Task Five [Part Two] Crime Thrillers

Chapter Sixty-Three

The Sub Genre- Crime Thrillers

Here is my Prezi on the Sub Genre of Crime Thrillers

CRIME THRILLERS {Click Here}

Day Five

Chapter Sixty-Two

Software; Adobe Premiere Pro.

Project; Evangeline.

Date; Fri 27 Jan.

With help from Matt, An Original score was created and mixed into the opening sequence, the music built up and gets tense.

For the titles I decided to copy photographs of keys off the internet and cut them out in Photoshop. I removed all colour and saturation from them to make them look bklack and white.

I then added them into the titles and scaled them down, rotated them, moved them around to make the titles more exciting.

This was my favorite part of the editing. I think the keys looked really cool and original.

 

Task Six- EXTRA [YouTube]

Chapter Sixty-One

 

What Is You Tube?

YouTube is an online video-sharing website which allows anyone to create a YouTube channel and upload videos of people, music, film, anything. Anyone can view the videos without having to register or sign up.

Some people who have many views and have made the correct arrangements can make some money off their videos, these must include non-copyright music and original ideas.

Evangeline

Chapter Sixty

Here is my final media product, Evangeline.

Task 1 - Part 3

Chapter Fifty-Nine

Titles-

The titles are the main feature in my title sequence, I used two keyholes passing over each other to reveal the title. Each name has a key logo next to it, there are five different key logos. This is quite artistic compared to other thriller titles therefore challenging the real media projects. Many titles in real opening sequences appear to coincide with the music. 

This builds tension and can draw attention to the title.

The ideas of domestic violence and use of set are all very naturalistic. The plot can be seen as very real, the idea of the doctor being psychologically unstable is less 'real' though.

The fear of ones own death is a very serious, real life disorder but it's very rare.

Task 1- PART 2

Chapter Fifty-Eight

 

Evangeline is a character  based plot. The characters tell the story and all the characters have a role in telling the narrative. The narrative was decided from Evangeline's point of view, The story is shot around her explorations.

 

Several thin gs are represented in Evangeline. The theme of domestic violence is represented through Michael and the sister's relationship. Gender and image stereotypes are represented in the opening sequence. I challenged several stereotypes and thriller archetypes in the opening sequence through representation. I didn't use any guns, I feel these are more associated with action thrillers. I also plan to have the female become more prominent as the heroin in Evangeline as the story progresses.

These are the top ten psychological thrillers [in one persons opinion].  They all are related and grouped as a specific sub genre.

Task 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Chapter Fifty-Seven

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

My media product is in the form of a visual opening sequence to a thriller film. It involves a few simple shots which have been cut and arranged together with several title sequences passing through. I researched several different opening sequences to see the variety used in this form.

I liked the idea of catch me if you can having an animated opening sequence. I feel it leaves more to the imagination. I also think it doesn't distract from the names and titles. I did not have the skills to create an animated opening sequence though.

This opening sequence to 'The girl with the dragon tattoo' is more similar to Evangeline because they use titles in between short shorts of action. I also like the music and use of light and dark.

 

We chose thriller as our genre because I like the suspense and excitement built through seeing small shots of action interrupted by titles. The film Taken influenced our thriller because it is in the same genre although Taken consists of more action. In thriller opening sequences usually the protagonist is shown and the theme begins light and happy but changes very quickly to show something isn't right.

 We used a lot of titles and logos in our opening sequence. It gives little of the action away but still attracts the audience. They keys used in the titles were created and edited into the frame using photoshop and adobe premiere pro. They show the audience the theme is keyholes and keys. 

We do see domestic violence towards the end of the thriller though, expressing darker themes.

 

There is some foreshadowing in my opening sequence. We are unaware of what the girl is looking at until the sound indicates she is not alone behind the door. We also know there is a key theme because of the keys used next to the titles. We know the film will be thrilling as the music suggests something is about to happen. The silence at the beginning shows Evangeline's lack of understanding and the unexpected event she is about to witness.