Match on Action

Match on Action
MoA is used to show 2 or more different angles of the same scene to make the scene more interesting to the audience. To use it you have to have at least 2 different angles of the same scene and then cut it together to make the movement smooth.

SE7EN Edit

Why Are We Editing Se7en? 

-Better skills 

-Understand the software 

-Used effects, filters, why?

-Shows it more as a thriller 

-Trying to create mystery and suspense in our edit

-Ordered the pictures and videos properly 

-Intercutting the clips to make the clips better and shorter

-Trying to get a story (Narrative) 

-Added titles to make it an opening scene 

-We have titles for copyright reasons 

Camera Rules

The Rule of Thirds:
Vertical and horizontal guidelines that help place people and setting in a scene. Vertical lines help place the people and the horizontal to show the background/setting.












Match on Action:
MoA is a type of editing technique for continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot.

 
















180 Degree Rule:
They are basic guidelines regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene.

Camera Rights and Wrongs

Camera Settings:

White balance: blue and yellow
Exposure: lighting
Focus: clear and blurry

How is the camera used to create suspense and mystery?

- Shooting back and fourth from character to disaster
- Crime
- Never shows mans face
- Not in same shot
- Blurred props
- Exposure
- Following the line of the fire to show bodies
- Tight shoots
- Fight brings up lighting (symbolises devil)

What are the 7 common mistakes people make when filming?

- Background lighting
- Headhunting
- Upstanding
- Jogging
- Zooming
- Snapshooting
- Firehosing

Spoiler Review - V for Vendetta

The film 'V for Vendetta' is set in the near future; it starts off with the US being in turmoil state due to a virus, which killed a lot of Americans. Britain is lead by a dictator (John Hunt), Britain remains the only stable country. It is being lead by the fascist Norsefire party, which is known simply as 'the party’. All of the worlds "undesirable" people like Muslims, homosexuals and immigrants were all placed in concentration camps. On the 5th of November, Guy Fawkes Night, Natalie Portman's character, Evey Hammond, was rescued by a Guy Fakes-masked man who calls himself V. Evey Hammond works for the British Television Network (BTN) when she was out past her curfew and nearly got raped by members of the 'finger men' secret police, this is when she was saved by V. When V got her he lead her to a rooftop to watch the destruction he caused of the 'Old Bailey' criminal building, accompanied by fireworks. An inspector call Finch (Stephen Rea)is given the task of looking at all of V's work. V's main purpose is to try and get British people to overrule the Government and meet him on the 5th of November at the House's of Parliament; he does this when he takes over a broadcast of the BTN. Evey helps V to get away after the police try and capture him.

Evey is taken to V's home were she is told to stay until 5th of November when V promises to blow the House's up, and she is asked to help kill with him. Later on Evey escapes from V after being mortified by killings. Evey runs to her boss called Gordon Dietrich, he shows her this collection of paintings and also tells her that he claims to be a womaniser, but he really is a homosexual, being well aware that he could be put in concentration camp. Finch learns that V was part of an experiment being placed on humans and he was tortured during his time there. Gordon's home gets raided whilst Evey was trying to escape but got captured. Evey got taken away to a secret location somewhere, was tortured, got her hair shaved and got burned. All this torturing was to try and get here to talk about V.

 Whilst there Evey was told that if she didn't give up information about V, then she would be executed, she said she would rather die that give up locational information about V. Later on we find that all this was a set up, by V to try and get Evey to concur her fear. Of course Evey hates V for doing all this torturing, but she realised that she is now a stronger person and promises V that she will return to him on the 5th of November. Whilst all this has been happening, Inspector Finch has been trying to get the true identity of V, and then finds out he was part of a program to do with bio-weapons in a detention centre.

Once finding out that he was, the 5th of November was upon us. Thousands of Guy Fawkes masks were spread all round the city. As promised Evey she returned and meet up with V and then danced together. V then takes her away from the crowd over to a train full of explosives that he had been working on for years to take down the Houses of Parliament. He told Evey that it was her chance to pull the lever to release the train on the Parliament. V then walks away from her and explains that he had a deal to keep. He was to kill a Parliament member, Mr Creedy (Tim Smith). V does eventually kill him but suffered many wounds. He stumbled over to Evey who is still by the train, and he then died in her arms. Evey then thought the right thing to do is to put him on the train and pull the lever to destroy the Parliaments. While doing this Finch finds her. Meanwhile the thousands of men and women in masks are walking towards the Parliament buildings and soldiers are forced to stand down. Finch tells Every to move away, but then as she refuses he puts the gun down he was holding to her and allows her to pull the lever, and destroys the Houses of Parliament that V always wanted.
 On being a thriller film I would rate this 5 out of 5. It gives the audience a sense of suspense in areas, which is key in thriller films, and always has questions that need answering throughout.

 

Sub Genre

Conspiracy thrillers - heroic figure, set in business location, powerful organisations are involved, e.g 'Inception' and 'Shutter Island'

Crime thriller - Criminal offence, main character is either detective or murderer, e.g 'Inside Man'

Disaster thriller - Main character is mainly a scientist, plot based around a natural disaster

Mystery thriller - Links to crime and detective, story usually a crime that relates clues to keep the audience guessing, narrative restricted, e.g 'Sixth Sense'

Political thriller - Around Government and prevention of war, e.g 'V for Vendetta'

Psychological thriller - Narrative are usually non linear, usually based on a character with unstable mind set, e.g 'Butterfly Effect'

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Recce

Recce Idea:

I chose the Bluewater underground car park as a good place to be for a location for a thriller film. It is a big area and has the right look for a thriller, underground and dark. It would be a good scene to if you wanted a suspensive area for a film.

Title Sequences

Q1- What 2 words describe the mood and atmosphere of a thriller?
A- Suspense and mystery

Q2- Why do we have title sequences?
A- To show production company, director, casting etc.

Q3- How many title slates?
A- 20-30

Q4- What comes first in a title sequence?
A- Production company

Thriller Title Sequence

-Suspense music
-Production company
-Main character comes first
-Co-casting
-Production team

Title Sequence for 'Mask' Remake

Q- What makes 'Mask' remake a thriller?
A- Music, the gun, location and atmosphere

Q- What questions are we left with?
A- Why was he being chased?
Why is the gadget important?
Who are the men in suits?
What's the gadget?
What happened next?

'Se7en' Clip

How does it create mystery and suspense?

Whats in the box?
What does the prisoner know?
Why is the prisoner so mysterious?
Why do they want to kill him?

This clip creates mystery and suspense by how the music is quite tense and low level and giving the audience questions to think about. The camera keeps going back and fourth to a helicopter that's probably looking for the prisoner. Giving the situation there in, with one of the characters opening a box and being shocked of what is in there. Which also gives the more suspense. As for the other character has a gun to the prisoners head so he could be trying to collect information out of him about what is in the box. I'd rate the film 5/5 for it on being a thriller. It shows the main signs of mystery, suspense and questioning.