Sunday, 28 March 2010
Saturday, 27 March 2010
Location Scouting
Here are some photographs of the locations we have chosen to shoot in.
(Photographs & reasons why we have chosen this particular location for the film)
(Photographs & reasons why we have chosen this particular location for the film)
Health And Safety Risk Assessment
For each location, risks to health and safety will be considered and how they can be prevented.
Friday, 26 March 2010
Script
In ancient times, a dream was a successful technique for obtaining guidance and advice for for ourselves.
Honestly speaking… I don’t know where I’m going.
I wake up again not knowing when I went to sleep.
It’s all a blur if you ask me; nothing looks to me as it did before.
Chapter 1 :
Lucid dreams
Lucid dreaming is a rather rare experience for most people; it involves a dream in which you actually become aware that you are dreaming. The sensation is more than just a bright dream- it is like being fully conscious and awake but finding your self in a ‘fake’ world.
Lucid dreamers should be able to signal information about the ongoing dream, to the world of wakefulness.
Chapter 2:
The communication problem
The unconscious cannot communicate easily with the consciousness.
(Character sitting with associate, having a drink)
Why is it that you tell me the same story over and over
(Over the shoulder shot of character and friend).
Chapter 3:
The false awakening
This is a situation that sometimes happens in dreams, especially after a lucid dream and which can be very puzzling the first time it occurs. Essentially you dream that you are awake. The imagery is often very vivid and you are convinced that you have just woken, everything seems real and accurate but when you look out of the window, it is not your road.
Then you wake up.
(The end of opening sequence)
Honestly speaking… I don’t know where I’m going.
I wake up again not knowing when I went to sleep.
It’s all a blur if you ask me; nothing looks to me as it did before.
Chapter 1 :
Lucid dreams
Lucid dreaming is a rather rare experience for most people; it involves a dream in which you actually become aware that you are dreaming. The sensation is more than just a bright dream- it is like being fully conscious and awake but finding your self in a ‘fake’ world.
Lucid dreamers should be able to signal information about the ongoing dream, to the world of wakefulness.
Chapter 2:
The communication problem
The unconscious cannot communicate easily with the consciousness.
(Character sitting with associate, having a drink)
Why is it that you tell me the same story over and over
(Over the shoulder shot of character and friend).
Chapter 3:
The false awakening
This is a situation that sometimes happens in dreams, especially after a lucid dream and which can be very puzzling the first time it occurs. Essentially you dream that you are awake. The imagery is often very vivid and you are convinced that you have just woken, everything seems real and accurate but when you look out of the window, it is not your road.
Then you wake up.
(The end of opening sequence)
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The Talented Mr. Ripley - Honey Azh
Thrillers are types of films known to promote intense excitement and suspense. Thrillers tend to have high levels of anticipation, ultra – heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety and nerve-wracking tension. The Talented Mr Ripley is a thriller made in 1999 and directed by Anthony Minghella. The Talented Mr Ripley starred most notably Matt Damon as Tom Ripley and Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf. The film was mainly in Italy with Rome and Venice being used s a backdrop for the narrative.
The film is set in the 1950s when Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party in America. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton graduate speaks to Tom, Tom pretends to know the son and is almost immediately offered $1,000 to go to Italy to persuade Dickie Greenleaf to return home to his father in America. Tom therefore goes to Italy, and attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Marge who is Dickie's fiancée. Aside from Tom’s lying, Tom’s talents also included impersonation and forgery, so when the confident Dickie has enough of Tom, dismissing him as a boring, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Dickie’s privileges his, by to the audience surprise killing Dickie. This part most of all portrays the fact that The talented Mr. Ripley is a thriller as there is of course a murderer who is Tom Ripley wanting to fill Dickie’s shoes. This is therefore conventional of a thriller.
The characters in this film are typical of this thriller genre, most of all Tom Ripley’s character as shown in ‘The talented Mr. Ripley’ because he will go to any measure to be and achieve what he wants. For example as I have mentioned that Tom kills Dickie in order to take his identity from him and make Dickie lose everything he has. Therefore the film has a clear antagonist with a single minded goal to be someone he is not in Tom Ripley’s case. Another main character in this film is Dickie; he is rather typical of a thriller also as he is clearly the protagonist the man who was unfortunate to be there and is unaware of all of Tom’s horrifying thoughts. This is typical of a thriller due to the fact that someone completely innocent was gone after by the antagonist through no clear fault of his own.
The films mise en scene commences in America and continues in Rome where most of the film is shot. The majority of the film was shot in daylight which is considerably unconventional for a typical thriller. This perhaps connotes that the fear for the audience is laid down from somewhere else. This is symbolized when Tom and Dickie were on the boat in broad daylight which was the scene were Tom killed Dickie, ironically on Dickies own boat.
The genre of this film is a clear and typical thriller. This is because it consists of a murderer and a clear antagonist. This represents the fact that ‘The talented Mr. Ripley’ is a thriller with suspense and tension used to appeal to the audience to this genre.
