel of the character but also in the way
he is presented such as the role he has and even the costume the characters
wear. Taking this research on board we then had a simple plot structure to
develop that contains a gripping plot that has the audience gripped from the
start, also uses of plot twist to create even more tension and suspense
throughout the course of the opening what then could be developed further once
we researched into real detective thrillers to aid us (what can be seen later
in this question). Also we then researched into the already existing media of
detective films to come up with some basic ideas of what kind of characters we
should try to replicate so the audience’s expectations of a strong authentic
character who that they can relate to is fulfilled (what also can be seen later
in this question).

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For
our media production we had the task of planning and creating a thriller
opening of a particular sub-genre of thriller. A thriller is a genre of
literature, film and television programming that uses tension, suspense and
excitement as its main elements. Thrillers use these elements to stimulate the
audience’s moods giving them a high level anticipation, a sense of uncertainty,
surprise and terror. Thrillers tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty and fast
paced. Within thrillers there are lots of sub-genres that can appeal to certain
types of people, this giving the thriller genre as a whole a much bigger
audience range, some common sub-genres within thrillers are: Psychological,
Criminal, Mystery/Detective, Spy, Comedy and the most well-known one action;
each appealing to different types of people bringing a wider range thrillers
can appeal to. 

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For
our media production we had the task of planning and creating a thriller
opening of a particular sub-genre of thriller. A thriller is a genre of
literature, film and television programming that uses tension, suspense and
excitement as its main elements. Thrillers use these elements to stimulate the
audience’s moods giving them a high level anticipation, a sense of uncertainty,
surprise and terror. Thrillers tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty and fast
paced. Within thrillers there are lots of sub-genres that can appeal to certain
types of people, this giving the thriller genre as a whole a much bigger
audience range, some common sub-genres within thrillers are: Psychological,
Criminal, Mystery/Detective, Spy, Comedy and the most well-known one action;
each appealing to different types of people bringing a wider range thrillers
can appeal to. 