Still frame analysis

Still frame analysis-

This is a still from Quarantine, a 2008 American horror film. The camera is at a slanted angle and is on the floor to show that she is in trouble and reaching out to for help as if to the audience. There is no lighting as it is clear that it is being filmed in pitch black with a night vision camera. The actress is covered in cuts, bruises and dirt and has a scruffy look to show that she has been through bad times. This still is in the last few seconds of the film and it gives the impression that someone is going to come up behind her as she will not realise but the audience will so there is a bit of dramatic irony used.

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-Molly

DVD Cover analysis

This is the dvd cover of Saw.

You can tell its in the horror genre for many reasons. Firstly, the colours it uses. There are mainly dark colours like black which shows that this film is dark and not a "happy" film. Also the writing it uses and the style, a big bold red title connotates blood as its the same colour and the style looksl it has been written in blood. Furthermore, the pictures includes, the front cover shows a foot which looks like it has been trapped. Also the back cover shows a girl trapped in a head mask which connotates people in the story are trapped by someone or something. In addition to this the writing on the cover is a massive clue as to what genre this is. The quote "How much blood would you shed to stay alive" shows that people suffer in this film to stay alive. Also the quotes from the reviews "A Revoolutionary Shocker" shows that this film may be scary which is a characteristic of the genre. Also the sysnopsis of the film shows its a horror as it explains part of the story. Finally, the cover includes the certification of the film which in this case is an 18, this shows its a horror as younger people aren't allowed to watch it.


- Roman

Brief

Our group has been asked to create an opening sequence for our media studies project. We chose to do a horror. In our opening sequence a group of friends went to a party, and have been kidnapped. One of them have been found dead when the others woke up.

Conventions of Thriller genre.

The genre of thriller has it's own convention of filming. Most thriller films are told in first person and narrate what happens in the story. Thriller uses alot of camera work alot, quick cuts and camera angle changes. It can use anything like the use of lighting. Shadows are used alot aswell as mirrors and stairs, they are very good conventions of thriller films.

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History of Thriller genre.

Thriller is a genre that is used in literature, film and television to create suspense, tension and excitement. The sub genres include crime, mystery and psychological thrillers. In the mid 60's thriller films became increasingly popular. The genre of thriller is very similar to crime and horror because they share the elements of suspense, tension and excitement.

One of the main elements of thriller genre is give the audience an adrenaline rush and to keep them on the 'edge of their seats'. Tension can be built up in many different ways, many of them based on the character and the scene for example, a character trapped in a room with no possible way out. The atmosphere of a thriller film can be effected by the lighting and sound. The lighting can be effected by making it more dull and dark to create tension because the audience may not know what could jump out. The sound could be effected by making it slower and more erey. It could also be more high pitched and more faster and points to give the audience more adrenaline. Common plots with thriller include kidnapping, murder, knife crime and many more.

Overall the thriller genre is there to create suspense for the audience. It's there to keep them watching and so they don't know what will happen next. This is cleverly done through the use of mise-en-scene, lighting and sound.

Scripting

*Everyone's getting ready and close up's of everyones face and credits breaking up different people*
Walking down the road
Black screen
Wake up in the warehouse.
Close up's on their faces
Molly wakes up
Molly: BART BART. Wake up! Where the FUCK are we?!
Bart wakes up as Molly hits him
Bart:What?! uhm.. what's happened to your face?
Molly: What do you mean?(wipes chin) what's happened to your face?!
Both look at each other in confusion and look around the room to try find out where they are.
Molly: Where's Roman?!
Bart:(looking around his shoulder to find Roman behind him) Don't look behind you!
Close up on Roman sitting tied up, Molly gets closer to Roman and taps his leg
Molly:(tapping Romans leg) Roman?! ROMAN!? (lifts Romans head) AHHHHHHH.

Production company and logo.

We needed to come up with an original company name that would be suitable for the genre of film.

I played around with some names that gave off a sense of horror.

The final product that I came up with was Rage Productions. I created a logo with the title in large white writing with a red devils pitch fork through the middle. 

RAGE PRODUCTIONS

-Molly