The shot used when Tom killed Dickie were a mixture of close-ups and also bird’s eye view. This allowed the audience to experience a high tension murder scene with plenty of reactions shots used to show the characters expressions throughout the scene. Other significant moment were the camera shots were important was in Tom house as Marge discovered that Tom is in fact murdered her fiancée. The camera work and angles used were very focus, which reflected her emotion. There was also the use of close ups to show the emotions of her face once she discovered the shocking truth. As Marge walked away from Tom there was also a panning shot used to represent her fear. This shot intensified the scene as the audience felt as though Tom was walking towards them. This was one of scenes that highlighted the genre of the film, because of how frightening and edgy it was. This was frightening for the audience because they thought that she would be the next victim since tom killed anyone who got in his way, or anyone who suspected the truth that he murdered Dickie. Therefore these were all techniques used by the director to enable this film to follow the codes and conventions of a thriller.
All in all ‘The talented Mr. Ripley’ is a conventional and thrilling film that follows most of the codes and conventions of a typical thriller film. This is not only because of the fact that there is a murderer in the film but also because it involves someone wanting to steel someone else’s identity. I therefore feel that anyone who likes thriller will defiantly enjoy this film as in goes into thrillers from a different perspective which is maybe a bit more realistic that people will go through outrageous measures to get exactly what they want, like Tom Ripley certainly did in this film.
The film is set in the 1950s when Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party in America. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton graduate speaks to Tom, Tom pretends to know the son and is almost immediately offered $1,000 to go to Italy to persuade Dickie Greenleaf to return home to his father in America. Tom therefore goes to Italy, and attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Marge who is Dickie's fiancée. Aside from Tom’s lying, Tom’s talents also included impersonation and forgery, so when the confident Dickie has enough of Tom, dismissing him as a boring, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Dickie’s privileges his, by to the audience surprise killing Dickie. This part most of all portrays the fact that The talented Mr. Ripley is a thriller as there is of course a murderer who is Tom Ripley wanting to fill Dickie’s shoes. This is therefore conventional of a thriller.
The characters in this film are typical of this thriller genre, most of all Tom Ripley’s character as shown in ‘The talented Mr. Ripley’ because he will go to any measure to be and achieve what he wants. For example as I have mentioned that Tom kills Dickie in order to take his identity from him and make Dickie lose everything he has. Therefore the film has a clear antagonist with a single minded goal to be someone he is not in Tom Ripley’s case. Another main character in this film is Dickie; he is rather typical of a thriller also as he is clearly the protagonist the man who was unfortunate to be there and is unaware of all of Tom’s horrifying thoughts. This is typical of a thriller due to the fact that someone completely innocent was gone after by the antagonist through no clear fault of his own.
The films mise en scene commences in America and continues in Rome where most of the film is shot. The majority of the film was shot in daylight which is considerably unconventional for a typical thriller. This perhaps connotes that the fear for the audience is laid down from somewhere else. This is symbolized when Tom and Dickie were on the boat in broad daylight which was the scene were Tom killed Dickie, ironically on Dickies own boat.
The genre of this film is a clear and typical thriller. This is because it consists of a murderer and a clear antagonist. This represents the fact that ‘The talented Mr. Ripley’ is a thriller with suspense and tension used to appeal to the audience to this genre.
The shot used when Tom killed Dickie were a mixture of close-ups and also bird’s eye view. This allowed the audience to experience a high tension murder scene with plenty of reactions shots used to show the characters expressions throughout the scene. Other significant moment were the camera shots were important was in Tom house as Marge discovered that Tom is in fact murdered her fiancée. The camera work and angles used were very focus, which reflected her emotion. There was also the use of close ups to show the emotions of her face once she discovered the shocking truth. As Marge walked away from Tom there was also a panning shot used to represent her fear. This shot intensified the scene as the audience felt as though Tom was walking towards them. This was one of scenes that highlighted the genre of the film, because of how frightening and edgy it was. This was frightening for the audience because they thought that she would be the next victim since tom killed anyone who got in his way, or anyone who suspected the truth that he murdered Dickie. Therefore these were all techniques used by the director to enable this film to follow the codes and conventions of a thriller.
All in all ‘The talented Mr. Ripley’ is a conventional and thrilling film that follows most of the codes and conventions of a typical thriller film. This is not only because of the fact that there is a murderer in the film but also because it involves someone wanting to steel someone else’s identity. I therefore feel that anyone who likes thriller will defiantly enjoy this film as in goes into thrillers from a different perspective which is maybe a bit more realistic that people will go through outrageous measures to get exactly what they want, like Tom Ripley certainly did in this film.
