Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Analysis of Seven
This opening sequence includes conventions of the Thriller genre that make it easily identifiable and classed into the genre by an audience, which is something that is important for me to achieve with my final media product.
Conventions in this sequence include:
-fast and short cuts create high levels of anticipation as it is unclear as to what is going on, yet a bricolage of images and shots create an eerie theme.
-slightly gruesome shots such as shaving the skin off a finger create terror and anxiety, and repetition of the colour red, contrasting to the consistant black and white used in the rest of the sequence triggers associations to blood and therefore terror yet again.
-the shadows, unusual angles and distortions create tension and suspense.
The audio in the sequence such as creeks and distorted screams is in keeping with the disturbing images and the sequence therefore suggests themes of crime and murder common conventions of Thrillers.
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Use the thriller conventions you have stated as headings to analyse Seven in more depth.
ReplyDeleteAlso try to analyse one other classic thriller. and then get on to your idea for your thriller and start storyboarding as soon as possible.
This project will not be a success for you, unless you do some work outside of class time. Here are some suggestions:
1. Use all your textual analysis knowledge
2. search the web for material about thrillers and other examples, e.g. on youtube; again create links or paste videos/pics/film posters etc into your blog
3. have a look on the web for visual ideas in any kinds of text- photos of props, costumes, facial expressions, locations,fonts, anything that you might use- paste these into your blog as a kind of planning/ideas scrapbook/sketchbook
4. Use a digital camera or your phone to take some recce shots of locations and upload these to your blog.
ALL THE ABOVE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO PLANNING MARKS- so well worth doing!
5. Start drafting your essays talk about your initial ideas and what examples you have analysed so far.
6. Watch some thrillers to get ideas of what works and what doesn't- particularly lots of opening sequences for what is used in titles and for conventions of film openings. Listen to soundtracks and consider how to set up mood through sound.
7. Sketch storyboard frames ready so you have the maximum amount of planning of your shots ready for when you go out with the camera.
8. Work out when you can do the shoot as you will need to be well organised and ready
9. You will be shooting the sequence outside school in the group's own time anyway
10. Ask other people to look at your ideas, your blog and your writing- parents have often seen a surprising number of useful films! they might even be prepared to be in your film...