PLANNING: SHOT TYPES

Today in class we decided to investigate different shot types that would be effective in our opening. We decided to create different scenes that may happen in our opening and observe which camera angles worked best.

 This two person mid shot is effective as we can see the whole surroundings. We see the woman convincing herself not to touch the girl even though she is desperate to. The shot is wide enough for the viewers to see what is going on.

 

 The worms eye view shot is effective as it shows that the woman is superior to the young, innocent child and that the woman is a lot stronger than the child. It would give a thrill to the audience as the notice the strength that the woman has over this child. 

This two person wide shot enables the viewers to see what the child is doing. They are drawing as the woman watches over her. This shows that the woman craves she had a child like this.

PLANNING: SOUNDTRACK

I researched for an effective soundtrack that would create suspense and enigma in our thriller film opening. I chose to research on YouTube, Spotify and Royalty Free Music, however it was difficult to find suitable Thriller music that would fit with our opening.

On YouTube I searched different things for example Thriller film music, thriller instrumental music and thriller background music. I found a variety of different tracks for this research. The first one that I liked can be heard here. I liked this one as it was more of a thriller track rather than horror. It is not too loud of upbeat however has instruments such as the piano playing which creates suspense. Another one that I liked can be heard here. I like this one as it still uses a piano which creates jeopardy as it speeds up and slows done. It yet again not too loud on the audience as the piece would flow well with the video since there is no sharp noises for example a drum. 

PLANNING: THE DOLL

The main prop that we will be using is an old doll. It looks very real and authentic yet at the same time it is extremely chilling as the eyes move back and fourth. We are going to use this as the main doll in our opening as she is a suitable size as well as looking quite life like.

PLANNING G321: CAMERAWORK

In our lesson today we made sure that we create key thriller codes and conventions such as  jeopardy and enigma, using a variety of camera movements, angles and shot types.