Momento - Darine Bahsoon
Memento is a psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film was released in 2000. The film stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a former insurance fraud investigator searching for a man he believes has killed and raped his wife during a burglary of their house. Leonard the main character suffers from anterograde amnesia which is connected from a head trauma during the attack of his wife. This is therefore the reason of Leonard’s condition and the fact the he cannot store new memories. In order for Leonard to cope with his condition he creates and maintains a system of notes and photographs and also tattoos all over his body to record information about himself and also about others, including his wife’s killer. The films events unfold in two separate, alternating narratives, one in which is in colour and the other part is in black and white.
Leonard’s character is that conceivably playing and acting a detective role, which is typical of a thriller movie involving a detective role as the main character. Another main character is this film aside from Leonard, is Teddy played by Pantoliano and Natalie played by Carrie-Anne Moss. Leonard is aided in investigation to find his wife’s killer. However significantly, Leonard cannot trust either Teddy or Natalie. Teddy’s character is perhaps a ‘snitch’, also a ‘bent cop’ meaning he is a rather dodgy character and also character that will go to any measure to eat money. This is shown as he sets up Jimmy G. Jimmy G in what the audience could believe was a police officer who perhaps also does drug dealing on the side. However Teddy does know Leonard’s character more than anyone else and Leonard is aware of this and this therefore annoys him and so he therefore wrote on Teddy’s picture ‘don’t believe his lies’. Nevertheless Teddy’s character is not all bad as he generally likes Leonard and wants to help make him happy. Whereas Natalie, is on the other hand, playing games with Leonard, and taking advantage of condition and benefitting from it. Leonard also killed Natalie’s boyfriend, Natalie is aware of this and because she knows this she attempts to set up Teddy. This highlights the fact that Natalie’s character is twisted and evil as she wants to get revenge, in any way at all including taking advantage of Leonard’s condition and also messes with his mind, to get her way.
The film is set in an American town, a quite, spread out and dusty. This is shown as the car in the film gets extremely filthy. The setting in which the killings take place is in an abandoned farm house on the outer skirts of the town. This is appealing to the fact that it is a thriller as it is abandoned and perhaps also isolated. A key unconventional feature of the setting and mood of the film is that as it is a thriller and unlike most thrillers it is set in daylight. This is perhaps against the norm of a typical thriller.
From the fact that the film is set in complete daylight throughout you feel as though the films sense of fear for the audience all comes from the fact Leonard has lost his memory. There is the use of what look like flash backs used in this film in black and white about Sammy Jenkins but are actually flash forwards. Sammy Jenkins is a made up character used to make Leonard feel better about himself. However we find out throughout the film that it is really all along Leonard is that character.
All in all I feel that whilst the story and plot is conventional of a thriller film the style of the narrative telling is unconventional as a majority of the film is toward backwards. As this is a detective story and it also does involve solving a crime and a mystery this enables the film to fit the codes and conventions of a thriller. This film also involves a protagonist with a single minded goal which is Leonards case is to kill the man who raped and supposedly ‘murdered’ is wife. I feel that Memento is a very good film that will most definitely attract an audience who enjoy thriller movies and give them satisfaction while watching this incredibly original film.
Leonard’s character is that conceivably playing and acting a detective role, which is typical of a thriller movie involving a detective role as the main character. Another main character is this film aside from Leonard, is Teddy played by Pantoliano and Natalie played by Carrie-Anne Moss. Leonard is aided in investigation to find his wife’s killer. However significantly, Leonard cannot trust either Teddy or Natalie. Teddy’s character is perhaps a ‘snitch’, also a ‘bent cop’ meaning he is a rather dodgy character and also character that will go to any measure to eat money. This is shown as he sets up Jimmy G. Jimmy G in what the audience could believe was a police officer who perhaps also does drug dealing on the side. However Teddy does know Leonard’s character more than anyone else and Leonard is aware of this and this therefore annoys him and so he therefore wrote on Teddy’s picture ‘don’t believe his lies’. Nevertheless Teddy’s character is not all bad as he generally likes Leonard and wants to help make him happy. Whereas Natalie, is on the other hand, playing games with Leonard, and taking advantage of condition and benefitting from it. Leonard also killed Natalie’s boyfriend, Natalie is aware of this and because she knows this she attempts to set up Teddy. This highlights the fact that Natalie’s character is twisted and evil as she wants to get revenge, in any way at all including taking advantage of Leonard’s condition and also messes with his mind, to get her way.
The film is set in an American town, a quite, spread out and dusty. This is shown as the car in the film gets extremely filthy. The setting in which the killings take place is in an abandoned farm house on the outer skirts of the town. This is appealing to the fact that it is a thriller as it is abandoned and perhaps also isolated. A key unconventional feature of the setting and mood of the film is that as it is a thriller and unlike most thrillers it is set in daylight. This is perhaps against the norm of a typical thriller.
From the fact that the film is set in complete daylight throughout you feel as though the films sense of fear for the audience all comes from the fact Leonard has lost his memory. There is the use of what look like flash backs used in this film in black and white about Sammy Jenkins but are actually flash forwards. Sammy Jenkins is a made up character used to make Leonard feel better about himself. However we find out throughout the film that it is really all along Leonard is that character.
