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Thriller Film Opening Sequence Plan

The document outlines the planning for the opening sequence of a new thriller film, including details about the directors, visual elements, and sound design. It discusses the significance of character portrayal and mise-en-scène in conveying power dynamics within the narrative. Additionally, it addresses initial reactions and critiques from peers regarding the feasibility and confidence in executing the chosen genre.

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Thriller Film Opening Sequence Plan

The document outlines the planning for the opening sequence of a new thriller film, including details about the directors, visual elements, and sound design. It discusses the significance of character portrayal and mise-en-scène in conveying power dynamics within the narrative. Additionally, it addresses initial reactions and critiques from peers regarding the feasibility and confidence in executing the chosen genre.

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By

Othniel, Jerome
Michael & Romaine
Section 1 – Brief & Research

 Brief

To construct the opening sequence


of a new fiction film complete with
titles.

Our choice: Thriller


Director:
Michael Haneke
Director: Director:
Michael Mann Michael Mann
• Dark shades
•Grey hair
•Suited up
•Depth of field
• Isolated
• Glasses
• Casual clothes
American Gangster

Director: Ridley Scott, 2007


• Universal Logo
• 4 men in alley, one tied up
• not a positive scene
Title: White text on a black background
• Sound and mise en
scene play a big part
due to the fact that
there’s no dialogue.
• Police Sirens
• eerie music
• Characters are
unmoved by police
sirens
• The cigar and the lighter create the mise en
scene

•Relate

The same character who was


holding a lighter later gets out a
gun and shoots the man on fire. He
is again the only person who draws
for a gun thus emphasising his
importance and also superiority
over all the other men.
The camera shots and mise-en-scene tell the audience that the man is
important. As soon as the truck door opens we see the man. This immediately
gives us the sense he is another man of importance and the fact that he is the
first the talk and what he says gets the crowd screaming for him backs this up.
There are shots of people stretching their arms out asking for food and the fact
that they are in these positions tells the audience the type of power this man
has. Also he is wearing the same sort of clothes the previous African American
men were wearing and so we know that this man must either mirror their
importance or if not he holds more importance

It then skips to a scene which completely contrasts the last scene.


A truck door opens and we see a man on a truck and a crowd of people below him with
their arms outstretched, the man shouts “thanksgiving” and the crowd erupts with noise. It
then cuts to a low angle shot of the man and then he starts throwing meat which could be
turkeys due to the fact he shouted out thanksgiving before hand.
Questionnaire
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
30

25

20

15

10

0
Tension Violence Mystery Death All Stated
Initial Responses / Reactions

 Friends:

 Teachers:

 Other constructive criticism:


 Too financially demanding

 Not enough equipment e.g. props

 Not enough characters to meet the


demands of the storyline
Although comedies are quite cheap the things
that altered our decision were that:
 We as a group where not confident enough
that we could make a comedy funny
enough to please our audience.
 Also the things we as individuals might find
funny ,others in our group might not.
 Not too financially demanding
 We had a sufficient amount of
equipment to film the opening
sequence of a thriller e.g. props
characters
 We were confident that we would be
able to make a successful thriller.
Preliminary notes / Initial ideas
Development of Story Board
Development of Story Board
Development of Story Board
Development of Story Board
Development of Screen play
 Filming in crowded places e.g. train
station
 Filming on a platform

 whether

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