Many thriller films fall victim to being given in many opinion's awful name titles. Having a poor title can really put people back from seeing a movie especially when from a low budget production company such as ourselves. This is why rather than think up a name for our film ourselves and run the risk of an awful name that we were too blind to see we decided to do a questionaire where we showed people out thriller opening and got their suggestions on what we should call the film. After the questionnaire the names suggested were as followed;
-Night Shift
-The Factory
-Lights Out
-The Chosen
-In The Shadows
-Betrayal
-The Phantom of the Factory
-The Hammer
Instantly we could see some ideas that were strong so we compiled a list of these names and passed round the list and the previous viewers ticked which name they thought was the strongest of the bunch. With names such as "Lights Out" and "Betrayal" getting a few votes, but there was a clear title that got the most votes, this was "Night Shift" that had just under 70% of the vote. It was obvious to us that with such as huge percentage of the public vote "Night Shift" was the new name for our thriller.
Friday 27 February 2009
Sound Plan for Final Piece
We used our sound and music from the website www.freesound.org , we also used some diagetic sounds from filming as there was machinery around us making alot of noise, we kept this in to show realism of the film. This website will be free to download and copyright free for our piece. Using this site it will give us a wider variety of sound which we could add together to other sounds and make our piece sound alot better rather than just a normal song being pushed in. Our sound was made dark and tense in order to fit in with our atmosphere and mood of the piece. We also used sudden sounds and big hitting sounds to emphasise certain movements of the thriller such as the murder scene or if the killer is seen at any point.
Final Piece Plan
Location:
For our thriller project we decided to work and film in a factory. We decided this as it would give dark thriller effects and sounds. This also gave us a large area to work in which we could then control the lighting alot easier, this gave us the oppurtunity to make good shots at any time of the day. Also whilst filming in private property it made it a safer environment to use any weapons needed in our piece with out the worry from the public.
Planning:
Our planning was done as a team effort, with decisions on location and the general plot of our piece. The planning took longer than expected as we had to think of every little detail and think thoroughly about the murder scene. We started our planning quite early but didnt start filming till this year in January, it then took us a following three weeks to complete the filming including little bits that needed to be added.
Props:
-Weapon, this only included a hammer which could be clearly seen in the dark.
-Costume, this was just a standard working mans uniform and a big coat that covered the murderer from head to toe, so he could not be seen!
-Cellotape, This was used in one scene where a light switch got stuck down to stop it from flickering back on.
Target Audience:
The main target audience for our final piece will be certificate 15. The main reason for this is because there is some violent scenes shown by murders and some bad language. Another reason for this certificate rating is because the themes contained in it are more popular with people aged between 15+. Also this certificate is the main cinema viewing audience so there could be a lot more different age groups viewing our piece ranging from 15 onwards, as if it was a certificate of a lower rating the piece would get rated lower as there wouldnt be much point in violent scenes as they couldnt be shown.
For our thriller project we decided to work and film in a factory. We decided this as it would give dark thriller effects and sounds. This also gave us a large area to work in which we could then control the lighting alot easier, this gave us the oppurtunity to make good shots at any time of the day. Also whilst filming in private property it made it a safer environment to use any weapons needed in our piece with out the worry from the public.
Planning:
Our planning was done as a team effort, with decisions on location and the general plot of our piece. The planning took longer than expected as we had to think of every little detail and think thoroughly about the murder scene. We started our planning quite early but didnt start filming till this year in January, it then took us a following three weeks to complete the filming including little bits that needed to be added.
Props:
-Weapon, this only included a hammer which could be clearly seen in the dark.
-Costume, this was just a standard working mans uniform and a big coat that covered the murderer from head to toe, so he could not be seen!
-Cellotape, This was used in one scene where a light switch got stuck down to stop it from flickering back on.
Target Audience:
The main target audience for our final piece will be certificate 15. The main reason for this is because there is some violent scenes shown by murders and some bad language. Another reason for this certificate rating is because the themes contained in it are more popular with people aged between 15+. Also this certificate is the main cinema viewing audience so there could be a lot more different age groups viewing our piece ranging from 15 onwards, as if it was a certificate of a lower rating the piece would get rated lower as there wouldnt be much point in violent scenes as they couldnt be shown.
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