All in all I feel that whilst the story and plot is conventional of a thriller film the style of the narrative telling is unconventional as a majority of the film is toward backwards. As this is a detective story and it also does involve solving a crime and a mystery this enables the film to fit the codes and conventions of a thriller. This film also involves a protagonist with a single minded goal which is Leonards case is to kill the man who raped and supposedly ‘murdered’ is wife. I feel that Memento is a very good film that will most definitely attract an audience who enjoy thriller movies and give them satisfaction while watching this incredibly original film.
Saw - Darine Bahsoon
Suspense and danger are two main points thriller films usually include. This is in particular accurate for Saw. Saw is a thriller made in 2004 and directed by James Wan. Saw is a typical thriller designed to keep the audience interested throughout and most defiantly keeps the audience on the edge of their seat at all times.
The basic plot of the film is two men wake up at opposite sides of a dirty, disused bathroom, chained by their ankles to pipes. Between the two men lies a dead man loosely clutching a hand-held tape player and a handgun. Each of them then finds a tape the perfect fit for the player in their back pocket, and simply if they play the tapes, one is threatened, and the other isn't. But they have a task: One must kill the other by 6:00, or his wife and daughter will die. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn of more victims, and of the nearly-successful capture of the Jigsaw Killer, who doesn't actually kill his victims. Instead, he finds ways to make them kill either themselves, or each other, and he thinks the entire 'game' out perfectly, with no other ways out. From the plot we can see that it is a clear thriller as the film is typical a sort of puzzles and perhaps a mystery to solve. Therefore from just the plot of the film it is already clear that the film is a thriller. In Saw there are also police detectives investigate who attempt to apprehend the criminal responsible, the "Jigsaw Killer". This too highlights the fact it is a thriller as there are detectives involved, which is typical of a thriller genre.
The main characters in this film are Cary Elwes played as Dr. Lawrence Gordon Leigh Whannell played as Adam Faulkner as Danny Glover as Detective David Tapp, Michael Emerson Zep Hindle and Monica Potter as Alison Gordon. Dr. Lawrence is arguably the protagonist as he is put in a situation through no clear fault of his own while Zep is the antagonist, as he is the once creating the harm on the characters. These characteristics are typical of the thriller genre.
The setting of the film is mainly in a dirty bathroom in an unconventional building of which the characters are unaware where they are. This is rather conventional of a thriller because the setting is certain mysterious and puzzling, which is conventional of a thriller setting. The setting is someway reflects as to how the audience is feeling and well as the character and that is confused and with fear injected into them, as the setting is strange in itself. The setting is also incredibly original with would appeal to the audience as they will feel pleasantly surprised and therefore thrilled.
The style and mood of this film is typical of a thriller genre as the tension is high and the suspense is building dramatically as the time goes on, in particular because there is the use of a timer in the film and as time runs out the tension builds within the audience they are also constantly kept on the edge of their seat throughout the film, in particular because of the style and mood of suspense that the film has set.
The camera work used in this film in the opening sequence is used to show a dead body in the filthy bathroom and there is a bird’s eye view and snap shots to shows a gun, his head and a tape player. An additional scene were the camera work was significant was in the scene when a woman is in a room with metal object on her head, the camera work used at this stage is key in fitting with the thriller genre. The shot used is a close up on her face to see her reaction of waking up in this room and also is a high shot and editing is used to make the camera work a lot faster at this stage. Another important use of camera work is when she sees the timer and then a reaction shot is used straight after to see her emotion. The use of the camera work for that scene is very fast pasted. A further important use of the camera work that conveys that Saw is a thriller is when Lawrence’s wife and daughter are in the room and a man with a cloak has held them and is hurting them. The camera work her has deliberately shown only part of his face. This adds to the mystery that the director is trying to create for the audience and also tension is now building. While Lawrence and Adam are in the bathroom and Lawrence discovers that Adam knows him from before this the camera shot used is worm’s eye shot on Lawrence and a bird’s eye shots / high shot on Adam. This conveys the fact that Lawrence is the one asking the demands of Adam and that is the reason we see him from a worm’s eye shot and Adam from bird’s eye / high shot.
The sound used in Saw in particular in the credits was conventional for a thriller. The song used was ‘Bite the hand that bleeds’ by Fear Factory which fits with the genre of industrial music. This kind of music used is conventional for a thriller film as it adds a bit of mystery to the film too. There was also the when a flash back was shown of a man screaming and screaming as he was stuck in the middle of wires everywhere. The use of sound her is to put fear into the audience and therefore portray that this is a thriller movie.
Overall I felt that this was an original yet conventional and thrilling thriller. I feel it followed many thriller codes and conventions which enabled the film to appeal to the thriller audience. I felt that the characters and the mood set in the film Saw made this a successful thriller, as they both were shocking and exhilarating from start to finish.
