Vladimir Propp

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Narrative Theories

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Fonts

From looking at the fonts on the covers of existing thrillers, we have found that sans serif fonts work most effectively and so would it would be ideal to be using it on the titles in our thriller opening.

Below are some of the fonts that we came across.

What Genre?

In order to come up with a storyline, we researched the different thriller sub-genres which has in fact lead us to an idea.

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Creating Titles

We were having a go at creating titles using Adobe Premier Pro using different after effects to see what we could come up with. This is just one of the titles that we created, however, we have decided not to use it because it does not fit in with the genre of a thriller as the smoke would most likely be associated with an action film.

Liam Gilliver was responsible for creating this title.

Textual Analysis

For our task we have to film the opening of a thriller movie. I watched several film openings of different genres to see how they differ and to what extent they reveal information to the audience about the rest of the film.

This is a textual analysis for the film 'Chatroom' which is of the thriller genre.

The World's End - Textual Analysis

This is a textual analysis for the film 'The World's End' which is a science fiction comedy movie.

This is a textual analysis for the film 'Face/Off' which is a action thriller film. 

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Lighting

As part of our research, we have been looking at ways to make the filming look effective. One particular way of doing this it the use of lighting.

In this picture, we cannot see the eyes of the character which gives us the idea that he may be untrustworthy or dishonest.

 





Here I have created a shadow of the character much larger than himself, more imposing, suggesting that he has a hidden evil inside.



In this picture we can only see the outline/iconic characteristics of the character (which we can look out for later on in the video), keeping his identity a mystery.

Morning!

For our assignment, we were asked to take a few shots of things that could be used in the opening of the film to signify that it is the morning/beginning of the day. I chose to use a cup of coffee; showing that the character is energising themselves for the the day, and a running shower which would show that they are getting themselves ready.