Mark hypotheses for Video, Planning and Research.

 

video: level 3 36-47 marks.

As a group we feel we've done enough to reach band three. We believe we've included a variety of shooting material and have selected a number of elements of mise-en-scene such as colour, lightening, objects and setting to use in our film. We've used sound with images that are both appropriate and match the thriller conventions in our film respectively. The reason we haven't reached band foud is because we believe we haven't been hugely creative in our shooting, and we haven't maximized the potential camera shots in our film.

Research and planning: level 4 16-20 marks.

as a group, we've completed and researched a lot of work on thrillers. We feel we have posted an efficient number of posts to maximize our grade and have little room for improvement in this department. As a group we've almost posted 40 blogs, of which I'm sure will increase as time goes by. there is excellent information on thriller conventions, shots, layouts, costume, organising, and target audience - these are just to name a few. 

Worst thriller ever?

This thriller sees the brother and fiancee of a dead policeman infiltrate a female-led biker gang to uncover his murderer - uncovering twists and turns on the way.

" This movie is one big motorcycle accident. The plot is awful the cast is awful, everything in this one is awful. A guy's brother is killed so he and his brother's fiance infiltrate a biker gang to look for the his killers. There aren't as many biker chicks as the tagline and title suggest and we mainly see a bunch of people act drunk and once in a while we can understand what they are saying. It is an even worse movie than "Sidehackers" another Ross Hagen movie."

"A very lame attempt to show what the motorcycle culture of the late 1960's was like, the Hellcats was just plain bad."

1/10 stars - officially the lowest-rated thriller film to date.

Evaluation of the Thriller Psycho and Chinatown

"Psycho - considered one of the best Thriller films."

Both of these highly rated films are both different thrillers as Psycho uses fast because and fast camera shots to create suspense, whereas in Chinatown it's more action-packed, mind games are presented to challenge the readers thoughts about the murder and it creates fear and suspense. Both thrillers have been successful in the making, and are regarded as some of the best thrillers of all time.

PSYCHO -

Consistently listed among the best thrillers ever made, Psycho, the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, has changed the way anyone who's ever seen it feels about being the in shower. Believe it or not, when Psycho first came out, audiences weren't completely into it.  Many fans of the filmmaker were disappointed to get something all together different than they were expecting. 




CHINATOWN -
Featuring a strong, Academy Award-winning screenplay by Robert Towne, private detective J.J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson) investigates a murder and stumbles onto a conspiracy involving the future of Los Angeles. A neo-noir thriller that simultaneously pays homage to and redefines the film noir genre, Chinatown tells a complex story brilliantly and showcases one of Nicholson's greatest performances.

Extra Research - Thriller Poster Evaluation

The featured "Thriller Poster" shown above uses the conventions of a thriller to great effect. We are fully aware of the fact that the film that is being advertised is in fact a thriller because of the conventions used. Lighting is a key aspect used in the poster - Thrillers use lighting for different reasons, while trying to set up a particular overriding tone or atmosphere for the upcoming film. There is a sense of anxiety and discomfort presented in the poster which engages the audience and makes them hooked onto what the film has to offer. Characters are normally presented in the middle of the frame, this is very much the case for this Thriller poster as we can see a woman shown in the center.  The characters' movement and position usually tells us something about the person - as an audience I believe the woman is very ambiguous and presents a sense of mystery.