The basic plot of the film is two men wake up at opposite sides of a dirty, disused bathroom, chained by their ankles to pipes. Between the two men lies a dead man loosely clutching a hand-held tape player and a handgun. Each of them then finds a tape the perfect fit for the player in their back pocket, and simply if they play the tapes, one is threatened, and the other isn't. But they have a task: One must kill the other by 6:00, or his wife and daughter will die. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn of more victims, and of the nearly-successful capture of the Jigsaw Killer, who doesn't actually kill his victims. Instead, he finds ways to make them kill either themselves, or each other, and he thinks the entire 'game' out perfectly, with no other ways out. From the plot we can see that it is a clear thriller as the film is typical a sort of puzzles and perhaps a mystery to solve. Therefore from just the plot of the film it is already clear that the film is a thriller. In Saw there are also police detectives investigate who attempt to apprehend the criminal responsible, the "Jigsaw Killer". This too highlights the fact it is a thriller as there are detectives involved, which is typical of a thriller genre.
The main characters in this film are Cary Elwes played as Dr. Lawrence Gordon Leigh Whannell played as Adam Faulkner as Danny Glover as Detective David Tapp, Michael Emerson Zep Hindle and Monica Potter as Alison Gordon. Dr. Lawrence is arguably the protagonist as he is put in a situation through no clear fault of his own while Zep is the antagonist, as he is the once creating the harm on the characters. These characteristics are typical of the thriller genre.
The setting of the film is mainly in a dirty bathroom in an unconventional building of which the characters are unaware where they are. This is rather conventional of a thriller because the setting is certain mysterious and puzzling, which is conventional of a thriller setting. The setting is someway reflects as to how the audience is feeling and well as the character and that is confused and with fear injected into them, as the setting is strange in itself. The setting is also incredibly original with would appeal to the audience as they will feel pleasantly surprised and therefore thrilled.
The style and mood of this film is typical of a thriller genre as the tension is high and the suspense is building dramatically as the time goes on, in particular because there is the use of a timer in the film and as time runs out the tension builds within the audience they are also constantly kept on the edge of their seat throughout the film, in particular because of the style and mood of suspense that the film has set.
The camera work used in this film in the opening sequence is used to show a dead body in the filthy bathroom and there is a bird’s eye view and snap shots to shows a gun, his head and a tape player. An additional scene were the camera work was significant was in the scene when a woman is in a room with metal object on her head, the camera work used at this stage is key in fitting with the thriller genre. The shot used is a close up on her face to see her reaction of waking up in this room and also is a high shot and editing is used to make the camera work a lot faster at this stage. Another important use of camera work is when she sees the timer and then a reaction shot is used straight after to see her emotion. The use of the camera work for that scene is very fast pasted. A further important use of the camera work that conveys that Saw is a thriller is when Lawrence’s wife and daughter are in the room and a man with a cloak has held them and is hurting them. The camera work her has deliberately shown only part of his face. This adds to the mystery that the director is trying to create for the audience and also tension is now building. While Lawrence and Adam are in the bathroom and Lawrence discovers that Adam knows him from before this the camera shot used is worm’s eye shot on Lawrence and a bird’s eye shots / high shot on Adam. This conveys the fact that Lawrence is the one asking the demands of Adam and that is the reason we see him from a worm’s eye shot and Adam from bird’s eye / high shot.
The sound used in Saw in particular in the credits was conventional for a thriller. The song used was ‘Bite the hand that bleeds’ by Fear Factory which fits with the genre of industrial music. This kind of music used is conventional for a thriller film as it adds a bit of mystery to the film too. There was also the when a flash back was shown of a man screaming and screaming as he was stuck in the middle of wires everywhere. The use of sound her is to put fear into the audience and therefore portray that this is a thriller movie.
Overall I felt that this was an original yet conventional and thrilling thriller. I feel it followed many thriller codes and conventions which enabled the film to appeal to the thriller audience. I felt that the characters and the mood set in the film Saw made this a successful thriller, as they both were shocking and exhilarating from start to finish.
The Orphanage - Honey Azh
Life itself is threatened usually because the principle character is unsuspecting or unknowing. This is what thrillers generally focus on and this is in particular in ‘The Orphanage’. The Orphanage is a Mexican-Spanish thriller film made in 2007. The film stars Belen Rueda as Laura, a woman who returns to the orphanage where she stayed for a period of time as a child. She purchases a house, with plans to turn it into a home for disabled orphan children. Everything seems to be going well for Laura, she has her husband Carlos played by Cayo and their son Simon played by Princep. However, the parents soon realize their son has an imaginary friend and horror beings to unfold. The busy Laura does not give much attention to her son; then she sees a mysterious masked boy and Simón vanishes. Laura feels the presence of other persons in the house and months later, the desperate Laura invites a team of parapsychologists to try to unravel the mystery.
The main characters in this film conform to the thriller genre. There is an antagonist and a protagonist. The antagonist in the film is Tomas and the protagonist in the film is Laura. This is because Laura is the unfortunate women whose son gets attracted by the antagonist Tomas. Tomas is a little boy ghost who has died and attempts to take Simon away from his family too. These two main characters are typical of the thriller genre as one is ‘evil’ while the other is the ‘good’ who is put in a situation out of her depth. This will appeal to the thriller target audience as it has a hint were they can relate to Laura and admire her determination to do anything to find her son.
The main setting of this film is in an old orphanage home. The home is very old and has perhaps mysterious secrets within. This is because of the fact that the film highlights that children ghost are all over the house throughout the film. This therefore conveys that this is a thriller film, with mysteries laid out and puzzles to solve. This is in particularly shown when Laura searches the house to find her son, and the is playing with the spirits and ghosts of the children in order to try to find her son. From this we take into account that this is clearly a psychological thriller; as this orphanage in particular is proved to have many mysterious and hidden secrets with problems to solve.
The sound used in The Orphanage is very typical of a thriller as it is mysterious and well throughout. When something important happens the background music sound goes up and increasingly builds with the tension and suspense. This adds to the thriller genre as the sound represents the mood of the film, and therefore highlights the thriller genre.
The camera work used throughout ‘The orphanage’ is significant in highlighting that this is a thriller film to the audience. For example a key part which highlighted the fact that this is a thriller is when Laura was playing a game with the ghost children. This game involved Laura constantly turning around to check if the children were there, the camera work for this perhaps shows most that this film is a thriller this is because we almost known that she is going to turn around and at some stage the children will be there. This is built up from the audience knowing and waiting for Laura to turn around. This is a significant feature, as if this was a horror then we the audience would some what have been scared and shocked, which is unlike what happened as the audience were expecting this. This shows that the camera work used throughout also portrays the fact that ‘The Orphanage’ is a thriller film as there is the use of reaction shots and panning shots also in particular when she is playing with the children. However close up shots are not used as much as in typical horror films. Also often as an audience we are shown and told a lot of what is going to happen, before the event takes place.
‘The Orphanage’ is furthermore a detective story with a single minded pursuit of a goal, which is in Laura’s case as she is determined to find her son. The tension of the film is high and the audience are constantly captivated by the film, however very little that is frightening actually happens, although the mood connotes otherwise.
Overall I would most certainly classify this film as a thriller film as it follows many codes and conventions of typical thrillers. For instance the fact that this is some kind of mystery which the character in this film and the audience attempt to solve, because it is a film with a sort of mystery it therefore involves the audience from the start to interact with the film and keeps the audience interested throughout. ‘The Orphanage’ is arguably a psychological thriller which also offers huge amounts of horror, this alters with the fact it is just a thriller and therefore perhaps offers other a horror aspect as well.
The main characters in this film conform to the thriller genre. There is an antagonist and a protagonist. The antagonist in the film is Tomas and the protagonist in the film is Laura. This is because Laura is the unfortunate women whose son gets attracted by the antagonist Tomas. Tomas is a little boy ghost who has died and attempts to take Simon away from his family too. These two main characters are typical of the thriller genre as one is ‘evil’ while the other is the ‘good’ who is put in a situation out of her depth. This will appeal to the thriller target audience as it has a hint were they can relate to Laura and admire her determination to do anything to find her son.
The main setting of this film is in an old orphanage home. The home is very old and has perhaps mysterious secrets within. This is because of the fact that the film highlights that children ghost are all over the house throughout the film. This therefore conveys that this is a thriller film, with mysteries laid out and puzzles to solve. This is in particularly shown when Laura searches the house to find her son, and the is playing with the spirits and ghosts of the children in order to try to find her son. From this we take into account that this is clearly a psychological thriller; as this orphanage in particular is proved to have many mysterious and hidden secrets with problems to solve.
The sound used in The Orphanage is very typical of a thriller as it is mysterious and well throughout. When something important happens the background music sound goes up and increasingly builds with the tension and suspense. This adds to the thriller genre as the sound represents the mood of the film, and therefore highlights the thriller genre.
The camera work used throughout ‘The orphanage’ is significant in highlighting that this is a thriller film to the audience. For example a key part which highlighted the fact that this is a thriller is when Laura was playing a game with the ghost children. This game involved Laura constantly turning around to check if the children were there, the camera work for this perhaps shows most that this film is a thriller this is because we almost known that she is going to turn around and at some stage the children will be there. This is built up from the audience knowing and waiting for Laura to turn around. This is a significant feature, as if this was a horror then we the audience would some what have been scared and shocked, which is unlike what happened as the audience were expecting this. This shows that the camera work used throughout also portrays the fact that ‘The Orphanage’ is a thriller film as there is the use of reaction shots and panning shots also in particular when she is playing with the children. However close up shots are not used as much as in typical horror films. Also often as an audience we are shown and told a lot of what is going to happen, before the event takes place.
‘The Orphanage’ is furthermore a detective story with a single minded pursuit of a goal, which is in Laura’s case as she is determined to find her son. The tension of the film is high and the audience are constantly captivated by the film, however very little that is frightening actually happens, although the mood connotes otherwise.
Overall I would most certainly classify this film as a thriller film as it follows many codes and conventions of typical thrillers. For instance the fact that this is some kind of mystery which the character in this film and the audience attempt to solve, because it is a film with a sort of mystery it therefore involves the audience from the start to interact with the film and keeps the audience interested throughout. ‘The Orphanage’ is arguably a psychological thriller which also offers huge amounts of horror, this alters with the fact it is just a thriller and therefore perhaps offers other a horror aspect as well.
Fatal Attraction - Honey Azh
Fatal attraction is a thriller made in 1987 about a married man and lawyer Dan Callagher who has a weekend affair with his colleague Alex. However, Alex refuses to allow it to end and then becomes obsessed with him stopping at nothing to have him all to herself. The film is set in the city of New York. The main characters in this film are Michael Douglas as Dan Gallagher, Glen Close as Alex Forrest and Anne Archer as Beth Gallagher.
The genre of this film is a thriller. Thrillers and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable, categories with similar characteristics and features. The mood throughout this film is very typical of this thriller genre as high suspense is used throughout the narrative keeping the audience on the edge of their seat from start to finish, this again is typical of a genre as the audience are always kept thinking about what will happen next. However this film is not as many typical thrillers are set in the dark of the night it perhaps makes it a bit of an unconventional thriller, as it is mostly set in daylight which connotes that the fear for the audience would come from something else. This links to the setting as the film it is not typically set somewhere unordinary or with a mysterious background yet just in a commonplace in the city of New York.
The characters in Fatal Attraction are considerably typical of a thriller, in particular one main character and that is Alex. Alex in particular fits the thriller genre is because is she hugely twisted and clearly has many issue that lead her to perform unusual actions that highlight the fact this is a thriller. Therefore Alex is clearly the antagonist as she has a single minded goal to achieve exactly what she wants, and that is Dan to herself. The protagonist in this film is Beth as she through no fault of her own is drawn into this situation however ironically Beth is the one who commits the worst sin of all, by killing Alex in the end to save her family.
The camera shots in this film help to add to the sense that this is a thriller film, for example the camera work used when Beth is walking towards the cooker in which the rabbit is inside building. However the audience do not know that it is a rabbit there, so there is a sense of suspicion and tension created. The camera work shows her walking slowly towards the cooker with the camera constantly moving from her face to the cooker. Reactions shots are used frequently to show her response of finding her daughters rabbit boiled on the cooker; this look of shock is being shown. This connects and portrays the fact that this is a thriller film as it is clearly thrilling the audience, through the camera work and sound. Also another significant use of the camera work is while Beth is running looking for her daughter from the school and in the house all we see is the angle from right behind her, the camera is following her from being again with the sound building faster and faster, perhaps indicating the fact the mood is getting tenser and something has happened or is about to happen, highlighting suspense at this stage. This of course represents that this is a thriller and something vital is inevitable at this stage. An additional use of camera work that is significant and adds to the thriller genre is when Beth and Alex are both in the apartment in the bathroom the mood builds as well as the tension from the very first minute for example when she is wiping the steam off the mirror we see the reflection of Alex, from this point the sound was rising as well as the thrills, and the camera work shows constant reaction shots of the emotions of both Beth and Alex while Alex has a knife is her hand pointing at Beth. There is a clear link between the steam from the bath and also the steam from the kettle, which helps build tension in the scene. This contributes to the thriller genre as not only is it violet but it is also twisted and provides many shocks to the audience through what Alex is doing.
The sound used in Fatal Attraction plays a major role in defining the genre. This is because whenever something gripping happens the music background sound used in the film gets faster and louder. This is represented when Alex and Beth are in the backroom and suddenly we see Alex’s face through the mirror, the sound then gets louder and builds faster and faster. This represents the fact that it is a thriller and excites and thrills the audience as they wait to find out what will happen next. There was also the noise of the bath in the bathroom scene, the noise was loud which could have given the audience a sneak preview of what they were about to see would be shocking. This is ironic because as well as the bath the kettle was also very loud while boiling which connotes the tension in this scene. The director uses this technique to enable Fatal Attraction to be a thriller and target their audience.
Finally, what is clear from watching Fatal Attraction is that it is a thriller film with any conventional features of thrillers. This is apparent as it ticks many of the boxes for a conventional thriller. I in particular very much enjoyed this film and feel that anyone who enjoys thrillers would also enjoy watching this film, and understanding the story behind it. I also feel that it perhaps has an underlying meaning, which I feel is the devil will always fail. This is due to the fact that in the end the antagonist does not succeed, and therefore Alex dies. I feel that Fatal Attraction is written from a feminist point of view this is because arguably Alex is representing and standing up for the women who were often unheard. This is shown when Alex says to Dan ‘you think you can just use me and then I’ll just go away’ speaking on their affair conveying that fact that Dan has used her and then expected her to stay quiet and not bothered him or come after him again. This therefore is the reason I feel fatal Attraction is from a women point of view as she will not just sit back but women will fight for what they want. This is also shown from Beth point of view when she says to Alex ‘If you come near my family again, I’ll kill you’ and then Beth did eventually kill her. This is show from a feminist’s point of view that women will do the impossible to get want they want, this use to be unusual for women as they were only to be seen but not heard. This could be the reason why it is written from a feminist point of view, to give those women a voice.
The genre of this film is a thriller. Thrillers and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable, categories with similar characteristics and features. The mood throughout this film is very typical of this thriller genre as high suspense is used throughout the narrative keeping the audience on the edge of their seat from start to finish, this again is typical of a genre as the audience are always kept thinking about what will happen next. However this film is not as many typical thrillers are set in the dark of the night it perhaps makes it a bit of an unconventional thriller, as it is mostly set in daylight which connotes that the fear for the audience would come from something else. This links to the setting as the film it is not typically set somewhere unordinary or with a mysterious background yet just in a commonplace in the city of New York.
The characters in Fatal Attraction are considerably typical of a thriller, in particular one main character and that is Alex. Alex in particular fits the thriller genre is because is she hugely twisted and clearly has many issue that lead her to perform unusual actions that highlight the fact this is a thriller. Therefore Alex is clearly the antagonist as she has a single minded goal to achieve exactly what she wants, and that is Dan to herself. The protagonist in this film is Beth as she through no fault of her own is drawn into this situation however ironically Beth is the one who commits the worst sin of all, by killing Alex in the end to save her family.
The camera shots in this film help to add to the sense that this is a thriller film, for example the camera work used when Beth is walking towards the cooker in which the rabbit is inside building. However the audience do not know that it is a rabbit there, so there is a sense of suspicion and tension created. The camera work shows her walking slowly towards the cooker with the camera constantly moving from her face to the cooker. Reactions shots are used frequently to show her response of finding her daughters rabbit boiled on the cooker; this look of shock is being shown. This connects and portrays the fact that this is a thriller film as it is clearly thrilling the audience, through the camera work and sound. Also another significant use of the camera work is while Beth is running looking for her daughter from the school and in the house all we see is the angle from right behind her, the camera is following her from being again with the sound building faster and faster, perhaps indicating the fact the mood is getting tenser and something has happened or is about to happen, highlighting suspense at this stage. This of course represents that this is a thriller and something vital is inevitable at this stage. An additional use of camera work that is significant and adds to the thriller genre is when Beth and Alex are both in the apartment in the bathroom the mood builds as well as the tension from the very first minute for example when she is wiping the steam off the mirror we see the reflection of Alex, from this point the sound was rising as well as the thrills, and the camera work shows constant reaction shots of the emotions of both Beth and Alex while Alex has a knife is her hand pointing at Beth. There is a clear link between the steam from the bath and also the steam from the kettle, which helps build tension in the scene. This contributes to the thriller genre as not only is it violet but it is also twisted and provides many shocks to the audience through what Alex is doing.
The sound used in Fatal Attraction plays a major role in defining the genre. This is because whenever something gripping happens the music background sound used in the film gets faster and louder. This is represented when Alex and Beth are in the backroom and suddenly we see Alex’s face through the mirror, the sound then gets louder and builds faster and faster. This represents the fact that it is a thriller and excites and thrills the audience as they wait to find out what will happen next. There was also the noise of the bath in the bathroom scene, the noise was loud which could have given the audience a sneak preview of what they were about to see would be shocking. This is ironic because as well as the bath the kettle was also very loud while boiling which connotes the tension in this scene. The director uses this technique to enable Fatal Attraction to be a thriller and target their audience.
Finally, what is clear from watching Fatal Attraction is that it is a thriller film with any conventional features of thrillers. This is apparent as it ticks many of the boxes for a conventional thriller. I in particular very much enjoyed this film and feel that anyone who enjoys thrillers would also enjoy watching this film, and understanding the story behind it. I also feel that it perhaps has an underlying meaning, which I feel is the devil will always fail. This is due to the fact that in the end the antagonist does not succeed, and therefore Alex dies. I feel that Fatal Attraction is written from a feminist point of view this is because arguably Alex is representing and standing up for the women who were often unheard. This is shown when Alex says to Dan ‘you think you can just use me and then I’ll just go away’ speaking on their affair conveying that fact that Dan has used her and then expected her to stay quiet and not bothered him or come after him again. This therefore is the reason I feel fatal Attraction is from a women point of view as she will not just sit back but women will fight for what they want. This is also shown from Beth point of view when she says to Alex ‘If you come near my family again, I’ll kill you’ and then Beth did eventually kill her. This is show from a feminist’s point of view that women will do the impossible to get want they want, this use to be unusual for women as they were only to be seen but not heard. This could be the reason why it is written from a feminist point of view, to give those women a voice.
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